P6n Sli with E6420 mhz processor problem at start

when i start my computer i get that at begin
a 267 MHz processor is installed , this processor is not support on this system board and will run at reduced processor clock speed , system performance will be impact .
euh what is that . i still getting that .. i updated bios still do that same msg all the time so my processor say 2.13 under windows but if i do a cpuz that say 1600 . and sometime i saw 2.13 for like 1 sec and go to 1600 again .. can someone help me ..
MB = P6n Sli
CPU = E6420

Hello welcome to the forum,
It's just a warning, totally ignore it.
Your CPU changing speeds is a result of Intel EIST, or Speedstep it's more commonly known as. It default multiplier and drops voltage when CPU is idle.
Get ORTHOS from here, does speed go back to 2.13GHz?

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MSI-P6N SLi "A 267 Mhz processor is installed and not supported..."

"It will run at reduced clock speeds, system performance will be impacted"
This makes no sense, I have a Core 2 Duo E6400 which runs fine at stock, but the second I overclock it at all that damned message shows up in POST.
Not to mention I cant OC past 3.0 with OCZ PC6400 RAM and a 650W PSU.
Anyone else have this?

Quote from: griffin800 on 12-June-07, 00:01:11
yeah guys, sorry for the delay...
I'm in the mid 40's at idle now... and can get up to mid 60's when running orthos for over an hour. Once and a while, on a hot day top at 67. backs down to 40s as soon as orthos is over, and... never gets to 65-67 when running ANY of my other programs other than orthos.
i have a tuniq tower 120, lapped from 3M automotive wet or dry sandpaper 400 grit all the way up to 2000 grit for a few hours, and also lapped the IHS as well... each surface is flat andreflective. I Lapped on a large mirror, with a smooth stroke, left to right motion, then when paper lost it's grit, taped a new sheet to the mirror, and started over again. Did not do circular or figure 8 motion, did not do 90 degree turn method. Just left to right. Didn't have a sink large enough for the mirror to be in to keep a water flow over it while lapping, so just dealt with loads of copper and sand paper dust on my desk. wore a facemask. will post pics if you want.
anyways.
using AS5 and only a little bit, like the size of a grain of rice...
so yea, i think my cooling situation is a LITTLE better than stock IMHO
BUT, the friggin problem is with those stupid tuniq tower screws.
it's the only wildcard in the scenario, which is probably "screwing me over", no pun intended.
the top broke off one of the tuniq screws, and they don't give you any spares. HORRIBLE design... i am using a makeshift system for one of the screws, but I am pretty darn sure it's not holding down as good as the original would of course. They seem to be all even as far as i could tell, but i'm not tightening them down all the way like they were before. I can't, or else the other heads may pop off and the i'm totally "screwed"
trying to get a replacement asap... so... maybe when i do the temps will go down more, but still...
with a 3.4ghz to 3.6ghz oc... hovering in the 1.4vcore range, in mid summer in NY with no ac and the average ambient temps up here...
full tower case with an 120mm exhaust directly behind the tuniq tower, which is blowing directly into it, and out of the case, a 120mm intake in the front, and a PSU with a 120mm AND 80mm fan exhaust, I think my case has good enough flow.
From what i'm reading everywhere, these procs are meant to run for at least 3 years with temps up to 65, accoring to INTEL...
and other people can get full load temps around 60 and some can go lower, but hey, you don't win a PRIZE if you get them any lower, do you...
I personally don't care if this thing lasts much longer than a year or so, by then i'm upgrading and this would have been sold anyways, but by then, I'm sure not getting the $300 i spent on it to begin with with all the other options that will be available...
so, what do YOU think my temps should be?
-gavin
My never goes over 30c, stays in the 25-28c range when i have my widow AC off and when it is on it says at 22c-24c. Mine is OCed to 3ghz on stock voltages. I'm sure i could push it much further with the temps I'm getting but I'm new to overclocking and don't feel like messing with the voltages just yet.

