Msi p6n sli v2 graphics card compatibility

Dear all,
i have an P6N SLI V2 and a 9800GTX installed in it.
I wana upgrade the graphics card but to do it i wana know if there is any incompatibility with the newer card or what cards will be compatible.
Another question, wath is the version of my pci-e slot? v1.0 or 2.0.
Thank you for you support
Best Regards
Pedro Alves

It's a Gen1 PCI-E slot. Go for a NVidia card as AMD cards of Gen2 or 3 are known for compatibility issues when used in boards with a Gen1 slot. Any Nvidia should be fine. Newest GTX7xx vgas might cause issues though as those need a quite current bios even on current generation boards.

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MSI P6N SLI-FI - two video cards non SLI help

Hi,
I am currently running Win 7 Pro 64bit on a MSI P6N SLI with a GeForce GTS 250.
I would like to run 3 monitors and thus install another video card. I was thinking about an GeForce 9400GT using PCIe.
My manual tells me I can only run two video cards in SLI mode, which I don't want to do.
Searching this forum, I found two contradicting posts; one telling me that it is possible to run two cards non-SLI (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=107857.0), one telling me it's not (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=124883.0).
Can anyone tell me which one's true?
And as an alternative, would it be possible to use a PCI (non-PCIe) card like a GeForceFX 5200 additionally to my GTS 250?
Any help would be appreciated,
greetings
cmdkeen

that guy would be me and yes, my pc BSOD-ed like hell with a 8600GT and a 9800GTX, but only after a few days.
maybe it was a driverissue, but I gave up after a 3 weeks
now im running a 250GTS alongside the 9800GTX (non sli !!) and that works fine, since the 250 is essentially a rebranded 9800GTX.
so dont be to happy yet and wait for a few days/weeks and see how it goes.
if it BSOD's, best bet is to get an identic vga, would be my advice.
good luck an keep us posted.

MSI P6N SLI V2 power connection problems at JPW2

When Installing power supply to JPW2 the LED1 indicator extinguishes and the computer does not boot up! All other LED indicators are lit as they should. I've connected the 8 pin power supply to JPW1, and I've connected the PCIE power supply to the graphics card. Why is the computer not booting up?
I'm using the following configuration:
Motherboard: MSI P6N SLI V2
BIOS version: V1,0
Graphics card: XFX Nvidia 8800 GTS (tested and works perfectly)
CPU: Pentium 4 3,4 GHz
RAM: 4* GEIL PC2-5300 512 MB total 2 GB (tested and works perfectly)
Power Supply: LC Power LC8700 (700W) (tested and works perfectly)
Operating System: Win XP
Please could somebody help? Thanks!

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CPU: Pentium 4 3,4 GHz
Please provide full CPU information.
Example:
P4 (Northwood), Extreme Edition 3.4 GHz
or
Pentium 4 550(J) (3.4GHz)
Both P4-types I mentioned as an example are not officially supported yet, that is the main reason I asked for more detailed CPU information:
CPU Support List:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=1169&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=#menu

MSI P6N SLI V2

Hello Guys
I am having problem with this motherboard. Build a machine with this motherboard, the spec is
|MSI P6N SLI V2
|Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 1333MHz Socket LGA775 'Conroe'
|1GB X 3 DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix DIMM 240pin PC6400 CL4.0
|512MB (128MB Local) PCI-E NVidia Inno3D GeForce 7200GS DDR2 64-Bit DVI TV-out
|230 GB Maxtor IDE HDD
When i start up machine. System is not showing the result of POST ceck. Started the machine with out memory and Graphics card expecting it to beep, but nothing is happening. What could be the problem
Thanks
Vt

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MSI P6N SLI V2 + ATI HD4670

Hi there!
I just registered to this forum to get some answers considering upcoming config My current config is this:
Intel Dualcore [email protected]
Kingston DDR800 2Gt
Leadtek 7900GS
MSI P6N SLI V2
Im considering to buy MSI HD4670 512Mt PCIE graphics card but i dont know is it gonna support it fully. I have readed hundreds of posts of "...bought new card, no post" problems. So does anybody know will it work on my P6N SLI motherboard? Thanks

I dun see why it wouldn't work on the rig of your. But before you does that, remember to uninstall any previous graphic card driver.

