Modded or performance bios sought for p43 neo3-f

I just got a p43 neo3-f board and have been dissapointed to find it only allowed 417 fsb,after which nothing but bluescreens and lockups on entering windows occur.my chip will definitely go beyond 417, and is able to get to that point with low volts 1.26 and runs cool.Increasing cpu volts,mem,vtt,or mchhave zero effecton this wall..Ive tried bios version 1.0,1.1,1.2,1.3,and 1.4.It seemed that more options available in 1.3 and 1.4 but they were even worse for stability and none break beyond 417 fsb. It would seem very underwhelming for a p43 or p45 chipset to do so poorly.I wish more bios were available. anyone know where to look? links?,are the bios for the platinum series or other p45 models interchangeable? Any help appreciated, ive spent days trying every concieveable options in the bios and cell menu to no avail. Feed back from anyone with same issue or if you have gotten better results is most welcome. my board uses the ms-7514 bios and is pcb v 1.0.
my specs in brief are msi p43 neo3-f rev 1.0, E6400 cpu, 2 samsung sp0812c 80gig in raid 0 on jmicron controller, 2gigs gskill ddr 800, palit 8800gt sonic 1 gig card, 400 watt pwr supply with 20 amps on single rail.
cpu currently at 3.34gig on 1.26v ,mem 2.0v, all other volt settings on auto. idles at 36-40c

skip741, if you need help and advice regarding overclocking settings, please open a thread in this part of the forum ...
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?board=27.0
If you decide to do so, please provide FULL system specifications (read the >>Posting Guide<< to get an idea of what we need to know) and make a list of ALL(!) Cell Menu Settings you have tried so far.
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are the bios for the platinum series or other p45 models interchangeable?
No, you should under no circumstances try to flash a BIOS that was released for another P4x board unless you want to kill your system.
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anyone know where to look?
There are two more recent BIOS Version I can upload if you want to test them:
-> A7514IMS.151 [v1.5B1, Release Date: August 20th 2008, based on v1.40 (official)]
-> A7514IMS.P09 [v25.0B9, Release Date: July 11th 2008, "Performance"-BIOS]
Unfortunately, I do not have access to the Changelogs of these Files.

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New Performance Bios

Come on MSI lets get a performance bios designed for overclocking on the K7N2 series of motherboards or I will be forced to look elsewhere.

I too would like this k7n2 motherboards to be more overclockable (i.e. a higher vcore setting to at least 1.95 or so and fsb over 200 would be also nice)... Other motherboards can easily surpass these setting. I've been happy with msi for the last few years but i just would like to be able to push my processor a bit more... so if the comming bioses didnt correct this in a few months most likely i would switch brands...
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MSI GT70 0ND-219US Bios settings for fastest cpu, and maybe gpu performance?

What is the best BIOS's settings (I have the unlocked BIOS)
For overclock cpu on startup and GPU

Honestly? Stock. There's little to no performance gain overall for the CPU.
You can't change the GPU performance from the BIOS.
If you're asking these types of questions, you're probably better off not changing anything without doing a TON of research first. There's plenty of website out there that detail what you can do, and why, and how it really isn't very effective (especially in the mobile space) just because you can't increase it as much as you can on the desktop space (in some cases).
Unless you have upgraded the CPU from the 3610 that was originally installed in your laptop, overclocking is really pointless.

"Legacy Mode" BIOS request for MSI R9 280X GAMING 6G

"Legacy Mode" BIOS request for MSI R9 280X GAMING 6G
S/N: 602-V277-310B1407096530
Installed BIOS: TV277MS.3A0
Hi,
I have the annoying problem with my new video card: a screen is periodically blinking in 2D. Probably that problem already solved in a newest BIOS?
I have to use "Legacy" mode because of my PC does not start otherwise.
Related hardware: MB: MSI P67A-GD65 B3 (BIOS 1.19), CPU: i7-2600K, Monitor: HP ZR2440w (DP connection).
Thank you.

here is .3A1
TV277MS.3A1 legacy
TV277MH.3A1 uefi
flash guide:
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Decompress the attached .rar archive with Winrar: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Create a bootable usb stick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0).
Then unpack the previously provided archive (xxx.rar) and put the included file (TVxxxxx.zzz) on that stick.
Rename TVxxxxx.zzz to zzz.rom.
Put the atiflash.exe from: https://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2306/atiflash-4-17/
on the USB stick too. Now boot from the stick.
Type atiflash -p -f -noaper 0 zzz.rom [ENTER] and let it flash the vbios.

