Safe northbridge temp P45 Platinum

Hey, I picked up a P45 Platinum on clearance for AU$120 which I thought was quite the bargain. Seems much nicer than my old Asus P5K Vanilla. Have flash to latest beta bios which I think was 1.7a or something.
Quick question, what's the max safe temp for the mobo/northbridge. Running an E6850 with an OC to 3.6ghz (400mhz FSB x 9). Orthos cpu stress test has been going for a few hours so and HWmon is telling me 50 degrees. Is that okay for this board? If it's safe any info on what is considered a high mobo temp would be appreciated.

Compares to mine. I am currently folding and converting DVD to AVI files. My CPU runs at 3,8 and the usage is 98% on all 4 cores. The core temps vary between 55~60C depending on the CPU fan RPM, and the CPU temp is pretty steady at 53C. The MB temp is around 30C under these loads.
Do a test, use Prime 95 and allocate work on all your cores. You will see an immediate core temp increase with TEMPIN0 lagging slightly behind but catching up fast. It usually is about 5C cooler than the indicated core temps. As soon as you stop the CPU workers, all those temps drop again immediately. I have never seen that temp higher than the cores, and always in unison with the cores. If it was the NB temp, then there would be no reason for it not to be higher than the core temps during mem intensive tasks. Also with my aftermarket cooler blowing towards the back of the case, increased CPU fan speed would not cause an immediate reduction in the NB temp, as it does not blow onto the CPU surrounding area. Thus I fathom it is the CPU temp. But as I said, if someone has other info, they are welcome to correct me.

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E8400 on an MSI P45 Platinum

I just got done reading the guide on tweaking VTT/GTL which helped me get a better grasp about the awesome settings the P45 have.
Anyway I have a bit of a dillema, I can't seem to get 4.0Ghz without cranking my settings up to this:
Vcore = 1.525v (This will fry it eventually)
CPU GTL REF0 = AUTO (For now)
CPU GTL REF1 = AUTO (For now)
DRAM Voltage = 2.100v (Manu specs)
DDR_VREF_A = AUTO (For now)
DDR_VREF_B = AUTO (For now)
MCH Voltage (Is this the Southbridge?) = 1.556v (I have no idea what to set this to, I just cranked it up as high as it would go)
MCH GTL REF = AUTO
VTT FSB Voltage = 1.60v (What the hell is VTT?)
ICH Voltage (Is this the Northbridge??) = 2.12v
The problem with this is I'm going to cook my system...the funny thing is I can remove the jumpers and run my CPU at 3.6Ghz and all stock voltages without a single problem - however going even 1Mhz above this requires me to crank the hell out of this system.
Anyone here have any settings they use for this board w/ an E8400? I'm kind of out of ideas at this point.
Specs:
MSI P45 Platinum
Intel E8400 Core2Duo @ 3.0Ghz
OCZ OC RAM DDR2-1066 @ 5-5-5-15-2T and 2.1v
Antec TruePower 750w w/ (4) Independent 12v rails

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...the funny thing is I can remove the jumpers and run my CPU at 3.6Ghz and all stock voltages without a single problem
Thats a good starting point. Set BIOS to default and then ensure your memory is at DDR2-800 at ~1,9V.
From there start increasing your FSB. I think you will have a better chance at what you are trying to achieve with a lower memory frequency. See how far you can go that way without changing any other voltages, but always check your V Core under load as you increase the frequency.
I have had my proc at up to 3,7GHZ (board jumpers removed) all other BIOS settings being stock/auto, but I manually kept my DDR at 800.
My core Voltage will rise to 1,296 under full load at that freq, which is still below the Intel spec max of 1,3625 "Table 2-3. Voltage and Current Specifications in the Intel spec sheet". So I know there is room for more. My CPU core temps will be between 55 and 60C depending on the auto speed-up of the cooler, which I must say is very effective.
Running some real world tests though, i.e. 3D gaming, I found that the increase above the 3,4GHz I am running now, is hardly worth the additional heat and obvious associated higher voltages. My chipset especially heats up to about 55C and I need to take the passive cooling off at some stage to check the MSI factory paste.

