P6N SLI Platinum (MS-7350) Bootable Raid Array issues

Attempting to install XP on bootable SATA Raid after text portion of install on reboot receive error message.
"A disk read error occured"
Manual has incorrect dir structure x:\nvidia\system\c55+mcp51\raid <-- does not exist
there is a sataraid folder under xp subfolder which appears to contain the storage controller drivers.
Additionally have attempted to download the sataraid drives from the website with the problem
During the Windows text install it does appear to see the drives as I can format them and install the setup files accordingly but it shows both drives which set to striping I would expect to see only one drive as listed in the bios "Sata Raid XXX.XX"
These drives are good I have tested them on another system without an issue.

Quote from: garley on 04-May-07, 09:41:59
Alrighty,
So just to recap,
You have two Disks you are trying to setup as Raid 0? (What size drives?/ model?)
You have them connected to sata connector 1 and 3, No other drives connected?
Cdrom as master on Secondary IDE Controller and Primary disabled in the bios?
SataRaid is set as the 1st boot device in boot sequence and CDrom second, Third device disabled.
And you have the same drivers I used from Nvida.
Right. They are WD Raptor 150 GB ADFD 10,000 RPM drives.
Correct. SATA1,3. No other HDD's installed.
DVD on IDE2 connection on Mainboard...shows up as Secondary IDE Master in BIOS. I had the Primary IDE Master set on "not installed", and it shows up as "not detected" in the BIOS.
I HAD the boot sequence as: DVD, RAID, disabled. I changed the boot sequence to Raid, DVD, disabled, did the "save and exit" and it went to a black screen with the cursor blinking. So I powered off wit the power button, waited 15 sec, then powered back on with the power button...same thing...black screen with blinking cursor. If I set the order back to DVD, SATA, disabled, I get back to the point I was where I started, that is: bios showing everything right, but xp install showing two drives. I don't know why it gives the black screen when the RAID is set to first boot since it is supposed to skip it if it doesn't work and move on to the next in line, which would be the DVD.

Similar Messages

P6N SLI Platinum (MS-7350) BIOS issue

I RMA'ed my P6N SLI Platinum MS-7350 and got back another identical board. However, this one has BIOS 2.7 in it. Bios 2.7 according to MSI page on this board is actually for the P6N SLI (also a MS-7350). The latest BIOS for the Platinum is 1.7. Im confused. Should I reflash it to 1.7 so that it has the proper BIOS instead of a BIOS from the P6N SLI not platinum? I know I have the platinum because the box says so AND the board has the copper heat piping across it unlike the MSI picture of the SLI (non-plat).

Quote from: TeachDJ on 05-January-10, 01:15:33
I have those: eSata, Firewire, and SPDIF port on this board yet, BIOS is currently flashed at 2.7 as mentioned. Thanks.
Then they clearly did return the Platinum board to you, as the P6N does not have those extras.
And (apparently) the v2.7 BIOS works with the Platinum as well as the plain P6N. Fascinating. Maybe you want to contact Tech Support about it, but if it's working--why are you concerned?
I'm interested because my P7N Platinum has a v1.3 BIOS, and (like your P6N) the lesser-capability board, the P7N, is up to BIOS v2.2. So I have wondered "Why is the simpler board getting more recent updates than the more sophisticated one?" But my system is working perfectly--it ain't broke so I don't need to fix it!

P6N SLI Platinum - Model 7350 - CPU Compatibility and 4 Red Lights

The CPU compatibility list shows that the Intel E6400 is "under testing". I have been running the subject motherboard with an E6400 for 2 months before a system failure.
The system would not post and the D-Bracket connector showed 4 red lights indicating processor damage or not installed properly. The processor was removed and reseated. Still no post. The processor was removed and replaced with a new E6400. Still 4 red lights. the power supply tested ok. All components were removed and reinstalled one at a time. Still 4 red lights. The mother board was removed from the case and tested outside the case with no components. Still 4 red lights.
Although Intel replaced the processor (as indicated above) one technician stated that the motherboard is "under testing" and he was concerned about long term compatibility.
My last recourse is to replace the 7350 motherboard but I want to be sure it is compatible with the E6400.
Any help or advice regarding the compatibility issue or the 4 red light failure issue is appreciated.
Thanks.

Tried resetting CMOS several times (pushed button). Power Supply disconnected. Removed battery. Replaced battery. Motherboard out of case. only thing installed is video card. Still 4 red lights.
Should also tell you that memory was removed from 2 slots and put back into 1 slot. No change.
Is this motherboard compatible with the E6400?

