P965 Platinum OvErClOcKiNg!

My new motherboard is due to arrive tomorrow (I HOPE, I feel like Penelope...) ... but I'm a bit worried and disappointed about overcloking capabilities: many people and reviews report about a "wall" at about 360fsb.
I Think this is unacceptable for a "High-end" motherbord, like Platinum is supposed to be... or not?
I trust that MSI support will fix this issue soon   
... please use this post for any news about overclocking and new bios releases about this mobo ... thank you
best regards 
(sorry for my english  )

System:
MSI P965 Platinum Bios Version 1.1
Intel E6600 Duo2 Core (2.4 * 2) 4Mb Cache
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 PC 6400 1Gb Kit (2 * 512Mb) Slots 1 & 3
Ati X1600 Pro PCI-E 512DDR2 (In slot PCI-E 16)
10/100 Realtek Generic NIC PCI (Onboard does not work, even with Cat6 cable, but still working on solution)
Sony DVD on Jmicron IDE (Set as IDE in bios)
WD Raptor 36Gb drive
Hiper 580 M (Non modular) PSU
Results:-
It must have bombed out over night, as I had post screen when I checked this morning So at the mo, 370FSB with both cores is no go here.....
I rebooted and ran 1 core full and has been OK.........
I do not think it's a CPU cooling issue, but more a Northbridge / Southbridge / Caps around socket or Connect 3d cooler on ATI card causing problems....... as CPU temps are steady at 56/57*C on stock cooler........
I am going to stop OC work for now, as I do not wish to damage anything.
Will post when I have updates..........

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  • P965 Platinum overclock 400Mhz FSB!!! Successed!!!

    What a impossible was happened!!!!
    My machine setting is shown as below,
    CPU : E6300 OC 400x7=2800Mhz(default voltage)
    Memory: Corsair Twins 5400C4 675Mhz 512x2=1G OC 5-5-5-15@800Mhz 2.35v
    Board: MSI P965 Platinum (bios:v1.2) NB 1.26v(default voltage, don't above 1.51v, otherwise it'll easy to hang)
    Power: Enermax EG651
    Actually, it can pass superPI 8M & Intel TAT exam.
    Maybe, NB fan needs to place a better one.

    Quote from: rklw on 26-January-07, 16:10:28
    After up to 400mhz FSB, I found the gap is the BIOS design. Since I successed setting FSB to 333mhz and memory rate to 1000mhz(5-5-5-12), all testing applications were be completed. such as orths stress 2004, superpi 32m x2, 3dmark2005, etc.
    I think, if FSB up to 400mhz then memory frequency will up to 1200mhz! Such as such, 500mhz FSB needs 1500mhz! That's a crazy!!!
    eheheh, NO!!! 
    IF FSB is 400 whit RAM 1:1 your Memory are at 800, whit 500 are at 1000 . There are 1200 DDR2 in commerce.
    Bye

  • Poor Overclock With E4300 And P965 Platinum

    I have recently built a Core 2 Duo system based around the P965 Platinum motherboard which I bought based on the excellent reviews it appears to have received.
    My system is as follows:
    Core 2 Duo E4300 with standard cooler
    MSI P965 Platinum
    ATI X1900GT
    1GB Kingston DDR2 667 Valueram
    2xWD 160GB Hard Disks in RAID 0
    Antec Sonata II case with Smartpower 450W PSU.
    I initially tried overclocking to 266FSB which worked flawlessly. All I did was slow the memory slightly so it wasnt overclocked. It worked beautifully, including Speedstep functionality and in SiSoft Sandra beat the E6600 comfortably which runs at a similar speed.
    As soon as I try to go above this speed the system wont boot and all the fans run at their maximum. It doesnt even POST.
    I have tried disabling speedstep etc, and increased voltages slightly. I also slowed the memory further so it is running at 1:1 ratio (532MHz at 266FSB), but I still cannot get past 266FSB.
    Any suggestions?
    I also note that the board does the strange start-stop thing from cold, and if it has been left off for a long time the screen is scrambled when I start it. Any suggestions on these?
    Cheers,
    James

