Any1 With MSI p6n SLI-FI

im planning on buying a new HSF and i was wondering which one would be good for this mobo
ive heard that some backplates interfere with something on the back of the board...
which hsf would you prefer?

There are plenty of coolers without backplate too. I'm not into the market of HSF, can't really recommend you one on top of my mind. But I kind of like the (similar) design of Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, which is not as heavy as other HSF, but perform very well, and quite cheap, and has 4-pin fan header.

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MSI P6N SLI PLATINIUM problem with ram 800MHz

Hello.
I have problem with ram frequency.
I have MSI P6N SLI PLATINIUM and OCZ 2x2GB 800MHz CL5 but in bios I see that my ram runs in 667 MHz. Because I have 800MHz ram, so it shouldn't be default 800MHz and not 667MHz? What I have to do to show bios that I have 800MHz ram?

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Oke, but they told me when i bought my new system that XP auto adjusts the speed of the memory.
XP 64 bit can works normally with 4 or more GB they said, just like vista.
Just typing what "the professional's" at the store said.

MSI P6N-SLI with Intel E7300

I have a P6N-SLI board that I've been using for awhile with an Intel E6420 Conroe core processor. I upgraded the BIOS to the new Version 2.6 yesterday and tried to install a new Intel E7300 Wolfdale core processor. The system will not POST, indicating no beeps and no video. The FANS are on Highspeed.
Any advice in getting this system working? I've been running the E6420 for over a year.
I put the E6420 back in and the system booted without issue.
The MSI website indicates that the E7300 is compatible with the P6N-SLI board so it should work.
Again, any advice?
Thank You,
Michael

Henry,
All add-on cards have been checked. I can put the Intel E6420 processor back in the system and it will boot as normal. If I put the Intel E7300 processor in the system, it will not post.
Michael

MSI P6N SLI Platinum + E6850 + 533Mhz (PC-4200) RAM?

Hi,
I got hold of an E6850 (1333 MHz FSB) CPU for upgrade and I would like to know if it can run with 2Gb hynix RAM (533MHz PC-4200) on my MSI P6N SLI platinum (Rev 1.0). If it will run, how much performance loss would there be compared to using 667MHz or 800MHz RAM?
Thanks.

I am not sure if the Nforce Chipset/Memory Controller is able to support a memory bus speed that is lower than FSB Clock Speed. Intel Chipset usually can't do that (1:1 usually being the minimum ratio supported). However, on your board, the memory speed is not directly tied to the FSB Clock Speed and can be adjusted independently, so the situation may be different. The bottom line is: I can't tell you for sure if it will work or not and therefore suggest to simply test it and see what happens.
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If it will run, how much performance loss would there be compared to buying PC-6400 800MHz RAM?
With the memory bus running slower than the Front Side Bus, there will be definately be a performance difference that is not insignificant.

Evga 8800gt issue with my P6N SLI

I recently purchased a bunch of new parts to build my new computer.
MSI P6N SLI
6750 core 2 duo
EVGA 8800GT OC
G.skill 4GB (2 x 2gb sticks)
430W PSU *yes with enough amps for the card.. 3 12v rails totals 30+amps
The problem im having is the card isnt picking up the monitor signal. I dont get the 3 bleeps or whatever that lets you know either the card is dead or the socket is dead so it cant be that.
Any ideas.. im pretty confident everything is working as all fans come on.. lights on MB come on as well as the fan on the 8800GT..
Please help im lost.
Thanks.

Unfortunately i dont have another card to try.. although i plan to go to a friends house later today and see if it works on his comp.
I've hooked up my 4pin connector as well as the 24pin
I have a 6pin pci-e from my psu connected as well.
I've tried using one stick of RAM and tested all Dimm slotts.
I used the x16 PCI-e slot for my 8800gt.. the x8 is empy.. and SLI card is facing the right direction for single card mode.
Also how do i update my bios if i dont have access to a cpu that it supports in its previous bios.. i JUST bought this MB from newegg and would assume it'd be up to date with the current bios.. *least i'd hope*
PSU INFO:
Product Features
ANTEX
430-watt power supply
Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)
Heavy-duty protection circuitry prevents damage resulting from short circuits (SCP), power overloads (OPP, overvoltages (OVP) and under voltages (UVP)
Feedback loop circuits for tight load regulation to maintain accurate voltage to all components
120mm low-noise cooling fan; fan-only power connectors control case fan speeds, reducing system noise
4 SATA connectors for Serial ATA drives
ATX 12V version 2.2 compliance
Output connectors: 1 PCI-E, three 12V circuits, 4 SATA; dedicated outputs for stable output and less ripple noise
Gold-plated connectors for enhanced conductivity
Output Voltage
Load Range Reg. Ripple Noise
Min Max
+5V 0.3A 15.0A ±3％ 50 50
+12V1 1.0A 16.0A ±3％ 120 120
+12V2 1.0A 16.0A ±3％ 120 120
+12V3 1.0A 16.0A ±3％ 120 120
-12V 0 A 0.8A ±6％ 120 120
+5VSB 0 A 3.0A ±3％ 50 50
+3.3V 0.5A 22.0A ±3％ 50 50
I bought this PSU today at bestbuy.. not the best place to overspend at but i wanted a quick fix to my old PSU that didnt have enough amps. According to EVGA website they said to add the amps for ALL 12v rails.. if its greater then 20a then your ok.. maybe it was 30a.. either case i've met that.
Thanks for your quick response.

