P45 Platinum (Zilent) and 1066MHz DDR2

Hi, I am getting a new PC and as I always do I will be assembling it myself. I ordered the P45 Zilent board and it will arrive in less than a week, along with a 2GB A-DATA Vitesta+ 1066+ DDR2 memory kit. I love the MSI brand, I know it is good stuff, and the P45 Platinum is just a beast... but i read some reviews that say that the BIOS version it comes with it has some flaws. Mostly about raising the FSB and other overclocking, and when I went to the product page on the MSI site and read the BIOS versions change logs i saw that in the v1.3 there is a fix to an inaccurate reading of the CPU temperature in the BIOS.
I need to state that I have no intention of doing major overclocking on it, at least not for a few years, but I want to set the RAM clocks, frequency and voltages as specified on the Vitesta package:
# Timings: 5-5-5-15-2T
# Voltage: 2.2V~2.3V
# Frequency: 1066MHz
So what I want to know is:
1. Will I have problems with the stock BIOS setting my DDR2 kit on the above settings?
2. Will the stock BIOS read the CPU temperature right, and does it have any serious flaws?
3. Will it support an E8400 or E8300 CPU, and will the CPU work on 1333MHz (stock) FSB without problems?
Mostly I do not want to flash the BIOS if it can do what I need it to do, so I just want to know if I will have to flash it to achieve the above. I hope someone has tested the stock BIOS for DRR2 on the settings above, and also tested it for other flaws and may be able to help me with answers. A few pointers on how to overclock the RAM voltage, timings and frequency on this board, and also how to set up the BIOS (if it doesn't need to be flashed) for good system performance and stability are welcome as well.

Confirming PERFECT stability work with:
BIOS version 1.4 Update Date 2008-09-11
CPU: E8400@3GHz
RAM 2x2GB Vitesta 1066+ [email protected]@1066MHz
That costs me a lot of wasted time to set all working well.
Good luck!
P.S.: You may have problem with right recognition of the cpu because of BIOS version (mine was 1.0 at the beginning and with CPU-Z Mobo didn't recognize SSE4.1 and VT technology). Just update your BIOS with 1.4 and everything must be fine

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P45 Platinum/Zilent with 8800GT problem

Specs:
Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86Ghz (next item to be upgraded)
P45 Zilent (aka Platinum) V1.1
1xKingston 2GB DDR2 800
PCI-E 2.0 Inno3D 8800GT OC 512MB
Seagate 1x250GB 7200rpm SATA
External Western digital 500GB MyBook through firewire
LeadTek WinFast PVR2000 TV Tuner
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32 bit
HEC Winpower 550AB
I was watching this board for a few days now but I haven't had seen any post with a similar problem. I've already tried bios 1.1, 1.2 and the beta bios 1.22. What happens is when I run a game, it will close a few minutes later and Vista will show a "nvlddmkm stopped responding" error. This happens with forceware version 175.19, 177.79 and 177.83. With forceware 169.25 though, I can play a game normally. If not for the specific driver version that works, I might have suspected it's a power supply problem. I was fine with using the older driver, but now that they released the new driver with Physx support, I want to update.
Someone in another forum said that he was able to make his 8800GT Sonic work with beta bios v. 1.24, but had problems with beta 1.23. I don't have the 1.24 bios to test yet to see if it'll fix the issue.
I'm aware of the 8800Gt having issues with older boards with PCI-E v1 but since this board has PCI-E 2.0, this should not be the case. I've also tried putting the card into the second PCI-E slot but encountered the same problem. The 6 pin power connector is properly connected to the video card, and I even tried connecting a 4 pin molex to the connector above the PCI-E slot (which I know is used as extra power for Crossfire configuration).
So.. anybody encountered this problem too? Any solutions (other than getting an ATI card).

Quote from: NovJoe on 20-August-08, 14:43:39
This is more of a driver issue with the OS rather than the board issue.
Normally, that would be my conclusion too, except that I did a few more tests:
8800GT + another computer on XP + forceware 175.19 = normal
8800GT + another computer on Vista + forceware 174.xx (driver that came with the CD) = normal
7600GT + P45 Platinum + forceware 175.19 = normal
8800GT + P45 Platinum + forceware 169.25 = normal
8800GT + p45 Platinum + forceware 174.xx/175.19/177.79/177.83 = "nvlddmkm stopped responding" error
What I'm asking from other users though is if they managed to use an 8xxx/9xxx series on this board with the latest drivers without encountering error on games, and what bios version they were using. The just-released official 1.3 bios even included a compatibility fix with the Geforce 9xxx series. Flashed mine yesterday but didn't solve my problem.

