P6N SLI Platinum & Intel-Core 2 QuadQ8300

does the P6N SLI Platinum support the Intel-Core 2 QuadQ8300 cpu ?

Nope, the P6N plat will not support Yorkfield quadcores e.g. the Q8xxx and Q9xxx, only Wolfdale dualcores, e.g. E7xxx and E8xxx and even then, sometimes, you have to send in the board to get parts added to support those dualcores.
Its free of service though, you only pay postage/shipping.
It will support older quads like the Q6xxx range, if you can still get one that is.

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  • P6N SLI with intel core 2 duo e7500 does not post

    Heres my set up MSI P6N Sli 4 gigs Corsair 800mhz gaming ram intel sl9kn 3.0.6 ghz single core cpu Silver Stone Strider series 700watt psu 2 harddrives 1 250gig ide 1 320 gig sata. A EVGA G4orce 9600Gt 512mb video card. I recently bought a intel core 2 duo e7500. When the e7500 is installed fans spin up but no video. When The sl9kn is installed everything functions normally. I had the e7500 tested and it posts fine in other motherboards but not in my p6n sli. Everything functions normal with the sl9kn. I know this because im using the system to write this post =). I cleared the cmos per the manual and updated the bios as well but still no changes with the e7500(intel) cpu. The e7500 is in the compatability list on the msi site. I am all but convinced this is a compatability issue with something else i have installed. The only thing that was changed was the cpu to the e7500 and nothing else was touched. Since the system functions normally with my old cpu (sl9kn) i have put it back in for now. Any help or ideas on this problem would be greatly appreciated.

    Quote from: Yeatoast on 04-September-09, 23:07:40
    If im correct you referring to possibly replacing the socket so the cpu fits the board and the pin count is the same. If so this has already been checked and the cpu fits the board pins and all. Considering the board is only a few months old and the cpu and the board both are socket lga775 the only real difference is the one being used is 65nm and the e7500 is 45nm. The board was designed with core 2 duos in mind wich nearly all of them are 45nm. The board also supports quad cores wich are 45nm. The only other thing I have noticed is my ram is not on the list of modules tested to be ok on the board. The techs where I bought the board were baffled as to why it wont post but if the revision number will help the board version is 1.0 The only other thing left to do is swap ram. As before though everything functions until the cpu is changed. MSI and Intel both have told me the board supports the e7500 even version 1.0
    No im not referring to the pins, I know its LGA775.
    Im referring to a parts update, extra chip, to make sure 45nm dualcores work.
    45nm Quads are not going to work, nor will they ever on this board.
    Read here for cpu compatibiltylist:
    http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1141&maincat_no=1
    The only possibility is to send it in, since your board has revision 1.0
    Read here also:
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=123486.msg932471#msg932471
    I have the somewhat more expensive version of your board, the P6N SLi Platinum and have the same issue and since the chipset is identical, you also have to upgrade.
    This is all due to chipset limitations and thus an NVidia issue, since they provided the chipset, (this said before going to bash/complain/rant about MSI  ).
    Edit:
    This board was made/designed pre 45nm cpu's and made/designed for 65nm cpu's.
    Now they are mostly 45nm, when the board was made, 65nm was common and 45nm was still under development.
    That you bought the board new, a couple of months ago, doesnt say anything about its production date or about its support for cpu's, it could have been on the shelf for a long time.

