P45 Platinum chipset temp

I see people referring to chipset temp on this MB but curious about that as I don't see it shown as such with anything I use. Is it by any chance the mainboard or system (depending on which program used) temp that shows as 34oC on mine?

@ Henry
.. thanks for your hints. When I installed this board the first time, I removed the "circu-pipe" mainboard cooler (which is a one-piece job interconnecting NB,SB & 2 VRMs) in order to replace the thermal pads with good thermal grease and the push-pins with nuts and bolts. A look at the VRM/MOSFET surfaces then showed no difference compared to those of other mobos. And yes, under OC loads they do get hot ...
In due course I don't think the surfaces represent any problem, but their shapes/sizes and mounting holes (those of the big (rear) heat sink ("DrMOS" labeled) and the very small one on top above the CPU do. Sure I could use NB/SB waterblocks only and saw off the heat pipes right at the lower end of the rear heatsink, but I simply don't want to destroy that neat "circu-pipe" construction....
After all, I think I might leave the whole thing as it is and switch to an X58/Sandy Bridge platform supported by mainstream waterblock makers earlier than planned ... sometime next year...
@ Jack:
.... thanks for the info. Yes, Watercool do have the right "universal" SB/NB waterblocks, but none at all to fit the VRM/MOSFETs. Not even Coolance who offer also "universal" VRM/MOSFET waterblocks have anything that would even remotely fit.
Thanks anyway - it is good to have all facts confirmed by you guys .....

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P45 Platinum Chipset & VREG Waterblocks - any ideas?

Hi folks,
... i have desperately searched the web for this until I got (literally) blue in the face .... to no avail. Any ideas anyone?
Has anyone ever tried to make this conversion to mainbaord watercooling w/ 'universal' waterblocks or ones that can be modified to fit?
Particularly the VREG/MOSFET blocks seem to represent a real challenge, NB/SB most likely don't...
Appreciate your helpful info but I don't expect any miracles, though ...
Cheers
Plati45

@ Henry
.. thanks for your hints. When I installed this board the first time, I removed the "circu-pipe" mainboard cooler (which is a one-piece job interconnecting NB,SB & 2 VRMs) in order to replace the thermal pads with good thermal grease and the push-pins with nuts and bolts. A look at the VRM/MOSFET surfaces then showed no difference compared to those of other mobos. And yes, under OC loads they do get hot ...
In due course I don't think the surfaces represent any problem, but their shapes/sizes and mounting holes (those of the big (rear) heat sink ("DrMOS" labeled) and the very small one on top above the CPU do. Sure I could use NB/SB waterblocks only and saw off the heat pipes right at the lower end of the rear heatsink, but I simply don't want to destroy that neat "circu-pipe" construction....
After all, I think I might leave the whole thing as it is and switch to an X58/Sandy Bridge platform supported by mainstream waterblock makers earlier than planned ... sometime next year...
@ Jack:
.... thanks for the info. Yes, Watercool do have the right "universal" SB/NB waterblocks, but none at all to fit the VRM/MOSFETs. Not even Coolance who offer also "universal" VRM/MOSFET waterblocks have anything that would even remotely fit.
Thanks anyway - it is good to have all facts confirmed by you guys .....

Safe northbridge temp P45 Platinum

Hey, I picked up a P45 Platinum on clearance for AU$120 which I thought was quite the bargain. Seems much nicer than my old Asus P5K Vanilla. Have flash to latest beta bios which I think was 1.7a or something.
Quick question, what's the max safe temp for the mobo/northbridge. Running an E6850 with an OC to 3.6ghz (400mhz FSB x 9). Orthos cpu stress test has been going for a few hours so and HWmon is telling me 50 degrees. Is that okay for this board? If it's safe any info on what is considered a high mobo temp would be appreciated.

Compares to mine. I am currently folding and converting DVD to AVI files. My CPU runs at 3,8 and the usage is 98% on all 4 cores. The core temps vary between 55~60C depending on the CPU fan RPM, and the CPU temp is pretty steady at 53C. The MB temp is around 30C under these loads.
Do a test, use Prime 95 and allocate work on all your cores. You will see an immediate core temp increase with TEMPIN0 lagging slightly behind but catching up fast. It usually is about 5C cooler than the indicated core temps. As soon as you stop the CPU workers, all those temps drop again immediately. I have never seen that temp higher than the cores, and always in unison with the cores. If it was the NB temp, then there would be no reason for it not to be higher than the core temps during mem intensive tasks. Also with my aftermarket cooler blowing towards the back of the case, increased CPU fan speed would not cause an immediate reduction in the NB temp, as it does not blow onto the CPU surrounding area. Thus I fathom it is the CPU temp. But as I said, if someone has other info, they are welcome to correct me.

