P55 GD85 SLI Trouble..

P55 GD85 SLI Trouble..
Just got a new MSI GD85 with hopes to SLI, but having trouble trying to setup 2x Nvidia 9800 GT cards. Both are xfx similar style, one is xxx (core clocked 675 vs the other stock clock at 600 mhz). Nvidia's forums note the different clocks shouldn't be an issue, since their current drivers support asynchronous clocks, have tried reversing the order of the cards (slower card up top, vice versa) same issues:
The cards are recognized and seem to start up ok, recognized as SLI and enable..and seem to functional ok, but all applications and games run 5-10% slower.
Take out the second card and I'm back at normal speeds. Tried both cards alone, both function extremely similar.
MSI's website doesn't show info re: win7x64 bit testing and doesn't use these specific cards in their testing. Any ideas? Any help much appreciated.
-MSI P55-GD85
-i7 860 @ 2.8 Ghz
-Corsair XMS3 4 GB DDR3 1600, 7-8-7-20
-XFX 9800 GT XXX and XFX 9800 GT
Nvidia Driver: 8.17.11.9621
-Corsair CMPSU-850HX
+3.3V@25A, +5V25A, +12V @ 70A, -12V @ 0.8A, +5VSB@3A
-300 GB WD Velociraptor (Sata)
-150 GB WD Raptor (sata)
-3x 250 Seagate Baracuda in Raid 5 (sata)
-Optiarc DVD-RW AS-7190 (on ATA)
-SONY DVD-RW DRU-840A (on ATA)
-LG Blu-Ray HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH08LS20 (on Sata)
Win7 64 bit

Quote from: ozrek on 10-February-10, 10:39:04
I think its working now - not sure if it was the different nvidia driver or not because I also did the chipset drivers from intel and rebooted same time. At any rate, with a single card i am getting 21809 3DMarks (05) and 26998 in SLI. A definte improvement, but not really the numbers I was looking for.
All things considered I decided to order a MSI gtx285 today off newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16814127428 rather then purchase a 2nd GT9800.
If you look at the design of the MSI PCIe card, you kinda forget about the perfomance advantages, the card is just too damn dreamy to the eye.
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I think its working now - not sure if it was the different nvidia driver or not because I also did the chipset drivers from intel and rebooted same time. At any rate, with a single card i am getting 21809 3DMarks (05) and 26998 in SLI. A definte improvement, but not really the numbers I was looking for.
3dmarks05 is a older one and resolution isn't higher, the SLI won't be feel much there.
However the score difference with/without SLI [21809 3DMarks (05) and 26998 in SLI], shows that SLI is working properly.

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Can't Enable XMP after BIOS flash to V1.4 on P55-GD85

I didn't put this in the BIOS section because while the BIOS is involved, I don't think it's necessarily a BIOS issue. However, if it should go there please move it.
While not new to computers by any stretch I committed the cardinal sin of updating my BIOS when I didn't absolutely have to. While their were some issues I'd hoped would be fixed with a new BIOS revision, they weren't critical.
I have a i7 860 Lynnfield system running Win 7 Home Premium 64 with a MSI P55-GD85 mobo which has been running fine since being built in March of this year. This was the first BIOS flash since I've built the system. The system came with either V1.0 or V1.1 (I think it was V1.1). I checked using Live Update (yes, I now know this is bad) and found there had been several udpates since my current version. I went ahead and used Live Update to flash the BIOS (yes, I know...not a good idea). Contrary to the horror stories the flash itself went fine. I watched it flash the BIOS and everything verified fine. Of course after the update I had to reset my BIOS settings to get the system to run which went fine. The problem is that the one thing I can't do is enable the XMP option for the memory without the system crashing. If I enable this option the system will POST and then do a memory dump before ever getting to the desktop. Without turning this option on I can't take full advantage of my RAM. I am running G.SKILL Trident 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) which are XMP compliant and ran without issue up until the BIOS update. It is possible that there is some other setting that I didn't reset after the BIOS change to allow this to work that I am missing. I know I did a bunch of tweaking and changing of settings trying to get things to run correctly when I first built the system. I've gone over and over the BIOS and can't find anything else to try to get me to allow to enable the XMP option without crashing. By simply enabling that option my system would normally run stable at about 3.6-3.7GHz.
Does anyone have any ideas as to why this might be happening or what I can do about it? About the only other thing I can think of is to reflash the BIOS back to a previous version to see if that helps. I am sure there is something I am missing as there is no reason the BIOS shouldn't allow the XMP feature to be enabled without crashing. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks.

