MSI P7N SLI - PC Wont Boot - Video error code but changing graphics card no help

((Apologies, I think this should be in the forum for Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad boards))
Hi. Brief description of the issue.
Last Saturday there was fan noise. I ignored that, left the machine on, went out. By Sunday morning the machine had turned itself off. I opened it up, identified the problem as the graphics card fan, failed to fix but put the PC back on figuring I'd have to see about a new card soonish.
Later on it had turned itself off again. Got to bios with a system32 config error. I figured that was why it'd been shutting off and went through the long process of manual recovery from that. Turned the computer on, all good, played games.
Until I thought to check the GFX temp... 133 degrees Celcius. Turned it off right away, ordered replacement card - which has now arrived.
But the machine won't boot at all. I get one long tone then two short. This is the same with both the old and the new cards. Blue light comes on, all the fans come on, then the beeps.
But the 'long' isn't long like if it was a RAM issue. I'm googling AMI bios post codes and seeing 1 long + 2 short is a video error, but also that '3 beeps' is a memory problem.
I've swapped my RAM sticks around and tried each stick individually and get the same beep code.
I've reset the CMOS by holding in the button on the back for 5 seconds, with the power cable unplugged and after discharging the capacitors.
The only other suggestions I've found is that it could be a failure of the PSU to power the card. But it should be giving ample power.
Now I am stuck for ideas.
MSI P7N SLI, MS-7380
Intel Q6600
Antec Neopower Blue Modular PSU
Zotac 8800GT [OR Asus GTX 260 212]
OCZ Platinum 2GB (2*1) DDR2 800
Western Digital HDD
LiteOn DVD Rom
Windows XP

With a 94000GT (no power connector from PSU) the machine is now running.
But there's still a problem somewhere (and that's a pretty poor graphics card I don't want to be stuck with) so I'm still keen to find out what to do, or what's wrong.
My 650W Antec with 2 12 volt rails should have no issues powering the other cards.

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This topic has been moved to Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=152893.0

With a 94000GT (no power connector from PSU) the machine is now running.
But there's still a problem somewhere (and that's a pretty poor graphics card I don't want to be stuck with) so I'm still keen to find out what to do, or what's wrong.
My 650W Antec with 2 12 volt rails should have no issues powering the other cards.

Help : MSI P7N SLI PLATINIM wont power up

hello. yesterday i finished upgrade my computer (before the motherboard was in wardrobe half-year (work before) and now when I turn computer going nothing (monitor black,light red and blue works. ) - only fans spins. CPU,RAM,GPU,PSU are new and works .When i turned on computer (no signal ) for 5-10min, GPU,RAM and cooler motherboard (Chipset etc.) are hot, but if i take off cooler from CPU,Cpu is cold - where is problem ? pins are not visibly damaged, all connected (fans,power etc. ),restart cmos..
HW:
MB : MSI P7N SLI Platinum ( today not in Warranty - have got 3-4 years )
CPU : celeron E3400
RAM: Adata 1gb ( for test )
GPU : Nvidia 9600GSO
PSU : TAGAN 480W
THX all and sorry for my bad english :D

Quote from: Bernhard on 13-August-11, 17:08:50
Recheck all your power connections. Does that VGA card have additional power connectors and if so did you connect the PCIe power connectors.
Did you do CMOS clear ? >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Do you have another PSU that you can test with.
i recheck power connections 100x , If VGA card dont have power connector - write message to display ? i clear cmos to 2-3 and don´t work .
psu tested in other computer and work. Why CPU is cold ? when i started next computer CPU in 5S have 30-35C

Msi p7n sli platinum wont overclock in bios

I am a newbie to this board first off I have a pentium d 935 installed in the mobo and I am locked out of the bios setting for fsb adjustment when I try to change anything in the fsb my bios freeze's up and I have to reboot the system.
also I can overclock to 4.0 gig with 250 mhz fsb when I use the duel core center utility, and cpuid shows it at that as well. my computer works like a dream when I use the duel core utility, I dont understand why the utility can change the settings but I can not do it in the bios, when i try to change the setting in the bios it just freezes up it dont even show a change in the numbers it just freeze up.
Any Idea's? bad mobo?

Hi,
please provide FULL system specifications. Read the >>Posting Guide<< to get an idea of what we need to know. Also, please don't forget to mention your current BIOS Version.