  • P6N SLI Planitinum & Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield

    I just bought my new Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield cpu and after installing it, my PC would not boot. I oput my old cpu (Intel Core 2 Duo) and it booted fine.
    After some search I found out that P6N doesn't support Q9550 Yorkfield (unfortunately).
    Is there a way to make my new cpu work or is my only way is to buy a new mobo (keeping my new cpu)?
    My PC specs:
    - Windows Vista 32-bit SP1
    - GeForce GTX 260 896MB
    - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz (new: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield)
    - 8GB RAM total (even though only 6GB is showing)
    - MSI P6N SLI Platinum
    - Antec 900 case

    Quote
    then I guess I'll buy a new mobo (and I make sure it's not MSI).
    Well, then you need to make sure that your new mainboard does not come with an NVIDIA 650i Chipset which is  used on the P6N SLI Platinum.  This chipset does not suppport 45nm Quad Core Processor, no matter what manufacturer.  Here is the CPU Support List for an Asus P5N-E SLI for comparison, which uses the same Chipset as the P6N SLI Platinum:
    http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-E%20SLI&product=1
    Do you see any Q9xx0 Processors in the list?  Exactly, they are not supported, because the chipset is not up to the task. 
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    This is really messed up.
    Sorry to say, but when you are building your own system, it is your responsability to make sure the parts you want to use are supported.  It is not like the CPU Support Lists are a secret.  Like Daloona said:
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    always read what is supported before you buy stuff.

  • MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Dual Core Center and Mem Voltage

    I set my memory voltage for my Corsair sticks to 2.0 just as TheRamGuy at Corsair's House of Help forum had suggested. However, in Dual Core Center, it reports that the Memory voltage is at 2.7!!!!.
    I seem to vaguely remember some threads somewhere in one of the forums about the MSI boards frying higher voltage memory, and so am concerned to say the least.   
    Or is there a better program that can display the Memory voltage??   Or do I believe the Dual Core Center readings?

    Quote from: NovJoe on 13-April-07, 16:01:41
    CPUID would let you know if your RAMs are running at the correct timings.
    You can try SisoftSandra or Everest to check on the detected voltage in Windows.
    OK, I've downloaded both SiSoftSandra and Everest. I don't see anywhere where these programs report/measure a memory voltage. One one screen, it will report on the SPD settings for the memory and lists the rated RAM voltage "setting", but not the actual juice going to it.
    Oh, well. Must just mark it off as one less thing to worry about

  • P6N SLI Platinum + Quad Core support question

    I see that this board supports the Kentsfield Q6400 and Kentsfield Q6600 but will it be able to handle the Q6700 in the future or even currently?

    For sure it will. Can't see why it won't.

  • Core 2 Quad Q8400 Problem (P6N SLI Platinum) [FIXED]

    Hello, I recently bought an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 with the understanding that my P6N SLI Platinum will support Yorkfield cores, given I have the latest BIOS. I updated my BIOS to 1.6, yet it just hangs on the MSI screen and will not POST. I just want to know if I indeed do have the latest BIOS, and if so, if there's anything I or MSI can do to remedy this problem. I really don't have enough money for a new mobo or CPU, and I'm going to be extremely irritated if I just wasted $170 on this... Thanks in advance.

    Quote from: alj on 10-November-10, 19:27:09
    I'm here for help and complain, no msi is not supposed to know what will be intel releases, but  i think they can fix the problem by releasing a new bios or simply put on the boxes models when writing that it support this or that technology
    if you searched a little on msi.com you would have ended up here:
    www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1140&maincat_no=1
    here it says what  CPU 's the board can run.
    so MSI does say, what you can use, but it doesnt say on the box, cause it changes all the time, so they keep an online list.
    and no, they cant write a new BIOS, its a chipset limitation from the NVIDIA chipset that cant be overcome by BIOS update unfortunatly.
    I would go for a cheap P45 board, they can almost run all s775 CPU's and its newer then the P6N.