MSI P6N SLi-FI - Nothing happens!

I recently just purchased a whole new system from newegg. I purchased the following components:
Motherboard: MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130082
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005
Power supply: FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX450-PN, 12cm FAN, version 2.2, 2 SATA, PCI Express, 450W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590
Video card: MSI RX1950PRO-TD256E Radeon X1950PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127271
Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068
Now, I hooked everything up, turned the power supply power on, and a beautiful LED light on the motherboard started to shine proudly. Basking in the glow of my orange LED, I confidently pushed the power button on the case, to find... nothing. No fans started, no whirring of the HD, just silence. I double and triple checked the cord going from the motherboard to the power switch, turned it around, begged it, but can't get any response from the motherboard. I was looking into if my power supply was compatable with my motherboard, and it seems like it should be. Does anyone have any ideas of what else I can check?

Quote from: tnt1 on 22-March-07, 10:34:43
Two different specs. The motherboard is designed to handle either the 8 pin or 4 pin cpu connector. Did you hook up the 4 pin? Did you use the 20+4 for the main ATX? Is the power supply set to 115v? (may say 110v or 120v)
Also are you certain you have connected the power switch correctly to the motherboard. (You can try jumping the pins with a screwdriver). Recheck the manual and make sure you are using the correct pins. Also disconnect the reset switch just to make sure it is not stuck in a reset state.
Try with motherboard out of the case. (It may be grounded)
Try with minimal components.
Reseat the CPU.
Well, I tried all of these. I re-seated the processor, which looked fine originally, stripped out everything except the processor, RAM, and video card, re-connected all of the power cords, took the motherboard out of the case, and jumped the pins with a trusty pair of scissors.
Success! It booted right up, the fans started, and there was a large sigh of relief.
I have no idea what it was wrong, but it seems ok now. Of course, I haven't even connected a monitor or anything, so there's a long way to go, but this was a rather important first step, don't you think?
Thanks guys

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Most gaming fans are crazy about racing games, and there is a new game title just launched to fulfill gamers’ dream. We want to share with you the experience from Taiwan user who assembles a rig with a brand new MSI Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard and 960 graphics card, along with a hardware and game (The Crew) benchmarks. You may find the original article from:
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The Crew - Launch Trailer
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CPU: Intel i5-4670K
RAM: Avexir DDR3-1600 8G*2
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CPU Cooler: SilverStone AR01
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Killer Ethernet, outstanding performance on internet access, especially reduce the lag issue.
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Done with assembling, quiet nice color combination and clean cable arrangement.
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3DMark Fire Strike score: 6441
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The excel performance proof the brand new 960 graphics card comes with good a high Cost/Performance Value.
Now, check out this test benchmark score of the renowned game “The Crew”.
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The comments of the game for your reference:
There are many types of missions that can be chosen from the America’s map.
Street racing, high-speed collision, breakaway from police, sky jumps, zigzagging, etc… make the game quite dynamic.
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The user's comment for using MSI Gaming 5 motherboard and 960 graphics card:
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Once the price hits the sweet spot, it’s time to try out GTX960 SLI’s performance.
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Enough said, anyways, GAME ON!

NVIDIA 960 card + GAMING 5 motherboard = best bundle for budget gaming!
it would be nice to see more testing of hardware-demanding games!

Can not adjust Vcore in bios v2.1 of MSI P6N SLI FI

MHzre option is white, but nothing happened after I hit enter.
stock is 1.31 v.
currently my FSB 1156MHz, MEM 577MHz.
I tried to push FSB to 1200MHz, MAM 600MHz, but failed orthos test.
then I planed to increase VCore a little bit. but just could not change it in the bios.
Any idea here ???
My system:
MOBO: MSI P6N SLI FI
CPU: E4300 @ 2.6G
MAM: STT 2x1G DDR2-667
Video Card: eVGA 7600GT
Hard drive: Seagate 7200.7 160G
Case: Antec Sonata II
PSU: Antec smartpower 2.0
Bios setting (v2.1):
CPU FEATURE:
Execute Disable Bit Disabled
Set Limit CPUID Disabled
C1E Disabled
CHIPSET FEATURE:
HPET Disabled
CELL MENU:
D.O.T Control Disabled
INTEL EIST Disabled
System Clock Mode Manual
FSB Clock 1156MHz
Mem Clock 577MHz
CPU ratio 9
PCIE 100
VCore 0.0000V
Mem Voltage auto
NB Voltage 1.25v
SB Voltage 1.50v
FSB VTT Voltage 0%
Spread Spectrum
Configuration All set to Disabled

