P45 Platinum fan control issue!

Ok i received a new MSI P45 Platinum board after my last one gave me nothing but problems and fried one of my Radeon Crossfire cards
Anyway the new one seems to be fine except one of my case fans seems sounds like it's spinning at full speed! I have case fans plugged into headers 1, 2 and 3 on the board and fans 1 and 2 can be controlled via the bios whilst fan 3 cannot! HWMonitor reports the correct fan speeds for 1 and 2 (running at 75%) and it tells me fan 3 is running at 50% but it's actually running faster and louder than the other 2!! With my old (faulty) P45 Platinum board the 3rd fan was quiet, but now it's very loud and i don't know why? I have the latest 1.6 bios installed as i did on my old board.
Can anyone explain what is happening? Cheers

I installed the latest MSI Dual Core center and now it's telling me system fan 2 RPM is too low! (keeps flashing)
CPU Fan = around 1700 rpm
SYS Fan 1 = around 1200 rpm (set to 75% in bios)
SYS Fan 2 = around 700 rpm (set to 75% in bios)
I'm not happy with this board... My last P45 Platinum had memory/CPU/PCI-E voltage issues but the fan speeds were perfect! And now this replacement motherboard has ok voltages but the fan speeds are screwed! Both boards are the same revision using the same bios and had the same system config.
HWMonitor is still reporting fan 3 at 50% although it's literally screaming! Can someone please give me any suggestions as to whats wrong? Also does anyone have the latest beta bios (v1.7b10 i think). Cheers

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I've recently assembled an Athlon 64 3000 (Venice) / Neo4 Platinum system, and unfortunatly I am not able to control the speed of any fan connected to the motherboard. Also disappointing is the fact that four fans are connected, but only three show in Speedfan.
My CPU cooler is Thermaltake's Venus 12, so it's not MB-controlable.
My Enermax 120mm fan connects using the usual 3-wire connection, and has an RPM knob integrated. It doesn't seem to respond to Speedfan no matter what the state of the knob is.
Last but not least is the noisy chipset fan, which shows but also doesn't respond to Speedfan.
There's also a 92mm Enermax fan which is connected the same way as the 120mm one, but doesn't show.
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So essentialy, what I've got are four fans connected, three of those showing, two of these that can theoretically be adjusted through software, one that's too damn noisy at more than 7500 RPM, and zero that I can actually through software.
And no, a Zalman Fanmate is not a solution after I've invested in this top-of-the-line MB. I expect to get what I've paid for.
Is there a solution to this problem, once and for all?

To get to the CoreCenter Temp alarms, you have to expand the right 'wing' (click little arrow); but this only sets temperature below which an alarm will sound: it has no effect on fan speed itself.
But indeed, nothing on CoreCenter seems to affect NB fan.
The manual itself only mentions that CPUFAN1 supports fan control.
[Will eventually apply myself hardware solution for nb fan, either single resistor, as described elsewhere on this board, or with rheostat; if i can find a store where to buy fanmate2, that would be better (shipping/handling from net order would cost more than the darn thing!).]
@Flow: my case fan, connected to SFAN1, does show in Speedfan, even without CoreCenter lauchned (I removed it from StarUp list).
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P45 Platinum fan issue

I've been running a P45 Platinum mobo with an E8500 core 2 duo processor. After the initial 3 or 4 minutes of usage, the CPU fan quickly goes to full speed for a few seconds, making it sound like a jet engine. After a few seconds, the fan goes back to normal speed and stays that way. This occurs each time after a cold boot. Is this some sort of setting that needs to be changed, or simply how the mobo operates? Looked through the manual and BIOS settings but haven't been able to see anything related.
Thanks in advance.

Or for those of us who won't/don't run "Core Centre" or any other OS based tweaking app....
The BIOS can adequately control the CPU fan if set correctly and you don't use a joke aftermarket HSF. A correctly set up Smart fan will run the CPU fan at full pelt for a few seconds at switch on before chopping it back as the BIOS boots and starts control.

