Problems with P7N Diamond

Very Sorry if i upset you!
MSI P7N Diamond  Ver: 1.1 with Bios 1.3
2x1 Gb Corsair xms2 PC2 6400 tested and works on same board but not this one.
2x500Gb Samsung F1
Win XP Pro SP3
cannot update bios to 1.4 from 1.3
Tried USB method, CD, Floppy even safe mode command prompt.....disabled everything but the drives with bios files( usb,cd,floppy) but it still it finds the disabled Hardisk and boots into windows.
Memory will not work in Dual channel...sometimes it boots but nothing on screen.
Single channel boots most times but after trying USB or CD method it sometimes does not boot into windows.
Tried online too but only comes up with 1.3 bios
MSI support is none existent or impossible to get any sense out of them...after repeating my name and email address several times over the telephone i am still not sure if they understood.
I have filled in the online report system 3 times over the last two weeks but no reply and nothing active in box although it says report complete after submitting.
Have tried all the ways stated on updating bios.
I have updated many bios's on various boards, ASUS, ASrock, Aopen, Biostar etc no problems! Even modded bios on Asus boards.

Quote from: stooper on 04-September-09, 06:04:06
Against my better judgment, I'm going to reply to this.  By your own admission, the motherboard was functioning fine in single channel mode.  Your issue only occurred under attempts to operate in dual channel mode.  Considering the real world benefits of dual channel memory are arguably negligible, one could remark it's such a minor technical detail, that nobody need b infatuated over it.
Indeed, again by your own admission, the problems were resolved after you disassembled and reassembled the system with different cables.  Since your arrival, you've been quick to hijack other threads, spew frustration and venom over your issue, and vent agitation against the trouble and bother with all this crap you've had to endure.  Yet, all along, it seems there really was no defect at all on MSI's part.
You've taken the time to customize your profile avatar with a nice Leeds United animation, but can't be trifled to actually learn about how your equipment operates and how to troubleshoot and optimize it.  So it's so long and farewell and thanks for nothing, hmph!  That's quite a remarkable attitude.
Good luck with your future Asus adventures.  Perhaps you'll be more satisfied with that choice, perhaps not.  My sense is people with unhappy, wretched personalities will have the odds against them. 
Oh, and please don't fool yourself that you have so much more of a life to live and real work to get done than anyone else here.  You know nothing about the forum members here, but your demeanor reveals the type of life you have.  I, for one, don't envy you one bit.
Take a look at reviews of this Motherboard you will see that most people come to the same opinion as myself.
As for poor support it seems it is a bit hit and miss where ever you go. Some get good support some bad all from the same company.
I have a nice life living in the English countryside with lots of friends, a dog, three cats and nice girlfriend of many years. A massive garden full of fruit trees, fields full of horses both front and back and good neighbours.
Thanks for your good wishes and have a nice week-end your self.

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  • Stability Problems with P7N Diamond Continues