MSI P6N-SLI with Intel E7300

I have a P6N-SLI board that I've been using for awhile with an Intel E6420 Conroe core processor. I upgraded the BIOS to the new Version 2.6 yesterday and tried to install a new Intel E7300 Wolfdale core processor. The system will not POST, indicating no beeps and no video. The FANS are on Highspeed.
Any advice in getting this system working? I've been running the E6420 for over a year.
I put the E6420 back in and the system booted without issue.
The MSI website indicates that the E7300 is compatible with the P6N-SLI board so it should work.
Again, any advice?
Thank You,
Michael

Henry,
All add-on cards have been checked. I can put the Intel E6420 processor back in the system and it will boot as normal. If I put the Intel E7300 processor in the system, it will not post.
Michael

P6N SLI with Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB won't install Windows

Hi all,
After a reply in the topic for updating your bios.
I was advised to ask the solution for my question here before flashing my Mobo.
My Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
4 GB DDR-2 (4 slots)
Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB PCI-Express
Sitecom WL-171 wireless lan card.
500 GB Hitachi SATA Disk
1 DVD burn/reader
P6N SLI Mainbord with Beta Bios because it wasn't able to use 4 GB Ram at that time.
Zalman 460 Watt
Now the problem
First it was working but with a Geforce 7600 GT 256 PCI-Express.
I have upgraded it today to a 8800 GTS.
After this upgrade my Vista won't boot anymore, same for my Ubuntu.
What is causing the problem?
Is my Powersupply not strong enough or should I flash my bios?
Thanks in advance.
edit: Windows XP 32 or 64 bit. Vista 32 or 64 bit all gave the same stop error: 0x000007e
The knowledge base sais it is a driver problem?
But it isn't even installed.

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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 with Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Crashes on OS installation

Hello everybody,
I have a mobo P6N SLI (MS-7350) and an Intel QX6850 that aparently works fine and pass all test with PC-Check, but when I try to install the OS (Win 7 or Win XP) it freezes.
I will state step by step all the info of what I had and I have done for better understanding. I hope anybody can give me a clue of what is not working well.
-first, mobo was working fine with a Pentium D 940, RAM 4 GB 800MHz, and Graphics XFX GeForce 9500 GT 512MB. Windows XP installation was sucessfull. Windows 7 installation was NOT successful at this point. I guess the old bios was not good enough for Windows 7.
- Intel QX6850 was installed. Win 7 and WinXP installation NOT successful. It freezes during install. CPU speed show 2.0 GHz whet it should be 3.0 GHz. (opss, I should have updated the bios....)
- Old Pentium D 940 Installed back. Bios was updated to latest available. Win 7 and Win XP installation successfull. I guess with the new bios Win 7 was good to install.
- Intel QX6850 was installed back. Win 7 and WinXP installation still NOT successful. It still freezes during install. Nevertheless, CPU info is correct this time.
- Test ran with PC-Check. All test passed correctly. There is just one thing that caught my attention. The MP Symmetry test was not available for Core 1. The other cores 2, 3 and 4 passed the MP symmetry test. Every other test incluiding RAM and HD passed.
Any clues?? Does anyone know if it is normal that CORE 1 has no MP Symmetry available. Does anyone have an idea why OS installation crashes with this CPU?? Should I smash the QX6850

Remove your processor and check the socket grid for bent pins/wires.

P6N-SLi 650i RAM Problem

Hi guys,
I just bought an MSI motherboard - P6N-SLi with the 650i chipset and 430 southbridge. It's a nice motherboard - although that northbridge is pretty hot.
Anyway - I bought a gig of Ram for it too - 2x512Mb OCZ which I know to be some decent enough memory.
The problem is - on the first night whilst installing win xp - it froze. no BSOD - no restart - just froze. I tried again and it was fine. Once XP was installed etc - it began to freeze - totally lock up - every few mins. I had to restart every time. I ran stress tests in the new gfx card (nvidia 8800gts) which was fine. I checked temps and ran other tests and the CPU and PSU and HDDs were all fine.
I had my two sticks of RAM in DIMM 1 and DIMM 3 as the manual said. I then took these out and put them in DIMM 2 and 4. Works perfectly now.
Any ideas why - and if so - whether two more sticks in 1 and 3 would cause issues if I was to upgrade??
Should i send this mobo back? Is it faulty? Or maybe I am missing a BIOS update or setting?
Help is greatly appreciated. - I'm not a n00b, just stuck