P6N SLI Platinum (MS-7350) 4 gig memory problem

I've owned this board over a year, running fine with 2 gig Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4. CPU is E-6600 XP Pro SP3, AMI Bios v1.6, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB). Power: Zerodba 620 Watt. Had cpu at 3 gz (1333 fsb) from 2.4 and 1:1 ratio (667) on memory, but when I added two new sticks (same as above) I got BSOD. I checked each set individually in first two slots and memtest passes. When all four sticks are in, memtest hangs, varying from 3 minutes to 54 minutes. Is there a conclusion to be drawn other than a bad motherboard/mem slots?
I tried liveupdate, then found out that's bad too and has its own bsod issues.... disappointing. Not too happy with MSI right now. Have I missed something? I put all bios settings back to standard before testing.
From the beginning, the onboard networking didn't work, but I had a spare SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC1211 Series) card to pop in and it's been working fine. I have had occasional no video on bootup, but not sure if that's related. Sometimes native 1600x1200 res changes to 1024x768 after waking from S3 suspend, but I suspect that's driver related. I've removed and reseated all cards and memory and checked all cables are tight.
I could use some constructive suggestions please. I just turned 60 and in order to learn something new I have to forget something to make room. If you need more info, please ask.
The board is still under warranty....how is MSI on turnaround time? Am I better off just buying a new board?
Thanks.

shut down pc, open up your pc and remove three memory and leave the one closest to cpu slot 1. power the pc and let window and all prog to load. then download the cpuz prrog link below
http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=cpuz
then run it then click on memory section and spd section you will see similar things (take no notice of mine because i am now using a different pc)
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/kourosh22/?action=view&current=ScreenShot059.jpg
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/kourosh22/?action=view&current=ScreenShot060.jpg
make a note of those reading on paper.
then you have to make adjustment in your virtual memory for 4 gb please do that then (if you do not know please reply so i show you how) then shut down pc and insert the other three memory then power the pc and go into bios . in order to change memory setting you have to go from Auto to manual so first change the cpu setting from auto to manual then go towards memory you will see either 667 or 800 depending on your memory if it is 800 the enter 700 then hit return and the other setting you have to change according to those figure you made note of it on paper.
after these if you use the arrow downward keep hitting it till you get to the end of the page and on the left hand side you see another parameter by clickin on the setting you change it from 4% or 6% or 8% or 12% . this is another parameter that you have to change in order to get it stable. i would suggest 8%
also if you use my user name and look at threads or replies you may also get other answers good luck

MSI P6N SLI Platinum Sound problem

M using MSI P6N SLI Platinum (MS-7350), i am having problem with sound, i have attached 5.1 sound system all speakers are working fine accept front right, may i know what the problem is ? I've Tried everything thet was possible, Head phone, Speaker Wire, etc. etc.

What if you switched the speakers around? Does the signal from front right still missing?

MediaShield RAID 5 implementation on a P6N SLI Platinum plus boot question

Hi guys
I have a P6N SLI Platinum I am considering using to replace my old decrepit Thecus N4100+ NAS enclosure. My NAS has four 750Gb SATA II drives in RAID 5 giving a total usable amount of about 2Tb.
I have a few questions please:
What is the maximum size RAID that MediaShield will support? I seem to recall reading somewhere it was 1.6Tb? This is a problem with 3Tb storage (1/4 redundancy)!!
What is the performance like running RAID 5? What are the read/write times like?
How much of a performance hit does the PC take running RAID 5 with MediaShield? This box has an E5500 quad core 4*2.8Ghz chip but is running some very hungry software (one build is a DAW based on Cubase and various VSTs; another is running Photoshop CS3) which I can't afford to be tied up sorting out low level RAID stuff if it's going to be a problem. Can I dedicate one of my four cores to the XOR for the RAID 5 freeing up the other three for actual PC stuff?
There is currently one SATA drive already in this box containing the OS. If I use the four SATA ports for the MediaShield RAID and buy a 3rd party PCI/PCIE SATA controller card to plug this current drive into will I be able to set it to boot from it or do I need to migrate the drive to an IDE drive and put it on the IDE chain?
Many thanks in advance you guys.
Cheers

