Whoo Hoo! Trouble Free P965 Platinum Install!

Well, this is going to be my first and probably only post here. I know a lot of people who read this forum are either thinking of buying this board or have one and are getting ready to assemble their new machines.
I was in the later group and in reading through all the other posts I started to get a bit concerned that I was going to have a rough ride. I am happy to report that that was not the case. My build went smooth as butter. Here what I put together...
MSI P965 Platinum
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe CPU
XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB
2 x 1 GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
Maxtor L01F300 320GB SATA
NEC 18X DVD +/-R
Antec TruePower Trio 650w
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 ATX Case
I did run into two small issues. First, I was getting a yellow "!" next to one entry in the device manager. SM... something, can't remember exactly what it was called. Turns out if you install the Intel INI drivers from the included install CD that gets cleared up. Second was with the infamous JMicron drivers. I was able to get XP installed, but I was getting REALLY SLOW read speeds when I was installing games. I updated the drivers and and now my drive's speed is where it should be.
So to sum up, this MoBo has been a dream to install, the very few problems I encountered were minor and my system is totally stable and fast! If you're considering buying this board, by all means, go for it.
Happy computing all!

I'm glad to know that you are happy with your system .
Enjoy and have Funz!

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[MSI P965 Platinum] troubles booting

HI,
My config:
MSI P965 platinum
C2D E6400
WD800jb pata
Maxtor sata
GF7900GS
I am having difficulties booting properly from my sata drive. At the moment two drives are connected to my mainboard: sata & pata (and dvdrw by the way)
When i turn on my pc it says: "reboot and select proper boot device". When I press enter the system directly boots normally.
My boot sequence is: dvdrw, sata.
When I change the sequence to boot only from sata, the problem isnt solved.
The only way to solve the problem is to disconnect the pata drive. Then the mainboard wil boot without having to press a key...
Does anybody have a solution?! I want to connect both drives to my mainboard but i dont want to press enter during startup!

When you say you have to press a key during start-up, is that when it lists your P-ata devices??? It has to do that, just press the button...
I'm currently on a S-ATA drive, and I had no trouble at all... The only problems I had, was making it recognize my DVD-drive, as I have it as master, with an P-ATA drive as slave (on the cable)... To make it see both I had to use the jumpers on the back of the drives, and set the HDD to master manually (no cable-select)...
Have you installed Windows on that S-ATA disk?? If not, it might be saying that, because it wants a drive with Windows on it
Oh, and congratulations with the board
Best Regards

Windows XP-Pro will not install on my new P965 Platinum

I hope someone can help me with my problem.
It seems that everytime i try to install Windows XP-Pro after the initial
drivers setup i get this Error Message:
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart
your computer. If this screen appears again, Follow these steps:
Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified
in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer
for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.
Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS
Memory option such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode
to remove or disable components, restart your computer and press F8 to
select Advance Start up options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xc0000005, 0xF78350BF,0xF7C81208,0xF7C80F08)
*** PCI. sys-address F8350BF base at F782E000, Datestamp 3b7d855c
This is a new build with a Samsung Spinpoint SP2504C SATAII Drive but
when this occurred i thought that it might be the drive that was the
problem.So i therefore put it i my Old PC and tried to install Windows
XP-Pro onto it which i did with no problems at all.
I then put the drive back in my New PC where it Booted Up First Time and
runs OK and i have even installed Software onto it.In fact i am using at
this very minute as i type.
Unfortunately when i still try to Reinstall Windows XP-Pro on my New Build
with my P965 i get the same Error Message as above.
Can anybody please help.
Thanks
P965 Platinum
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Samsung Spinpoint SP2504C SATAII
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Twin2X(5x512MB)
inno3D GeForce 7600GT
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Music Sound Card
NEC ND-3520 DVD
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Thermaltake Toughpower 600W
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case

