P6N Diamond and X-Fi

Hi all,
I have just built a system with new components and I'm having issues with X-Fi both in Vista (64) and XP (32 and 64), the OSs sit on different partitions, Vista is the primary one.
1st problem: Vista 64 recognized hardware and installed latest and greatest drivers. Sound out works, but games do not recognize EAX capabilities.
2nd problem: XP 32 and 64 do not recognize the X-Fi on-board, they both see a PCI device but will not install the X-Fi drivers because the hardware is not recognized as .
3rd problem: I have installed an X-Fi Elite PCI and the card is not recognized by any of the 3 OSs (the slot works as the X-Fi led illuminates).
Any recommendations to get the on-board and the PCI add-on board to be recognized? Any way to reset the BIOS?
Here is the hardware snapshot:
# Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz
# MSI P6N Platinum
# 2x Patriot 2048mb PC6400 (DDR2 800)
# 2x EVGA NVidia 8800 GTS 640Mb PCIe SLI
# 4x WD 150gb 10k SATA300
# AVerTV PCIe TV card
# Creative X-Fi Elite PCI
# Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32 and 64 -bit, Vista Ultimate 64bit
# Antec TruePower Quattro 850w
Thanks in advance,
d. (A Newbie looking for assistance)

you should get the driver from MSI website here : http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1168

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PS Maybe it is a voltage issue? It is at auto voltage, but maybe I should change it? Everything is at auto voltage btw. What should the voltages be?
Basically what error beeps mean would be the greatest help you could give me. But only for this mobo specifically. I want to know in which part of my pc the problem is.

"Then the same stuff happens, if I go into bios, it will sometimes freeze there"
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Hi, welcome to the forum.
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Again, sorry for what may be a noobish question, but I'm not sure where else to go. After dealing with MSI's tech support, I'd rather talk to a wall.
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Mark,
Forgive me for asking, but I am a bit confused. Is your "cold boot issue" now solved? If so, do you think that the new drives are the key?
Lev
Quote from: MarkJohnson on 17-December-07, 14:21:23
Sorry for late post.
After setting up the HW RAID (2500YS) for booting the system still cold boots. strangely this time the reset (Ctrl+Alt+Del) doesn't seem to work. I must of did it two dozen times and it would never clear. I then just powered off after the other 2 drives on the nvidia SATA cleared and seen the HD LED light up and stay on for a few seconds(seems stuck on the 4723 checks of the drive) and then powered down and powered right back up with no cold boot issue. It has worked this way every time for the last week or so and I tested it like 20 or so times(3-4 times a day). These drives are listed as being compatible after the firmware update (and I did that already) so I guess it is either the MB BIOS needs updating or it's the way the nvidia chipset runs this setup is wacky. This is assuming the 4723 HD compatibility list is correct.
here's a summary of the drives so far.
36GB Raptors (old revision) - can take forever to boot properly and corrupted my disk in 3 days of testing (scrambled my directory structure)
105GB Raptors - Just reset(Ctrl+Alt+Del) 1-4 times after the HD LED goes solid for a few seconds. worked for two months no errors.
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80 GB SATA II Hitachi Deskstar (HDS728080PLA380 - May 2005) - same as 150 GB Raptors, just a reset or four, only did a days worth of testing with no errors.
well, I was hoping for those 2500YS to work properly. Now it makes it really hard to track the problems with so many different errors and 3 different places it can go wrong 4723/nvidia/msi/HD Manufacturer. wait, that's 4. Oh boy!
Hopefully this gets resolved soon. I've already had to move this MB to my secondary system, and for other reasons than this. I didn't mind hitting the reset button to get this to run. I get the feeling that MSI has abandoned this board on us. with the new P7N being released it will be even harder to get anyone to mess with this thing.
-=Mark=-

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EVGA 640-p2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640mb 320-bit GDDR3...
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Philips 20x Dvd/r
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Dell E207WFP LCD Monitor
Windows XP Pro
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Does the P6N have an intergrated video card that I should be turning off to get my video card to show? I ran a DxDiag and did not see one. Also, I did only saw one video adapter listed in the device manager.
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