P6N Diamond - 8GB of PC2 6400 - OCZ SLI RAM - OCZ2N800SR4GK

Hi folks, could someone help me here....
I'm not able to boot up when I install my 4x2gb ocz chips onto my board.
It will boot up with 6gb, but not 8gb. What could possibly be the problem with this? Anyone have a clue?
P6N Diamond
4x2GB = OCZ SLI Ready RAM - OCZ2N800SR4GK
Q6600 Quad Core
I think that's the relevant information.?

Please provide information about:
- current BIOS Version
- Memory Voltage set in BIOS
- Memory Timings set in BIOS
- Memory Frequency set in BIOS
- PSU specs
Is your system overclocked?
Is Spread Spectrum disabled in BIOS?
Have you tested all your Memory Modules with Memtest86+ to make sure they are alright?

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Can the MSI P6N SLI Mobo take 4GB PC2-6400 at 800MHz RAM??

I am not sure but I think I read somewhere that at 800MHz the P6N can only hold 2GB RAM? Can anyone please confirm this.
This is the mobo am talking about:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1141&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170#

Quote from: DaLoona on 17-April-08, 18:39:03
I think he means if they will all run at 800MHz .
There are boards out there, that, when all slots are occupied and 4 or more GB needs to be adressed, only run at 667MHz, due to memory controller.
I dont know if this one does though .
thank you thats exactly what I mean, am using Vista 64-Bit and have 4GB at 667MHz and was planning to upgrade 800MHz.

MSI P6N Diamond with E8400 EIST

Running the p6n diamond with the E8400 and I can not seem to get the EIST to work. I try to enable it in the bios, but once I exit it goes back to disabled. Even with the F4 in the bios, I do not see any options for the C1 feature. Currently I have my CPU OCed to 3.6GHz, but that is recent and I could never get the EIST to work even at stock speeds.
Bios version 1.3 btw
System
Vista 64 bit Ultimate
P6N Diamond
E8400
2x2GB OCZ SLI ram 6400
500GB WB SATAII HDD
XFX 9800GTX

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but just not EIST staying enabled.
That means, if you re-enter the BIOS Setup after you have saved & exited it, your changes are lost? All of them or just "Intel EIST" in the Cell Menu?
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because the OCing voltage/FSB is changing
Can you be more specific about what values are actually changing and under which condiditions? Try to give a more detailed explanation of what is actually going on there.
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I could not find C1E support anywhere before even with F4 in the bios, is it suppose to be there?
It should be under "CPU Features". Press F4 multiple times while you are in that BIOS Section.
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People have said there is suppose to be an "EIST" option in there, but I have never seen it.
There is no "EIST" option in there.

P6N Diamond reboots with E6850 CPU (Kernel-Power)

I hope I give enough information to possibly help with my issue. I recently changed my CPU from a Pentium D 3.4GH to the Core™2 Duo CPU E6850 Conroe 3.00GHz. I can't run for more than two hours before I get a sudden reboot. I checked the event viewer and there is a critical event: Kernel-Power. I'm not trying to overclock (although I'd love to learn how too). I've listed my specs below and thought I'd mention that I don't have a heatsink and fan on the CPU. I'm using the Corsair liquid cooler. I have fans blowing on the heatsinks to keep the heatpipe cool. Checking it with a Fluke IR Thermometer I get 45c on the 680i heatsink and 50c on the 590i heatsink. This temp is comparable to when I had the Intel heatsink and fan on the cpu. I use the Cooler master CM Sniper for my case and there seems to be adequate air flow. I just did a reinstall (cleaned the hard drive) using the Pentium D and have been adding and updating one driver at a time to see when the problem would start. As soon as I added the E6850 CPU the reboots started. I changed back and the reboots stopped. The Any help and/or ideas would be appreciated.
CPU: Intel ® Core™2 Duo CPU E6850 Conroe 3.00GHz
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H50 Liquid Cooling system (MSI Dual Core Center utility shown CPU temp at 24c at idle and gets up to 28/30 under higher loads)
Motherboard: MSI P6N Diamond LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Ram: OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC26400
Power Supply: Corsair TX650W
Hard Drives: Western Digital 150GB x2 (Raid 0)
Video Card: Nvidia 9600 Gt 1GB (x2 SLI) (MSI cards)
Sound Card: I have the onboard sound disabled at this time
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

Hello and welcome,
What bios do you have?
If its 1.0 its possibly not fully supporting your cpu and you probably need to flash your bios.
If you need to flash, read here on how to safely:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113295.0
And go here for biosfiles:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1168
Take 1.3 it incorporates all previous fixes.

