Is P4N Diamond dual core ready?

Hi everyone!
P4N Diamond is a nice board but is it compatible with Dual Core Pentium?
thanks all!

This apparently is a rather common topic on this Forum. This one suggests that it should be a v3.x bios. The website for Tech Support in Tiwan lists the mainboards by part number (I think that's what it is). My mainboard matches this one MS-7160.
Quote from: NoDoze on 24-July-05, 05:02:08
When installing the Dual Core 830 3Ghz CPU, at boot, the PC will not even reach the BIOS screen.
The PC will not boot and the MSI LED detect will show a "improperly or damaged cpu" reading with all four LEDs light up RED.
The way to solve this is to install a single core CPU, and flash the BIOS with the 3.0v from the page listed below.
Note: There are other 3.0v out there on the MSI website that do not work. The one on this page, from the link below, is the only one known to work. I tested 6 different BIOS, including 1.0, 1.2, and 3.0, to reach this conclusion! Also note, this issue may be resolved when new MB shipments arrive from MSI.
USE
The BIOS 3.0 v on this page is the only one that will recognize the Dual 830 3Ghz CPUs.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=674&kind=1
Which is the Taiwan/English MSI website.
DO NOT USE
The USA/English MSI website has incompatible drivers.
http://www.msicomputer.com/support/bios_result.asp

Similar Messages

P6n diamond/dual core center

Hello, I am having a hard time getting this installed correctly(dual core center). After I get it installed it only shows info for my 8800 card none for my motherboard displays a error message saying m/b driver did not install. Ntune installed the first time but only shows limited info, after uninstalling both utility's n tune won't reinstall and core does the same as before. Any help would be great!

Sorry for the lame no info post above! I have filled out my signature with my system info, let me know if there is anything else I should put in.
I could not find what version of DCC I am using but I hope it is the latest because MSI live update is telling me it is current.
Where can I find the Moan guide you mentioned in above post?

"K8N Neo4" dual core? NOT Neo4-F or platinum or SLI

I have a K8N Neo4. <- period. msi seems conveniently to have forgotten about this model, it doesn't show up on their site at all. literally a week after I bought it, it looked like they repackaged it and put a "dual core ready" sticker on it.
just wondering if the F model was just a bios update, or if they're just pretending that a single core limited version of the neo4 never existed.
thanks
P.S. I tried to search for the answer before I posted, but all I found was people talking about their F or Platinum series and the dual cores they have in them.

Quote from: arpheztwig on 23-December-07, 02:39:41
well, the box didn't say it was an -F, and the box didn't say it was dual core ready, is it still possible it's the black?
does anyone know for sure that it ISN'T dual core ready? otherwise I'm going to assume that it is and buy a new processor, I'll let you know what happens.
"F" usually is not written. You must have this one---> K8N Neo4-F (PCB 1.0) in Black PCB, but if its somethink else from possibilities like K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0) or K8N Neo4-FI (PCB 1.0) it doesn't matter, all boards support dual core CPU and shares same BIOS in same time.

[nVidia Series] is it MSI P4N Diamond compatible with Gigabyte 3D1 (Dual Core 66GT)

yesterday i juz got a Gigabyte 3D1 graphic card..so i wanna know..is it MSI P4N Diamond compatible with this graphic card?
thanx

Quote
The problem is, this card was only intended to ever be used on that motherboard. It may work in single GPU mode on other boards, but results will vary on other SLI boards.
This line is from the referenced article. It seems to imply that card is intended to be used with the Gigabyte board.

NX7600GT Diamond Plus and fan speed with Dual Core Center

I just got a NX 7600GT Diamond Plus for my HTPC. I noted that Riva Tuner and other utilities are not able to control the fan speed of the video card. The only way one can control the fan speed is via Dual Core Center and 3D Core Cell. The problem is that the default setting for fan speed on Dual Core Center is too high and clearly audible. How can I get Dual Core Center to start with user defined presets during windows start-up/boot-up ?
What I want to do is to put the fan into 'SILENT' mode automatically during Dual Core Center start-up. Any ideas / suggestions ?