    Quote from: EagleDM on 07-February-07, 07:12:21
    You're not alone..
    My fighting with this motherboard began the first moment I put my brand new E4300.
    This is the absoluto WORST motherboard in the Galaxy for the E4300, and the reasons, I should explain shortly (I hope someone at MSI is reading this and DO SOMETHING about it)
    The short version:
    There are 3 straps for configuring the speed of each processor on the Intel family.
    the 800 strap, the 1066 strap and the 1333 strap,  these are the straps working on the 4000 and 6000 family of core2
    When you're in the 1066 strap, the motherboard configures the PCI lock correctly and you can safely clock the board from 266 to even 370 or 450 in some cases with the latest BIOS and good MCP voltage... but.
    When you're in the 800 strap like me (all E4300 are in the 800 strap)  the motherboard incorrectly identify the information and it simply DOES NOT LOCK the PCI bus speed correctly...
    Conclusion:  when you excede 266 Mhz speed you already have the PCI clocked so far away from the standard speed, that really is a divine grace that the motherboard boots.. and if it does.. you will have a corrupted HD or you may even lost some PCI card to this.. so... it is really DANGEROUS to set any speed higher than 240-250 for this strap on this motherboard.
    Sure, there are alternatives you may ask... yes,  all gigabyte motherboards and the P5B series correcly identify the 800 strap (200fsb) and Lock the PCI so you can overclock to hell with that one... not on this motherboard.
    There IS an alternative... the alternative is to PIN MOD the processor (remember the Conductive Pen?) to FORCE the motherboard into believeing that you have in effect, a 266 (1066Mhz) processor and then, configuring the strap accordingly..
    well... no.
    It works on the 99% of the motherboards I tried (yes, I did that mod succesfully and unlocked the 1066 strap, booting with 266 bus on a P5B, a 680i SLI and even a 570 SLI motherboard,  with a MINIM clock of 3.2Ghz, what do you think?)
    BUT
    and is a very great BUT,  NOT with this motherboard.
    For some brilliant idea of the MSI engineers, the motherboard start up at 266Mhz and then it clearly tells you that this is in fact a 200Mhz processor,  then, a BIOS halt ocurred and you have a corrupted CMOS setup,  the only way to stop from losing the motherboard is to install another processor and re-flash it...
    so even forcing a 1066Mhz strap is a NO GO with this motherboard that REFUSES to take information from the SAME PINOUT the rest of the motherboard makers follow to regulation and in fact WORKS and reads the information from the clock the processor gives, so.. we are stuck with a NO GO situation.
    The latest bios i tried is the 3.6 bios (BETA) and this problem persist.
    So,  with the P965 the long story became short at the end,  we are stuck in the WORST of the Galaxy motherboard for E4300 overclocking till MSI at least give us the freedom to choose the strap or just use the one that is detected. Until then...  that's it.
    I hope this message reaches MSI,  I work for a hardware page that do reviews and you can imagine what I should say about this motherboard....
    Daniel / MaximoPC
    www.maximopc.org
    Thanks, that does make sense based on what I am seeing.
    Is there a way of confirming the PCI bus speed is increasing with clock speed?
    This seems like it should be simple for MSI to sort?