Where do I start?
I have a E5500, it's a dual core chip.
Second, media shield sucks. Don't use it unless absolutely necessary.
Buy a pci-e 1x 'firmware' card, I use the RocketRaid 2300 cards, good and cheap. Good, usable RAID5.
They have a performance advantage, a load time advantage, cpu utilization advantage, and most importantly, if you want to migrate your array over to another motherboard, you can. Easily.
If your mobo dies, and you replace it with a more current one, your array is toast with mediashield.\
Boot from a motherboard sata port. Don't boot from a RAID 5 array, trust me.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115029

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.
CPU Voltage-Try to not increase this by first overclocking as much as I
can on stock voltage, but if it becomes unstable or won't boot, I just increase it how I see fit based on stability right? I just want a good bootable computer to use daily for about 3 hours and 48hrs on weekends.
Not too much into games yet, but will once I get speakers and a better monitor. Mostly business/student needs.
Memory Voltage-Stock is: Timing 5-5-5-15
Voltage 1.8 - 2.0
I got this to 2.2 and everything was fine.
I can manually set it to 4-4-4-12 1T as well.
NB Voltage-I got this as high as I could and it worked great, I think it was 1.7.I heard on forums that the higher you go the better for overclocking. Plus it's got a fan on it stock and I don't care about noise fan at all.
SB Voltage-I got this to 1.6 and it was fine too. But it's not cooled so how much is too much?
FSB VTT Voltage-I read that if you go to 20% it stabilizes your rig when
you overclock, so I set it and it worked great.
My Setup
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz
ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
MSI P6N SLI Platinum 650i
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05 Case
Thermaltake TR2 ATX 430W
EVGA GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb
$700 exactly with shipping from NEWEGG
PURE BUDGET BUILD

Hello welcome to the forum,
Quote
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.
System clock I believe is how the memory freq is generated. "Auto" would be automatic, "Linked" would be linked to FSB speed, "Manual" wold be manually setting the speed.
65c on the cores or the CPU? Because if it's the cores, drop down, anywhere over 60c and your CPU may start skipping cycles.
Quote
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.
CPU ratio is the multiplier in which you times the FSB speed to generate/set the CPU clock. E.g:
Code: [Select]
FSB of 100x10 (cpu ratio) = 1000MHz CPU core speed.
Quote
CPU Voltage-Try to not increase this by first overclocking as much as I
can on stock voltage, but if it becomes unstable or won't boot, I just increase it how I see fit based on stability right? I just want a good bootable computer to use daily for about 3 hours and 48hrs on weekends.
Not too much into games yet, but will once I get speakers and a better monitor. Mostly business/student needs.
yes only increase for stability, never increase because you think you may need too.
Quote
Memory Voltage-Stock is: Timing 5-5-5-15
Voltage 1.8 - 2.0
I got this to 2.2 and everything was fine.
I can manually set it to 4-4-4-12 1T as well.
They are fine, just don't go over 2.3v, your RAM chips will start to fry otherwise.
Quote
NB Voltage-I got this as high as I could and it worked great, I think it was 1.7.I heard on forums that the higher you go the better for overclocking. Plus it's got a fan on it stock and I don't care about noise fan at all.
No, wrong way to do it. Do it like CPU VCore, only increase when stability is needed. Also monitor temperatures of NB as much as your CPU. Fan speeds don't bother me either, but temps do! Watch them at all times when overclocking.
Quote
SB Voltage-I got this to 1.6 and it was fine too. But it's not cooled so how much is too much?
Only increase if you need to, the SB core is usually the last voltage that needs increasing.
Quote
FSB VTT Voltage-I read that if you go to 20% it stabilizes your rig when
you overclock, so I set it and it worked great.
It's the voltage you supply to the FSB bus, too much and you will kill the FSB and your mainboard will be a fancy paper weight. Only increase when stability is needed, just like every other voltage.

P6N SLI Platinum - E4300 multiplier drops to 6x

Hi all, first post. Did some searches on here and can't find an answer, also this is a pretty new mobo.
CPU-Z shows my cpu at 1.8ghz @ 9x multiplier, but every few seconds it switches to 1.2ghz @ 6x multiplier. This sounds like a speedstep issue, but I disabled EIST in the BIOS, and all spread spectrum options. In windows power management I set it to Always On. I see a lot of talk about C1E but don't see any option regarding that setting in my BIOS.
Is this normal behavior for the E4300? I'm hesitant to start OC'ing when I'm having issues at stock clock.
Thanks for any ideas.
My setup:
P6N SLI Platinum / E4300 / Scythe Ninja / Antec Trio 650 / 2x1 GB Corsair XMS2 6400 / 2x WD 160gb - RAID 0 / Leadtek 8800gts 640

