P4N Diamond (blackscreen boot bios?)

I just put together a brand new comp. All parts are new.
-P4N Diamond MB
-650W powersupplu
-1gb Corsair XMS2 6400 (800mhz)
-WD Raptor 74gig SATA 10000rpm
-EVGA 7800 GTX
-Pentium D 830
Me and my friend put it all together and then connected everything and turned this puppy on. Thing is all the fans turned on(even the cpu heatsink fan that is powered from the MB) and the light on all the drives turned on.( the graphics card fan was on too)... But the monitor screen remained black as if it where in standby mode and none of the lights on my keyboard turned on...... Its as if the MB is not recognizing any of the external stuff.
I've been reading the MB manual and i would put in the D-Bracket piece that has the 4 leds but i cant find the JDB1 bracket on the MB.....This is my first comp and i dont really know much about BIOS settings and the such. I read think i read something about a CMOS button and battery and something about jumping something else...but i really dont know exactly where the part is to be jumpered.
Any in-detail help would be much appreciated.....P.S. All i wanted to do was play some BF2 on my new blazing comp...but now i can't ... =(

Aaarrrrggggg!! Well when i called the Tech guy for my new chip on Wed the 14 of Sept and he said it would be send out the next day. Well i called them on friday the 16th to make sure they had sent it and the guy i talked to gave me a fedex shipping number so i could track it and he said it may take a day for the shippment to get into the system. So i checked on Sat, and Sunday, and Monday. Then i was like ....hmmmmm i called today Tuesday the 20th and he said that my part had never been shipped. (Good thing i was in a good mood otherwise i would have..........blown my top) So he was like, i'll send you a bios chip with version 1.0 on it and....i was like hold the phone... i need bios version 1.3 to get my Pentium D to work.(its like they dont keep a record of the problem..so i had to explain to him the reason why i just didn't want a new bios chip, but one with version 1.3 on it)
Anyways he gave me an order number and I guess i'm going to have to call back everyday to make sure that they ship it.
I guess for anyone getting this board they should order the updated bios chip when they order the motherboard too. I think i am going to post this on newegg and some other websites under the products reviews.....not to badmouth MSI but to make sure people know what to do when they get this problem. <-----Is that a bad idea? or a good one?

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P4N Diamond SATA Problem after Bios Update HELP!

I updated the bios correctly & now my SATA harddrive won't recognize.I put the drive in another pc (with the exact same setup..a p4n diamond etc) and it works no problem.The bios settings are set exactly as they were before the flash as i wrote them down!.
I have noticed there is an extra setting added in the bios ,something in the cell menu named CPU ratio unlock.
I have also noticed that my other pc (the working one) will no longer connect to the net if my network cable is plugged in my router from the pc with the bios update.As soon as i unplug the cable it connects.
I got the latest bios for the board is there something different in the bios from previously i need to do?
Like i says the bios settings i have put exactly the same as they were before the update.My windows (on the SATA drive) booted fine before the update and now it won't.
I updated the bios correctly and cleared cmos afterwards.Everything i should have done i am guessing i done.
Can somebody please help me on this.
Thanks
Decided to reflash the bios to version 1.4
Now the harddrive is recognised but windows will not boot (blue screen before it boots with the usual to prevent damage to your computer etc etc)
I am now formatting the harddrive & reinstalling windows.It seems MSI have issues with bios updates for this board which they should maybe bring out a new bios fixing this problem as it sure is a problem.

RE flashing the bios.I did this to try and fix a problem with windows not turning off when shutting down.I pc does the other does not & both have the same board and now the same version bios & also a freshly installed windows.I noticed power options in windows are not the same.How can this be.The boards are the same.
Anyway here are the specs of pc1 & pc2:-
pc1 (the working fine pc):-
P4N diamond bios ver 1.40
P4 SKT 775 Prescott 3.6ghz
2gb kingston ddr2 (dual channel)
1x 200gb maxtor IDE hd
2x 160gb maxtor SATA hd
Ati Radeon x600 gfx
pc2
P4N diamond bios ver 1.40
P4 SKT 775 Prescott 3.4ghz
512mb crucial ddr2 (1 stick single channel)
1x SATA2 16mb cache hd
nvidia quadro gfx
As you can see,not much difference between the 2.

