NVidia's nForce drivers on P7N Platinum SLI

I just wanted to query the forum and other nForce mobo users to see if they had any problems with using the nForce chipset drivers provided by nVidia on their website. I currently use the chipset drivers provided on the MSI website for the P7N Platinum mobo (750i northbridge, 430i southbridge) and they have outperformed all other drivers supplied by nVidia, including the latest 15.45 package (difference of 500-800 marks in PCMark05). Is this common on nForce boards? Are there certain parts of the nVidia drivers that don't work with the P7N, which would make MSI have to create its own driver package for the board? Anybody else have issues with nVidia's nForce drivers?

I have a P6N, the slightly older brother of your board and yes I had troubles with one of their Nforce drivers in Vista.
Like you im running the ones from MSI, somehow they do the trick much better.
They are older, but who cares
Updated it once, but had to roll back due to all sorts of troubles, so íll stick with them.
In Win 7, im running the 15.35, cause MSI has no drivers for Win 7 for my board and so far, no issues.

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i bought a new msi mobo p7n platinum sli, after backing it in the case and connecting everything,it doesnt post,and it freeze on the msi logo..
also the keyboard dont work at all, so i cant enter the bios,if ipress on del it gave me a black screen write in it as follows:
A7380NMS V1.0 011508....
system specs are:
1. MSI P7N PLATINUM SLI
2. CPU INTEL E7400 2.8 GHZ
3. 2x2GB KINGSTON DDR2 RAM
4. XFX NVIDIA 9500 GT 1GB
5. GIGABYTE PSU 550W
CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH THE SOLUTION,ITS A BRAND NEW PC
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS GREAT FORUM.....

Remove mainboard from case and try running with just absolutely necessary components. Try reseating cpu and check if heatsink has proper contact to cpu's heatspreader. Try running setup with just one mem stick.
Also provide full specs of psu as you can see in my signature.
From the writing you reported (A7380NMS V1.0) it seems your board has bios V1.0 installed while your cpu would at least require V1.2 or higher (http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1373&maincat_no=1#menu).
Possibly you might need to lend an older Core2 cpu to install bios V1.2 or ask the retailer to flash it for you. First step is of course to try eliminating other possible sources for the issue as listed above.

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Hey all,
Just wondering if someone could help me with overclocking my qx9650 on my P7N platinum sli.
I have tried throwing all kinds of voltages at the cpu, fsb, and nb and I still can't run stable for over a few seconds. I thought it might be due to a fsb hole and have tried a range from 1550-1650. My goal is to get it at 400mhz(1600 in bios) and get a 5:4 ratio with my ram at 1000. I tried updating to the p06 performance bios from ami 1.3 and still can't get it stable. I don't want to end up frying my board. I got it to run stable at 350 for an hour in prime 95 but would really like to achieve 1600. at 350x8.5 for 1500 my temps did not get above 54c under full load
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just wanted to let everyone know that i got it stable at 3.75ghz for 26 hours in prime 95. Don't know why but it still won't boot from 1550-1650 (must be a FSB hole or something) so i just put it at 1500(375) with a 10 multiplier and ram at 1000 for a 3:4 fsb:ram ratio.

Keep getting BSOD and need help PLEASE ! P7N Platinum Sli

Hey guys ,
Can someone please help me ? I have been getting BSOD for along time now and then i get a windows recovered from serious error when it boots back up , i always send in the error report and usually it says a driver problem but i have re-installed every driver servral times and and re-formated my pc sevral times to try and get it to run right . Now i finally got a different report back from windows error reporting saying a "Non Compatable BIOS is the cause " here is the error report screeny i took and uploaded to flickr http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3349882297_4a3194e3df_b.jpg and this is another screeny in flickr of my BIOS in MSI Info View http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3445/3349882397_ef282a33d2_b.jpg , i believe i have the newest BIOS installed and the correct one also and have been running that version for along time . When i first setup this system i could not get my Q9550 to boot at all with this mobo till i updated the bios to the P0B6 but have never had it stable from BSOD . My Specs are Q9550 "Core 2 Quad Yorkfield SLAWQ Q9550 333 2.83 12M " / MSI P7N Platinum 750i SLI / OCZ Vendetta CPU cooler / 4GB- 4x1GB OCZ FLEX DDR2 1150 / OCZ GameXtreme 1010W / 2x - XFX GTX260 Black Edition in SLI / 1TB Seagate HD .
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Quote from: NovJoe on 14-March-09, 11:22:13
I suggest that you clear CMOS and use flash it to the BIOS v1.1 under the MSI website for your board and see how it goes.
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1373
LOL thats funny !!!!! 1.1 is what came installed on the mobo and is not compatable with the Q9550 it will never boot to bios using 1.1 with a quad core ! Thats the first problem i had thats why i explained all the steps i had to go through to get this mobo / cpu to boot with the help from MSI tech support !