MSI P7N SLI Platinum and OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition

Hello,
I have a MSI P7N SLI Platinum nForce 750i SLI motherboard and I would like to inquire if it is fully compatible with OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition memory? Firstly, I do not seem to get the correct timings with the default settings, speed is not very good, after 5 hours of running Memtest86+ there was 30 errors. I have never had the memory crash and games seem to run fine, but the memory feels much slower than it should be. Is the memory supposed to work fine with this motherboard and I'm just imagining everything? I don't know if I'm also supposed to be worried by the errors Memtest86+ returned?
Thank you in advance for any help.

Quote from: Del UK on 07-September-08, 05:44:14
If memtest returned errors, yes
Well, there does not have to be a problem with the memory just because it returned errors. There could be many other explanations why there are errors.
Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 07-September-08, 08:04:45
Jacobl, please post full system specs. Read the >>Posting Guide<< to get an idea of the details you should provide.
How many modules of what capacity do you have? What are your current RAM-related BIOS settings?
If you have more than one stick of RAM, please test each stick seperately with memtest86+ and see if the errors are caused by one of the sticks only. Otherwise there is no way to tell if there is a compatibility problem or just a faulty memory stick.
Please post a link to the OCZ product site and also a screenshot of the CPU-Z "SPD" tab.
I have this memory: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_6400_sli_ready_edition_4gb_dual_channel.
This is the rest of the components as instructed by the forum post you linked to:
Intel E8200
MSI P7N SLI Platinum
OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition 4GB Dual Channel
Gigabyte Geforce 8800GT 512MB PCI
500GB Western Digital SATA
SATA DVD burner
Windows XP SP3
Antec 500W PSU
I usually troubleshoot components step by step - eliminating all possible reasons until I have found the solution. My first step was to post here to find out if there are any known compatibility issues with the motherboard and memory. I adjusted the memory timings with a slight overclock because the motherboard did not load the default timings by default. I will start by adjusting the BIOS settings, check if the memory is inserted into the right DIMM slots and then test the memory sticks one by one. But to answer my own question: I think the motherboard and memory should have no compatibility issues and it must be something else.
Quote from: Freestate on 07-September-08, 23:06:36
I have the OCZ 6400 Fatal1ty modules 2x2 GB that is very similar of the ones you ask.And they are running perfectly but i must set the epp latency and voltaje values in BIOS! The simple modules of ocz are in the memory compatibilty list i thought that the SLI and Falal1ty modules are just the same with a little boost.
I had to set the right timings also. As far as I know, the SLI and Fatal1ty modules are probably the same, just with a little boost. I think it would be very strange if a module with the name "SLI-Ready Edition" and a Nforce 750i motherboard would not be compatible together.
Anyway, any other advice on what steps I should take? I assume by now that the motherboard and memory should work together without problem. Sorry if I started out bad by not following the posting guidelines on the forum.

P7N Diamond & OCZ SLI Ready Help Needed

Hey all been a lurker here for a bit and now that I am getting my machine finally setup I need some desperate help.
I can not get my system to post with 8gb (4x 2GB DDR2 PC2 6400 SLI Ready 5-4-4 @2.10v) memory installed. I can get it to boot with a single stick but nothing else, I've shuffled them all around tried booting with just 4gb and I always get a BSOD with a stop 0x0000007E or at the very least the machine wouldn't even install vista x64. Finally in desperation I stuck in a pair of OCZ 2gb x 2 DDR2 800 Gold and the machine boots and runs fine.
Prior to all this though being that this board was a Newegg open box I had it installed in a test rig to ensure everything worked but I only had it running with 4GB of the SLI Ready instead of the full 8GB and it was working fine and would overclock my x3350 just fine. When I switched the motherboard to my main machine (which is watercooled) I put in my SLIed pair of 8800GTS 512's along with the 8GB of Ram. This watercooled machine has a 1010Watt OCZ GamerXstream PSU (previous setup was a 680i LT with a Q6600 and 4GB of ram versus the 8GB all other parts are the same). So to say the least I'm rather puzzled by what's going on here, I should have sufficient wattage for everything, all help and suggestions, aside from get bent, will be greatly appreciated, and if you solve my problems you can have my sister! Only other change that happened was that I had to remove the back 2 120mm x 38mm Silenx fans due to their bearings being toasted.