  • Dual Core Center- MSI P6N SLI Platinum and MSI 8800 GTS 640

    I have both the MSI 650i MOBO and the MSI 8800 GTS vidcard. When using an Asus P5B Dlx MOBO and this vidcard, Dual Core Center was installed and displayed the information for the videocard and allowed a mild OC. Now with both MSI products in the case, Dual Core Center only displays the information on the MOBO-- no 8800 GTS information. The tab at the top for the VGA does not bring up anything.  ??? I have tried installing the version on each one of the disks that came with each piece of equipment again and it doesn't seem to make a difference, it doesn't work. I downloaded the most recent version of the utility from the MSI site and still get only the MOBO information. How do I get the display for the video card.
    Or since the MSI utilities typically are listed on the forums as not being the greatest, what else can I/should I be using instead?
    {I'll put this in the graphics forum too as it hits both areas...}

    Running a P6N SLI Platinum and a MSI 7900GTO with Dualcorecenter 2004 and everything is ok.
    Never installed any driver from the MSI CD which comes with the board or graphics card. All drivers are downloaded
    from Nvidia.
    Maybe the 8800 series is not supported yet.

  • [P6N SLI Platinum] black screen NO BOOT after D-bracket replug [RMA-SOLVED]

    Quick setup specs;
    P6N SLI Platinum
    E6600 (box/stock 2400mhz basic)
    2x 1Gb DDR2 6400 Gskill HZ
    Sapphire ATI X1600Pro (PCI-e basic)
    Aerocool Zero DBA 620W
    (2 HDs sata, 2 Hds pata, 2 optical pata at first -all OK at first, disconnected after, so irrelevant here ,( )
    (XP Pro clean new install from start)
    I tried to check the forum old posts before trying to write that new one, but could not find any really related totally adequate posts so far (or i missed them, sorry if so, then -?). I could already find very useful informations on first aid usual 'rebooting' procedures to follow with minimum new boot configurations, d-bracket new LED signals etc. But so far no luck, all same, nothing better, nothing cured here for the stuation here. ,(( Also excuse my english if not perfect, i am not english either. ,(
    VERY bad & sad problem here... ,(((( :
    All was working perfectly great during 5 days.. the P6N SLI platinum install went GREAT initially (as normal, not a first pc built, all normally happening, so far so good, etc).... all hardwares compatible together at first (dedicated ATX 'full' 8x8 pins connector too for the cpu only for ex -all working perfect at first try. quick tensions 5V/12V under msi dual core control tool perfect too etc), was great easy going/ great strong ultra-stability feeling on the hardware side.. i was just now concentrating on the software side (no special BIOS tweaks even attempted so far, all on basics-normal e6600/ddr2 auto-settings, apart at the end ddr2 quick test -when problem occured- on 450(900?)Mhz at 2.1V, far far easy under its possible specs max anyway.. and had been working perfect for 3 days with that little ddr2 boost try -no time for special bios further tweakings now, etc), reinstalling and transfering/reorganizing slowly my necessary files/hds/softwares from old to new setup, no oc, nothing special tempted (i was planning oc, new cpu more suited fan/silver6 etc only for the end..), LAN file sharing setup done, Realtek audio setup test done, etc ; installation had been so far one of the quickest and problem free ever... explaining maybe also my fatal lack of cautioun for just (too much) 3 sec in the end after 5/- days of perfect working new ring going on.. ,((( :