  • P965 Platinum and E6600 won't go to 3GHz

    Hello,
    I have a MSI P965 Platinum and a E6600. Currently I have two sticks of Corsair Value Select 1GB PC-5300 RAM, rated at 667Mhz 5-5-5-15.
    The E6600's stock is 2.4GHz, and I want to go to 3GHz. This should be dead simple - not only can the E6600 usually clock much higher, but 3GHz will only require a 333Mhz FSB (9 x 333), which means my RAM doesn't have to be overclocked at all since it is rated for 667MHz DDR2. I should be able to obtain 3GHz with a nice comfortable 1:1 FSB:RAM ratio without stressing the Corsair Value ram beyond specifications.
    However, it just won't work. I seem to be having RAM instabilities at 667MHz 5-5-5-15 and 333Mhz FSB. The reason I say RAM is because Memtest86 freezes, and SuperPi has a 'not exact in round' error in 16M and 32M - which apparently means there is a problem with memory stability. Now, I know this sounds like the RAM is faulty, but I don't think it is, because when I run stock 266MHz FSB, the system is fine at 4:5 divider to make the RAM 667Mhz. It's only when I increase the FSB (and not the RAM at all) does the system become unstable. At 266MHz FSB and 667MHz RAM, my system will pass any stress test, but not at 333Mhz FSB and 667Mhz RAM.
    I've upped the CPU voltage 3 notches to around 1.350 or so under load. My ram is at 1.9v, although I tried 1.95v too. I didn't touch the chipset voltage (should I?). My temperatures seem ok - I'm only using the stock Intel cooler, but it should be able to handle 3GHz fine. It hovers around 48c idle, 60c load according to Everest Ultimate (before it crashes in SuperPi), so it doesn't appear to be overheating while overclocked. Not great tempts but acceptable.
    However, there are two things I've noticed:
    - In the BIOS, if I select CAS to be 5 or 6, CPUZ still reports my ram at CAS3 (which my RAM can't do at 667Mhz), or 3-5-5-15. However if I select CAS4, it reports CAS4 properly (still unstable though), or 4-5-5-15. This is only a problem when I overclock the FSB - at stock FSB, the CAS timings are reported correctly. It could be an issue with CPUZ, but I doubt it. If there is a bug with the P965 Platinum not setting the CAS right when overclocking, this might explain why I'm having RAM stability issues even though I'm not overclocking the RAM - i.e. because the board is not using the right CAS setting. Is this a known bug? Also, I tried Auto SPD but it tried to use 4-4-4-12 at 667MHz (again, which this RAM won't do).
    - When I run 333Mhz FSB and 667MHz RAM, the POST shows some sort of error message about the board not supporting CPU's with a 267Mhz FSB or something (which is weird, because 266Mhz is the stock speed *shrug*), and that it's resetting it. Sorry I can't recall the exact error off hand, but I can try the overclock again and provide it later on if needed. Anyway, despite the error message, the overclock still applies - it will boot into Vista 64-bit at 3Ghz, it just won't pass any stress test.
    Is it possible a BIOS update could help me? I run V1.4, and even though I know there is a V1.8 now, no newer version mentions anything about fixing overclocking issues. I don't like to update my BIOS unless necessary (and I don't even have a floppy drive anyway, would need to figure out how to do it via USB).
    Thanks for any help. I'm certain my RAM isn't faulty and I'm certain my CPU should be able to reach 3Ghz surely. I'm also pretty sure heat isn't an issue. I think maybe the board is trying to force CAS3 when FSB overclocking or something? That's my guess anyway.

    Thanks for the reply!
    Sorry, I should have mentioned I was definitely achieving 1:1 - I recall the confusion over why my RAM was trying to be 800+MHz at 667 and then I realized 533 actually meant 1:1, 667 4:5 etc, so I am definitely running at 533/1:1. I doubt this RAM would even post at 800+ MHz.
    So updating the BIOS may help? Ok thanks, I guess I will update then. I don't see it in the "fix" list though on the site. Is there a way I can get a *full* fix/enhancement list for 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 so I know exactly what I'm fixing going from 1.4 to 1.8?
    Also, does MSI support LiveUpdate BIOS in Windows Vista 64 yet? And if not, is there an official way to update via a USB stick? (no FDD here).