P45 Platinum temp monitor

Are there any chipset temp sensors on this MB?, i.e. North and Southbridge? If so with which program would one be able to monitor these? Thank you in advance for any information on this.

I did a search one time to determine where the 'system temperature' sensor was located and the best answer I ever found was "somewhere near the center of the MB" and I have no idea how many MB's might have a chipset sensor, I don't think there are very many. I did check in one of my PC's last year with a digital thermometer with a long flexible sensor wire placed near the center of MB and it came close (within 2oC or so) to reading the same as system temp that those monitoring programs showed. After checking I figured it was a general inside the case air temperature near the center of the MB.
As far as that -128 reading just click on the configure tab and uncheck that setting so it no longer shows in the readings.

E8400 on an MSI P45 Platinum

I just got done reading the guide on tweaking VTT/GTL which helped me get a better grasp about the awesome settings the P45 have.
Anyway I have a bit of a dillema, I can't seem to get 4.0Ghz without cranking my settings up to this:
Vcore = 1.525v (This will fry it eventually)
CPU GTL REF0 = AUTO (For now)
CPU GTL REF1 = AUTO (For now)
DRAM Voltage = 2.100v (Manu specs)
DDR_VREF_A = AUTO (For now)
DDR_VREF_B = AUTO (For now)
MCH Voltage (Is this the Southbridge?) = 1.556v (I have no idea what to set this to, I just cranked it up as high as it would go)
MCH GTL REF = AUTO
VTT FSB Voltage = 1.60v (What the hell is VTT?)
ICH Voltage (Is this the Northbridge??) = 2.12v
The problem with this is I'm going to cook my system...the funny thing is I can remove the jumpers and run my CPU at 3.6Ghz and all stock voltages without a single problem - however going even 1Mhz above this requires me to crank the hell out of this system.
Anyone here have any settings they use for this board w/ an E8400? I'm kind of out of ideas at this point.
Specs:
MSI P45 Platinum
Intel E8400 Core2Duo @ 3.0Ghz
OCZ OC RAM DDR2-1066 @ 5-5-5-15-2T and 2.1v
Antec TruePower 750w w/ (4) Independent 12v rails

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...the funny thing is I can remove the jumpers and run my CPU at 3.6Ghz and all stock voltages without a single problem
Thats a good starting point. Set BIOS to default and then ensure your memory is at DDR2-800 at ~1,9V.
From there start increasing your FSB. I think you will have a better chance at what you are trying to achieve with a lower memory frequency. See how far you can go that way without changing any other voltages, but always check your V Core under load as you increase the frequency.
I have had my proc at up to 3,7GHZ (board jumpers removed) all other BIOS settings being stock/auto, but I manually kept my DDR at 800.
My core Voltage will rise to 1,296 under full load at that freq, which is still below the Intel spec max of 1,3625 "Table 2-3. Voltage and Current Specifications in the Intel spec sheet". So I know there is room for more. My CPU core temps will be between 55 and 60C depending on the auto speed-up of the cooler, which I must say is very effective.
Running some real world tests though, i.e. 3D gaming, I found that the increase above the 3,4GHz I am running now, is hardly worth the additional heat and obvious associated higher voltages. My chipset especially heats up to about 55C and I need to take the passive cooling off at some stage to check the MSI factory paste.