**!! SOLVED !!** MSI P7N Platinum SLI Stuck on Splash Screen

Okay, so I got a bunch of new hardware for Christmas and finally the rest for my birthday this weekend and I am stumped. I got all installed and when booting, I get the MSI splash screen with the spaceship and nothing else...just stays there on the splash. Only one beep like my other MSI boarded PC and no more after that. I have tried reseating all components including CPU, ram, graphics card and still no luck. Also have tried with mainboard out of case on the box with all connectors plugged in. My hardware is as follows:
MSI P7N Platinum mainboard
Intel E8400 Wolfdale
Corsair DDR2 2 x 1gb
nVidia PCI-E 260 fx card
I have all else unplugged to eliminate as much as possible. PLEASE help me salvage this because I have to say its been the most disappointing birthday ever this year LOL. Thanks guys!!!!
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OK everyone...problem is fixed. As u all thought, the S-Spec of my CPU was not supported my the BIOS version (1.1) that the Mainboard P7N comes with...so the way I remedied the situation was to find (and purchase) a cpu that is on the cpu support page for mainboard that is supported by bios version 1.1. I also must note, do not go by just the model number, go only by S-Spec number. Once my Intel Celeron D 3.3 came today, started pc with a botable floppy (made by windows on my other machine) and flashed bios the old fashioned way with floppy disk. After flash to version 1.3, put my CPU back in and what do you know...IT WORKS!!! So got Windows installed and have been stable for about 6 hours now. Thanks all who contributed...I love you all!!! LOL

MSI P7N Platinum SLI 750i freezes, even in Safe mode

I have had this board for about a year and a half. My sig should show the specs. I installed 8 gigs of G.Skill memory about 4 months ago, and everything has run great until about 3 weeks ago when I started to get random freezes. The monitor is still showing what was up, but the keyboard and mouse stop responding, as well as all other controls. I have had error logs analyzed and been told I may have a bad video driver, so I deleted it and let Win 7 install its own, and froze again. I logged into Safe Mode, it froze. I ran Memtest86+, machine froze while running it, then on reboot showed errors on the G.Skill memory, all 4 sticks. I put my old memory back in, still freezes. In fact, it sometimes freezes during the POST, when nothing but the BIOS is running.
Sometimes the machine will boot up and run for anything from 2 min to 30 min, then freeze. Sometimes, when I reboot it, it will not post at all, but just show a black screen. If I let it sit for 5 to 10 min it seems to boot again, but inevitibily freezes again. I got one error indicating a BIOS problem (BIOS checksum not equal) but only once.
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Anyone have any ideas?

Quote from: cronnin on 10-June-11, 10:37:18
You don't need to connect HDD at all.
Get Live Windows or Linux CD - one that has lots of testing utilities.
Check BIOS - frequencies/timings/voltages.
Well, the HDD is not the only problem. The only PSU available would power the MOBO, but cannot power my video card, and the board has no on-board video. I only own one PCIe card, so I am out of luck there. I did turn the machine on several times with a multi-meter connected to several 4-pin Molex connectors, and the power was correct and consistant (12.26v to 12.28v, no fluctuations over .01v during or after start up and 5.01v to 5.03v and 3.3v all the same). I know testing with the multi-meter does not show it under load, and is not the best test, but it is all I can manage.
On the Windows 7 forum, someone suggested this site http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=5
Several items here caught my attention:
Motherboard fails to POST.
Memory Test Fails.
Fails to fully boot (or even install) Operating System.
System randomly and frequently freezes.
BSoD or hard freeze under heavy drive activity (Either RAID, SCSI, or standard ATA). (This is questionable, the HD light is on, but I cannot hear it running)
Resetting the system after a freeze and the system will not repost.
(You have to completely power down then power back up.)
A physical inspection of the board shows no leaking or bulging capacitors, although a couple are not perfectly perpendicular to the board.
I am beginning to think the board is bad, and I found a good replacement on e-bay (NEW board) for only $90. It is selling rather well and with only 4 left I am inclined to get it before it disappears. This is the board:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-MSI-P7N-DIAMOND-MS-7510-SKT-775-ACER-780i-SLI-MOBO-/350446477391?pt=Motherboards&hash=item51983ce04f
Opinions?

P7N Platinum Q6600 @ 3.5GHz, you to can do it

Just thought I would share my results of getting over the dreaded 3.0GHz wall. I'm still in the testing phase (running 4 prime95 at maximum heat consumption right now), it seems to be running quite strong. I can probably hit 3.6GHz or more, but that will be later.
Vcore: 1.47v total, +.2v settings
VTT: 1.5
NB: 1.5
SB: 1.5
v1.2 bios
I'm going to be scaling back all the volts to find out where the weak spot is for overclocking. I don't exactly like running the VTT and NB at 1.5v, but many people have been running their Asus 750i boards at 1.50v and doing ok. Max temps so far are 56c on cores 1 and 2, 54c on cores 3 and 4, running 4 instances prime95.