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I hope you don't mind me asking this question for Jack the Newbie.
You say i have to use a Windows XP-Pro Install-CD that includes SP2 as well as the JMicron driver for the JMicron IDE-Port which i have my Optical Drive connected to.I know this is telling me how to fix my problem, but what i would also like to know is WHY do i have to install it with SP2 & the JMicron driver like this on my P965 when it installed on my old pc with just the XP-Pro Install-CD.
Your Windows Installation CD should be as up to date as possible, especially for newer hardware. SP1 is from 2002, SP2 was released in 2004. Neither SP1 nor SP2 install CDs provide the proper drivers for the JMicron chipset used on your mainboard. I cannot give a detailed list about the differences between SP1 and SP2. I just know, that there are a lot of problems when people do not use SP2 on Intel 975/965 Chipset-boards which where released in 2006.
When you say that your installation works fine on your old PC I believe you. It worked on my old Laptop too. However I was not able to install XP Pro on my 975X-board without SP2 at all until I upgraded my Installation CD.
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Garfield,
I had exactly the same problem--because I had my optical drive hooked up to a Promise IDE controller, rather than to a mobo IDE connection. Turns out the Promise will read and write the optical drives OK, just won't boot from them properly. And, somehow, that affects Windows Setup.
I don't know anything about the JMicron and the need for SP2. But, as you can see from my sig, I'm using XP Pro SP1, and once I moved my NEC 3500 back to the mobo IDE (as secondary behind my IDE hard disk) everything worked like a champ.
Just my $.02.
Stahlwird
To relate Garfields problem with your solution is a mistake. Your board does not use any JMicron hardware, has NVidia chipset instead of Intel and an AMD CPU. Your are talking about a totally different Setup here.

P965 Platinum - memory troubles

I completed the following system over the weekend:
P965 Platinum w/ 1.2 BIOS
Core 2 Duo E6400
Corsair Twin 2GB 800MHz 4-4-4-12
Rosewill 550w PSU
eVGA 7600GT
I checked the BIOS and verified that the memory is recognized as 800MHz. However, it is currently running at 5-5-5-18 timings at 1.9v. I am able to change the timings to 4-4-4-12, but then the system does not boot (stuck on extended memory test).
I checked with Corsair, and their documentation states that the 4-4-4-12 timings are achieved at 2.1v. Unfortunately, the BIOS will not allow me to change the memory voltage. The number is grayed out.
How can I fix this? I installed Duo Core Center to try to adjust it from there, but it will not run...I get the "This application has caused an error and must be closed..." message when I try to start it. I reinstalled it with the same problem both times.

First of all, Run a memtest86 session for each memory stick seperately , one of the sticks may be broken ... you never know...
Quote from: EricT on 20-December-06, 11:08:30
OK, I adjusted the voltage to 2.1v. Then I disabled SPD and set the timings to 4-4-4-12. I rebooted, and it crashed while loading windows.
Try a little more voltage if the bios allows you to, 2.2 or 2.3Volt - It IS a budget motherboard, and budget boards tend to give less real voltage then what you selected.
Quote from: EricT on 20-December-06, 11:08:30
I went back to the BIOS and enabled SPD, leaving the voltage at 2.1V, and CPU-Z is showing the timings as 5-5-5-18 like before. Frequency 400MHz, 2:3 ratio. It is also reporting Channels # Single. This should be dual-channel memory right?
The SPD tab in CPU-Z tells me that each module has 400 MHz frequency with timings 4-4-4-12. Now I'm confused.
Might have something to do with having both sticks in single channel - Since there are 2 memory sticks in one channel it might automatically loosen timings for that channel...
Quote from: EricT on 20-December-06, 11:08:30
Another thing, if I put modules in slots 1 and 3, the system hangs at memory initialization. I can only get it to run if I use slots 1 and 2. I believe this is why I'm in single channel mode?
Yes...
Quote from: EricT on 20-December-06, 11:08:30
Can someone help me get this memory running optimally? I spent the extra money to get CAS 4 memory, but apparently I am not getting that performance.
Core 2 Does not really benefit all that much from tight timings, you are confusing with athlon64 wich like tight timings ...
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=472 This article shows that core2 does not really benefit a lot from expensive high end memory.

