MOVED: P6N Diamond Vista SP1 install problems?

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Inside,
I had similar issues when I first installed Vista and I don't think it installed correctly as it is...
One thing I noticed was that the Memory in particular is undervolted with this board if the bios is set to auto. Make sure you manually set the voltage to your RAM manufacturers voltage. Do the same thing with the timings and speed...
I had everything set to auto at first and I couldn't even get Vista to unpack 100% until I manually set things...
I need to reinstall windows I think because my installation is still messed up as I didn't change the timings until I started getting BSOD on first boot... Try it let us know if it works.

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    Hey.
    I’m the happy owner of a MSI P6N Diamond, but I have some problems when I try to install Vista.
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    RAM: 2x1gb Cell Shock PC6400
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    What to do?
    I have tried disconnecting all my other drives and I have tried with only one memory block (1gb)
    Hope somebody can help me
    /Christian

    Inside,
    I had similar issues when I first installed Vista and I don't think it installed correctly as it is...
    One thing I noticed was that the Memory in particular is undervolted with this board if the bios is set to auto. Make sure you manually set the voltage to your RAM manufacturers voltage. Do the same thing with the timings and speed...
    I had everything set to auto at first and I couldn't even get Vista to unpack 100% until I manually set things...
    I need to reinstall windows I think because my installation is still messed up as I didn't change the timings until I started getting BSOD on first boot... Try it let us know if it works.

  • P6N DIAMOND CAN'T INSTALL VISTA NO MASS DRIVE FOUND

    Trying to install Vista and no drive found to install OS. Using Sata Samsung Optical Drive and tring to install to a single Sata WD 150 Raptor. I installed Nraid dirver when prompted using USB and Vista still won't find the hard drive to install. Looking for any ideas. I can access the c: drive through DOS prompt and I formatted there but the Hard Drive is not available in the Vista install screen.
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    Samsung SATA optical drive
    2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
    Seasonic M12 SS600

    The HDD is on SATA 1 and the DVD is on SATA 4. The odd thing all this time it was showing in BIOS and I was able to access via command prompt. I did check the BIOS again and the on chip SATA mode was IDE. I had set the BIOS using the optimized defaults until the OS is loaded. I believe the OnChip SATA mode is IDE with that default, I checked it anyway and was set to IDE.
    This AM I added the Floppy drive loaded the drivers on a floppy on another computer, booted into Vista and booted into Vista instal and the HDD was shown before I tried to load the drivers. What occurred to finally show up I have NO IDEA. Must be one of the unexplainable computer things. But I was finally able to install Vista and get it up and running!
    Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

  • P6N Diamond - Vista - Battlefield 2 = No X-Fi ?

    Hi,
    I am the happy owner of a brand new MSI P6N Diamond.
    I got it because of the X-Fi & Vista Certified logo ( Am I a fool ? )
    Well. I have all the latest X-Fi drivers installed from MSI´s driver download section.
    Battlefield 2 just tells me that my hardware does not support X-Fi 
    Help ???
    Anyone got any advice before I return the board ?
    Thanks
      WizZerD 

    Quote from: WizZerD on 10-June-07, 05:33:47
    Yeah I noticed that..
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    but these drivers really suck as there is no interface for tuning & adjustment.
    Also, with these drivers, you can not playback what is comming in through the Mike of Line in.
    It says that the X-Fi card inbuilt on the motherboard is an X-Fi Extreme Audio card, but the creative drivers for the X-Fi Extreme Audio do not recognise it.
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    you can try forced install, extract self archive to desired folder(you will need winrar installed, right click on the executable file downloaded from creative and extract it, then from device manager update the sound card driver manually and point to the extracted folder)

  • P6N Diamond - Vista/XP won't install.

    I have Vista Home Premium x64 and I went to install for testing before I registered it.  I then see I can install any version of Vista, so I decide to try Vista Ultimate to see how different it is from Home Premium.  Anyway, the trial period for Ultimate expired and I can't seem to install Winodws at all now, not even XP.  Vista just sits at the device screen and shows no drives at all and I try to load drivers and still nothing.  I even tried turning on RAID with no help.  I have used the drivers from MSI's website as well as nvidia's and nothing.
    When I try XP though, it BSOD and locks up completely just as it goes into the first page of installation after setup has loaded drivers and such.  I ran chkdsk /f and reset BIOS and nothing helps.  I can still log into my expired Vista install just fine and vista see it there and all is fine in the BIOS as well. I even grabbed another HD with same issues.
    I find it very strange Windows boots up on the drive, but won't install to it? 
    I just looked at MSI's website and 3.1 is still the current BIOS.  Did MSI completely dumps this board?  It's been almost a full year since the last BIOS was released and nvidia has released several fixes to the BIOS since, so I know there are available patches to install. I sure hope they plan to provide support for this flagship motherboard when it was released, I mean they provided like 3-4 months of support and then dump it?
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    -=Mark=-
    ps. I just finished installing ubuntu on it with no problems at all.

