New P7N SLI Platinum Boot Issue with PS/2 Keyboard [Solved but RAID problem now]

This issue taken me back !!!! Never thought I might face issue with a PS/2 Keyboard.
Here it is.. I just assembled my new system...
P7N SLI Platinum Motherboard
E8400 CPU
EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600 GT Video Card
Creative Soundblaster Audio Card
So, before I boot, I connected good old PS/2 Keyboard. The POST Screen comes up that says Press DEL to enter BIOS Setup... but then, it reboots.. indefinitely... I have no idea why it does that. However, if I boot the PC with no PS/2 Keyboard connected, POST screen comes up and that's it.. (no reboot). So, you see, I cannot proceed further in anyway.... I cannot go beyond POST without a keyboard, but then with the keyboard it reboots indefinitely... kinda catch 22 situation
Any suggestion / ideas that anyone can offer here???

Hello Folks... it took long time to "solve the issue that had to begin with"....
I purchased a cheapo Celeron processor to get into the BIOS and update it... but it didn't even work... I couldn't boot at all. So, I called MSI and they asked me to RMA it. They replaced my MOBO with the latest BIOS - which was good news
So, now, I'm able to boot - good news...
Now, this is an upgrade for me.... from my previous MOBO. My boot drive was RAIDed (RAID 0). So, now, I will have to RAID my drives again and run Win XP repair. I was able to RAID my drives and all good... now, I went into Windows installation and did F6 to install NVIDIA Raid.... but, here is my problem, when the prompt asks me to input the floppy drive, and when I did it.... it re-prompts me to put the floppy drive again... I see that the floppy drive is read... but, for some reason it doesn't detect the files in there properly.... I downloaded nVidia C72+MCP55 SATA RAID / AHCI Driver (For floppy driver) for windows xp 32-bit and copied the sataraid folder contents into the floppy. Now, here I am stuck again....
Anybody experienced this problem?

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Been running the system since 03/2008 ... Around 6-8 months ago, I had a problem where the PC wouldn't power on anymore, and I replaced the power supply with a new Corsair 650W PSU.
PC has been used every day, no issues.
Today (a few hours ago) the system just shut down. When I try to power the system on again, none of the fans spin up... They start for a fraction of a second (like 1/10th of a spin) but everything stops. The red light on the motherboard stays on. After turning off the power supply and turning it back on, everything will try to turn on again for a fraction of a second, then nothing.
I thought maybe it was a power supply issue again, so looking at the Corsair website, they suggest testing the power supply by using a paperclip to connect the green with a black wire and when I did that, the fan in the power supply runs. I disconnected power to EVERYTHING (case fans, disks, DVD drives, video card) except the 24 pin and 8 pin motherboard connectors. Still won't power up.
I started searching for other people with similar issues and found a few cases of the exact same problem (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=132509.0;prev_next=next). Reading what they did, I turned off the power supply, unplugged the 8-pin connector from the motherboard, and turned the system back on. Now the motherboard powers up fine! CPU fan starts spinning and everything. Except the processor isn't going to work without that 8-pin power connector, right?
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Yes, around 6-8 months ago, the old power supply stopped working. Smelled like an electronic fire or something in the room... So I was sure that was the problem.
I tried plugging the power supply in to my second computer, and it didn't work there either. So the power supply burned up or something. I replaced it with this new Corsair...
Unfortunatly, my second computer is an AMD, or I could check the CPU to see if it would work. I could try the power supply from the 2nd machine to make sure it's not the Corsair power supply, I guess. But if we can't limit it to motherboard without testing the CPU, then I'm probably out of luck.

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I recently purchased a 3rd hard drive and ever since I haven't had any luck with my PC booting.
I attempted to boot into Windows with 2 hard drives and it works just fine.
Any combination of the two works, but when all three are plugged in, windows gets stuck on the "Starting Windows" screen, and the BIOS splash screen as well as the screen recognizing the drives/RAM takes noticeably longer.
I've tried IDE/AHCI/RAID, and all of them encounter the same issue. I've downloaded the AHCI drivers off of the MSI website, and I'm really not sure what to do.
I'd love to keep my 3rd hard drive, and I think it's silly to have 4 SATA ports with only 2 being usable.
Not sure what the problem is really, since all the drives get recognized.
Thanks in advance,
Sp1337

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K9N2 SLI Platinum Boot Issue...

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I agree with Stu on this because I have been through this too.
If you live in an area that is prone to power surge like I do then this can happen. A good quality surge protector can help.
Possibly a burned Mosfet (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) or what I would call a Transistor. I have to look up big words like Semiconductor.
Often those that are associated with the boards power regulator are located near to where you plug your ATX power in. Some times you can actually see when they have burned but most often not.
Good Luck
Oh and one more thing. Where was Stu the last time I was trying to trouble shoot this problem?
Do you guys keep him hidden some where in a back room?