MSI P7N SLI PLATINUM 750i Wont Power UP!!

i have an MSI P7N SLI PLATINUM 750i which was working perfectly but one day it just wont power up for some reason. my configs are
MSI P7N SLI PLATINUM 750i
Core 2 Quad Q9550
MSI Nvidia 8800 Ultra HD OC
4 Gb DDR2
1T WD HDD
PSU 750W Cougar
i have tried every thing clean the pc,changed every thing but it still wont power up i tried another board with the same configs and it powers up just to make sure the problem is in the MB The red light on the motherboard stays on thats means there is power running thorough the MB. it still under warranty but the problem is i can reach the MSI HQ here in egypt to fix it or change it so any ideas?

well i have reported my issue to MSI Customer Support exactly like that:
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i have an MSI P7N SLI Platinum / P7N Zilent which was working perfectly but one day it just wont power up for some reason. my configs are
MSI P7N SLI Platinum / P7N Zilent
Core 2 Quad Q9550
MSI Nvidia 8800 Ultra HD OC
4 Gb DDR2
1T WD HDD
PSU 750W Cougar
when i press the power button nothing happens.its still under warranty but the problem is i can reach the MSI HQ here in Egypt to fix it or change it so please advice about the name and the location of the MSI HQ in Egypt and notify them about my situation and to contact me regarding my problem
so do u think that they will replay and advise about the issue?

MSI P7N SLI-FI LGA 775 nForce 750i startup booting problems

Hi there!
My PC is about 1.5 years old.
Now last 3 weeks I'm having some frustrating problem when starting my PC.
Issue: my computer starts now only when there is 2 Gb total memory on motherboard.
If there´s 3 Gb or 4 Gb memory on motherboard, then I won´t even get a Bios startup screen.
(but i can see and heard that PSU and CPU fans are working)
I tried all memory modules on, separately using only one memory module. All memory modules and every slot seems to be ok.
I also try Memtest86 (with one memory module Separately) no errors found.
Motherboard PCI-E slots and graphics card are also ok.
(because my PC works like a charm when there´s only total 2 Gb memory on motherboard)
Why my PC only starts when there´s 2 Gb memory on motherboard?
Any help will be appreciated deeply!
MSI P7N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX
Bios version: V2.2
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz 1066 Bus
Zalman ZM600-HP Silent 600 Watt ATX Power Supply
Transcend JetRam 2GB Dual Channel Kit (4 x 1GB) DDR2 800MHz DIMM

I know the 7600GS doesn't recommend a PSU with a lot of power(15 - 17 A), but you're running two of them in SLI. Your PSU only has 18A on the +12V rail. This could very well be your issue. Below are some good single +12V rail PSUs, Corsairs and PC Power & Cooling. You can also look for Silverstone single rail PSUs, but they tend to be pricier. If you can't get anything other than split-rail, post back and we'll try to make some recommendations.
For what you have now:
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
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Help with ram slots on MSI P7N SLI PLATINUM

rig config:
MSI P7N SLI PLATINUM (MS-7380)
bios version: 1.3v
Q6600 quard core 2.66GHz
Zotac modded 9800GTX+ amped version
2x2 Gb DDR2 800MHz Kingston
500 watt (absolute) power supply (taken form an old HP workstation)
windows 7 X64
Everything's on stock setting
Its been almost 1 & 1/2 years since i bought this rig, and from first month itself i have been having problem with the ram. The problem is not with the sticks, its with the ram slots. There are different things that happen. Sometimes when i boot my system:
1) either, it wont start, i.e. no boot screen.
2) It will load upto windows startup screen, crash and restart in an infinite loop.
3) It will load windows, then crash after sometime.
4) If i run any memory diagnostic, it will give errors.
At these times, i take out my 2 ram sticks, tinker with them, place them in different combination of ram slots, try push them in, in a certain way, keep trying until it yields and it boots up again ( generally a process of 1/2 an hr to an hr). After this my system will work fine ( no errors on any memory diagnostic) and boot properly for a week or 2, maybe even a month, but then again the same problem happens. I know for sure that there is no problem with my dimms (have checked them in other system and they work fine), its something to do with ram slots, or memory bus-controller structure.
Recently the problem happened again, though my tinkering didn't help. My system only boots up if i place any of the ram sticks in the 3rd slot (the 1st orange one). It wont work for any other slot and neither will it work if i place both of the sticks together. I have tried resetting my bios as well cmos settings, but it has not helped. My mb is still in warranty, but if i give it for repair, it will be gone for a good month or so, which doesn't go well with me. If someone has any suggestions, or a way out, it will be highly appreciated. Please help!

