Followup-- MSI P6N SLI Platinum does not work with E8400

I am just following up like I said I would... and the *RMA'ed* E8400 still fails to post with a BIOS updated (v1.6) P6N SLI Platinum. It works fine with an E4500... but not the E8400. MSI really shouldn't say it's compatible when it's not. I am going to send the board back to Directron and replace it with the new Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L. Very unhappy with MSI right now and probably won't buy from them again. I'm going to stick with another gigabyte for now. Anything I can do before sending it back tonight? I am very disappointed, especially because this really is a perfect board for me.

You can drop MSI an email to see if you are able to get an engineering BIOS to try out.
>>How to contact MSI.<<

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MSI P6N Sli Platinum won't Post with E8500

Ok, I've been pulling my hair out on this one off and on for a couple of weeks, and I figured I'd finally just post here and hope for some advice.
I recently bought a C2D E8500 CPU on newegg to replace the E6420 I currently have running in my system. The motherboard is a P6N SLI Platinum with the v1.7 Bios. The problem is that whenever I swap the E8500 in for the E6420 the computer powers on, fans start spinning, and then it just sits. No beeps, no lights, nothing. When I put the E6420 back in the whole thing boots up just fine. I've cleared the CMOS two different ways (removing the battery and hitting the CMOS reset button), and nothing seems to help. I have tested the CPU in another machine, and it works just fine. The MSI tech support has told me that the problem shouldn't be happening, and has suggested that I RMA the board to them. I'd rather not be without my computer for 3-4 weeks, so I figured I'd post here and see if anyone had any advice before I pull the whole system apart and send the MB in.
PSU is a 700W OCZ
Graphics Card is EVGA 9800GT 512MB
Ram is 4GB AData
Let me know if anyone sees any obvious problems.
Tim

I please have a look here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=123486.msg932471#msg932471
Sending the board to MSI to be serviced is probably your only option to solve this.

MSI P6N SLI V2 does not boot up from cd/dvd and few other problems

HI
I just bought a computer P6N SLI V2 + E6750. It has following problem. It does not boot from cd.
I have Sata HD. CD/DVD is installed to IDE as a master.
I have done settings in bios so that First boot is cd/dvd and second is sata HD. Anyhow it still goes to the hd and stars windows.
I was only able to boot up from cd when I disabled hd from boot sequency. Meaning I left only cd/dvd there.
Hopefully you pro's can help me.
Then there is another problem. Windows is telling me that it found new pci device. I do not know what device. I have only Graphig card (geforce 8800 gts) installed into pci-E. Drivers and software are also installed, I assume proberly. How to find out what windows thinks it found.
Third problem is onboard soundcard. I cannot get any sound out from the machine. I have downloaded driver from realtek, but still no sound.
Unfortunatelly I do not have original software for motherboard. Only the latest from MSI website.
Hopefully someone can help me.
thanks.

About bootup, i dont know yet.
To find out what windows found, look in devicemanager.
To go there go to controlpanel, system then choose devicemanager.
There you can see what's installed.
Last, your soundcards needs to be enabled in bios, under integrated peripherals there should be a line with "onboard sound", enable this and sound should work, unless its broken.

P6N SLI Platinum does not POST or beep

See my signature for specs.
Problem: The MoBo suddenly stopped booting. When I press the powerbutton the fans start spinning, the green LED on the MoBo lights up, hd's spin up, and that's about it. The monitor goes into standby. There's no POST, not even beeps.
Tried:
Clear cmos (multiple times)
Replace PSU (tagan > corsair)
Replace VGA (radeon > nvidia)
Bare boot (MoBo, 1 stick of RAM, CPU and VGA)
Other RAM (kingston hyperx ddr2 800)
Other CPU (q6600 > some core2duo, 2 cores)
Reseat CPU, RAM, VGA, cables..
Can it be that my MoBo is just.. dead..?

Hello and welcome,
by the looks of it, it could well be.
Look on the board for leaking/bulging caps/condensators, if you find a few the board is probably dead.
They have a habit of breaking/bulging when they age and then they go kaput, unfortunately.

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.

