655 MAX FISR wont boot - please help

Please help I cannot get my new system to boot correctly. The system posts correctly but then 'hangs' with a scrambled display of coloured vertical lines.
PSU Enermax 465AX 460W
P4 2.4 GHz 533 FSB
512Mb DDR400
Creative GeForce 2 32mB DDR
If I reset the bios I can access the setup screen but the menu option beforehand says the CPU is 1.8 not 2.4 and gives a warning about the battery being low. This is the second board, I returned the first. If I set everything to safe and disable the quick boot function, the machine will POST with the correct CPU type displayed but hangs once the memory check has finished, a green lights at the back.
If anyone has any ideas, please help
Thanks

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Originally posted by kaiguy
What setting are you using for memory timing/frequency? Try setting it to normal, and the CAS to BY SPD or auto (don't remember which).
Does the MSI light bracket give you anything when it locks?
The lights are all green when it locks up. I have tried the timing set at BY SPD and also used the SAFE and normal settings. I have also used a friends RAM and got the same result. Is this board duff as well?

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I am running into a small problem while upgrading a high end workstation at work and wondered if anyone was having the same problem, or could provide some advice. Here are the main specs.
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-Intel P4 2.66Ghz 400/533Mhz Bus
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Very frustrating, I hope that I am just missing something small. I have a tech support email sent to MSI. Thanks in advance if you can help.
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Andy2 / Wonkanoby,
I will try flipping the cable now and the bios. Only thing is that the cable and board both have the cable guide tab that normally prevents you from putting the cable on the wrong way. Unless I really forced it on without paying attention. I have to go to another office but thank you for your quick response. Hopefully it is that simple.
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655-max Fisr

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I got some problems with my MSI 655-MAX FISR Motherboard. I play alot of Counter-Strike and when I play my comp freezes for about 5 seconds then I can move again for like 10-15 seconds then it freezes again for 5 seconds and so on. It does this over and over and frankly I don't know what the problem is. I have a Radeon 9000 128mb Pro and I tested a Radeon 9700 128mb Pro on it but it did the same thing. Could it be my memory or something???
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Dont forget now, Counter Strike is a Very Graphics Intensive 3D Game, And I am in NO way Knocking your Graphics Card But Understand that the Radeon 9000 is NOT Really Built For High Performance Gaming Card. You should Save up for a Higher Performance "Gaming GPU", I mean I have seen the All Powerful ATI-9700-Pro Advertized for $200.00US Dont Forget this Card was Over $400.00 1 Year AGO, and it is Just a Hair Bit Slower than the 9800-XT....Second, I think that You have answered your Own Question as Far as your Current RAM is Concerned, I mean I see where your 655-MAX Even Supports Up to PC-3200 (DDR-400MHZ) RAM >>> http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/product_detail.asp?model=655_Max-FISR If you were to Get Even 512MB of some Either Corsair, or Kingston "Value Series" RAM, Your Bandwith would Increase by Leaps and Bounds .
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I put together my 655 Max FISR (non HT) based system 3 weeks ago and have had nothing but problems (this is the third PC I've built and it's the only one to have caused major problems). Initially the memory and video card were problematic, stopping me from installing Windows XP, but having read some of the other threads the poor old 655 seems to have lots of problems with various components.
My motherboard hated the Crucial Technology PC3200 512Mb memory (CT6464Z40B) I put in DIMM 1 and the MSI 5600U VTD-128 video card. Anyway suffice to say I solved the problems easily enough. I swapped the memory and the video card over with that in my MSI 645e Max U (the video card was a Connect 3D Radeon 7500 for info). The 645 runs beautifully with no problems whatsoever, unlike the 655!
I've now upgraded the Radeon 7500 to a Sapphire Radeon 9600XT which works really well. So if you are having problems with a card based on an nVidia chipset (which Win XP keeps saying has drivers that don't pass the compatability test) I'd try the ATI cards.
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Firstly I'm getting poor disk transfer rates (I used the SiSoftware Sandra utility to benchmark the file system, and got a really poor 23Mb/s). As an example Windows XP loads up in 1 minute 8 seconds from power on, unlike the 645 with a 80Gb Maxtor DiamondMax 9 which does it in 45 seconds - I was getting Windows up in 32 seconds after initial installation of XP!!! Now I know I've got PC2100 memory in this machine, but it seems to have got slower since I did a driver and Windows XP update (hope this isn't anything to do with the I've downloaded).
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Apologies for being away for a while, been busy with work & sorting out a pair of bad Raptors drives! Thanks for the replies from Hellwolf_36 and simps.
I can now report that after I'd worked out that I'd got not one but two damaged 74Gb WD Raptor drive (one had a lot of bad sectors and the other would take over two hours instead of 20 minutes to format which is why I was getting that stop message) and I had replaced the memory with one stick of the Kingston KV400X64C25/512 DDR, my 655 is now working quite well. I haven't got round to checking if I've got the latest C-media driver installed though.
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For this motherboard I wouldn't bother with any other type of memory other than the KV400X64C25 as recommended on the MSI website, as it's quite fast and no hassle, (can't wait to get my second 512Mb so I can go back to dual channel!!) Only problem is that the price has gone up a little bit over the past couple of months.
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I have an MSI 655-MAX FISR motherboard and I installed a Radeon 9000 128mb Pro on it. I play counter-strike alot and on my old pc, like 2 or 3 months before I built this one it started to skip and I got this motherboard and it skips on counter-strike too. I play for like 10-15 seconds then I freeze for like 5-10 then I play for like 10-15 seconds again and so on. I have tried a Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb and it does the same thing and I have also tried different ram and it does the same thing. What could be causing this problem? Is it the fact that this motherboard only works with Geforce cards ? Plz help me! Thanks.
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Pentium 4 2.41 GHZ with 533FSB
80 Gig Maxtor HD
550 Watt Power Supply
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Did that already, when I uninstalled the drivers for 9000 and put in 9700 but it still did the same thing. What else could be the problem, I have tried alot of things and don't know what else to do. Help Plz :(

655 MAX-FISR SATA RAID PORT

(wonkanoby, can you use the force to help me on this one?)
Configuration:
MSI 655 Max FISR 6730 (non HT) MoBo
Antec True 400W
(2)Western Digital (10,000 rpm) Raptors
Intel P4 2.66ghz
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If I can't get this working and return, I really do not want to get another 655 board. I have not read up yet on the (Canterwood 875P Chipset) boards from MSI. Has there been similar issues / problems with SATA Raid as the 655 has? Im thinking of just paying the restocking fee with NewEgg and going with an Intel Canterwood board. Sure, the overclocking is not as good as other manufacturers, but this is a work machine so it won't be OC anyway. I would rather go with stability. Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
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