Doubt about overclocking with p45 platinum

hi guys
i have a Q8200 processor and an MSI p45 platinum motherboard.
now the multiplier on the processor is 7
now using a a bus speed of 400mhz i was able to achieve a 400 * 7 = 2.8Ghz on my processor from 2.33
now when i use cpuZ it shows that im currently running at 1600fsb
now as per the board specs 1600 fsb is the maximum.
now does this mean that i wont be able to overclock further ?
i am currently using transcend 800 mhz DDR2 ram
i have the memory divider set at 1:1
so the rams are running at 800mhz
now if i try to further overclock the board, it results in a no boot. i get a single green light and rest 3 are red and the mother board restarts 3 times and then i get the overclock failed message could some 1 advise me on how to go further increase my overclock ?
i have tried to increase my processor voltage and my ram voltage by quite a bit (not over the safe limit though) but still not able to boot :(

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now as per the board specs 1600 fsb is the maximum.
This just states that Processors that natively run @400 MHz FSB Clock Speed are supported. It has nothing to do with overclocking margins.
Try this for a quick test:
- turn off the system
- remove both OC Jumpers to force the FSB Clock Speed to 400 MHz
- Clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU
See if the system boots and runs stable. If it does, use the BIOS for further overclocking from the 400 MHz Strap. As you are forced to overclock your memory modules as well when you raise the FSB Clock Speed beyond 400 MHz try raising the memory voltage to 1.9-2V to see if that helps.
Spread Spectrum should be enabled at all times in the Cell Menu.

Msi p45 platinum and e5300 HELP

Hello! Can you help me with this?
bios v1.6
Intel e5300 - 2,6ghz
Msi p45 platinum
2gb trancend ddr2 667
What function to enable,what to disable. Also,have I hardware overclock fsb jumpers (now sets to 200Mhz)-JB1 and JB2. And how to decrease cpu ratio if I have to( now is 200x13=2600Mhz). Also what dram ratio etc...
I'll be greatefull if somebodu help me,I just wanna overclock processor to 3gHz for every day,not 24/7, maybe 12/7...THANX and sorry for my bad English

hello! I try that,remove both the oc jumper,and I CAN'T EVEN RUN THE BIOS So after couple restarts, i shut down pc and se jumpers to 200-266 mode. Disable what you said,set fsb 260 x multiplier 11,5 and get 3ghz. Some programs seys core 1 and 2 speed 3371mhz? I set cpu voltage to 1.32, little increase the ather voltages... With max load max temperature with core temp is 63c after couple hours. Should I do something to increase more speed or is better to leave it like this? Or try set jumpers to mode 266-333 and decrease cpu multiplier wuth more fsb?

Q6600 & MSI P45 Platinum...

hi guys,
my pc specs...
CPU - Quad 6600 @ 2.4Ghz G0 Stepping
MB - MSI P45 Platinum with Zalman Cooler BIOS V 1.5
RAM - 2x2GB Team Extreem Performance DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
VGA - Gigabyte 9600GT 1GB DDR3 PCI-E
HDD - WD 640GB SATA
PSU - Silverstone 450W
DVD - Samsung Sata DVD-RW
OS - Vista SP1
** 5 Xigmatex Fans connected to MB sockets (SYS FANS) **
currently i'm running @ 266*9 = 2.4Ghz n my fsb/dram ratio is 1:2. the thing is wen i set my FSB to 400 , fsb/dram ratio is changed to get 1064Mhz for my rams thou, (CPU stil runs @ 400*6=2.4Ghz), i c my NBB Voltage is marked in RED color in d core center software.
the thing is i'm not sure wat is d safe voltage to set it in BIOS to as i'm afraid i might fry d board. PC parts over here are freakin expensive. All settings in BIOS is set to AUTO as i didn't OC my Q6600. Except my ram timings in BIOS is set to 5-5-5-15 (others all auto). so guys, please help me out here. i'm sorry if tis question is lame or a repeat post. i've been checkin around for months but just cant seem to get an asnwer. once again, thanks for all d help guys...

