648 Max MB no sound problem

I installed a 648Max Mainboard with onbard Realtek sound card. I can hear the sound only through headphones, but when I connect desktop speakers the sound is very low even at maximum volume. Did anyone have the same problem?

on the realtek drivers there should be an icon next to the clock on the taskbar. Look for the icon called sound effect and click on it. Now go to the Speaker Configuration tab, now is it on Headphones?

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Sis 648 max (ms 6585) display problem

whenever im rebooting or reseting, my display does not return. i cannot see the post or anything and i dont think it boots up into windows. i have shut the computer off completely wait for 6 secs and then turn it on. its a hassle when i restart. i flashed the bios 1.1 to 1.4. im using a 9700 Pro on it i heard theres an issue with the card. any solutions? i used live update to flash and the manual bios flash file is confusing, says its missing a file when i try to flash. please help!

o yea of course ive tried that... but its actually just not loading. a more detailed descript, its not only during restart. if the computer is coming on from a cold boot and this is the first time its booting up this happens. i must kill the power supply, wait 10 secs then try it. if i shut it off or restart it does not do post or do anything making me turn off the psu and waiting and starting again.
and another problem, my HD light is not working. the store i bought it from said it was fine but i dont see it... im a little lazy to go even though its a 5 min walk... any suggestions?

Sound Problems with MSI 648 Max ( MS-6585 ) Board - Help !!!

Hi,
i have the MSI Mainboard: MSI 648 Max ( MS-6585 ) and when I put on the microphone i have a bad sound on my soundboxes like scratching or beeping.
I have installed a new BIOS update and new Sounddrivers.
I have Win2000 with SP3.
Anybody can help me???
THX ;(

Error404,
I since you have a 648 Max and you posted in the Multimedia Forum, I moved the thread to PIV Motherboard Forum for you.
Good Luck,
Richard

Skipping sound on 648 Max

I just installed the 648 max board with a 2.4ghz cpu. When I play mp3's or CD's, using the onboard sound, the songs sound like they skip or stutter at random places. Usually happens if I might be moving the mouse, or minimizing, maximizing, opening or closing windows... stuff like that. Then I noticed it would "skip or stutter" even if I was not even making any mouse movements. So I disabled the onboard sound and installed a Sound Blaster Live. Still has the problem but only once in awhile, not as bad as with the onboard. I thought it was the PC Alert that was causing this, but it is not.
Anyone had this problem before? Or any suggestions?
Thanks!

While you're at it also try lower PCI latency timer settings (to keep bus hogs like RAID/IDE controllers in check). The reason for sound skips is that the audio controller has a very limited amout of on-board buffer RAM and therefore relies on constant audio data transfers over the PCI bus - and if something has a very long transfer in progress the bus will not free up in time. (The PCI latency timer defines, in PCI clock cycles, how long a device may lock the bus before giving it up)
Most often this has been a PCI VGA driver issue (where they make use of PCI bursting with very long transfer cycles - this gives them a bit of a performance boost, sacrificing all other users of the bus) - but nothing I've seen with AGP VGA cards...
/WernerJ

