MOVED: Overclocking Problem MSI P7N Platnium

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Whats your BIOS version?
The Q8400 is supported from 1.3, could be you still have 1.0 and thus the cpu is not fully supported yet.
If so, flash to latest BIOS and see if the resolves the problem.
Read here for a safe way to flash your BIOS:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113295.0
For BIOS file:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1373
As always, flashing BIOS is done at your own risk.

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    Hello
    I have already read lot of review of overcloking. So i decided to overclok too .
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    Another question is how can i know the ratio between my FSB and my memory ??? It can help me for the OC beacause i can try to reduce the frequency memory and try to see if i can exeed 1300Mhz of Front Side Bus. In cell menu i have the choise of auto , linked and manuel . When i choose linked i don't know the ratio so i can't know how my memory frequency is calulated when i change the FSB of my CPU.  Try to help me here if someone can .
    Don't forget i have a corsair PC26400 (800Mhz) so i can't go above 400Mhz . My timing according to CPU-Z  in EPP : 4-4-4-12-2T at 2.1V
    My last question is i have try to overclok directly in OS whith setFSB . But i don't know the PLL of the Msi P7N sli platinium. Can someone tell me what is it ?? I am trying to know if i can increase the FSB directly in windows Mode. Of course i will change my frequency memory in the BIOS to 275Mhz           ( according to CPUZ it it's possible) to not be limited by my memory and especially because i don't Know the ration DRAM:FSB .  I think it's more easily and more safe .
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  • MOVED: Overclocking Problems on K8N Neo Plat

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    Overclocking Problems on K8N Neo Plat

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  • MOVED: Overclocking e8400 with P7n 750i SLI Platinum

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    Hi there,
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  • MOVED: Overclocking problem with K8N Neo4 Platinum

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    Quote from: BlackRaven on 27-June-07, 08:58:49
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    The only real way to know what any chip will do, IMO, is to buy from someone who has abused already tried it 

  • MOVED: Overclocking issue with P7N SLI

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    OK guys, just a little update.  My OC is now showing up in Windows and is now making a difference in my benchmark scores.  All I had to do was drop the multi to 8 and then up the fsb to 1600 (for 3.2 ghz) and it booted normally.  It's passed prime for 8 hours now, so I have no reason to believe its not stable.
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    Only thing I can guess is that the OC wasn't stable at that fsb (fsb hole), resulting in a failed OC.  After dropping the multi, I added some Vcore and upped the FSB voltage a bit, and voila! 
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  • Overcloking E8400/ Msi P7N sli platinium

    Hello Everybody
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    Corsair PC26400 (800Mhz) : Timing : 5-5-5-18 at 1.9V
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    Hello
    I have already read lot of review of overcloking. So i decided to overclok too .
     For my case i think that i have discover the problem but i am not shure . I have read in a review of the MSI P7N Platnium that the motherbord can not go above 1333Mhz of FSB . I have a E8400 so it's by defautlt at 1300Mhz. What do you think ???
    Another question is how can i know the ratio between my FSB and my memory ??? It can help me for the OC beacause i can try to reduce the frequency memory and try to see if i can exeed 1300Mhz of Front Side Bus. In cell menu i have the choise of auto , linked and manuel . When i choose linked i don't know the ratio so i can't know how my memory frequency is calulated when i change the FSB of my CPU.  Try to help me here if someone can .
    Don't forget i have a corsair PC26400 (800Mhz) so i can't go above 400Mhz . My timing according to CPU-Z  in EPP : 4-4-4-12-2T at 2.1V
    My last question is i have try to overclok directly in OS whith setFSB . But i don't know the PLL of the Msi P7N sli platinium. Can someone tell me what is it ?? I am trying to know if i can increase the FSB directly in windows Mode. Of course i will change my frequency memory in the BIOS to 275Mhz           ( according to CPUZ it it's possible) to not be limited by my memory and especially because i don't Know the ration DRAM:FSB .  I think it's more easily and more safe .
    When i let the bios in auto i read in CPUZ a ration DRAM:FSB = 5:6 which is normal because the bus is at 333Mhz and my memory 400Mhz. But i choose linked i don't know if the ratio is the same when i change the FSB ??
    Can you suggest me another program inside of SetFSB ???
    If someone tell me that i can't increase 1300Mhz in this motherboard so i will stop here to oc and not loose my time.
    Thanks ...

  • Can't overclock e8400 on an MSI P7N 780i mobo

    I am having great difficulty overclocking my e8400 on my new MSI P7N Diamond motherboard. The same processor with the same RAM overclocked just fine without any voltage bumps on my EVGA 780i motherboard, but for the life of me, I can not figure out how to get this MSI board to do the very same thing. I am trying to get a 3.6ghz overclock going and it worked perfectly on the EVGA board and this processor is widely known to be easily capable of such an overclock, especially since I've done it before. I'm hoping you guys might be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong here. Here are my specs:
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    Pchas,
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    Quote from: Langnasen on 13-May-08, 01:02:23
    You do not want to see them going over 60c really.
    You can go over 60C without any problems, just keep it under ~70C under full load.
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    His system has been fine for almost 2 yrs now  .
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    It has been 27C here in Holland and my cores ran sometimes over ~61C for a couple of hours (lotta decoding/encoding done) and all is still working fine 
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