Have you try to increase your RAM voltage to 1.55v ~1.6v?

What is up with the Marvell 9123 Raid Controller? P55-GD85

Hi all,
I recently bought an MSI P55-GD85 - I updated the bios to the latest 1.3. Everything is good and I love it.
The problem came when I bought an SSD. First of all, I NEVER wanted to use the Marvell Sata ports (white one, Port 7 and 8) because I don't have any SATA III drives but right now It seems that I don't have a choice because of the SSD.
Originally, I ran Raid 0 on my 2 x Samsung F3 Spinpoint 500GB which is plugged on the P55 sata ports (ports 5 and 6). Of course that means that the P55 sata controller is running in Raid Mode.
Now the SSD came to play and wanted to use it as boot drive. I plugged it into SATA 0 (P55). I decided to run some benchmarks and tests BEFORE installing Windows 7 on it (still keeping my Raid 0 Samsungs). I ran some tests and it was amazing. ATTO and HD Tune pro hits the spec speeds of the SSD. For the sake of it I also ran test on the Samsung that I have. In raid 0, I hit 280mbps reads speeds/13.5ms seek which is very very good.
Now the problem:
Even though I have a Single SSD drive, TRIM does NOT work because it is connected to the same P55 SATA ports where my Samsung Raid is connected - which is of course, in Raid mode. As far as I know TRIM will only work in AHCI mode for the P55 ICH10R chip.
I don't want to give up my Raid setup so I though maybe I should connect it to the Marvell Raid. I had to reformat and rebuild the RAID volume in Marvell and reinstall Windows 7. This time I also installed Windows 7 on my SSD so I can benchmark my Raid 0 (marvell controller). To my shock these are the results:
Using HD Tune Pro:
P55 Raid - 2 x 500gb samsung F3s
Max Read - 280mbps
Min Read - 220mbps
Average - Around 240mbps
seek - 13.5
Marvell Raid 0 - 2 x 500gb samsung f3s
Max Read - 160mbps
Min Read - 113mbps
Average - Around 130mbps
seek - 15.6ms
I made sure that all drivers are updated (unless I need to flash the BIOS for the Marvell chip - is that possible)? I'm in the office right now as I can't remember the exact version of the marvell, I think it is 1.0.0.1013 (I'll edit as soon as I go home).
As you can see, the performance is like half! Which is unacceptable.
Then, just for tests, I tried to plug in my Single SSD to the Marvell white Port (port 7) and ran some benchmarks.
Here are the results:
P55 ports Single - Kingston 64gb SSDNow V series
Max reads: 180mbps
Min reads: 130mbps
Ave reads: 140ish
Seek: .2ms
- it did not hit the 210mbps theoretical speed that it pretty decent IMO
Marvell Sata ports - Single Kingston 64gb SSDNow V series
Max reads: 130mbps
Min reads: 110mbps
Ave reads: 120ish mbps
seek: .3
I also noticed real world performance (like boot times and application snappiness) differences between Marvell and the ICH p55 controllers. The Marvell does not perform well compared to the intel one.
BTW, I also tried the Jmicron 36x Sata port 9 and it is so much worse.
Is the Marvell Controller really that slower compared to the Intel Controllers?
Could any one please help me to improve my RAID and/or AHCI mode of my Marvel; controller? Also, does TRIM work with Marvell Controllers in AHCI mode?
Thank you!
Specs:
Core i7 870 @ stock
P55-GD85 BIOS 1.3 (from MSI website)
EVGA GTX 460 768mb SC
4 x 2gb G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 (XMP enabled) - runs fine
2 x 500GB Samsung F3 Spinpoint
1 x Kingston 64gb SSDNow V SSD
DVDrom
Corsair 650TX
Mugen 2 Rev B
Thermaltake Armor A90

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 11-September-10, 02:05:06
The Marvell Controller Firmware Updates will come as part of the system BIOS Update. I am not sure if this has to do with the Controller Firmware or the driver version used. But in any case, I suggest you contact MSI Technical Support and report your findings so they can check it:
http://support.msi.com/
Thank you for your reply.
I hope it is nothing serious. I have to make screenshots and make a better documentation of my findings before I send it to them.
How about the others that use Marvell 9123 in SATA II or SATA II RAID-0? Am I just alone?

