MOVED: P6N SLi OC issue.

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Quote from: AaronYuri on 20-June-07, 15:16:29
Well it's the keyboard controller so you could have a dead mainboard.
But it's only booting on a cold boot, so a PSU issue is a bit of a definete.
Do you have a different mainboard you can try? Or a less taxing VGA?
Quite welcome.
Picked up a 750W ThermalTake PSU this evening, will swap PSUs in the morning
Keeping fingers crossed that it is the PSU and not the MB as that will push back the build even farther.
Incidentally, I pulled the CPU out and put it in the Shuttle works like a champ so that rules out CPU too.
Looks like it is down to MB or PSU and the answer should be known tomorrow.
Thanks for bearing with me thru this, as this is my first build with an MSI MB. Have done  a couple hundred of builds with Shuttles and ASUS boards, and am hoping it is either a bad "new" PSU or karma knocked me in the arse with a lemon MB.
Have read some really great things about there boards, and know several people who have used them with great reviews.
Once again thanks

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    Hello,
      First off let me start off by saying hello and greetings to all. Now let me get to the issue that plagues me. I recently built my computer back in Apr 07. Here is what I am staring at.
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    I had an error before that stated something about settings not being supported on my OC. I have searched here and about a dozen other forums and printed out everything I could and read how everyone was able to OC this thing. A ton of people it seems have gotten past the 3ghz barrier with no issues but I cannot even push it without receiving an error or the computer failing to boot all together. I have even found plenty of post with people running almost an identical set up as my own. I want to push the 3g barrier but I cannot even play a single game without the computer going down at 2.8.
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    Quote from: AaronYuri on 20-June-07, 15:16:29
    Well it's the keyboard controller so you could have a dead mainboard.
    But it's only booting on a cold boot, so a PSU issue is a bit of a definete.
    Do you have a different mainboard you can try? Or a less taxing VGA?
    Quite welcome.
    Picked up a 750W ThermalTake PSU this evening, will swap PSUs in the morning
    Keeping fingers crossed that it is the PSU and not the MB as that will push back the build even farther.
    Incidentally, I pulled the CPU out and put it in the Shuttle works like a champ so that rules out CPU too.
    Looks like it is down to MB or PSU and the answer should be known tomorrow.
    Thanks for bearing with me thru this, as this is my first build with an MSI MB. Have done  a couple hundred of builds with Shuttles and ASUS boards, and am hoping it is either a bad "new" PSU or karma knocked me in the arse with a lemon MB.
    Have read some really great things about there boards, and know several people who have used them with great reviews.
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  • MOVED: P6N Sli Plat. weird cold boot issue

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    yeah well if I set the timing to like 5-5-5-15 or something I'm sure it'll work fine.    But that's not the point...  Cuz if I have to set my timings to 5-5-5-15 just to get it up to the 889mhz that I need it.  I might as well just run the run in async mode at 4-4-4-12 800mhz.
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    Quote from: gonzos-revenge on 14-May-07, 05:11:32
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    BG84
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  • MOVED: P6N SLI-FI Bios recovery

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    Ok, solved problem.
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  • MOVED: P6N SLI Plat ethernet problem (when OC)

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