Quote from: Exo on 26-June-07, 22:19:01
Maximum temperature at the junction point (where the die is glued to the chip carrier inside). Max temp is 100°C for Allendale and 85°C for conroe. The internal sensor coretemp uses does not return a absolute temperature but rather how many C° is left until Tjunction is reached. So to calculate the temperature they use Tjunction - Sensor Reading = Temperature. You can see here how speedfan's wrong assumption of 85°C for allendale creates a 15°C offset.
3x for the info, but what is the thermal specs of E4300, which is 61 sth

Update on Pentium D 930 + MSI P6N SLi Mobo

A short time ago I was searching this forum for information concerning the compatibility of the Pentium D 930 processor with the MSI P6N Sli Mobo. It seems that this processor was not officially supported for this board. A few helpful people offered the opinion that they would likely work just fine together. I just wanted to get back to you guys and say thank you again, that turned out to be exactly the case. :D
After an embarrassing no-post situation caused by the leftover mounting spacers from my old board (which used 12) to my present board (which uses 9), everything went smoothly. Acronis with Universal restore allowed me to regenerate my operating system. After a lengthy update of drivers the computer was up and running smoothly and with a entirely welcome but somewhat puzzling difference. Whereas the old board (D945PVS) consistently provided an environment in which the CPU ran at 50°+ C (?!) and had transient temperatures as high as 58 - 59° C with an ambient 20° C, the new set up consistently ran below 40°. These results were consistent no matter what type of thermal pastes were used, be they my homebrewed colloidal silver in silicone stopco*k grease or Arctic Silver. (that's hilarious... the anti-obscenity software interpreted a fully normal English language word as obscenity)
Well, whatever the reason....sweet.
I have only attempted simpleminded overclocking as the options are somewhat limited by the processor. With the frequency for the GPU locked at 100 MHz, simply adjusting the FSB to 1000 raised the apparent speed of the CPU to 3.75 GHz, up from the stock frequency of 3 GHz. An attempt to set the front side bus at 1060 resulted in a non-bootable system so back to 1000 it went.
I have not adjusted any of the system voltages. So far I have not stress tested this other than to simply use the computer for several hours. No apparent problems yet. The system temperatures have remained between 38 and 40° C in an ambient 20°C environment.
The only thing that nags at me, and I'm fairly sure that this is of no importance is the fact that in device manager the CPUs show yellow exclamation marks and in properties I see a message saying that certain drivers failed to load for the CPU and that other software may be taking their place. Well, whatever this actually means, it has had no detectable impact on system performance or reliability.

Hiya flobelix
If by manually updating the drivers you mean by left clicking on them in device manager and selecting update --> search online, then yes, I did. I do not have the exact verbiage but the resultant error message was something to the effect that the drivers had installed but failed to start and something else may be taking their place.
Driver magician fails to detect that any cpu drivers are missing. Same with online testing services such as PC pitstop. | have done a cursory search using Google to find people with similar problems but I have not as of yet seen this EXACT problem.

Who has this setup - MSI P6N SLI Platinum & E8400

This message is intended for anyone who has the MSI P6N SLI Platinum & E8400 in a working state.
I've had the pleasure of perusing these forums for a while in hopes of finding an answer as to why my E8400 isn't working with my P6N SLI Platinum. I've updated my BIOS, I've RMA'd my chip, I've even contacted MSI support (with no reply I might add). I have been so careful when handling these components and thoroughly reading the instructions, to no avail. I've got the board and all components working with a different processor. I've tried the voltage modifications that many have said work, I've tried different memory, I even tried a different video card. So I'm stuck in the same boat as many it seems, however there are one or two posts on this forum and others where people have said they actually got it to work!
So now I really hope I can get this question answered - What is a working config? One of the things I haven't tried yet is a new power supply. My current PS is 650w, but has the 4 pin CPU power connector. From the posts I've read, it shouldn't matter if I have the 4 or the 8. But in reality, does this CPU work on the P6N Plat with an 8 pin connector? I'd be willing to go buy a new PS if thats the case! What else could possibly be the issue? Any and all feedback is appreciated. i really didn't want to start up another thread for this proc/board issue, but perhaps someone else has joined this board by now that may provide the little piece of info that I've been missing.
Cheers,
Aaron

according to the website, the 1.6 BIOS had cpu updates in march so I's assume it would have support for the E8400.
What exactly happens when you turn on the system with the E8400?
-=Mark=-