New Bios Update for MSI P4N Diamond to support 9XX D series

Hi, i recently bought a P4N Diamond with a 830D cpu. I want to upgrade to a 940D but unfortunately the MOBO does not support it as yet ( i had a look in your mobo support status) so was just wondering when and if an update will come out to support it.
Thanks

Hmm so that means Possible Yes or definite no that it wont be supported.
Another problem im having with my setup is this it keeps shutting down randomly on its own.
with overclocking and without overclocking. i have gone up to 3.1 ghz 3.2 ghz 3.3 ghz and it shuts down on its own or sometimes it justs freezes
my setup is this
p4n diamond
intel 830d 3.0ghz
500w antec neo SLI PSU
OCZ dual channel ddr 2 2gb ram 4-4-4-12 timings
250 gb WD sata 2 KS series
XFX XXX edition 7900GT GFX
can anyone help??

[875P Neo Series] P4N Diamond - RAID problem

Hi,
I just purchased a P4N Diamond. I've installed WinXP-SP2 on a single Samsung 70GB IDE disk on IDE1 as Primary Master. Two CD/DVD drives are on IDE2.
SATA-1 and SATA-2 are connected to Hitachi 500GB SATA drives.
I've entered the nVidea RAID utility in Bios by pressing F10 during boot, and established the two SATA drives as a mirrored volume.
After reboot the RAID volume is detected and appear as sync'ed during reboot.
Now comws the problems: I am utterly unable to set these two drives up as a mirrored volume under WindowsXP-SP2:
When I enter Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk management, both disks appear as separate disks and Unallocated. When I Right Click to create a new volume, I don't the option of creating a Mirrored volume.
Even stranger thing happens if I now exit everything and reboot: The nVidea RAID utility in BIOS has now been reset to two separate drives.
Question is: What do I do wrong, and how do I get these two 500GB drives set up as one mirrored RAID volume?
Regards,
Robert H

read the raid manual ?
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84043.0

[nVidia Series] P4N Diamond raid problem

i have a P4N diamond motherboard with a 3 ghz cpu on. I have setted up a raid 5 with 4 drives on the nvidia raid controller. on the sillicon raid controller i want to have to have 2 sata disks striped. In the sillicon bios for the raid i have configured those 2 drives for raid0 and i get 1 logical drive which i also can see from the bios. My problem is then that when i boot up the computer and begin the installation of windows xp ( and give it the sillicon driver with the F6 button ) then i get 2 logical disks on the sillicon controller instead of my striped raid0 drive.
What do i do wrong? everything looks right for me in the bios. Raid is enabled and the serial ata ports are enabled. Help please
- Jesper H

problem fixed by using the right silicon driver. the orginal diskette driver can not be used. you need to make a diskette with the raid version of the silicon driver.

All sorts of problems with P4N Diamond

Hello all
I am trying to get my P4N diamond motherboard to work and I am starting to get pretty p****d off with it. I have built many systems before and on the whole they work fine pretty much straight away.
The first few times I tried to boot the syetem up I got a series of low and high beeps from the board and I couldn't even get into the BIOS set up screen. After unplugging USB devices and network ect I finall ymanaged to get into the BIOS. If I leave my printer plugged in (USB) I get a beep from the system speaker every now and then.
I then tried booting to windows. I have 2 windows builds on my hard drives - both of them crash when I try to boot into them, I have tried safe mode.
I then decided that I would install a fresh copy of windows (even though I only did this about a week ago). I put my windows CD in (XP media centre) and try to go through the normal set up procedure. I I try to repair the current installation or install a new copy it crashes each time it examines the discs.
I then load the drivers that came with the MB as the wondows installer is booting up - I load 3, 2 form one disc and 1 from the other. Now when I try to install a new copy it hangs on please wait.
I have a 400W power supply this one, 2 IDE CD drives, one IDE hard disk (secondary) and 1 SATA Hard drive. FOr most of what I was trying above I had the IDE drive disconnected and was jsut trying to get it to work with the SATA drive.
I think this is something to do with Raid drivers (even though I don't want a RAID array) but I don't know how to fix it.
I was hoping to have this all workign for tomorrow morning. Now I am goign to have to use my slow old laptop for work instead.
I REALLY hope someone can help me with this.

