Is MSI P6N Diamond supports EPP(Memory)

I got this CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-8500C5D 1066MHz and it has EPP (Sli ready ram). On CPUid SPD, i see JEDEC1(266), JEDEC2(400) and EPP(533).
On default setting for the bios it registered as 800Mhz only using JEDEC2 5-5-5-18 (1.8v).
The memory specification says 5-5-5-15 (2.1v)
Is the board MSI P6N Diamond supports EPP?
I googled it and it s clearly says that Nvidia nForce SLI Boards/Corsair supports EPP and highly recommended for stability.
Anyways i manually set the memory to its specification.

i set it to EPP settings manualy 5-5-5-15-22-2t 2.1 v..
boards with true EPP settings http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/FoxconnC51XEM2AA/7.html
"One interesting note about EPP is that when using above-800 MHz EPP memory with the EPP option enabled in the BIOS, the BIOS will automatically adjust all the necessary bus clocks, multipliers, and voltages to yield memory clock speeds as close to the maximum rated clocks of the DIMM as possible"
I think the P6N diamond doesnt have the feature using EPP.
Even if i use auto timings on the memory, it doesnt match all the timings for SPP/JEDEC (esp on my old ocz pc2-6400 800mhz rams)

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MSI P6N Diamond - Flashing the BIOS

hi all,
I am using a MSI P6N Diamond motherboard. I have gone several years without a problem.
However, recently, I decided to upgrade from 4GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM. I confirmed with Crucial that the memory I was purchasing was guaranteed to be compatible with the existing RAM.
To that end, I flashed the BIOS to the latest version using the MSI Utility program and followed the instructions. The operation was a success.
However, after doing this I noticed that occasionally I will get a "blue screen" when Windows is about to boot. At first I thought it might be a faulty RAM module, so I removed all memory sticks except one which I have been using for years. I know that RAM module is not faulty but I ran memtest86+ to be sure and it did not report any problems. But the blue screen problem still occurs.
The blue screen doesn't occur every time, but it is rather easy to reproduce. I will likely see it at least once on every 4-5 reboots. I can't read anything because it flies by too fast.
Has anyone ever heard of such a thing when updating the BIOS on a P6N motherboard? How can I get additional information on the blue screen?

Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
Can you provide a screenshot of your CPU-Z memory and SPD tabs.
Note: I currently have all 8GB of RAM installed.
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9532/memoryaj.jpg
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1314/spd1.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6558/spd2j.jpg
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2730/spd3.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2163/spd4s.jpg
Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
At this stage I would recommend you flash back to the BIOS that you were running previously with success.
I would like to save this as a last resort if possible. I know that this is a risky procedure. Do I need v1.3 in order to support 8GB of RAM?
Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
What are the error codes of your BSODs. Bottom tight of your task bar is a little flag, left click on it and open the Action Centre. At the top of the dialog you will see Security and Maintenance. Expand the Maintenance option. Select an option called "View reliability history". Now you can click on all the red crossed items in the date/timeline and then then View the technical detail, which should include the BSOD codes wherever there are any.
I'm not sure if Vista Home Premium is different, but I don't see a flag in bottom right of the task bar. However, if I right click My Computer->Manage there is a Reliability and Performance->Reliability Monitor. I believe this is equivalent to what you are referring to, as it shows the red crossed items and shows application/hardware failures, etc. Here is a screenshot of that:
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/2452/reliability.jpg
The problem is that it doesn't show any of the red crossed items for this issue. I have seen at least 4 or 5 of them on 9/22 but nothing is listed on that date. When this blue screen occurs, it seems to occur as soon as the "Microsoft Windows" screen appears while booting. It will show the black Microsoft Windows loading screen and the loading bar and blue screen almost immediately. Is it possible that the problem occurs too soon for it to appear here?
EDIT: I should also note that I have reformatted and reinstalled Windows but the problem persists.
Another odd issue just occurred to me but I'm not sure if it's related. After reinstalling Windows, I would get a "New Hardware found" popup box for the onboard Creative sound. I installed the Creative sound driver, but I would still get the "New Hardware found" box for the onboard Creative sound after rebooting. It looks like that problem has gone away, though.