Update on Pentium D 930 + MSI P6N SLi Mobo

A short time ago I was searching this forum for information concerning the compatibility of the Pentium D 930 processor with the MSI P6N Sli Mobo. It seems that this processor was not officially supported for this board. A few helpful people offered the opinion that they would likely work just fine together. I just wanted to get back to you guys and say thank you again, that turned out to be exactly the case. :D
After an embarrassing no-post situation caused by the leftover mounting spacers from my old board (which used 12) to my present board (which uses 9), everything went smoothly. Acronis with Universal restore allowed me to regenerate my operating system. After a lengthy update of drivers the computer was up and running smoothly and with a entirely welcome but somewhat puzzling difference. Whereas the old board (D945PVS) consistently provided an environment in which the CPU ran at 50°+ C (?!) and had transient temperatures as high as 58 - 59° C with an ambient 20° C, the new set up consistently ran below 40°. These results were consistent no matter what type of thermal pastes were used, be they my homebrewed colloidal silver in silicone stopco*k grease or Arctic Silver. (that's hilarious... the anti-obscenity software interpreted a fully normal English language word as obscenity)
Well, whatever the reason....sweet.
I have only attempted simpleminded overclocking as the options are somewhat limited by the processor. With the frequency for the GPU locked at 100 MHz, simply adjusting the FSB to 1000 raised the apparent speed of the CPU to 3.75 GHz, up from the stock frequency of 3 GHz. An attempt to set the front side bus at 1060 resulted in a non-bootable system so back to 1000 it went.
I have not adjusted any of the system voltages. So far I have not stress tested this other than to simply use the computer for several hours. No apparent problems yet. The system temperatures have remained between 38 and 40° C in an ambient 20°C environment.
The only thing that nags at me, and I'm fairly sure that this is of no importance is the fact that in device manager the CPUs show yellow exclamation marks and in properties I see a message saying that certain drivers failed to load for the CPU and that other software may be taking their place. Well, whatever this actually means, it has had no detectable impact on system performance or reliability.

Hiya flobelix
If by manually updating the drivers you mean by left clicking on them in device manager and selecting update --> search online, then yes, I did. I do not have the exact verbiage but the resultant error message was something to the effect that the drivers had installed but failed to start and something else may be taking their place.
Driver magician fails to detect that any cpu drivers are missing. Same with online testing services such as PC pitstop. | have done a cursory search using Google to find people with similar problems but I have not as of yet seen this EXACT problem.

Who has this setup - MSI P6N SLI Platinum & E8400

This message is intended for anyone who has the MSI P6N SLI Platinum & E8400 in a working state.
I've had the pleasure of perusing these forums for a while in hopes of finding an answer as to why my E8400 isn't working with my P6N SLI Platinum. I've updated my BIOS, I've RMA'd my chip, I've even contacted MSI support (with no reply I might add). I have been so careful when handling these components and thoroughly reading the instructions, to no avail. I've got the board and all components working with a different processor. I've tried the voltage modifications that many have said work, I've tried different memory, I even tried a different video card. So I'm stuck in the same boat as many it seems, however there are one or two posts on this forum and others where people have said they actually got it to work!
So now I really hope I can get this question answered - What is a working config? One of the things I haven't tried yet is a new power supply. My current PS is 650w, but has the 4 pin CPU power connector. From the posts I've read, it shouldn't matter if I have the 4 or the 8. But in reality, does this CPU work on the P6N Plat with an 8 pin connector? I'd be willing to go buy a new PS if thats the case! What else could possibly be the issue? Any and all feedback is appreciated. i really didn't want to start up another thread for this proc/board issue, but perhaps someone else has joined this board by now that may provide the little piece of info that I've been missing.
Cheers,
Aaron

according to the website, the 1.6 BIOS had cpu updates in march so I's assume it would have support for the E8400.
What exactly happens when you turn on the system with the E8400?
-=Mark=-