Welcome to the forum. You may want to make a hardware sig people can refer to while trying to assist. What vdimm and timings are you setting? What bios are you on. The more details you can provide about everything the better people will understand and may offer better suggestions.
edit: BTW what does your sister look like?

Any News (MSI) P6N Diamond (680i) SLI Motherboard

Any one know about the release of (MSI) P6N Diamond (680i) SLI Motherboard

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honestly, if it's not for SLI, I think I'll wait for ATI, ops, AMD RD600 chipset mobo instead.
I complete agree with that. Just getting bored with the Opteron system. I have an insider I am getting a e6600 from for 1/2 price this week, so I was looking at boards. Think I want to try the 680i over the 975, and while the RD600 looks like it will be a winner it's still a ways out.
MSI had stated end of December for the P6N and that time is upon us.
Honestly after the last purchase I swore I would never buy another MSI, but I kind of crave pain that way, after about a year of mods on this current board, and emails with the MSI BIOS crew I think the K8N SLI was the 2nd best Nforce 4 board made out there. Plus it gives me another forum area to read here beside the Nvidia, and overclocking sections.

P6N Diamond, SLI question: where does the 2nd card go?

As per title, I have a P6N Diamond motherboard with 4 video card slots (four PCI-e x16), two yellow + two white. I have a single GPU/card in the first slot as usual, but I got a 2nd GPU/card today. Where does it go so I could get 16x16 SLI? Manual is unclear.
2nd white slot (third PCI-e x16) or the yellow (second PCI-e x16) ?
I ask because this motherboard has non-standard color coding. Even the RAM slots are not color coded (channel-wise). Instead of A-B-A-B color arrangement on the RAM slots as every other motherboard out there, this motherboard has A-A-B-B arrangement.

Update: First of all, the case connectors on the motherboard are in the way for SLI purposes. They are too tall and block the insertion of the second card. On my old ASUS moterboard the case pins were on the bottom of the PCB, out of the way, but on this MSI motherboard they are on the side, lined up with the PCI-e x16 slot. Really dumb design! It might be fine for short video cards like 9600GT or similar, but for extended length dual slot video cards like GTX260 (which what I'm using) they are in the way, so much that the second card can't be inserted into the slot at all.
I spent two hours modding the connectors. I had to snap and break the plastic plugs, remove the metal pins and mod them so they are only 3mm tall, instead of 9mm. I know this motherboard is old so MSI couldn't plan for GTX260/280 and other long cards, but cards like 7950GX2 and similar did exist and predate this motherboard so there is no excuse for MSI for placing the connectors in that position.
Anyways, warning for any P6N Diamond owners: if you have extended length or longer dual slot video cards like GTX 260, GTX 280, and 4870x2 you will have problems with clearance and would need to do some severe modding or get a different motherboard.

Sli-bridge incl with P6N Diamond??

Ive just orderd a new mobo, P6N Diamond. And was wondering if the SLI-bridge is incl in the box? I cant find anything about that. Mayby a stupid question here for all tech-heads.....sry for that

Quote from: flobelix on 16-October-07, 21:10:52
You don't need to. As it is a board with a sli chipset MSI has to add a bridge. The reminder doesn't pertain to the bridge. Any retail MSI board with sli chipset comes with a bridge, no matter the area where it is sold.
Because nVidia don't ship SLI bridges with their cards.