Quote from: nellinil on 10-July-10, 10:27:51
yes the psu has a single +12v rail with 21A rating, but somehow i don't feel the problem is because of it. When my system successfully boots, it works properly. I can play or work on high performance softwares for any number of hours without fail, which ought not to happen if the psu is bad.
Hmm, you are ignoring the possibility that your PSU is "flaky" (that's a technical term)!!!! You've never had any gizmo where "sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work"?
If you don't want to buy a new PSU then at least beg-borrow-steal another one and see if your symptoms change.

MSI P7N SLI Platinum - no POST, how to use Floppy BIOS upgrade

Component Summary:
MOBO: MSI P7N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX, BIOS ver 1.1 (A7380NMS V1.1 022508)
MEM: CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W, S-spec: SLB9J (E0)
VGA: EVGA 512-P3-N878-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ SSC Edition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
PSU: Thermaltake Purepower W0129RU 600 W ATX12V SLI Ready
Same problem is occurring as outlined in the following threads:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119615.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=120513.0
I've carried out the same out-of-box tests indicated in 119615.0 without success.
Question:
Is it possible to force the existing system to boot to the FDD where the BIOS upgrade (v 1.2) would be stored ready for use? If yes, kindly outline the necessary steps to be carried out and please point me to the correct BIOS upgrade link for this configuration. If all else fails, MOBO can be exchanged but if BIOS can be upgraded via this method, I prefer this approach. I don't have access to an alternative CPU, so that approach is far less than ideal. Thanks for your assistance.

Is it possible to force the existing system to boot to the FDD where the BIOS upgrade (v 1.2) would be stored ready for use?
Yes, in theory it is possible to try an AMI BIOS Recovery Flash. However, in case their are other problems that are not visible because of the current problem, it is rather risky. If there is a memory problem or something similar that is currently undetected, the system may crash during flashing and your board will be rendered useless.
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f yes, kindly outline the necessary steps
What you need:
- you need an internal floppy drive (properly connected to the board and 100% intact)
- you need an empty & formated floppy disk (make sure you check it for errors before you use it)
- you need a PS/2 Keyboard
What you have to do:
- download the latest BIOS-Archive file from here:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1373
- extract the BIOS File (e.g. A7380NMS.120), rename it to AMIBOOT.ROM [not AMIBOOT.120.ROM] and copy it to the floppy disk
- insert the prepared floppy disk into the floppy drive attached to the P7N SLI Platinum and Clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU
- start the system and hit CTRL + HOME to force the system into recovery mode
If that does not work, try a different floppy drive & disk. Don't complain is the system crashes during flashing if the recovery flash starts (system stability is your responsibility).
If you can't get the recovery routine to start and read the AMIBOOT.ROM file from the floppy disk, you need to install a supported processor.

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Alrighty, well i cant seem to get this combination stable here are the specs.
MB - msi p7n sli fi
CPU - q9650
RAM - 4gigs of Corsair Dominator pc-8500
Video - 2 Sli nvidia gts250
at 3ghz on average through Intel Burn Test the q9650 will pull 23gflops, when overclocked to 3.7ghz it will pull 27 this seems as a sign of instability. Battlefield Bad Company 2 will crash occasionally but it will pass 20passes of IBT and 5hours of prime95 blend.
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I recommend you read the following guide. It may not be the same board, but it covers all the necessary angles to test your components individual capabilities.
http://www.scan.co.uk/images/shops/intel/Intel_Q9550_Core_2_Quad_basic_overclocking_guide.pdf

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i have checked the motherboard specs the voltage and MHz arent a problem.
But when i use 2 of the new chips my computer wont load the boot screen a 10th of the time. When i use 1 of the new chips it runs all the time. I was thinking it maybe a problem with the bios, i have reset it several times to the correct voltage, as it doesnt automatically some times.
anyone have and idea what i can do to fix this.