MSI P6N SLI board, trouble again

Well bought a new Adaptec 31205 raid card and a few Sas drives.
Strange enough the card is NOT seen by the board. Furthermore i cannot alter the bios of the board, nor the card gets detected.
Drives spindle, card is powered on, cursor stays at the left side of the screen.
Any suggestions for this problem are more then welcome.
Had to reinstall the Dell Scsi card and drives.
thanks,
Swa

ok, i give the info i got:
MSI P6N SLI board:
Intel extreme 6800 3 ghz duo processor
4 gb 800 mhz memory PC6400 Transend
Club 3d Radeon X1600 512 mb video card
Adaptec 31205 Raid controller with 256 mb cache
5 Cheetah T10 15k 300 gb drives
Right now Dell Perc4e controller (Scsi) in a PCI-E port (8 lanes) with 3 15k Scsi drives of 36 gb in Raid 5.
Board works with the Perc4E.
As said, drives spindle, lights on card are ok, no bios, not of the motherboard, not of the Adaptec.
Thanks,
Swa

MSI P6N SLI V2

Hello Guys
I am having problem with this motherboard. Build a machine with this motherboard, the spec is
|MSI P6N SLI V2
|Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 1333MHz Socket LGA775 'Conroe'
|1GB X 3 DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix DIMM 240pin PC6400 CL4.0
|512MB (128MB Local) PCI-E NVidia Inno3D GeForce 7200GS DDR2 64-Bit DVI TV-out
|230 GB Maxtor IDE HDD
When i start up machine. System is not showing the result of POST ceck. Started the machine with out memory and Graphics card expecting it to beep, but nothing is happening. What could be the problem
Thanks
Vt

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MSI P6N SLI V2 CPU Heatsink Q

Hi,
I have a quick question about compatible heatsinks for this board (MSI P6N SLI V2). I've been looking at a few and have decided to go for the Zalman CNPS9500A-LED (I'm pretty sure it'll fit) does anybody have one of these fitted?? I did read on another forum that there might be a problem with the underside of the board, but it wasn't very clear which board they were refering to....
Any help would be great...... Many Thanks

I suggest you also ask Zalman directly: http://www.zalman.com/ENG/Contact/GetSupport/Write_Form.asp

MSI P6N SLI V2 + E8400 = no post

Hello!!!
I have my MSI P6N SLI V2 motherboard as my platform and im using my current intel celeron 420 as my processor, now i want to upgrade my processor with my new E8400 Core2duo to be able to satisfy my gaming addiction, but the problem is nothing happen as soon as I turn the power on...I visit the website and it said there that it supports Wolfdale 1333fsb..( http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=&prod_no=1169#menu) ..
Here is my systems:
Motherboard: MSI P6N V2
Processor: E8400 Wolfdale Core2Duo
Memory: 2 x 1G Kingston PC800 (2Gig total)
Graphics: 8500GT nvidia
Im not sure if Bios update or modification will fix this, and im beginner with fixing or updating Bios.. can someone help me please !!!

thanks for advice Mike...^^
Well, i succesfully flash my bios to version 1.4 with no problem at all...
upon first boot before entering bios, the first line
A7346 V1.4 071808
I even try to run MSIHQ USB Bootable tool to detect what bios version im using and it says
MS-7346
PCB Ver 1.0
Bios ver 1.4
bios date 7/18/2008
and my pc runs perfectly...^^
but i have some little problem with my system, when i replace my old intel celeron 420 with my new C2D E8400 (SLB9J) then turn the power on, nothing happen, the indicator LED at the front pannel of my chassis remains on intead of blinking (sorry for some of my bad english speeking) ^^.. But when i swap it with my old intel_Celeron420 processor, its works perfectly with Ver 1.4 bios... im sure i follow instructions according to guide. I also try Clearing CMOS but, no luck..T_T
1) Is there any bios modification or adjustment that i still need to do with my old processor before replacing
it with my E8400??
2) Or does my components were unstable to sustain my E8400 (E0)??
here:
PowerSupply : Radius ATXP4 (P4-500W)
Memory : 2x KVR800D26N 1Gig kingston (2Gig total)(dual channel mode)
Graphics : 8500GT nforce (512mb)
Someone help me plzz...

MSI P6N SLI-F Northbridge Heatsink dimensions?

I'm looking around for a nice quiet CPU heatsink/fan that will fit on the MSI P6N SLI-F motherboard.
there's been a couple that I've had to rule out because the Northbridge heatsink is too close to the CPU socket -- but can anyone tell me how tall the stock heatsink on the northbridge is, on this particular motherboard?
It's kind of hard to tell the scale on most of the motherboard pictures that are floating around. If anyone can tell me how many mm this heatsink rises above the motherboard, I'd much appreciate it!
(Suggestions for a quiet CPU fan to be used with a Core 2 Duo E6600 that will fit this motherboard are also very welcome. I'm not intending to overclock -- low noise is more important to me than arctic temperatures)

Quote from: somebob on 06-March-07, 14:28:59
Hm... Are you sure those actually fit on the (non-platinum) P6N?
Looking at pictures of the motherboard, a 92mm vertical fan looks like it might run into the northbridge heatsink... Can anyone else confirm that the collermaster (RR-PCH-S9U1-GP) fits this motherboard?
Yes, it does... images of it installed in the thread linked above.