    At first, i also tried to immediately install the D-Bracket too to check possible hardware install problems -very useful feature i of course thought too..and wanted to try too, "in case of"..- (installing it from quick reading of the printed manual..with no colour pic coding inside..and quick error coming from there thereafter with an initial mismatch usb/jbd1 inverted plugs connections.. *both* having the exact same pins numbers and dispositions, beeing side by side on mainboard layout.. and so able to connect both headers indifferently.. so i did not see it immediately (( .. and no way to see it otherwise as such, anyway.. ,( ), just to be sure all was ok. I noticed that LED were of course, never lightning (not normal).. but as EVERYTHING else was working fine (GLAN, sound, etc etc).. i did not bother more than that -- error checking not necessary.
    Till that fatal clumsy day i wanted suddenly to.. check the D-bracket too. ((((
    All was working well, XP pro opened for hours as usual etc..
    i had not yet totally finished to install the motherboard in the pc-case (always on desk, free in sight..)... so i could always see the connections on it. ... and i noticed that ... the colour headers codes were NOT matching (usb=yellow..).. i had just stupidly initially badly connected the D-Bracket jdb1/usb adjacent plugs (inverting them), so... And still, all had ever worked perfect.. except the D-Bracket, of course, was sending back no lights then, obviously.. so i did the fatal error.. confident all was stable enough and strong if even that initial plug error had had no consequences at all.. i did the fatal bad move to try to UNPLUG the D-Bracket connectors and put them back in right orders WITHOUT switching OFF the power supply so... like an hot USB plug, sort of, in a way. fatal error.. :( :( :(
    As soon as i began to remove the usb/jdb1 connectors and put them back in normal order... the system suddenly SHUT DOWN ... no special bad noise, no special smell.. just sudden SHUT DOWN.
    From there.. impossible ever to boot back again the so far perfectly working machine (((((((((((( , always same till now :
    i switch on the power supply.. orange led appears on motherboard (ok)... i switch on the motherboard.. green led on motherboard appears (ok)... CPU fan begins (ok), video fan begins (ok) .... and... NOTHING.. total black video screen. no more even possibility to see the BIOS. :( total dead startup .. and the fans are going on eternally, blocked eternally in that inital startup with leds on too (no sudden shut down after a few seconds.. just.. nothing)... :(
    Suprem irony.. the D-bracket LED seems to 'work' now.. "of course". Just the PC no more booting at all ^. Only thing is that only green LEDs are appearing, no red ones... simply the sequence, from start and never changing :
    1. GREEN   2. GREEN
    3. GREEN   4. (---)    (not red, just nothing -?)
    If i look in manual, it means "Testing RTC (real time clock)". I don't know exactly what it means *here*, but sounds to me it is the most basic initial first BIOS checking.. and BIOS can't be reached for even that so ; BIOS fried???? :( :(
    I tried every 'standard' things recommanded usually here in older posts, for new boots recovery attempts thereafter in such 'boot errors' situations (clear cmos button pushed in every possible ways -quick, long, quick etc..-, removing little by little everything but the very minimal least energy taxing setup; keyboard, cpu, video, motherboard; 1 ddr2 nearest cpu slot.. point).. NOTHING. Worst, i tried to boot with one of those elements missing.. exact same D-Bracket lightning from start to.. eternally (123 GREEN 4-nothing). Even tried to remove the little (cmos?) KTS lithium battery for a few hours -that could work sometimes with the old already ultra-sensitive amd/nforce2 chipset bioses problems, so i tried there too-?-; same 3 green lights and fans running and nothing else happening from there.. ((