Quote from: bobak2000 on 03-March-07, 10:04:31
I had my two sticks of RAM in DIMM 1 and DIMM 3 as the manual said. I then took these out and put them in DIMM 2 and 4. Works perfectly now.
Damn MSI's memory slot color-coding! ...
Ok, just so we're all talking about the same thing, when I look at my (Platinum version) manual, on page 2-7, it's titled "Memory" at the top and has images below there showing 3 alternate configurations for memory. If you look closely at the lables on the right-hand side of the images, the slots are labeled:
DIMM1 (green, closest to processor)
DIMM3 (green)
DIMM2 (orange, closest to processor)
DIMM4 (orange)
...note that the second one is actually labeled "DIMM3", not DIMM2, as you might expect. So the manual is in fact telling you to install into DIMM1 & DIMM2 - not DIMM1 & DIMM3. In other words, in the green slot closest to processor and in the orange slot closest to processor - those are DIMM1 & DIMM2. So, unlike pretty much every other board manufacture, to run in dual-channel mode, you need to have one stick in a green slot and one stick in an orange slot. It sounds like you were putting them in the right slots... just calling them the wrong names .
Now that that's cleared up ... can you list the exact part number of your ram?
Quote from: bobak2000 on 03-March-07, 10:04:31
I don't seem to be hearing anything positive about this motherboard to be fair.
No offense intended, but:
a) "To be fair", There's LOTs of positive things being reported from MSI P6N owners... I think we tend to focus in on the negative reports (human nature), or ones that confirm what we suspect to be the case. I'll grant you that there are some people reporting problems, but that's true about pretty much every board out there. I may be guilty of the oposite effect, but as far as I can tell, there's actually a lot more positive than negative being reported about these boards, so I'm a little confused that you haven't seen anything positive (?).
b) Also human nature, people who are generally happy or not having problems tend not to post anything at all. So you're much more likely to see negative reports to begin with.
...you're actually the second person I've seen report this particular problem (Edge1, who just posted is the other one). It's pretty puzzling, for sure. If you can post the model/part number of the memory you're using, maybe we can figure something out. I think Edge made some progress earlier by bumping the mem voltage up to what the memory was rated for.. have you tried that?

DDRII 800 recognized as DDRII 400 on p6n sli!

HI I was reading the thread about the 4Gb problem on the P6N's cause i have the same,when i followed the steps to solve it i saw on CPU-Z yhat my computer recognizes my 3 GEIL PC2-6400 1GB 800mhz as only 400mhz.Any hints?
P6N-SLI
Core2Duo e6420
3xGEIL PC2-6400 1GB 800mhz cas5
Msi ATI X1950XTX 512Mb DDR4
Samsung 500Gb sata2

Quote from: qubyts on 23-May-07, 23:13:31
I tried with different brands, different loads but i got nothing out of it!
By that you mean different brands and loads of RAM or BIOS?
Loads as in BIOS load, RAM configuration (amount), or load on the operating system?
-EDIT-Also, which model of 'P6N SLI' do you have? The BIOS is not the same between the various (5) models, though you may be able to flash the wrong BIOS to your system and remain operational.
As AaronYuri stated, with only three DIMMs installed you negate dual channel operation so, though I don't know when and by how much, you will therefore take a hit in memory performance. You can increase RAM and FSB speeds to the maximum FSB of the chipset and CPU though (3GB linear surely exceeds the bandwidth of the C55). If you can't buy a matching DIMM to make it an even 4GB and want to run linear, you just need to set the 'System Clock Mode' to 'Manual' in the BIOS 'Cell' menu. Then set your desired 'Memory Clock' speed. For defaults on these boards it would be 'FSB Clock' - 1066, 'Memory Clock' - 533. However, you could easily run 1333|667 on your E6420 and RAM. Or even 1333|800, 1500|750 or 800.
Correct me if I'm wrong, guys. The selection under 'Memory clock' is DDR, so dual or linear operation has no bearing on the setting.
When troubleshooting, or even on initial build, you should identify and isolate each individual problem as much as possible. Address only one component/problem at a time, making only one correction at a time, till it is fixed/correctly installed. Then move on to the next component installation/problem.
And as Maseus would tell you, read the 'Moan Guide'.
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P6N Sli 8Gig Bliss

Been running my P6N Sli with 4Gig of XMS DDR2 without any issues, so I decided to upgrade to 8Gig(4x2Gig), I quickly ran into some serious problems, no ability to boot into windows, and after a few adjustments with voltage I could not get a stable system for any legth of time, decided to flash the BIOS, was running the 2.3 set, went to the 2.5 and the problem was solved..no problems at all and no voltage or other BIOS change was required, now my Vista 64Bit ,Q6600, 8Gig DDR2 PC800 rig is running blazzing fast and completely stable...my score jumped from a 5.4 to a 5.9 in the memory score in Vista...so by system score now is a 5.9 across the board.....

