P6n-sli slow boot

Hi all,
So I've had the p6n-sli up and running successfully for about 2 weeks with absolutely no issues. All of a sudden one morning it started taking more than 5 minutes to boot the machine up. When I go to post, the lag occurs right after the hard drive is detected. Whats funny is that once it gets past this lag there is absolutely NO issue with the computer, it works great. The only way I have ever gotten it to boot up like it should was when i went in to the bios and loaded the fail-safe boot settings. the next time it booted up quickly. I then went in an loaded up the optimized defaults, and it also booted fine. However, every after boot after this (even when i re-load the fail-safe defaults in the bios), it has been the long boot, no matter what i do.
Here are my specs:
core2duo e6600
win vista 32-bit
2gb pc6400
geforce 8800 gts 320mb
320gb sata II
sony dvd burner
gigabyte pci ethernet card
802.11g pci card
Thanks so much for any help you can provide!
Adam

Sorry for the delay, and thanks for your help.
I've tried all of your suggestions, but they havent seemed to work. I now have the HDD as the only thing that is booted from, I removed the USB stick I use for readyboost from the computer, all to no avail.
What else could it be??

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Quote from: mynameisnick4 on 11-May-07, 18:50:07
Ever since i put this comp together about a week ago it has been doing this. When i hit the power button, everything gets power but the vid card doesnt turn on. Then like 5 seconds later i hear the vid card fan kick in then my computer starts to boot.
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Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 15-August-07, 15:20:15
read Moan Guide and provide full system specification.
"I have two hard drives, 250gb sata with XP and a 80gb with Vista"
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ensure that you have active partition on that HDD.
Ok I'm running....
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Just putting together a new system for my boys to run their latest games.
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(1)
Quote from: Terje on 18-April-07, 19:00:05
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(2)
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Twice!
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[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 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).
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HI
I just bought a computer P6N SLI V2 + E6750. It has following problem. It does not boot from cd.
I have Sata HD. CD/DVD is installed to IDE as a master.
I have done settings in bios so that First boot is cd/dvd and second is sata HD. Anyhow it still goes to the hd and stars windows.
I was only able to boot up from cd when I disabled hd from boot sequency. Meaning I left only cd/dvd there.
Hopefully you pro's can help me.
Then there is another problem. Windows is telling me that it found new pci device. I do not know what device. I have only Graphig card (geforce 8800 gts) installed into pci-E. Drivers and software are also installed, I assume proberly. How to find out what windows thinks it found.
Third problem is onboard soundcard. I cannot get any sound out from the machine. I have downloaded driver from realtek, but still no sound.
Unfortunatelly I do not have original software for motherboard. Only the latest from MSI website.
Hopefully someone can help me.
thanks.

About bootup, i dont know yet.
To find out what windows found, look in devicemanager.
To go there go to controlpanel, system then choose devicemanager.
There you can see what's installed.
Last, your soundcards needs to be enabled in bios, under integrated peripherals there should be a line with "onboard sound", enable this and sound should work, unless its broken.

P6N SLI Platinum not booting after CPU change

I just upgraded the CPU in my machine with a P6N SLI Platinum motherboard from a E6700 to an E8500. I first upgraded the BIOS to 1.7 as the MSI page seemed to indicate that was a pre-req for this CPU. The machine was working fine for a day with the new CPU.
I changed the CPU in the machine and when I tried to boot, the lights on the motherboard came on as well as the fan, but no video or sound. In addition none of the diagnostic LEDs on the D Bracket light up. They had been previously working. Neither do the lights on my memory sticks light up.
I tried clearing the CMOS by hitting the switch but nothing. I am now going to try switching back CPUs but I don't have much hope that that is the problem given the diagnostic LEDs don't light. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a fix or is this motherboard fried?
P.S. Do you hit hte CMOS clear switch when the computer is off but the motherboard is charged? Or do you unplug the computer and wait for the internal orange light to go out as well too?