P6N Diamond & SLI controller sanity check

what i would like is a sanity check please from community before RMA is done, i've already contacted both MSI and supplier and have RMA status enabled but before shipping would like to do an opinion from more professional/ experienced people here please
MSI reports that SLI controller is bad and to RMA... so ya i probably will but just want doctor 2nd opinions
thanks in advance!
testing past few days and having major problems with SLI.
mainboard: P6N Diamond MS-7320 v1.0 BIOS 1.2
processor: Intel Core2 Duo E6850
graphics cards: SLI NX8500GT TD256EH (x2) PCIx16 (both in white slots )
memory: Corsair CM2x 1024-66400C4 (800mhz, dual channel) (total 2GB)
drives: WD1600AA (?) SATAII 3.0GB (raid 0, hardware dipswitched)
power: rosewill RX750-S-B Xtreme 750W ATX12V v2.2 EPS12V v2.91 (voltages per bios in spec)
I have performed several tests including:
memtest86+ : 25 iterations on memory over 8 hour period = PASS
ntune stability test : nx8500GT (card #1) in pcix16slot#1 = PASS
ntune stability test : nx8500GT (card #1) in pcix16slot#2 = PASS
ntune stability test : nx8500GT (card #2) in pcix16slot#1 = PASS
ntune stability test : nx8500GT (card #2) in pcix16slot#2 = PASS
ntune stability test : card#1 in slot#1 & card#2 in slot#2 = FAIL (sli mode on)
ntune stability test : card#1 in slot#1 & card#2 in slot#2 = FAIL (sli mode off)
ntune stability test : card#1 in slot#2 & card#2 in slot#1 = FAIL (sli mode on)
ntune stability test : card#1 in slot#2 & card#2 in slot#1 = FAIL (sli mode off)
no overclocking
CPU temperatures ~22 celcius
SYSTEM temperatures ~38 celcius
GPU1&2 temp idle ~63 to 66 celcius
GPU1&2 temp stress ~72 celcius
all hardware tests ok, no power surges, power supply is adequate and in specs.
only problems occuring when both cards are in system and operate in either SLI or non-SLI mode.
all microsoft latest security updates applied
following hotfixes applied:
KB940105
KB936710
KB930833
KB932471
KB945149 (latest per request)

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 07-December-07, 04:33:29
What kind of problems you have?
Have you tested in XP?
PSU details.
Latest drivers from Nvidia installed?
Power cables to both VGA's connected?
SLI Bridge connected?
Hi,
Answers best I can below:
Q: Have you tested in XP?
No, sorry.. I only have Vista x64 platform to use and test (license only )
Q: PSU details.
posted above, but here you go...
Rosewill RX750-S-B Xtreme 750W ATX12V v2.2 EPS12V v2.91 (voltages per bios in spec)
Q: Latest drivers from Nvidia installed?
Yes (data from dxdiag for you)
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.6375 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/4/2007 17:14:00, 4993024 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Q: Power cables to both VGA's connected? & SLI Bridge connected?
Interesting point With this particular setup, these MSI NX8500GT TD256EH cards do not have SLI bridge and do not require power plugged into video card. SLI option has onboard bridge controller and is recognized by nvidia drivers and nTune control panel (i am actually able to enable SLI this way w/o a bridge) yes, I had to rub my eyes too a few time while researching this configuration.
Mainboard supports ATX 24pin powerconnector (ATX1) and a ATX 12V (JPW1) 8 pin connector. The power supply supports these types of connections to mainboard. I will need to reboot after this post and do a visual inspection of reported BIOS voltages for you though and will do so.

K9N2 Diamond - not working with 4x 1Gb Corsair PC2-6400 modules

Hi !
I've just discovered that my K9N2 Diamond will not accept my 4x 1Gb Corsair PC2-6400 modules with my new GTX275, although they seemed ok with my temporary 7950GT card.
The only noticeable difference is that one pair is 5-5-5-18 (installed now alone and working) and the other pair is 5-5-5-12 (removed).
Is this normal ? I also noticed that the actual installed pair is working in "Unganged 128Bit mode" compared to the previous "Unganged 64bit mode".
Would it therefore be wise for me to purchase 2x 2Gb modules instead ? I read that the Athlon x2 6000+ processor only works with DDR2 800Mhz memory ... Is this correct ?
Thanks in advance for your help !

Quote from: GEC on 28-May-10, 01:40:03
Hi,
Just a quick update : I set the DRAM frequency to 667Mhz using the FSB/DRAM ratio = 1:1.6 but to no avail : the system hangs at post. Would it be better for me then to buy 2x 2gGb sticks ?
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Just a quick update : I set the DRAM frequency to 667Mhz using the FSB/DRAM ratio = 1:1.6 but to no avail : the system hangs at post.
Also make sure that 2T is used
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Would it be better for me then to buy 2x 2gGb sticks ?
Yes, that's best option. For best performance and troubles free use 2x matched memory sticks only.

