Opinions about MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherbo

I am about to make the change to an Intel Conroe CPU. Have been looking at motherboards that support this CPU and am looking hard at this motherboard. Anyone on here have any experience with this model? Thanks.

Quote from: Tyrant on 02-May-07, 03:38:47
I've been using this board for about a week now. It is rock solid which I really like, but it is a poor overclocker. I can't get past 1500 FSB no matter what I try... So, if your not into overclocking, you'll most probably love the board. But hey, it still overclocks and maybe you'll be satisfied by it. :P
For my E4300, this board is a great overclocker. I've currently got the chip running just north 3300MHz from it's default of 1800MHz with no stability issues.
However, like Tyrant said above, there are holes in the FSB that can make certain ranges on certain C2D chips hard to get working.
Research the C2D chip you want to run, and if you need to overclock at FSB speeds higher than 1500, go with a 680i or the Intel 965 chipset.
Good luck!

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MSI P6N-SLI AND INTEL QUAD CORE Q8200 NOT SUPPORTED ? BIOS FLASH ?

HI,I have MSI-P6N SLI (MS-7350) pc mainboard and my new processor Intel Quad Core Q8200 not running on this desk.
It possible some bios update or something ?? :(
thanks for answers

Quote from: DaLoona on 02-September-10, 02:46:27
According to this:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1141&maincat_no=1&orderby=cpu_name%20ASC#menu
"Yorkfield" 45nm quadcores are not going to work on this board, only "wolfdale" 45nm dualcores and even that depends on revision, like Jack mentioned.
So your Q8200 is a no go unfortunatly.
Only the older 65nm "Conroe" quads will work.
and fastest intel processor (not 45nm quad core) ?

MSI P6N-SLI with Intel E7300

I have a P6N-SLI board that I've been using for awhile with an Intel E6420 Conroe core processor. I upgraded the BIOS to the new Version 2.6 yesterday and tried to install a new Intel E7300 Wolfdale core processor. The system will not POST, indicating no beeps and no video. The FANS are on Highspeed.
Any advice in getting this system working? I've been running the E6420 for over a year.
I put the E6420 back in and the system booted without issue.
The MSI website indicates that the E7300 is compatible with the P6N-SLI board so it should work.
Again, any advice?
Thank You,
Michael

Henry,
All add-on cards have been checked. I can put the Intel E6420 processor back in the system and it will boot as normal. If I put the Intel E7300 processor in the system, it will not post.
Michael

MSI P7N Diamond LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel Motherboard

I Just got this board today.I dont see much output on this model!!!. I was running Evga 780 . I have 3 Evga 8800gtxs in sli.1x250 gig Western Digital with Vista/XP 3 x150 Raptors in Raid0.Galaxy 1000 PS. 2x2gig sticks of OCZ 6400. Ram. The CPU is a E6850, I switched to this board because the Evga780 did not have a space for External sound Card. The cooler iam putting on my CPU is aThermalright SI-128SE CPU Cooler with a 1 Scythe 120x25mm SlipStream SY1225SL12SH 1,900 rpm 37.00 dBA 110.31CFM DC12V 0.53 A With a Zalman 6 fan controller. All of this is going In a Cooler Master 830 Case. The monitor i run is A Viewsonic 245bw 24". So Anyways does any body have any comments on this board or suggestions or any problems. I would be interested in hearing Them.Thanks

In cell menu...change auto settings for FSB to "Manual" and then adjust CPU FSB in small increments until you get a stable overclock. Ie;..std FSB is 1333mhz...increase it to 1500 mhz and save and reboot. Small increases in CPU voltage may be necessary for a stable OC. If you want to see the full speed in CPU-Z you will have to disable C1E in Advanced bios....CPU...then hit "F4" to show the hidden C1E option. If you dont disable C1E, you will see the true OC fsb in bios when booting, but the C1E will "throttle" the multiplier back in Windows to a 6 or 7. At full load, the max FSB will kick in automatically. Hope this helps get you started in the right track.
Paul

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
And lastly, I threw it all in a case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
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

MSI P6N-SLI Platinum Multi-gpu enabling

Owners of the P6N SLI Platinum mobos. I'm having trouble Figuring out how to enable my two EVGA 256-P2-N636-AR GeForce 7950GT in SLI mode. The manual I have doesn't coincide with what my system is telling me. Anybody out there please shed some light on my predicament. thank you. >:(
my system is as follows
1: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache
2: MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI
3: Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
4: 2 EVGA 256-P2-N636-AR GeForce 7950GT 256MB
5: system drive - WD Caviar 160GB 8MB SATA 3
6: backup drive - Seagate Barracuda 320GB 16MB SATA3
7: Windows Xp home sp2
8: PSU Antec Neo HE 500