Quote from: Photokon on 23-September-08, 04:19:56
Bumped them both down another notch. I think that is 1.42 and 1.40. So two notches from the top. I'm going to be moving the cpu volts down tonight.
It looks like I almost have the same system as you:
P7N Platinum SLI v1.2 Bios - Q6600 G0
Zalman 9700 LED Cooler
Corsair XMS2 DHX PC2-6400 2 x 2GB 4-4-4-18
8800GT SLI
Enermax 500w PSU
Antec 1200 Case
WD 250GB/ Windows XP Professional SP3 x86
WD 750GB
I just recently got the 1200 case, man I love it. I don't think I can ever go back to a normal mid-tower.
The case keeps everything really cool. I'm running all case fans at low and the Zalman 9700 at 1650RPM.
My voltages are
vCore 1.496
FSB (one setting over stock)
NB 1.28
SB 1.50
Everything that can be turned off in the BIOS is off. RAM is unlinked and running at 800MHz (for now)
I'm going to go for 3.5GHz, just enjoying playing Crysis more than I enjoy run Prime95.
Regards,
Doug
BTW: I'd appreciate it if you gave me your RAM settings, and voltages.

P7N Platinum no POST

When I set FSB to 1200 for Q6600, no POST on my mobo P7N Platinum Sli. No joy at FSB1333 too. It POST successfully with E6600, both at FSB1200 and FSB1333.
Another strange thing is no POST when RAM timing set to 1067 2.1V or 2.2V (using Team Dark-1066 3GB module x 4) even at default FSB1067. It was ok when using 1GB module. However, if I volt to 1.95V, it boots but unstable (probably due to insufficient voltage). Changing to 2V or more results in no POST.
How went wrong?

Reset everything to stock speed without any OC and see if there is any problem. If there is no problem when in stock speed, you should post your query in our Overclocker's section.

P7N 750i SLI platinum, no Local area connection

Hi,
i have something very weird with my second p7n 750i platinum mobo(first one i had to send back because it didnt post), i dont have a local area connection in network connections and i am using the onboard network controller, the only thing i see in there is the firewire.
owkay first things first, i installed windows SP2 and updated it to SP3, then did the nforce drivers that came with the mobo, got a BSOD with those on the nvgts.sys error for sata drives and the ethernet controller with those nforce drivers installed correctly and i had an local area connection visible in network connections(could see this in safe mode), but since i couldnt boot into normal windows with BSOD i deleted those nforce drivers and downloaded the latest from nvidia 8.43.
i installed the nforce 8.43 drivers just the ethernet part without errors in normal windows since i was able to boot back to it.
Now i dont see a Local area Connection but i do have an active connection(i get ip address from dhcp and am able to do everything on the internet and network)
first thing i tried then was again removing the 8.43 drivers and install the drivers from the cdrom again without the sata stuff just the ethernet drivers but then the network adapter didnt work at all so i went back to the 8.43 drivers with the same result, i have a connection, i just dont see it
ive tried everything i could think of to get it to show up but havent found anything,
maybe any of you can help with this
the image shows what i mean on the right side and you can see in device manager its there and also in ipconfig
http://users.skynet.be/Sabre/nolan.jpg

Everything is fine now
i did another fresh install but this time with a dutch windows XP SP2 not english and now i do have a LAN icon in network connections and im using the same driver installers as before, very strange.
and to answer NovJoe: on the english xp i could install all drivers without errors, from nforce i only installed ethernet drivers and SM bus controller, only thing was that the ethernet controller was not fully recognized by windows i think so it didnt show it in network connections but how or why i have no clue.
As you can see in my screenshot in the command window next to ethernet adapter it should have said Local area connection except it shows a bunch of numbers but its fine now, ill stay with my dutch win xp then.