  • New Computer with the P965 Platinum

    Hello. I'm new to computer building. I'm tired of Dell. I just ordered the following setup:
    1 Thermaltake Bach VX Mid Tower Computer Case
    1 Thermaltake Purepower 600W Power Supply
    1 MSI P965 Platinum Motherboard
    1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
    1 ZALMAN 9700 CPU Cooler
    1 Mushkin eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
    1 EVGA GeForce 8800GTX
    2 SAMSUNG 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
    1 SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R SATA DVD Burner
    1 ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive
    1 Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate
    Did I screw anything up? I was wondering if I will be able to assemble the computer and have it boot the first time. Or should I expect problems? Does anyone have any insight or wisdom for me as to what I should expect?
    I had a few specific questions:
    1.) RAID0 configuration: Is there more than one RAID controller? If so, which is better?
    2.) Windows Vista (32 bit) installation: Is there anything I should do before installing Vista?
    3.) Overclocking: After the dust settles I want to mildly overclock my CPU, GPU, and RAM. Does anyone have any recommended overclock settings or links on how to do this?
    Thank you.

    Why overclock? Mainly because of intellectual curiosity and because faster is better all else equal. It's like Spinal Tap - I want my volume to go to 11!
    Thanks T_smith for the overclocking how-to, but it appears my BIOS options on the P965 are different that yours. I will start a thread in the Overclocking forum.
    My computer runs great and is fast. It's been quite a learning experience so far. You guys have been a lot of help. Thank you.
    I created a bootable USB drive (definitely good to have around) and flashed the BIOS to 1.5b3.
    At boot time, the computer beeps once for every USB device that is plugged into the computer. Is there a way to disable that beep in the BIOS? I have a USB mouse and keyboard and it's a bit annoying to listen to the beeps.
    I installed CPU-Z. I got a scare to see my CPU idling at 1.6 GHz instead of 2.67 GHz (6 multiplier vs. 10 multiplier). Then I realized it was completely normal because of Intel SpeedStep.
    I installed MSI DualCore Monitor, nVidia nTune, CoreTemp to monitor my temps.
    Here are my temps:
    Closed case (messy wires still)
    - GPU 68 C
    - System 40 C
    - CPU 34 C (CoreTemp & DualCore Monitor) vs. CPU 40 C (H/W in BIOS)
    Does anyone know why the CPU temp measurements differ so dramatically? SpeedStep?
    If I take the side panel off the computer, all temps drop 3-5 C.
    I noticed that HDD write cache is disable by default. Do you guys think it's worth enabling? It's a performance vs. data protection question. I don't mind a little data loss in the event of a power failure, but I don't want the OS to become permanently unstable.

  • Comments on my proposed build using the P965 Platinum

    My current PC is over three years old and I'm itching to upgrade.  I'm starting off with Windows XP but will move to Vista eventually.
    This is what I've come up with so far and I'd welcome any comments:
    MSI P965 Platinum
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
    2 x  Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 (4GB in total)
    HIS Radeon X1950PRO 256MB GDDR3, IcQ3
    Hiper PSU ATX 580W Black, Type-M
    Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2
    LG DVD±RW burner, GSA-H42NRBB
    I'm not a game player but want to be able to run all the Vista eye candy when I eventually upgrade.  I do thrash my machine a fair bit with downloaded stuff that needs parity checking, decompressing and converting if necessary.  I also tend to have loads of applications running at the same time.  I'm not interested in overclocking.
    I also have the following questions:
    1. I understand that Windows XP won't recognise the full 4 GB of RAM, will Vista? 
    2. Is it worth having 4GB RAM under Windows XP in preference to 2GB?
    3. Can I get by installing without a floppy drive as my DVD Drive isn't a SATA one and I'll need the additional drivers.  Can a windows install recognise drivers on other media such as a memory card in a card reader attached via USB or a USB pen drive?
    4. Will my power supply be adequate?  I will be adding hard drives as time goes on and possibly another optical drive. 
    5. What advantage is there to running the SATA drives under AHCI and if necessary will I be able to pull the drive out and access it in another PC with a different BIOS?
    I've not built a machine for ages, so I'm well out of practice and spending ages on research.  I'll be grateful for any help you can give me.
    Thanks
    Teresa