If all voltages are set to auto and everything's running without an issue you don't need to change any voltage setting because the auto settings are safe. Forget about core center software as it is quite crappy. What does your HW monitor in bios report for nbb voltage?

P45 Platinum- Unable to insert 2 sticks of DDR2

Just purchased an MSI P45 Platinum Motherboard, with an Intel Core2 Duo E7300. This is a 2.66GHZ chip with 1066MHZ FSB.
Originally, the board had V1.0 bios. When installing 2 stick kit of Kingston KHX6400D2K2/2G, the system hung with the LED's indicating memory error. I then bought equivalent Corsair and had the same problem.
When I tried starting the system with 1 stick, system boots.
I upgraded the BIOS to 1.5 today. Now, when the system starts with 2 sticks, it hangs up and reboots continuously. Install only 1 stick, system boots normally.
I previous reply to a post on another thread indicated timing values of
5 5 5 18 4 23 6 10 7.8us 2T 1.95V FSB/MEM 1:1.2
however I was not comfortable(yet) with changing these bios settings because I couldn't easily find them all in the order supplied. For example, I can get the 5 5 5 18, but the 4 was not the next logical setting and the 7.8us I couldn't find.
Perhaps I can get a more specific timing explanation(I know it is a pain).
Thanks.

Here is the link to get CPU-Z: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Since the problem goes away when just one mem. stick is in slot #1, & you have bios 1.5, it is pointing to XP SP2 or the system not liking that second 2G stick installed. Since XP 32 bit can only recognize around a max. of 3G's mem. anyway, maybe a change to 2X1G in slots 1 & 3 may be a better option. That would enable dual channel, as with just 1X2G in slot 1, it would be single channel & a slight decrease in performance.
Once you have CPU-Z, the SPD's JEDEC & EPP will be valuable information. Also, stay away from the D.C.C. & just use bios Cell Menu to adjust mem. V's & timings. A new Utility Tool is out that can be used as a reference tool & mem. tweaker. Altho it can be used to tweak, I have not tried that, so best to stick with bios to be safe.
MemSet 4.0: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/MemSet.shtml

P45 Platinum, some overclocking experience needed !

Hi,
I have bought a new computer last winter and been busy with it all the time.. when i bought it i had problems with MY CPU and memory but both fixed, CPU with BIOS 1.4 ( at that point the most recent BIOS ) and memory fixed with the help of some other guy with the same problem and the same hardware.
When all that was fixed and my PC runned stable i began overclocking the CPU by taking off the FSB jumpers so it wouldn't run on 333 MHZ but 400 MHZ FSB.
Now i wanna know if someone has experience with overclocking a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 on a P45 platinum, my CPU is now running on 3.4 GHZ ( stand 2.83 GHZ ) and I wanna know if a Vmod is nessecary need to get it to.. lets say 3.6 to 3.8 GHZ ?
I also want to know if someone has overclocked his Corsair Dominators above 1066 MHZ and how he did it, because nothing is working for me ( little changes direcly give BSODS etc. )
Thanks for everyones time,
Tim

Try your overclock first by setting your memory to 5.5.5.15 at 800MHz. This will eliminate or at least minimise any possible memory instabilities that are more than apparant in the forum when trying the 1066 overclock. If you are succesful, let me know, as I have the same set up, except that I have OZC Reapers. I must say that my 3,4 GHz (I have followed the same route as you via the jumpers) has not encountered a program or game yet that yielded unsatisfactory results. In actual fact my average frame rate in Far Cry 2 allgraphics maxed out runs between 70 and 80 fps. (MSI 9800GTX+). Unless you are running some scientific programs that need speeding up or you want to increase a theoretical benchmark, I wonder if the extra ,2 or,4 GHz will justify the potential temp increase or possible instabilities. But please advise once you have achieved that, what your system settings are what the percentage temp increase is on your CPU. I would be interested as I am too conservative at this stage to go beyond the 3,4.

P45 Platinum = What cooler fits?