P965 Platinum XP fails to install

When installing XP the setup loading files starts but when it gets to "Setup is loading files (Windows NT Filesystem (NTFS))" the computer shuts down and restarts every time. What should I do?
Intel E6400
MSI P965 Platinum
APACER AM1 DDRII 667 CL5 64 X8 1GBX2
MSI GF7600GT Diamond Plus
WD Caviar 250GB SATA 16MB
NEC ND-3520 DVD-RW IDE
Antec Sonata II Piano 450W

Hi Maje
Some checks:
Does your BIOS "see" your hard drive correctly?
Is the drive correctly set-up and formatted?
(http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html)
Are the power supply connections from the PSU to the mobo correct?
Are you certain that the CPU heatsink is seated correctly?
Is the CPU fan running?

MSI P965 Platinum, system won't boot only when ICH8R is in RAID

So I couldn't get my system to boot properly when I have the ICH8R in RAID 1 mode.
I have the boot drive on a single, non-raid Wester Digital 250gb Cavair HD on the ICH8R.
Installed XP Pro SP2 with the ICH8R in IDE mode. I installed in IDE mode beceause I was unable to install XP on my single drive when ICH8R was in RAID mode. I installed XP in IDE mode, did all driver updates, then put the ICH8R into RAID 1 mode for my other data drives and the system will post, start to boot and get to the Windows XP boot screen then the system just restarts before the boot completes. It does it in normal boot mode and safe mode as well.
With the ICH8R in IDE mode everything boots/runs fine.
The problem is, I need the 6 SATA RAID controllers on the ICH8R as I have 3 RAID1 arrays.
I've done all the updates to windows, motherboard bios, Highpoint RocketRaid bios update, tried every mode on the ICH8R, unplugged the Highpoint Rocket Raid, left it plugged in with no drives plugged in, disabled the Jmicron controller, everything I can think of.
Any help would be appreciated.
I did not do the windows floppy driver install for the ICH8R when I installed XP, but I have not had to do that in the past with the ICH7 on my old motherboard so I assumed I wouldn't here as I've been told it's just if you are installing windows on a RAID.
System:
MSI P965 Platinum
Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 CPU
(4) 1gb OCZ Gamer Extreme DDR2 PC6400 RAM
Windows XP SP2
High Point Rocket RAID 2300 PCI Express x1 RAID card
Asus nVIDIA GS7300 PCI Express Video card
Drives on ICH8R Controller:
Boot Drive: WD Cavair 250gb SATA2
DVD: Some sony 16x DVD - SATA
RAID1: (2) Seagate Barracuda 320gb SATA2 HD's (setup on previous motherboard on Intel ICH7 Controller)
(2) Seagate Barracuda 500gb SATA2 HD's
High Point Rocket RAID 2300 Controller:
(2) Seagate Barracuda 500gb SATA2 HD's