MSI P6N SLI board, trouble again

Well bought a new Adaptec 31205 raid card and a few Sas drives.
Strange enough the card is NOT seen by the board. Furthermore i cannot alter the bios of the board, nor the card gets detected.
Drives spindle, card is powered on, cursor stays at the left side of the screen.
Any suggestions for this problem are more then welcome.
Had to reinstall the Dell Scsi card and drives.
thanks,
Swa

ok, i give the info i got:
MSI P6N SLI board:
Intel extreme 6800 3 ghz duo processor
4 gb 800 mhz memory PC6400 Transend
Club 3d Radeon X1600 512 mb video card
Adaptec 31205 Raid controller with 256 mb cache
5 Cheetah T10 15k 300 gb drives
Right now Dell Perc4e controller (Scsi) in a PCI-E port (8 lanes) with 3 15k Scsi drives of 36 gb in Raid 5.
Board works with the Perc4E.
As said, drives spindle, lights on card are ok, no bios, not of the motherboard, not of the Adaptec.
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Msi p6n sli v2 no display and beep

Hi,one day I was playing game on my computer,after some time MSI dualcore center notify me that your CPU tempreture got high and shutdown your system.then I shutdown my computer.after few seconds I restart my computer then I saw that no display on my monitor and no beep sound from MSI p6n sli v2 board.I have done all processes like change ram,rest CPU and fan,VGA card and PSU but no luck.I got only all fans were spin,all led on like green and Orange and also keyboard three led lit for a while.
My system is....
MSI p6n sli v2
CPU p4 3.0ghz 631
Ram 2gb transcend 667
Gpu nvidia 210 1gb DDR3
PSU 450watt.
Please any body help me........

Quote from: roman9 on 16-November-12, 14:43:39
Hi,one day I was playing game on my computer,after some time MSI dualcore center notify me that your CPU tempreture got high and shutdown your system.then I shutdown my computer.after few seconds I restart my computer then I saw that no display on my monitor and no beep sound from MSI p6n sli v2 board.I have done all processes like change ram,rest CPU and fan,VGA card and PSU but no luck.I got only all fans were spin,all led on like green and Orange and also keyboard three led lit for a while.
It seems that your CPU (or PSU) died.
You need to borrow an old s775 processor and to test.

MSI P6N SLI V2 + E8400 = no post

Hello!!!
I have my MSI P6N SLI V2 motherboard as my platform and im using my current intel celeron 420 as my processor, now i want to upgrade my processor with my new E8400 Core2duo to be able to satisfy my gaming addiction, but the problem is nothing happen as soon as I turn the power on...I visit the website and it said there that it supports Wolfdale 1333fsb..( http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=&prod_no=1169#menu) ..
Here is my systems:
Motherboard: MSI P6N V2
Processor: E8400 Wolfdale Core2Duo
Memory: 2 x 1G Kingston PC800 (2Gig total)
Graphics: 8500GT nvidia
Im not sure if Bios update or modification will fix this, and im beginner with fixing or updating Bios.. can someone help me please !!!