    Always the same; total dead boot as above. black screen. no possible access to even bios panel. ,(((
    So my desperate questions, now: of course, the origin is obvious here; all happened "by my fault" when i tried 'too quickly' to 'hot-plugging' replace correctly the D-BRACKET plugs *without* switching off the power supply... all shut down suddenly when i put back correctly the usb& jdb1 headers... :( ;
    - do you think there could be any possible last HOPES to recover the situation that i had missed (a well known situation in such d-bracket handling 'common' (?) connection error, a simple trick to try i had missed ??)
    - do you think i FRIED something in the process on the motherboard ?? :( :(
    - do you think it is 'only' the BIOS (fried????) ?? :( :(
    - do you think i could have fried a specifical external key component in the process (not necessarily motherboard) : ddr2 modules, cpu, video card????? :( :(
    - is my only solution is to send the motherboard to RMA (no other ways now) ???
    please, don't hesitate to give me any possible hints to try to avoid the RMA process.
    can i avoid it, right now?
    is that possible to fry an whole board just with such a D-Bracket 'hot plug switch' (on a so far perfectly working -light-  setup - no oc, little video card, etc) ???? :( :(
    That is the only C2D Intel/ddr2 motherboard i have here around. No possibility to test elements by elements for precise error checking (cpu, ddr2 modules, video card or powersupply).
    Only things i could check so far are;
    - the power supply (aerocool 620W zeroDBA) ;
    i tested it back on my old amd xp-m nforce2 setup.. always working apparently. NOT 'fried' so, apparently. but no way of course to test for exemple the special 8x8 (or 8x4) Intel ATX cpu connector on old xp-m motherboard. But power supply NOt fried at least, apparently -?
    - the video card.
    no way for me to really test the pci-e card on other motherboard around but.. i tried a very old PCI VGA card.. that one works on old setup.. and on P6N, no effect, doesn't improve the situation. So, not sure the new pci-e video card isn't fried.. but a new video card doesn't correct the dead boot problem.. (
    No way for me to test the ddr2 or CPU directly though.
    Do you think DDR2 or CPU could have been fried in the process too ???
    or just, as i fear anyway, 'simply', the motherboard BIOS fried -??? :-(
    Really, thx for any suggestions..
    if there could be an 'hidden' trick i did not try yet to try to recover the (initially working perfectly!!! (( ) setup, WITHOUT engaging the motherboard RMA process (at least 2 or 3 weeks lost here to wait the return..online store etc..)....
    please, suggest me.. ,((
    i am *really* very sad of that stupid clumsy idea to want to 'enable' the D-Bracket.. all was working great so far.. and i lost all with just that stupid idea to try an hot plug bracket reconnection without switching off the power supply it seems.. can it be possible,sigh?? all seemed so stable before that, that i.. just lost my usual cautious just 3 sec too long it seems... :-(
    Thanks in advance
    hoping post not too long too, but i tried to expose the situation as precisely as possible; first time i ever had such a problem with a motherboard/system install.. that is quiet ironical knowing it was also the best and quickest/easiest easy going new built i ever had so far too.. till then ,( .. and all came from the 'helper' d-bracket 'luxury second hand possible boot helper diagnostic tool' checking in the end too, here.. really hoping i can avoid an RMA process.. and no other hardware elements (apart the motherboard?) could have been damaged in the process ? ,(((