P43 Neo3-F will not post with Vertex SSD attached

Without my OCZ Vertex SSD attached, my rev. 1.1 P43 Neo3-F with bios v2.4 acts like a normal mainboard. As soon as attach my Vertex SSD, it freezes during POST. If I bring up the boot menu during POST and pick the SSD, I get a blinking cursor and no post. I tried several of the regular SATA (non-Jmicron) ports but the same result.
Do I have to change the SATA mode on the SATA ports for an SSD to work? I think I remember seeing that your port should be set to IDE mode for this SSD in the OCZ forums. Can someone tell me where in the bios I could find this option? I'm having a lot of trouble finding stuff in this bios.
If that is not the case... there is one newer bios I could flash too. I read the directions and it says don't flash from floppy - which I've already done. Do I really have to go throught that RAMDRIVE stuff it discusses or is flashing from floppy okay as long as the floppy is "good". I know of the USB stick method but won't be using that.
But I have trouble believing that a P43 mainboard would be incompatible with an SSD. What's odd is that I didn't have this problem until I installed WinXP on the SSD. I could see that interfering with booting but why would that interfere with POSTing?

I flashed the bios to the very latest for the 1.1 version... the 2.5 bios but no help. I now have WinXP installed and it loads but the BIOS chokes on the SSD and there is a 25 second wait followed by about 10 second black screen and then the desktop just magically appears - no XP progress bar ever seen. Whenever the SSD is attached to the board, it lets out a strange chirp sound after the good post beep.
I tried installing XP on the SSD on my DFI Blood Iron and it works perfectly. I tried changing every related bios option on the MSI board I could find but nothing helps.
Anybody here running a Vertex on this board?

Advice sought for a new PC build

Hello,
I could use a little advice about an "as silent as silent can be" system that I am trying to put together right now. I plan to build it myself. I have installed / replaced components in PC systems before but it will be the first time I build a PC from scratch.
Purpose of PC
To blitz anything that CS6 can throw at it right now and still be putting up a respectable fight when CS11 is eventually released. In order of importance, the system needs to excel at:
Video editing and effects using Premiere and AfterEffects
3D animation using Autodesk 3DS Max etc
Multimedia content authoring    (Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver)
Music production     (Propellerhead Reason, REAPER)
Internet browsing, emails, iTunes and all other 21st century time-wasting activities.
Before I place any orders, I would appreciate it if you would let me know if you can see anything that I might have forgotten, any potential incompatibility issues or just any terrible decisions that I really need to rethink.
Components
Windows Professional 64bit OS
Do I need Ultimate?
Corsair Obsidian Series 550D Quiet Mid-Tower Case
Is this case cool and quiet. Are there better options than this that don’t look like either a teenage warrior’s wet dream or a hotel minibar?
Corsair Professional Series AX 760 Watt ATX/EPS Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum PSU
Honestly I have no idea. I picked it because it is highly rated for efficiency and should go with the case. Are there better options at a similar price point, especially in terms of heat / noise / known reliability issues?
Intel Core i7-3930K 6-Core Processor
I am definitely going with this CPU. I think.
Corsair 120mm Hydro Series H80i Digital High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
I chose this rather than the 100i because it can exhaust out the back of the case. I think this will be a better configuration for the case I have chosen and the location where the PC will live.
Asus P9X79 PRO Motherboard (Socket 2011, Intel X79 chipset)
It has all the features I want except on-board firewire which is not a deal breaker and has had good reviews. Can anyone recommend something better at a similar price point? Is it worth spending more to get a higher specified / workstation grade motherboard?
Asus Nvidia GeForce 2GB GTX 670 DirectCU II Graphics Card
Supposedly one of the quietest GTX670 cards on the market and ought to be fully compatible with the motherboard.
Pioneer BDR-208DBK 15X SATA Blu-ray writer
Storage Components
Corsair Vengeance Vengeance Performance 32GB DDR3 1866MHz CL10 (4 x 8GB) RAM
I am also considering getting 64GB and using 32 – 40GB as a RAM disk. Good idea? No?
Corsair Force Series 3 GT 180GB SSD
Windows OS, Programs and Pagefile(s).
Corsair Force Series 3 GT 180GB SSD
Caches, Previews, Temporary files for all CS6 programs
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Media files, project files, exported / rendered files, sample library. Is it worth getting a dedicated RAID controller or should the motherboard be able to handle this without hurting performance elsewhere?
1 x WD Caviar Black 1TB
Everything else.
My budget is reasonably flexible but I do not want to waste money on components that offer only minimal performance benefits. Also, I have no plans at present to get into overclocking etc. Far too scary for a newbie.
If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read this and any advice at all would be very much appreciated.
Regards
Michael