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 17-January-07, 00:44:11
well no need to edit manually, MSI provided everythink in easy way from core center.
select advanced mode, create your custom profile pickup your desired settings,(setup maximum FAN RPM via buttons) and save it to custom profile.
suggest you to read help section from program.
So the custom profile is automatically loaded every time DualCoreCenter starts up ? Maybe there is something wrong with my install of DCC, I cannot get it to load custom profiles automatically upon startup. I can save the changes to say "User Profile 1" but the profile active on startup always is the "default" profile ...

Can u go opteron dual core (165) with a msi diamond mobo for desktop use

is it worth it, ive researched it has more cache than x2 3800+ the opteron 165, whats better for overall performance, gaming, running windows etc..? thanks
and i have a neo4 platnium should i upgrade to the diamond sli mobo?

Sure you can - your Neo 4 should handle it fine. Assuming you upgrade to a Dual Core compatable BIOS before doing your CPU swap.
I have a Opty 165 in my Neo2 Platinum mobo & it works great.
You will probably have to to do a repair install or install a fresh copy of XP to make sure that both cores operate properly though.

Msi p4n diamond and memory module setup for dual channel reading

hi,
ive just built my mum a pc using a msi p4n diamond mainboard which has 2 gig of ddr2 667 mhz memory, just wondering how to go about setting it up to dual channel as its currently showing up in boot post screen as being single channel.. Now correct me if i'm doing wrong but it has 2 green slots and 2 orange slots, should there be 1 stick of ram in green and one stick of ram in the oarnage slot to show dual channel or both sticks as they are situe at present in green slots please..
system spec is below..
mainboard - msi p4n diamond
cpu - intel pentium 4 @stock speed 3.0 ghz HT
geforce 8800 gs @ 512 meg of ram
500 gig s-ata hard drive
600 w coolmaster psu
2x1 gig kingston ddr2@667 mhz
first release bios
thank you and hope you can advise me..

It's in the manual, if you don't have one you can download from here:
http://www.msi.com/service/download/manual-4385.html
If both sticks are in green as you say then yes it's single channel. For dual channel you want to leave 1 stick in DIMM1, green slot nearest CPU & move the 2nd stick to the orange DIMM3 slot.
From left to right DIMM1/2-green, DIMM3/4-orange, dual is 1 stick DIMM1 & 1 stick DIMM3 or 1 stick DIMM2 & 1 stick DIMM4 or 4 sticks all four slots filled. Single channel is 2 sticks in green slots or 2 sticks in orange slots or not recommended is 3 sticks in 3 of the 4 slots.

Newbie K8N Diamond and 4400+ DUal core

Hi
I recently put together a k8n diamond and a dual core 4400+ processor. SInce i am no so fluent with voltages etc... I tried running the Ntune "performance Tuning wizard". Whereas all the other utilities work fine .. this just does not run.... if i click nothing happens (like a dead link icon)....
I reinstalled, redownloaded etc.... several times... anyone have a solution ?
Is there alternative software that can optimally configure my memory voltage, cpu voltage, FSB etc.....
My system is slightly unstable and crashed sometimes at the moment.
Another thing i noticed is that my HD (Seagate 80GB SATA - ST380817AS) is showing on secondary channel (hardware, device manager, IDE/ATA COntroller, properties.... with theoretical burst 10Mb/s burst 113Mb/s sustained 59Mb/s)...is this right ?
Thanks for your help
Matteo

Wow MatteoB, youve got a bunch of issues going on there...
-First off, try to keep posts to one issue, the ntune, the system instability, the hard drive problem, its hard to respond to-
-Please put all your system components in your signature, it's basically the first item in the new members to do list, suprised the moderators didn't snipe your for that, but most folks probably just passed by due to the first problem-
+The nTune Performace Tuning Wizard and the Profile Module does not work with dual core cpu's (i've only unoffically confirmed this with a handful of others), however you can manually change some settings in the Adjust settings screen+
++If your system is unstable at stock default settings and speed, you need to fix this the old fashioned way, ntune does not do this for you++
The hard drive problem sounds like it can be fixed, but again a remedy for system crashing should be your #1 priority as it may be tied to the hdd.
Make a signature file with your system components and elaborate on what is happening on the computer when it crashes and I am sure you will get a lot of responses.