Good day Everyone!
Since my initial post a few months ago Ive got my PC up and running quite nice and stable for far too long... So its time to run a little overclock on it
I'm working on a MSI P45 Platinum with a E8400 Wolfdale CPU at stock speeds (3.000GHz) and CPU-z tells me it uses about 0.827 vCore. That is with Speedstep on in idle mode (@2.000GHz). Core Temp indicates a CPU temperature of approximately 35 degrees Celsius (Tjmax =100) with the Intel stock cooler attached with Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. Also Ive put in 2*2GB dimms OCZ Reaper HPC 1066 (indeed, the fellows with the heatpipe cooler systems).
Once i start stressing the CPU for a bit the temperatures go up to around the 60 degrees and vCore rises to 0.992v.
All on all i think the vCore indicates my CPU has plenty of headroom for a little overclock since Intel gave it a 1.25v VID. My guess is that 3.8 ~ 4.2GHz should be well within reach.
My problem is that the stock cooler does not have the same headroom so the overclocking is still a bit on hold...
So far for the introductional story My real question is:
I'm wondering what kind of CPU cooler other p45 platinum owners are using since not all coolers fit this board.
It does not matter if you don't use the same restrictive heatpipe-cooled memory or something, i figured i got to change that anyways... But if you have high dimm's and use an aftermarket cooler feel free to tell ^^
offcourse, Ive done my research, the scythe mugen (2) fits according to one of the scythe forum topics (link can be found in this forum somewhere too) but that's about all i can find on this board's CPU cooling. Besides, I'm curious what solutions everyone is using.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/corsair-h50-cpu-cooler-review/
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+Hydro+Series+H50+CPU+Cooler/9503771.p?id=1218115623560&skuId=9503771&st=h5
I am thinking about switching over the the Corsair H50 hydro cooler. It should perform as well as my TR 120 and not bow my board and take up less space.

P45 Platinum and 8GB (4x2GB A-Data Vitesta 1066+) Problem

Hello friends,
i have some questions about this memory configuration on mobo P45 Platinum:
CPU E8400
4x2GB A-Data Vitesta 1066+
P45 Platinum
Asus EAH4670
2x500G WD5000AAKS
I have problem with start up of my comp when i use all 4 sticks at 1066MHz. When i use 2 sticks only i don't have any problems at [email protected]
When i try to start pc with 4 sticks at 5-5-5-15@[email protected] nothing, my pc won't start.
I have NO problem when i start it with 4 sticks and 5-5-5-15@[email protected], everything is fine.
Maybe i need give a little more voltage to MCH, but i'm not sure.
Have anyone tried 8GBs on P45 Platinum with more than 800MHz.
Thanks in advance!

Quote from: trackersoft on 17-December-08, 16:22:52
When i try to start pc with 4 sticks at 5-5-5-15@[email protected] nothing, my pc won't start.
I have NO problem when i start it with 4 sticks and 5-5-5-15@[email protected], everything is fine.
For two reasons:
1) you don't have real DDR2-1066 (the modules you have are overclocked & overvolted DDR2-800)
2) with 4 memory modules, any DDR2/DDR3 controller (northbridge) gets into speed limitation.
In conclusion: 8GB (4x2GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-15 at 1.8V) is the best choice (presuming you don't have any stability issue).
cheers

P45 Platinum with Q9550 problem

Hi there,
here's my spec :
P45 platinum board (bios 1.51)
Q9550 (E0)
Gskill PC8800 pi 2x2Gb DDR2
2x Gecube 3870 turbo
Cooler Master M700 real power
Zalman CNPS 9700
and then my problem is i cant go stable over 412 fsb. Im trying hard to setup in cell menu bios and never luck. No matter how many u rise voltage at vcore,vtt,vmch,etc. and lower multiplier (also ratio 1:1) its always unstable. If i could not wrong, i heard many guys out there seems problem too, and that because the bios boards issue? I find something wrong with bios 1.51, my quads its too high temp than real and i cant set vcore over 1.19 and vmch over 1.35
Please help me, i need advice & suggestion. thanx be4