MSI P6N Diamond Driver Probl

I recently was one of the brave few to order a MSI P6N Diamond motherboard. This board is only few months old if that, and of course all the drivers and bios for this board are buggy. One thing I should note about this board is if you disable the IDE controller, your cpu voltage will shoot up to .7 volts( stock is .3) and if your lucky , fry your brand new E6600 chip. (NOT COOL)?Besides that fun I will get to the point. I could of cared less about the onboard X-FI , but with PCI slots going by by and no one is making any PCIexpress sound cards (that I am aware of). I sorta figured well shoot, now I am stuck with this sound card.
At first, I was , wait its a creative labs sound blaster X-FI, those are those new ones that seem really cool (NOT). I wont lie, in games it sounds million times better then my old Audigy did, no more pops or cracks (5 year old card) the EAX effects sound more life like, 5. channels works cleaner. I was like "way-a-go creative!"? Then the problems started.
I loaded up my favorite program Fruityloo
ps.
After looking over the sound properties , I notice there was no ASIO cards to be found? Hmm.... Could? naa, no ASIO on a creative labs sound card? At first I thought I must of time warp back to the Li've! days, shoot at least I could use KX drivers make that baby work great!? This time I was left in the dark ?No problem, I will just goto creative.com and download the new drivers, forget those MSI drivers came with the board, I would rather use the manufactures drivers instead anyhow (creative). WRONG!! "setup could not find any supported devices in your system"?... Figures ?So i tryed to boot leg the drivers and force them to work , naa that wont work. So I am guessing Creative WILL NOT support this sound card because they didnt install it on to the motherboard, MSI did, they are the ones who do the driver support, go bug them! (as i would figure). MSI says "well we use there drivers off there site and make them work with our boards, they are up-to-date!" I dont know , this sucks, is there a way i can rip off the X-fi chip on my motherboard and get a refund, heck shoot me over a audigy 2 at least those work 'ok'....
?Besides that ASIO problem, I notice FEAR Combat will BSOD and sometimes say a file called "t3filt.sys" was involved, funny that file comes up as a "Sensaura" file? I have no clue what thats all about, I know this if I disable the onboard sound card from the BIOS, the system runs 00% stable, I enable it, game will randomly crash....
I do know what a computer is and how to get drivers working, but I would almost bet my problem is the driver, and not the hardware (I hope). Sean-

so how bad is it's does this mean iam SOL or what, i just got done reading one of those other threads on here about the X-FI extreme audio scam, I guess iam right up in there with the rest guys. I cant jerry rig the drivers at all, is there any third party drivers that will work?What can one do?If it comes down to it I will litterly desolider the x-fi chip off the board, no sence in having it on there if iam not going to use it?Probley snap it in half when iam done and mail it back to creative. Sean-

MSI P6N Diamond and very slow BIOS menus

I'm having problems with my new setup. My setup is as follows:
MSI P6N Diamond with 1.1 bios update
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I'm running Vista 32bit fine as far as I can tell, everything is pretty snappy and other programs are running fine, but the machine is very slow to post and running the bios menus is a painful process as it takes about 2-4 seconds to switch selections. I tried running the board with 1 stick of ram in slot 1, with slots 1 & 3 and all 4 and it made no difference. I had a USB card reader plugged in and then removing it seemed to make a difference for a while, the BIOS menus ran as I expected, very snappy. Also anytime I switch the CPU clock from automatic to manual the computer won't post and i have to reset the bios
Anyone have a clue what could be causing this slowness and my inability to overclock the cpu?

I will be getting the Q6600 in 1 week, :D. The new G0 stepping as well :D. I'm excited.
Are you using XP or Vista? I have had no distortion or pops with my sound. Although, from what I hear the drivers for XP or much more polished than those for Vista. This is a Creative issue, and not an MSI issue. Lots of people are having problems with Vista with the standalone Creative cards as well.
I overclocked my E6700 to about 3.5Ghz, and hit a temp wall based on my ambient temps. I probably could have gone higher if it was cooler in the room that houses the computer. Although, the temps have dropped dramatically after the AS5 has cured, probably could get it pushed up a bit higher. Hopefully I don't have problems with it when the Q6600 comes in.
If you got the older B3 stepping version, it will run a bit hotter and will be much harder to OC to higher speeds because of this. I've found the P6N Diamond to be very OC friendly and like all the options it gives. The only thing I don't like is the adjustment of the Vcore lists the # above stock, instead of the absolute #. Sometimes the Vcore it auto assigns isn't 100% correct I've heard so it'd be nice to know what that auto value is. The Vcore reading you can read in the monitor section fluctuates a hair in each direction of 1.3 for me when at stock, so I assume it was 1.3 stock.