    Big bummer. I've had this system since April, took a month to get it working as the first board I ordered was bad, this one seems to be a bum board. I've came here and a few other places, but help has been kind of hard to find.
    Here's what I got:
    MSI P7N Diamond
    Intel QX9650
    2x 2GB mushkin DDR2 1066 (XP2-8500) Timings: 5-5-5-15 2T
    I have 4 HD's: all are seagate baracudas: 250, 500, 750, 1TB
    MSI NX8600GT1GEZ
    At this point overclocking is out of the question. All I want is a reliable PC that runs to its specifcations. RMA-ing this board is a last resort as often enough the RMA boards aren't worth a crap anyway, dont know if this is just the case with lower-end boards, but I hate having to wait, and I'm really ticked about the whole thing.
    The computer reboots at random, I've found "more stable" configurations, but usually the machine will not stay running for more than 24 hours without a reboot. The most stable configurations are with the official 1.2 BIOS, setting the NB to 1.250 v, CPU Volt: Auto, SB: Auto, DRAM: 2.10, and I have manually set the memory timings: CL: 5, trcd: 5, trp: 5, tras: 15, and Command Rate: 2T. The FSB Speed: 1333, and the DRAM Speed: 1066. Temps are normal, and range from about 100 F at idle, and 120 F load on the CPU.
    The voltage on the CPU is on the high side on Auto, the QX9650 can run on as little as .98 v at stock and this board is giving it 1.23 v on auto. The board also tries to set the timings on the memory to 7-7-7-24, which I feel has something to do with it.
    I'm not an overclocker, I don't know what all these voltages do, I've only changed settings that have either been reccomended or have a warning setting (ie turn red).
    I'll try a beta BIOS if one is available, but I was unaware that this board doesn't fully support the 45-nm CPU's.
    There is NOTHING wrong with any of the hardware (except the board perhaps), I've tried other memory, PSU, even RMA the CPU, does the same thing. Everything has been tested, every possibility I can imagine, this problem has been haunting this system for months, and I'm almost to the point of buying a cheap as board that has some credibility that my hardware will work.
    This is my most critical computer, I do everything on it, but I didn't buy a $300 motherboard to have these problems, or find that my CPU scores half of what it should when it is running stock, everything on this board is below stock, benchmarks are way below what they should be.
    I'm up for some ideas, suggestions, if needed, I'll RMA the board, but it the return board does the same thing, I've lost all my faith in MSI. My last system had a P4M900M2 and it kicked butt, and it's a $50 board!  Go figure these boards are worse than imported cars.

    Quote from: NovJoe on 27-September-08, 12:40:17
    By means of instability, can you describe the symptons of events that happen?
    Can I have a list of the PSU models and RAMs models which you have tested?
    Have you try the hardware on another board? If you have done so, what are the results?
    I have not tried any of my hardware on this board, I have tried other memory on this board, this is the only board I have avialable to me that support LGA775 so I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place on that. The memory I tired, couldn't tell you the exact model, but it was Apacer DDR2 800, and was listed under this board as tested memory, i do remember that much- if that helps any.
    As far as overclocking, I was told that overclocking my rig would make it stable, which i feel in this case is a little more than bumping the FSB eitherway. But no this happens under "stock" settings. Orginally with the 1.0 BIOS the machine would sometimes give me a multitude of BSOD, CLOCK_INTERRUPT (A clock inttrupt was not recieved in a timely manner on a secondary processor), DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
    Only way to get the machine to run "stable" is to severely underclock, with the FSB at 1137 and DRAM at 1034.
    Other things. Benchmarks (SiSoft Sandra Lite 2007)
    CPU: Drystone: 39000 MIPS / Whetstone: 28000 MFLOPS
    Memory: 7 GB/sec (1066 with correct timings)
    Both appear to be under par, CPU particularly, and in the event of tinkering, only see a jump in performance when adjusting the multiplier from 9 to 10.5, which isn't stable, stable enough to run a benchmark. So I'm not sure where the problem is.
    This might help, the original thread from back in June.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=117779.0

  • Problem with p7n diamond please help

    i have a new p7n diamond
    i connect  the power supply plugs, hard drives, video card(n260gtx new too), etc
    when i push the power button the processor cooling fan run but the pc do nothing
    don't gave me any beep from a bad connection
    nothing
    it just don't start
    other thing
    when i plug the video card power, the video card cooling fan don't start yet
    please help!
    basic from my PC
    intel core 2 quad
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    4g ddr
    n260gtx 896mg