Hello
I finished my build at the weekend and installed the OS and so far the process has been much better than I could have hoped for. Thank you for all of your help.
The computer is much faster and quieter than any computer I have ever owned before and (touch wood) is a joy to use. The Windows Experience rating is 7.8.
I am still running through checks to make sure everything is OK before installing the rest of the software but I have come across one issue that I think I ought to double check before I get in too deep.
So far I have connected 4 drives to the Intel SATA controller of my ASUS P9X79 Deluxe motherboard set to RAID mode:
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD    ---- Not in RAID
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD    ---- Not in RAID
2 x WD Black 500GB SSD in RAID 0
Pioneer Bluray Re-Writer BDR-208DBK
I have a WD Black 2TB waiting to be added to the system for non performance-critical storage once I am certain that I don't have an issue with set up.
I have 32GB of RAM installed.
I have installed and run the Samsung Magician software and the performance benchmarks for the drives are:
Seq Read 128K
Seq Write 128K
Random Read 4K
Random Write 4K
Test Range
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB
533
226
88655
4788
1GB
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
534
263
91169
4956
1GB
2 x WD Black RAID 0
241
265
2610
1462
100MB
The SSD read speeds look fine but write speeds seem to be very low to me, certainly much lower than the speeds quoted by Samsung and confirmed in multiple reviews.
Does this look OK to you and if not, do you have any ideas about how I could improve SSD write performance?
So far I have followed the steps in the following guide to SSD/HDD optimization for Windows 7 to no avail (checked for latest firmware and drivers, turned off indexing, disabled hibernation, checked that TRIM is enabled, shrank page file to 4GB on OS drive, changed power options so drives never sleep .... have I missed anything?):
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdd s
Finally, does the RAID drive's performance look ok.
I am suspicious that the write performance of the SSDs seems to be pegged to the write performance of the RAID, although that might be just coincidence.
One last thing, and thanks for your patience.
I am tempted to switch back to AHCI mode in the BIOS and re-run the benchmarks to see if the SATA RAID mode is the problem. This won't be too much of a hassle as the system is empty at present.
But if / when I return to RAID mode, I shouldn't have to do any pre-installing because the RSTe drivers are now already installed and up to date, is this correct?
My apologies if these issues have been covered before in the forum. I have looked but I couldn't find anything specific.
Regards
Michael

VTx on MSI P43-Neo3 FR (1.0) and Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Good day guys...
I was trying to develop (beginner) on Android and I was using this machine for it. Well, the Android SDK has the Intel HAXM bundled with it, it's for VTx-feature of Intel.
Now, I know Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 is on the list that has VTx, but when I run the Intel HAXM installer, it detects that it was not supported. After a few clicks on google, there is somewhat a setting on the BIOS that would enable the use of VTx...
And that's why I asked here, is there something in P43-Neo3 that makes VTx disable or was it not supported?
*BTW, using XP Pro SP3 on this machine...

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Good day guys...
A good day to you, too.
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I know Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 is on the list that has VTx
It kind of depends on the exact version:
http://ark.intel.com/products/36500/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E7400-(3M-Cache-2_80-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB)#ordering
Intel says: "See SPEC Details" which forces is to look here:
http://ark.intel.com/products/36500/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E7400-(3M-Cache-2_80-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB)#orderingretired
Three versions of the E7400 are mentioned:
LGA775      65 W   BX80571E7400   SLB9Y   VTx: No
LGA775      65 W   BX80571E7400   SLGQ8   VTx: No
LGA775      65 W   BX80571E7400   SLGW3   VTx: Yes
We need to make sure, that you have the third version first.
What is your current BIOS Version, by the way?