    I do development and such. Run one or two VM's at a time. A lot of apps running at same time.
    I went with the P6N Platinum.   The chipset seems pretty good.
    I went with the E6600 and same RAM, although I went with 4 gigs due to the VM's running.
    After reading some reviews and such, I would recommend going with the Saphire 512 version of the X1950 Pro, which I did.  I'm running Vista Business and the Aero interface is good and my index from Vista, for what its worth, is about 5.9 with the 3-D stuff.
    I'm not familiar with the PSU.   While I've worked with a couple other major PSU companies, I have NEVER been burned by PC Power & Cooling's products.  A little more expensive, but they have been rock solid.  I've been able to hang onto their PSU's over the years until the wattage becomes too much of an issue, to which I buy whatever covers it.   
    I tend to never use anything other than Pioneer or Plextor on the optical stuff.  For video work and my experience in the duplication area, both companies products have far exceeded the performance, longevity and fewest coasters for the small difference in price difference.
    XP X64 will see the full 4 gigs.   X32 editions will not.  I would suggest going to X64 Vista when you make that move, however you'll have to do a clean install.   Drivers can be a bit of a tough thing, but I need rock solid performance and that gives me that.
    2 Gigs is really pretty good.  With XP, it will see the extra space and take around 500-600 megs to improve performance. With Vista, its about double that.  Running a lot of apps or doing some memory intensive apps, such as graphic suites, etc, you will not regret 4 gigs. That will lighten the load on disk paging.
    I didn't install a floppy.  I had to dig around and found some utilities for format a USB key and boot to a DOS.  So I use that, setting the bootup on the board to use the memory key as the initial bootup device.  From there I've been able to do RAM testing as well as flash bios.
    I'm running around a 520W PSU.  But its a solid 520.  But with the high performance card and 4 SATA HD's and the optical, I will probably upgrade up to the 750W PC Power and Cooling.  That's what is recommended by their selector for the board anyways.  For now, I have not found any problems in the PSU end.
    Lance

  • P965 Platinum booting problems

    Hi all,
    I have a serious problems with stability of my system. It seems to behave pretty randomly. Every now and then when the power button is pressed the system seems to start booting up for 2-3 seconds, then suddenly turns off and re-boots again. If everything goes ok windows is loaded and sysem is pretty much stable. However every one in five booting attempts ends up with system trying to boot a couple of times, getting on and off constantly so there is not even a chance o get to BIOS. After some time the POST screen shows up saying that an overclocking attempt has failed and system will be restored to te defaults. The story is that there has never been an overclocking attempt whatsoever since I can not get he system running stable at stock settings!!! Anyway, I get finally to BIOS but sometimes next restart of the system occurs and the story is all over again. When I finally get to the settings and restore the defaults the system will reboot alright and for the next couple of times it will turn on normally untill the next doggy start forces me to get to the BIOS and start al over again. Initially I thought that this is due to the fact that the memory runs at 667MHz(2x333MHz) when the FSB is set to 266MHz - FSB:DRAM 4:5. I changed it manually to 533MHz (FSB:DRAM 1:1) but the problem did no vanish. I also tried different memory timings set manualy and by SPD but it also failed. At this stage I used up all my ideas and really do not know what to do know. The memory I have is pluged in in slots 1 and 3 for dual channel operation.
    I bought this motheroard to get fast and stable system that will not failed during week-long simulations and I'm very dissapointed with what I got so far. Below are my system specs:
    Intel E6300
    MSI P965 Platinum
    Corsair 2x1024 PC 5300 matched
    NorthQ 4001 400W PSU
    Gainward GeForce 7300GT
    WD SATA 250 GB
    NEC DVD-RW AD 7173
    Windows XP Pro SP2
    I hope somebody can help me or at least give me a hint where to look for solution.
    Thanks
     

