MSI P6N Diamond 680i and G0 stepping?

Does this board support G0 stepping right now? No bios updated needed? I've heard some boards do not. I'm looking at getting one of the new Q6600's w/ G0 stepping.

You can answer your own question by going to the product page----> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1168&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170 and clicking the CPU Support tab----> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=1168&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=#menu
According to the CPU Support Page, Kentsfield Q6600 2x4MB (2.4GHz), 1066FSB, stepping 9, is OK .

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Any News (MSI) P6N Diamond (680i) SLI Motherboard

Any one know about the release of (MSI) P6N Diamond (680i) SLI Motherboard

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honestly, if it's not for SLI, I think I'll wait for ATI, ops, AMD RD600 chipset mobo instead.
I complete agree with that. Just getting bored with the Opteron system. I have an insider I am getting a e6600 from for 1/2 price this week, so I was looking at boards. Think I want to try the 680i over the 975, and while the RD600 looks like it will be a winner it's still a ways out.
MSI had stated end of December for the P6N and that time is upon us.
Honestly after the last purchase I swore I would never buy another MSI, but I kind of crave pain that way, after about a year of mods on this current board, and emails with the MSI BIOS crew I think the K8N SLI was the 2nd best Nforce 4 board made out there. Plus it gives me another forum area to read here beside the Nvidia, and overclocking sections.

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honestly, if it's not for SLI, I think I'll wait for ATI, ops, AMD RD600 chipset mobo instead.
I complete agree with that. Just getting bored with the Opteron system. I have an insider I am getting a e6600 from for 1/2 price this week, so I was looking at boards. Think I want to try the 680i over the 975, and while the RD600 looks like it will be a winner it's still a ways out.
MSI had stated end of December for the P6N and that time is upon us.
Honestly after the last purchase I swore I would never buy another MSI, but I kind of crave pain that way, after about a year of mods on this current board, and emails with the MSI BIOS crew I think the K8N SLI was the 2nd best Nforce 4 board made out there. Plus it gives me another forum area to read here beside the Nvidia, and overclocking sections.

MSI P6N Diamond and very slow BIOS menus

I'm having problems with my new setup. My setup is as follows:
MSI P6N Diamond with 1.1 bios update
2 x OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK
XION Supernova XON 600W Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (not overclocked yet, having problems whenever I change settings)
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB Video Card
I'm running Vista 32bit fine as far as I can tell, everything is pretty snappy and other programs are running fine, but the machine is very slow to post and running the bios menus is a painful process as it takes about 2-4 seconds to switch selections. I tried running the board with 1 stick of ram in slot 1, with slots 1 & 3 and all 4 and it made no difference. I had a USB card reader plugged in and then removing it seemed to make a difference for a while, the BIOS menus ran as I expected, very snappy. Also anytime I switch the CPU clock from automatic to manual the computer won't post and i have to reset the bios
Anyone have a clue what could be causing this slowness and my inability to overclock the cpu?

I will be getting the Q6600 in 1 week, :D. The new G0 stepping as well :D. I'm excited.
Are you using XP or Vista? I have had no distortion or pops with my sound. Although, from what I hear the drivers for XP or much more polished than those for Vista. This is a Creative issue, and not an MSI issue. Lots of people are having problems with Vista with the standalone Creative cards as well.
I overclocked my E6700 to about 3.5Ghz, and hit a temp wall based on my ambient temps. I probably could have gone higher if it was cooler in the room that houses the computer. Although, the temps have dropped dramatically after the AS5 has cured, probably could get it pushed up a bit higher. Hopefully I don't have problems with it when the Q6600 comes in.
If you got the older B3 stepping version, it will run a bit hotter and will be much harder to OC to higher speeds because of this. I've found the P6N Diamond to be very OC friendly and like all the options it gives. The only thing I don't like is the adjustment of the Vcore lists the # above stock, instead of the absolute #. Sometimes the Vcore it auto assigns isn't 100% correct I've heard so it'd be nice to know what that auto value is. The Vcore reading you can read in the monitor section fluctuates a hair in each direction of 1.3 for me when at stock, so I assume it was 1.3 stock.