P45 Platinum with Q9550 problem

Hi there,
here's my spec :
P45 platinum board (bios 1.51)
Q9550 (E0)
Gskill PC8800 pi 2x2Gb DDR2
2x Gecube 3870 turbo
Cooler Master M700 real power
Zalman CNPS 9700
and then my problem is i cant go stable over 412 fsb. Im trying hard to setup in cell menu bios and never luck. No matter how many u rise voltage at vcore,vtt,vmch,etc. and lower multiplier (also ratio 1:1) its always unstable. If i could not wrong, i heard many guys out there seems problem too, and that because the bios boards issue? I find something wrong with bios 1.51, my quads its too high temp than real and i cant set vcore over 1.19 and vmch over 1.35
Please help me, i need advice & suggestion. thanx be4

Quote from: AaronYuri on 25-July-09, 14:33:54
Check the temperatures with CoreTemp.
ahaa.. u got right intuition Aaron. Well, i check up temp with 2 model. First, as ur suggest using with Core Temp 0.99.4, and the second with HWmonitor Ver. 1.08. But too bad i cant post the pic in here because my internet connection bandwitch is very, very slow.... (oh god, i waste the time for upload it) :-(
I strap fsb to 400 (3.4Ghz) and averything i set it auto (nothing more OC, just only strap fsb)
On the Core Temp shows 42C at idle (1.1 Vcore), and various temp core1-4 between 41-44C. and with HWmonitor its shows 48C (1.09 Vcore) at idle and various temp core1-4 between 46-49C. And last in bios, vcore always show between 50-52C
Ok, now which better i trust? .. lol
and.. oh ya aaron, if u dont mine can u tell me ur setup in cell menu to OC ur quad 9450 at x48 boards? I know its different chipset but just for compare.
Thx for ur help again.

Question on P45 Platinum bios setting for "Adjust PCI Frequency (MHz)"

System:
P45 Platinum updated to bios 1.6
Intel Q9400 CPU with Xigmatek Heatsink
620W PSU
8BG (2x4 slots) Cosair TWIN2X4096-8500C5D PC2-8500 1066MHz
PowerColor 1GB ATI HD 3670 Video card
System runs almost fine at the default setting. As it boot to blank screen a few times. Hard reset to boot into system fine. Once a while, system just froze and need hard reboot. But seem to stable enough (temperature around 26C)
I wanted to overclock to 3GHz. But as I just increased FSB from 333 to 340, the system will not boot or it will boot and then locked up after logon to window. I left everything at auto. Do I need to set the PCI clock? It is default at auto.

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I have to constantly change the FSB/Dram ratio to keep the RAM frequency between 800-900 for it to stable. Otherwise, the system will reboot by itself. Is that because I used all four slot of RAM?
Well, the fact that all memory slots are populated makes the matter a little more complicated, but the main problem is elsewhere: The Intel P45 Chipset natively only supports DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 modules. In addition to that, your memory modules are not "real" DDR2-1066 modules, but DDR2-800 memory sticks with a permission to overclock and overvolt them to DDR2-1066 @~2.1V.
Try these settings to try to raise your memory clock speed farther:
- Enhance Setting (Try all settings here: "Enabled", "Disabled" and "Auto")
- DRAM Voltage = 2.1V
- DDR_VREF_A = 0.955V
- DDR_VREF_B = 0.955V
- Spread Spectrum = Disabled
Usually, the reduction of the DDR Reference Voltages compensates stability problems that are related to overclocking/overvolting the memory to DDR2-1066 on this board. There is no guarantee that it will work for you, but you may as well give it shot.
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Everything else is auto and Core Center is showing:
vcore 1.21v
memory 1.92v
nb 1.12v
CPU temperature after an hour of usage: 23C
You don't wanna use MSI Dual Core Center for temperature monitoring. The tool is unable to read/calculate the Core Temperatures of your processor which are based digitial sensors implemented in each processor core. The data these sensors collect is stored in specific CPU registers that can be accessed by tools like Core Temp, Real Temp, Everest Ultimate and Speedfan (there are more tools of course). The "CPU Temperature" value shown in BIOS and by MSI Dual Core Center are based on the readings of an analog sensor of unknown location. It is uncertain, what this value actually refers to and it is also not very reliable.

Add a new 4tb hdd to msi p45 platinum ?

I'm planning to add a new 4TB western digital, caviar green HDD's for my msi p45 platinum motherboard ist work will or use 3 tb .
thank you

Just some notes regarding large drives on the older chipset boards.
The P45 Plat has
• SATAII controller integrated in ICH10R/JMicron® 363 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by ICH10R
- Supports two SATAII ports by JMicron 363, support SATA RAID 0/1/JBOD.
In principle the ICH10R allows amongst Raid capability also the ability(potentially) to handle up to 2TB in AHCI.
What other users with similar boards have however commented on is that they were able to use up to 3TB drives on the JMicron controller, obviously with the latest firmware for that controller and also AHCI. We all know that the JMicron ports are a bit slower than the Intel ports, but that is evident with Asmedia as well.
So when you do test, check both your Intel and JMicron ports and see what they report as the drive capacity in the BIOS.