    Dadilo, you have gone to some length but sadly no positive result, but at least you have cleared some of the ifs and buts. i have looked at your mobo bios even so it says it supports your cpu q6600 it seems there has been a few updates (see links, particularly please pay attention to the pointer in pictures). you have these options left to you.
    1- put the pc on it's side and take the 240 volt plug out (no power what so ever) and clear the way from any cables etc.. and remove the mobo battery with a Small screw driver (push the clip to one side the battery pups out)  and   hold it in your Palm for ten second or so then put it back and put everything back make sure the single memory is firmly in place so is the graphic card. then connect the power and all cables etc the power the pc. 
    2-your last option before you give up is try another cpu on the  mobo preferably core 2 duo rather than quad and if you get it working your next move is to update the bios and i do not know how good you are in updating bios???.  if none of these works then sadly the mobo is faulty in my opinion but i may be wrong :
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  • MOVED: Problem with p7n diamond please help

    This topic has been moved to Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad boards.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=122454.0

    Dadilo, you have gone to some length but sadly no positive result, but at least you have cleared some of the ifs and buts. i have looked at your mobo bios even so it says it supports your cpu q6600 it seems there has been a few updates (see links, particularly please pay attention to the pointer in pictures). you have these options left to you.
    1- put the pc on it's side and take the 240 volt plug out (no power what so ever) and clear the way from any cables etc.. and remove the mobo battery with a Small screw driver (push the clip to one side the battery pups out)  and   hold it in your Palm for ten second or so then put it back and put everything back make sure the single memory is firmly in place so is the graphic card. then connect the power and all cables etc the power the pc. 
    2-your last option before you give up is try another cpu on the  mobo preferably core 2 duo rather than quad and if you get it working your next move is to update the bios and i do not know how good you are in updating bios???.  if none of these works then sadly the mobo is faulty in my opinion but i may be wrong :
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  • Help!! Overclock Q6600 with p7n Diamond Mobo

    Hello All
    Im looking for much needed help to overclock my Q6600 from 2.4 (default) to the highest stable overclock i can reach for my system. With the settings i have given below i can run 3D Mark without crashing..and run games without crashing...but after a certain period of time on a game i crash after about 20 mins of playing. Also i run Prime95 and i get Worker errors after about 10-20 mins.
    Here is my reading on Cpu-Z
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    Mobo - MSI P7N Diamond
    Cooler - Arctic cooling Freezer Pro 7
    Processor - Q6600 G0 @ 2.4
    PSU - Hiper Power Type M 780W
    Mem - Ballistix PC2-8500 2GB
    Graphics card - Asus 4870 X2
    Monitor - 24 Inch BenQ G2410HD
    Case - Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000 Aluminum
    Bios V - 1.3
    Here is the settings iv already tried in my bios:
    D.O.T Control - Disabled
    Intel EIST - Disabled
    Sli Ready Memory - Disabled
    System Clock Mode: Manual
    FSB Clock - 1512
    DRAM - 800
    Adjust Cpu ratio - 9
    Cpu Voltage - 0.18750
    DRAM Voltage - 2.10
    NB Voltage - 1.425
    SB Voltage - 1.550
    Cpu GTL Referance Voltage - 0.060
    FSB Terminator Voltage - 1.300
    Rest = auto
    Spread Spectrum - Disabled
    I hope this is enough info. I Ask for anyone that replys to keep it simple for me :D as im  new to this
    Any help given is much appreciated
    Thnx.

    Quote from: Massicor on 21-June-09, 04:37:32
    You know what ... this forum is crap ...you ask for help and all you get is a load of crap replys that help in no way at all thnx for wasting my time. And for the record if you guys accually knew how to overclock my cpu with my mobo then u would have just told me with no problems but instead u have wasted about 3 days of my time waiting for usuful reply and help from a decent person ! good job.
    Ill figure it out myself as iv already gotten it 3.0 stable with reading only what other ppl used on there bios with short amount of trial and error.
    Wow.  Some people just really don't get it...
    We all know how to overclock CPUs, of course.  Why are you biting the hand of the arm trying to help you?  I used the P7N Diamond for several months, and also provided a lot of the overclocking tips and hints, along with every beta/performance BIOS MSI released.
    If you want me to do the overclocking for you, and rid you of the experience; hell, I have no problem with that.  The P7N is a simple board to overclock until the NB gets too hot.  Max out the FSB term, don't touch the GTL voltages, and adjust the CPU Vcore only when needed.  If you cannot follow anything I said in the last sentence - go back to stock settings.
    Do you even know how to stability test an overclocked system?
    If you don't want to learn, you're most likely not going to get beyond 3.2 GHz.