P45 Platinum zilent useful info for group

Hi
Built my new system (see earlier threads) which comprises P45 Zilent; E8600; Geil 8M DDR800 CL5; Vista Ult 64; 3 SATA hard drive; 2 SATA Optical drives; 8800GTS320 vid; NXET Hush Case; Coolermaster Green 750W PSU; Samsung 245+ monitor.
All went well until I had installed Vista Ult 64 when I started to get random shutdowns with errors like 000000020B9C2B and few others. Lasted between 2-10 mins and was worse on optimesed bios settings.
Having read something similar on here to do with drivers I updated the Bios from 1.3 to 1.5, the intel inf drivers and the audio drivers.
Had no trouble since and now on optimised settings.
Like all my chosen parts although the Hush case is a bit tight for 3 drives and a large vid card. Well made, easy to assemble and very quiet though.
Seeing the P45zilent's got the Zalman cooler I hope to try speeding things up a bit but will leave for a few weeks before trying. Dont know whats achievable with this set up.
May be useful to someone.
Kev
Saving up for a faster vid card for m FSX and my sons racing games like grid etc as well as a NTFS Gigabit NAS drive to replace the 3rd drive in my PC as I dont think having the backup in the same PC's a good idea in case of theft, fires etc

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I updated the Bios from 1.3 to 1.5
superkev6969, you said you updated your BIOS to v1.5. Are you sure about the version? There is no official or BETA BIOS with that version ID (yet).

P45 platinum zilent ed-spdif problem

hello, its my first time to post here.
anyway, im having problem with my motherboard. i have a HTPC set up, i just bought a denon avr, and my problem is the spdif output from the mobo is not detected by the avr, supposed to be it will display on the screen of the avr saying "digital", so i checked the sound config of the pc and it its not detecting/showing the spdif plug also, unlike those in the 3.5mm jack once u plug or unplug the computer will automatically detected it.
im planning to buy a soundcard but i dont want a redundant set up, my avr alone can decode HD format audio. pls help.
TIA!

Just to make it clear my pic/screenshot was from the PDF manual which is in fact the same as what my P35 manual has. I also can not find the setting for digital out on mine using W7.
OK i just found it. Go to Control Panel and click on Hardware & Sound and then Sound and you will get the window in pics below. I never used this section for S/PDIF so it took a while for me to figure it out.
Right click on the section with the speaker icon and then in the pop up menu left click Show Disabled Devices
Next right click on the Realtek Digital Output section to get the menu and then enable digital out.

MOVED: P45 Platinum Vcore and SpeedStep issues

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=121905.0

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I'm fully aware of the difference on EIST and C1E.
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The issue I had with EIST was that I had to clear CMOS in order to actually get it disabled (just booting to BIOS and setting it to disabled changed nothing what so ever).
If EIST is disabled and C1E is enabled, the multiplier is still reduced when the system is IDLE. You did not say anything about C1E in your first post and even in you reply you have not told us if you made sure if C1E was disabled as well. As I said before, since in effect, C1E does the same thing as EIST (multiplier and VCore adjustment), even if EIST was disabled, you probably thought it was still working, but what you saw working was not EIST but C1E. Clearing CMOS did not solve an "EIST-is-still-working-even-though-it-is-disabled-problem", but actually only forced C1E to be set to disabled by default. The bottom line is, there never was a problem in the first place.
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Bottom line: The BIOS allows for adjustment of the Vcore, only it does not seem to be happening. The simple question is: why?
What have I missed?
What you are decribing is a know problem with BIOS v1.4. It was fixed right after it became obvious. All newer BETA BIOS Releases do not have this problem (1.5b1-1.5b6).

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.

Q6600 + p45 Platinum

Can you pls give me the Overclock settings for my specs..
Here's my Specs
Q6600 (G0 Stepping)
MSI P45 Platinum Zilent Edition
Sapphire 4870
DDR2 1066 4GB KITS (2*2GB) CL: 5-5-5-15 (2.2V - 2.3V)
Corsair HX620watts

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=121654.0
Here is a post with a few numbers and screen shots of my bios settings. Just remember no two setups are just a like. It takes trial and error, and sometimes several OS reinstalls to get it right. With a True EX 120, I set my TjMax to 90C, thats 10C below most temperature monitoring programs stock settings. That gets me 64C on my hottest core with an ambient temperature of 20C while running Prime 95 or OCCT. That means my quad is doing 74C at stock Coretemp settings. I am taking a leap of faith the Intel was telling the truth about TjMax being 90C on a Q6600. If you value your processor, leave that setting on a temperature monitoring program alone and overclock accordingly stay under 70C just to be cautious.
What is the vid of your processor?

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.