MSI P6N Diamond Driver Probl

I recently was one of the brave few to order a MSI P6N Diamond motherboard. This board is only few months old if that, and of course all the drivers and bios for this board are buggy. One thing I should note about this board is if you disable the IDE controller, your cpu voltage will shoot up to .7 volts( stock is .3) and if your lucky , fry your brand new E6600 chip. (NOT COOL)?Besides that fun I will get to the point. I could of cared less about the onboard X-FI , but with PCI slots going by by and no one is making any PCIexpress sound cards (that I am aware of). I sorta figured well shoot, now I am stuck with this sound card.
At first, I was , wait its a creative labs sound blaster X-FI, those are those new ones that seem really cool (NOT). I wont lie, in games it sounds million times better then my old Audigy did, no more pops or cracks (5 year old card) the EAX effects sound more life like, 5. channels works cleaner. I was like "way-a-go creative!"? Then the problems started.
I loaded up my favorite program Fruityloo
ps.
After looking over the sound properties , I notice there was no ASIO cards to be found? Hmm.... Could? naa, no ASIO on a creative labs sound card? At first I thought I must of time warp back to the Li've! days, shoot at least I could use KX drivers make that baby work great!? This time I was left in the dark ?No problem, I will just goto creative.com and download the new drivers, forget those MSI drivers came with the board, I would rather use the manufactures drivers instead anyhow (creative). WRONG!! "setup could not find any supported devices in your system"?... Figures ?So i tryed to boot leg the drivers and force them to work , naa that wont work. So I am guessing Creative WILL NOT support this sound card because they didnt install it on to the motherboard, MSI did, they are the ones who do the driver support, go bug them! (as i would figure). MSI says "well we use there drivers off there site and make them work with our boards, they are up-to-date!" I dont know , this sucks, is there a way i can rip off the X-fi chip on my motherboard and get a refund, heck shoot me over a audigy 2 at least those work 'ok'....
?Besides that ASIO problem, I notice FEAR Combat will BSOD and sometimes say a file called "t3filt.sys" was involved, funny that file comes up as a "Sensaura" file? I have no clue what thats all about, I know this if I disable the onboard sound card from the BIOS, the system runs 00% stable, I enable it, game will randomly crash....
I do know what a computer is and how to get drivers working, but I would almost bet my problem is the driver, and not the hardware (I hope). Sean-

so how bad is it's does this mean iam SOL or what, i just got done reading one of those other threads on here about the X-FI extreme audio scam, I guess iam right up in there with the rest guys. I cant jerry rig the drivers at all, is there any third party drivers that will work?What can one do?If it comes down to it I will litterly desolider the x-fi chip off the board, no sence in having it on there if iam not going to use it?Probley snap it in half when iam done and mail it back to creative. Sean-

Is MSI P6N Diamond supports EPP(Memory)

I got this CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-8500C5D 1066MHz and it has EPP (Sli ready ram). On CPUid SPD, i see JEDEC1(266), JEDEC2(400) and EPP(533).
On default setting for the bios it registered as 800Mhz only using JEDEC2 5-5-5-18 (1.8v).
The memory specification says 5-5-5-15 (2.1v)
Is the board MSI P6N Diamond supports EPP?
I googled it and it s clearly says that Nvidia nForce SLI Boards/Corsair supports EPP and highly recommended for stability.
Anyways i manually set the memory to its specification.

i set it to EPP settings manualy 5-5-5-15-22-2t 2.1 v..
boards with true EPP settings http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/FoxconnC51XEM2AA/7.html
"One interesting note about EPP is that when using above-800 MHz EPP memory with the EPP option enabled in the BIOS, the BIOS will automatically adjust all the necessary bus clocks, multipliers, and voltages to yield memory clock speeds as close to the maximum rated clocks of the DIMM as possible"
I think the P6N diamond doesnt have the feature using EPP.
Even if i use auto timings on the memory, it doesnt match all the timings for SPP/JEDEC (esp on my old ocz pc2-6400 800mhz rams)