RAM is the Corsair XMS2 DDR2 6400C5 TWIN2X4096, I do a lot of Video editing so I needed more RAM, I run Vegas 8 Pro, Pinnacle 11 Ultimate, Nero8..my OS is Vista Ultimate 64Bit which I have been running for over a year, no problems whatsoever...Games consist of Crysis, Medieval II Total War,Medieval Total War Kingdoms, HL2 Episode 1&2, World in conflict, BioShock., all run smoothly.. MSI has always been a very reliable and stable board in my experience with my builds....
SPECS:
MSI P6N Sli 2.5 BIOS
Q6600 Quadcore 2.4 (Stock Speeds)
8Gig Corsair DDR2 XMS2 6400C5 (4 Sticks)
8800GTX 768Mb
Auzentech 7.1 prelude soundcard
400Gig Samsung HD SATA
350Gig WD HD SATA
2- Liteon Lightscribe 20X DVD+/-R Burners
600Watt PS
Samsung 226BW LCD
Thermaltake Full Tower Case
Logitech Z5500 5.1 Surround System

MSI P6N SLI-FI - two video cards non SLI help

Hi,
I am currently running Win 7 Pro 64bit on a MSI P6N SLI with a GeForce GTS 250.
I would like to run 3 monitors and thus install another video card. I was thinking about an GeForce 9400GT using PCIe.
My manual tells me I can only run two video cards in SLI mode, which I don't want to do.
Searching this forum, I found two contradicting posts; one telling me that it is possible to run two cards non-SLI (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=107857.0), one telling me it's not (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=124883.0).
Can anyone tell me which one's true?
And as an alternative, would it be possible to use a PCI (non-PCIe) card like a GeForceFX 5200 additionally to my GTS 250?
Any help would be appreciated,
greetings
cmdkeen

that guy would be me and yes, my pc BSOD-ed like hell with a 8600GT and a 9800GTX, but only after a few days.
maybe it was a driverissue, but I gave up after a 3 weeks
now im running a 250GTS alongside the 9800GTX (non sli !!) and that works fine, since the 250 is essentially a rebranded 9800GTX.
so dont be to happy yet and wait for a few days/weeks and see how it goes.
if it BSOD's, best bet is to get an identic vga, would be my advice.
good luck an keep us posted.

MSI P6N SLI PLATINIUM problem with ram 800MHz

Hello.
I have problem with ram frequency.
I have MSI P6N SLI PLATINIUM and OCZ 2x2GB 800MHz CL5 but in bios I see that my ram runs in 667 MHz. Because I have 800MHz ram, so it shouldn't be default 800MHz and not 667MHz? What I have to do to show bios that I have 800MHz ram?

Quote from: DaLoona
Oke, but they told me when i bought my new system that XP auto adjusts the speed of the memory.
XP 64 bit can works normally with 4 or more GB they said, just like vista.
Just typing what "the professional's" at the store said.

P6N SLI V2 problem with "dual core center"

I have the P6N SLI V2 with E4400 and 7600gt running XP pro sp 2.
after installing and running MSI's "dual core center" (including .Net framework) I only have the "VGA" option enabled, the "MB" option is disabled as well as the D.O.T option. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling as well as downloading the latest version, but I have the same problem. I get no MB options at all (like no cpu temp, fan speed, core speed etc.). I didn't make any changes to the BIOS yet (other than changing the boot sequence), and ideas?

Quote from: nautica on 15-July-07, 13:19:02
and ideas?
A great one.
Don't use MSI's utilities. Anyone here will tell you that.

P6N SLI V2 performance problem

My computer
Mainboard: MSI P6N SLI V2
Processor: Intel E2180 Allendale
Memory: OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Special Ops 2GB
Graphics Card: Palit Geforce 8600GT DDR3 256MB
PSU Chieftec GPS-500AB-A (500 Watts)
Mainboard is set to work in non-SLI mode and LED indicates, that the card in PCI-Express slot works in x16 but the benchmarks says something a quite different. 3DMark 2005 says 5500 points, 3DMark 2006 - 3500 points, all tested games works slower that they should be on this type of computer. Computer runs on Windows XP SP2 with the latest drivers and DirectX libraries. I checked whether it is a graphics card's fault, but I used different 8600GT made by Galaxy, and the scores were identical. I borrowed this card from a friend, his gig is: Athlon X2 4000+ and Asus M2N-E SLI mainboard and his 3DMark scores are basically 60% higher than mine. I don't know what seems to be the problem, all temperatures (CPU, mainboard chipsets and GPU) are normal, so does voltage on all rails. Computer is fully stable, the only problem is this strange low performance...

Quote from: jason str on 29-August-08, 13:37:37
If your board has adjustments for the Northbridge chipset in bios try experimenting, i found that 600 mhz and 1.3 volts increased performance on my P6N diamond.
I've tried to overclock everything including processor, northbridge, memory and graphics card, the result is only about 100 points more, where I'm looking for like 1400 points more in 3DMark 2006 and whooping 4000 points in 3DMark 2005.
Quote
Be sure to run driversweeper in between driver changes too for best results.
http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=driversweeper
I'm using driversweeper everytime I change drivers. Even fresh Windows install gives me the same results...