648 MAX-L Problems

Imagine that I'm having problems with my 648 MAX-L MOBO. First let me give you the background story.
I bought a new computer without a OS. I installed ME and everything was ok except for the game Medal of Honor was choppy.
I saw that there was a BIOS update that helped with the stability of the Radeon 9700 PRO. So I D/L ver 1.3 and flashed my BIOS. It went ok.
I then restarted my computer but when it went to load windows it gave me an error. So I tried to reinstall ME but it wouldn't reinstall, it just gave me an error.
So I reformatted the HD. Then I tried to install windows and it locked up. I thought that maybe there was a problem with the BIOS even though it said it was ok.
So I flashed it again with 1.3. It said that everything was ok but after that line it said something about a DOS MEM problem or something like that. I restarted the computer and it would boot up. So then I decided so clear CMOS with the jumper. I did and the computer would then boot up.
Again I reformatted HD and tried to reinstall windows. Again it would lock-up. Usually when it locked up trying to install windows was about the point where it says "Windows will now copy the nessesary files" or whatever it says. I tried reformatting and installing windows a couple of times with no luck. I then tried Flashing it down to 1.2 thinking maybe that was the problem. I think that the version that I had when I got it was 1.0. No luck.
So then with all the problems people have with the 9700 I thought I would try it with a GeForce 2 card. Again format and install windows. This time windows installed. After you get it installed windows restarts the computer. When it came back up windows start loading and then errored out. I restarted computer and it errored out again.
I should also mention that when I start the computer it says CMOS battery is low. I have only had the computer since Friday.
Now for my specs.
P4 2.66 GHZ
MSI 648 MAX-L SIS648 MB W/ ATA 133,8X APG, USB 2.0, LAN. The box says it was made it October.
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. I saw messages that said you could look at the P/N and it would tell you the version of the 9700 you have. That doesn't work for me because the 2 digits in question are 00.
MAXTOR 60GB 7200 RPM ATA 133 HARD DRIVE
512 MB PC400 PC3200 DDR MEMORY 1 stick
Only on board sound.
56X CD-ROM Drive
MITSUMI 1.44 MB FLOPPY DR
350 Watt PS. +5 & +3.3 Volts Combined Total Load 190 Watts. Total Output is 350 Watts Max.
So does anybody have any idea what is going on? Why can't I install windows with out problems?
Sorry this is so long but I wanted to make sure that I could give you guys as much info as possible. Thanks.

goggle got me these all complaining revoltage spikes with it
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http://www.ocaddiction.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=16&topic=127
mind you its the same people in both
worries me when a maker does not put combined watts 3.3 and 5 v on label as well as photo shows

648 Max Onboard Sound

Hi,
I have just bought a new MSI 648 Max and it works great. Umm, basically i have a simple question. The onboard sound work and it sounds ok, only when i use headphones all i hear are the high and maybe some mids, but absolutly no bass. I have tried it on sever pairs of headphones and they are all the same. I find this a little strage since my previous board had an ALC650 sound processor but it sounded great. I have all the latest software installed and sound drivers but it seems not to make a difference. Can someone please tell me if they have the same problem or if they need further clarification. Thanks in advance.
Razvan Scutaru

Hi,
Hmm, that is strange as i had an AOpen P4 board previously which busted and, it had the ALC650 sound processor onboard but the sound that came out of the front panel/headphones was really good. Anyway I like my MSI 648 Max L. This is not a major issue it was just something which I was kinda annoyed at as I do use my headphones quite a lot. Oh well. If any fixes are available please do keep me posted 8) . Thanks in advance.
Razvan Scutaru

SIS 648 MAX Sound

I have a 648 MAX motherboard with onboard sound. I also have an S-Bracket fitted and use this to connect to a TEAC PowerMax 950 Digital 5.1 sound system using digital coax.
I am using the latest version of the AC97 sound driver under windows XP Pro. (5.10.0.5320)
When pressing the test button on the sound system, all 6 speakers are heard and work OK. When I use the AC97 Sound Effect Manager from within control panel, this fails to test anything other than the front left and front right speakers.
Any ideas please?

Do you have any real problems when it comes to gaming, watching DVDs/VCDs or listening to MP3s and CDs?
If you are not encountering problems with the daily usage, then you can don't bother about the 2nd party software for the testings.
I personnally don't use any programs to tests my Altec XA3051 5.1 DDS speakers as long as they work normally with all the correct programs and apps.
You can also try updating your WinXP to SP1.

SiS 648 MAX problem!

Hello!
I have a very annoying problem with my MSI 648 MAX board.
The computer freezes and reboots when i put in another DIMM in it.
I have two identical TwinMos 256mb PC3200 DDR modules.
They both work fine when they arent used together.
When i put in the other one, the sympthoms i described above happen.
I have formatted c: and tryed with both WinXP and Win2000.
I'm using the latest SiS AGP & IDE drivers.
Nothing in the system is overclocked.
I have upgraded with the latest bios.
Other system speccs:
P4 2.0 (400mhz).
ASUS GF4 Ti4200.
80gb Seagate.
350W "Noname" Powersupply.
Is this a known problem and will I just have to face the fact that this won't work? :(

It's a JNC Power Supply 350W.
The amps are:
+3.3V = 24A
+5V = 35A
+12V = 12A
-12V = 0.8A
-5V = 0.5A
It has worked fine with this board before and with another board (Abit th7 II raid).
The problem itself is getting worse, windows freezes with just 1 memory-stick now :(
Formatted once again and tried WinXP and Win2k without any success..
The Memory / GFX works fine in another computer.