The problem that you are having has nothing to do with your mainboard.
Once you decide to install Windows XP SP2 when the ICH8R controller is in IDE mode, Windows will give you a bluescreen once you switch to RAID mode after the installation is done because it is to stupid to change to the proper driver. Consider this as normal behaviour.
You have basically three possibilities:
1. Reinstall XP with integrated SP2 and integrate the Intel ICH8R RAID drivers using a floppy disk
The latest drivers can be found here.
As I understand, you have already tried that. I if you don't feel like trying this again, have a look at this:
2. Slipstream Intel ICH8R SATA RAID drivers using NLITE or XP ISO BUILDER and try to install again with a self-made install CD that already includes the proper drivers (no floppy needed)
Use google to find one of the tools I mentioned. The procedure is free, perfectly legal and easy to do. Guides for this can be found all over the internet
3. Switching to RAID mode without having to re-install Windows XP
If you are still using your existing installation, that was done when the controller was in IDE mode, the follwing trick may work for you.
I posted a little guide on how to switch from IDE to AHCI mode without having to re-install XP. Have a look at the guide. The procedure is essentially the same for RAID. The only difference is the content of the REG-File that you have to make.
Guide: HOW TO switch from IDE to AHCI mode without having to reinstall Win XP (GUIDE)
Use the following content for the REG file instead of the one I put up in the above thread:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_8086&dev_2822&cc_0104]
"Service"="iaStor"
"ClassGUID"="{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor]
"Type"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000000
"Group"="SCSI miniport"
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\iaStor.sys"
"tag"=dword:00000019
"DisplayName"="Intel RAID Controller"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters]
"queuePriorityEnable"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters\oromVersion]
"MajorVersion"=dword:00000006
"MinorVersion"=dword:00000000
"HotfixNumber"=dword:00000000
"BuildNumber"=dword:000003fe
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Enum]
"0"="PCI\\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&SUBSYS_B0001458&REV_02\\3&13c0b0c5&0&FA"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001
The procedure works perfectly well in most cases (but not always).
I hope one of these three "methods" will work for you.