  • NForce 3: Problems with Maxtor Diamond Max 10 16MB Cache?

    I heard that the NForce 3 chipset does have problems with these hard drives.
    Could anyone tell me more about it? I'd like to get 2 of these 250GB drives for my system, replacing my older 80GB Diamond Max 9 discs.
    Do these discs run normally, or won't they?

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    I partitioned the disk with a Windows ME floppy before trying to install XP - this turned to be a bad idea as either XP or the board didn't want to recognise it.
    Wiped partitions and partitioned it from the XP CD- fine.
    Added second disk after install.

  • Windows lockup problems with P6N Diamond

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    Seagate ST3250410AS 250 GB SATA hard drive
    LITEON LH-20A1L-06 20X SATA DVD Burner
    EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked PCI Express video card
    OCZ OCZ2TA1000VX22GK PC2-8000 Titanium Alpha VX2 Dual Channel Memory (2 x 1GB)
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    At this point, I've removed my partition, rebuilt it, reformatted and re-installed windows.  I'm currently running the AMI v1.3 bios.  I've loaded the latest nVidia drivers (9.53 driver package).  I've loaded the latest graphic drivers from EVGA (169.02_XP32).
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    Not quite sure how to answer, but here is the dump from cpuz:
    Chipset
    Northbridge          NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP rev. A2
    Southbridge         NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP rev. A2
    Graphic Interface     PCI-Express
    PCI-E Link Width     x16
    PCI-E Max Link Width   x16
    Memory Type       DDR2
    Memory Size         2048 MBytes
    Channels          Dual
    Memory Frequency   400.1 MHz (2:3)
    CAS#             4.0
    RAS# to CAS#      4
    RAS# Precharge      4
    Cycle Time (tRAS)   15
    Bank Cycle Time (tRC)   22
    Command Rate      2T
    Memory SPD
    DIMM #1
    General
    Memory type      DDR2
    Module format      Regular UDIMM
    Manufacturer (ID)   OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
    Size         1024 MBytes
    Max bandwidth      PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
    Part number      OCZ2TA1000VX21G   
    Attributes
    Number of banks      2
    Data width      64 bits
    Correction      None
    Nominal Voltage      1.80 Volts
    EPP         no
    XMP         no
    Timings table
    Frequency (MHz)      270   333   400   
    CAS#             3.0        4.0     5.0   
    RAS# to CAS# delay   4   5   5   
    RAS# Precharge        4     5     5   
    TRAS               10      13     15   
    TRC                15      18     22   
    DIMM #2
    General
    Memory type      DDR2
    Module format      Regular UDIMM
    Manufacturer (ID)   OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
    Size         1024 MBytes
    Max bandwidth      PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
    Part number      OCZ2TA1000VX21G   
    Attributes
    Number of banks      2
    Data width      64 bits
    Correction      None
    Nominal Voltage      1.80 Volts
    EPP         no
    XMP         no
    Timings table
    Frequency (MHz)      270   333   400   
    CAS#             3.0       4.0        5.0   
    RAS# to CAS# delay   4   5   5   
    RAS# Precharge        4     5     5   
    TRAS              10        13       15   
    TRC               15      18     22   