Any News (MSI) P6N Diamond (680i) SLI Motherboard

Any one know about the release of (MSI) P6N Diamond (680i) SLI Motherboard

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honestly, if it's not for SLI, I think I'll wait for ATI, ops, AMD RD600 chipset mobo instead.
I complete agree with that. Just getting bored with the Opteron system. I have an insider I am getting a e6600 from for 1/2 price this week, so I was looking at boards. Think I want to try the 680i over the 975, and while the RD600 looks like it will be a winner it's still a ways out.
MSI had stated end of December for the P6N and that time is upon us.
Honestly after the last purchase I swore I would never buy another MSI, but I kind of crave pain that way, after about a year of mods on this current board, and emails with the MSI BIOS crew I think the K8N SLI was the 2nd best Nforce 4 board made out there. Plus it gives me another forum area to read here beside the Nvidia, and overclocking sections.

MSI P6N Diamond - No Sound

I have just put together a new system and cannot get any sound out from the speakers. Tried several reinstall of windows and sound drivers but no joy. Any help would be appreciated.
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz 1066MHz)
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2 x Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM
Pioneer DVR-212BK 18X SATA DVD±RW
Windows XP Professional SP2

open up the audio app for the x-fi located on the bottom right. Go into settings and make sure you have the setting disabled that automatically recognizes that you have headphones plugged in. And make sure the speaker settings are set to speakers and not headphones. Worked for me when I couldn't get sound when I plugged it in on the back. Odd yess but worked for me.

MSI P6N Diamond with E8400 EIST

Running the p6n diamond with the E8400 and I can not seem to get the EIST to work. I try to enable it in the bios, but once I exit it goes back to disabled. Even with the F4 in the bios, I do not see any options for the C1 feature. Currently I have my CPU OCed to 3.6GHz, but that is recent and I could never get the EIST to work even at stock speeds.
Bios version 1.3 btw
System
Vista 64 bit Ultimate
P6N Diamond
E8400
2x2GB OCZ SLI ram 6400
500GB WB SATAII HDD
XFX 9800GTX

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but just not EIST staying enabled.
That means, if you re-enter the BIOS Setup after you have saved & exited it, your changes are lost? All of them or just "Intel EIST" in the Cell Menu?
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because the OCing voltage/FSB is changing
Can you be more specific about what values are actually changing and under which condiditions? Try to give a more detailed explanation of what is actually going on there.
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I could not find C1E support anywhere before even with F4 in the bios, is it suppose to be there?
It should be under "CPU Features". Press F4 multiple times while you are in that BIOS Section.
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People have said there is suppose to be an "EIST" option in there, but I have never seen it.
There is no "EIST" option in there.

MSI P6N Diamond 680i and G0 stepping?

Does this board support G0 stepping right now? No bios updated needed? I've heard some boards do not. I'm looking at getting one of the new Q6600's w/ G0 stepping.

You can answer your own question by going to the product page----> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1168&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170 and clicking the CPU Support tab----> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=1168&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=#menu
According to the CPU Support Page, Kentsfield Q6600 2x4MB (2.4GHz), 1066FSB, stepping 9, is OK .

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honestly, if it's not for SLI, I think I'll wait for ATI, ops, AMD RD600 chipset mobo instead.
I complete agree with that. Just getting bored with the Opteron system. I have an insider I am getting a e6600 from for 1/2 price this week, so I was looking at boards. Think I want to try the 680i over the 975, and while the RD600 looks like it will be a winner it's still a ways out.
MSI had stated end of December for the P6N and that time is upon us.
Honestly after the last purchase I swore I would never buy another MSI, but I kind of crave pain that way, after about a year of mods on this current board, and emails with the MSI BIOS crew I think the K8N SLI was the 2nd best Nforce 4 board made out there. Plus it gives me another forum area to read here beside the Nvidia, and overclocking sections.

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After doing so, I started the PC and it squealed loudly. After a little trial and error I discovered I had inadvertently unplugged the power to my video card and that was the source of the squeal. I plugged in the power to the video card, turned it on, all fans and lights came on, and…nothing. No beeps, no video, just fans spinning and case lights shining.
One possible explanation is that the missing power connection to the video card caused a power overload on the PCI-E interface. Per PCI Express Specifications, the maximum power rating suppliable via a given PCI-Express slot is 75W (that is why stronger video cards have their own power connectors). In a worst case scenario, board circuits and/or included components (transformers) were fried when you heard that squealing sound.
The boards PCI Express Interface and the memory interface are both located in the northbridge, so a problem regarding the former may be causing symptoms on the other.
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1. Disconnected everything from motherboard except CPU, memory, and graphics card – RGRR
Did you take the board out of the case for this to test it on a non-conducting surface? If not, please do that and inspect the board for any visual signs of damage (on the top and the bottom side).
Try a different video card, if possible, and test it in the other PCI-E x16 slots as well, just to see what happens.