    Quote from: walus on 26-December-06, 20:33:35
    Hi all,
    ....... The memory I have is pluged in in slots 1 and 3 for dual channel operation.
    the only way I have no problem with this mobo is putting ddr moules in slot 3 and 4 (no dual channel)   

  • E6700 3.5Ghz 350FSB on P965 Platinum - Damn :))

    Just got my E6700 on the P965 Platinum MOBO to 3.5Ghz 350FSB. Thats preatty cool indeed.
    Running bios 1.51b
    Last night i tryed 3.4Ghz and it was stable all night. Lets see now with 3.5ghz 

    Quote from: iamrobk on 16-May-07, 05:55:43
    I am currently running my E6600 at a FSB of 346 Mhz, or 3.1 Ghz on the 1.4 BIOS.  I'd like to go higher, but I'm on the stock HSF so I can't anyway.  Plus I have my RAM (rated for DDR2-800) running at DDR2-1040, and I don't want to push it much more.
    Yeah, I ran into this recently when I put together my new rig on the P965 Platinum. I'm also running DDR2-800 and the BIOS DRAM frequency seems to default to a 2:3 ratio (which is what is needed to run at 800 frequency at the default 266 bus speed). The same effects happen when manually setting to 800Mhz.
    Took a bit of fiddling around to realize the manually selected frequencies were actually dividers. If you're looking to run 1:1, try manually selecting 533. DDR2-800 is rated to run on an FSB of 400 without having to overclock.
    My E6600 is currently running on an fsb of 356 (x9 = 3.2Ghz) with the 1.5b2 BIOS. Minor voltage increases all around (Prime died on one of the cores about 12 hours in at the default levels).
    I know my system can be pushed further. My temps are only 45C at load with a Tuniq Tower, and I was able to get successful XP boots with the FSB approaching 400 (although Prime would die one one core during the first test). I guess I just don't have the patience to step it up further. :p

  • P965 Platinum BIOS design bug!

    Maybe most of P965 Platinum or P965 NEO users have a confusion. Should you have try to set the memory rate in 800 for testing? For example, E6300 is running 333x7=2331mhz and memory is running 999mhz(BIOS SET THE RATE IN 800). So far, no any question has been found in this setting in my machine.
    Maybe you will have a question, why my memory rate set in 533 or 667 for OC to 1000mhz or 800mhz will be hang or instability whether set at 5-5-5-x or 4-4-4-x.
    Here, do you check the SPD setting? THIS IS A BUG! When we set the memory rate in 533(cpu:memory=1:1), BIOS will auto to read the memory SPD setting(DDR2-533). Such as Corsair 5400C4's SPD: @ 266 MHz 4-4-4-12  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 15-28-2-4-2  (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR).  When we OC the memory from DDR2-533 to DDR2-1000, the highlighted in red has not auto update the setting to DDR2-1000's parameter.
    But as first topic, I can very very stability to OC the memory in DDR2-999(DD2-800's parameter:5-5-5-12-15-42-3-5-4) at P965 Platinum!
    Here, how we can adjust the parameter? Only ask MSI's technical to fix this bug!
    Rock

    rklw, for overclocking specific question, please post in the Overclocking forum.
    For the RAM settings, please read the sticky thread above on top of this forum, regarding P965 Platinum BIOS. Get the one that all users said it works for setting the RAM timing correctly.