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 Platinum MS7350 Ver 1.0

I have a MSI P6N SLI Platinum MS7350 Ver 1.0 motherboard. The screen will go blank, they keyboard will lockup, and the only thing that fixes it is a hard re-boot. It does it more often if I am playing a game, but it will also do it when I am not using it. Can you help? My system specs are:
win7 64 Ultimate SP1
8 GB ramm
Galaxy Nvidia Geforce 9500GT display adapter
Samsung Sync master 932BW/BW1932/932BWE plus (digital)
LG GSA - H62L scsi cdrom device
Intel Cor 2 Duo E7300 CPU

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Same Exact issues here.... I was thinking of attempting to re-flash the bios
but could just see it freezing in the middle...... real Quality
You attempted to re-flash ? What method did you use ? Always use the forum flasher; it still holds a 100% success rate. >> Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher <<

MSI P6N SLI PLATINUM no printer

Hello all, I am hoping this is a simple fix. I just bought this board and I love it so far, I am however having trouble with my printer.
I have not been able to get it to print
System info...
MSI P6N SLI PLATINUM Bios updated to Version 1.30
CORE 2 DUO E6420 2.13G (1066Mhz)
CRUCIAL 2GB DDR2 667 (1GB x 2)
GIGABYTE GV-NX85T512HP GeForce 8500GT 512MB
EAGLE VIPER ATX MID TOWER W/500W POWER
Windows XP SP2
I have...
been in the bios and can't find the port settings
run the Windows troubleshooter
Printer port doesn't show up in the system info and when I install a new printer port it lists it as LPT3 but not working.
Any help you can give me would be great.
Thanks

After searching the bios again I found that the port was disabled Printing fine now

MSI P6N SLI Platinum + 3TB HDD

Hello, I want to buy a 3TB SATA DRIVE for my old MSI P6N SLI Platinum and i want to know if i will have any problem!
SPECS:
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (nForce 430i) Bios v1.7
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600@3Ghz
4x1GB Kingston ValueRAM 1Gb DDR2 800
F.A. XION XON-630F12P 630 Watts
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Vapor-X 1GB DDR5
Windows 7 Professional x64
HARD DRIVE:
3TB TOSHIBA DT01ACA300
thanks!

As I already said:
Quote from: flobelix on 29-January-13, 23:58:02
No, that won't work as that requires a UEFI bios and GPT format which is both not possible with your old board just supporting classic bios. You won't be able to access the entire drive space which makes a (costly) 3TB HDD quite useless.
Better just get nothing above a 2TB HDD.
Connection won't change that.

MSI P6N SLI Platinum Sound problem

M using MSI P6N SLI Platinum (MS-7350), i am having problem with sound, i have attached 5.1 sound system all speakers are working fine accept front right, may i know what the problem is ? I've Tried everything thet was possible, Head phone, Speaker Wire, etc. etc.

What if you switched the speakers around? Does the signal from front right still missing?

MSI P6N SLI Platinum OEM Modification Question

The MSI P6N SLI Platinum OEM edition motherboard comes with all the circuit layout needed to support 2 SLI x16 Style connectors for SLI'd video cards. However the OEM only comes with one installed and an empty slot for the other. What resistors and the like would I need to add to the board in order to add the pcie x16 connector to the empty area on the board? I've already found a source for the actual slot, and I know I am going to need to add a resistor of some type to the empty resistor slot directly above where the PCIe slot will go. Beyond that I don't know what else I need to do, or what type of resistor is needed.
Oh yeah, and where can I go to buy the optional accessories for this board that came with the retail version? I would have prefered the retail version but the board I have came as part of a kit.

Hello Tornath,
you have already mentioned yourself, that you have an OEM-Board, not an MSI-Retail Board. MSI does not provide end-user support for OEM products, as this is the responsability of the OEM Vendor who is selling OEM Boards under a different name. Also, this forum will not support OEM Products and that is why I will have to close this thread.
However, before you waste huge amounts of your lifetime with trying to add a second PCI-Express Slot to your OEM-Board, let me explain to you, why your plan is rather pointless:
1) The only OEM-Board of this class I know of, has the model number MS-7350VP. If there ever was a marketing name, it would be called P6N Platinum (not P6N SLI Platinum), and there is one simple reason for that:
2) This particular OEM Board has an NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra Chipset (as opposed to the NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI), and if you look at the specifications for NVIDIA Chipset on the official NVIDIA Chipset Specification Site, you will see that this Chipset does not support the NVIDIA SLI™ Technology: http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce_600i_tech_specs.html .... That is basically why there is no additional PCI-Express Slot in the first place. So even if you should succeed in adding a secondary PCI-Express Slot to the board physically, the chipset will render it more a less useless in terms of running two video cards in SLI mode.
**TOPIC LOCKED**