    hi, thx a lot for the quick answer. sorry for the length indeed (i did not know exactly how to describe the situation.. without omitting any later possibly important details).
    Alas, i already tried that many times in following interesting asnwers on similar problems in old posts here; did NOTHING. ,(
    But after your post, i tried it again, and removed for the remaining *hours* (6/8h?) the cmos battery as suggested again *too* so -pushed again the clear cmos button etc when battery out, then when in again, then replugging the powersupply etc; NOTHING better alas too. always same, no boot, black screen, no bios. ,(
    Problem always the same, to sum up, for clarity:
    power supply on => orange motherboard led is lightning up, motherboard on => green motherboard led is lightning up, cpu/video/case fans are working up as normal and.. that's all. nothing else forever. black screen. no signal. not a single chance to get again the bios setup screen.
    another detail i omitted, maybe; keyboard lights are all lightnng up too.. and stay blocked in that state too. tested with 2 different keyboards, same. to shut down the leds, fans etc, only one solution, shut down the power supply button directly, at that stage.
    right now, i test on barebone minimal system as recommanded too;
    cpu, 1 dimm (closest cpu slot), video, keyboard. all rest disconnected.
    i of course tried to reset the cmos with the 'magical red button' many times before, with power supply cable plugged out, pushed the button trying almost every possible way so far (quick, long, long sequences, short sequences etc etc)... changed NOTHING so far -is that thing working?? ,(. and right now, same after hours with cmos battery removed too. ,(
    the d-bracket leds are always (now it is correctly plugged..) :
    123 GREEN 4 (nothing)
    "Testing RTC (real time clock)"
    another 'interesting' detail is that; those leds are appearing IMMEDIATELY after the motherboard is switched on, from start (green led appearing on P6N). and it is staying as such till the end. nothing else. i tried to connect also the case speaker ; no bips, no sound signals at all too.
    I also remind the system was WORKING like a dream during 5 days *before* i had that sudden TOTAL boot problem.... AND i touched almost nothing in the bios too all along, for initial security reasons too.. (i was concentrating on the software installs anyway right now, NOT on the oc side..). The ddr2 quick little change i did was also the ONLY change i tempted to simply test quickly some setting i already saw working without problem with that P6N and that kind of ram.. and it was working without problem so far too, so.. all the time idem. And it had been perfectly working for 3 days as such untouched from there; no problems at all (those memory modules have been seen on that motherboard largely at those specs, why i did that quick test anyway.. far under their possible max -micron chips). it was even working so well i forgot to put the setting back as default after that quick ram test.. so much it was stable too (even if i had not time to do real memtest test on that one - i did for many hours with the initial automatical default settings too, to check the ram quality, was perfect for many hours, so ok too, no bad ram initially too-; was so stable for all my XP software installs operations etc.. that i forgot it thereafter, to be true..why it stayed like that till that moment (incidently).. but i preferred to mention it 'just in case' though, yes. i also did not push at all the dimm voltages in the process, it was always far inside the specs at 2.05V to be exact -usual for that ram too up to those numbers easy for it. i did not push the ram voltages either so..).
    The problem ONLY appears when i wanted to unplug the *initially* badly connected D-bracket headers so (inverted headers.. but that caused NO problems either so far too for the system stability.. only the LEDs were of course not working so far..) : i did the error to NOT switch off the power supply. :(
    *then* immediately the system shut down... and above situation appeared. ,(
    BUT all was working perfect before.. ram setting included so. ,((
    So my simple questions now too ;
    - do you know what means *exactly* the d-bracket message 'Testing RTC" (123 GREEN, 4 nothing).. initial bios problem, isn't it?? other ways to recover it now?? ,((
    - is it a WELL KNOWN PROBLEM when we try to disconnect and replug too hastily the d-bracket headers without switching off the power supply (*my* main erorr here, it seems :( :( ) ????
    ... and of course, do you think it could have *fried* another key component (cpu, ram -?? why i reminded the setting, just in case-?-, video card? .. ) with that d-bracket initial disconnection error ... ,(
    as i said, i have no secondary c2d/ddr2 motherboard here : no way to test the cpu and ddr2 modules on another motherboard to be sure too here. :( i absolutely can't know if they have been damaged or not, here.. :( :(
    any other idea for the motherboard itself though ??? ,(
    once again, thx a lot for any suggestions and precisions on that problem (is that a COMMON well known problem with the d-bracket, when we unplug and replug it without extrem care like i did -my main inattention error it seems.. mainly because all was so stable before too.. ((( - without shutting down the power supply/system FIRST ???? can it be possible 'only' that shut down all the system??? (( )
    thx in advance again +

