MSI 865PE Neo2 and USB WD (MY BOOK) external HDD

Ok, so recently i went out an brought a My Book. I plugged it in and formatted it.. Next morning i came out turned of my PC and the computer hung during POST. after a few attempts at booting the PC up, i unplugged the MY BOOK from the USB port and rebooted, made myself a coffee and came back, sure enough the PC was sitting in windows.
So i did a bit of research and found that for some reason, when the PC is booting, it try's either reading from the MY BOOK during HDD detection and then at the end of the ON BOARD PATA/SATA HDD detection it 'Recycles' the USB ports, which crashes POST.
My main point of getting an EXTERNAL HDD is portability, so i can back my DATA up, but i also am going to use it as another drive on the computer.
So for my to be playing around, unplugging and plugging back in the Drive everytime the computer boots its sort of. well, not what i had in mind.
Im at a lost of how to fix it and that why i turn to you.

Hay ya Tzare, i've been playing for ages! still no luck!
the best i've got it i've put an inline switch to basically turn power off to the HDD. so i only turn it on when i need it.
i've tried a few little... crazy things. but with no luck! on involved a 1F 5.5V cap across the GND and 5VDC coming from the USB. oddly without GND connected it works!! but the cap keeps the HDD running forever! i read my multi-meter wrong, i thought it said .33A draw. it was actually 0.33mA, so really it wasnt even 1mA.... sigh!
i've tryed my luck with MSI and they say contact WD, and WD say contact MSI.
Im thinking the only real way to solve this is upgrade the motherboard. which also means upgrading the RAM and CPU and any AGP card. so really it will cos around... alot.
SO, problem still unresolved!..
Hay, you've got a switch on yours! that a bit better than me! LOL. (until recently)

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Does this MB have USB 2.0? When I plug in my iPod it says that the device could run faster if I plugged it into a USB 2.0 port. How do I fix this? Thanks
Chris

Gadgets,
Before you update your BIOS please do following:
1- Insure that you do not have older legacy USB peripherals (V 1.X) plugged in next to your Ipod 2.0 USB connection. Pluging in a USB 1.x connector next to a USB 2.0 connector can drag all transfers to the lowest USB 1.x transfer rate.
2- Do not guess at your USB transfwer rate. Download Sandra Lite 2005 (SR3) from Sisoftware here (it's free): http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=177
once you done so install it and use the File System Benchmark program to find out exactly what your Ipod USB connection is achieving in MB/s. A USB 2.0 connection should give you a 32 or greater MB/s transfer rate.
3- Don't MESS with your BIOS UNTIL YOU are absolutely sure of the procedures to follow. Here is some reference links:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=76897.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=81017.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84865.msg606175#msg606175
If you decide to Flash your BIOS I recommend that you consider the one that I am using if you have an MSI K8N Neo2 (See my signature block):
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=88244.msg633087#msg633087
Good luck,

MOVED: MSI K8N Neo2 and USB 2.0

This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia Based board.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=93620.0

Gadgets,
Before you update your BIOS please do following:
1- Insure that you do not have older legacy USB peripherals (V 1.X) plugged in next to your Ipod 2.0 USB connection. Pluging in a USB 1.x connector next to a USB 2.0 connector can drag all transfers to the lowest USB 1.x transfer rate.
2- Do not guess at your USB transfwer rate. Download Sandra Lite 2005 (SR3) from Sisoftware here (it's free): http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=177
once you done so install it and use the File System Benchmark program to find out exactly what your Ipod USB connection is achieving in MB/s. A USB 2.0 connection should give you a 32 or greater MB/s transfer rate.
3- Don't MESS with your BIOS UNTIL YOU are absolutely sure of the procedures to follow. Here is some reference links:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=76897.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=81017.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84865.msg606175#msg606175
If you decide to Flash your BIOS I recommend that you consider the one that I am using if you have an MSI K8N Neo2 (See my signature block):
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=88244.msg633087#msg633087
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Problem with NIC and Firewire on MSI 865PE NEO2-PFISR