Quote from: Henry on 24-January-10, 11:41:19
What is the QC number (by the cpu socket) is 01, 02, or 03?
See this thread for more:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php/topic,123486.msg932471.html#msg932471
Ah. Given I bought my P6N SLI Platinum 3.5 years ago when they first came out I imagine mine is one of the older versions that doesn't support 45nm CPUs by default. Is there a photo somewhere showing where the QC number is located exactly on this MB? It's probably located under my huge CPU heatsink and I'm not going to remove that for a third time just to check.
I really wish the MSI CPU compatibility page mentioned that. It would save me a lot of time. It's not worth my time and effort to dismantle my PC, send them the MB and wait for them to send me back a compatible one.
I verified the BIOS upgrade by looking at the version number at startup and using CPUZ.

P6N SLI V2 wont boot, blank screen

Hi, Ive just baught on eBay the MSI P6n SLI V2 mobo and i got it unwrapped it carefully as you do, took out my Abit P35 Pro and wacked this new board in (i want SLI so this was the best option with my budget (as the Abit board only supports Crossfire (and at a appalling x4 speed) so ive installed it all and ive put all the wires in following the instructions and it boots up perfectly, making all the normal sounds.
Now heres the problem... i have only 1 G card atm (lending the other out to someone) so i put it in NoN SLI mode, and i jsut get a blank screen. ive tryed other cards, allways a blank screen, and the cards all work in other pcs.
The cards i am trying to put into it are duel Geforce 8800 GT Fatal1es (1gb DDR2) and i have also tryed it with an ATI Radeon X 1860 (or something) but to no avail.
I have flashed the CMOS and tested to see if it was my RAM (Corsair Duel channel 4gb DDR2 800mhz (2x 2gb)
nothing happened...
so am i going to have to get my money back or is there something i havent done???

>> Posting Guide <<
You have not provided enough info to help you. Please provide CPU model and PSU model and amps for +3.3V, +5V & +12V.
"I have flashed the CMOS"
What do you mean by that? You 'cleared CMOS' or 'flashed BIOS'? Two entirely different things.

P6n sli platinum cannot boot up

Hello
Everytime I boot up the D bracket suggests the computer is failing on initializing the floppy drive controller. i have changed the cable, and changed the floppy drive but same effect.
In the BIOS, if I go through and F10 for no save and exit, it then exits to bank screen as it fails at the point above. If i make any changes in the BIOS, and then try to accept those changes it freezes on pressing either Y or enter. At that point all I can do is turn off and start again. Naturally it doen't retain those changes. I have done this several times to disable the floppy.
I have removed the battery and put it back, (It's 16 months old). It then did allow me to disable floppy but still machine did not go beyond the above point. Whenever I have tried to go back into the Bios again, it will now freeze when I try and accept any change in settings.
As you will see I am unable to even boot from a floppy at this point so cannot een consider updating the BIOS. However before yesterday it has been working perfectly.
Any suggestions, or the loan of an axe to reprogramme the ****** thing would be much appriecated.
Thank you
Malcolm
Motherboard P6N SLI Platinum, G52-73501x1-Q05
2.20.0050.10 BIOS verison
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Sony MPF920 floppy
4 Harddrives. Boot is IDE, then 3 others, one of which is sata
2 memory sticks, 2 gb ram
Plexwriter CD
Pioneer DVDRW 105
Pioneer DVD
DMX-6fire soundcard
HD620W power supply
full details not known as mostly stored on the computer
No faults on system since it was built 16 months ago

Quote from: yokochanie on 03-October-08, 13:55:28
Motherboard P6N SLI Platinum, G52-73501x1-Q05
2.20.0050.10 BIOS verison
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Sony MPF920 floppy
4 Harddrives. Boot is IDE, then 3 others, one of which is sata
2 memory sticks, 2 gb ram
Plexwriter CD
Pioneer DVDRW 105
Pioneer DVD
DMX-6fire soundcard
HD620W power supply
full details not known as mostly stored on the computer
No faults on system since it was built 16 months ago
"2 memory sticks, 2 gb ram"
That doesn't talk much, we need full details about it.
"Intel Core 2 Duo Processor"
Which one?
"2.20.0050.10 BIOS verison"
That's not your BIOS version, look here how to check==> https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113146.0
What VGA you use?
Remove power cord from the PSU and leave just one memory stick in 1st DIMM, once done proceed with >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Then try to boot, if no change disconnect any storages{4 HDD's, 3 Optical drives, and any USB devices which you may have attached} and re-test.