MSI P6N SLI sound problem under windows 7

Hi all!
I have an MSI P6N SLI mainboard and I have installed win7 ultimate x64 to get a look on that OS. Everything works fine expect one thing: I have no sound. I tried to install manually the realtek sound driver but no changes. When I check the Volume Control Options then neither the Speakers nor the Realtek Digital Output checked (but the speaker is plugged in).
However I have sound under Linux.
Could someone help me? (and sorry if I have missed the topic which resolves this problem if there is any)

Hi everyone,
hope it's ok to refresh this thread - I did not want to open up a new one, because this one matches my problem perfectly - but my speakers are plugged-in the right way
I'm running Win7 64 on the MSI P6N SLI (not v2 no Platinum) and am unable to install the sounddriver (well not correct - I did install the driver). The upgrade advisor said all green (under Win XP 32) and the MSI-Driver-Page propagates Win7 32/64 is supported for the SoundCard of my Board.
The driver installs just fine, but the device won't come out of "I have a problem"-state - always telling me "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)" (I event tried installing the driver manually with pointing the win-hardware-setup-routine to the driver-directory) - still no use - I removed and rebootet serveral times...
Hope anybody has a solution for this problem (I'm taking the posts above as a "this has to work"-basis so i'm not ready to give up and go out there and buy a new soundcard )
Thanks in advance for any hint.

Bios problem on MSI p6n sli-fi

Hi, on december i've the bios beta 2.13 on the msi p6n sli-fi and an e4300.
I changed to an e2140, and started the problems:
If i plug a ps2 mouse, then starts the beeps, here a record of then, i look for beep code, and dont find this combination on beeps:
If i dont use the ps2 mouse, the board start fine and goes ok.
Another problem was that the back USB, dont work, they detect perfect on the Admin Device, but if i plug something nothing happens :(, sometimes take the usb keyboard when boot, so i flashed the bios thinking could be any proccesor bios incompatibily, but after that, windows or while booting, dont detect the usb keyboard, or wharever i plug.
Yesterday, i've a surprise i attach an old USB gamepad, after a while, i taked good the gamepad (propably usb 1.1 gamepad, its a cheapper one). So after this which is the problem? Because of another gamepads, keyboard, usb flash drives and another things i plugged on the back, nothing work except for that old gamepad.
THE front usb works perfectly fine, without problems.
So what could be the problem? I think to go back to bios 2.13 beta bios, but i dont have back up :(
Please some help, i'm lost with this problem

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PSU, tried two, HEC Orion 585watts and Powercooler 550w modular (UL of Topower have)
What are the amperage limits on the power rails of each PSU? (12V, 5V and 3.3V)
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e2140
msi p6n sli-fi now with bios v2.5
2x1gb OCZ ddr2 800 plat rev2
1x 160gb Western Digital
DVDrw Pionner 111d
No video card?
Clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU and load "Optimized Defaults" in BIOS after that. See if that changes anything.
If it doesn't, unplug the USB Front Panel Connector from the board's USB Pin Header. After disconnecting, check your back panel ports again.

MSI P6N SLI-FI - two video cards non SLI help

Hi,
I am currently running Win 7 Pro 64bit on a MSI P6N SLI with a GeForce GTS 250.
I would like to run 3 monitors and thus install another video card. I was thinking about an GeForce 9400GT using PCIe.
My manual tells me I can only run two video cards in SLI mode, which I don't want to do.
Searching this forum, I found two contradicting posts; one telling me that it is possible to run two cards non-SLI (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=107857.0), one telling me it's not (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=124883.0).
Can anyone tell me which one's true?
And as an alternative, would it be possible to use a PCI (non-PCIe) card like a GeForceFX 5200 additionally to my GTS 250?
Any help would be appreciated,
greetings
cmdkeen

that guy would be me and yes, my pc BSOD-ed like hell with a 8600GT and a 9800GTX, but only after a few days.
maybe it was a driverissue, but I gave up after a 3 weeks
now im running a 250GTS alongside the 9800GTX (non sli !!) and that works fine, since the 250 is essentially a rebranded 9800GTX.
so dont be to happy yet and wait for a few days/weeks and see how it goes.
if it BSOD's, best bet is to get an identic vga, would be my advice.
good luck an keep us posted.

Any1 With MSI p6n SLI-FI

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