MSI P6N Diamond - No Sound

I have just put together a new system and cannot get any sound out from the speakers. Tried several reinstall of windows and sound drivers but no joy. Any help would be appreciated.
MSI P6N Diamond (amibios v 1.10), X-FI Extreme Fidelity v. 1.1.1
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz 1066MHz)
Crucial 4GB kit (2GBx2), 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-5300
2 x EVGA 8800GTS SuperClocked 320MB - SLI
Enermax EIN720AWT 720w Infinity (+3.3V-25A, +5V-30A, +12V1-28A, +12V2-28A, +12V3-30A, -12V-0.6A, +5VsB-3A)
2 x Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM
Pioneer DVR-212BK 18X SATA DVD±RW
Windows XP Professional SP2

open up the audio app for the x-fi located on the bottom right. Go into settings and make sure you have the setting disabled that automatically recognizes that you have headphones plugged in. And make sure the speaker settings are set to speakers and not headphones. Worked for me when I couldn't get sound when I plugged it in on the back. Odd yess but worked for me.

MSI P6N Diamond - Flashing the BIOS

hi all,
I am using a MSI P6N Diamond motherboard. I have gone several years without a problem.
However, recently, I decided to upgrade from 4GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM. I confirmed with Crucial that the memory I was purchasing was guaranteed to be compatible with the existing RAM.
To that end, I flashed the BIOS to the latest version using the MSI Utility program and followed the instructions. The operation was a success.
However, after doing this I noticed that occasionally I will get a "blue screen" when Windows is about to boot. At first I thought it might be a faulty RAM module, so I removed all memory sticks except one which I have been using for years. I know that RAM module is not faulty but I ran memtest86+ to be sure and it did not report any problems. But the blue screen problem still occurs.
The blue screen doesn't occur every time, but it is rather easy to reproduce. I will likely see it at least once on every 4-5 reboots. I can't read anything because it flies by too fast.
Has anyone ever heard of such a thing when updating the BIOS on a P6N motherboard? How can I get additional information on the blue screen?

Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
Can you provide a screenshot of your CPU-Z memory and SPD tabs.
Note: I currently have all 8GB of RAM installed.
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9532/memoryaj.jpg
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1314/spd1.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6558/spd2j.jpg
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2730/spd3.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2163/spd4s.jpg
Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
At this stage I would recommend you flash back to the BIOS that you were running previously with success.
I would like to save this as a last resort if possible. I know that this is a risky procedure. Do I need v1.3 in order to support 8GB of RAM?
Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
What are the error codes of your BSODs. Bottom tight of your task bar is a little flag, left click on it and open the Action Centre. At the top of the dialog you will see Security and Maintenance. Expand the Maintenance option. Select an option called "View reliability history". Now you can click on all the red crossed items in the date/timeline and then then View the technical detail, which should include the BSOD codes wherever there are any.
I'm not sure if Vista Home Premium is different, but I don't see a flag in bottom right of the task bar. However, if I right click My Computer->Manage there is a Reliability and Performance->Reliability Monitor. I believe this is equivalent to what you are referring to, as it shows the red crossed items and shows application/hardware failures, etc. Here is a screenshot of that:
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/2452/reliability.jpg
The problem is that it doesn't show any of the red crossed items for this issue. I have seen at least 4 or 5 of them on 9/22 but nothing is listed on that date. When this blue screen occurs, it seems to occur as soon as the "Microsoft Windows" screen appears while booting. It will show the black Microsoft Windows loading screen and the loading bar and blue screen almost immediately. Is it possible that the problem occurs too soon for it to appear here?
EDIT: I should also note that I have reformatted and reinstalled Windows but the problem persists.
Another odd issue just occurred to me but I'm not sure if it's related. After reinstalling Windows, I would get a "New Hardware found" popup box for the onboard Creative sound. I installed the Creative sound driver, but I would still get the "New Hardware found" box for the onboard Creative sound after rebooting. It looks like that problem has gone away, though.

P6N Diamond problems and questions

OK first here is the set up
P6N Diamond
Q6600
4GB OCZ DDR2 800
Raptor X 150GB C drive
Raptor 74GB D drive
250GB WD SATA
GF 8800GTS 640MB
Coolermax 850W PS 412 volt rails 28a on two of the rails
Windows Vista ultimate 64
I loaded windows on the bare Raptor and it installed Reboot after install and loaded drivers from CD for chipset. Reboot and installed other drives. Now the fun begins...
I was able to install the Video driver downloaded from nVidia's website. But the system hangs constantly It doesn't matter what your doing driver install, windows update or just looking into drives. It starts the operation then it sits with just the fan running for about 5 or more min. then it starts working again. I haven't found any posts here with a similar problem so it must be something I did. My local store did advise a windows reinstall.
Second problem the RAM is seen by the board as 677 not 800. The manual is very unclear on how to change that. I did pick up some Corsair XMS RAM to use instead of the OCZ to make sure it's not a RAM problem. I also tried 1 stick of RAM as well.
Is there a BIOS setting guide for this board anywhere? Also do I need to update BIOS?
Thanks for any help in advance.

