P6N Diamond sound problem

P6N Diamond has recently developed a sound problem. I am using Audioengine2 stereo speakers and the left speaker has started producing distortion (but no other sound) when switched on and connected to onboard Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme audio. The right speaker works fine. Distortion is produced when the computer is booted and not just in windows. Both speakers and cables all work fine connected to my ipod so I assume the problem is with the P6N diamond onboard audio and not my speaker setup.
I have also tried reinstalling creative drivers and disabling and re-enabling sound blaster in device manager but the problem persists.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance provided.

Are you asking how do you power the system on with it out of the case? Are you able to connect front panel power switch to JFP1 or are the wires too short? If needed just take a small screwdriver or whatever and for 1 second or so short pins 6-8 together to turn system on. That would be the same as pushing the power button on the case.

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Roger that, gurpz thanks for that clarification plus your suggestion about the Zalman cooler. I'm going right now to check it in the web.
Do you have 1 of those? I'm asking this cause I'd like to be extra sure this time it will fit the available space, and avoid falling twice in the same mistake.

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.
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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=-

MSI P6N SLI sound problem under windows 7

Hi all!
I have an MSI P6N SLI mainboard and I have installed win7 ultimate x64 to get a look on that OS. Everything works fine expect one thing: I have no sound. I tried to install manually the realtek sound driver but no changes. When I check the Volume Control Options then neither the Speakers nor the Realtek Digital Output checked (but the speaker is plugged in).
However I have sound under Linux.
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Hi everyone,
hope it's ok to refresh this thread - I did not want to open up a new one, because this one matches my problem perfectly - but my speakers are plugged-in the right way
I'm running Win7 64 on the MSI P6N SLI (not v2 no Platinum) and am unable to install the sounddriver (well not correct - I did install the driver). The upgrade advisor said all green (under Win XP 32) and the MSI-Driver-Page propagates Win7 32/64 is supported for the SoundCard of my Board.
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P6n sli sound problem

hey everyone, my problem is i cant seem to get my on board sound working. Ive installed the drivers from the disk i recieved with my mobo, but still no luck. Using XP media center w/ SP 2 . The mobo is the MSI P6N SLI-FI. Also when i go to control panel -> sound and audio devices thats where it says "no audio device". Any suggestions?

Have you tried the newest Realtek drivers and codec?
If you click on the link it should begin download.
If not, go to "http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1140"
where you can find the files.
("http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=driverfile&dno=2423&i=0")
Realtek High Definition Audio System Software Ver. R1.63
• Driver Version for Win2000/WinXP/x64: 5.10.0.5377 for WHQL
• Driver version for Vista: 6.0.1.5386
Update Date 2007-04-23
Hope you get it working!

MSI P6N Diamond OC Problems

I am having a really hard time overclocking on this board past 1150 fsb 9x on a Q6600 processor.
I'm pretty sure the speedstep is giving me a problem, but the C1E option is nowhere to be found in the bios (1.0). CPUZ constantly shows the processor downstepping to 1.6ghz on a 8x multiplier. The C1E option is clearly labeled in the manual but it definitely not in the actual bios. What's up with this?
Bios 1.1 was even worse.

My temps are very good, actually, with a zalman 9700 led and arctic silver grease. 26 C idle and ~35 C at load with stock 2.4 ghz speed.
I'm pretty sure the mobo is the source of the problem. It doesn't seem like to like setting my corsair pc8500 at its rated 1066mhz either.

MOVED: MSI P6N Diamond OC Problems

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=109999.0

My temps are very good, actually, with a zalman 9700 led and arctic silver grease. 26 C idle and ~35 C at load with stock 2.4 ghz speed.
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PLEASE HELP ME!!!
E8400
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2 x 8800GT in SLI
corsair 750Watt PSU
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HP multi drive

Yes...I'm having this exact same problem on my machine right now. It would be nice to hear the story...