thanks for advice Mike...^^
Well, i succesfully flash my bios to version 1.4 with no problem at all...
upon first boot before entering bios, the first line
A7346 V1.4 071808
I even try to run MSIHQ USB Bootable tool to detect what bios version im using and it says
MS-7346
PCB Ver 1.0
Bios ver 1.4
bios date 7/18/2008
and my pc runs perfectly...^^
but i have some little problem with my system, when i replace my old intel celeron 420 with my new C2D E8400 (SLB9J) then turn the power on, nothing happen, the indicator LED at the front pannel of my chassis remains on intead of blinking (sorry for some of my bad english speeking) ^^.. But when i swap it with my old intel_Celeron420 processor, its works perfectly with Ver 1.4 bios... im sure i follow instructions according to guide. I also try Clearing CMOS but, no luck..T_T
1) Is there any bios modification or adjustment that i still need to do with my old processor before replacing
it with my E8400??
2) Or does my components were unstable to sustain my E8400 (E0)??
here:
PowerSupply : Radius ATXP4 (P4-500W)
Memory : 2x KVR800D26N 1Gig kingston (2Gig total)(dual channel mode)
Graphics : 8500GT nforce (512mb)
Someone help me plzz...

Bios problem on MSI p6n sli-fi

Hi, on december i've the bios beta 2.13 on the msi p6n sli-fi and an e4300.
I changed to an e2140, and started the problems:
If i plug a ps2 mouse, then starts the beeps, here a record of then, i look for beep code, and dont find this combination on beeps:
If i dont use the ps2 mouse, the board start fine and goes ok.
Another problem was that the back USB, dont work, they detect perfect on the Admin Device, but if i plug something nothing happens :(, sometimes take the usb keyboard when boot, so i flashed the bios thinking could be any proccesor bios incompatibily, but after that, windows or while booting, dont detect the usb keyboard, or wharever i plug.
Yesterday, i've a surprise i attach an old USB gamepad, after a while, i taked good the gamepad (propably usb 1.1 gamepad, its a cheapper one). So after this which is the problem? Because of another gamepads, keyboard, usb flash drives and another things i plugged on the back, nothing work except for that old gamepad.
THE front usb works perfectly fine, without problems.
So what could be the problem? I think to go back to bios 2.13 beta bios, but i dont have back up :(
Please some help, i'm lost with this problem

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PSU, tried two, HEC Orion 585watts and Powercooler 550w modular (UL of Topower have)
What are the amperage limits on the power rails of each PSU? (12V, 5V and 3.3V)
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e2140
msi p6n sli-fi now with bios v2.5
2x1gb OCZ ddr2 800 plat rev2
1x 160gb Western Digital
DVDrw Pionner 111d
No video card?
Clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU and load "Optimized Defaults" in BIOS after that. See if that changes anything.
If it doesn't, unplug the USB Front Panel Connector from the board's USB Pin Header. After disconnecting, check your back panel ports again.

MSI P6N SLI Platinum OEM Modification Question

The MSI P6N SLI Platinum OEM edition motherboard comes with all the circuit layout needed to support 2 SLI x16 Style connectors for SLI'd video cards. However the OEM only comes with one installed and an empty slot for the other. What resistors and the like would I need to add to the board in order to add the pcie x16 connector to the empty area on the board? I've already found a source for the actual slot, and I know I am going to need to add a resistor of some type to the empty resistor slot directly above where the PCIe slot will go. Beyond that I don't know what else I need to do, or what type of resistor is needed.
Oh yeah, and where can I go to buy the optional accessories for this board that came with the retail version? I would have prefered the retail version but the board I have came as part of a kit.

Hello Tornath,
you have already mentioned yourself, that you have an OEM-Board, not an MSI-Retail Board. MSI does not provide end-user support for OEM products, as this is the responsability of the OEM Vendor who is selling OEM Boards under a different name. Also, this forum will not support OEM Products and that is why I will have to close this thread.
However, before you waste huge amounts of your lifetime with trying to add a second PCI-Express Slot to your OEM-Board, let me explain to you, why your plan is rather pointless:
1) The only OEM-Board of this class I know of, has the model number MS-7350VP. If there ever was a marketing name, it would be called P6N Platinum (not P6N SLI Platinum), and there is one simple reason for that:
2) This particular OEM Board has an NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra Chipset (as opposed to the NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI), and if you look at the specifications for NVIDIA Chipset on the official NVIDIA Chipset Specification Site, you will see that this Chipset does not support the NVIDIA SLI™ Technology: http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce_600i_tech_specs.html .... That is basically why there is no additional PCI-Express Slot in the first place. So even if you should succeed in adding a secondary PCI-Express Slot to the board physically, the chipset will render it more a less useless in terms of running two video cards in SLI mode.
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