P965 Platinum, Vista, and Raid

I spent a good couple of hours skimming the boards yesterday trying to set up my two new 320 SATAII hard drives in a RAID array. I ran into a ton of trouble, but then finally figured out part/all of my problem and got things working. I figure this information will be helpful for anyone who is trying to do the same. I'll post the most useful links I found at the end of this post as well...
heres what i'm working with:
MSI P965 Platinum
2gb OCZ DDR2 800MHZ 2 dimm kit
36.7 WD Raptor SATAII (as system drive)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Sapphire X1650 PRO 512MB PCI-Express
Antec TruePower TRIO 650 650W Power Supply
promise technology ultra ata 133 tx2 (the source of a ton of trouble)
originally i had vista ultimate x64 installed on a 36.7 gb raptor that was performing ok (once i did the extremetech suggested reghacks for lowdiskspace and 8.3ntfsfilenames), but not as well as my friends new computer with a blazing fast 500 gb stripe.
my bios was configured as such:
on board raid controller: ide
on chip ata devices -> sata 1 config: enhanced
...configure sata 1 as: ide
...sata 2 configuration: enabled
i shut down the computer, and changed
on chip ata devices -> configure sata 1 as: raid
then i was able to get into the raid setup with Ctrl + I, and set up my array. Here's where I ran into my first problem. I figured I wanted a raid 0 because I don't care soooo much about my data being lost, and i have never had a hard drive die on me (knock on wood) in the past 8 years (guardian angel). So setting up my array was working fine, except for i hadn't anticipated that i would have to choose an ideal strip size. The board suggests 128k, but after much deliberation I decided since I wanted the speed benefit for my OS and programs, I wanted 32k strip size; but having a 640 stripe for just the OS and programs seems huge, so out of curiosity I tried setting up two raid arrays (both across the same drives). The first was a 100gb raid 0 with a 32k strip size and the second was a 496.2 raid 0 with a 128k strip size. This worked fine, but then I got to thinking... can I set up the 100 gb array as a mirror? If so, then I get the best of both worlds since I can secure all my OS/settings/programs/documents, but I'll have a super fast (respectively) 400 gb drive for ephemeral memory and expendable data (replaceable stuff like ripped dvds, downloaded music and programs, downloaded anything...). This would all be at the expense of 100 gb which certainly seems worth it at this case because I wouldn't have to worry about the possibility of losing all my data like everyone seems to cry about all over the internet when talking about raid stripes. So i set it up, this worked fine... next step boot into vist ultimate and start installation.
Here proved my most annoying step, as my first problem occurred when I couldn't find the dvd/cd drive in the boot sequence menu. I saw the usb card reader drives, my raid arrays, and my raptor... but no dvd/cd drive (of which I had two connected). After scouring the web about that darned Jmicron chip, it appeared as if the bios cannot see the PATA drives on this board and I would have to try pressing F8 at the jmicron bios screen. THIS IS COMPLETE MISINFORMATION.
As stupid as it is, the real problem is that the boot sequence only displays 6 (i think it's 6) bootable media, and if you have anything else it just doesn't show it. This gave me the impression that the bios was unaware of my cd/dvd drives connected to the IDE controller. As soon as I unplugged my card reader, the dvd/cd drives appeared in the boot sequence... thank gawd because...
i had tried plugging my dvd/cd drives into the promise ata controller (which i already know lacks a vista 64bit compatible driver), which actually allowed me to boot into the vista setup whereupon I was asked (I did NOT have to press F6, even though everyone seems to think they have to) to install the driver for the dvd/cd controller (I assumed and was right that it was asking for the promise ata controller driver). I put the most recent drivers from their website on a usb stick, plugged it in, and the driver worked and then setup was able to see my dvd/cd drives (which is weird because how did I get to that point if it couldn't?).
Then setup said it couldn't find any drives, so I figured the problem was with the driver for the ICH8R intel raid controller. I downloaded drivers from MSI's website, intel's, and a bunch of others, and NONE of them worked. Setup would install the drivers, but it still could not see any hard drives attached to it. I'm not sure what caused this problem, but my best guess is that it had to do with the promise card being plugged in.
I gave up on that and figured I'd try something else, maybe the promise card was causing the problem. So I tried changing the ports that all my sata drives are plugged into. The two new 320's were on 0 and 2, and I also had a drive on 3 4 and 5. I read somewhere that intel had some array issues on 0 1 and 2, so I tried setting my 320's on 4 and 5 and moved my other drives around it. This is also when I had the idea to remove my card reader and pull out the ultra ata 133 tx2 card.
I was able then to see the dvd/cdrom in the boot sequence, put it first, and boot into vista setup. VISTA ULTIMATE DID NOT ASK ME FOR ANY DRIVERS AT THIS POINT. I'm not sure if it was the sata ports I had my drives plugged into or not, but at this point vista setup saw all my drives and I chose the 100 gb array and installation went smoothly.
Excellent… now I just have to install photoshop and see if it loads in 4 seconds like on my friends new computer with the stripe. If not, then I'll probably just cry.
Hopefully I've covered enough of the keywords in this description that anyone who has this problem will easily find this page. Remember:
JMICRON IDE DEVICES CAN BE SEEN BY THE BIOS
VISTA SETUP DOES NOT NEED ANY ADDITIONAL DRIVERS TO INTERACT WITH THE RAID CONTROLLER
SORRY IF THIS WAS A TON OF INFORMATION BUT AFTER ALL THE TIME I SPENT TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT I FEEL LIKE NO ONE HAD POSTED A FULL BLOWN SOLUTION
Hope this was helpful

I have the very same issue except two things. When I try to see why it will not load the Array I find that the first drive (Maxtor 6V160E0) is red and considered to be bad. Did you happen to notice if your system showed the same thing?
I have moved the drives around and it still corrupts the Maxtor 6V160E0. I have not tried to move them to the end of the SATA connections. I will try that and see what happens.
Other thing was the JMicron would see my NEC DVDRW, but thought it was a ACSI and it would only read at 12X. It even stated that in the OS. I then was told by the Techs that they have not had alot of luck with NEC drives. So, I purchased a LiteOn SATA II DVDRW, connected it to the JMicron SATA connector and it came alive. I then found it to turn out worthless DVD's and CD's. Not even that Drive would read them after burning. I got so ticked about the JMicron I just shut it off in the BIOS. I hooked up the drive to the #4 port and whala, no more problems with burn. Now it reads, writes, and re-writes at the stated speeds (also I needed to update the firmware twice since I purchase the drive. The MS updates did something to it and the new firmware fixed it.). I have never been able to get a drive to work correctly on the JMicron no matter who made it.
I sure hope that MSI has scraped any board that will ever use that controller. JMircon is not my friend!
I am going to get 2 more SATA II drives and try this without having to backup all my data.