Quote from: AaronYuri on 25-July-09, 14:33:54
Check the temperatures with CoreTemp.
ahaa.. u got right intuition Aaron. Well, i check up temp with 2 model. First, as ur suggest using with Core Temp 0.99.4, and the second with HWmonitor Ver. 1.08. But too bad i cant post the pic in here because my internet connection bandwitch is very, very slow.... (oh god, i waste the time for upload it) :-(
I strap fsb to 400 (3.4Ghz) and averything i set it auto (nothing more OC, just only strap fsb)
On the Core Temp shows 42C at idle (1.1 Vcore), and various temp core1-4 between 41-44C. and with HWmonitor its shows 48C (1.09 Vcore) at idle and various temp core1-4 between 46-49C. And last in bios, vcore always show between 50-52C
Ok, now which better i trust? .. lol
and.. oh ya aaron, if u dont mine can u tell me ur setup in cell menu to OC ur quad 9450 at x48 boards? I know its different chipset but just for compare.
Thx for ur help again.

P45 Platinum Q9550 boot/bios problem

Guys,
I've recently built a machine with a P45 Platinum board and Q9550 CPU. It has a Corsair 650w PSU, 4gb Corsair ram and a Samsung 1.5tb HDD. GPU is 2x Radeon HD4770 crossfire setup. I'm running Windows 7.
The problem is, when I first boot the machine it starts up and then I get the windows 'blue screen' and it tries to reboot, but does the same thing over and over. If I press the the reset CMOS button it wil then boot fine, and will switch on and off fine all day, until the next morning, when it does the same thing over again.
Any ideas anyone?

Quote from: Del UK on 13-January-10, 04:43:26
Just quick add:-
Bios is upto date?
I was running bios 1.5, now updated to 1.6. I've also pulled the jumpers so the FSB runs at 400mhz and set the RAM settings to what the Corsair data sheet says for 1066Mhz, (5-5-5-15, 2.1v) and it seems to be stable. It shows 1067Mhz still though, but I'm guessing this is right?
I'm not that mad for overclocking, but it seems happy at 3.4ghz, CPU temp is about 42 degrees.

Question on P45 Platinum bios setting for "Adjust PCI Frequency (MHz)"

System:
P45 Platinum updated to bios 1.6
Intel Q9400 CPU with Xigmatek Heatsink
620W PSU
8BG (2x4 slots) Cosair TWIN2X4096-8500C5D PC2-8500 1066MHz
PowerColor 1GB ATI HD 3670 Video card
System runs almost fine at the default setting. As it boot to blank screen a few times. Hard reset to boot into system fine. Once a while, system just froze and need hard reboot. But seem to stable enough (temperature around 26C)
I wanted to overclock to 3GHz. But as I just increased FSB from 333 to 340, the system will not boot or it will boot and then locked up after logon to window. I left everything at auto. Do I need to set the PCI clock? It is default at auto.

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I have to constantly change the FSB/Dram ratio to keep the RAM frequency between 800-900 for it to stable. Otherwise, the system will reboot by itself. Is that because I used all four slot of RAM?
Well, the fact that all memory slots are populated makes the matter a little more complicated, but the main problem is elsewhere: The Intel P45 Chipset natively only supports DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 modules. In addition to that, your memory modules are not "real" DDR2-1066 modules, but DDR2-800 memory sticks with a permission to overclock and overvolt them to DDR2-1066 @~2.1V.
Try these settings to try to raise your memory clock speed farther:
- Enhance Setting (Try all settings here: "Enabled", "Disabled" and "Auto")
- DRAM Voltage = 2.1V
- DDR_VREF_A = 0.955V
- DDR_VREF_B = 0.955V
- Spread Spectrum = Disabled
Usually, the reduction of the DDR Reference Voltages compensates stability problems that are related to overclocking/overvolting the memory to DDR2-1066 on this board. There is no guarantee that it will work for you, but you may as well give it shot.
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Everything else is auto and Core Center is showing:
vcore 1.21v
memory 1.92v
nb 1.12v
CPU temperature after an hour of usage: 23C
You don't wanna use MSI Dual Core Center for temperature monitoring. The tool is unable to read/calculate the Core Temperatures of your processor which are based digitial sensors implemented in each processor core. The data these sensors collect is stored in specific CPU registers that can be accessed by tools like Core Temp, Real Temp, Everest Ultimate and Speedfan (there are more tools of course). The "CPU Temperature" value shown in BIOS and by MSI Dual Core Center are based on the readings of an analog sensor of unknown location. It is uncertain, what this value actually refers to and it is also not very reliable.

