P6N Diamond BIOS Failure

Hello,
I just recently tried to update the BIOS on my P6N Diamond (MS-7320, PCB 1.0) from version 1.0 to 1.3. I used the AMI flash utility in widows 7 (32 bit). It completed with no issues and then did a restart. Upon restart it begun POST, but then hung up showing the p6n diamond logo. After 10 minutes I started a cold boot and the wonderful black screen of death appeared. My mobo will not POST. There were no beeps upon powering on - CPU fan ran - all video cards ran and the PSU was running. I started with basic trouble shooting. I tested the monitor on another PC and it worked. I removed both 8800GT video cards and installed in another PC - They worked. I then removed the dimms ddr2 800 and switched them to another PC and those worked. I then removed the e6400 cpu and tested it in another PC and it worked. I reinstalled the cpu - 1 dimm in slot 1 - 1 8800GT - and removed all power and cables to the SATA drives. I then hit the CMOS clear button - plugged in the PS and then booted. Still no POST. Unplugged the power and I looked for the JBAT1 Jumper on the mobo. I found it but no jumpers so then I removed the CMOS battery and walked away for about 30 mins. I then re-inserted the CMOS battery - pluged in the PS and tried to boot again only to get the same black screen. The only thing 2 things I believe I can try is to switch the dimm from slot 1 to slot 4 and try again - if that fails I will download AMI Bios ver 1.0 to a floppy a disk rename it to AMIBIOS.ROM insert it into the drive and hold CTRL HOME to force the read of Drive A.
I did install the USB 2 PCI adaptor with the code lights. The lights showed 1 red 2 green & 3 & 4 red which showed an error with RAM.
Questions:
Does anyone know of anything I may have missed?
If I previously had the BIOS set up to skip drive A - will the CTRL HOME keys still work?
Where do I purchase a BIOS chip for this mobo - Is it possible I could install myself?
I think the manufacture warranty is still good for parts only.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Set-up
Generic (home build) standard - no OC
Windows 7
CPU E6400
RAM 4 gig kit (2 ddr2 800 PNY Performance)
Video (2) 8800GT 512 PNY Performance
Drives (2) SATA Maxtor 500GB
PSU Thermaltake tough power 750w

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Does anyone know of anything I may have missed?
You should not have updated the BIOS from within Windows.
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If I previously had the BIOS set up to skip drive A - will the CTRL HOME keys still work?
If the BIOS Boot Block is not corrupted, yes. The Recovery Routine has nothing to do with any BIOS Settings regarding the system's boot order.
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Is it possible I could install myself?
Only if you have sufficiant soldering skills (you need to solder out the old chip and then solder the new one back in without damaging the chip and/or the mainboard).

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P6N Diamond BIOS update went very wrong.

Just updated my P6N Diamond to BIOS 1.3. The procedure went through without a any errors from a floppy disk.
On reboot there is no post at all. no beeps, no video signal. Everything powers on and the fans come on but no post at all even the 4 lights on the D-Bracket are off.
Is it completely unrecoverable?
MSI P6N Diamond
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850
4 GB OCZ Ram
MSI Geforce 8800 Ultra OC
Thermaltake 1200W PSU
2 x 500GB Western Digital HD
Windows Vista 64 Bit

Quote from: Arramond on 28-November-07, 16:54:19
This was the bios i got
http://download6.msi.com.tw/files/downloads/bos_exe/7320v13.zip
I have tried several times with the clearing of the cmos but I will try with different RAM.
Also in the recovery procedure I assume I will need a PS2 keyboard as the USB keyboard I have doesn't work holding down ctrl-home?
"This was the bios i got
http://download6.msi.com.tw/files/downloads/bos_exe/7320v13.zip
seems to be correct one.
"Also in the recovery procedure I assume I will need a PS2 keyboard as the USB keyboard I have doesn't work holding down ctrl-home?"
yes, use PS2 keyboard.
"I have tried several times with the clearing of the cmos but I will try with different RAM."
Power cord removed from the PSU? Just one mem. stick in 1st DIMM near to CPU socket too?
If no change try with different stick.