Is MSI P6N Diamond supports EPP(Memory)

I got this CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-8500C5D 1066MHz and it has EPP (Sli ready ram). On CPUid SPD, i see JEDEC1(266), JEDEC2(400) and EPP(533).
On default setting for the bios it registered as 800Mhz only using JEDEC2 5-5-5-18 (1.8v).
The memory specification says 5-5-5-15 (2.1v)
Is the board MSI P6N Diamond supports EPP?
I googled it and it s clearly says that Nvidia nForce SLI Boards/Corsair supports EPP and highly recommended for stability.
Anyways i manually set the memory to its specification.

i set it to EPP settings manualy 5-5-5-15-22-2t 2.1 v..
boards with true EPP settings http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/FoxconnC51XEM2AA/7.html
"One interesting note about EPP is that when using above-800 MHz EPP memory with the EPP option enabled in the BIOS, the BIOS will automatically adjust all the necessary bus clocks, multipliers, and voltages to yield memory clock speeds as close to the maximum rated clocks of the DIMM as possible"
I think the P6N diamond doesnt have the feature using EPP.
Even if i use auto timings on the memory, it doesnt match all the timings for SPP/JEDEC (esp on my old ocz pc2-6400 800mhz rams)

P6N Diamond "Motherboard Resources" Conflict

Hello,
I just got my second P6N Diamond (First one was DOA) and I loaded Win XP on it and all of the updates from MS including SP2.
After I loaded the drivers from the MSI CD I noticed a few peculiar things in the device manager:
The floppy disk controller showed a yellow exclamation next to it, even though I had disabled it in the BIOS. I have since disabled it from within the Device manager
There were yellow exclamations next to both NVIDIA nForce Networking Controllers
There was a yellow exclamation next to Microsoft UAA Buss Driver for High Definition Audio. Under properties it said the following:
"Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device. To use this device, contact your computer manufacturer to obtain a firmware or BIOS update. (Code 35)
Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device."
After looking through the device manager I found that the System devices/Motherboard resources item had the following conflicts:
Input/Output Range 2D00 - 2D3F used by:
NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
Input/Output Range 2E00 - 2E3F used by:
NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
Input/Output Range 2F80 - 2FFF used by:
PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
I then went to MSI (http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1168) and downloaded the latest nForce and X-Fi drivers.
The nForce drivers loaded fine and I rebooted, I then tried to load the X-Fi drivers but got the following error message:
No supported device found
Went back into the Device Manager and still had the same yellow exclamations, minus the floppy since it is disabled and shows a red X on it. I have updated the BIOS to 1.2 and still no luck.
Can any one help me get my NICs and my sound running? Thank you.
Here are my system specs:
CPU: Intel E6850 (not overclocked)
RAM: 2 x 1GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 / 800MHz / NVIDIA® SLI™-Ready Edition / Dual Channel
Motherboard: P6N Diamond (1.2 bios)
Hard-drive(s): 250GB (WD2500JD)
Video: EVGA Nvidia 7800 GT
Power: Thermaltake 700watt
O/S: Windows XP

Thanks AaronYuri,
I clicked on your link but it was dead. I did do a search for the file name and found it. Installed it, rebooted my PC and I still have the same problem. Following is a link to an image of my device manager.
http://www.badongo.com/pic/1506438
Here is a another link http://www.badongo.com/pic/1506493 to an image of my Motherboard Resources Properties showing the conflict.
I did install the X-Fi drivers from my original CD but they did not work.
Let me know what else I should try.

