Durftard
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I received my E2180 from NewEgg yesterday(finally upgraded from my old P4). Installed it, and computer worked fine. CPU-Z, however, recorded my CPU's speed at 1.6 Ghz instead of 2.0 Ghz. After some digging around, I figured it was due to the C1E or EIST settings in the BIOS(I planned on OC'ing anyway (first time), and had read in multiple guides that these are power saving settings and lower the CPU's freq. when it's not under stress?). I went into my BIOS, but I couldn't find the EIST setting. I did some looking and decided I needed to update my BIOS(was using the stock BIOS version... 1.0?). I visited MSI's site, and used their "Live Update" utility. It wanted to update my BIOS to version 1.5. It ran a command line installation, then rebooted. Then nothing happened.
When I press the power button, the green mobo LED's come on (in addition to the orange-ish ones that are always on), all the fans spin up (psu, case, vid, cpu), the harddrive lights up momentarily (a fraction of a second), and my CD drive lights up for about a second. Then nothing happens.
System has been running fine for about 4 months now. The heatsink is seated correctly (with AS5). The memory was running perfectly beforehand. I tried resetting the CMOS(with the on-board CMOS reset button), but it didn't help.
System specs
mobo: msi p6n sli platinum
cpu: e2180 dual core 2ghz w/ a tuniq tower 120
psu: 520w HX corsair
ram: 2x 1gb G.skill PC6400
vid card: 8800 gts 320mb
When I press the power button, the green mobo LED's come on (in addition to the orange-ish ones that are always on), all the fans spin up (psu, case, vid, cpu), the harddrive lights up momentarily (a fraction of a second), and my CD drive lights up for about a second. Then nothing happens.
System has been running fine for about 4 months now. The heatsink is seated correctly (with AS5). The memory was running perfectly beforehand. I tried resetting the CMOS(with the on-board CMOS reset button), but it didn't help.
System specs
mobo: msi p6n sli platinum
cpu: e2180 dual core 2ghz w/ a tuniq tower 120
psu: 520w HX corsair
ram: 2x 1gb G.skill PC6400
vid card: 8800 gts 320mb