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    format c: at the DOS prompt
    Yeah just re-install it from scratch, it would be easier.
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    Anyway, the trial period for Ultimate expired and I can't seem to install Winodws at all now, not even XP.  Vista just sits at the device screen and shows no drives at all and I try to load drivers and still nothing.
    I find it very strange Windows boots up on the drive, but won't install to it?
    Gee, maybe another of M$'s tricks. They want you to buy the full version of Vista Ultimate?

  • MOVED: K9N2 Diamond , Vista 64 and AHCI/SATA configured DISK I/F

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    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=118524.0

    Quote from: nyaradinorbert on 23-January-09, 16:39:22
    My problem is that despite using the original disk, on a brand new install, the X-Fi card is not recognized: On win XP and Vista
    1. It is seated correctly
    2. I have tried re-booting with card in, and out and back in again
    3. I have uninstalled and re-installed drivers multiple times
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    Quote from: nyaradinorbert on 24-January-09, 02:03:39
    Tank you BOSSKILLER
    It works

  • Vista SP1 update problems with itunes after

    Hello,
    After installing the SP1 Vista update, i cant play music anymore with itunes.
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  • MOVED: K8N Diamond Plus Motherboard overclocking problem.

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    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=93776.0

    Quote from: TimeReaper on 15-February-06, 09:15:17
    I know this board can reach 300+ by reviews by Tom's Hardware. But I was wondering how I could get my FSB up there? I can't seem to get past the hurtle at 270. Anything above this will make the system fail to start up and I have to clear the BIOS again.
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  • MOVED: P6N Diamond overclock

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    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=111031.0

    Brinbane,,my e6750 runs all day at 3600mhz.  However, I have learned from experience that every CPU is different, I had a 630 that overclocked better than a 670 CPU...it's a crap shoot at best.   Also, just wondering if Vista is less tolerant than WinXP for overclocking?  I have CPU-Zd to 3800, but it's not stable due to my budget memory.  The 680 boards have always been decent overclockers, but an Intel board will almost always reach higher bus speeds than a Nvidia board....but, we do have SLI..!!     If Intel ever comes out with the Skulltrail board, I'd buy it..two processors (ala server board) and Nvidia 100 chipsets for SLI..woohoo.!!
    Keep the faith..Paul
    Skulltrail----> http://www.legitreviews.com/article/568/1/

  • MOVED: P6N Diamond Overclock Help

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Undervolting & Modding Corner.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=152675.0

    Brinbane,,my e6750 runs all day at 3600mhz.  However, I have learned from experience that every CPU is different, I had a 630 that overclocked better than a 670 CPU...it's a crap shoot at best.   Also, just wondering if Vista is less tolerant than WinXP for overclocking?  I have CPU-Zd to 3800, but it's not stable due to my budget memory.  The 680 boards have always been decent overclockers, but an Intel board will almost always reach higher bus speeds than a Nvidia board....but, we do have SLI..!!     If Intel ever comes out with the Skulltrail board, I'd buy it..two processors (ala server board) and Nvidia 100 chipsets for SLI..woohoo.!!
    Keep the faith..Paul
    Skulltrail----> http://www.legitreviews.com/article/568/1/

  • MOVED: P6N Diamond MS-7320 Ver 1.0 Will not POST -- BIOS Flash via JSPI1

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    SPI FlashROM Programmer 1.6 (C) 2008-2009 by Martin Rehak; [email protected]
    Compiled by GCC 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) at 22:49:21, Jan 21 2009
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    SPI connected to LPT port at I/O base address: 378h, SCK pulse width: t+0us
    FlashROM JEDEC ID, type: FFFFFFh
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    Status = FFh (SRP, RES, TB , BP2, BP1, BP0, WEL, BSY)
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    Compiled by GCC 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) at 22:49:21, Jan 21 2009
    (Win9x/NT/2K/XP compatability)
    SPI connected to LPT port at I/O base address: 378h, SCK pulse width: t+0us
    FlashROM JEDEC ID, type: 000000h
    Unknown manufacturer
    Status = FFh (SRP, RES, TB , BP2, BP1, BP0, WEL, BSY)
                          0     0    0      0     0     0      0     0     
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  • MOVED: P6N SLI-FI with strap problems

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    Ok, solved problem.
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  • MOVED: P6N Diamond Voltage Settings...

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    Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 23-November-07, 18:46:57
    have you tried +/- num pads keys?
    Thank you! Seems to run stable now... I bumped mem voltage up and vcore up by 1 increment and vtt fsb to 12% seems to run stable and cool.

  • MOVED: p6n diamond - passive

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    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113051.0

    Good question....the Northbridge fan is mainly used for those using watercooling on the CPU.  If you're using the stock or aftermarket air cooler on the CPU...the displaced air from the CPU fan is sufficient to cool the Northbridge heat sink.  For those who dont like the loud NB fan...simply replace it with a standard 40mm cooling fan with a lower speed or decibel rating.  As far as SLI is concerned, running SLI should only increase your case temperature a tad due to the extra card generating heat, if you have a decent case fan, you wont even detect any difference.
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  • MOVED: P6N Diamond running at 1333FSB

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    Hi,
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