Snowfalcon,
You can go to MSI's website, look in "downloads" and download a complete owners manual in PDF format for the P6N Diamond. It contains a bios guide. As far as the memory..you will probably have to increase the memory voltage in order for the bios to run it at the rated frequency, on my OCZ Platinum 6400s I run it at 2.1 volts to get the 800mhz rating. You may not be able to run all 4 gigs, I recommend using no more than 2 sticks in slots 1 & 3 until you get the OS loaded and running stable. Oh, and dont "enable" the onboard audio until after all other drivers are loaded up. Then you can load the Creative X-Fi drivers and software. These suggestions work for WinXP..there are other threads in this forum concerning/specific to Vista installs. Good luck.
Paul

MSI P6N Diamond with E8400 EIST

Running the p6n diamond with the E8400 and I can not seem to get the EIST to work. I try to enable it in the bios, but once I exit it goes back to disabled. Even with the F4 in the bios, I do not see any options for the C1 feature. Currently I have my CPU OCed to 3.6GHz, but that is recent and I could never get the EIST to work even at stock speeds.
Bios version 1.3 btw
System
Vista 64 bit Ultimate
P6N Diamond
E8400
2x2GB OCZ SLI ram 6400
500GB WB SATAII HDD
XFX 9800GTX

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but just not EIST staying enabled.
That means, if you re-enter the BIOS Setup after you have saved & exited it, your changes are lost? All of them or just "Intel EIST" in the Cell Menu?
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because the OCing voltage/FSB is changing
Can you be more specific about what values are actually changing and under which condiditions? Try to give a more detailed explanation of what is actually going on there.
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I could not find C1E support anywhere before even with F4 in the bios, is it suppose to be there?
It should be under "CPU Features". Press F4 multiple times while you are in that BIOS Section.
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People have said there is suppose to be an "EIST" option in there, but I have never seen it.
There is no "EIST" option in there.

MSI P45 Diamond size and coolers

Hello,
I want to install a new CPU cooler on this motherboard but i dont know if it will fit. There's no name list of motherboard compatibility about this cooler... there's only the socket and the size.
Can you tell me if the size of the P45 Diamond and MSI P45 Neo3-FR or MSI P45 Platinum rev 1.1 are the same around the CPU ?
Or do you have the size around the CPU and the height of heatpipes ?
I can't find these on google and there isn't a topic about size and MSI P45 diamond...
The cooler I want to buy is scythe mugen 2 (size : http://www.scythe-eu.com/forum/mugen-series/767-mugen-2-dimensions.html).
Please, don't tell me to ask Scythe because i don't have any answers from them (nice support eh)... You're my last chance.
Have a nice day.

If it helps at all, I have a Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus with dual push/pull fans on a Core 2 Quad E6600 with my P45 Diamond in a Gigabyte GZ-X tower and it fits perfectly at 158.50mm with no modifications. Your Scythe is slightly (I mean SLIGHTLY; 1mm lol) shorter so you should be fine.

Dual Core Center- MSI P6N SLI Platinum and MSI 8800 GTS 640

I have both the MSI 650i MOBO and the MSI 8800 GTS vidcard. When using an Asus P5B Dlx MOBO and this vidcard, Dual Core Center was installed and displayed the information for the videocard and allowed a mild OC. Now with both MSI products in the case, Dual Core Center only displays the information on the MOBO-- no 8800 GTS information. The tab at the top for the VGA does not bring up anything. ??? I have tried installing the version on each one of the disks that came with each piece of equipment again and it doesn't seem to make a difference, it doesn't work. I downloaded the most recent version of the utility from the MSI site and still get only the MOBO information. How do I get the display for the video card.
Or since the MSI utilities typically are listed on the forums as not being the greatest, what else can I/should I be using instead?
{I'll put this in the graphics forum too as it hits both areas...}

Running a P6N SLI Platinum and a MSI 7900GTO with Dualcorecenter 2004 and everything is ok.
Never installed any driver from the MSI CD which comes with the board or graphics card. All drivers are downloaded
from Nvidia.
Maybe the 8800 series is not supported yet.