P55-GD85 shuts down then reboots on its own?

I have just set up a new P55-GD85, when I shut it down, it reboots on its own?
I would appreciate ideas on how to fix this do do a normal shutdown

Did you try disabling every option in the "Wake Up Event Setup"?
I just checked the Changelog for the latest BETA Releases for your board. The latest BETA Version is A7585IMS.132 [v1.3b2] and among other things it includes the following fixes that seem to address the problem you are experiencing:
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- Fixed WOL still work after disable LAN controller.
- Fix after use LAN (on PCIE slot) wakup S1,system can't shut down from OS issue.
For you, this means good news: Your problem is already known and was, at it looks, already fixed. All you have to do right now is to contact MSI Technical Support and ask them to provide you with that BIOS Release.
http://support.msi.com/
Once you have the BIOS, ensure that your system is stable and then use the >>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< to flash it (please avoid M-Flash or Windows based method for minimum risk).

Distance between two PCIe x 16 slot of P55 GD85

Hello,
Does anyone have an idea what is the clear distance between two PCIe x 16 slot of P55 GD85? planning to get one if my 2 x GTX 285 with modified cooling fan will fit in. each VGA with modified fan is around 55mm in height.
thank you,

Exactly, there was no "rude" intention or the will to provoke you behind my previous answer. In fact, I spent 15 minutes to find a ruler in order to measure the port distance on three different ATX Board to make sure I am not telling you anything wrong. I would not have bothered to do that if I had been planning to write a rude reply.
[On the flip side: Personally, I find it kind of rude that you are accusing me of 'rudeness'. However, I suggest we better drop the whole 'who is really being rude here' discussion.]
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The distance between the center lines of two neighbouring slots is always ~ 2.05cm. There are two slots between the PCI-E-x16 slots of the P55-DG85. Simply do the math!
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I am not a mathematician
The distance between the center lines of the two PCI-E-x16-slots of the P55-GD85 is ~6.15cm (there are two more slots in between --> 2.05cm x 3).
This means that this ...
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each VGA with modified fan is around 55mm in height.
... should actually fit.

Help! bsod/freezesh/hangs p55-gd85. Compatibility issue?

Help needed please! Why can't i run my mems at 1600 or even at 1333 at stock or oc'd setting with this board? Compatibility issue with p55-gd85? Even with xmp turned on or off, all is at stock/default/auto settings at bios or even oc'd, my system hangs/freezes/or experiencing bluescreens if mems are running at 1333 or worse at 1600. Tested my mems with memtest and mems worked perfectly.. I tried my corsair mems to an intel manufactured board and it worked fine even at 1333. I tried 2 sticks of kingston ddr3 2gb 1333 in my gd85 and worked fine at 1333. Tried tweaking the recommended timings and voltages for the mems but still, nothing.. System is stable only if mems are running at 1066. It seems that my corsair mems are not compatible with my board... I've got the latest bios for the board(ver. 1.6). I've checked the memory module test reports for this board at msi website and i haven't seen my mems part number been tested.. Whats wrong with my system? Is there a possibility of MSI releasing a new version of bios in which my mems could work perfectly?
my specs are:
msi p55-gd85 mobo (ver. 1.6 bios)
2x2gb corsair dominator mems (part number:CMD4GX3M2A1600C8)
intel i5-760 procie
nvidia gtx460 vc
gigabyte 720w psu
1tb wd caviar blue hdd

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Is there a possibility of MSI releasing a new version of bios in which my mems could work perfectly?
This is a user to user forum. You will need to pose this question to MSI technical. >>How to contact MSI.<<
Your processor supports 1066 and 1333 memory according to Intel. It is possible that a Beta BIOS may have been released addressing memory incompatibility.
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Even with xmp turned on or off, all is at stock/default/auto settings at bios or even oc'd, my system hangs/freezes/or experiencing bluescreens
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I tried my corsair mems to an intel manufactured board and it worked fine even at 1333.
Did you use the same processor on the other board you tested on ?
Have you reseated your processor and checked the pad indentations and pins for any anomalies yet, i.e. bent pins ?
Do a CMOS clear. >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Test with one mem module only in the first slot nearest to the CPU. Manually set your memory in the BIOS to be 1333 at 1,5V with timings 9.9.9.24. Leave XMP disabled. If that works add the second module and retest.