Quote from: Maesus on 06-March-07, 09:06:11
how about locking it to 6x and ramp up the FSB much higher?
Would there be an advantage to that versus a 333fsb x9 (3ghz) OC? I didn't get the best ram in the world because I wasn't looking for crazy speeds. The PC-6400 Corsair ($160 w/rebate) I have is rated at 5-5-5-18 at 1.8v. I have it at 5-5-5-12-2T at 1.9v. I'm not uber-conversant on memory timings but when I set it on 1T windows crashed immediately. Anandtech mentioned that changing to 1T had little to no real world performance improvements so I can live with it.
Currently I have the fsb at 333 (1333 in BIOS setting) and DRAM at 333 (666 in BIOS) so I have a 1:1 ratio which I understand is preferable. The MSI Dual Core utility reports that my CPU is running about 7 degrees cooler than the System temperature. Is that possible, or do I have a jumper setting mixed up somewhere...

P6N SLI Platinum - ERROR - not enough space to copy PCI option rom

Can Someone Help Me with this Problem?
I have P6N SLI Platinum motherboard, after I plug in two INLINE Silicon Image 4xSata PCI Raid adapter (Sil-3114) bios is displaying Error message - ERROR - not enough space to copy PCI option rom
I have the lastest BIOS..
Is there eny cure for this Problem?

Quote from: kakalake7 on 24-March-07, 04:34:46
Can Someone Help Me with this Problem?
I have P6N SLI Platinum motherboard, after I plug in two INLINE Silicon Image 4xSata PCI Raid adapter (Sil-3114) bios is displaying Error message - ERROR - not enough space to copy PCI option rom
I have the lastest BIOS..
Is there eny cure for this Problem?
How's everything at your side now?

Conflicting info on Pentium D 930 cpu-P6N SLI Platinum mobo compatability

I have seen conflicting information on the compatibility of the Pentium D 930 CPU and the P6N SLi Platinum motherboard (MS-7350 Ver. 1). On MSI's website I have searched for this motherboard and then gone to the compatible CPUs. Several Pentium D models are supported, however 930 is not among them. In searching on this site I have spotted at least one user who seems to have used these two together successfully.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=116011.msg872815
it appears that this user was using the bios update version 1.5 originally and then upgraded to 1.6. Both appeared to work for him.
I was hoping to find out if anybody else has an opinion as to the suitability of this combination? From the physical evidence, it would appear that this works. Is this perhaps just a situation where MSI didn't bother to update their CPU compatibility list as bios versions evolved?

Well, seems some Presler cpus are supported so it could work. So far I don't see any technical reason why it shouldn't. None the less there is no official support since it is not mentioned in the cpu support chart. Either it will work with no problem or not boot at all. You can do no harm to it trying. If it works the post screen could show unkown processor because of lacking support but if you get that far everything will work fine.
With the other user having it work there should be no problem. Just try it as I guess you have an old 930 lying around (you don't want to buy such an old cpu or do you?).

MSI P6N SLI Platinum + E6850 + 533Mhz (PC-4200) RAM?

Hi,
I got hold of an E6850 (1333 MHz FSB) CPU for upgrade and I would like to know if it can run with 2Gb hynix RAM (533MHz PC-4200) on my MSI P6N SLI platinum (Rev 1.0). If it will run, how much performance loss would there be compared to using 667MHz or 800MHz RAM?
Thanks.

I am not sure if the Nforce Chipset/Memory Controller is able to support a memory bus speed that is lower than FSB Clock Speed. Intel Chipset usually can't do that (1:1 usually being the minimum ratio supported). However, on your board, the memory speed is not directly tied to the FSB Clock Speed and can be adjusted independently, so the situation may be different. The bottom line is: I can't tell you for sure if it will work or not and therefore suggest to simply test it and see what happens.
Quote
If it will run, how much performance loss would there be compared to buying PC-6400 800MHz RAM?
With the memory bus running slower than the Front Side Bus, there will be definately be a performance difference that is not insignificant.

P6N SLI-FI & P6N SLI Platinum

Main purpose for those betas, fix for slowdown issue when using 4GB system memory.
beta BIOS for P6N SLI Platinum ver V1.32:
BIOS Sign-on message: MSI P6N SLI Platinum A7350NMS V1.32 050307 (Date: 05/03/2007)
Attachment name: P6N SLI Platinum BIOS 1.32.zip
beta BIOS for P6N SLI-FI ver V2.22:
BIOS Sign-on message: MSI P6N SLI A7350NMS V2.22 050307 (Date: 05/03/2007)
Attachment name: P6N SLI-FI BIOS 2.22.zip
Make and ensure PC is stable before proceed. flash BIOS from USB key, by using our Tool(easy & safe way to flash):
MSI Forum HQ USB Flashing Tool
Use Beta or Modded BIOSes at own risk!

