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.

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    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)
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    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 

  • 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).
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    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.
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    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.
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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!
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    Cant figure out how to upload the screen shot dont have a place to post it and link it.
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    http://photobucket.com/
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    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
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  • 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
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    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
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    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))
    (No special need for OC when running Company of Heroes :-) )

  • P45 Platinum Firewire issue...

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  • Q6600 @ 400Mhz on P45 Platinum - Having Issues

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    Quote from: mockymock on 24-January-09, 04:47:45
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  • A few questions about the p45 platinum...

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    I'm planning to upgrade to a radeon 6970.  Are there any compatibility issues?
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  • 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
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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:
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    - 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
    >>Posting Guide<<
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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.
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    Because of both - motherboard and DIMMs support 1066MHz, memory works on 1066Mhz by default, in my case under heavy loads (games for example) PC freezes or reboots randomly.
    After changing FSB/DRAM ratio to 1:1.2 (800Mhz for DRAM) as Jack the Newbie suggested (thanks!) system became stable.
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  • P45 Platinum (Urgent help needed please)

    Last week I ordered parts for a new P.C. and I am having some major issues with this. The motherboard will not do anything. When I try to power on the computer the fans spins and all of the lights come on, but the computer will not post or go into the BIOS. There are 4 red lights on the board. From different things I have read I thought it may have been the motherboard so I had them send me another one. Well I got it today and it is doing the same thing! I am leaning toward the CPU, but I am hoping to get some help before I call them and request a replacement on the CPU. I am about to pull my hair because I am so frustrated. Here is a quick overview of the parts I ordered (in no particular order):
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    Quote from: vernonion on 27-August-08, 09:51:53
    Everything is not working fine, and a pop with sparks is not a normal result from turning on a power supply. If you got it from Tiger send it back and get this one.
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  • P45 Platinum - Triple Posting/Dual Posting

    Hi...
    I searched many places on the net but could not come to a resolution. This seems like 'the' place. Well I have a P45 Platinum. It always double posts/triple posts before boot up. And this only happens on cold boot. So if I power down, and leave the UPS on, boot up is normal. If I turn the UPS off, then it mult-posts.
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    4. Again (2)
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    Quote from: Jack t.N. on 06-January-10, 22:58:18
    Remove your OC Settings...
    Okay I bought the system to default, by loading and committing all values using the F6 in the BIOS. The system is first posting perfect.
    FSB:DRAM ration = Auto
    V - DRAM = Auto
    SS = Yes
    Ram is running at 534.6 Mhz (1:2 DRAM:FSB) @ 5-7-7-24.
    Now the question is: How do I get this baby to run at 4.0 Ghz. With the quickest RAM speed. If I can not get quick RAM speed no issue, but I want the 4.0 Ghz speed for the CPU.
    Quote from: Del UK on 06-January-10, 22:37:31
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