MSI 7220 (Diamond Plus) and 7800GT/7900GT issue

So I bought the Diamond Plus and the MSI NX7800GT a few weeks ago. Everything set up fine, no problems. I start playing some games, mostly City of Heroes/Villains, and I notice a graphics issue. Objects in the distance are "Z-fighting". It looks as if the Z-buffer's precision is low. I have tried AquaMark3 and I get the same issue, low z-buffer precision. So I sent the video card back, got an EVGA 7900GT. I still have the same exact issue, which never gets better/worse, the problem is always exactly the same. I have tried the card in both PCIe 16x slots and have done a full RAM test. Bios is 3.0A (no difference with 1.0 or 1.16)
Can anyone out there with this Mobo and a 7800GT or 7900GT run AquaMark3 (http://download.guru3d.com/aquamark3/) in demo mode. The demo starts out following a ship, in a few seconds you go up and over a tiny hill and see a vast scene in front of you. Off in the distance, do you see geometry intersecting in an odd way?
I've not noticed any problems in Quake4, Doom3 or 3Dmark, so maybe it's a DirectX only issue. This is extremely frustrating, because I can't imagine what the problem could be. System is completely stable and I have no other problems.
Thanks in advance if anyone out there tries the demo

Quote from: Grouse on 13-April-06, 00:53:42
OI,
As you can see from my sig i have a similar set up. I use antec PSU. The issues your talking about are Likely due to a combination of things not Just one.
First of all are you setting your nvid drivers to the game you are using instead of global settings.
Also what are your amp ratings on your PSU.
Also what are running in your back ground. How many processes?
Have you defragged that drive since your last install?
Have you run dxdiag?
are you using the latest dx version? One came out just recently.
I appreciate all the feedback guys, and as far as these questions, I have tried on 2 clean installs (winxp pro, and winxp x64), and have the same problem. Nothing else running whatsoever, everything updated, etc. It's got to be a hardware issue, and since it's a graphics problem that I've experienced with 2 cards, you guys must be right, it must not be getting enough power. I chose this PSU because Tom's Hardware used it in their test setup with this board (didn't realize it was such a sensative issue). I'll keep messing with it for another day or so. I'll be quite happy if it's just the PSU and I don't have to send the mobo in for replacement.
Thanks again

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After doing so, I started the PC and it squealed loudly. After a little trial and error I discovered I had inadvertently unplugged the power to my video card and that was the source of the squeal. I plugged in the power to the video card, turned it on, all fans and lights came on, and…nothing. No beeps, no video, just fans spinning and case lights shining.
One possible explanation is that the missing power connection to the video card caused a power overload on the PCI-E interface. Per PCI Express Specifications, the maximum power rating suppliable via a given PCI-Express slot is 75W (that is why stronger video cards have their own power connectors). In a worst case scenario, board circuits and/or included components (transformers) were fried when you heard that squealing sound.
The boards PCI Express Interface and the memory interface are both located in the northbridge, so a problem regarding the former may be causing symptoms on the other.
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1. Disconnected everything from motherboard except CPU, memory, and graphics card – RGRR
Did you take the board out of the case for this to test it on a non-conducting surface? If not, please do that and inspect the board for any visual signs of damage (on the top and the bottom side).
Try a different video card, if possible, and test it in the other PCI-E x16 slots as well, just to see what happens.

Any P6N Diamond issues and E8400

Was wondering if there any issues with this board and installing an E8400 chip.
I got a good deal from a buddy, or is it try and see. I know there were some compatability issues
from previous posts.

There is no 45nm processor in the official CPU Support list:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1168&maincat_no=1&orderby=cpu_name%20ASC#menu
The latest BETA BIOS adds 45nm processor support, however, there is an explicit note to the BIOS that says that the board needs to be serviced in order to be able to support 45nm CPU (parts need to be added/replaced).

MSI P6N Diamond 680i and G0 stepping?

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