Poor overclock with E4300 and MSI P6N SLI-Fi - Strap Issue?

A friend of mine and me bought new rigs last friday. Each of us is using a E4300 with Tuniq Tower, a Leadtek 8800 GTS and a 1 GB DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 from G.E.I.L running on a P6N SLI-FI.
Neither of us can clock higher than 250 x 9 = 2,250 MHz with VCore +0,0125. I can run Orthos stable at 2,400 MHz, but will fail 3DMark or Gaming Timedemos. My machine won´t even post above 2,500 MHz. Temperatures are fine and not the problem.
Tried everything, upping VCore up to 1,4V, maxing out the northbridge voltage, clocking down the RAM to 667 or 533 and relaxing the timings. C1E, DOT, EIST etc. is disabled of course. The only thing which helped to get further into windows was fiddling with the northbridge voltage but nonetheless nothing won´t run stable above 2,250 MHz.
The problem looks very similar like the one posted in this thread: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=105321.120
Unfortunately, Systool doesn´t read out anything, seems like NForce 650i isn´t supported yet. I have tried at 1070 in Bios, which should be 267 MHz - nothing different. Also 1080, 1090, 1100... 1120. 1110 is the last setting, with which the machine would even post (with voltages nearly maxxed), at 1120 I have to do a BIOS reset.
Did anyone have similar experiences? Found workarounds?

Hey thanks for your advice, but I am actually not THAT stupid... :D
I took a step by step approach over 2 days, isolating things. It would run stable at 2,250 MHz with only a notch or two up the VCore. 2,400 MHz also ran Orthos stable (Blend) for some hours but crashed on instant in HL2 or 3DMark. Got at least 3DMark stable (but not HL2) by increasing the NB voltage. Then I started tweaking first VCore only, then NB only, combinations (there are quite a few to try out...). I studied electrical engineering and am repairing computers since I was 12 years old (actually build my first Commodore C64 out of 3 non working ones) so I think I know how to sort out a problem methodically and not by guessing.
The issues I experienced also got me thinking. Why is something Orthos, Prime, etc. stable as a rock but won´t run anything with 3D-graphics? What has that to do with OC the CPU? RAM was sorted out (relaxed timings, 533 MHz with 800 MHz RAM), but looking at some chipset diagramms in tests, it is the northbridge, which connects the PCI-E and therefore the GPU to the CPU. So it was only logical for me to assume that it must be the NB or the BIOS implementation causing the problem. Of course i tested with all different NB voltage options, combinations with VCore etc. Nothing worked, curiously even turning off some powersaving features but changing nothing else prevented the system from posting at settings it had booted to windows before...
Even if I am pleased with my results now (3,015 GHz now at stock voltages rock solid throughout the day) I find the behaviour of the board and the BIOS very strange in the 240+ FSB range with the E4300...
PS: I tested it, it even works flawlessly with maxxed NB voltage at the current 3,015 GHz, which falsifies your too high voltage at a certain power requirement theory, at least for my board. Don´t missunderstand me, I am not posting this just to be right but I think this should be quite interesting and perhaps give some more insight into the problems with this board...
I am going to bed now, having an exam tomorrow.
Greetings from northern germany,
Bolle

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i've experienced a (now recurring) problem with my hardware over the past several months. i've come home from work twice now, once about 2 months ago, the other just today to find my computer stuck at the windows xp loading screen. if i tried to reboot the system, it would hang at that point, until i disconnected the offending drive/sata channel (i had 3 hard drives in my system, 1 150gb drive with operating system, ect, and 2 500gb drives for storage (mp3s, video, ect). i've narrowed the problem down to either the motherboard or the sata cables (i don't have spare cables to test with), as the hard drives work perfectly in an external usb enclosure. any ideas of what could be wrong?
basic system stats:
msi P6N SLI platinum motherboard
intel core 2 duo E6600 2.4ghz processor
crucial ballistix DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 2 gb SDRAM
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS video card
western digital raptor 150gb 10k rpm SATA hard drive
western digital caviar 500gb 7200 rpm SATA hard drive
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750w power supply

in brief,
1- if you have one memory it should be in slot 1, closest to cpu, if two X 1Gb then they should be in one and three.
2- do you know what is virtual memory if so have you made adjustment or not.
3- you have freeze due to wrong bios setting till we get a good picture of your bios difficult to pin point the mistake, so use either a digi cam or web cam and take shoots of your bios then we can pin point the mistakes

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