Drivers Nforce 20.08 - P7N Diamond

Good morning,
I 've a P7N Diamond Motherboard, based on the Nvidia 780 i chipset and a intel E6700 dual core.
Do you think I can install the NForce drivers 20.08 available on the Nvidia website, without risk ?
Thank you,
Didier

Just want to warn you and any other users that the 20.08 drivers have been reported to cause a lot of problems with all nForce mobos. In fact, the NVidia website is now displaying the previous drivers (15.23) on driver searches on their download site.
Just search google and you'll find many threads in several forums all decrying the recently released 20.08 drivers. The general consensus seems to be, "Stay away from 20.08":
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=8Cd&q=nforce+15.23+vs+20.08&btnG=Search
In essence, 20.08 includes the same drivers as 15.23 but with following differences:
-includes NVidia GPU drivers (useless for mobo users)
-NAM software included in 20.08
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Nforce 4 platinum SLI onboard sound problems

I have recently bought the nforce 4 Platinum SLI motherboard with onboard sound blaster live 24bit, but when i try to fully utilise it in games like Halo, the sound laggs, only partially plays the sound effects. The sound is fine in all other things like when playing music, it is just when i turn on the hardware acceleration in the game audio options. I've checked for conflicts in device manager and re-installed the latest drivers. I read about the PSU problem with the -5V rail, but my PSU is 24 pin and has the correct rail, so it isn't that.
It's almost like the sound card is not getting enough system resources to be able to fully process the sounds.
It's driving me nuts, can anyone help with any suggestions.
Cheers, Jonny

I tried lowering the acceleration as well but it didn't affect it. When i took it down to basic acceleration, i was then unable to turn on the hardware accelaration inside the game which is what causes the sound to lagg.

NVidia firewall stopped working after nForce drivers upgrade

Just for the record, my nVidia firewall stopped working after I "upgraded" from nForce 4.08 (came with the mobo cd) to 4.24 (latest drivers at the nVidia website).
...damn nVidia.
Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks for the reply. I tried -- to an extent -- what you suggested. Thinking nVidia was smart I went on to installing the 4.24 without removing previous drivers/components. Everything installed except for the network/firewall stuff. I clicked "yes, install nVidia network stuff" and a fatal error occured a few seconds into the installation. I then proceeded to uninstalling the network access manager, followed by a retry of the 4.24 installation: same problem.
However, I never uninstalled the nForce drivers themselves. I will redownload the 4.24 .exe, uninstall everything, and run the .exe. I'll then proceed to report my crappy results here, in this forum.

Nforce drivers which one ? nvidia or msi ?

i need to know which ones gives you max performance ? either nvidia ones or msi's ! .. i had msi nforce3 drivers so i uninstalled them and installed nvidia's ones , i also have a nvidia gfx card , so after installing nvidia nforce drivers i was getting BSOD , so i had to format windows and installed msi's ..
BSOD = may be msi drivers were in the reg and never got uninstalled properly so i m gettin BSOD so you get BSOD if u put nvidia nforce3 having a nvidia gfx card?
so how many of you are using nvidia's ? and which ones better?
my os windows xp sp2

I've always used nvidias drivers , realtek's sound drivers . Now latest 5.10 .
Xp sp2 no problem here.
MSI drivers are made by nvidia of course .
The MSI 5.03 driver package was something in the middle of nvidias 4.27 and 5.10
when it comes to some of the individual driver versions .
After all : For graphics cards most people always use ATI's site for ATI cards and nvidia's site for Nvidia cards.
Same should apply with chipset drivers .

Best Nforce drivers Nvidia or Live monitor

Hi me again , was wonder whats the best route form Nforce drivers , Going to the Nvidia site and downloading there latest offerings or using the MSI Live update utility and getting Whats on offer there ?? ..
Thanx in advance Kurvz

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Originally posted by Kurva100
Yeah im using the Nvidia ones I got around two months ago and the IDE driver has been fine , was just wondering if the MSI version had some Msi tweaks so to say , thanx all
i dont think there is any difference between msi and nvidia more than msi got older drives that the "newbies" can install easy with live update.

MSI P7N Platinum and 8800GT of 8800GTS in SLI with everest is FREEZE

Hello,
I want to warn users of the msi p7n platinum with the 750i chipset who use everest 4.50.1372 and a 8800GT or 8800GTS 512 mb (with a G92 CPU) in SLI that they can get freez problems.
I got a extra 8800GT card and go SLI but the computer got random freezes after that.
My system:
Windows xp sp2 with an Q6600 2GB pc-6400 ram, 4 hd's (2 ide, 2 sata), dvd-writer and a dvd-rom. Latest 1.2 bios.
It was very frustrated and also mailing msi support in The Netherlands didn't help (they thought it was a problem with the powersupply). The computer just got frozen with the last picture on screen and didn't respond at all (not a single error msg). Sometimes in minutes and other times in hours. Only option after that was a hard reset.
To make a very long story short (i tried every beta bios out there with every bios setting) . I sold one of the 8800GT's and bought a SLI set with 8800GTS 512mb in the hope the problem was with the different brands of cards (EVGA and TWINTECH with the 8800GT's). But the problem was even worse with the 8800GTS 512mb G92 (from Point of View). So i take a look at the software and found out that the problem was with the everest monitor software that displays all kinds of info on my G15 keyboard. After i disabled everest i had not a single lockup anymore.
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luckyjan, thank you for your feedback on this. Interesting find.

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