MSI P7N Diamond B Grade

5punk3monk3y · 1 Aug 2008 at 19:23

Anyone bought one of these and if so what came with it?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

MeatLoaf · 1 Aug 2008 at 22:19

B grade items vary. som are complete maybe missing a cable or mnual but others ca be had as just the bare board

5punk3monk3y · 2 Aug 2008 at 01:15

MeatLoaf said:
B grade items vary. som are complete maybe missing a cable or mnual but others ca be had as just the bare board

I know this but there were a couple up for sale on there and I was wondering if anyone else had purchased this one and was hoping that the least it would have is the xi-fi card as without it there is no sound

mitch212k · 2 Aug 2008 at 17:25

5punk3monk3y said:
I know this but there were a couple up for sale on there and I was wondering if anyone else had purchased this one and was hoping that the least it would have is the xi-fi card as without it there is no sound

Very much doubt it. I'm considering buying another B Grade buy my first MSI P35 Diamond came DOA with a corrupted bios and because i couldn't test it on the date ocuk didn't want to know ... 12p lost and ~£8 in shipping for nout :/

5punk3monk3y · 2 Aug 2008 at 18:06

mitch212k said:
Very much doubt it. I'm considering buying another B Grade buy my first MSI P35 Diamond came DOA with a corrupted bios and because i couldn't test it on the date ocuk didn't want to know ... 12p lost and ~£8 in shipping for nout :/

I bought it anyway just hoping that the card comes with it

WJA96 · 2 Aug 2008 at 19:43

5punk3monk3y said:
I bought it anyway just hoping that the card comes with it

If it doesn't then you can send it back inside 14 days.

Strife212 · 2 Aug 2008 at 19:44

It won't come with it. It won't come with anything, and I mean that. It will be alone in a bag.

5punk3monk3y · 2 Aug 2008 at 19:46

Will have to wait and see then its arriving Monday

WJA96 · 2 Aug 2008 at 19:46

Strife212 said:
It won't come with it. It won't come with anything, and I mean that. It will be alone in a bag.

Not necessarily. Sometimes they can have everything - sometimes nothing.

5punk3monk3y · 2 Aug 2008 at 20:38

If it comes with nowt - Oh well - If it comes with everyting - Bargain

I guess it's worth a punt

5punk3monk3y · 4 Aug 2008 at 19:26

Well for all interested in this

It arrived

so the board retails at 130+vat and was on B Grade for 49.99 so my thought were that the least it would have was the xi-fi card

was I mistaken

The only thing missing was..... the i/o plate ( which I webnoted MSI about and are currently posting a replacement to me

)

even had the original box all disks cables manuals the lot .......

havent tested it yet though gonna wait for the plate should be here tomorrow foc ofcourse lol

mitch212k · 4 Aug 2008 at 19:35

5punk3monk3y said:
Well for all interested in this

It arrived

so the board retails at 130+vat and was on B Grade for 49.99 so my thought were that the least it would have was the xi-fi card

was I mistaken

The only thing missing was..... the i/o plate ( which I webnoted MSI about and are currently posting a replacement to me )

even had the original box all disks cables manuals the lot .......

havent tested it yet though gonna wait for the plate should be here tomorrow foc ofcourse lol

lol awesome .. maybe I should enquire about getting some of the accessories for my P35 Diamond - it'd help when I come to sell it on I suppose.

Assuming it was free?

5punk3monk3y · 4 Aug 2008 at 19:37

as I said mate MSI are sending the plate foc (free of charge )

mitch212k · 4 Aug 2008 at 19:43

5punk3monk3y said:
as I said mate MSI are sending the plate foc (free of charge )

mb didn't spot the foc ><

5punk3monk3y · 5 Aug 2008 at 18:24

well the i/o plate arrived this morning in the post ( fair play too MSI as they only replied to my webnote last night at 4.30pm )

so that is one complete MB + parts

mitch212k · 5 Aug 2008 at 18:28

5punk3monk3y said:
well the i/o plate arrived this morning in the post ( fair play too MSI as they only replied to my webnote last night at 4.30pm )

so that is one complete MB + parts

More than I can say for their significantly less rapid RMA/web ticket service.

5punk3monk3y · 5 Aug 2008 at 18:47

mitch212k said:
More than I can say for their significantly less rapid RMA/web ticket service.

the web ticket that i posted for the plate took them 5 hrs to respond too

and the plate arrived this morning foc with almost a pound postage franked on the envelope

so tbh I have nothing but praise to say about them ( atm

)

pastymuncher · 5 Aug 2008 at 18:52

5punk3monk3y said:
Well for all interested in this

It arrived

so the board retails at 130+vat and was on B Grade for 49.99 so my thought were that the least it would have was the xi-fi card

was I mistaken

The only thing missing was..... the i/o plate ( which I webnoted MSI about and are currently posting a replacement to me )

even had the original box all disks cables manuals the lot .......

havent tested it yet though gonna wait for the plate should be here tomorrow foc ofcourse lol

You are extremely lucky. B-grade from here is very hit and miss.

Anyway, the important bit. Does it work?

5punk3monk3y · 5 Aug 2008 at 19:09

pastymuncher said:
You are extremely lucky. B-grade from here is very hit and miss.

Anyway, the important bit. Does it work?

fired it up last night checked all LED's on the mobo - all a-ok -
then dropped in to bios and set up my 640GB sammys on raid re-booted and crossed my fingures hoping that vista ultimate would load without a re-install....

after the vista loading logo had passed round for the 25th or so time I decided to re-install nothing like a fresh install anyway

and then I had the usual crap with Nvidia raid bios - couldnt delete disks - couldnt set a boot array - Vista did not see the array upon re-install ( I have had this before ) - so left the hdd's hooked up to my other pc on a low level format overnight ( that sorts them out )

SO later tonight I will put them back in hook them up and re-install will let you know how I get on

WJA96 · 5 Aug 2008 at 19:16

Well, it does sound like you got a bargain - It's good to see someone win one for a change.