P6N Diamond issue

Hello,
Well this is my config :
P6N Diamond Bios 1.3
Intel E6750
Kingston Memory RAM 3 Gos 800 mghz
8800 GTS 640 Mb
Windows Pro SP2
This is my problem :
Sometimes when I boot my MB freezes after the post and other time when im in windows after 3 or 4 minutes. I reboot and no problem after that.
The problems occurs after 1 beep and 6 or 7 beeps.
Perhaps you can help me
NB: there were also problems with the precedent BIOS 1.1 and one of my friend changes, i think, the memory latency but i don't remember where ... 1 freeze each 3 months after that.
NB2: my access disk led blink each second ... normal ?
THANKS !!
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CPU-Z
Processors Information
Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores      2 (max 2)
Number of threads   2 (max 2)
Name         Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Codename      Conroe
Specification      Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
Package         Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 0h)
CPUID         6.F.B
Extended CPUID      6.F
Core Stepping      G0
Technology      65 nm
Core Speed      2000.2 MHz (6.0 x 333.4 MHz)
Rated Bus speed      1333.5 MHz
Stock frequency      2666 MHz
Instructions sets   MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache      2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache   2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache      4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control      yes
FID range      6.0x - 8.0x
max VID         1.338 V
Features      XD, VT
Memory SPD
DIMM #1
General
Memory type      DDR2
Module format      Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size         1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth      PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number      KTC1G-UDIMM
Serial number      AB063ACD
Manufacturing date   Week 24/Year 07
Attributes
Number of banks      2
Data width      64 bits
Correction      None
Nominal Voltage      1.80 Volts
EPP         no
XMP         no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz)      200   266   400
CAS#         3.0   4.0   5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay   3   4   5
RAS# Precharge      3   4   5
TRAS         9   12   18
TRC         12   16   23
DIMM #2
General
Memory type      DDR2
Module format      Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size         1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth      PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number      KTC1G-UDIMM
Serial number      A8063CCD
Manufacturing date   Week 24/Year 07
Attributes
Number of banks      2
Data width      64 bits
Correction      None
Nominal Voltage      1.80 Volts
EPP         no
XMP         no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz)      200   266   400
CAS#         3.0   4.0   5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay   3   4   5
RAS# Precharge      3   4   5
TRAS         9   12   18
TRC         12   16   23
DIMM #3
General
Memory type      DDR2
Module format      Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size         1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth      PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number      KTC1G-UDIMM
Serial number      4C07244E
Manufacturing date   Week 06/Year 08
Attributes
Number of banks      2
Data width      64 bits
Correction      None
Nominal Voltage      1.80 Volts
EPP         no
XMP         no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz)      200   266   400
CAS#         3.0   4.0   5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay   3   4   5
RAS# Precharge      3   4   5
TRAS         9   12   18
TRC         12   16   23
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Thanks a lot for your answer Jack
As im at work i cannot answer to all but here is some answers
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what kind of power supply are you using?
It's an Enermax 600 W but no more info (have to go back home )
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To what values did he change the latency settings? Click on the CPU-Z tab labeled "Memory" and tell us the current timings
Don't remember i will ask him. For CPU-Z you will see above the current timing (in quote)
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Does this happen in Windows only, or does the LED blink when you are, let's say, in BIOS as well?
No only when im in Windows.
For the beeps i will try tonite to hear the number of the beeps ...

MSI P6N Diamond - Flashing the BIOS

hi all,
I am using a MSI P6N Diamond motherboard. I have gone several years without a problem.
However, recently, I decided to upgrade from 4GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM. I confirmed with Crucial that the memory I was purchasing was guaranteed to be compatible with the existing RAM.
To that end, I flashed the BIOS to the latest version using the MSI Utility program and followed the instructions. The operation was a success.
However, after doing this I noticed that occasionally I will get a "blue screen" when Windows is about to boot. At first I thought it might be a faulty RAM module, so I removed all memory sticks except one which I have been using for years. I know that RAM module is not faulty but I ran memtest86+ to be sure and it did not report any problems. But the blue screen problem still occurs.
The blue screen doesn't occur every time, but it is rather easy to reproduce. I will likely see it at least once on every 4-5 reboots. I can't read anything because it flies by too fast.
Has anyone ever heard of such a thing when updating the BIOS on a P6N motherboard? How can I get additional information on the blue screen?

Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
Can you provide a screenshot of your CPU-Z memory and SPD tabs.
Note: I currently have all 8GB of RAM installed.
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9532/memoryaj.jpg
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1314/spd1.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6558/spd2j.jpg
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2730/spd3.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2163/spd4s.jpg
Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
At this stage I would recommend you flash back to the BIOS that you were running previously with success.
I would like to save this as a last resort if possible. I know that this is a risky procedure. Do I need v1.3 in order to support 8GB of RAM?
Quote from: Bernhard on 23-September-11, 11:11:46
What are the error codes of your BSODs. Bottom tight of your task bar is a little flag, left click on it and open the Action Centre. At the top of the dialog you will see Security and Maintenance. Expand the Maintenance option. Select an option called "View reliability history". Now you can click on all the red crossed items in the date/timeline and then then View the technical detail, which should include the BSOD codes wherever there are any.
I'm not sure if Vista Home Premium is different, but I don't see a flag in bottom right of the task bar. However, if I right click My Computer->Manage there is a Reliability and Performance->Reliability Monitor. I believe this is equivalent to what you are referring to, as it shows the red crossed items and shows application/hardware failures, etc. Here is a screenshot of that:
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/2452/reliability.jpg
The problem is that it doesn't show any of the red crossed items for this issue. I have seen at least 4 or 5 of them on 9/22 but nothing is listed on that date. When this blue screen occurs, it seems to occur as soon as the "Microsoft Windows" screen appears while booting. It will show the black Microsoft Windows loading screen and the loading bar and blue screen almost immediately. Is it possible that the problem occurs too soon for it to appear here?
EDIT: I should also note that I have reformatted and reinstalled Windows but the problem persists.
Another odd issue just occurred to me but I'm not sure if it's related. After reinstalling Windows, I would get a "New Hardware found" popup box for the onboard Creative sound. I installed the Creative sound driver, but I would still get the "New Hardware found" box for the onboard Creative sound after rebooting. It looks like that problem has gone away, though.

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 New Problem: Second HDD Randomly Starts/Stops Since recent Update

Howdy All,
Continuing problems with the P5N Diamond.
This one's new.
Previously I had the same problem as many others with the cold boot issue. Somehow, someway, it just stopped: cold boot or not, one day it just started booting fine....go figure.
However, I recently (about 3 weeks ago) did the MSI live update that included something or other pertaining to the E-SATA....support for it or something to that end. Although I don't use the E-SATA, I installed it thinking I might at some point and since installing it, I have discovered a new problem: my second drives (in RAID 0) just opens/closes randomly. It seems to mostly occur when operating demanding programs: gaming, watching a video, that sort of thing.
Everytime it does this, it takes me to desktop and asks me what program I want to use to open the program......which when I do, is nothing more than my second (D drive) HDDs in RAID 0. I then get the yellow pop up message in the bottom toolbar from Windows saying it's experienced a write failure problem. It hasn't done any damage that I can tell and I've lost nothing, but being taken to desktop perpetually is a major issue. This problem is driving me absolutely up the wall. No sooner than I start to do something and wham.....I'm at desktop being asked what program I want to use to open up the second HDDs. I've also tried just leaving it open but to no avail: it just randomly continues to open and close.
I have my O/S on the C drive and 2 more HDDs in RAID O for back up on ports 6 & 7. Since doing the MSI update that included the E-SATA whatever, this new problem almost prevents the computer from being usable: certainly nothing in gaming is possible along with anything that requires uninterruption.
Here's my system:
M/B: P6N Diamond
CPU: E6850
RAM: Corsair XMS PC-8500, 2 x 1 gig
HDD: 1- WD 150 Raptor
HDD: 2- WD 5000AAKS in Raid 0
Vid Card: EVGA 8800GTX
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 750 Silencer
ODD: Sony DRU 830A
FDD: Sony Floppy
Misc: Scythe fans x 5
O/S: XP Pro w/ SP2
Running BIOS 1.2
So, being fairly certain the MSI update created the problem, my question is, how do I undo the MSI's most recent update to remove it? When I go into Add/Remove Programs, nothing is listed there. I'm not sure this is the source of the problem but I do know I didn't have it beforehand.
I'd greatly appreciate any help with this....even any ideas. While I have some computer knowledge, I'm not as tech savvy as most here, but this problem is, apart from driving me up a wall, making the computer almost unusable. FYI, I haven't done a System Restore because I've installed several things since and don't want to lose them if I can isolate the problem, but I will if that's what you all recommend.
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.
Thanks greatly.
Pepper1

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.
250GB Caviar RE(2500YS) - have to power off (power button) when HD LED goes solid. so far no problems for a week.
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=-

P6N Diamond: RAID ISSUES!