  • P6N SLI Platinum Won't Load Vista or XP

    I trying to load an OS on a new build, but have run into an issue. The build went well, but the OS won't load.
    While trying to load Vista (32bit) it says "Loading Operating System" and the progress bar goes all the way to the end but then never gets any further. It just sits there.
    So, not being familiar with Vistas load I thought I would tried XP Home SP2. With this I am at least able to partition the drives and choose quick format but once it gets to 20% this too freezes.
    So far I have gone into BIOS and chosen to load both safe defaults and optimized defaults, which makes no difference. I have also tried removing one or the other of the memory sticks, again no help.
    Here is the system particulars.....
    MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX MB
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 775 Processor
    Antec Truepower Trio 650w PSU
    G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
    1 - Western Digital Caviar 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
    1 - Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
    1 - GIGABYTE GeForce 7300GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video card
    1 - DVD drive
    1 - Sony Floppy
    Everything is brand new. Any help would be greatly appreciated 

    Quote
    Regarding Dual Channel Mode:
    Am I reading the manual wrong? In the illustration it shows 4 DIMMS, the closest to the CPU being DIMM1, followed by DIMM3 (which are yellow), then DIMM2 and lastly DIMM4 (which are orange), and it states that in order to take advantage of dual channel to place the memory in DIMMS 1 & 2 and/or DIMMS 3 & 4
    Sorry.  I did not realize MSI relabeled the DIMMs. You are right of course.
    [CPU] - DIMM1 - DIMM23 - DIMM32 - DIMM4
    [CPU] - SLOT1 - SLOT2 - SLOT3 - SLOT4

  • P6N SLI Platinum crashes from cold boot

    Intel Core 2 Duo E6420, 2.13GHz, 1,066FSB, 4MB
    Zalman CNPS9500-AT Intel LGA775 Aero Flower Cooler
    MSI P6N SLI Platinum
    Neste ECS 6001 600 watts PSU (3.3V/24A, +5V/30A, +5VSB/3A, +12V1/18A, +12V2/18A, +12V3/18A, +12V4/18A, -12V/0.5A)
    2 x 1GB Crucial PC2-5300 Non ECC CL5
    XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256MB DDR3 PCIe (PV-T84G-UDF3)
    1 x Western Digital Caviar 160GB 7200rpm, S300, 16MB SATA (system disk)
    3 x Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200rpm, S300, 16MB SATA (data disks)
    BIOS – 1.1 updated to 1.5, default settings (I'm not overclocking)
    Windows XP SP2 OEM
    I installed the above system last summer and have been having problems ever since.  Initially the video signal dropped after booting so I replaced the graphics card.  This didn’t work so I replaced the MOBO.  All was OK for a while then the system started crashing for no apparent reason but would usually be OK for a while after re-booting.  Then it failed to boot into Windows at all.  I checked the BIOS and noticed that the Smart Fan setting in the H/W Monitor had disabled itself somehow (I had set it to be enabled with a target temperature of 40OC).  I re-enabled the setting and was able to boot into Windows OK.  However it still crashes every time from a cold boot (the CPU fan comes on full speed for a few seconds then the computer just shuts down).  After a few re-boots it settles down and seems to be fine.
    I’m assuming the problem is something to do with CPU temperature but in the BIOS H/W monitor the system and CPU temperatures are never above 30 to 35OC.  As the system seems to be perfectly stable once it’s been re-booted a few times it doesn’t seem that the CPU is actually overheating.  I’ve tried setting the CPU target temperature higher (say to 60 OC) but still get the same cold boot crash.  Note that the MSI Dual Core Centre utility in Windows shows the same CPU and system temperatures as the BIOS monitor (although the GPU temperature is much higher at 60 OC).
    Any suggestions for solving this would be much appreciated.

    I'm not familiar with your brand of ps.  Have you tested the rails while the system is running using a digital voltage meter?

  • P6n sli platinum + e4300 oc

    I've read tons of posts on forums, but most just give FSB speeds, not actual numbers to use in setting the system clock, so how do we know what to use actually?
    When do you use the 1:1 ratio? or any of the others if your motherboard BIOS doesn't let you manually set your memory multiplier?
    I have the updated BIOS from MSI LiveUpdater and Web
    I've Disabled the following in BIOS
    Execute Bit Disable
    Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3
    HPET
    CPU Smart FAN Target
    D.O.T. Control
    Intel EIST
    All Spread Spectrum including:
    CPU Spread Spectrum
    PCIE Spread Spectrum
    CPU/LDT Spread Spectrum
    SATA Spread Spectrum
    Questions
    System Clock-Auto,Linked,Manual
    Which is best and when to use for what?
    I went to 1333 for a steady 3.0ghz overclock. Temps were below 40C
    at idle and were 65C under full load.
    Adjust CPU Ratio-To what?
    Stock shows 9, but can go from 6-9 as well.
    Last night I got to FSB1600
    Mem 800
    with 8x multiplier
    very fast, but lost settings on re-boot. So basically unstable.
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