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 29-April-07, 00:17:22
Main purpose for those betas, fix for slowdown issue when using 4GB system memory.
beta BIOS for P6N SLI Platinum ver V1.32:
BIOS Sign-on message: MSI P6N SLI Platinum A7350NMS V1.32 050307 (Date: 05/03/2007)
Attachment name: P6N SLI Platinum BIOS 1.32.zip
beta BIOS for P6N SLI-FI ver V2.22:
BIOS Sign-on message: MSI P6N SLI A7350NMS V2.22 050307 (Date: 05/03/2007)
Attachment name: P6N SLI-FI BIOS 2.22.zip
Make and ensure PC is stable before proceed. flash BIOS from USB key, by using our Tool(easy & safe way to flash):
MSI Forum HQ USB Flashing Tool
Use Beta or Modded BIOSes at own risk!
i have the problem with the 4gb upgrade (slow) on winx64. my question is do i have to use this bios ver 1.32 or get the latest and the greatest bios v1.6 for my mobo p6n sli plat?
thanks in advance.
-alex

P6N SLI Platinum random shutdowns

System:
MSI P6N SLI Platinum MoBo
Intel E6750 CPU
Etasis 850W PSU
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 RAM (using only 1 stick while troubleshooting)
MSI NX8600GTS GPU
OK, this is a strange one. I put my new system together and everything seemed to be working fine. POST looked OK, and I was even able to install Windows. Everything seemed stable.
One thing that troubled me was that the lights on the D-Bracket were all red AFTER POST. In other words everything was working, but the LEDs were showing CPU problem. I tried everything I could think of to get the lights to go away, but nothing worked. I disconnected all HDs, DVD, and floppy drives. I reset the BIOS, and reseated the CPU. I tried putting RAM in different slots, tried both sticks solo, but nothing made any difference.
It was getting late, so I decided to go to bed and run memtest86+ over night. When I got up this morning the system had powered itself down. When I turned it on again it powered itself off within a minute of being turned on. This was with all the drives hooked up, so I disconnected everything and now it's been sitting happily in the BIOS for over 30 minutes.
So at this point, it seems like it could be a power supply issue. Unfortunately, I don't have another PSU with an 8-pin CPU connector that I can try in this system. Any thoughts? Next steps to try?
Other possibly useful facts:
When I boot into the BIOS the D-Bracket lights show #3 green, and all others red, indicating "initializing keyboard controller". But when I boot past the BIOS to a CDROM or Windows, they show all red, indicating "CPU problem"
The system makes a brief chirp the POST screen. It doesn't sound like a beep code to me, and I've heard some boards will do an "everything's OK" beep like this. But it could be important so there it is.
Although it seems happier with all the drives disconnected (indicating a PSU problem), it still shows all red LEDs on the D-Bracket (indicating a CPU problem).
This is not the first system I've built, and I was fairly careful about putting everything together the right way. The only goof I know of is that at one point I was unplugging and re-plugging things and I ran the system for a while without connecting PCIE power to the GPU. Could that have broken something?
Any help would be much appreciated.
-Steve

UPDATE: I tried hooking up my old 400W PSU with 20-pin ATX and 4-pin CPU connectors (apparently this is OK to do) but there was no change. Still four red LEDs.
I also tried removing the PCI-E GPU and booted it up with an antique PCI VGA card. Again, no change. Maybe I really did get a bad CPU?
Any other ideas, before I try to return my CPU?

[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 +

Is there a new bios coming for P6N SLI Platinum for E8400 ?

Hi everyone,
( My system specs are in the signature )
I have been thinking to upgrade my cpu to E8400, but after some time passing through the forums, internet and asking some of my friends, I have decided not to. This is because I have seen many people frustrated and trying get their E8xxx's working on their moboard with endless efforts because of the wrong information given in the CPU support list of P6N-SLI Platinum. Yet, I have seen that only a few people have managed to get it work but with risky, manual adjustments.
So here is my question, will there be a new bios for P6N SLI Platinum that will make E8xxx series post without any adjustments for the users that want to stick with their P6N SLI Plat.?

Please ask here:
http://ocss.msi.com.tw/

P6N SLI Platinum (MS-7350) Bootable Raid Array issues

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for