[nVidia Series] P4N Diamond System Randomly Freezes

Please help if you can. I've tried everything.
System Specs.
Pentium D 840
MSI P4N Diamond
4x512 Kingston DDR-II 667 (2 Matched Pairs)
2x 76Gb WD Raptors in Raid 0 (on SIL controller)
2x MSI Geforce NX6600GT-VTD128E
1x Sony 1.44mb FDD
2x Pioneer 109 DVD+/-R/RW
Thermaltake Armour Case
Thermaltake 560W PurePower PSU
Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU Cooler
Windows XP Pro OEM
System freezes randomly. Tends to happen quicker if I reset the system after the initial freeze. Stress testing makes the system freeze quicker. Has frozen while installing XP five or six times. Sometimes freezes while loading (on the welcome screen). Always the same hard lock, everything stops (including audio etc).
I've got the latest bios and latest drivers (from nvidia).
I have tried almost every possible permutation of Bios Settings.
I have swapped the motherboard.
Tried just a single stick of ram, tried a single stick of another brand and also tried DDR-II 533.
I've tried using both SATA controllers, just a single Raptor (with both drives) and also a single WD1200JB Hard drive.
Tried 3 different 500+ watt PSUs
Tried using a single video card (with both cards)
Tried a P4 650 CPU (just in case the CPU was faulty, I MUST get dual core working though)
I have re-installed XP fresh for every change in hardware configuration.
What else can I do? Has anyone got a setup similar to this working?
Advice would be greatly appreciated. I've spent three days solid on this.

Still going on this one. Tried another PSU.
ANTEC 550W True Power 2.0 TP2550EPS12V
OUTPUT
+3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 +5V SB -12V
Max. Load 32.0A* 40A* 19A* 19A 2.0A 1.0A
Min. Load 0.5A 0.5A 0.4A 0.4A 0A 0A
Load Reg. ±3% ±3% ±3% ±3% ±5% ±5%
Ripple V(p-p) 50mV 50mV 120mV 120mV 50mV 120mV
Still no luck
Suggestions?

Heatsink/fan recommendation for P4N Diamond?

I bought a P4N Diamond and a P4 630 CPU, but looking for a recommendation for a heatsink and fan.
I bought a Thermaltake CL-P0092 (http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/coolers/cl-p0092silent775/cl-p0092silent775.htm#logoInfo) and it does not fit. The copper base plate is so wide that it rests on top of the capaciors and does not make contact with the CPU. The heat pipes also protrude too far and depending which way I face it they either prevent the base plate from making good contact with the CPU, or leans against the chipset's heat sink.
Any suggesstions? Stock cooling is not terrible, but I am looking for something a bit better that will actually fit well on this motherboard
--Jon

yup, that's a pretty bad cut or a pretty badly designed heatsink (in terms of not following specs).
OK, back to your question. I've heard of users here using ThermalRight XP-90 with a 120mm fan.
Personally I'd like to have an orb or sunflower shape fan. The reason is you still need to blow air on those CPU VREG (voltage regulator) area. Those MOSFETs are running pretty hot especially you place in a dual core CPU, and they are exposed without heatsinks. If you used a horizontal fin like this thermaltake, that means only the side MOSFETs will have airflow, those in between I/O Plate and CPU socket (I call it North phase) will not have good airflow. This is not good at all!
Keep this in mind while you're hunting for a new fan. (I am too! )

[nVidia Series] P4N Diamond --PSU Problem, help me select

ok I finally am 100% sure it's my PSU tahts giving me the freeze/fallout things.
so now I'm going to buy a new PSU but I cant decide which one ..
these are the ones I was thinking about to replace my Ultra X-Connect UV BLue
(I'll give you my system setup first to see what I need)
Intel Pentium 840 EE 3.2Ghz Dual-Core Hyper-Threading
MSI P4N Diamond
1x Corsair ValueRam 512MB DDR2 (soon replacing with GEIL PC2-5400 667MHz DDR2 Ultra Dual Channel 1GB Kit 2*512)
1x MSI NX7800GTX 256MB
1x WD Raptor 10k RPM 36GB Sata
1x Maxtor 300GB 7200rpm Sata
1x Maxtor 200GB 7200rpm IDE
1x Plextor 16x DVD+/-RW DL
and if I forgot anything, ask me
comparing these PSU's atm.. price doesnt matter, I just need the best one out of these, or an even better one in the same price range
Enermax Liberty 620W
http://www.enermax.com/english/product_psu_liberty620w.htm
Sunbeam NUUO 550W
http://www.sunbeamtech.com/PRODUCTS/Power-supply/NUUO/nuuo-550.htm
Hiper Type-R 580W
http://www.hipergroup.com/English/products/hpu-4s580.html
help me decide pls, tnx :D

Quote from: MooZleZ on 24-November-05, 00:06:38
ok I finally am 100% sure it's my PSU tahts giving me the freeze/fallout things.
Just wondering what makes you 100% that its your PSU? Did you find some information or trobbleshoot...? Please make sure that you post back with results of a new PSU.
Thanks

AMD dual core 64 X2 and Opteron 1**; what motherboard.