Hi, I have lots of trouble getting the network adapter on the MSI 865PE NEO2-PFISR to work.
The NIC's LED indicators doesnt even light up when I plug in a network cable,
and in windows (win 2003 server) it doesnt find the adapter at all.
The NIC is displayed in the bios, and I have the option to disable it,
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I have even reinstalled windows 2003 server to try to get the NIC to work.
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firewire-option on the same page in the bios is still gone, it doesnt detect the
firewire at all(!).
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PCI adapter). The 3C905B TX worked fine for a while, and then it started saying in
windows that a network cable was unplugged, and began to try 10mbit, 100mbit
lots of retries, now it doesnt work at all.
I swapped tp-cables and changed the ports on the network switch (which there is
also other computers attached to which doesnt have any problems) and that didnt
made any difference.
It seems that the whole pci bus is long gone, and maybe the onboard NIC is
attached to this same pci bus?
Strange also about the firewire-controller which isnt detected anymore.
The USB devices work, and even a 3com usb wlan adapter works well.
I have tried to reset the bios several times without that making a difference.
Anybody have a clue to point out here?
Cheers!

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Originally posted by Raven
you could try and flash to an older bios
I tried most anything on flashing bios, both to a lower and a higher version.
I returned the motherboard to the reseller and got a new motherboard as a replacement. This doesnt have all the same problems. At first it didnt post at all, indicating to red lights on the diagnosis.
Then I was so pissed I hadnt touched the computer in a week, and just tried to use it a few days ago, and it seemed to work all ok. I used it for a few hours, and then it locked up.
When I powered it up again, the lights on the integrated adapter was out. At first it seemed to work to take the agp card a little out of its slot, as if it was unaligned or something. Used it for a few more hours.
Then I plugged in the sound cables (5.1 sound with 3 cables), and with the last cable, the network darkened out AGAIN!!
In the bios it still indicates that the network is enabled, firewire is enabled etc.
I twisted the network cable, and for a few microseconds I get a orange light, not the usual green light. Now this has stopped too.
I see other also have problems with these symptoms so I guess I've got another black monday card.
I will return this card too, and ask the reseller to get a card of another brand.

[Other 865 Series] MSI 865PE Neo2-V and Dual Channel Mode Question

Hello, I have a quick question regarding dual channel mode with my current motherboard. I have an MSI 865PE Neo2-V and am wondering if it is possible to enable dual channel mode while having three RAM modules inserted in the motherboard.
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MSI 865PE Neo2-V and 1GB RAM stick, compatibility?

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I've just bought a new mainboard, the MSI 865PE Neo2-V... I read that supports up to 3GB of DDR333, so now I want to buy 2 new RAM modules.
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MSI 865PE NEO2-V showing wrong RAM timings

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Yeah, it get slow results.
I have a Intel Prescott 3.2Ghz with FSB800.
I see now that the link uses Java script, its in Corsairs search engine on their site.
Their recomendations for the set of RAM i have is: TWINX2048-3200C2 / DDR-400 (XMS-3200C2) / 2-3-3-6 .
I have tried to set the timings as you said but it still runs at 3-4-4-8 whatever i set it at.
I have it running at 2-3-3-6 on another motherboard so i think it must be some settings in the BIOS that i set wrong on this one, but i cant figure it out.
Could it be that somethings wrong with the Performance Mode (MAT) settings?
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Facts about the TWINX2048-3200C2
The TWINX2048-3200C2 is a pair of 1024 MByte DDR SDRAM DIMMs designed for extreme speed are some of the fastest 1 GByte modules available. TWINX matched memory pairs are specifically designed for motherboards using chipsets with dual memory channels. This part delivers outstanding performance at high clock speeds. It has been tested extensively in a variety of motherboards commonly used in gaming rigs. This memory has been verified to operate at 200 MHz (DDR400) at aggressive latencies of 2-3-3-6. This module is also available as a single module. This module is available as a single module or a pair of dual-channel tested modules, in both black and platinum heat spreaders.
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Unable to detect Hyper Threading of CPU SL6WE 3.2 in MSI-865PE Neo2

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MSI 865PE NEO2-V booting problems [Solved]

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