BSOD when installing Samsung 830SSD (258GB) on MSI-P55-GD85

Dear experts, a question from Belgium,
A few years ago a build a PC around a MSI P55-GD85 (i870) with 8GB Corsair RAM & as main boot disk a Western Digital Velociraptor WD3000HLFS (other hardware is probably not relevant for this topic).
OS: Win 7 Home Premium x64. Everything worked as expected - no problems experienced.
Now I have purchased a Samsung SSD830 (256GB) to replace the WD as the primary boot device, with the intention to link it to the 6Gb/s SATAIII connection for fast boot times & faster program starts.
Step 1: I first connected the SSD to a 3Gb/s SATAII concetor for the cloning with the WD. I also took care of the alignment (Diskpart) and other settings.
Step 2: After the cloning I change the primary boot device in the BIOS to the SSD & disconnected the WD-disk. SSD still connected to SATAII connector -> everything works fine, the PC boots without problem & I can access folders & run programs -> looks like success.
Step 3: I update the Trim function setting, deactivate defragmentation, deactivate indexing etc ...
Step 4: I installed the latest Marvell SataIII drivers (Ver: 1.0.0.1047-WHQL), downloaded from MSI site for my motherboard
Step 5: I updated the Bios to set the 6Gb/s line entry to AHCI (this I already did before the cloning process, but no drives were connected to SATAIII connectors, so I assume no impact).
Step 6: I connect the SSD to a 6Gb/s port (SATA7 or SATA8) and reboot the PC
Problem: during the booting process, just at the timing when the OS is loaded (and the Windows icon appears on screen) I get a BSOD.
What did I do wrong ? Did I forget any driver, settings, or was my procedure wrong ?
Thank you in advance for a reply.

Thank you all for the interesting feedback.
After the feedback that my original WD-disk might not have been set up under AHCI and in that case cloning is no option, I decided last Friday to do a full clean install of Win7 on the SSD. Also upgraded the BIOS to level 1.6 and installed the latest drivers. Everything went well, but it is really a time-consuming job (computers are fun if you don't mind waiting .
System now runs without problems on the 6GB/s port, with a read speed of 372GB/s (quite disappointing when you are expecting close to 500GB/s, but acceptable after everything I read in the mean time on the Marvell 88SE9128 chipset).
Now I read on a forum in the Netherlands that this Marvell chipset does not support TRIM and it is better to switch back to the 3GB/s Intel chipset.
Is this correct ?
What are the best options in such case?
1) Stay on the 6GB/s port and perform the TRIM command manually (if that is possible by the Samsung software)
2) Switch back to a 3GB/s port on the Intel chipset that covers TRIM -> do I need to do another fresh install in this case, or can I just move the plug from the 6->3 GB/s port
3) Other options ?

Replace a P55-GD65 with a P55-GD85?

Is the newer MSI P55-GD85 very similar to the older GD65 so that I could swap the hard drive from my GD65 system to a newer GD85 and have Windows adapt easily?
I assume that I might have to install USB3 and maybe SATA drivers.

I think you should have no problems with this because it has the same Intel chipset.
Could be that Windows Activation Center grumble about the Computer reconstruction.

P55-GD85 - Marvell 9128 RAID stuck in rebuild - paused

Testing the SATA III controller to see if its worth using in a real world RAID 1 config. I tested a disk loss and the RAID array properly went into degraded mode. When reattaching the second disk I entered the RAID BIOS and set it to rebuild the array. The rebuild started then paused at 1%. Its been paused for hours and won't continue. I've tried rebooting to Windows 7 and also let it sit in the RAID BIOS screen to see if it will rebuild with Windows not running. Same thing, stuck in paused.
I am aware that paused rebuilds has been a problem with other controllers in the past. Is this a RAID BIOS issue, Marvell driver issue??? Please help.
My P55-GD85 is running V1.1 BIOS and the latest Marvell driver from MSI downloaded yesterday.
I spoke with Marvell technical support and although unhelpful they did tell me that there is a newer version of the Marvell RAID BIOS that MSI should be using. That version ends in 1014. My board is using 1013 currently. Can someone look into this please???