Windows lockup problems with P6N Diamond

MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i SLI Socket 775 motherboard
Seagate ST3250410AS 250 GB SATA hard drive
LITEON LH-20A1L-06 20X SATA DVD Burner
EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked PCI Express video card
OCZ OCZ2TA1000VX22GK PC2-8000 Titanium Alpha VX2 Dual Channel Memory (2 x 1GB)
Windows XP Pro SP2
I have been having lots of problems with Windows XP just locking up on me. It has happened 3 times now, and I am tiring of re-building my PC from scratch. Every time, it works for a while, and then, just locks up one day.
At this point, I've removed my partition, rebuilt it, reformatted and re-installed windows. I'm currently running the AMI v1.3 bios. I've loaded the latest nVidia drivers (9.53 driver package). I've loaded the latest graphic drivers from EVGA (169.02_XP32).
I've read lots of posts in various forums about issues with SATA settings on nVidia systems, but I can't seem to find a post that is clear about the best settings. They mentioned disabling command queuing, using/not using SiL drivers, etc. Can anyone offer any insight that might help me straighten out my system? I am close to tossing it out a window.

Not quite sure how to answer, but here is the dump from cpuz:
Chipset
Northbridge        NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP rev. A2
Southbridge        NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP rev. A2
Graphic Interface     PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width     x16
PCI-E Max Link Width   x16
Memory Type       DDR2
Memory Size        2048 MBytes
Channels        Dual
Memory Frequency   400.1 MHz (2:3)
CAS#           4.0
RAS# to CAS#      4
RAS# Precharge      4
Cycle Time (tRAS)   15
Bank Cycle Time (tRC)   22
Command Rate      2T
Memory SPD
DIMM #1
General
Memory type      DDR2
Module format      Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID)   OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
Size         1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth      PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number      OCZ2TA1000VX21G
Attributes
Number of banks      2
Data width      64 bits
Correction      None
Nominal Voltage      1.80 Volts
EPP         no
XMP         no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz)      270   333   400
CAS#           3.0     4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay   4   5   5
RAS# Precharge        4     5     5
TRAS           10 13 15
TRC           15 18 22
DIMM #2
General
Memory type      DDR2
Module format      Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID)   OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
Size         1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth      PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number      OCZ2TA1000VX21G
Attributes
Number of banks      2
Data width      64 bits
Correction      None
Nominal Voltage      1.80 Volts
EPP         no
XMP         no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz)      270   333   400
CAS#           3.0     4.0     5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay   4   5   5
RAS# Precharge        4     5     5
TRAS           10     13     15
TRC           15 18 22

MSI P6N Diamond and very slow BIOS menus

I'm having problems with my new setup. My setup is as follows:
MSI P6N Diamond with 1.1 bios update
2 x OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK
XION Supernova XON 600W Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (not overclocked yet, having problems whenever I change settings)
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB Video Card
I'm running Vista 32bit fine as far as I can tell, everything is pretty snappy and other programs are running fine, but the machine is very slow to post and running the bios menus is a painful process as it takes about 2-4 seconds to switch selections. I tried running the board with 1 stick of ram in slot 1, with slots 1 & 3 and all 4 and it made no difference. I had a USB card reader plugged in and then removing it seemed to make a difference for a while, the BIOS menus ran as I expected, very snappy. Also anytime I switch the CPU clock from automatic to manual the computer won't post and i have to reset the bios
Anyone have a clue what could be causing this slowness and my inability to overclock the cpu?

I will be getting the Q6600 in 1 week, :D. The new G0 stepping as well :D. I'm excited.
Are you using XP or Vista? I have had no distortion or pops with my sound. Although, from what I hear the drivers for XP or much more polished than those for Vista. This is a Creative issue, and not an MSI issue. Lots of people are having problems with Vista with the standalone Creative cards as well.
I overclocked my E6700 to about 3.5Ghz, and hit a temp wall based on my ambient temps. I probably could have gone higher if it was cooler in the room that houses the computer. Although, the temps have dropped dramatically after the AS5 has cured, probably could get it pushed up a bit higher. Hopefully I don't have problems with it when the Q6600 comes in.
If you got the older B3 stepping version, it will run a bit hotter and will be much harder to OC to higher speeds because of this. I've found the P6N Diamond to be very OC friendly and like all the options it gives. The only thing I don't like is the adjustment of the Vcore lists the # above stock, instead of the absolute #. Sometimes the Vcore it auto assigns isn't 100% correct I've heard so it'd be nice to know what that auto value is. The Vcore reading you can read in the monitor section fluctuates a hair in each direction of 1.3 for me when at stock, so I assume it was 1.3 stock.

P6N Diamond - 8GB of PC2 6400 - OCZ SLI RAM - OCZ2N800SR4GK

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