P6N Diamond - Creative Sound Card / Windows 7

Hello everyone,
Couldn't find anyone else with a similar issue so figured I'd post here. I'm using a P6N Diamond (obviously) and here's the issue:
Originally this PC had Windows XP installed. When I upgrade to Windows 7 x64 Pro(1-2 months ago), my computer became unable to recognize the integrated Creative sound card. I've tried the following:
1.) Using provided driver discs (Using Vista x64 drivers, closest match)
2.) Downloading various Creative programs, drivers, etc. to add drivers
3.) Checked MSI's site and downloaded various drivers, updates etc.
None of the following worked. I primarly use a USB headset, which works perfectly. However, I'd like to be able to use speakers as well (used to be able to do it when Windows found my soundcard).
Anyone have any ideas for resolving this? I really appreciate any help, thanks!

If I follow you correctly, this problem only starts after you have upgraded to Windows 7, right? If that is the case, it is obviously a driver issue. Though you have tried many drivers and it seems that they are not the right ones. What you can do is to try contact MSI support and see if they can help you.
>>How to contact MSI.<<

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

A weird problem w p6n Diamond

Hello,
I recently made another post under the BIOS section, but please know that this is not a duplicate post. This is an entirely different issue I have (even though this is the very reason I want to update BIOS to v1.3).
My specs are:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64
Intel Core 2 Duo E6859 3.0Ghz 1333FSB
MSI p6n Diamond nForce 680i SLI
AE 1G DDR2 PC6400 (CL5) x 4 = 4G RAM
NVidia 8800 GTS 512 MB PCI-E
Hitachi HD - 160GB SATA-II 3GB/s 8MB 7200RPM
3 cooling fans
Power: TAGAN 1100Watt Quad SLI Ready
The weird situation is:
I just bought new RAM: Patriot Extreme Performance Gaming Series DDR2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 Enhanced Latency DIMM Kit.
The manufacture website says they should be run at 800MHz, 5-5-5-12, 1.9v.
These are things I tried.
1.
Remove the 1GB x 4 RAMs.
Install the new RAM in the dual channel setting (one in slot 1, another in slot 3).
Load optimized default in BIOS.
Result: I can boot into Windows and operate fine, but when I run Windows Mem Diag on startup,
it says hardware problem detected.
2.
Basically did the same thing with a single channel setting (Put them in slot 1 & 2).
Result: same as above.
3.
Now this is the weird part.
Just to experiment, I added the existing 1GB RAM sticks together with the new ones
in this setting: Slot 1 = 1GB, Slot 2 = 1GB, Slot 3 = 2GB, Slot 4 = 2GB.
Then, load optimized default in BIOS.
With this setting, it passed Windows Mem Diag. It didn't find anything.
So, I am basically confused. I basically just want to use the new RAM sticks.
I know it's not a good idea to mix RAMs, so that's not what I'm trying to do, but
mixing is the only setting that passed the test, oddly... And, of course I don't mind
being able to use them together to get 6GB.
But, the most important is to make the new RAMs work. So, if you have any suggestions, please help.
I wondered if BIOS update would help (my current one is v1.2, new one is v1.3), but I've had issues
updating BIOS on p6n (hence the other thread), so I'm kinda stuck not knowing what to do.
If you are curious, this is my other post regarding the BIOS problem:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=140274.0
Thank you.

Hmm, this forum is weird... I tried to edit my earlier post rather than making another reply (which is usually considered a polite approach in forums), but it didn't let me edit d/t time limit.
Anyways,
So, this is what happened. My existing 1GB memories are all fine. But, the new RAMs failed the test miserably. I tried different setting like you suggested. I even tried setting timing manually. Nothing worked. While I was doing this, I also discovered that my MB's dual channel apparently doesn't work. I put the good 1GB memories to slot 1 and 3 to test it. It couldn't even boot into Windows (froze).
Anyhow, at this point, rather than that both my new RAMs are defective, but I'm wondering if this is more of a memory compatibility issue with my MB. So, this leads me to the question: would the BIOS update v1.3 potentially resolve this issue? I saw that one of the changes in v1.3 was memory compatibility. Please share your ideas.

P6N Diamond: Problems, Issues, or just trials & tribulations?