Presler950 at 2.4GHz on P965 Platinum

And it's a 3.4Hgz chip..... I don't get it. And changing the multiplier causes the bios to crash. Very frustrating. I've tried changing the multiplier, changing the FSB, adding voltage to the CPU...... none of it has worked for me. And any suggestions on how to speed this chip up'd be welcome.
Here's the build: (first Intel board in years)
Presler D950 (38* no load)
Artic Cooing Freezer Pro 7
MSI P965 Platinum Bios v02.61uf
2 x 1g OCZ DDR2 6400
OCZ 700w PSU
Seagate 250g Sata
BFG 7900GS OC 256
I know the chip itself runs at 3.4GHz stock, cause it was doing that just fine in the Asrock 775-Dual vista I just swapped it out of. I upgraded to the P965 and memory to take advantage of 16x PCI express. I'm not even trying to overclock (yet), I just want the stupid thing to at least run at stock speeds.

Um..... no. 3.4Ghz is the normal speed for a Presler 950, engineering chip or no. I got the proc only after my friend was given a free Conroe E6600 by his friend at Intel. And I've used this 950 for about four months without a problem before I bought the P965 Platinum.
This chip was in an ABIT LGA775 board before I got it, and ran stock at 3.4Ghz. And I've had it in an Asrock 775 Dual Vista for the last four months, and that board (which cost a whopping $67.00 cdn), saw it from the start as a 3.4Ghz chip.... and it overclocked from there to a stable 3.8Ghz with no extra voltage. I still have that Asrock board. Then I got a new video card for Christmas and upgraded to the P965 Platinum to take advantage of the 16x PEG bus (The Asrock Dual Vista is limited to 4X PEG). The MSI P965 Platinum was "editors choice" on Tom's Hardware Guide, so when I went to my local web store it was the board du jour.
What I expected from this upgrade was that my hardware would work the same or perhaps.... better. And it doesn't, and I want to know why. And, as I mentioned, on the splash screen at bootup the chip is reported as a 3.4Ghz processor. So why can't I change the multiplier from 200x12? And why does this board crash when I change the FSB? Why does it limit this processor when the other boards don't? Why can't the P965 Platinum run this chip at its' proper speed? I'd like to know.
What I'm going to try when I get back from work (in about eight days) is to put this Proc back into my kids' Gigabyte p965 board (which also reports this chip at 3.4Ghz) , and I'll install his Conroe E63000 on this MSI board and see what happens. If I still have issues using a Conroe, I'll RMA the board and try something different. I'd rather not have to buy another processor, tho. I mean, why spend another $280.00 if you don't have to. I'd much rather fix the problem, or at least know what it is, so I know what my options are.

P965 Platinum

BIOS Sign-on message: MSI P965 Platinum A7238IMS V1.5B1 032207 (Date: 03/22/2007)
Attachment name: A7238IMSv151.zip
BIOS Sign-on message: MSI P965 Platinum A7238IMS V1.5B2 040407 (Date: 04/04/2007)
Attachment name: A7238IMSv152.zip
BIOS Sign-on message: A7238IMS V1.5B3 042007 (Date: 04/20/2007)
Attachment name: A7238IMSv153.zip
BIOS Sign-on message: A7238IMS V1.5B4 053107 (Date: 05/31/2007)
Attachment name: A7238IMSv154.zip
Note: P965 Platinum.rar contains A7238IMSv151.zip, A7238IMSv152.zip, A7238IMSv153.zip. (B1,B2,B3 versions.)
Extract the P965 Platinum.rar to desired folder, then execute our Tool, and point to desired BIOS version .zip archive when asked.
A7238IMSv154.zip (B4 version)
Make and ensure PC is stable before proceed. Remove any OC temporary if you have.
Use Beta or Modded BIOSes at own risk!
flash BIOS from USB key, by using our Tool(easy & safe way to flash):
MSI Forum HQ USB Flashing Tool