P45 platinum bios/oc issues / Click bios info

damn board is annoying me, it's currently running bios 1.7b9 but it's being a twit, firstly getting it to run the memory at 1066 (I've got 2*2gb kingston hyperX pc8500) is proving really difficult yet it was easy on my previous gigabyte p35 board. The only success I have had so far is to knock the multi down to 11 from 12.5 and thats got me fairly close, cpu is an E5200 btw and currently at fsb of 341 with the ram at 511 , ram voltage doesn't have any effect though I haven't messed with the finer voltages which are on auto
more annoying is the fact that it will do the power up / power straight back off thing 2 or more times when switching on before staying on yet is completly stable when it's on, also it seems to have trouble with the time which keeps changing when powered off, bios battery is fine and I've cleared the bios several times including with the battery removed
I'm putting the time and possibly the power up issues down to the bios version as it was fine on the old 1.6, but is there any other bios between 1.6 and 1.7b9 that would be better to use or shall I just go back to 1.6?
also this Uefi "click" bios which seems rather secretive and mysterious, noticed that there is one available for the P45 platinum but there is absolutly no info on it, has anyone tried it and is it worth me trying it?
tia

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firstly getting it to run the memory at 1066 (I've got 2*2gb kingston hyperX pc8500) is proving really difficult
Try:
- DRAM Voltage = 2.1V
- DDR_Reference Voltage Settings (Both): 0.9550V
- Spread Spectrum = Disabled
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more annoying is the fact that it will do the power up / power straight back off thing 2 or more times when switching on before staying on yet is completly stable when it's on, also it seems to have trouble with the time which keeps changing when powered off, bios battery is fine and I've cleared the bios several times including with the battery removed
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also this Uefi "click" bios which seems rather secretive and mysterious, noticed that there is one available for the P45 platinum but there is absolutly no info on it, has anyone tried it and is it worth me trying it?
If you expect it to solve system and memory overclocking issues: No.
If you have no special needs for an UEFI Implementation (Software Wise): No.
If you simply want to look at it and see how it works: Well, go ahead.

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What?.....this is just mindblowingly annoying.
All boards I have owned for the last 8 years have been able to control fan speeds. I didn't even consider the possibility that that this essential feature could be lacking when I bought the P35 Platinum
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Dear all,
I have a 2 month old MSI GT735 /Ms-1721 running windows 7.
Whatever the modus eco/turbo i am in, whatever it is i am doing office applications or gaming, the system will not regulate my fan speeds and therefore the system overheats measuring up to 97 degrees Celsius (hwmonitor.exe).
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Quote from: _deepfire on 29-January-10, 08:55:02
Unfortunately, it appears that I'm not as lucky as haraldstoll is.
I had 1.0P version flashed and the fan was slow, which resulted to 90%-time-slow/10%-time-fast FPS in CPU-intensive games.
Then I flashed 1.0U (using the MSIHQ utility) and apparently the system stopped clocking down the CPU, as it started shutting down due to overheat.
From bad to worse.
This is Windows 7 on MSI GT 735.
Why isn't there an utility to control fan speed manually? Would've helped the unlucky ones among us immensely...
I would recomand you DO NOT UPDATE TO A1721AMS V1.0V. I did that because the msi service told me it would fix all my problems. Yes the fan work BUT THE TEMP. of the cpu is wrong. I did i clean instal because i thought some programs could fail buy no. After the clean instal everest and speedfan told me my notebook is 90 degree idle. I can feel that it is not more then 40-50 but when i go to youtube it will go to 115 degree and the cpu wil lock itself for a minute. -.- this sucks. Already told them this and i hope they will tell me what to do because this is sick.
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Well,
this is not a helpful answer and more like "don't care".
This doesn't to be normal or wanted I think, when I didn't had this issues with the Z77A-G43 (which I think is a previous version of the MB). Also I cannot change the Fanspeed in Speedfan l...

Quote from: hideki_nagunama on Yesterday at 23:54:34I just wasn't at home while I wrote the last message.
And now when you are finally home, what was the BIOS version?

