P6N SLI Platinum & E8500 NO-GO !(FIXED!!)

Hi,
After my troubles with the P6N SLI V1.0, i went out for a board that should support my E8500.
Also see my previous topic:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=114548.0
So now i have installed a P6N Platinum (bios v1.5) witch "should" support the E8500, asuming the info here is correct:
 http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=1140&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=#menu
Unfortunally the E8500 STILL refuse to boot, no matter what i try.
- No post screen,
- No error beeps
- No keyboard leds ligtning up
- No indicators on the D bracket
The board works flawless when i put in a E 6600
The E8500 is tested on a Maximus.
Anything i might have overseen ?

Quote from: RCEE on 24-February-08, 03:47:06
It defnatly does:
Taipei, Taiwan – Micro-Star International (MSI), one of the world-renowned designers and manufacturers of high-quality mainboards, announces its P6N series (680i/650i-based) mainboard will support 45nm Wolfdale (Dual Core) CPUs with an upcoming BIOS update. 45nm Yorkfield (Quad Core) CPUs will be supported on upcoming nForce 700-series SLI mainboards.
I agree that a p35 board probably will support the E8500 but since i use a OEM vista i would use that as LAST option.
At this point, if the E8500 is truly unsupported by the P6N boards, the information currently displayed on MSI's web is  very misleading for the end user. Many ppl might be looking for this board as an upgrade to a E8*** series processor.
will support
That's the clincher.......... does not say it does support or when it will support.......
Have you tried checking Nvidia for chipset news updates, as it's Nvidia who really control, what does and does not run.......

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