Inappropriate Temperatures with P45 Platinum

Greetings to Everyone.
Ok, i bought MSI P45 Platinum recently. and i must say, i am quite impressed with whats it delivering at the moment. I tried setting FSB to 380 with multiplier:9 and left all the rest settings on auto. Machine performed POST without any issues. However, idle temps were around 66 degrees, as processor has stock HSF! So, shifted back to 3.04Ghz (380x8) with 1:1 divider and with memory timings: 4-4-4-12.
Everything went fine. System passed IntelBurn Test, Prime95 and 3DMark06 stability and benchmark tests with flying colors. Super-Pi 1M was calculated at 15 secs. I say not bad for Q6600 @3.04Ghz!
However, during all these tests i constantly faced errorenous temperature display with utilities. I consistently monitored everything on CoreTemp, RealTemp, Intel TAT, HWMonitor, SpeedFan and as well as MSI Dual Core Centre! (lol had to be sure which one gave accurate, so tried everyone of em! :D) Now, here is the thing:
Except Dual Core Centre, everyone else showed temps @ idle around 60 degrees and @ load around 75 degrees! While dual Core showed idle @ 48 degrees and @ load around 56 degrees! Another thing, both CoreTemp and MSI utlity showed same readings with Core percentage usage.
See, everything seems so normal. I am using CoolerMaster Elite 333 cabinet with two 120mm fans at front and back. My GPU idles around 55 degrees and hard disk temperature never crosses 40 degrees! So, what is wrong with CPU temperature??
Please, i desperately need your advice on this.
Another thing, my friend is using P35 Platinum and everything same as mine. However, his machine never crosses 47 degrees at idle @ 3.0Ghz! Then why mine?
Thanks...

awesome!! Three senior members helping me. Plus, thanks for such a fast response.
Thank you henry, Jack and Frank..!
I followed your advice and reseated heat sink assembly after cleaning the CPU heat spreader and applying AS5.
In the beginning, something went wrong and realtemp showed all cores above 95 degrees!! For some time i took that as a joke. But, later i reseated HSF assembly again and this time everything went fine. I am right now @2.4Ghz and processor idles around 46 degrees. Pretty pleased with the results. Ran Intel Burn test for an hour and temps rarely crossed 75 degrees!! (And ohh btw, that Intel Lin Pack really shoot temps like anything! What a thing!) Ok, everything went fine.
However, there are few things i would like to clear..
1. That EVGA card blows too much of heat within the cabinet! Only raising the fan speed to 60% helps bringing down the overall system temps by 4-5 degrees!! I mean, i dont want to sound naive...but is it supposed to happen this much? And somehow if it does then what can i do? Comments please...
2. I think, Q6600 can be o/c'd pretty easily on this board. However, i have few doubts..
(a) Do i always have to stick with 9 multiplier?? I mean, i tried with 8, and everything went fine. But, if everything is good to go with 9 multiplier then there is options for lower figures? I mean are there any benefits with different figures?
(b)Spread spectrum should be left enabled while overclocking?
(c)And what about Green Power and EIST? EIST should be disabled while overclocking. But can we leave Greenpower on?
(d)I may have options to go for CoolerMaster CPU cooling setups. Why coolermaster only? Ok, thats because, in here, we dont have brands like Arctic, Thermaltake or Zalman in markets! :( I mean, they can be ordered through net, but i think its better to purchase from a retailer with all bills and stuff. Anyways, suggestions required for a descent CoolerMaster CPU cooler. That'd be good right?
(e)How much difference does third party cooler can make in comparison to a stock one?
Thank you again for ur replies.