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Both drives show up in the Raid Bios screen
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I have tried changing the SATA cables for the new types with the locking clips and ensured that there are no major bends in them, with no improvement.
I have also tested the integrity of the drives with Seagate’s test software using both the short and long tests, which show no problems when connected as IDE or ACHI (won’t allow me to test in RAID mode).
No problems reported but the drive still goes offline when reconnected in RAID mode. Which is partly what has made me wonder if there is a problem with the RAID BIOS, Drivers of Console Software.
Coupled with the fact that the drive which was being affected by the disconnections suddenly changed to one which had been stable for months and the drive that had previously caused problems has now become stable.
I’m also running the latest drivers and Intel Matrix Storage Console 8.8.0.1009, although I’m a little concerned by the number of outstanding bugs that are listed in the release notes, just indicates a poor product with almost 40 unresolved issues.
Currently I’m using standard RAID settings in the BIOS for the Intel ports with the Jmicron controller set to IDE but nothing connected.
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My mouse (Logitech MX518) works only when plugged into one of the USB ports on my motherbeoad. Any other port and it tries to detect new software - runs through the installation and I get a fatal error message - and the mouse does not work at all. I can't get the Logitech Setpoint software to install either - when installing the drivers I get an error message. I spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone with Logitech and they think it's a USB / Intel control issue. I had a SM Bus controller error in device manager and I used the "INF Update Utility - Primarily for Intel® 4, 3, 900 Series Chipsets (2455KB)" which solved the SM Bus controller issue. but I'm not sure that was the correct piece of software to use as the motherbeoad says its a P45 chipset. The USB issue has existed since I powered up the machine yesterday - the Intel software installation did not impact the problem either way. the MSI CD is useless as it doesn't seem to have any 64 bit drivers. I've downloaded all from MSI that I can find and got the audio and LAN working but I still get the occasional blue screen for really no reason, just surfing the web and bam - blue screen. am I missing something ciritcal for the installation? any thoughts are appreciated on the best way to set up this 64 bit system.

Quote from: mockymock on 24-January-09, 04:47:45
I'll look up the BIOS in a second
BIOS is A7512IMS V1.0 052108
I also made the change so it won't restart automatically if I get a blue screen. And BIOS has USB Enabled. (I'm catching up!)
Alright, now I'm trying to make a bootable CD to update my BIOS.
Update: Got the USB drive BIOS to function per the MSI Forum Flash Tool, but I get an error message - Error File ROM ID incorrect - and the BIOS doesn't update. Still listed as V1.0 and should be V1.7. My P45 isn't listed as supported for Sure Hands, so I haven't tried that. Don't know if that ROM error is the reason my BIOS isn't updating or not. I cleared the CMOS, etc. Not sure why it isn't working.
You have pickup the wrong BIOS file. Latest BIOS for your board is 1.5 ==> http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1479
1.7 doesn't exist.

P45 Platinum Posting Issue

I have a P45 Platinum Motherboard that I purchased from Newegg on the 14th. I recieved it on the 17th and built a brand new system with it from scratch. I'm using an intel E8400 Wolfdale CPU along with 4 sticks of 2GB G-SKILL DDR2 RAM (PC-8500) @ 1066. I'm currently using a BFG 8600 GT graphics card (soon to be a Sapphire 3870x2) and its all being powered up by a Rosewill PSU with 850 watts of power. All items purchased from Newegg (aside from the 8600gt, thats an old card).
Here is whats frustrating me, and as you can see from the topic's title... my system doesnt post... sort of.
Technically it does POST however it will only POST if i hit the "Clear CMOS" button located on the back of the system. Upon doing so, the system will act as though its booting up for the very first time. It will ask you to set up your CMOS configurations and once that is complete it will load up Vista right off my Harddrive with no problems.
However..
Once the system is shutdown or restarted, the system WILL NOT POST and I am forced to clear the CMOS again!
Now... I have troubleshooted ALOT with this board... and I'm left with only two conclusions... either this board is defective (highly likely) or it just needs its BIOS updated.
Ram sticks, video card, HDD, DVD drives... all have nothing to do with it! I can remove all devices and turn the system on with no memory sticks, and I will be left with 4 solid red lights (the ones that turn green after posting) and there will be no beeps of any kind to indicate I dont have memory installed. However... once i hit the clear cmos button then it will post and it will correctly see that there is no memory sticks... it will beep.. I will shut down... I will install devices... turn it on and it will POST.
It appears it can complete the initial POST without issue, its POSTING for a second or a third time thereafter that becomes the issue...
I need help with this in a desperate way...