Hi,
I recent purchased a P6N Diamond, no matter what i do (and yes the bios has been updated), when i enable the RAID on either the ports 1-5 or the mirror on 6 & 7, the motherboard comes up wit an error for each raid device saying "no enough memory to copy PCI option ROM", besides the obvious gramatical & spelling errors through out the BIOS and Manual hehe... this problem is really annoying me.
Heres some more info
1.Product Type: P6N Diamond
2.BIOS version: 1.2
3.External VGA Type: 7800GTX, 8600GS, 8600GS, 8600GS (4 video cards running 7 monitors)
4.CPU Type: Intel Quad Core 6600
5.Memory Type: 4x1G G.Skill (Dual Channel Mode, 2x2 Matched pairs)
6.Power Supply Type: 950w Thermaltake
7.Operating System: XP PRO
8.Problem Description: RAID ISSUE
Every time i enable raid in the bios, it says
'no enough memory to copy PCI Option ROM'
I require all the onboard LAN/Sound etc
and i also have 1xPCI IDE controller and 1xPCI raid controller for extra HDD space.
Please help
Thanks in advance;
Michael T

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The cause of the problem is that in order to be PC Compatible, the Option Rom space is limited to 128K. This is true for any motherboard with PC compatible BIOS.
In the common configurations, a newer AGP card (such as a Geforce 4) will require 64K of option ROM space, so you have only 64K of option ROM space left to work with. Many SCSI, NIC with PXE, IDE RAID etc. can easily use another 40-64K of option ROM space.
By design the option ROM should shrink down to a smaller run time code after the initialization code has run. For example, some Adaptec cards will require 32K to initialize. Then they shrink down to 12K at run time; whereas some Geforce 4 cards require 64K to initialize and never release it. Please check with the device manufacturer for the latest firmware upgrade or ask if they have a smaller option ROM available. Again, this is a limitation of the PC compatible specifications and not a failure of the motherboard BIOS.
So it's the four video cards causing the problem.

Deciding on a new CPU for P6N Diamond

Hi all,
I'm looking at upgrading my cpu before moving to vista. I'd like to get a nice extreme edition since this is my dream pc. I'm pretty sure the QX6850 will work with it, but has anyone tried the QX9650? I saw some of the other Yorkfield processors are under testing and will most likely work with the latest bios, except the QX9650. I'd be will to buy the processor and wait for the next bios update, but I'm not sure if the next bios update will add support for that processor.
Thanks

Sorry for the bad news, but the P6N Diamond will NOT support any Yorkfield processors in the future. Future bios updates will only support Wolfdale processors...not the new quad core series..:( If you want to run a 45nm CPU, you will need to stick with a dual core or update to the 780i or 750i board. Bummer.
Paul

P6N Diamond problems and questions

OK first here is the set up
P6N Diamond
Q6600
4GB OCZ DDR2 800
Raptor X 150GB C drive
Raptor 74GB D drive
250GB WD SATA
GF 8800GTS 640MB
Coolermax 850W PS 412 volt rails 28a on two of the rails
Windows Vista ultimate 64
I loaded windows on the bare Raptor and it installed Reboot after install and loaded drivers from CD for chipset. Reboot and installed other drives. Now the fun begins...
I was able to install the Video driver downloaded from nVidia's website. But the system hangs constantly It doesn't matter what your doing driver install, windows update or just looking into drives. It starts the operation then it sits with just the fan running for about 5 or more min. then it starts working again. I haven't found any posts here with a similar problem so it must be something I did. My local store did advise a windows reinstall.
Second problem the RAM is seen by the board as 677 not 800. The manual is very unclear on how to change that. I did pick up some Corsair XMS RAM to use instead of the OCZ to make sure it's not a RAM problem. I also tried 1 stick of RAM as well.
Is there a BIOS setting guide for this board anywhere? Also do I need to update BIOS?
Thanks for any help in advance.

Snowfalcon,
You can go to MSI's website, look in "downloads" and download a complete owners manual in PDF format for the P6N Diamond. It contains a bios guide. As far as the memory..you will probably have to increase the memory voltage in order for the bios to run it at the rated frequency, on my OCZ Platinum 6400s I run it at 2.1 volts to get the 800mhz rating. You may not be able to run all 4 gigs, I recommend using no more than 2 sticks in slots 1 & 3 until you get the OS loaded and running stable. Oh, and dont "enable" the onboard audio until after all other drivers are loaded up. Then you can load the Creative X-Fi drivers and software. These suggestions work for WinXP..there are other threads in this forum concerning/specific to Vista installs. Good luck.
Paul