Please give full system specs --> >>Posting Guide<<
Try running the RAM at 800MHz 5-5-5-15 1.8V 2T.

Msi p7n sli platinum Maybe faulty?

I have built most of my rig only need to order a few more parts (hard drive, dvd drive), i decided plugged in everything to see if i can boot into the bios everything happily turn on like my fans the NB, SB and ram we getting warmer.
I couldn't see a image since i need to change my graphics adapter to pci in the bios(don't have onboard) then i noticed my keyboard wasn't turned on tryed 2 usb and 1 ps2 none of them worked.
Other help: I used 1 ram stick and it's not the power supply that's faulty tested it on another machine.
Could it be a faulty Cpu?
Motherboard fault?
What other problems could it be or should i wait untill i have a hard drive to try again?
My hardware is e8400.Msi p7n sli platinum.4 gb DDR2 Crucial Ballistix PC8500 1066mhz.
All help will be great thanks!

What kind of video card are you using?
What PSU are you using?
Clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU and test with one memory module only.
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What other problems could it be or should i wait untill i have a hard drive to try again?
The system does not need a hard drive or optical in drive in order to start-up properly. If everything is fine, you should be able to enter BIOS Setup without having any drives attached. Forget about drives for now.
If nothing changes, please test the board outside the computer case on a non-conducting surface with only one stick of RAM, a video card, your CPU and the power connectors attached to it (well, hook up a keyboard as well).

MSI P7N SLI Platinum

Hello,
I have a mainboard MSI P7N SLI Platinum that doesn't boot. I connected it out of the case, tried different CPU's, different PSU's, different graphic cards, different memory modules ... all without success. When I connect the PSU a red LED goes on, when I try to boot it a blue LED goes on and the CPU cooler starts turning, nothing else happens, no beeps, nothing on the monitor ...
I also tried downloading the latest bios, put it on a floppy and named it AMIBOOT.ROM, than connecting an internal floppy drive and press ctrl-home while powering on (found this hint on the forum). Nothing happens, nothing on monitor, no activity on floppy drive (even tried different floppy drives and cables )
Does anyone know something else I can try?

Quote from: defrissen on 11-February-10, 23:21:02
Hello,
I have a mainboard MSI P7N SLI Platinum that doesn't boot. I connected it out of the case, tried different CPU's, different PSU's, different graphic cards, different memory modules ... all without success. When I connect the PSU a red LED goes on, when I try to boot it a blue LED goes on and the CPU cooler starts turning, nothing else happens, no beeps, nothing on the monitor ...
I had this same exact problem today. All seemed to work but nothing on monitor. I first thought my graphics card is the issue, but the fan was turning so i decided not to think that was it.
I had a dvi to vga adapter on the other end of the graphics card cable, so i was thinking if that was the issue. I changed the cable to dvi/dvi and WOW, it worked!!!
I dont know if this is the MSI mother board issue or my graphics card CLUB 3D 8800gt, but that fixed it and it has been on for 5 hours now.
But what i came here to ask was the on board LEDS. Is it normal to have RED and BLUE led?
The red led looks like it's a wrning of some kind but it comes on when you turn on the PSU. So is it ok to have these lighting?

MSI P7N SLI Platinum CPU Power Socket

I have a MSI P7N SLI Platinum and I just noticed I dont have a 8pin power plug on my ATX PSU ( this PSU is in my AMD rig)
I've just had a go of trying out my MSI P7N SLI Platinum board as a computer shop said just insert the 4 pin plug you used on your AMD board near the CPU..
I questioned him about it leaving 4 sockets bare, he said it would be fine..
Well I've tried booting up the rig and I get nothing on the screen (No Signal ) checked all sockets (graphics card, cpu)
I do get a little red and blue light on the board and the CPU fan and graphics fan are running fine,, but no signal...
I'm using a Intel Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz Processor Socket 775 which I know is fine,,,
Any views on this "you can use a 4pin plug on the 8pin CPU power socket " ?
Could this be the reason my rig is not booting ?
THanks

"Any views on this "you can use a 4pin plug on the 8pin CPU power socket " ?"
Yes you can. Make sure that 4pin cable is connected properly at correct side of 8pin socket.
"Could this be the reason my rig is not booting ?"
Nop. You can plug 8pin CPU cable if you want to test opposite Should boot with both 4 or 8.
Read >>Posting Guide<<