P43 Neo3-FR no booting :cry:

My specs are:
MSI P43 Neo3-FR
Intel Core2Duo E7300/E8400 Boxed versions (standard cooler)
2x1 GB PC-2 5300 DDR2-667 CL=5-5-5-15
500GB Western Digital Harddisk
ATI Radeon ASUS EAH4850/HTDI (512MB) PCI Express 2.0 x16 / 625 MHz / 3840 x 2400 / 512 MB DDR3 SDRAM (1.986 GHz)
Power supply:
Corsair TX650W (model CMPSU-650TX)
AC Input: 100-240v~10A 50/60Hz
DC output: +3.3V 24A +5V 30A +12V 52A -12V 0.8A +5Vsb 3A
MAX 170W 624W 9.6W 15W
combined
Wattage 650W
Ace- Raw Deal 620W
AC Input: 230V 4A 50Hz
DC Output: +12VA 20A +12VB 20A +5V 28A -5V 0.5A -12V 0.6A +3.3V 24A +5VSB 2.5A
Bios: No clue havent been able to enter bios yet...
Ok now u know my spec...
When i try to turn on the Computer nothing happens with the Ace raw power supply but with the Corsair power supply the fans starts to run.
But there is no signal at all on the screen... i can see and hear that the computer doesnt boot can only see the fans circle.
The graphic card shows a 1 sec red light when i start and the fans on it runs aswell.
Ive checked (7 times now) if the CPU schould of done any problems to the MB (broken "legs") but seems perfect nothing to see...
Ive tried taken out 1 Ram at a time but doesnt work still...
im lost pls help...ive ordered a Power supply checker to see if the corsair or Ace raw got some mallfunction.
sorry for the bad englush :P

What is the sSpec for the E8400? Example:SLAPB E7300~BIOS 1.3, SLB9J E8400~BIOS 1.5, SLAPL E8400~BIOS 1.0
Find BIOS chip on MB, what number is on the sticker?
Edit:

P43 Neo3-FR + Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 freezing

Hi guys, I'm building a new comp
The specs are:
MSI P43 Neo3-FR
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
4 x 2Gb Kingston KVR 800Mz HyperX DDR2
Coolermaster 550w PSU
Samsung Spinpoint 500Gb Hard Drive
LG DVD drive
Asus 8800GS graphics card
Windows 7 Home premium
The problem is it keeps freezing, when I try to reload the programme, when it loads to the desktop, at totally random times!!
It'll go on the internet fine then it'll freeze!
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
I've probably missed looods out

Yes I've done that and it was no different.
So I had a bit of a play with the RAM/Northbridge voltage settings, basically upping them a bit, it got a bit better i.e- it stayed on for longer 2 hours managed to download Mozilla, Avast and MSI Live update. Ran the MSI Live which said the BIOS was v1.3 and the online BIOS was v1.A0??
So closed it down last night with no probs, then tried it this morning and it froze. So I upped the aformentioned voltages and it eouldn't even boot. I tried various voltages with no joy, so I went back to what worked last night and, again, it was fine, until I tried to rate the computer in System properties. A box comes up with Running the Direct3D 9 Aero Assesment, at which point it gets about 1/20th along the bar and freezes. Re-boot it and it seems fine but try that and it goes.
These are the current figures:
MULTISPEED OC BOOSTER - DISABLED
D.O.T. CONTROL - DISABLED
INTEL C-STATE - DISABLED
ADJUST CPU FSB FREQUENCY - 200
ADJUSTED CPU Ratio - 9
ADJUSTED CPU FREQUENCY - 1800
FSB/DRAM Ratio - AUTO
CPU Voltage - Auto
DRAM Voltage - 1.848
VTT FSB Voltage - Auto
CAS -AUTO
tRCD - AUTO
tRD - AUTO
tRAS - AUTO
I downloade CPU-Z which gave me these figures for the RAM :
CAS LATENCY (CL)- 6 CLOCKS
tRCD - 6 CLOCKS
tRD - 6 CLOCKS
tRAS - 18 CLOCKS
tRFC - 52 CLOCKS
COMMAND RATIO 2T
So I take it when I was told to put the RAM timings to 6-6-6-18 its CL-tRCD-tRD-tRAS???????