648 Max booting problem

Hi all,
I just installed my new 648 Max / p4 / DDR PC3200 256MB hardware.
Sadly it will not work.
It hangs showing 4 Green LEDs.
According to the manual it means; System booting,
but nothing happens. Nothing is written on the screen.
I can see the CPU/GPU fans working fins.
Any ideas ?(
Thanks,
zzzova.

what is your DDR400?
I had this problem too
My first DDR400 was samsung and never boot at 400Mhz
Now i have a 512Mo DDR400 Corsair and it work very fine

MSI 648 max problems, please help

Just put a new machine together and I am having some problems, hopefully someone can help.
My machine seems to run pretty stable in OS, but dies when any game is played. It will crash anywhere from 2 minutes - 45 minutes in the game. Ive tried several games: C&C generals, unreal2, etc with the same results.
Bios are updated and nothing is overclocked. Win XP is fully updated.
Specs:
MSI 648 max, 533fsb
p4 2.4 northwood
Seagate 80gig hd 7200rpm
MSI g4 ti4200
2 - 512mb pc2700 ddr333 dims (double sided)
Antec 350w ps
sb live
48x liteon cdrw
16x liteon dvd
We are using a Kingwin KT-436S-WM case
http://www.kingwin.com/product.asp?cid=15&pid=75
It has a total of 5 fans with intake/exhaust
HSF currently being used is the retail box HSF
With the case sides on, here are temps at idle after 10 minutes in OS:
Proc: 136
System: 91
Vid card: 118
With the case sides off, here are temps after running 10+ minutes in OS:
Proc: 125
System: 86
Vid card: 114
Here is the error that pops up (after crashing) when playing Command and Conquer: Generals:
Technical Difficulties
Sorry a serious error occured
Thanks in advance

Well my roomate cancelled the memory test after 12 hours, so I dont know those results.
I do know that after removing 1 of the DIMMS, the machine seemed to be stable playing games.
I sure wish MSI would have stated it only accepted 1 double sided DIMM.. especially when the reccomend Kingston ram, which is double sided......
Me and my roomate BOTH bought this motherboard, while my roomate only bought 2 DIMMS of 512, I bought 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So now it looks like we need to return these motherboards and get new ones... I HAVENT EVEN GOT MINE OUT THE BOX!!!!!!!!
Any reccomendations on an MSI motherboard (or any) that support double sided DIMMS? I am looking for 3 slots...
thanks...
Any other advise on how to get this motherboard to work with all this ram would help too, so we dont have to RMA through newegg....
Anyone from MSI read this board?????
X( :O ?(

MSI 648 Max - Display Problems

I recently bought the MSI 648 Max motherboard, as my system needed an upgrade quite badly. To cut the costs down a bit, I’ve used some parts from my previous system (eg the video card which is an 2x AGP, 64 Mb, Kyro based card) but got new RAM, CPU and psu.
I put together the system (described below), loaded Windows ME, updated all drivers with latest releases, and the thing works but the quality of the display is really bad ;( . That is, I get lots of video artefacts (shadows, fading text, vertical lines, distorted colours, etc). The video card was working fine on my other machine. Also, Sisoft Sandra says that the card is operating at 2x AGP, as it should.
I am not overclocking; some of the BIOS parameters I used are as follows (based on the OPTIMAL DEFAULTS):
AGP Aperture Size    128 Mb
DRAM CAS Latency    by SPD
Timing Setting Mode    NORMAL
MA 1T/2T Select    AUTO
Primary Graphics Adapter    AGP
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA    NO
CPU/DRAM Frequency Ratio    by SPD
DRAM Frequency    167 MHz (for now)
CPU Frequency    133 MHz
AGP/PCI Frequency    66/33
DRAM Vcore        2.6 V
CPU Vcore       AUTO
The system temperature showed in the Health Status is less than 40 C (104 F).
I have tried the latest AMI BIOS (version 1.3), and then reverted to version 1.0, but I still have the same display problem.
I would really appreciate some help.
Ciao
mystro
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Windows ME (v4.90.3000)
Pentium4 CPU 2.4 GHz (133x18.0), FSB 533 MHz
MSI SIS648 Max (MS 6585) ver. 1.0
2 x 256 MB Corsair DDR400 (CMX256A-3200C2, CL = 2-3-3-6-T1,
Hercules 3D Prophet Kyro 4500 TV Out (Kyro I not II) 64 Mb, AGP 2x, 175/175 MHz
IBM 40GB 7200RPM UATA100
Mitsubishi 40x CD-Rom
Yamaha 8424S CD-RW
Adaptec 2930U SCSI card
Eagle 350W psu, 190W (combined 3.3V & 5V)