I am uploading the latest BETA BIOS Release for the P965 Platinum: A7238IMS.193 [=v1.9b3]
Changelog [A7238IMS.180 -> A7238IMS.193]:
- the POST could show 4096MB when installing 4GB memory, but BIOS System Information only displayed 3328MB
memory size.
-fix installing 1TB hard disk, when configuring sata mode as IDE, the bios shows 1000GB, but post shows 100GB. the bios and post both show only 100GB in AHCI mode
- Support Intel E8400 CPU [E0]
Source: http://www.msi-forum.de/index.php?page=Thread&postID=717266#post717266
Note: This BIOS will also support the E8500/E0, the Q9550/E0 and probably the Q9650/E0.
However, use it at your own risk, as always.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<

I need help getting my P965 Platinum board to work

ok, I've tried researching it and searching the forums but I'm still having a lot of trouble and it's all a tad bit confusing. I've finally gotten all the stuff hooked up but I've run into trouble. My dvd drive and hard drive are both IDE and they aren't being recognized in BIOS, although I can select them as boot devices(the exact devices like ASUS DVD, not the generic cd-rom one). After it goes through th msi logo screen it goes to a screen with JMICRON stuff on it with the name of my hard drive in blue and my dvd drive in green, and to press any key to continue. If I try to boot from an xp cd in the dvd drive it gives me an :
"CDBOOT : Couldn't find NTLDR
Error loading OS"
error.
I think getting this error may have to do with the dvd drive and hard drive not being recognized in BIOS. Now, I read that one solution was putting the drivers on a floppy and booting from that. Of course I don't have one but I was able to scrounge one up from somewhere but with no blank floppies. I rewrote over a couple of the old one I had, one doesn't get recognized when I put it in and trying to boot from it give me an error and tells me to remove and media, the other is unformattable and the last one gives me an error that just says it cannot boot or there was a boot error. I download the driver folder and all I did was copy the inside of the floppy32 folder and paste that onto the floppy. Please help me, I'm on the end of my rope here. I've been dealing with one installation problem after another and now I feel even more broken now hat I know how p965 doesn't have native IDE support. I don't have SATA anything, but I do have a cd burner, a flash drive, an xp disc and possibly floppy stuff.
Here are my specs:
Asus 16x optical drive
Seagate 250 gb hdd
MSI P965 platinum motherboard
2 gigs of Patriot extreme performance ddr2 800 RAM
MSI geforce 880 gts(320 mb)
OCZ Game X stream 600 watt psu
Enermax CS-718 case
E6600 processor
I went to the g4 forums so I could bother them about it because I didn't want to bring up something that's already been answered on here, but I've gotten barely any help from them and all the issues I've read about on here don't exactly relate to my situation and are kinda confusing. Thank you for your help.

Seems like some who have tried two devices on the JMICRON IDE port have had trouble. Try without the hard drive and see if you get that error. If that is the case I would try a PATA to SATA converter for your hard drive and connect it to one of the Intel SATA Ports.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812107112
http://www.amazon.com/ADDONICS-IDE-SERIAL-CONVERTER-ADIDESA/dp/B000090169
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=339900#ts
http://www.xpcgear.com/ide2sata.html
http://www.ubuyitdirect.com/-p-1045.html?currency=USD
http://www.satasite.com/sata-ide-converter.htm
http://www.pcgears.com/default.aspx?oid=187150

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

Upgrade to CS4 Prod. Premium - is it trouble free

There is probably a forum for CS4 Production Premium but I wanted to get the opinions of a few photoshop users who may have made this upgrade.
I'm running Windows XP pro on P4 3.2gh processors with 2 gb Ram.
I've been using Production studio of CS2 and later upgraded some tools to CS3 like photoshop and Illustrator.
I remember having a fair bit of trouble installing Production Studio... A lot of people did when it was new. A lot of dinking around was required as I recall.
I'm now wanting to upgrade to CS4 Production Premium and wondered if people could share there experiences with that sort of upgrade.
Is the cs4 package a pain in the butt to install... Did it install smoothly.
Please let me know what to expect...