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So okay, heres whats bugging me in regards to my memory sticks. Your throwing out numbers like PC2-6400 but on the stick it says PC2-8500?
So... is it incorrect or what?
Let me try to explain a little more detailed:
A given board/BIOS is not able to read the sticker that is glued to your modules but only the SPD Profiles that are pre-programmed into the SPD Chips of your sticks. If you check those SPD-Tables with Everest, Memset 3.5 or Memory-Z (in BIOS) you can see for yourself that the "fastest" Profile is a JEDEC-Standard DDR2-800-Profile [CL5 @1.8V]. There is no profile for DDR2-1066 clock speed. That is why whatever Board or BIOS you try, your modules will be detected and handled as DDR2-800 (PC2-6400) modules. It is evident, that there is no issue here and there is no point in discussing this any further.
So, what does the PC2-8500 rating mean? It means, that G.Skill has tested these modules, which are essentially DDR2-800 sticks, up to DDR2-1066 clock speed with increased voltage. Basically, G.Skill is giving you a permission to overclock these memory sticks by increasing the voltage above the 1.8V +/- 0.1V JEDEC-DDR2-standard without voiding your warranty. Therefore they sell these modules as DDR2-1066 RAM.
If your RAM was "real" DDR2-1066 memory, it would have to be able to operate @1.8V (DDR2 standard voltage) above 1000 MHz. But in order to be to that the timings your timings would have to be relaxed to CL6 or CL7 depending on the chips used by the manufacturer. In addition to that, there needs to be an SPD-Profile that tells the BIOS that these modules are DDR2-1066 and that it should set frequency, timings and voltage accordingly.
Furthermore, the P45 Memory Controller does not natively support DDR2-1066 modules. That is why that rating is tagged with an "OC"-mark on the product page of the P45 Platinum.
This said, your only option to get these modules to DDR2-1066 speed is to manually set the clock speed and increase DRAM voltage in BIOS. There is no other way to get there and it is also perfectly normal to do that.
Now, let's look at your actual problem: The system is unstable as soon as you want to overclock your RAM to the DDR2-1066 rating, that G.Skill has promised you.
There are a couple of reasons that can cause such an instability:
1. Your memory modules are not up to the task of running at that speed.
2. Your memory related BIOS settings (especially timing & voltage) are not properly set.
3. The board is incapable of supporting such clock speeds above chipset specifications (remember: DDR2-800 max. according to Intel).
4. The board's current BIOS is not optimized in such a way, that it can properly handle DDR2-1066 clock speed.
I can assure you, that the board has no problems with DDR2-1066 in generell and I suspect that this is simply a BIOS related problem. I have no issues getting my Kingston HyperX RAM to DDR2-1066 speed with BIOS v1.1b5.
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I am still using the v1.0 Bios. I've already stated that I don't feel comfortable flashing my BIOS with something thats in Beta.
Of course, I can understand that and it is generally not a bad idea to be careful with BETA releases. However, in your case I believe the problem is rather BIOS related. I had stability problems with DDR2-1066 clock speed with different earlier BIOS Versions as well (including v1.0) and I have tested more than 10 BETA- and Performance releaes so far. BIOS v1.1b5 however allows stable operation @DDR2-1066 MHz.
If you do not want to use flash this BETA, you will have to wait for an official release which can be expected soon. This official release will be based on v1.1b5 and it could very well be the case, that v1.1b5 will simply be renamed to v1.10 and offered for download on the product page.
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And as I remember it, it supposedly voids your warranty if used??
You can contact MSI Technical Support and describe your problem there as well. I am almost sure that they will provide you with a more recent BETA BIOS in return (v1.1b5 or later). If you want to be reassured by an official feedback from MSI Support, I suggest you contact them and see what they have to say.

P45 platinum having issues with 8 gigs of Ram

I just put together a new system. When I tried to install windows it kept giving me an error couldn't load winload.exe. I immediately thought I had a bad stick of ram. I ran Memtest with no errors reported. I tried taking 3 of the 4 sticks of ram out and then windowds would start to install fine. I tried every stick of ram this way and it all worked. Putting 2 sticks in is fine also (4 gigs total). Whenever I add 2 more sticks the board goes into an infinite reboot cycle. Having tested the different possible combinations of the sticks and the slots on the motherboard I am at a loss. Also this is OZC memory that is on the motherboards approved list and has been tested with it by MSI. Anyone know of others who have had issues with 8 gigs. Is there a bios setting I should try and change? Thank You!
Bios version 1.3
Bios settings are all default (auto)
cpu q9550
ram 2 of these for a total of 8 gigs. OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P8004GK
MSI P45 Platinum LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX
PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