Quote from: Mike on 22-March-10, 20:15:34
Claykin,
I emailed a contact within MSI and received the response below. The MSI contact asks that you try the 1.24 beta bios. You'll need contact MSI support. List what the issue is, link to this thread, and let them know about my contacting MSI and the response. Use this link for support: http://www.msicomputer.com/msi_user/ts_form.aspx
Hi Mike,
Can you ask him to try the latest beta bios v1.24 first?
If that doesn’t help, can you ask him his configuration details, maybe we can reproduce the issue here.
Best regards,
MSI Customer Service Dept.
I tried V1.24 beta BIOS and it has the same 1.0.0.1013 Marvell BIOS. MSI should consider upgrading to a new revision from Marvell.

P55-GD85 - not all ram available at boot / need to reboot. [Solved]

I've 4 sticks Corsair XMS3 - 2 GB @ 1600 Mhz installed on my P55-GD85 board with the XMP mode enabled.
When I boot the PC, only 2 sticks are recognized (4087MB) at the end of the process (even if the boot sequence is notifying 8173MB ram) and I need to restart the PC to obtain the 8173MB really available. Seems that during 1rst boot, not enough power is provided to awake the 4 sticks (and I've a good Seasonic 80+ 750W PSU...) and when restarting the PC a few seconds later, all memory is always available.
I tried reseating them, it not changed anything....
I've run the Windows 7 memory verificator, no problem...
I 've run MEMTEST when the all ram was available, no problem...
What do you advise? Increasing the memory voltage slightly? Disblabling "quick boot" option? Something else?
Thanks in advance for your help and advises.

Tried reseating all my memory sticks, one after the other, in the right DIMMs (beginning with the nr 1) and rebooting each time in between...RAM was increansingly recognised...but once the PC was stopped...same thing when booting it after a while...only 4087MB available and need to reboot to have the 8183MB available.
Tried to reconnect the power pins to the MB...same, not better.
Tried to plug the PC directly to the sector without passing through the BackUPS device...not better.
Seems related to temperature of system/components...when booting in the morning, I need several reboots to have the memory fully available. If the system has been working a lil, one reboot is enough. When the system has been working for long, memory is fully available at each boot
Will now try to reseat the sticks in another order...another idea Doctor ?

MSI P55-GD85 PCIE Lane

Hi community, I intend to purchase a MSI P55-GD85.
I have the follow items to be used on this motherboard, mainly:
CPU (Intel Core i7 875k)
2xSamsung F3 1TB
1xHauppauge HVR2200
MSI GTX570 1280MB
Broadcom Netxtreme PCIE Lan
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude (PCI)
Technically, the MSI P55-GD85 has 4 PCIE slot (2x16 slot, 2x1 slot).
If the 2 x1 slots are occupied (LAN card and TV Tuner) and 1 x16 slot is occupied by the Graphics card, will the occupation of the other x16 slot by a x8 card (Dell PERC 6i) reduce the bandwidth of the x16 graphic card to x8?

What PSU do you intend to use. Read here to see what the recommended power supply should be capable of. https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=104805.0
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will the occupation of the other x16 slot by a x8 card (Dell PERC 6i) reduce the bandwidth of the x16 graphic card to x8?
Yes it will. Read this article. http://techreport.com/articles.x/17513