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The CD is a backup from a friend.
Could be the heart of the problem from the start. And using a friend's disk would be a EULA violation unless that system isn't currently installed on any of his computers.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2005/05/thecats_mustachesinstalling.html
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Panther is still out there with third-party resellers but you have to be careful in buying it. Full retail install disks are black with a big silver X and come on CDs, not DVDs. Gray disks are machine specific restore disks and may not have all the stuff your computer needs, aggravating the whole process. If you order a full retail install set and receive gray disks, send them back.
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Hello need some help or to report something to MSI regarding blue screens, freezes when booting Vista 64 (SP1 + all fixes installed) with more then 2GB ram. Single channel mode works (either 1 stick of 2 GB or 3 sticks of 2GB) and is rock stable. Booting with 2 x 2 or 4 x 2 yields instability and blue screens.
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Therefore, under duress during testing - with 1 stick or 3 sticks of ram, all tests perfect and passes all stability tests, good marks in Sandra, plays any game. With 2 or 4 sticks of ram, very unstable won't stay up but for seconds.
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My other rig, rocks solid and stable with Vista 64.... It's the Evga new mainboard 780i with triple SLI (132-CK-NF78-A1), 8gb of Gskill 1066ddr2, MSI 8800GT (x2 sli mode) Q6600 @ 3.2 ghz - Raid 0 on dual WD caviar 640 gb/sata 3.0gb/sec. Seasonic 700w p/s. 8gb of memory and not a hiccup. Ram 2.0 volts, cpu @ 1.36v. Will handle the memory from both systems with out fault.
Considering I can swap memory back and forth and confirm it's not the sticks, swap graphics boards (own 3 of them!) and rule out that....
Fyi. Any help is appreciated!

Dump question, but have you pickup the correct update e.g. for 64bit? ==> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=91672C7C-614B-404C-850C-377541E93C18&displaylang=en
"This comes inside SP1 for vista 64, as noted with my other system during the build. "
Better double check it.
Install all four memory sticks and do a memory check with >>Memtest86<< 1st, ensure that no error(s) will comes during testing.
Also how about that?:
Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 07-April-08, 23:55:36
Remove your OC then see how its goes.
"When the system boots in single channel mode (only 2 or 6gb of ram meaning 1 or 3 sticks installed into the 4 slots) its' rock stable. When it boots into dual channel mode (2 x 2 sticks or 2 x 4 sticks) extemely unstable. "
That means, timings are too tight, or they need a bit more vcore help, or some of the memory stick has failure.
"MSI P7N SLI Platinum - MS-7380 - Bios 2.0 on Vista Ultimate 64-bit - all updated."
That BIOS is not for your board, you should use 1.xx

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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.

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Hello,
i just bought the P7N SLI Platinum for my new system and use an old ATI X1800XT as my gpu.
after finished installing all the hardware,then i tried to install a fesh copy of windows xp...
the problem is, every time my computer tried to login into the windows.. a blue screen will appear..
i suspect the problem is due to the x1800xt..therefore i tried to use it with my old intel motherboard but it can login into windows perfectly well..
does anyone know what the cause of this problem? is it because i'm using ati card with nvidia chipset?
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Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 23-November-08, 21:04:26
STOP: 0x0000001E
* There is insufficient disk space on the drive on which you installed Windows.
* There is an outdated or incompatible third-party driver (or drivers) installed on your computer -- for example a faulty video driver.
* There are system BIOS incompatibilities.
Finally, my system is now working perfectly but I'm still not sure what is the cause for all of this madness.
I didn't change any of the hardware or the drivers.
I don't think this is because of the insufficient disk space because after many series of failure with this board, I have tried to install a fresh windows copy using the same hard drive with my previous motherboard and everything seems to be running smoothly...it could finish the installation process..and safely loading into windows...
Then when I tried with this board again, still no improvement at all...i tried again..again...and again...until i was frustrated enough to made some random changes in the bios settings and FINALLY...it works!!..
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Far as I know, that board is not capable of properly supporting a HDD over 1TB?
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P7N-SLI-Platinum---P7N-Zilent.html#/?div=BIOS
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QUAD CORE READY BUT MISSING 2 CPU CORES.
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What CPU revision you have?
Provide screenshot from CPU-Z ===> http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpuz_144.zip
P.S: Topic Locked, since new topic has been opened for the same problem: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=115100.0
P.S2: Topics not merged because will cause confusion for future readers, since both topic starters are different persons, but they are talking about the same PC.
P.S3: In short topic continue here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=115100.0 , but with real mainboard's owner.