curt y wrote:
If you can find any software that is trouble free I would like to buy stock in that company. But seriously, CS4 makes major demands on the video card and you would be wise to read threads on this forum to see how that would affect you with your current computer hardware/csoftware.
Yikes... I should have known someone would feel compelled to make that quip.
Must have been clear that my question was more... `was it a pain in the butt to install'.
Can you be a little more specific about what you are hinting at? Hard to know how to be wise with no clue to go on.
I have an Nvidia GeForce FX 5700LE (256MB) card
I guess another thing to ask is if its worth upgrading to CS4. Is there lots of new functionality?
Just reading the `whats new' hype isn't like hearing from experienced users what they find worth using.
I remember back when I upgraded to Production Studio, one of the big things I was after was the
`Dynamic link' . After the big buildup of how great it would be... I was pretty disappointed and never did find it very usefull at all. in fact it seemed to make the machine more unstable when calling up both AE and Premiere at the same time. I quit using altogether after a few crashes. And even when I didn't crash it just wasn't much different or better than the old way.
This upgrade will cost me about $600 for the upgrade I'm qualified for.
But back to the clues about what to look for... can you suggest some likely search strings to use?

P965 Platinum and Vista x64 RAID config?

Ok, I have looked all over this forum for Vista x64 issues. Nothing even comes close to my problem. When I load Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition onto a clean SATAII drive (single non-RAID drive) I have no problems what-so-ever.
Now here is when it really gets weird. When I run install on a RAID array (2 SATAII Seagate 160GB drives) I see issues in the install. First thing I see is it corrupts the data on the first drive. This causes a blue screen at restart. When I go into the RAID config (ctrl+I) I see the first drive has errors. The only thing I can do is delete the RAID and start over.
When I reinstall Win XP Pro X64 I have no problems at all. I have downloaded the latest drivers from the downloads section and I have tried the newer Intel drivers. Non work!
Computer info:
CPU: Intel 3.4GHz Pentium D x64
MB: MSI P965 Platinum
Storage: 2x Seagate 160GB SATAII
RAID: Intel ICH7R/ICH8R SATA RAID driver 2006-08-29 (and have tried the newer driver from Intel)
If you need more just ask!
Oh yeah, I looked at the specs sheet for the P965. They need to remove the NEC 3550 from the "OK" list since it does not Wright period or READ at install. I went through a big deal with MSI about this and they still have not removed it.

Well sh**! I borrowed a friends Vista x86 and found it to also have the same issue. Would not even load the "Choose Drive" screen or allow me to even install the RAID drivers.
Man when a board gets Vista approved is must not take much. I have had compatibility issues with this board since day one. I think maybe it is time to through it away. What a shame since it is only a few months old.

P965 Platinum + Audigy 2 ZS or X-Fi Conflicts

Hey there.
Hopefully someone can help me workout a small issue I've been having for awhile.
I'm running the following:
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz
MSI P965 Platinum
2x Geil 1Gb DDR2-800
XFX nvidia 7950GT 512Mb
2x LG IDE DVD-RW drives
320Gb SATA Seagate Cuda.
and either:
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (PCI) or
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi oem (PCI)
My problem is the same with either Soundcard.
If either of the IDE DVD-RW drives are in use, ie when I'm copying or viewing data on a CD or DVD or burning a DVD or CD, and I'm playing music, watching metacafe or youtube, or playing a game my sound starts stuttering & skipping really really badly, wether . I can get around the problem by not having any sound playing when I use the DVD-RW drives, but this is a bit of a pain, and is surely avoidable.
It seems like there is a conflict between my IDE channel (which there is only one of) and any PCI sound card I install.
Any idea's ? Anyone ?

Update your sound drivers (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=101224.msg823889#msg823889)
Re-test.

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