P45 Platinum Q9550 boot/bios problem

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The problem is, when I first boot the machine it starts up and then I get the windows 'blue screen' and it tries to reboot, but does the same thing over and over. If I press the the reset CMOS button it wil then boot fine, and will switch on and off fine all day, until the next morning, when it does the same thing over again.
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Quote from: Del UK on 13-January-10, 04:43:26
Just quick add:-
Bios is upto date?
I was running bios 1.5, now updated to 1.6. I've also pulled the jumpers so the FSB runs at 400mhz and set the RAM settings to what the Corsair data sheet says for 1066Mhz, (5-5-5-15, 2.1v) and it seems to be stable. It shows 1067Mhz still though, but I'm guessing this is right?
I'm not that mad for overclocking, but it seems happy at 3.4ghz, CPU temp is about 42 degrees.

P45 Platinum IEEE1394 drivers for Win7 x64

I just reinstalled my PC with P45 Platinum mainboard and everything installs fine with the drivers from the MSI website, however there is no driver for IEEE1394 controller there.
I installed Win7 x64 now, before I installed WinXP and at the time of that installation it installed fine.
I am not using the IEEE1394 controller at the moment but there is a exclamation point in the device manager I want to get rid of.
Can anyone point me to the driver, thnx.

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Inappropriate Temperatures with P45 Platinum

Greetings to Everyone.
Ok, i bought MSI P45 Platinum recently. and i must say, i am quite impressed with whats it delivering at the moment. I tried setting FSB to 380 with multiplier:9 and left all the rest settings on auto. Machine performed POST without any issues. However, idle temps were around 66 degrees, as processor has stock HSF! So, shifted back to 3.04Ghz (380x8) with 1:1 divider and with memory timings: 4-4-4-12.
Everything went fine. System passed IntelBurn Test, Prime95 and 3DMark06 stability and benchmark tests with flying colors. Super-Pi 1M was calculated at 15 secs. I say not bad for Q6600 @3.04Ghz!
However, during all these tests i constantly faced errorenous temperature display with utilities. I consistently monitored everything on CoreTemp, RealTemp, Intel TAT, HWMonitor, SpeedFan and as well as MSI Dual Core Centre! (lol had to be sure which one gave accurate, so tried everyone of em! :D) Now, here is the thing:
Except Dual Core Centre, everyone else showed temps @ idle around 60 degrees and @ load around 75 degrees! While dual Core showed idle @ 48 degrees and @ load around 56 degrees! Another thing, both CoreTemp and MSI utlity showed same readings with Core percentage usage.
See, everything seems so normal. I am using CoolerMaster Elite 333 cabinet with two 120mm fans at front and back. My GPU idles around 55 degrees and hard disk temperature never crosses 40 degrees! So, what is wrong with CPU temperature??
Please, i desperately need your advice on this.
Another thing, my friend is using P35 Platinum and everything same as mine. However, his machine never crosses 47 degrees at idle @ 3.0Ghz! Then why mine?
Thanks...

awesome!! Three senior members helping me. Plus, thanks for such a fast response.
Thank you henry, Jack and Frank..!
I followed your advice and reseated heat sink assembly after cleaning the CPU heat spreader and applying AS5.
In the beginning, something went wrong and realtemp showed all cores above 95 degrees!! For some time i took that as a joke. But, later i reseated HSF assembly again and this time everything went fine. I am right now @2.4Ghz and processor idles around 46 degrees. Pretty pleased with the results. Ran Intel Burn test for an hour and temps rarely crossed 75 degrees!! (And ohh btw, that Intel Lin Pack really shoot temps like anything! What a thing!) Ok, everything went fine.
However, there are few things i would like to clear..
1. That EVGA card blows too much of heat within the cabinet! Only raising the fan speed to 60% helps bringing down the overall system temps by 4-5 degrees!! I mean, i dont want to sound naive...but is it supposed to happen this much? And somehow if it does then what can i do? Comments please...
2. I think, Q6600 can be o/c'd pretty easily on this board. However, i have few doubts..
(a) Do i always have to stick with 9 multiplier?? I mean, i tried with 8, and everything went fine. But, if everything is good to go with 9 multiplier then there is options for lower figures? I mean are there any benefits with different figures?
(b)Spread spectrum should be left enabled while overclocking?
(c)And what about Green Power and EIST? EIST should be disabled while overclocking. But can we leave Greenpower on?
(d)I may have options to go for CoolerMaster CPU cooling setups. Why coolermaster only? Ok, thats because, in here, we dont have brands like Arctic, Thermaltake or Zalman in markets! :( I mean, they can be ordered through net, but i think its better to purchase from a retailer with all bills and stuff. Anyways, suggestions required for a descent CoolerMaster CPU cooler. That'd be good right?
(e)How much difference does third party cooler can make in comparison to a stock one?
Thank you again for ur replies.