I might have a little bit of insight for you on your problems.
1. Beeps from your P4N:
You should get one beep for every USB device you have connected to your system.
2. Windows crashes when installing:
Make sure that you have NO USB devices connected, if have USB mouse or keyboard, get old ones for initial install and then once windows is running connect them, also you can get adapters. Also make sure that you only have ONE stick of RAM in when installing. If you have two, wait till you have windows up and running to install the other. Make sure that you have NO scratches on the back of the CD.
3. Diamond Clue CODE no good.
Call MSI on this, you are not the only one.
When building a new computer you should always build bare bones to make sure that you can boot with no errors. Its really not needed to have your printer hooked up the first time you are going to boot up your new computer, these are the type on things that cause conflicts. I would try to get things running bare bones here...that means the mininum. Try one hard drive...then work your way up. If you dont want RAID it should be easier for you, make sure that you have the jumper settings right on all drives. ALSO it would help if you would create a sig line (see mine below) with all your hardware. Make sure that you incluse your PSU 12v...you have a dual rail 15 and 14. It will help the mods help you.
GL and post back with ?'s

P4N Diamond and Pentium D 930

Hey guys,
I've just purchased a P4N Diamond Mainbord and i already have a Pentium D 930. I got some questions about the 2 parts. I just read the CPU support and saw that its not supported. Why comes the Pentium D 9XX series are not supported and do i get problems now with this combination? Is there a possible chance that the 9XX series are supported with the next BIOS update? and last question, does it work together ( can i get screen with the boot ), because i first bought a ASUS P5LD2 but that didnt work to ( there was no screen with boot ). Can someone pleas help me out? Thnx anyway!
The Pime

It's because NVidia chipset doesn't support Presler/CedarMill processor like 930. Whether when will it be officially supporting, or never be is unknown. Too bad. Can't help you much.

[nVidia Series] P4N Diamond - Very Very Slow!? :(

Hi everyone,
I just recently (3 days) bought a new MSI P4N Diamond (with Digital SLI) motherboard. I have an MSI NX6600 TD256E graphics card, 1GB RAM (Value Select DDR2 - 533 - matched pair), a new PSU - Tagan, +3.3v / 28A, +5v / 48A, +12v / 32A, -12v / 1A, -5v / 0.8A, +5vsb / 2.5A
Running an Intel P4 3.0GHz- LGA775, 630, 800MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
I have two harddisk drives - from my older system, one is a Maxtor 90GB UATA, and the other is a Seagate Barracuda 150GB
I am running the Seagate drive as primary as it contains my Windows XP SP2, all updated system and it boots up fine - however, the system is tremendously slow! :( I think it's even slower then when i was running my older PII system! Any suggestions? As i am really baffled and disappointed. Perhaps my settings need some adjustment - but i have no clue ! :(
Any help / suggestions will be appreciated - i have looked around the forums, but didn't see anything directly related.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Faiz

Hi,
Check if bios is upto date.
Check in bios that CPU cache is enabled.

P4N Diamond w/ Pentium Extreme Edition 840

I've got a P4N Diamond running a Pentium Extreme Edition 840. The BIOS shows that the CPU is a 3.2ghz but it's only running it at 2.8ghz. When I boot into Windows it shows it as a Pentium D 3.2ghz running at 2.812ghz. Are there any thoughts? I've tried searching but I've found nothing.
Jeremiah

I will try that when it home this afternoon. Also what are the knowns issues with using the above combo of CPU and P4N Diamond? I found on the MSI site that it wasn't yet compatible:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=663&NAME=MS-7160&kind=1
It says
CPU=Pentium Extreme Edition 840 (3.2GHz)
FSB=800
Ratio=16
Result=NONE
Now I know that testing was done via BIOS 1.4 PCB 1.0. I know that there's a beta BIOS version 1.5 (1.52) I haven't found out specifically online where it outlines that it's added compatibility for that CPU or listed the known issues with it.
Jeremiah

Is P4N Diamond dual core ready?

Hi everyone!
P4N Diamond is a nice board but is it compatible with Dual Core Pentium?
thanks all!

This apparently is a rather common topic on this Forum. This one suggests that it should be a v3.x bios. The website for Tech Support in Tiwan lists the mainboards by part number (I think that's what it is). My mainboard matches this one MS-7160.
Quote from: NoDoze on 24-July-05, 05:02:08
When installing the Dual Core 830 3Ghz CPU, at boot, the PC will not even reach the BIOS screen.
The PC will not boot and the MSI LED detect will show a "improperly or damaged cpu" reading with all four LEDs light up RED.
The way to solve this is to install a single core CPU, and flash the BIOS with the 3.0v from the page listed below.
Note: There are other 3.0v out there on the MSI website that do not work. The one on this page, from the link below, is the only one known to work. I tested 6 different BIOS, including 1.0, 1.2, and 3.0, to reach this conclusion! Also note, this issue may be resolved when new MB shipments arrive from MSI.
USE
The BIOS 3.0 v on this page is the only one that will recognize the Dual 830 3Ghz CPUs.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=674&kind=1
Which is the Taiwan/English MSI website.
DO NOT USE
The USA/English MSI website has incompatible drivers.
http://www.msicomputer.com/support/bios_result.asp