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Cant figure out how to upload the screen shot dont have a place to post it and link it.
This is a good side to host pictures:
http://photobucket.com/
Here is the info from cpu-z
slot 1 DDR2
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Size 2048Mb Correction None
Max Bandwidth PC2-6400 (400mhz)
Manufacture OCZ
Part OCZ2p8002G
Freq 333mhz 400 mhz
CAS# 4.0 5.0
RAS-CAS 5 6
RAS prechar 5 6
tras 15 18
trc 20 24
Voltage 1.8v 1.8v
Okay, typical idiosyncratic OCZ SPD Profiles.
In Cell Menu, try these settings:
DRAM Voltage = 2.0V
MCH Voltage = 1.3V
Spread Spectrum = Disabled
Auto Disable DIMM/PCI Frequency = Disabled
Save & Exit, shutdown your system, add the other memory modules and see what happens when you start your system.
If that does not work, start again with only two modules, reduce memory clock speed to 667 MHz (FSB/DRAM Ratio = 1:1) and retry with four modules.

P45 Platinum memory issue(s)

I've experienced some trouble getting my Corsair DOMINATOR TWIN2X-2048-8500C5DF G ver 1.1 memory modules to work as intended, ie at 1066 MHz
(PCB ver 1.1 , E8400 at stock speed)
BIOS ver 1.0 would not POST correctly, hanging at "Memory detection Test"
After reading alot in Phily7 thread (same issues), I decided to try BIOS ver 1.1b5
Some improvements. POST is now ok, and no need to manually reset CMOS everytime I've fiddled with the memory settings
Tried DRAM voltages up to 2.196 Volts, but still the MB only recognises and threat them as 800MHz (Corairs home page says ver 1.X @2.2V, ver 2.X @2.1V)
Tried to adjust the FSB/DRAM to 1333/1066, which causes the MB to reset itself until it says "The previous performance..."
Tried by advice of "Jack the Newbie" to adjust memory timings to 5-5-5-18, Spread Spectrum disable and tRFC=53, which also ended up with " The previous.."
Everest (trial version 4.5) read memory timings to @ 400 MHz 5-5-5-18 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 23-51-3-6-3-3 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
Any suggestion would be appricited?
(Sorry for rusty english...)

Yup, the thread was about getting all 4 memory modules up to 1066.
I'm now running 4Gigs(2*2) of Corsair DOMINATOR 6400CL4 at 2.1V - flawlessly :-)
The 8500 modules are on hold until a new BIOS is aviable, I don't wanne waste anymore time trying to make them work for now.
Thanx for all replies
RuneMT
(P45 Platinum (1.1b5), E8400, Zalman 7700cu, 8Gigs Corsair8500/4Gigs Corsair6400, Sapphire 3870 Toxic (Soon 4870), 2*Seagate320(RAID0), 2*F1 750(RAID0), SB X-Fi Platinum , 600W MIST PSU, Cooler Master Mystique 632, Samsung BW226 and, YES, Vista Ultimate 64bit (for those of you who might have wondered))
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Fan Controlling Software Issues with K8N-Neo4-F

My mobo is a K8N Neo4-F 3.0.
1. Is there anyway to control the Northbridge and System fan using Speedfan? I searched so far without any solutions.
2. I tried MSI Corecenter for a while (the last version), and it triggers the alarms and atempts to shut down the system without any visible reason everytime the PC comes backs from hibernation. I have the latest BIOS and latest drivers on my PC. What could be wrong?

It could be the sensor is bad on the system fan or the header itself. Is it possible for the wire from the NBFAN1 to reach the CPUFAN1 and the wire from the CPUFAN1 to reach the NBFAN1? That way we could test to see if it's the fan or MOBO header? I'm not sure this is possible, but it occurred to me as a test. According to the manual, both headers have the same configuration and 12V feed. I think the amp specs are the same for both headers(someone that is better with electronics should speak up here). Make sure you have the CPU fan set to 100% or whatever as I'm not sure if the NB fan can or should be speed adjusted.
According to page 2-16 of your manual, it only mentions control of the CPUFAN1 header:
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Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN1 / SFAN1 / SFAN2 / NBFAN1
The CPUFAN1 (processor fan), SFAN1 (system fan 1), SFAN2 (system fan 2) and
NBFAN1 (NorthBridge Chipset fan) support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports
three-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always take
note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black
wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. If the mainboard has a System
Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with
speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control.
MSI Reminds You...
1. Always consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan.
2. CPUFAN1 supports fan control. You can install Core Center utility
that will automatically control the CPU fan speed according to
the actual CPU temperature.
3. Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at AMD® official
website.
But, In addition to finding out about this issue, I can't stress enough about getting a better PSU.

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