Hi to everybody, my name is Mauro and I am Italian. I have had for many years a lot of mobos MSI that are shown always reliable and with really excellent utility. An example the LiveUpdate that unlike utility of other brand is very comfortable and reliable. Currently I have a system AMD 64 X2 3800+ stepE4 with Asus A8N SLI Premium and memory RAM G.Skill PC4000 (chip Samsung UCCC) F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ PC4000. I have many problems of stability and I would want to return to the brand MSI. I use the PC as Workstation I am not interested to the SLI and I would want soon to pass to the CPU Opteron 1 * * dual core. The customer care G.Skill has reported that the brands of reference for the development of the forms are the MSI and few others. You would know me to suggest a complete mainboard in the endowments, silent and compatible with the CPU from me you quote. How VGA I have both chip ATI X700 Silent Pipes 256Mb or NVIDIA 6600 always silent pipes 256Mb. I am not interested to overclock. I am observing with attention the RD480Neo2 and other mobo with chipset NForce Ultra K8N Neo4 Platinum. Thanks for your share and suggestions.
Mauro

Quote from: Steve F. on 11-January-06, 03:04:05
Skippy, that's changing fast. Probably most major manufacturers are now explicitly supporting the Opteron.
Even MSI is getting there: K8N Diamond Plus
Hi,
To a careful study I have discovered that perhaps my Asus A8NSLIPremium has a problem that Asus is resolving. However I have asked to one friend of mine to make a will the MSI K8N Diamond Plus; in Germany it is already available some exemplary. The fact that the development has been made really with the Ram DDR that I have purchased (the G.Skill PC4000) it is a very important factor for the stability of a system. You introduces then with a good section of feeding to 4 phases it is very important. Certainly I am not interested to the characteristics of overclock but a Ferrari is not purchased only for racing. I have not told you that in so many years I have almost always had 2 brands that have always guaranteed me reliability: Abit and MSI. Objectively now that have tried also a lot of Asuses (5) I are not fully satisfied. For instance the Utility: LiveUpdate2 gave me reliability in the update of the bios (operation that finishes in DOS); the utility AsusUpdate because of a bug in the summer '05 are cost me 3 MB (update that departs in auto and it finishes in Windows). Resulted not could remain without MB I have had to purchase other identical MB. And treating itself of corruption of bios no guarantee. I have also discarded Tyan because it accepts only certified RAM DDR and their support it doesn't guarantee the operation with my DDR G.SKILL. Now that are in game I don't sell certain the DDR!
Mauro

Dual Core Center working in Vista but not XP on a dual boot system?

Hi All.
My system specs are:
Dual Boot Windows XP Pro SP2 and Windows Vista Ultimate
Temps for CPU in Vista averaging at 43 - 45 degrees in XP averaging at 38 to 42 degrees. It never seems to go much higher than 53 on Load.
Thermaltake Soprano tower
MSI K9N Diamond Motherboard
Hiper 580watt Modular PSU
4GB OCZ Gold 6400
AMD X2 6000+
2 X 300gb diamond maxtor 10 HDD
MSI Geforce 7800gt
DVD Rom
LG Dual Layer DVDRW+/-
I am running a dual boot system with Windows XP Pro SP2 on one partition and Windows Vista Ultimate on the other. Both operating systems seem to be operating properly except for an odd situation with Dual Core Center. In Windows XP Dual Core Center only indicates the Mainboard properties - No VGA, whereas on Windows Vista Ultimate Dual Core Center indicates both VGA & Motherboard properties. I have installed MSI Nvidia drivers for the Graphics card & also tried straight Nvidia drivers for the card but it has made no difference VGA will not show up in XP. Yet on installing Dual Core Center on the Vista partition VGA showed up immediately. Can anyone help.
If anyone can come up with an answer to this it would be a real help.
Many Thanks in advance.

have you try to update/install the dual core driver from amd?