Major weird problems with new msi p6n diamond

okay let me start with my specs
q6700
gskill pc8000 memory. 2gigs. tryin for 8gigs
right now single 150gig hdd. 4x150 gig raptor
dual 8800gts in sli
enermax galaxy 1kw psu
bigwater 760i water cooling
okay. well i built the computer about 2 weeks ago and since then its been nothing but problems. first i built it liek normal and didn't know about the patch for more memory. So after knowing that i used the patch and was able to boot vista 64bit. then the fun started. I havent been able to do anything related to 3d work since i built it. i used the latest drivers. I used the ones from the first reviews of the 8800gt. I used only one card. etc. Nothing works. wow freezes up. Age of empire 3 ad 2 freezes or plays at like 4 fps. 3dmark cant run at all. I finally got it stable to run and it only gives me 3000 for a score in 03. I decided to boot up with my old 1900xtx and sure enough after putting the new ati drivers. 22000 on 3dmark 03 and even crysis atleast runs well enough to play. I have a single slot intel board which i got with my bundle and havent tried but i was about too. I have the memory set at the manual settings it asked for. also did auto and most basic things possible. nothign seems to work. has there been any issues with the gt's. what other help can y'all give me.

It looks like power cable(s) is not plugged to VGA(doesn't get enough power and slowdown{decrease freq. automatically})
(Provide screenshot from Everest(http://www.lavalys.com:8081/beta/everestultimate_build_1217_x0cm3svydaq.zip)GPU page.
Have you tried with each one of them (you said that have 2x8800GT) individually?If yes does it happend there too?
Test VGA in another machine.
Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 15-December-07, 14:04:20
BIOS version onboard?
Use Driver Sweeper(http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1655) to remove currently drivers.(Make sure that you have installed chipset drivers 1st)
Then Install 169.21: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=112805.msg844890#msg844890

MSI-K8N Diamond Plus - which memory?

Hello,
I will soon buy the K8N Diamond PLus motherboard. For that motherboard, I have selected the following memory: Corsair 512 Mo DDR-SDRAM PC3200 CMX Cas-2. But I can not find if this is ok for this type of motherboard. Does someone knows something about that? ???
Thx in advance!

Marlysa,
I would suggest that you stay away from the corsair xms ram as i figured the sme thing when I built my system, that it,s Corsair and its the #1 selected ram and usualy the most compatible, But this is not the case with this motherboard it's very picky about hardware pretty much the same as DFI board's!!!
Of course the CORSAIR WEBSITE will tell you this they want youre money!!!!!! Their certainly not going to reccomend OCZ MEMMORY that's for sure!!!!!
Please reconsider youre decision as I myself have traveled down that road you about to take. Personaly I love Corsair ram and i certainly wont bash it, but get the OCZ5002048ELGEGXT-K it cost me $213.00 wth tax for 2 gigs instead of $160.00 with tax for the corasir xms 2- 512 sticks Believe me you will be thankful that you took my suggestion!!!!! with the new 1.20 BIOS at optimized default's it posts and configures itself automatically where as befor you would usealy have to configure it manually in bios to get it to post at 500mhz believe me this OCZ MEMORY ROCKS!!!!
Save youreself alot of this.... BUY IT!!!!!!
Brother Esau
P.S just check around the forum their's alot of peop[le that have issues with the DIAMOND PUS AND CORSAIR RAM.

Overclocking a MSI P6N Diamond (Q6600) I need help before I cry

So its about time for me to start overclocking. I have read the overclocking sticky and downloaded the appropriate programs to make sure I have a successful overclocking experience .
But... How do I do it?
So far I have found a site (Via google) that OC'd with my Mobo.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2182&page=4
Looks pretty legit so I tried it, the only thing is. I cant change the CPU, Memory, and SB voltage.
So... yeah everytime I try to change what I can (FSB and NB voltage) Windows isn't able to start up.
God Please help me.

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I cant change the CPU, Memory, and SB voltage.
Use the +/- keys on the numpad of your keyboard.
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So... yeah everytime I try to change what I can (FSB and NB voltage) Windows isn't able to start up.
Please post the Cell Menu Settings you have tried so far.

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3.2Ghz should be a pretty stable overclock..in addition to raising the FSB, you also need to increase the CPU voltage, try .0125 or .0250 increase to start. Monitor your CPU temps, but it should be stable with those settings. Good luck.
Paul PS: most quad users have had to increase VTT to 12% or better in addition to raising FSB and CPU voltage.

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My temps are very good, actually, with a zalman 9700 led and arctic silver grease. 26 C idle and ~35 C at load with stock 2.4 ghz speed.
I'm pretty sure the mobo is the source of the problem. It doesn't seem like to like setting my corsair pc8500 at its rated 1066mhz either.

Is MSI P6N Diamond supports EPP(Memory)

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