MSI P7N SLI-FI No post, nothing

Hi,
I got all of the components for the new PC and put them all together. I've checked up all of the connections to make sure all of them are connected properly, i.e., power cables, connections to various components such as video card, hard drive, dvd drive, CPU, CPU fan, case fan, ect...
When I plugged in the computer, nothing was happen. I see that a little red light next to the power setting cable (connecting the power on button from the case to the motherboard) was on.
Aside from this, nothing was really on.
Could someone please let me know what's happened and what have I done wrong?
The components are:
Case - Antec Sonata III 500
Motherboard - MSI P7N SLI-FI
CPU - Intel Dual Core E7200
CPU Fan - Zalman CNPS9700 NT
RAM - 4 GiG Cosair PC6400 (800Mhz)
Video Card - e Geforce 9600 GT SSC edition (what is SSC edition??? - Please let me know what is it and if it is compatible with the motherboard)
Hard Drive - Western Digital (Sata interface)
DVD - Liteon (EDI interface)

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 12-September-08, 18:50:29
Have you tried with different and better PSU yet?
Also re seat the CPU and check CPU socket for bent pins.
I checked twice, it's good. thanks!
Thanks to all of your help!
I brought it back to Fry's (the store) to have it diagnost, it's confirmed that this mobo was DOA. I try to exchange for another motherboard and tested there. It's also DOA.
MSI mobo is really suck!

MSI P7N SLI Platinum and OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition

Hello,
I have a MSI P7N SLI Platinum nForce 750i SLI motherboard and I would like to inquire if it is fully compatible with OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition memory? Firstly, I do not seem to get the correct timings with the default settings, speed is not very good, after 5 hours of running Memtest86+ there was 30 errors. I have never had the memory crash and games seem to run fine, but the memory feels much slower than it should be. Is the memory supposed to work fine with this motherboard and I'm just imagining everything? I don't know if I'm also supposed to be worried by the errors Memtest86+ returned?
Thank you in advance for any help.

Quote from: Del UK on 07-September-08, 05:44:14
If memtest returned errors, yes
Well, there does not have to be a problem with the memory just because it returned errors. There could be many other explanations why there are errors.
Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 07-September-08, 08:04:45
Jacobl, please post full system specs. Read the >>Posting Guide<< to get an idea of the details you should provide.
How many modules of what capacity do you have? What are your current RAM-related BIOS settings?
If you have more than one stick of RAM, please test each stick seperately with memtest86+ and see if the errors are caused by one of the sticks only. Otherwise there is no way to tell if there is a compatibility problem or just a faulty memory stick.
Please post a link to the OCZ product site and also a screenshot of the CPU-Z "SPD" tab.
I have this memory: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_6400_sli_ready_edition_4gb_dual_channel.
This is the rest of the components as instructed by the forum post you linked to:
Intel E8200
MSI P7N SLI Platinum
OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition 4GB Dual Channel
Gigabyte Geforce 8800GT 512MB PCI
500GB Western Digital SATA
SATA DVD burner
Windows XP SP3
Antec 500W PSU
I usually troubleshoot components step by step - eliminating all possible reasons until I have found the solution. My first step was to post here to find out if there are any known compatibility issues with the motherboard and memory. I adjusted the memory timings with a slight overclock because the motherboard did not load the default timings by default. I will start by adjusting the BIOS settings, check if the memory is inserted into the right DIMM slots and then test the memory sticks one by one. But to answer my own question: I think the motherboard and memory should have no compatibility issues and it must be something else.
Quote from: Freestate on 07-September-08, 23:06:36
I have the OCZ 6400 Fatal1ty modules 2x2 GB that is very similar of the ones you ask.And they are running perfectly but i must set the epp latency and voltaje values in BIOS! The simple modules of ocz are in the memory compatibilty list i thought that the SLI and Falal1ty modules are just the same with a little boost.
I had to set the right timings also. As far as I know, the SLI and Fatal1ty modules are probably the same, just with a little boost. I think it would be very strange if a module with the name "SLI-Ready Edition" and a Nforce 750i motherboard would not be compatible together.
Anyway, any other advice on what steps I should take? I assume by now that the motherboard and memory should work together without problem. Sorry if I started out bad by not following the posting guidelines on the forum.

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