P43 Neo3 ICH10R Setup Help

I have a new P43 Neo3 that I cannot get into the intel RAID config at all.
I reflashed the BIOS per technical support and reset to optimized defaults, I ensured the on-chip sata controller was enabled and the RAID option was set to AHCI. I am using two unused, unpartitioned, blank 1TB SATA drives and have a third so I need to use ICH10R in order to set up a RAID5 for data redundancy and hot swap failover protection.
CTRL+I during post does not work.
I verified that switching to the JMICRO ports and pressing CTRL+J works for the JMICRO Raid controller, but I wanted to use the intel chip to support more drives. Am I just confused and this board really doesn't have both Intel and JMicro Raid chips, the manual indicates that both are available, and that the intel chip will support RAID devices on SATA ports 1~6, JMICRO on SATA ports 7~8
Ive been a network engineer and a PC support technician for 12 years and this is the first time something I've focused on has completely stumped me. Any help and relief from feeling like a moron would be greatly appreciated.
Hardware details below, I've removed all extra devices to minimize confusion and eliminate the possability of compatibility issues.
MSI P43Neo3 System board
Intel Core2Duo 3.0GHz processor
DDR2 PC5300 Kingston 4GB X2
DDR2 PC5300 ValueSelect 1GB X2
Antec 850 Modular PowerSupply
Maxtor 1000GB SATA HDD
Seagate 1000GB SATA HDD
Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 PCI-E
IDE HP Lightscribe DVDRW

It would appear my problem is that the labeling/marketing of the P43Neo3 system wasn't very clear. Even AFTER reading the manual (before posting this thread in the first place) I was under the impression that the model I purchased included the ICH10R raid chip, obviously it doesn't wich kind of Sucks, but I was able to get at least RAID0 set up from the JMicro Raid chip which is no this board.
All in all, its been a rough upgrade process, I've also never seen a system that requires timing entries for RAM to operate normally, Fail safe defaults and Optimized defaults all resulted in bonstant windows bsod shortly after boot up, but then I've also never upgraded to 8GB of Ram.
Once I figured that trick out, I'm cruising...
MSI P43 Neo3 System Board
Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz
Kingston PC2-6400 8GB
HDD0 2XSATA 500GB JMicro RAID0
HDD1 2XSATA 1000GB Windows Stripped
HP LightScribe DVD-Multi
Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 512MB
ViXS PURE TV
ATI TV
Antec 850W Moduler PS
Cooler Master Mystique Case
2X22” LCD Widescreen

MSI P43 NEO3 with Xeon E3110

I have a P43 NEO3 with 8 Gb RAM and a Xeon E3110 processor. I want to set up an MSDN test box at home running Windows Server 2008 Datacenter with Hyper-V. I don't see any option in BIOS to turn on the virtualization features in the E3110. I'm running Windows XP 32-bit at the moment and everything runs fine. Before I set up the Datacenter OS, I wanted to know if the motherboard is automatically accessing the virtualization routines in the E3110? Or (more likely), the P43 NEO3 isn't set up to take advantage of those virtualization features and I should be looking for a different motherboard?
Thanks,
Steve

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I'm suspecting that MSI only enables the virtualization routines on server-class boards, not desktops.
On what ground are you basing that suspicion? I have a P45 Platinum and Virtualization is automatically enabled (and there is no special note about that anywhere either (the fact that the BIOS shows no information about Thermal Protection does not mean that the CPU will not clock itself down when it gets to hot. It is a feature of the processor and supported by default).
I believe there is a tool somewhere that will check if Virtualization Support is enabled. Let me check.

Get a MSI P43 NEO3-F?