P6N Diamond: Problems, Issues, or just trials & tribulations?
I've had some issues with my new pc (see my sig). I initially finished it about a month ago. It was running just fine
until 10 days ago. On 11/10, I finished the evening by adding 2 gb of material to Oblivion & then defragging w/Diskeeper 2k7
(the 3rd defrag that week). The next morning I turned the pc on & it posted normally but then the screen went blank,
except for the words "missing operating system". I restarted the pc a couple of times, which didn't help, I then checked
the bios, & the drive was properly listed. Next, I tried to repair the boot record w/Vista's Recovery Console (RC), however the
RC didn't see an OS, even after loading sata drivers. While pointing the RC to the drivers, I tried to access the C:, the RC
said that drive needed to be formatted. I took that to mean the drive was toast, so I ordered the Seagate (still tried to
fix the boot record through the command prompt using Dos repair commands-no luck), which arrived on 11/15.
That evening I loaded the new hdd & then Vista, after which came the vista updates, drivers, then some of my other basic
programs (diskeeper, firefox, foxit, etc.) & then I defragged. One thing that seemed odd to me about this new install was
that the 'bubbles' screensaver seemed sluggish, that is, less energetic than the first time through. After defragging I was
going to shutdown when another vista upgrade popped up, checked to see if it was important or recommended-it was important.
I clicked to install & it started to install & then the pc got hung up. I tried C-A-D, but it didn't work so I hit the reset
button, got back to the windows desktop, everything looked fine, so I decided to put the pc to bed & do the rest the next
day, the pc turned off gracefully.
11/16. I turned on the pc & it posted properly, but then went to a blue screen. I don't remember what the message was, something
about windows being unable to start, I think. I then hit C-A-D & then loaded the RC. The RC was able to see an OS this time,
so I clicked on it & the repair started. After a couple of minutes the repair finished & asked to restart, which I did. The
pc posted just fine again, but then went to another blue screen, but with a different message, as I recall. I did the RC thing
again, though this time after the repair was going for a few seconds, I was asked if I wanted go to an earlier restore point,
which I did. I was asked to restart again, I did & the pc booted all the to the desktop. I spent the rest of the day checking
out data corruption & diskeeper 2k7, I did find some forums where that was discussed. Though there was also mention of bad
memory causing data corruption as well-more to think about. The pc shutdown gracefully at bed time.
11/17. When I turned on the pc this day I didn't pay close attention, since I figured my pc problems were over, however when
I looked the screen it was black, no messages or anything. A point to the good was that the fans were running & the stylized
light on the XiFi card was lit. Still, a big '' was bouncing about in head. It seemed the pc didn't post. What was wrong:
the motherboard; the videocard; the ram; or, maybe the new hdd? So, I thought about the situation for while. Should I go to
a pro? Should I test my other, unused, ram stick? And, where did I put that damn diagnostic bracket that came with the mobo?
After a couple of hours, I decided to start the fixing process by hitting the reset button. Perhaps the pc did post earlier,
or at least partially, because the pc performed a partial post this time, with the message 'checksum bad' under the partial
component list. At the bottom of the screen was 'press f1 to setup.' I pressed f1 & got into the bios. In the bios, I
noticed several differences, particularly the sata controller being disabled & the boot list was messed up. I corrected
those & saved & exited. I then loaded the RC to see if any more repairs were needed, but none were. I restarted the pc &
it booted & loaded into vista quickly & cleanly. The pc has continued to boot cleanly the past three days while I've been
watching for hardware problems, mainly ram or cmos battery errors.
11/20. So, now what? I'm seriously considering reinstalling vista once more. I think my hardware is alright, I suspect
Saturday's problem was a conflict between the restore point & the bios. I'm ambivalent about diskeeper, I've bought it,
but I didn't buy it to beat myself over the head with.
If you've read this far would you do me the additional favor of telling me your opinion? I've noticed a fair amount of wisdom in this
forum & I think I could use a little extra input. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you all,
tryggvi

