MSI Diamond Plus questions galore

1) my 2 1 gig sticks are not showing up at ddr 400 acording to cpu z. How do i change this in bios, I know that sometimes this bios is a bit buggy. It gives me the option of cas 2. 2.5 3.0 Cpuz says 3.0 would put me at ddr 400.  I have set the 1:1 in bios but it still does not show the correct thing. unless it me.
2 How do i update my bios, i am on xp 64 bit and it the msi install disk says it is not compatable with this mb. The bios link on msi's page is down even then they seem to only have a version for 2000/xp not xppro64 bit
3) for some dumb reason i can not get my 2nd monitor to show up. They both work. I've switched back and forth a 100 times now. Before i just used nvids wizard. but for some reason the wizard is skipping over detecting a 2nd monitor. For reference i am running two 7800 gt's in sli. I have run through Xp's tutorials half a dozen times and i still can not get it to recognize the 2nd monitor? what could this be from.
4) this wireless g card i have is not working. Well more specifically the drivers install 25% and croak. it just hangs. Is this an issue with xp64 compatability or is it an issue with the guy typing this out.

Hello,
1) Did you set the RAM settings manually in BIOS? Have you tried putting them in slot 1 and slot 3?  What type of Memory do you Have??
Recommended Memory Combination List
DIMM Slots
Max Speed
Green          Purple       Green        Purple
DIMM1         DIMM2      DIMM3       DIMM4
S                -             -               -            DDR 400
-                -             S               -            DDR 400
D                -             -               -            DDR 400
-                -             D               -            DDR 400
S                -             S               -            DDR 400
D                -             D               -            DDR 333
S                S             -               -            DDR 400
-                 -             S              S            DDR 400
D                 D            -               -            DDR 400
-                 -             D              D            DDR 400
S                S             S              S            DDR 400
D                D             D              D            DDR 333
S: Single Side
D: Double Side
2) There isn't any new bios updates yet for this board. When MSI releases a BIOS don't use Live update to flash it, might cause problems..
Drivers are here: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=710&kind=1
You can contact MSI for a Beta BIOS if you like to try it...
3) Do you have the latest Drivers for your Video Card?
Assuming you have both monitors hook up to the main Video Card ( the one closest to the cpu) ?
Have you updated your drivers on your motherboard? You can get your nvidia SLI 16x drivers here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_winxp64_x16_6.83  <-- For Window XP RRO 64 bit.
4) Try downloading the updated Driver from the Company website and see if that works.
Is the Card in the Orange slot on the motherboard?

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    Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
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    first of all, i do think that all the settings in the BIOS have an explanation in the manual, even if it's a basic one. if that explanation doesn't tell you everything in detail, is because if you do need a detailed explanation of the settings, you probably shouldn't be messing around with those settings.
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    wanna tell me how did you get 1.95V on that mobo?
    Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
    I've been able to get the CPU up to 2.4Ghz, with a .5 volt bump to the CPU and 2.9 volts into the Geil memory.  So far, so stable, no smoke coming out yet 
    a 0.5V  bump? again, you must be joking. maybe 0.05V.

  • My new Diamond plus pt2... a pointless thread!

    Hi all
    OK, my last post title stated that my Diamond Plus was crap. Well it's not  Let me explain. My last build was about 2 1/2 years ago. it wasnt top of the range but still a good computer, some of the parts are in my new rig. Now that build was so easy. All I had to do was push everything togeather and flick psu switch and everything worked 100% first time. :D and it's been great ever since. All I ever upgraded was the memory to 1gb.
    Now I've upgraded to a mother board with the latest technology designed to run at the speed of light, and this is where my problems started. First off the psu. no pci-e connectors, and only rated to 350watts. second a soundcard that doesnt like nVidia for some reason and memory, or maybe a cpu, that very picky on how fast it can run.
    So in a hurry I bought a cheapish psu, problem 1 solved, for the short term, then games would crash and prime95 would report errors all the time. So I messed around with the memory timings in bios, with help from a few peeps on here, and now has been rock solid. although prime will get upset between 1 and 2 hours.
    Now thats left to sort is the sound card. 
    Spose what I'm trying to say is. is. is.... Computer building is becoming a fine art. where you cant just bolt things togeather anymore. you have to tune each part to make it work. and sometimes it may take a week or two to do that.
    I now LOVE my MSI Diamond Plus and would recomend one to anyone else looking for a simular build.

    Everyone's comments here are 100% true. You need to have the nerve to explore in new terrain in order to do this. If you had any doubt in yourself, you'd either pay someone to build a rig for you or go out, sell out, and buy a frackin' Dell. Patience is also vital in computer building because without it, you won't be able to find the answers to your questions and solutions to your problems.
    Building rigs can be fun as well as frustrating. Last rig I put together lasted two years before I considered a new system. Heck, that two year old rig is still ticking strong and I plan on reselling it. At the end of 2003, I bought absolutely every latest and greatest piece of hardware on the market including hard drives up the wazzoo, but there was no power supply on the market at the time that could keep a rig with 8 hard drives, a high demand video card and motherboard happy. I pretty much refunded everything and went from large to small. I built an 865P chipset Shuttle SFF Cube PC, P4 2.8C with Hyper-threading @ 3.02 GHz, 1GB DDR433 Dual Channel RAM, SATA 250GB drive, single DVD recorder, GeForce FX 256MB, Analog video conversion capture card and the rest of my raided hard drives I put them in external firewire enclosures. Ran games, edited film, designed 2D and 3D graphics and finished my thesis for my Bachelor's Degree on it like the champ that computer was. The point I'm trying to make is that we all either solve the issue and if we can't, we adapt.
    Congrats on getting your rig straight. Inadequate power supplies can seriously put a blemish on a computer so choose yours based on wattage and reputation wisely. Personally, I've got a Themaltake 650w to run my rig.
    On a sidenote, I think SLi has been the best computer investment EVAH. And ultimately, if you build a rig properly with the right components, a two year run should be more than worth it. 
    LPB

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