New P45 Platinum build complete!

I got my new system put together last night.
MSI P45 Platinum
Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
EVGA GTX 260
Kingwin 700 w PSU
WD 10,000 rpm OS drive
X-fi Sound card
Zalman 9900 CPU cooler
Four gigs DDR2 8500 1066 RAM
It started right up, and lit up like a Christmas tree. The bios set some funky RAM timings, so I went ahead and manually set the timings, speed and voltage. I'm running the RAM with what's advertised on the side of the sticks. 1066/2.1v/ 5 5 5 15. I have touched them while the PC is running, and they seem to stay pretty cool. If I run into issues, I will set them to 800 and less voltage. I got Vista 64 installed fine, and am setting up the OS to my liking.
So far the board seems pretty solid. I do notice when I reboot, that I hear a fan/fans throttle back on the RPM, and throttle back up afterward. I will have to look around in the bios some more and see what I can do about that. The instruction book for this board is pretty limited. My other MSI book for my older mobo is allot more informative.
I do notice that both my CPU cores seem to be stuck at 27C. The actual CPU temp fluctuates fine with CPU usage, but the cores don't budge. I read that this is pretty common with these Wolfdales. My brothers build was the same way. I could get them to move if I ran Orthos for awhile. No biggie.
Anyway, I wanted to thank you guys for helping me select my new MSI mobo. I'm sure I will have some questions since this hand book is so limited.

Quote from: kourosh on 26-April-09, 03:32:15
keizer, good to hear some good news. when you have, would you please take a few shot of your bios cell menu for your ddr2 1066 setting [all of them if you can] so others can follow.cheers
Well, I think I still have some tweaking to do. I'm having a little trouble on cold boots. Before I manually set up my RAM, I left everything at default. It was running at 1066, but didn't have the right timings. With the default settings, it froze at the Microsoft screen with the little green progress bar. I did a hard reboot, and everything was fine, including all the reboots I did while installing software.
Anyway, after setting up the RAM manually to 1066/2.1v/ 5 5 5 15, I shut the system down and drove into town for a few hours. When I came back, I turned my system on again. It made it past the screen where you can press delete to enter the bios, but just sat there with a black screen after that. I did another hard reboot, and it booted into windows fine.
Any ideas what would cause this? Maybe it doesn't like my RAM settings. I may have to try them at 1.8v/800/5 5 5 18
Also, I wonder if this could be a bios issue? My board came with 1.2 bios.

P45 Platinum does not boot

I just got a net P45 Platinum and I can't get it to boot. All the LEDs are lit but I just get an empty screen. If it does try to start it gives me the safe mode screen but will not do anything when I try to enter it. The only way I have been able to get it going it to hit the magic Bios button in the back. Last time I built a machine was about 8 years ago so I am lost. Any help would be great.
most likely this will not be all the info you need but here goes
Main Board P45 platinum Bios 1.5
OCZ PC8500 DD2 1066MHZ (2x1024)
E7400 processor
Ultra X connect 500 power supply
Sapphire 4680 vid card
Maxor 160 gig Sata drive
Thanks for your help

Enter BIOS Setup after clearing CMOS, load "Optimized Defaults" and test the following settings in the Cell Menu:
- FSB/DRAM Ratio = 1:1.2
- DRAM Voltage = 1.95V [use the +/- keys of your keyboards numpad to change voltage values]
- Spread Spectrum = Disabled
See if that changes anything.
If it doesn't, test the same settings with only one memory module installed (try each module seperately).
Furthermore:
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All the LEDs are lit
Check the POST Status LEDs and post the status code here (check your user manual).
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If it does try to start it gives me the safe mode screen but will not do anything when I try to enter it.
Are you talking about the operating system (Windows? (XP?,Vista?,Windows7?) safe mode screen?
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Ultra X connect 500 power supply
Please have a look at the PSU Sticker and post the amperage limits (A) on each of the main voltage rails.

Safe northbridge temp P45 Platinum

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