read Moan Guide 1st and provide full system specification including PSU details(look over PSU sticker for them)
made sure JPW1 is connected,
install both VGAs:
made sure SLI Bridge is connected between them,
made sure addiction power cable is connected to each VGA,
connect monitor cable to the 1st VGA(located in the 1st PCI-E x16 slot)
go in BIOS and check for SLI related options, if exist ensure that they are configured property,
install latest chipset drivers for your board from Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
install latest VGA drivers from Nvidia(94.24): http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_94.24.html
type in "run":
rundll32.exe nvcpl.dll,LaunchMultiGpuApplet /* click OK or hit {ENTER} key when its done */
and Enable SLI from there, and config "OK":
to verify that SLI is functional correctly get a Everest:
http://www.lavalys.com/beta/everestultimate_build_1059_welo4kjhnxa.zip
navigate to GPU page and check it:
for SLI troubleshooting and guides look here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=938853

MSI P6N SLI Platinum Voltage regulator cooler size question

I have a question about MSI P6N SLI Platinum's Voltage regulator cooler. Is it the same size of K9N SLI Platinum? The reason I ask is I plan to use water cooling on it. But the only regulator waterblock I can find is desgined for K9N SLI Platinum from aqua computer http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=218. So can I use this one on P6N SLI?

I guess not... P6N is much thinner, if your K9N VR cooler is as thin, then it can fit in. But I guess not.

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.
Thanks,
Swa

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 CPU Heatsink Q

Hi,
I have a quick question about compatible heatsinks for this board (MSI P6N SLI V2). I've been looking at a few and have decided to go for the Zalman CNPS9500A-LED (I'm pretty sure it'll fit) does anybody have one of these fitted?? I did read on another forum that there might be a problem with the underside of the board, but it wasn't very clear which board they were refering to....
Any help would be great...... Many Thanks

I suggest you also ask Zalman directly: http://www.zalman.com/ENG/Contact/GetSupport/Write_Form.asp

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-F & Thermaltake cl-p0370?

I'm currently looking at purchasing an MSI P6N SLI-F motherboard, but do have a question:
Does anyone here know whether or not the Thermaltake cl-p0370 heatsink + fan will fit on this motherboard?
It's a bit hard to tell from the pictures whether or not the heatpipes will clear the couple of capacitors to the right of the CPU socket. It does appear that there is enough distance from the heatsink on the northbridge and the RAM slots, but I am not so sure about the capacitors...
And should this NOT fit -- does anyone know of another affordable low-noise heatsink + fan that fits and can be used with a core 2 Duo E6600 CPU on this board?
Any info would be appreciated!

Really, I think not many of us can comment much.
You really have to take the measurements of the CPU area and the HSF into good considerations before the purchase.

MSI P6N SLI 4gb problem closed??

Hi, All.
MSI P6N SLI 4gb LOW Performance problem closed??
Thanks

There´s a large thread about the 4GB problem, don´t know why you didn´t found it.
And YES the problems are gone.
From bios version 2.13 for sli and version 1.22new for sli platinum everything works well.
There are 4x1GB Crucials in my system and they are running without any problems now.

MSI P6N SLI Platinum + E6850 + 533Mhz (PC-4200) RAM?

Hi,
I got hold of an E6850 (1333 MHz FSB) CPU for upgrade and I would like to know if it can run with 2Gb hynix RAM (533MHz PC-4200) on my MSI P6N SLI platinum (Rev 1.0). If it will run, how much performance loss would there be compared to using 667MHz or 800MHz RAM?
Thanks.

I am not sure if the Nforce Chipset/Memory Controller is able to support a memory bus speed that is lower than FSB Clock Speed. Intel Chipset usually can't do that (1:1 usually being the minimum ratio supported). However, on your board, the memory speed is not directly tied to the FSB Clock Speed and can be adjusted independently, so the situation may be different. The bottom line is: I can't tell you for sure if it will work or not and therefore suggest to simply test it and see what happens.
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If it will run, how much performance loss would there be compared to buying PC-6400 800MHz RAM?
With the memory bus running slower than the Front Side Bus, there will be definately be a performance difference that is not insignificant.

MSI P6N SLI Plat - Harddrive not appearing in my computer

Hi guys,
Ive just bought an additional sata2 drive for my pc. I already have a raid - 0 setup.
It shows in bios and i managed to find it using the 'manage' option through XP. Its been formatted to NTFS, and despite being able to copy files over to it,
it doesnt appear in the My computer window?? this is really beginning to bug me, the only advice online has been to format the drive which ive already done twice!!
I am no expert, so iam out of ideas. Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Intel E6600
2 Gig DDR2 Corsair 6400C4
MSI P6N Sli Platinum
XFX 8800 GTS 320 XXX
2 x (34G) Western Raptors Raid -0
Hiper 480W psu

Hello,
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It shows in bios
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i managed to find it using the 'manage' option through XP.
You mean XP Disk Management?
Is/was there a drive letter assigned in disk management?

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