MSI P6N SLI Platinum + E8400 OC Help!, Overclocking Is Limited

Hey guys im new to the site and I need your help! :(
I am trying to get passed 3262.5 Mhz (just got it up to 3.32ghz) preferably 3.6Ghz but every time I try to raise the FSB from 1500Mhz and up it halts and I have to reset the bios. Any help is greatly appreciated. Specs Below.
MSI P6N Sli Platinum Bios v1.7 + E8400 (067A/DA07)
2 X 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer pc2 8500
BIOS Temps/Volts
CPU Vcore - 1.168V
3.3V - 3.344V
5V - 4.961V
12V - 12.05V
5V - 5.016V
Bios Settings
Execute Bit Support - Disabled
Set Limit CPUID - Disabled
C1E - Disabled
Spread Spectrum - Disabled (ALL)
DOT Control - Disabled
EIST - Disabled
System Clock Mode - Manual
FSB Clock - 1600Mhz
Memory clock 1066
Ratio - 9
PCI-E Frequency - 100
CPU Voltage - 0.1000V
Memory Voltage - 2.0V
NB Voltage - 1.25
SB Voltage - 1.50
FSB VTT Voltage - 0%
Memory DRAM Timings
5-5-5-15
TRRD, TRC, TWR, TWTR, TREF - ALL Set to Auto.
CMD - 2T
Idle Temp - 34
Load Temp - 42
I think thats it if you need any more info let me know. Thanks!

Hello and welcome,
First of all, 1066MHz isnt garantueed to work on that board, I have the same and although is says so on the box, it isnt supported, look here:
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=&prod_no=1140#menu
533/667/800Mhz only.
To reach 3.6 try following:
Raise NB step by step, until ~1.35V max, SB @stock, FSB VTT to 4 - 8%
Set FSB to 1600 and mem to 800 on auto timings, you can adjust those later.
And leave Vcore on 0.100V as said in your post.
See if you can get it to run then.

MSI P6N SLI Platinum Voltage regulator cooler size question

I have a question about MSI P6N SLI Platinum's Voltage regulator cooler. Is it the same size of K9N SLI Platinum? The reason I ask is I plan to use water cooling on it. But the only regulator waterblock I can find is desgined for K9N SLI Platinum from aqua computer http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=218. So can I use this one on P6N SLI?

I guess not... P6N is much thinner, if your K9N VR cooler is as thin, then it can fit in. But I guess not.

MSI P6N SLI Plat - Harddrive not appearing in my computer

Hi guys,
Ive just bought an additional sata2 drive for my pc. I already have a raid - 0 setup.
It shows in bios and i managed to find it using the 'manage' option through XP. Its been formatted to NTFS, and despite being able to copy files over to it,
it doesnt appear in the My computer window?? this is really beginning to bug me, the only advice online has been to format the drive which ive already done twice!!
I am no expert, so iam out of ideas. Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Intel E6600
2 Gig DDR2 Corsair 6400C4
MSI P6N Sli Platinum
XFX 8800 GTS 320 XXX
2 x (34G) Western Raptors Raid -0
Hiper 480W psu

Hello,
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It shows in bios
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i managed to find it using the 'manage' option through XP.
You mean XP Disk Management?
Is/was there a drive letter assigned in disk management?

MSI P6N-SLI Platinum Multi-gpu enabling

Owners of the P6N SLI Platinum mobos. I'm having trouble Figuring out how to enable my two EVGA 256-P2-N636-AR GeForce 7950GT in SLI mode. The manual I have doesn't coincide with what my system is telling me. Anybody out there please shed some light on my predicament. thank you. >:(
my system is as follows
1: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache
2: MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI
3: Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
4: 2 EVGA 256-P2-N636-AR GeForce 7950GT 256MB
5: system drive - WD Caviar 160GB 8MB SATA 3
6: backup drive - Seagate Barracuda 320GB 16MB SATA3
7: Windows Xp home sp2
8: PSU Antec Neo HE 500

read Moan Guide 1st and provide full system specification including PSU details(look over PSU sticker for them)
made sure JPW1 is connected,
install both VGAs:
made sure SLI Bridge is connected between them,
made sure addiction power cable is connected to each VGA,
connect monitor cable to the 1st VGA(located in the 1st PCI-E x16 slot)
go in BIOS and check for SLI related options, if exist ensure that they are configured property,
install latest chipset drivers for your board from Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
install latest VGA drivers from Nvidia(94.24): http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_94.24.html
type in "run":
rundll32.exe nvcpl.dll,LaunchMultiGpuApplet /* click OK or hit {ENTER} key when its done */
and Enable SLI from there, and config "OK":
to verify that SLI is functional correctly get a Everest:
http://www.lavalys.com/beta/everestultimate_build_1059_welo4kjhnxa.zip
navigate to GPU page and check it:
for SLI troubleshooting and guides look here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=938853

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