P55-GD85 Smart Error (Bad Status) on Sandfornce SSD at POST

Hi,
I recently bought 2 x 64gb Microcenter G2 SSD which has Sandforce SF-1222 controllers on it. However, when I plugged it on my SATA Intel ICH10R SATA ports, every time I turn it on, It gives me an error indicating
"AHCI Port0 Device Error"
"AHCI Port1 Device Error"
Press F1 to resume ..
and it also gives a Smart error. By looking on the errors, one would assume that this is an SSD problem. So I went back to microcenter and they replaced it with new drives. After getting the new drives, it gave me the same error again.
I tried connecting the SSD to a different Intel sata port and still gives me an error (of course, changing port0 to whatever port I connect it). Despite having an error, I can still install an operating system to it, run benchmarks, and tests have good results. However, I noticed that the system POST went very slow. Like detection of drives are really really slow. I also tried changing the Intel Sata modes to IDE, AHCI, RAID, nothing. I actually ran and tested RAID 0 on this system and to my surprise, everything is SOOO LAGGY inside the Intel Matrix Storage ROM setup. Before, from the system turned off, from the moment I press the power button, POST compeletes in like 3-5 seconds. After putting these SSDs, POST completes in about 40 seconds.
Now I tried connecting the drives to the Marvell and the Jmicron ports and it did not give me any SMART errors. It boots fast and normal. RAID in Marvell works fine with these 2 SSDs. But Marvell is so crappy. I don't want to use it. I want the Intel Ports.
Before upgrading to these Microcenter SSDs, I originally had a Kingston 64gb SSDNow and it does not give me any kind of errors or problems. I also had a pair of Samsung 500GB spinpoint drives running in RAID-0, no issues.
I also tried connecting the Microcenter SSDs, to my Laptop and my other computer (ICH7 Gigabyte board) and never gives me any SMART error.
I read somewhere that this could only be a BIOS issue but my bios is the latest one (1.4)
Could anyone please help me?
THanks!
System specs:
P55-GD85 BIOS version A7585IMS version 1.4
Core i7-870 running at stock
8gb DDR3 G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 (XMP enabled)
Corsair PSU 650Watts (single 12v rail)
EVGA GTX 460 768mb
Sata DVDRom drive
2 x 500GB Samsung SpinPoint HDDs
1 x 64gb Kingston SSDNow (Jmicron Controllers)
2 x 64gb Mircocenter SSDs
2 x HP 2009m Monitors
Logitech MK300 Wireless KB + Mouse
Windows 7 / Linux Mint both 64-bit

I can't find anywhere in the BIOS (which I also find weird).
Anyway, I went ahead to Microcenter again and bought an Agility 2 60GB ssd which has Sandforce too. It's not giving me any errors. So I guess it is caused by just the Microcenter SSDs but I wonder why.

P55-GD85 CMOS Pin #s and CPU Phase LEDs

Howdy, folks.
Looking for some information that isn't in the manual.
I have a brand new P55-GD85 that won't POST. Could be a lot of reasons, but I wanted to check that the CMOS jumper on JBAT1 was properly across pins 1/2. The problem: The manual doesn't orient the jumper on the board, and the board doesn't label the pins. Does anyone know whether pin 1 is closest to the battery or furthest from it?
The jumper came from the factory sitting on the pin closest to the battery (plus the middle pin). I assumed that the jumper was properly set at the factory, so I powered down the board and moved the jumper to the other pair for 30 seconds or so, and then re-seated the jumper where it started. Before I did this, powering up the board turned on all of the blue LEDs on the CPU Phase panel, plus LED #1 on the CPU_VTT Phase panel. Now, none of the LEDs lights at all (except CPU_VTT #2 blinks once if I use the reset button on the board). The problem: the manual does explain which LEDs are supposed to light up on boot, normally. Does anyone know? Was all of the LEDs lit a good thing or a bad thing? Now that none light up, is that good or bad? Is there any documentation for this?
The board came with a plastic cover across one of the two, 12 volt 4-pin ATX JPWR2 CPU power plugs (the one closest to the center of the board). Nothing in the manual explains why or whether to use one, two or none of the JPWR2 plugs. Anyone know why one had a plastic cover? I plugged in both halves of the plug, anyway.
Here are the specs on the machine. No overclocking, no tinkering, nothing changed on the board, and no peripherals. I haven't even hooked up the USB headers. Just the front panel power, which I unhooked once I had these problems.
* P55-GF85 w/ i570-LGA1156 (on the supported CPU list)
* 2x2GB G-Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL (correctly seated in DIMMs #1 and #3 -- testing with 1 stick at a time = no change. This memory suggested by NewEgg and reported to work with this board)
* Rocketfish 500W RF-500WPS2, which is not a great PSU long term, but at the moment the board isn't running a single HD or peripheral except some fans. The PSU has 2 12v * 18A rails, and 18A on each of the +5 and +3.3. The manual says "at least 18W" so this may be a problem.
* An old GeForce 6500 card, which may not work, although it gets power.
Thanks, in advance, for any insight.