P4N Diamond startup problems

I've had problems with my P4N Diamond-based PC since I built it a couple of months ago. Through excellent help from this forum I eventually resolved the main problem - I was using Maxtor 300GB drives which (due to their staggered spin-up) were incompatible with the Nvidia drive controller.
OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS:
1) Since before then though most boot-ups were taking longer than they should and I traced the problem via the event viewer, which reports disk errors and suggests replacing the drive. I have tested 5 drives in total (3 different models) and I always get the same error. I am 99% confident that the reported disk errors are actually motherboard related and I am suspecting that I either need to change the BIOS or the mobo.
But, changing the mobo is my very last resort and I can't see that changing the BIOS from 1.30 to 1.40 will improve anything (and may introduce new issues?) as there appear to only be updates to the Silicon disk controller.
2) Am getting 4 beeps (in total) on startup - (1-2-1) beeps once, pauses, then beeps twice, pauses, then 1 low tone beep. I have checked the BIOS beep codes page, but am confused about what my beeps mean?
3) PC wouldn't shut down last night, so I had to do hard shut-down. This morning it took 20 minutes to start up! This problem appears to be linked to problem 1.
4) My PSU blew (a couple of weeks ago) and I recently got a replacement. Enermax assured me that it wouldn't have harmed the other PC components. The problems above were occuring before the old PSU died, but I am unsure whether this could be linked to any of the above issues.
All previous burn-in tests, memtests and hard disk checks have all come back clear. I think that the starting point is for me to understand what the beeps mean and to see if resolving the beep problems stops the other issues.

nwheeler,
Well i spent 2 and half hours stright looking for BIOS beep codes for our motherbaord. But the only thing that i found was the same information that is on here. The P4N has different toned beeps, i know that my hearing is not messsed up. I think that i made a pretty exsustive search for it so im still stumped. I even tried the Diamond Forums (there are not that many posts there). You can check that out here: http://diamondclub.msi.com.tw/eng/
There is one silver lining though. I came across a post on another forum board saying that you might get one beep for every USB device you have pluged into your machine. So do a count and see if that has something to do with your mixed code.
In my case i hear the one beep before the BIOS flash screen, from my search that first beep says that everything is fine. But after that i get a high beep followed up a few seconds later by a lower toned beep. As for USB devices i have 2 pluged into my machine...the first being a USB mouse, and the second being a Joystic. Later when i get home today im going to try unpluging them to see if i get a different beep process. Ill let you know what i find out.
GL

Msi p4n diamond and memory module setup for dual channel reading

hi,
ive just built my mum a pc using a msi p4n diamond mainboard which has 2 gig of ddr2 667 mhz memory, just wondering how to go about setting it up to dual channel as its currently showing up in boot post screen as being single channel.. Now correct me if i'm doing wrong but it has 2 green slots and 2 orange slots, should there be 1 stick of ram in green and one stick of ram in the oarnage slot to show dual channel or both sticks as they are situe at present in green slots please..
system spec is below..
mainboard - msi p4n diamond
cpu - intel pentium 4 @stock speed 3.0 ghz HT
geforce 8800 gs @ 512 meg of ram
500 gig s-ata hard drive
600 w coolmaster psu
2x1 gig kingston ddr2@667 mhz
first release bios
thank you and hope you can advise me..

It's in the manual, if you don't have one you can download from here:
http://www.msi.com/service/download/manual-4385.html
If both sticks are in green as you say then yes it's single channel. For dual channel you want to leave 1 stick in DIMM1, green slot nearest CPU & move the 2nd stick to the orange DIMM3 slot.
From left to right DIMM1/2-green, DIMM3/4-orange, dual is 1 stick DIMM1 & 1 stick DIMM3 or 1 stick DIMM2 & 1 stick DIMM4 or 4 sticks all four slots filled. Single channel is 2 sticks in green slots or 2 sticks in orange slots or not recommended is 3 sticks in 3 of the 4 slots.

[nVidia Series] P4N Diamond Can't load certin Programs

Hi I just built a new pc.
Specs:
CPU- 3.73 GHZ Extreme CPU
VGA- 2X eVGA 7800 GTX KO edition
RAM- 2GB of Corsair XMS DDR 667
HD - 4X Western Digital 320 GB 7,200's
MOB- MSI P4N Diamond
I ran diagnostics on the RAM & Hard Drives and the all have checked out 100%. I have used several diffrent BIOS settings & VGA drivers, but I can not get
   CyberLink PowerDVD 6.0 Deluxe Install Problems
   LiteOn SmartBurn v3.1.10
   Nero 6.6.0.13 Ultra Edition: Nero Burning ROM -> File -> Print Disk Cover
   CyberLink PowerCinema 3.0
to install.
The error for Power DVD reads: The remote procedure call failed, then goes on to say invalid memory location for a bunch of different files during setup. My only thought is the MOB is not compatiable with these applications. If anyone could assist me with this problem that would be much appreciated.