Hello.
I am thinking of getting a $100 MSI P43 NEO3-F (http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=P43_Neo3-F&class=mb ) since I am upgrading my current Windows XP Pro. SP3/gaming system (see http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt for the full details) to a faster setup, and moving most of my old hardwares to my Debian/Linux box after Christmas 2008.
Currently, I am planning to get an Intel Core 2 CPU (dual 8xxx or quad Q8200 -- undecided at this time) with an Andy Sycthe Master 120mm CPU fan or something (don't like the loud fan noises when spinning high especially when my room is over 85F degrees during the heat waves and gaming!), ATI Radeon HD 4850/4870 video card, 2 GB of RAM (dual channel 800/667), two 7200 RPM SATA HDDs (one new and one old), a SATA DVD burner, etc. I still need IDE for my old DVD-ROM drive (like having dual DVD/CD drives especially when copying and being lazy), 3 PCI slots (old SB Audigy 2 ZS + 2 TV tuner cards), still use PS/2 mice and keyboards due to my old KVM box (USB types are too expensive), still need a serial port for my old USR Sportster 33.6k dial-up modem for emergencies, Windows XP Pro. SP3 (bah for Vista), etc.
I do not overclock my stuff. This upgrade is mainly for gaming. If I didn't game, then I would still be using my single core Athlon 64 system.
Thank you in advance.

Quote from: Unicron on 10-February-09, 02:36:39
I believe that Seasonic isn't half bad. It's def. not a "recommended" PSU, but I believe you'll have a good chance it'll make it.
If you'd be OC-ing, I would recommend to get something else straight away. CPU OC + Graphics OC = quite a stong increase in required power.
But since you will not, I bet it'll be ok.
I had a old LC power 650W PSU, which is now also happily pulling a HD4850x2 + Intel E8500 (stock, ahh, what a waste), and that one had 20A, 18A, 2A 12V rails. However, Everest 4.6 reports that the 12V rail is doing 8,96V while gaming. (near failing that is) BIOS (idle reports 10,88) However do note that these are just indications, not emperical measurements you should trust.
And that said about the PSU - The P43 Neo boards are great value, especially if you don't want to OC, if don't want / need to go over 400Mhz FSB. RAID, Crossfire (8x/8x) and OCing are the only reasons to go with a P45 or X48.
Heh, I had the motherboard up since 12/27/2008 with the old SeaSonic PSU. It seems to work.

MSI P43 Neo3-FR loses time in Windows?

Hello,
I have a couple of months old P43 Neo3-FR mainboard with the latest bios 1.7.
It's running fine, except the fact that my Windows time is lagging. This lagging is about 1,5 second per hour.
So when I leave my pc on for about 8 hours (when I'm away), the clock lags about 12 seconds...
It happens in Vista x64, as well as 7 x64.
But the weirdest thing is, when my pc is off, the clock seems to keep up perfectly fine.
When I synchronize before I turn my pc off, and I turn it on again the next morning, the clock is still in perfect sync.
I know I can synchronize via regedit with SpecialPollInterval hourly or shorter... but it still bothers me that it can't keep up time on it's own.
So, to rule out a couple of options:
- I replaced my CMOS battery with a new one, no difference
- I don't have anything overclocked, my E8400 is running stock speed at 3,0 GHz
- I switched HPET, EIST and C1E off and on, no difference
- I have tested this on clean installs of both Vista and 7, both show the same aberrance, so no spyware or viruses
- It has happend on all bios versions I tried (1.4, 1.5, 1.7)
Is there something physically wrong with my motherboard, like some sort of broken 'clock crystal'?
Can someone please enlighten me?

Quote from: benderbadbot on 19-March-09, 20:31:42
Does it happen running xp? if you still have it, load it on a spare harddrive and check its clock. Vista does strange things... maybe it warps space and time in your rig! (ha-ha).
Well, I don't think it has to do with Vista, since Windows 7 shows exactly the same annoyance (also about 1,5 seconds per hour). So I can only assume Windows XP does the same...
By the way, my parents PC has also Vista, but their clock runs fine at the second, on or off (on an Asus P5QL Pro board). Also, my laptop (Toshiba A200-13J) with Windows XP is running fine at the second.
But I don't understand why it doesn't lag when it's turned off, or in the bios, but it starts to lag when in Windows... The only explanation I can find is that Windows reads the clock from something else than the CMOS battery, am I right?
Some people say that Windows manages it's own time, but then why the hell does Windows (and probably XP too) lag ONLY on my P43 and not my parents PC and laptop?