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Could be a lot of reasons, but I wanted to check that the CMOS jumper on JBAT1 was properly across pins 1/2. The problem: The manual doesn't orient the jumper on the board, and the board doesn't label the pins. Does anyone know whether pin 1 is closest to the battery or furthest from it?
Google for pictures of the board (large/high-resolutioin images) to compare jumper positions.
The "keep data" position is usually just a parking position that does not much else electrically. So, taking the jumper off the pin header altogether would also make sure that it is not wrongly placed.
Remove the board from the case and test it on an non-conducting surface in barebone configuration (just CPU, one stick of RAM, video card & power connectors [24-pin ATX, 12V CPU power, PCI-Express power connector]). Reseat CPU and heatsink as well and check for broken or bent CPU socket pins while you do that.
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* Rocketfish 500W RF-500WPS2, which is not a great PSU long term, but at the moment the board isn't running a single HD or peripheral except some fans. The PSU has 2 12v * 18A rails, and 18A on each of the +5 and +3.3. The manual says "at least 18W" so this may be a problem.
* An old GeForce 6500 card, which may not work, although it gets power.
Test a video card that works for sure and also test a different PSU if nothing changes,

K9N Platinum Sli trouble

so i have assembled my new system:
Athlon 64 x2 AM2 4200+
Zalman CNPS9500
K9N Platinum Sli
OCZ DDR2 PC2-5400 667MHz EL Gold Edition 2GB Dual Channel Kit
XFX Geforce 7600GT 256mb XXX edition (another one will be added today for SLI)
a SATA drive and a DVD burner (these arent important for the issue)
temps = idle 30-34 c, load - no idea havent checked that yet
Enermax Liberty 400w PSU
ever since ive assembled the system i ran into some strange thing - during the changing of setting in the BIOS it froze a few times.
Neverthless i was able to run the system, install windows, start to install other software (yesterday)
and today when i turned on the system, windows booted up, and sudenly it restarts and freezes up in pre bios stage...
Reset or Shutdown resulted in power up, but nothing happening, the monitor did even got out of standby...
after a few tries, and about ten minutes without power, it started up and went to a bios stage, giving a CMOS Bad Checksum Error... loaded bios with fail-safe settings, system worked fine and booted up windows... windows worked fine aswell, attempt to reboot and change the bios settings, gave a Bad Checksum from start and a freeze in bios. System is not getting to bios stage once again...
A Mobo problem that warrants a vist to the store, to return it?

Quote from: mr.flint on 25-August-06, 00:11:37
oh and the PSU got two +12v rails with 20a on each, should be enough?... (though Enermax seems to have troubles with math since according to them 20a+20a=30a)
trust me, enermax doesn't have problems with math. this is actually how it works. you cannot just add up the 12v rails to get the max amps on the 12v.
Quote from: mr.flint on 26-August-06, 00:33:23
managed to boot with the suspected mem stick - running memtest-86 - counted 746321 errors and then froze.... looks like the stick IS defective
try to increase the memory voltage a bit. i think you should be safe up to 2.1V. if you still get errors in memtest, then you have a faulty memory module.

MSI P55 Fuzion + SLI GTX 280

Hello , can someone tell to me , if it's possible to built a Sli on the p55 Fuzion , and how do do this ?

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Appart from that, he seems to be trying to run two 280GTX cards in a dual GPU configuration via the Lucid chip which supports dual ATI+ATI, NVIDIA+NVIDIA, NVIDIA + ATI and ATI + NVIDIA configurations. It is not SLI in the strict sense but the effect will be the same. The whole point of the Lucid Solution is to be able to run almost all kinds of Dual-GPU setups:
--> http://www.lucidlogix.com/download/driverdownloads-driver2_24_2067888232.pdf [Page 12]

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