MSI P6N SLI Platinum 950i Slow NVRAM Checking

Hi guys, just got my P6N SLI Plat. installed. Love this board.
The only one problem I have is the Slow "Checking NVRAM" screen. It usally takes up 1min to get pass this screen and into Windows.
I believe it has to do with the NvRAID since it only pops up after i enable hardware RAID option in BIOS. ( I am using hardware RAID0)
FYI, It's a blackscreen with only the word "Checking NVRAM...". It pops up after the initial BIOS screen and before you see Windows bootup icon.
Thanks.

Hi guys,
Too bad this post seems to be over because i'm experiencing the exact same problem as apoc123 ???
Quote from: apoc123 on 01-April-07, 00:35:01
The only one problem I have is the Slow "Checking NVRAM" screen. It usally takes up 1min to get pass this screen and into Windows.
It's a blackscreen with only the word "Checking NVRAM...". It pops up after the initial BIOS screen and before you see Windows bootup icon.
As you can see in my signature, i'm using raid 0 too.
I don't have a clear nvram option in the bios (latest version installed btw).
Apoc123 seems to have solve this problem by disabling the second IDE controller. Maybe i'll try that but each of my optical drive uses one IDE controller and I 'd prefer to keep it that way, but it looks weird for a checking nvram problem...
I don't have cpu fan (watercooling inside), and I'm not sure it could be one bad component because, the whole computer seems to work just fine after getting to windows (ram sticks are well detected, the raid array is declared "healthy").
So if someone has any clue, it would be nice.
I have a strange problem though. After installing latest driver for my mouse (Logitech), it tells me that it has found a new pointing device on "an unknown port", and it fails to detect the right model for my mouse (it installs default mouse driver). Could my nvram problem be usb related? I checked into the device manager, but all usb controller seem to work just fine.
I flashed my bios, I cleared cmos once, tried to modified bios options, but nothing worked. I still have this one minute checking nvram that's starting to drive me nuts, as I'm doing a fresh install on my machine and I have to reboot very often
Thanks

COMIC BOOTING on P6N SLi Platinum

I run P95 stable for more than 12hrs using Q6600 on P6NSLi Platinum with foll. settings. vcore- +0.2375V, fsb vtt +20% FSB 1620MHz MEM - 2.00V NB- 1.45V SB- 1.60V C1E/ HPET/ EIST -disabled. Mem runnin @ 810MHz @5-5-5-18
problem arises when i switch off the power including the mains. when i boot up next time it doesnt boot & i have to reset my bios. after that i cant directly feed in 1620MHz because it doesnt boot in the range of 1500MHz-1649MHz in 1st attempt. i have to feed in a value above 1650MHz n then restart with 1620MHz. if i dont switch off mains then this problem doesnt arise. i have changed my BIOS battery to no effect.i also have flashed to d latest BIOS which on d contrary has added 1 more problem..it doesnt recognise Multipiers if i change them..i changed from 9 to 8 on my Q6600 & still in d settings including CPU-Z it shows 9 inspite showing 8 in BIOS. how do i solve this problem?
My rig
Intel Q6600, MSI P6N SLi Platinum, 1gb*4 gskill pc6400 ram @ 5-5-5-15 2.0v, EVGA 9600Gt ko version, 1sata, 2 ide hdds, sata dvd burner, TRUE120 wid arctic coolin mx-2

I should also state that when I look at the 'Event Viewer' in component services (I'm running XP SP 2),there are many erropr messages relating to 'service control manager which lists all sorts of issues) and warning messages relating to the DHCP.
This is the message that I get under the warning heading..........
''Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 00D09EC701E2. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server. ''
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp................
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