Here is my power supply specs:
Power Supply: ANTEC TRUEPOWER 2.0; Model: TP2-550EPS12V; 550 WATTS
+5V @ 40A
+12V1 @ 19A
+12V2 @ 19A
+3.3V @ 32A
-12V @ 1.0A
+5SB @ 2.0A
.....and some details of my problems:
The item is not defective. The problem is with SLI technology in general. As it turns out, an SLI computer is strictly a gaming machine and will NOT run normal application software reliably.
Here are a few examples of application software that will not run:
Example 1:
I purchased the MSI ATI Theater 550 Pro TV Tuner. I tested the tuner in a non-SLI computer and it performed at a level of quality well above anything I have ever seen before. I highly recommend this tuner. When I installed the tuner in the SLI system, the Windows Messenger failed to run and produced some really strange error messages (Active Movie errors). An attempt to run CyberLink PowerCinema 3 (the application software bundled with the tuner) will totally freeze Windows XP requiring a re-start.
Example 2:
You can forget trying to install CyberLink Power DVD 6. The installation setup will crash producing a “Catastrophic Error” message during the installation.
Example 3:
Nero Burning ROM 6 will install and you can burn CDs and DVDs but forget the CD Labeling software. An attempt to perform the following action will crash the application:
Nero Burning ROM -> File -> Print Disk Cover
Example 4:
LiteOn SmartBurn v3.1.10 is a utility that enables a user to identify the manufacturer, maximum recording speed and other parameters of a blank CD or DVD simply by inserting the blank disk in the drive and running the application. This application will produce a, “Memory Access Violation”.
.... also i can't pull out the memory because 1 have 2X1GB modules. All of the othe RAM i have is DDR not DDR 2

P4N Diamond and Pentium D problem

Hi,
Have just bought the P4N Diamond motherboard, and a Pentim D 830 processor.
When switching on the status led shows four red lights. According to the manual this means that the processor is defective.
Have taken the processor in and out many times, but no luck.
Any other ideas ? Any assembly errors I could have made ?

IJRC, For your set up do the following:
The best way to get your system up to make sure that you have BIOS version 1.3 and up. Any BIOS version before this will not see the Pentium D. If you dont have this BIOS or are not sure it might be best if you call MSI and have them send you out a BIOS chip with the updated BIOS version on it.
-Make sure that you only install windows with one stick of RAM
-Do not connect any USB devices untill windows is up and running.
-Your MOBO takes alot of power, so make sure that you have a quality PSU as well as it having plenty of amps on the 12v rail. (As per the P4N manual p.10, 450watts and atleast 20amps on the 12v rail is recommended for system staibility.)
-Drivers for me were not that much of a problem except for my monitor, but my GPU sees it for what it is and thats what matters. Ofcourse if you dont have the internet up and running getting drivers might be a problem.
- As long as your follow these steps you should be fine with installing windows 64x. To be safe just download the Marval Lan Eathernet Drivers and burn them to a cd before you start your build. That way you can access the internet to download 64x drivers. For the most part you shouldnt have a problem getting drivers...if you have an hp printer you will have a problem though.
GL and write back if you have problems...i think that i have been through them all with this MOBO and the Pentium D. However with the help from this fourm i think that i have everything under control.

Problem with p4n diamond

Hi i just finished my first computer with this mother board and when i went to turn the power on the first time it would not start except for a few second and then it would shut off. Tech suport refered to my proccessor via website to check proper instalation. I checked and it was proper and then i tryed to ask if this was a bios problem and I was asked to pay 10$ for a new bios. msi has already sent me a bios chip when i asked that my revision one would not fucntion with my pentium d 830. is there anything else that can be the culprite with or without being "kindly refered".
thanks
p4n diamond sli
pentium d 830
gforce 6200 grapics card 128mb
true power 2.0 sli 550W
2X1 gb g skill memory 533 mhz

I figured out why the other drive partions werent showing. turns out the windows i installed (windows xp pro 64) hides the non partiond drives and make it so you have to go into administrative options to format so that they are viewable. as far as i can see the computer up and running . Happy days

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