Problem with P45 Platinum during POST

Good day!
I have MSI P45 Platinum mainboard and from to time to time it freezes during POST with AMI bios POST code - 423C. This happens right after the message that "4096MB OK" and before the detection of SATA/IDE drives. When this happens, the only way to make the system run is to turn off the power (pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del of Reset would result in the same error) - after that the POST procedure finishes correctly and I don't experience any problems afterwards (system is rock-solid after POST completion).
So my question is - can anyone explain me what does this post code mean (D-Leds are not much of a help)? Is this a mobo problem or may be there is some kind of incompatibility with my hardware. I should mention also that I've tried all versions of Bios both official and beta without any success.
This problem does not trouble me that much (doesn't happen often), but still I would like to understand what may cause it.
P.S. My system config - iC2D E8300/MSI P45 Platinum/4x1Gb DDR2-800 Geil Black Dragon (5-5-5-15)/MSI Radeon 4870 1Gb OC edition/HDD 250 Gb WD + 120Gb Seagate/SB Audigy 4/DVD-RW Asus 1814/PSU TT Toughpower 700w (w0105)
Thanx in advance and please excuse my poor English

Thank you for the reply!
Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 16-December-08, 06:39:42
What is your current BIOS Version?
I've recently flashed the latest beta bios version - 1,5 beta 6... but it produces the same error as did the latest official bios v1.4
Quote from: Jack the Newbie
Does the same problem occur with only one memory module installed?
I don't know actually. But thanks for pointing this out - I will test the system with one (and then with two) module(s). I've tested the modules with the memtest86+ software (the latest version, which supports P45 chipset) several times and it showed no errors. So the modules are OK and they worked without any problems with my previous mb (Gigabyte P35-DS3).
Quote from: Jack the Newbie
What do the POST-Status LEDs of the board tell you, when the system freezes at the described stage?
Well, I guess I don't fully understand what does the combination of LEDs tell during the freeze. I'll try to describe the combination -
LED12 - OFF LED13 - GREEN
LED8 - RED LED7 - OFF
LED14 - OFF LED10 - GREEN
LED15 - RED LED11 - OFF
In mobo's manual this diagnostic LEDs are grouped in 4 groups and the description of the group that most closely resembles my case is - "Testing base and Extended memory etc." But I'm not sure that I'm identifying the problem correctly, because of the LEDs that are OFF.
Quote from: Jack the Newbie
Are you experiencing any freeze and/or stability problems appart from the described problem?
No, as I said in my initial post, once it get past this stage everything is running smoothly - OS boots and all software, including the most demanding games or tests, are running OK.

MSI P45 Platinum and Neo2-FR

Hello everyone!
I have small question will P45 Platinum and P45 Neo2-FR work fine with those memories OCZ DDR2 PC8500 4096MB KIT, Reaper HPC, 2x2048MB, Heatpipe, (CL5-5-5-18) ?

Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 04-October-08, 18:05:31
A few facts about the P45 Chipset and those memory modules:
1) According to Intel Specifications, the Intel P45 Chipset natively supports DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 modules, that is it.
2) Those OCZ Modules are essentially DDR2-800 modules (use DDR2-800 chips). DDR2-1066 is an overclocking rating that will force you to overvolt these sticks above DDR2 standard voltage.
3) EPP profiles are pre-programmed OC profiles that are not fully supported on Intel Chipsets but are for NVidia Chipsets only.
The bottom line is:
-> To run those modules @standard DDR2-800 speed should be no problem (neither on the P45 Platinum nor on the P45 Neo2-FR.
-> Trying to get the system stable @DDR2-1066 speed may or may not work stable, as this means overclocking both the memory controller AND the modules. So, get ready to some tweaking of memory related BIOS settings (inlcuding memory voltage, MCH Voltage, DDR reference voltages and timings) to find stable settings for non-standard clock speeds.
So I shouldn't have any problems to start computer after I connect everything? And what IF I will be unlucky and those memories won't work ?

P45 Platinum NEED HELP FAST PLEASE!