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I wonder if someone here can shed any light on this issue that is driving me mad... I currently have Windows 7 32 bit installed on my HTPC. The following is the specs of the kit:
P7N SLI Platinum (BIOS 1.3)
5 Gb Ram (odd I know )
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Quote from: Mike on 20-August-09, 01:30:42
Pull a drive from one of the other PCs where the disc works and install that one onto this system you're asking about. Check to ensure that the DVD drive is first boot source. Try to boot. You could also do this--as the system boots, tap f11 repeatedly and a boot menu should appear....choose the DVD drive. Let us know what is going on.
I tried the F11 tip (thanks very useful) unfortunately it did not work either. I opened the HTPC and disconnected the HD and re-booted, the damn thing did boot from the DVD-ROM then as one would expect when the it is the only drive... What follows is as strange as the original problem - I reconnected the HD and voila the DVD-ROM booted!!! I am installing the OS as I write. Unfortunately I'm still at a loss as to why I had a problem in the first place and I will not know until I complete the installation if it is fixed for good or not.
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MSI P7N SLI Platinum Compatibility with Dominator PC10000

Hello forummer,its been a while since I last posted..I wanted to ask
I wanted to buy a MSI P7N SLI Platinum 750i motherboard and wonder if it fits my Corsair Dominator DDR2 1250MHz PC10000..
I read reviews that the most it can support is DDR2 800,hmm can it support the RAM ?thanks for ur help guys

Quote from: asamkipas on 15-March-09, 16:13:51
Hello forummer,its been a while since I last posted..I wanted to ask
I wanted to buy a MSI P7N SLI Platinum 750i motherboard and wonder if it fits my Corsair Dominator DDR2 1250MHz PC10000..
I read reviews that the most it can support is DDR2 800,hmm can it support the RAM ?thanks for ur help guys
DDR2-1250 is an overclocking rating. The memory modules should run fine @DDR2-800. Maybe you can stably overclock the modules to higher speeds, however, nobody can really guarantee you that those sticks will be able to operate @DDR2-1250 (625 MHz) on this board/chipset.

Having a hard time OC'ing my Q6600 on the P7N SLI platinum!!

Well, first of all, I am new here, so hello to you all guys!
I just purchased the p7n yesterday. I had a P6N SLi-V2 before and wasn't able to get over the 3.0 GHz (stable)! I thought the P7N will a much better overclocker but find myself having a really hard time get it over 3.0 GHz again!?
Tried different versions of the bios (1.0,1.1,P04 and now 2.0) with no succes! Maybe anyone can help me out here and maybe share some bios setup? Will really appreciate it
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Q6600 C2Q G0-stepping
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU cooler
P7N SLI Platinum
1 x 2 GB TakeMS PC6400 DDR2 RAM
2 x MSI NX8800GT OC 512MB
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Quote from: troopertroop on 20-April-08, 22:22:09
Man, this turns out to be like a disaster :S:S I tried everything and now it won't even be stable @ 3.0 GHz with vcore 1.35, vram 2.2, fsb vtt 1.45, nb 1.4 and SB 1.5 (random reboots like crazy!). I have the intention to get some better OC's going from a p6n sli v2 to this board and it's even doing WORSE??????? The only weakpoint I can think about is my single stick 2GB TakeMS pc6400, but I never go over the stock speed of 800 MHz, so can that still be a bottleneck even at stock speed or even lower?
Any help will be welcome...
I found out the hard way.........if you are not running memory from the QVL list with this mobo, you will have problems with it. I was running mine with team xtreem 3-3-3-8 microns and all I had was errors and corruption when I overclocked. I had to reformat and switch back to the performance bios and now running corsair dominators 3-4-3-9 and this is the first set that can run at 1200 mhz at 5-5-5-18 2T 2.2 v with the fsb at 1600. I 'm using an E8400. I have read that using non approved memory and this board will not overclock properly. The only non approved memory that works in my system is geil ultra 8000's and these are the originals running D9GCT's. For stability you should try OCZ, Corsair, Mushkin, Buffalo, Kingston. I have also had problems with crucial ballistix as I've found most of there modules are in someway defective and or not compatible with MSI and have rma multiple sets. I have a previous post going from P6N FI to P7N and have listed all the memory that I have tried on this board. OCZ and corsair work the best and geil can be used but will not oc past 1142 mhz with stability. I think after a few bios updates this board will be able to use more different types of memory without stability issues.

Msi p7n sli platinum ram chips problem

ok i have a msi p7n sli platinum mother board, i've had it now for the past 2 - 3 years. I finally got around to upgrading the ram from 2xcorsair xms2 ddr2 1024mb ram chips to 2x corsair dominator 2048mb ram chips.
i have checked the motherboard specs the voltage and MHz arent a problem.
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anyone have and idea what i can do to fix this.

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