P43 Neo3 Board won't start up

Here's the gear (all new):
N82E16820231209   MEM 2Gx2|GSK F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B R   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209&Tpk=N82E16820231209
N82E16819115037   CPU INTEL|C2D E8400 3G 775 45N R     (stock cooling)
N82E16813130185   MB MSI P43 NEO3-F 775 RT   (BIOS: A7514 IMS130)
N82E16814150316   VGA XFX PVT98GYDLU 9800GT 512M RT
N82E16817341016   PSU OCZ|OCZ500MXSP 500W RT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016&Tpk=N82E16817341016
N82E16811129021   CASE ANTEC|NINE HUNDRED BK RT
When I give it power all of the fans come on (including video card), but nothing else happens. I've tried it with just CPU, 1 stick memory, video card and only the power switch hooked up to board - same thing happens. I've also tried using a different video card (old ATI that's regular PCI, not PCIe). I've checked that the cpu is mounted correctly with not bent pins and the fan is properly seated (looked at the back of the board). All of the standoffs are mounted correctly and there is nothing that could be shorting the back of the board (like a standoff in a wrong place).
I'm not sure if this board can beep without an external speaker ( I saw a header for one, but I don't have a cpu speaker), so I don't know if I'm actually getting a POST code or not. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi,
Have you triple checked all power connectors:
- 24-Pin ATX
- 4-Pin +12V CPU
- 6/8-Pin +12V PCIe (Video card)
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CPU INTEL|C2D E8400 3G 775 45N R
Can you check the sSpec number of that processor to find out if it is the C0 or the E0-Revision?
Please have a look at the board's BIOS Chip to find out the factory BIOS Version:
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I'm not sure if this board can beep without an external speaker ( I saw a header for one, but I don't have a cpu speaker), so I don't know if I'm actually getting a POST code or not. Any ideas?
You can only find out when you actually connect a speaker to the pin header's speaker pins. Doesn't your case have an integrated speaker that you can hook up to the pins?

P43 Neo3-F, no post, no beeps

As per my post in the previous thread (sorry about the bump Jack)
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I also have the same problem. I'm trying to boot up with a Celeron 440 in order to update the BIOS to be able to use an E5200, but nothing happens. No beeps from the speaker, no post. All fans and hard drive spin up though. The first day I had it I was impatient and tried to start it with the E5200 in, and the CMOS jumper set to clear CMOS, not knowing what I was doing; stupid move on my part. Could this have killed the BIOS chip? Would I need to replace the BIOS chip if that's the case?
Configuration/ parts used:
Cpus - Celeron 440, E5200
Motherboard - MSI P43-Neo3-F (MS-7514) Bios chip - A7514, IMS130 (Bios version 1.3?)
Ram - A.Data Ram 2x1GB pc6400 (800mhz), tried single Generic Hynix 1gb stick, pc6400 (800mhz)
Video Card - Sapphire Radeon HD4850, tried Sapphire Radeon HD4670, old Ati 9250 (pci)
Hard drive - Seagate 7200.11 500gb hard drive, also tried Hitachi Deskstar 500gb hard drive
OS - The seagate has Windows 7 Professional 32-bit in it, Hitachi Deskstar is formatted, and is completely empty
Power Supply - Corsair CMPSU 400cx, 400w and 30A on +12v rail, 20A on +5V rail, 20A on +3.3V rail, also tried OCZ moxstream 700w psu, not sure of specs

I have tried the board barebone atop an anti-static bag, atop a piece of foam that was inside the bag, and on top of a card board box , still no dice
The socket seems fine; no bent pins or anything. The board itself seems in good shape as well. No blown capacitors, everything seems in place (at least when compared to a photo on newegg.com's site). I have the OC jumpers set on default, tried 1 stick of RAM in all four ram slots, nothing happens
I did notice the chips around the pci slots warmed up abit if I left it on for a few minutes, but I don't feel any heat coming off the northbridge and mosfet heatsinks, if that's of any relevance
edit - also, bios revision is ver 1.0
Thanks

Modded or performance bios sought for p43 neo3-f

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