4GB memory on new MacBook Pro Retina 13 with 2.4GHz dual core i5 processor &128GB flash storage

Hello,
I'm completely new to the mac world but I'm fed up with pc's and all the insanity with processor problems, viruses, etc. I'm seriously looking at replacing my HP laptop with the new MacBook Pro Retina 13 with 2.4GHz dual core i5 processor, 4GB memory (RAM) & 128GB flash storage, OS X Mavericks (not sure which version). My concern is whether this will be reliably & consistantly fast & smooth both in desktop apps & internet use. I don't need it to do somersaults or anything too advanced. I would mostly be using Pages & spreadsheet apps & internet. It would double as my daughter's computer for cyber school so it's crucial that it runs quickly & efficiently. If she can't complete everything on time or log in to her online sessions because of a computer issue we'll be up a creek without a paddle since this particular cyber school's tech department is still working off of pc's running Windows XP. My father, thus far a pc user, thought I should consider moving up to 8GB memory but I was hoping that with flash storage being faster, I would be able to avoid the extra $100 for the upgrade to 8GB. My biggest fear is finding myself as frustrated & angry as I am now with all of my pc's, ready to take a sledge hammer to them because they take forever to boot, launch apps, internet or do just about anything (that is if they're even fuctioning at all- not joking). Does anyone have any advice or input? Thanks!!
P.s. On Apple's site I found a refurbished late 2013 model of the MacBook Pro Retina 13 with all of the same specs as listed above (4GB, not 8GB), running OS X (doesn't say which one) but for a bit less than a brand new one. Is this the same model as what they're currently selling new in their store or did they just upgrade everything to match what is being offered in the current "new" model? I realize this may be a dumb question but I can't seem to find anything online indicated that Apple has released a model newer than what was released late last year (October 2013, I believe), except that the model released then came with SSD storage instead of flash.

No computer is fault free but Apple MBPs have a good track record. In those cases where problems do arise, Apple has the best support in the industry.
A MBP with 4 GB RAM with the SSD storage should be adequate for your needs.
lsmoondancer01 wrote:
P.s. On Apple's site I found a refurbished late 2013 model of the MacBook Pro Retina 13 with all of the same specs as listed above (4GB, not 8GB), running OS X (doesn't say which one) but for a bit less than a brand new one. Is this the same model as what they're currently selling new in their store or did they just upgrade everything to match what is being offered in the current "new" model?
The latest MBP models came out in October 2013, so it will be the same, with the same warranty and telephone support. The difference will be that the price will be less and it will be delivered in a plain white box.
I have purchased three MBPs from the refurbished section. I have never been able to detect any cosmetic differences and will go that route again.
Ciao.

Original 22" Cinema Display and G5 Dual-Core Machine

Good Morning, All!
Is there a special adapter or converter I need to run my old 22" Cinema Display on my G5? I had to go back to the Dr. Bot I had when I had the monitor on a G4 450. With the arrival of the G4 933, I was happily able to do away with the Dr. Bot "octopus" and take full advantage of all the display on-board stuff (power switch, USB ports, etc.) However, the new dual-core has forced me back to that friggin' Dr. Bot, even though the G5 books says it's ready for ALL Cinema displays. Well, obviously not mine.
A part number and a place to purchase would be most appreciated!!! I got spoiled to the power switch on the monitor. It was really rather dumb for Apple to put a metal start-up button on the front panel of the G5. With the air as dry as it is right now, the static is horrible and I don't like giving the machine a jolt when I started up in the morning. I find myself having to ground to something before I ever touch the machine these days.

Hi,
Well I have just bought a Quad G5 that I was gonna
use with my old DVI equipped 22in Cinema Display and
now discover that the connector on the display has
more pins than the connector on the video card. How
am I supposed to get around that?!
Are you sure the display is DVI (screw knobs), and not ADC (clips)?
If it is DVI and has six round pins (2 X 3) in the middle that are not on the video card connector, the extra pins are for dual link, which is only used on the 30" display. Depending on which video card you have, one or both connectors may be dual link, but you don't need the extra pins for the 22" display.

Is P4N Diamond dual core ready?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for