  • Msi P965 Platinum with Vista Premium 64bit big problem

    hi i cant run vista properly, i get blue screen dumps that dumps memory.
    Some time it can run 5min sometimes 2hours
    Vista says that there is a hardware incompatiblity something with memory.
    I have run memtest x86 it passed, and Vistas memtest fail.
    tryed to run with only one memory and changed place to them
    core duo center doesent work either.
    now i run windows Xp with latest drivers and everything works just fine.
    I want to run my computer on windows vista 64bit, whats my problem

    Sad to hear about those problems, especially since I am going to upgrade to Vista myself in the nearest future.
    I have no guarantee that this will work, but try using manual settings for RAM. And set RAM to 5-5-5-15, not 4-4-4-12. And run RAM at stock speed, and the same goes for FSB etc.
    And try using 2,1V for the RAM.
    If you have runned on manual settings, set the to "Auto" if you haven't tried that.
    I have read abuot one guy that got bluescreens all the time when he overclocked in Vista. You haven't overclocked, have you? :P
    EDIT: I see you use BIOS v1.3. Try flashing to v1.2.
    I flashed from a bluescreenfree system at high overclocks (v1.2), to a instable system vith plenty of bluescreens when exeding 340-350FSB.
    With BIOS 1.2, I have booted with FSB 389, and been able to run SuperPI, CPU-Z and some other small programs. Now, with BIOS 1.3, I can't get into windows, get bluescreen before logon is complete.
    I think there is something "wrong" with the northbrigde in P965 Platinum, because the errors are allways memory related.

  • P965 Platinum memory latency settings problem

    When I overclock the FSB of my P965 Platinum with C2D E6400, I get problems with the memory latecy settings. My memory is specified as 667MHz 5-5-5-15 2T, but when I enter these latencies in the bios, CPU-Z and Sandra both say I have 3-5-5-15 1T. Which is of course out of spec and gives system instability unless I raise the memory voltage quite a bit above spec.
    So does anyone have an idea why this might be? Is it a bug of the bios (ver 1.3) or are CPU-Z and Sandra both mis-reporting the value? In the latter case, why can I get rid of the instability by raising ram voltage??
    Thanks for any help
    /Mattias
    PS The disable speedspep switch in the bios dosn't seem to have any effect. The multiplier still switches down from 8 to 6 when the CPU is idle. Anyone elso who has the same problem?

    The CAS Latency issue is known and it is possibly being addressed by MSI technicians. Please refer to this thread, CAS Latency is in the list of desired fixes for a new BIOS release. For the time being, switch memory timing to SPD instead of Manual in your BIOS and it should be set to CAS Latency 5...
    Memory voltage: at certain settings memory chips require a certain amount of power. The default voltage for DDR2 is 1.9v, so in other words DDR2-667 5-5-5-15 is the best your memory chips can do at the default DDR2 voltage, that's why your memory is rated as it is. Raising the voltage enables you to run above rated speed, you simply let the memory chips use more power. There are limits of course...
    Disable Speedstep: please refer to this thread, should help you disable Speedstep.
     

  • P965 Platinum Won't Start

    My setup is:
    MSI P965 Platinum Limited
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Patriot 2x1GB DDR2-800 (4-4-4-12)
    BFG GeForce 8800GTS 320MB OC
    Antec True Power 2.0 380W 3.3V/28A 5V/35A 12V/16A
    WD 2x 150GB SATA1.5
    The mobo, the cpu, the ram and the vid card are all new.
    Everything connected, when I turn the PSU on, and hit the switch, nothing happens; no fans turn on, or otherwise. I've tested the external cable to be fine, as well as any wall sockets.
    To make sure it wasn't my PSU, I tried plugging the ATX 24pin into my old mobo, which is a 20pin, along with the ATX 4pin and my PSU turned on fine, as well as my old cpu fan, etc. When I left the ATX 4pin on the P965, my new cpu fan lit up as well as half my peripherals (ata dvd burner, but not slave ata dvd rom; graphics card fan also did not turn on despite the ATX 6pin plugged into the card).
    I read the manual suggested a 450W PSU, is it that my current PSU doesn't have enough juice to start up my system? Or worse, is it possible the ATX 24pin slot is damaged?
    Thanks.

    Quote from: Quadrifoglio Verde on 04-April-07, 22:44:03
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