  • Problem with K9N DIAMOND at boot

    Hello,
    I've a problem with my mainboard K9N Diamon.
    I've this configuration :
    K9N Diamond
    Athlon X2 6000+ with Zalman 9700NT
    2x1go DDR 2 PC2 6400 at 800Mhz Corsair DOMINATOR
    Thermaltake Thoughpower 700W
    Case Thermaltake Kandalf VA9000BWS
    GeForce 7600GT Msi
    2x 320go WD HDD
    Dvd burn LG H42L
    So, When I plug the power cable, the pc turn on, but 3sec later it stop. I push the power button, nothink.
    I change the alimentation, with a 350w enermax, 500w PFC, 500w thermaltake, nothink.
    The D-Bracket tell me no infomation, at the shutdown after 3sec, the led are different at the last boot. Impossible to identify the problem.
    I test a 4200+ with 2x512mo DDR2 PC2 6400 at 800mhz corsair XMS2 and NX 6200 msi, but no change. When I plug the power cable it start, and 2 3 sec later it stop.
    I reset the bios, with this method :
    Code: [Select]
    1.Shut Down the PC.
    2.Unplug the Power Supply from the AC outlet and unplug the cord from the back of the Power Supply.
    3.If your Power Supply has an On/Off switch on the back of it turn it Off.
    4.Ground yourself and your PC.
    5.Remove all DDR2 DIMMs
    6.Remove the following power connectors on your mainboard:
       *JPWR1 - ATX 24-pin Power Connector
       *JPW1 - ATX 12V Power Connector
       *JPWR2 - ATX 12V Power Connector
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    8.Reattached power connectors in Step 6 above.
    9.Place a DDR2 DIMM in DIMM3 (the slot closest to the CPU).
    10.Plug AC cord into Power Supply and AC outlet.
    11.If your Power Supply has an On/Off switch on the back of it turn it back On.
    12.Boot the PC.
    But no result.
    I test the CPU, graphic card and memory on other PC, It work fine.
    So, I think the mainboard is broken, I see problem like mine, but it's different here.
    I'm for MSI, I've all pc with this material, and all of my friend / custommer, but here I'm disappointed.
    This is an problem with a production series default ?  I dunno.
    So I I'am for MSI, and I think I'v bad luck in this moment ! 
    Sorry for my english, i come from Corsica ^^

    Thanks again for your answer and Help.
    I've trid to start with just : Athlon 6000+ / 512mo DDR2 .
    The system start, 2sec later stop. for restart with power button its impossible. I change the power button with reset button, same problem.
    I test with an screw driver, the system start when I plug power supply, and after 2 3second stop. I test to start with screw driver, I similar... but 10sec later, after short reset, hdd led, its start, for 2 3 sec ! LOL. To restart again, I did short reset, hdd, led, hdd, reset, power, reset, .......... and at one moment its star 2 3 sec !!! Dor restart I do it again. LOL.
    It's very strange. When its want , it start ! U_u
    So tomorrow, I contact my supplier to change the mainboard ^^ !
    I think its the only solution !
    Thank again for your help, If you have many idea, I take that again :p
    See you soon

  • Finally up with P7N Diamond!

    Yeah!
    Third time was the charm.  Got my third board back from New Egg this weekend and got everything moved over to it.  I held my breath, and powered on the system to get the LCS running, and I got a post.  After fininishing the hardware setup and installing the os and sp1 I held my breath again as I installed all four memory chips and it booted.  So remembering my previous issue with 4 chips in the board, I powered down, pulled the plug and discharged the board.  Pluged it back in, held my breath for the third and final time and hit the power...and everything booted perfectly.  Finally, got a board that works.  Now all I got to do is figure out what the problem is with my floppy and ide dvd burner (which I've been having problems with long before the P7.)
    Thanks to everyone for the help with my memory chip issue, turns out that it was just a bad board.  I love how easy it is to work with NewEgg on RMA's -- no questions asked and they finally return ship overnight.

    I'm very glad to see you posting this.  I know how frustrating dealing with faulty hardware and rma's can be. I hope you enjoy the board as much as I am. 