As you may have read previously, I was going to and I got a P45 Zilent board along with other parts. Now I have a few problems. Firstly here are the system specs:
MSI P45 Platinum (Zilent) BIOS v1.0
Intel Core 2 Duo E8300
A-DATA Vitesta 1066+ 2x1GB
MSI R4850
1XWD RAPTOR 74GB
1XWD CAVIAR 200GB
1XWD CAVIAR 500GB
1XSAMSUNG SATA DVDRW 22x
PSU: Cooler Master Real Power M520
HANNS-G HI221DP (22" Widescreen connected with DVI-D Single Link Cable)
So, when I installed everything, and turned on the PC the DOS looking environment that shows up before the OS is loaded is filled with exclamation marks on the background, and in the BIOS has dots on the background. I thought at first OMG my VGA is faulty, but then in Windows it shows perfectly good image quality and no problems what so ever...
Second problem: My PC won't reboot. When it goes to reboot, it goes through the shutdown sequence properly, but after that when it needs to restart it just hangs and the 4 indicator lights are all red. Now when it starts normally there is no hang, all the lights are green and system is working fine. But every time it restarts it hangs there and nothing happens... :S
And third on CPU Z my the PC multiplier varies and also the bus speed is too low... here is a screenshot:
Now, even though the multiplier changes when PC under load, and I read it is some kind of power saving option, the BUS remains that low :S
Please help me fast, please.

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Now the multiplier problem remains, but I read somewhere it is a power saving feature, but still I want to disable it and make my multiplier at 8.5 all the time and my CPU speed at 2.83GHz (stock speed for the E8300). How can I do that, without messing up the settings in the BIOS that fixed the problems above?
There is no real need to disable that function. After all, it is a feature of your processor, you paid for it and the Multiplier should switch back to default as soon as you CPU gets something to do. It will only drop to x6 when the system is IDLE to save power and keep the temperatures low. There should not be any performance sacrifices. Keep in mind that the Core Voltage is reduced as well. This is all intended to for the benefit of your Processor and therefore for you, after all.
However, if you really think that you want to disable these functions, you may want a little info on what functions are actually involved:
1) EIST = Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology -> The option is located in the Cell Menu. You can actually disable EIST on the OS level (and keep in enabled in BIOS). All you need to do is to turn off the Windows Power Saving Features and set everything to max. Performance. This disables SpeedStep/EIST, even when the support is still enabled in BIOS.
2) C1E Support (C1E = Enhanced Halt State) -> This feature can only be disabled in BIOS. Even if EIST is disabled (OS and/or BIOS), the C1E Feature will still be doing its job. To disable it, look in the CPU Features Section of the BIOS. You should find an option there.
In any case, my suggestion would be to keep both functions enabled. These features are actually rather good.
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Also how do I set my memory to run at the preferred settings prescribed by the manufacturer, which are:
CL: 5-5-5-15 2T
2.2-2.3V
1066MHz
The standard DDR2 supply voltage is 1.8V +/-0.1V. The fact that your memory modules need to be overvolted to have a chance to run at DDR2-1066 MHz shows that they are not "real" DDR2-1066 memory modules but actually just DDR2-800 sticks with a manufacturer's permission to overclock them. Also, keep in mind that the P45 Chipset does not natively support DDR2-1066 memory modules, but DDR2-667 & DDR2-800 only.
This said, you actually need to overclock both the memory controller and the modules, which is not necessarely stable.
To increase the memory voltage, you need to manually adjust the FSB/DRAM Ratio in BIOS to 1:1.6 and manually increase the DRAM Voltage using the +/- keys of your numpad. Spread Spectrum should be disabled at all times.

P45 Platinum Raid Problems

Hello Guys,
i have some problems with my MSI p45 Platinum. I have Random freeze when i configure 2 Raid on it.
Here my configuration:
MB: MSI p45 Platinum
CPU: Intel core 2 duo 8400
GPU: 8800 GTS 640mb
RAM: 6 gb Ram (2*2+1*2)
PSU: 850W Cooler Master
SO: Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
MAIN DISK: 3 * Hitachi Deskstar 250gb RAID-0
With this all work well, and now the problem ...
I added 3 * 500gb Hitachi Deskstar Disks
If i make a 3*500gb RAID-0, i have random hard freeze before 30 min after i start up PC
If i make a 3*500gb RAID-5, i have random hard freeze before 30 min after i start up PC
If i leave 3*500gb No Raid, all work well ...
I'm working on this problem from some months as you can see on my old topics... and finally i isolated the problem but, What is the problem?
Any incompatibility with >1tb disks on Win 7?
Motherboard problem with internal raid that not support more than 1 raid? ...
Thank you in advance for your help