Problem with MSI P45 Platinum DDR2 mainboard and Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D Ram

Hi, I have encountered with a problem.
First I had
MSI p45 platinum ddr2 bios ver. 1,4
Intel E8400
Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D 2x1Gb
2 Asus ATI EAH 3870 Crossfire
and it was running with windows XP without any problems.
Problems began when I decided to upgrade to 6Gb of ram and to install Vista 64. Ram modules witch I bought are the same Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D, but 2x2GB.
When i put them together adjust voltage 2.1v and timing 5-5-5-15 they fail mem test with huge amount of errors.
when I test only 2x2gb modules memtest sometimes doesn't open at all, sometimes just stops working on 8 minutes of test. couple of times they completed memtest without any errors.
Can someone advice what should I do and what could the problem?
Thank you for your answers.

Quote from: obsessed on 15-October-08, 18:20:44
Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D 2x1Gb
Problems began when I decided to upgrade to 6Gb of ram and to install Vista 64. Ram modules witch I bought are the same Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D, but 2x2GB.
1) the modules are not the same (the DDR2 chips are different)
2) as general rule, mixing 2x1GB with 2x2GB is a bad idea.
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P45 Platinum and 8GB (4x2GB A-Data Vitesta 1066+) Problem

Hello friends,
i have some questions about this memory configuration on mobo P45 Platinum:
CPU E8400
4x2GB A-Data Vitesta 1066+
P45 Platinum
Asus EAH4670
2x500G WD5000AAKS
I have problem with start up of my comp when i use all 4 sticks at 1066MHz. When i use 2 sticks only i don't have any problems at [email protected]
When i try to start pc with 4 sticks at 5-5-5-15@[email protected] nothing, my pc won't start.
I have NO problem when i start it with 4 sticks and 5-5-5-15@[email protected], everything is fine.
Maybe i need give a little more voltage to MCH, but i'm not sure.
Have anyone tried 8GBs on P45 Platinum with more than 800MHz.
Thanks in advance!

Quote from: trackersoft on 17-December-08, 16:22:52
When i try to start pc with 4 sticks at 5-5-5-15@[email protected] nothing, my pc won't start.
I have NO problem when i start it with 4 sticks and 5-5-5-15@[email protected], everything is fine.
For two reasons:
1) you don't have real DDR2-1066 (the modules you have are overclocked & overvolted DDR2-800)
2) with 4 memory modules, any DDR2/DDR3 controller (northbridge) gets into speed limitation.
In conclusion: 8GB (4x2GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-15 at 1.8V) is the best choice (presuming you don't have any stability issue).
cheers

P45 Platinum [MS-7512] booting and crashing issues

Hello all,
Upgraded my PC with new hw and faced with annoying problem:
I can boot it only 1 time of 20-30 (roughly) attempts, the typical symptoms are (word-for-word from https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=118779.0 post):
All the led of (group 1,3 and 4) turns red and group 2 turns green. According to the manual it says ''memory detection test. Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if the memory module is damage or not installed properly.''
Problem arose after I'd replaced ATI HD3850 with nVidia GTX260, no other changes were made.
Tested another pair of DIMMs - the same behaviour.
My config:
Intel E8400 / MSI P45 Platinum [MS-7512 PCB 1.0] / Corsair XMS2 [TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF] 4096Mb (2x2048Mb) PC2-8500 1066MHz DDR2 / Inno3D nVidia GeForce GTX260 / Hyper 620W PSU / 4 HDDs / Creative X-Fi / Windows XP Pro SP3 32bit
Initial BIOS version was 1.0, all BIOS settings are default (used load default optimal settings), no overclocking.
After MSI released version 1.1 I flashed it that solves problem with booting but my PC started freezing and crashing several times a day, also tried other beta version found there https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=117741.0 :
1.2b4 - the same as 1.1
P.0b16 - testing now no crashes still
Again, all BIOS settings are default, no overclocking, BIOS flashed with CMOS clearing and loading default optimal settings.
Any suggestions?
Regards,
colibri

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.
The question what about 1066Mhz remains open, different BIOS versions set different voltages to DRAM (version 1.0 - less than 2.1V and system doesn't boot with 1066Mhz DDR2 which needs 2.1V (correct me if i'm wrong, don't want to reflash just to check this statement) - versions 1.1 and later set 2.1V - which is perfect for overclocked DDR2 but doesn't assure stable system in my case. BTW I haven't tested with 2.2V yet may be it helps.

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 (Zilent) and 1066MHz DDR2

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