P6n Diamond & GeForce 8800 GTS, No Signal from Video Card

This is my first computer build. It has taken waaay to long and now I'm on my final step - Getting the video card to work.
I am running the following:
MSI P6N Diamond MoBo - Bios are set to the "optimal settings"
EVGA 640-p2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640mb 320-bit GDDR3...
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66ghz 4m shared L2 Caeche LGA 775
OCZ GameXStream ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100-240V
(2 - not RAID) Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM 16mb cache Sata 3gb/s Hard Drives
Philips 20x Dvd/r
In an Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case
Dell E207WFP LCD Monitor
Windows XP Pro
*I've updated windows with all their high priority updates, installed the drivers on the cd from MSI
My problem: When I enable my video card and restart, I can hear the computer starting windows and I see the first load screen but then my monitor says - no signal, turns black and goes into powersaver mode. The very limited manual from EVGA says: "Quite often this problem is caused by the integrated video card adapter not being disabled prior to installing the new PCI based viedo card"
My question is this: 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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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.
No, it doesn't have one:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1168&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170
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installed the drivers on the cd from MSI
Try the latest drivers from here instead:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1168
Have you installed the latest Drivers for your Video Card?
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When I enable my video card
What do you mean by that?

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.

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.

Frequency, which one? (P6N Diamond) - [Problem solved]

Hello,
First, "Happy New Year 2008 to all"
Sorry, but I am French and I speak too much English. (Translation via Google)
My name is lutilisateurlibre (userfree) and I come to you because I found no answer on French forums.
I have just a small question of frequency settings in the bios of a Mainboard of a new config.
-- Advanced BIOS Features Menu
-- Chipset Feature
-- C55 (NB) to NVIDIA (SB) Frequency (Description of this line in the doc Mainboard "This item is used to specify the frequency bridge from north to south bridge")
I have to choose between 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000 Mhz
Currently set on 400 Mhz, this is good value? Default without overclocking
Description of my config:
C2D E6850
P6N Diamond (MSI) chipset 680i & 590i sli
2048Mo DDR2-800 Mushkin (Cas 4.4.3.10)
Yours

Good evening,
Well thank you for your prompt and accurate answers, I am super happy.
Yours
(Sorry again for the translation French / English)

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?

MSI P6N Diamond Driver Probl

I recently was one of the brave few to order a MSI P6N Diamond motherboard. This board is only few months old if that, and of course all the drivers and bios for this board are buggy. One thing I should note about this board is if you disable the IDE controller, your cpu voltage will shoot up to .7 volts( stock is .3) and if your lucky , fry your brand new E6600 chip. (NOT COOL)?Besides that fun I will get to the point. I could of cared less about the onboard X-FI , but with PCI slots going by by and no one is making any PCIexpress sound cards (that I am aware of). I sorta figured well shoot, now I am stuck with this sound card.
At first, I was , wait its a creative labs sound blaster X-FI, those are those new ones that seem really cool (NOT). I wont lie, in games it sounds million times better then my old Audigy did, no more pops or cracks (5 year old card) the EAX effects sound more life like, 5. channels works cleaner. I was like "way-a-go creative!"? Then the problems started.
I loaded up my favorite program Fruityloo
ps.
After looking over the sound properties , I notice there was no ASIO cards to be found? Hmm.... Could? naa, no ASIO on a creative labs sound card? At first I thought I must of time warp back to the Li've! days, shoot at least I could use KX drivers make that baby work great!? This time I was left in the dark ?No problem, I will just goto creative.com and download the new drivers, forget those MSI drivers came with the board, I would rather use the manufactures drivers instead anyhow (creative). WRONG!! "setup could not find any supported devices in your system"?... Figures ?So i tryed to boot leg the drivers and force them to work , naa that wont work. So I am guessing Creative WILL NOT support this sound card because they didnt install it on to the motherboard, MSI did, they are the ones who do the driver support, go bug them! (as i would figure). MSI says "well we use there drivers off there site and make them work with our boards, they are up-to-date!" I dont know , this sucks, is there a way i can rip off the X-fi chip on my motherboard and get a refund, heck shoot me over a audigy 2 at least those work 'ok'....
?Besides that ASIO problem, I notice FEAR Combat will BSOD and sometimes say a file called "t3filt.sys" was involved, funny that file comes up as a "Sensaura" file? I have no clue what thats all about, I know this if I disable the onboard sound card from the BIOS, the system runs 00% stable, I enable it, game will randomly crash....
I do know what a computer is and how to get drivers working, but I would almost bet my problem is the driver, and not the hardware (I hope). Sean-

so how bad is it's does this mean iam SOL or what, i just got done reading one of those other threads on here about the X-FI extreme audio scam, I guess iam right up in there with the rest guys. I cant jerry rig the drivers at all, is there any third party drivers that will work?What can one do?If it comes down to it I will litterly desolider the x-fi chip off the board, no sence in having it on there if iam not going to use it?Probley snap it in half when iam done and mail it back to creative. Sean-

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