Quote from: NovJoe on 12-April-10, 21:35:58
Do a check to see if there is any latest RAID driver for your board.
Hello,
I updated BIOS to 1.6 and i have latest driver (updated 3 days ago) for Chipset / and Intel Matrix Storage downloaded from MSI site ...
Can any malfunctions on any HardDisks or Intel Matrix Storage make only the 2nd raid-mode not work? Is there any test i can do for discover it?
Thanks for Help

Msi p45 platinum and e5300 HELP

Hello! Can you help me with this?
bios v1.6
Intel e5300 - 2,6ghz
Msi p45 platinum
2gb trancend ddr2 667
What function to enable,what to disable. Also,have I hardware overclock fsb jumpers (now sets to 200Mhz)-JB1 and JB2. And how to decrease cpu ratio if I have to( now is 200x13=2600Mhz). Also what dram ratio etc...
I'll be greatefull if somebodu help me,I just wanna overclock processor to 3gHz for every day,not 24/7, maybe 12/7...THANX and sorry for my bad English

hello! I try that,remove both the oc jumper,and I CAN'T EVEN RUN THE BIOS So after couple restarts, i shut down pc and se jumpers to 200-266 mode. Disable what you said,set fsb 260 x multiplier 11,5 and get 3ghz. Some programs seys core 1 and 2 speed 3371mhz? I set cpu voltage to 1.32, little increase the ather voltages... With max load max temperature with core temp is 63c after couple hours. Should I do something to increase more speed or is better to leave it like this? Or try set jumpers to mode 266-333 and decrease cpu multiplier wuth more fsb?

MSI P45 platinum staggered spinup

Hello guys,
I need to use my mobo P45 Platinum with 6 hdds x 1Tb Samsung F1. I need to know is there some option (in BIOS or other else) that i need to enable to use Staggered Spin Up with ICH10R on my mobo. Thanks for your responses.

The ICH10R Controller has to be set to AHCI Mode for Staggered-Spin-Up Support:
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm

Newly RMA'd msi p45 platinum - does not boot

I had a p45 platinum motherboard RMA'd because it would was not turning on the power supply. MSI swapped the board out with another, which I received on Friday. I installed the cpu (e5200) and the ram that I had when the other board stopped working.
with the 4 original sticks of ram from my previous build it seems to hang at the bios decompression stage (boot status LEDs)
(red)
(red)
(green)
(green)
While troubleshooting I switched down to one stick of ram, it seems to go through this sequence (some of the stages go by fast, but i'm pretty sure it goes through this sequence)
(red)
(red)
(red)
(red) system power on
(red)
(red)
(red)
(green) early chipset initialization
(red)
(red)
(green)
(red) memory detection test
(red)
(red)
(green)
(green) decompress bios
(red)
(green)
(red)
(red) initialize keyboard controller
(red)
(green)
(red)
(green) test vga bios
(red)
(green)
(green)
(red) processor initialization
(red)
(red)
(green)
(red) memory detection test (hangs here)
I have tried a stick of ram from another computer that I know works fine, but I always get stuck at the (second) memory detection test. Not sure why it even goes back to that stage. I there anything else I should test before sending it back msi? I don't have a spare 775 cpu, so I can' t change that out.

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I have the R0 stepping SLB9T Intel specs
This is only speculation on my part, but it is possible the board you have received for the RMA was serviced & set away for shipping with a bios that was current at the time. It may not have 1.6 on it which might explain things.
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I don't have a spare 775 cpu, so I can' t change that out.
Only suggestions here, but can you or a local shop possibly test that your CPU is indeed ok on another board? Does anyone you know, or a local shop have a known supported CPU that you can use for testing?
The Antec PSU you have only shows 17A on each of it's rails, the OCZ with 25A is the better choice.
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power is connected to the 4pin cpu connector.
I was asking about the 4 pin power connector next to the PCI_E1 slot, but just to clarify about the CPU power connection, have you pulled the plastic cover off blocking 4 of the pins & using the full 8 pin power plug from the PSU?

P45 Platinum chipset temp

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