Official MSI P7N Diamond (780i) Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide/BIOS Thread

[dogg]

I'm just at about wits end here. It wont even boot into a linux distro (ubuntu) from a CD, but could boot using the Nero 6 bios flash method. Tried a friend's ddr2 800 at 533 and 800, still no go. I figured the motherboard should be good, since I can go into the bios fine and at least halfway install windows. Memory should be ruled out (even underclocked it and tried different dimms). Graphics seem fine. Power supply should be ok (all fans/lights/graphics work fine).

So essentially, I have a $1400 paperweight.


EDIT: Emo emotions above.... sorry. I am pissed. Well, gettin further along. Figured out I had to OC the CPU and up the voltage on the CPU and NB to get any further. Now I can get about 85% through a windows xp install, then it either restarts or blue screens with "Driver IRQL Not Less Than Equal" error. Gettin closer at least...

I had similar problem with win instal before.. It just freezed in certain moment of install .. it was 32bit Vista.. CMOS clear helped me to solve it.. as well, I have broken checksum after every BIOS flash so it needs to restart again to rebuild it.. but I'm flashing from windows with afuwin..

[stickboy00]

I had to install Vista64 with only one 2gb DIMM. 4 gig would crash the install at random times. Something about Vista64 pre-SP1 not liking 4gig of memory.