...The saga continues...
11/24. PC posted & went right to vista. I decided to test a different set of vid drivers so I installed th geforce 169.12 betas to see if that would eliminate the screensaver sluggishness I mentioned above-it did, the driver has been stable but I haven't pushed them either. PC ran fine all day & it shut down normally at the end of the day.
11/25. PC posted & went right to vista. I installed several programs (including auslogics defragger) & attached 3 sata (1 optical & 2 ext.hdds). Defragged in the middle of the afternoon & pc ran fine the rest of the day & shut down normally that night.
11/26. PC posted but the I got the "missing operating message." Damn! So, now I'm thinking defrag corruption, bad sata controller, or failing cmos battery. I tried to fix the vista install w/recovery console, but it couldn't even find an os. I also checked the bios during this time, everything was fine except that the time was off by a couple of hours. I did a clean install of vista again on a lean machine & then some basic programs. I turned of the pc a couple hours later and added 2 sata drives, the pc posted & loaded vista just fine.The pc shut down normally at the end of the day.
11/27. No apparent post. I hit the restart button, the pc then posted w/a 'checksum bad' message at the bottom. I got into the bios & found the following entries changed: time & date; full screen logo display; boot sequence; on board sata controller; and, boot from other devices. I reset these entries & saved & exited. The pc booted into vista just fine & ran normally the rest of the day, shutting down normally as well.
11/28. No apparent post again. Repeated the immediate above, the same entries were changed, so I reset them & the pc posted & vista loaded just fine. With the same changes happening 2 days in a row, & all the bad things happening after the pc being off over night, the problem seems fairly certainly to be a bad or failing cmos battery, especially since I haven't tried to flash the bios or shut down the pc improperly. In my research of cmos battery problems, it was recommended that you try to recharge the battery by leaving the pc on 24-48 hours before replacing the problem, so I'll leave the pc on until the evening of the 30th.
11/29. 36 hours plus & the pc is doing fine. Sorry for the journal, but it helps me think & gives others a clearer idea about what's been going on. Does anyone have any other ideas? My cmos battery is a 'KTS lithium cr2032', if need be can I replace this w/any other cr2032? Especially since I can't find a KTS one.
Thanks all,
tryggvi

MSI P6N Diamond - No Sound

I have just put together a new system and cannot get any sound out from the speakers. Tried several reinstall of windows and sound drivers but no joy. Any help would be appreciated.
MSI P6N Diamond (amibios v 1.10), X-FI Extreme Fidelity v. 1.1.1
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz 1066MHz)
Crucial 4GB kit (2GBx2), 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-5300
2 x EVGA 8800GTS SuperClocked 320MB - SLI
Enermax EIN720AWT 720w Infinity (+3.3V-25A, +5V-30A, +12V1-28A, +12V2-28A, +12V3-30A, -12V-0.6A, +5VsB-3A)
2 x Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM
Pioneer DVR-212BK 18X SATA DVD±RW
Windows XP Professional SP2

open up the audio app for the x-fi located on the bottom right. Go into settings and make sure you have the setting disabled that automatically recognizes that you have headphones plugged in. And make sure the speaker settings are set to speakers and not headphones. Worked for me when I couldn't get sound when I plugged it in on the back. Odd yess but worked for me.

P6N diamond - Vista x64 install problem

Hey.
I’m the happy owner of a MSI P6N Diamond, but I have some problems when I try to install Vista.
My system as it is now:
CPU: E6600
GFX: 7900GT
RAM: 2x1gb Cell Shock PC6400
Running XP SP2 without problems on 2x36gb raptors in RAID0
Yesterday I decided to try Vista x64, because I have 2gb extra ram that I want to use. So I took one of my old IBM PATA 120gb HDDs, and tried to install vista x64, but then I ran into a problem. When I get to the point where it says "Completing Installation" and "Your Computer will restart several times during installation" It restarts but then nothing happens. The screen just went black (and the monitor is switching off), and I can hear the computer is still running (and there is still light in mouse and keyboard). If I try to restart, the the vista loading bar appears and then the same thing happens. Black screen and then nothing.
What to do?
I have tried disconnecting all my other drives and I have tried with only one memory block (1gb)
Hope somebody can help me
/Christian

Inside,
I had similar issues when I first installed Vista and I don't think it installed correctly as it is...
One thing I noticed was that the Memory in particular is undervolted with this board if the bios is set to auto. Make sure you manually set the voltage to your RAM manufacturers voltage. Do the same thing with the timings and speed...
I had everything set to auto at first and I couldn't even get Vista to unpack 100% until I manually set things...
I need to reinstall windows I think because my installation is still messed up as I didn't change the timings until I started getting BSOD on first boot... Try it let us know if it works.

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

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