boards agpx4 and 8 only so i dont advise using that card
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=355&MODEL=MS-6585

Problems with MSI 648 Max

I have problems with my sons MSI 648 Max Mainboard, everything seems to be alhright, but when I upgraded the BIOS version to the lastest. the computer starts to hang. I have also but a new harddisk in to the computer an some more RAM. I think the problem begin in the powersupply, its just a 250 W powersupply to the computer, and we have av 1.8 GHz Celeron. Have anything had this problem, or is it something I should think about after the upgrade of the BIOS?.

I know that 250 watt is to small, but the computer have function great in 2 months. But after i have taking out the old harddisk and but in a new bigger one, and placed some more RAM (256). After that I installed Windows XP on the new harddisk, but after that I upgraded my BIOS version to 1.4. After the upgrade of the BIOS the computer starts to freeze after a while. I tried to reinstall XP but the computer freeze under the installation. I have tried to switch back to older BIOS version, but I cant make it work. I have really hard to believe that the powersupply is the reason why the compter freeze.

Weird problem with my 648 MAX-L board

Hello friends:
I recently brought a 648 MAX-L board and had a weird
problem: every time when I power on the system, it
could not find my hard drive (Seagate 80G/7200 rpi).
But when I reboot, the hard drive is found and the system could then boot without problem. So the problem
is that I have to reboot one every time I'd start my
PC. This is weird. I suspect something is wrong with
BIOS battery?

if you disable fast boot does it start first time
a weak psu may be related to this,drive not spinning up fast enough first time

Help for SIS 648 MAX-L Startup Problem

I just bought an MSI-648MAX-L, a 2.4GHz cpu and a Jaton GeForce4 TI4200 card. Installed all of the above + PC2700 512 MB RAM and a WD 80GB hard drive, floppy and CD. Turn on the power and my screen flickers all four of the diagnostic leds light up green and then nothing. I hear the hard drive spinning and the CPU fan and video card fan but nothing else. Tried one other AGP video card and a PCI video card but nothing on the screen. Seems like the BIOS is not loading. So I turn the computer off and set the BIOS reset jumper. Turn it back on again and still nothing. Checked all the connections, the seating of the CPU and tried again, still nothing. Any idea what might be wrong?? I hope I don't have to buy another MotherBoard and also I hate the idea of removing my CPU once installed. ;(
Thanks for your help..
Kumar.

What kind of video card is it?
If it's a radeon 9700 pro, look in one of the other threads on this site to figure out what revision you have, rev 1.1 or 1.2 9700 pros will not work on some 648 max boards ( well for me it was 648 max L im not sure about the 648 max but im assuming it has the same problem.
What happens with radeon is since the mobo sets the agp automatically, and there is the 8x bug the system doesnt boot. But the card will work fine on machines that have 4x, In this case RMA the card to radeon and make sure to specifiy that you get a 1.3 rev.
Otherwise you stated you have tried other processors and memory that were "known" to be good.
DDR 400 or DDR 333 memory?

External USB 2.0 HDD Problems with 648 Max

I'm getting I/O error and/or very slow read performance from an external Maxtor HDD when I use the rear USB ports that came with my 648 Max. When I use the front ports on my case, I get very good read and write performance. I installed a firewire card and it also works very well. Why can't I use the ports that are connected to the motherboard?

ok i dont have the manual with me to make sure if this is correct or not but you can check yours.
i know that alot of the newer motherboards have a mixture of 1.1 usb and 2.0 so it is possable that the msi 648 is the same (again look at your manual) and if so you might be hooking it up to your 1.1 port whereas your case usb is hooked to your 2.0 usb ports.
this is just a guess but it is worth checking out in your manual. hope this helps.

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