  • All sorts of problems with P4N Diamond

    Hello all
    I am trying to get my P4N diamond motherboard to work and I am starting to get pretty p****d off with it. I have built many systems before and on the whole they work fine pretty much straight away.
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    I then load the drivers that came with the MB as the wondows installer is booting up - I load 3, 2 form one disc and 1 from the other. Now when I try to install a new copy it hangs on please wait.
    I have a 400W power supply this one, 2 IDE CD drives, one IDE hard disk (secondary) and 1 SATA Hard drive. FOr most of what I was trying above I had the IDE drive disconnected and was jsut trying to get it to work with the SATA drive.
    I think this is something to do with Raid drivers (even though I don't want a RAID array) but I don't know how to fix it.
    I was hoping to have this all workign for tomorrow morning. Now I am goign to have to use my slow old laptop for work instead.
    I REALLY hope someone can help me with this.

     I might have a little bit of insight for you on your problems.
    1. Beeps from your P4N:
     You should get one beep for every USB device you have connected to your system.
    2. Windows crashes when installing:
     Make sure that you have NO USB devices connected, if have USB mouse or keyboard, get old ones for initial install and then once windows is running connect them, also you can get adapters. Also make sure that you only have ONE stick of RAM in when installing. If you have two, wait till you have windows up and running to install the other. Make sure that you have NO scratches on the back of the CD.
    3. Diamond Clue CODE no good.
     Call MSI on this, you are not the only one.
     When building a new computer you should always build bare bones to make sure that you can boot with no errors. Its really not needed to have your printer hooked up the first time you are going to boot up your new computer, these are the type on things that cause conflicts. I would try to get things running bare bones here...that means the mininum. Try one hard drive...then work your way up. If you dont want RAID it should be easier for you, make sure that you have the jumper settings right on all drives. ALSO it would help if you would create a sig line (see mine below) with all your hardware. Make sure that you incluse your PSU 12v...you have a dual rail 15 and 14. It will help the mods help you.
    GL and post back with ?'s

  • Problem with p4n diamond

    Hi i just finished my first computer with this mother board and when i went to turn the power on the first time it would not start except for a few second and then it would shut off. Tech suport refered to my proccessor via website to check proper instalation.  I checked and it was proper and then i  tryed to ask if this was a bios problem and I was asked to pay 10$ for a new bios. msi has already sent me a bios chip when i asked that my revision one would not fucntion with my pentium d 830. is there anything else that can be the culprite with or without being "kindly refered".
    thanks
    p4n diamond sli
    pentium d 830
    gforce 6200 grapics card 128mb
    true power 2.0 sli 550W
    2X1 gb g skill memory 533 mhz

    I figured out why the other drive partions werent showing. turns out  the windows i installed (windows xp pro 64) hides the non partiond drives and make it so you have to go into administrative options to format so that they are viewable. as far as i can see the computer up and running . Happy days

  • P7N Diamond won't boot with new Intel Q9400

    Hi
    I recently bought a new Intel Q9400 CPU to replace my old Q9450 that was broken and causing the computer to freeze. I tried to install the new Q9400 CPU and the computer would not boot. The red LED on the mobo was on. When I pressed the on button the fans span for about half a second but then stopped and the machine shut down. I have replaced it with a firend's E8400 and it boots fine again.
    Before I installed the Q9400 I flashed the BIOS to v1.4 so I was confident that it would work but it didn't. After it didn't work I cleared the CMOS and it still didn't work.
    Is there a compatibility issue with P7N Diamond and this CPU? My mobo is revision 1.0, does this make a difference? If not then I suppose the CPU must have been DOA and I'll need to RMA it.
    Thanks,
    Jim

    Quote from: jimpanzee on 14-August-10, 01:20:48
    ...replace my old Q9450 that was broken and causing the computer to freeze.
    Very unusual for a CPU to become "broken"--more likely the PC developed another problem? I'd test the 9450 on another system too if I were you.

  • P7N Diamond v1.0

    Hi all, It's been a while I'm trying to find out what is happening here, I have:
    P7N Diamond
    Q9650 @3.0GHz
    Corsair CM2X2048-6400C5 (2Gbx2)
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