845E Max Dead

Built new system about a month ago using 845E w/P4 1.7 Cpu. Ran 24/7 for 5 weeks and now has died. d Bracket shows RAM Prob, tried 3 different sticks and get same problem. The system started to act funny about 3 days before dying, Mouse Lock ups and system freeze. I cant belive 3 new Ram sticks are all bad I have tried all combination of them in each slot and adjusting them up a little like it said in another thread but no luck. Any other ideas.
P4 1,7
845 E Max
ATI 8700 DV All-In-Wonder Card
2 256 PC2100 Sticks Kingston/PNY
80 GB Maxtor
DVD Drive
52 x 24 x52 CDRW

I have the same board 845e max and the dbracket has told me that it was the chip and i have a 1.7 celeron so i replaced it and it still deosn;t start and it did gradualy die on me asell like mouse freezes well i sent it back then with an RMA form from msi and they replaced it adn well asoon as i got it back it died on me and told me the chip was dead again so i am really angry and it was about 5 weeks i had it the first time aswell
i think its time to find a differnt mother board either from msi or another company

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MSI Why No HT Support On 845e Max Rev1

Please can someone from MSI tell me if there is anyway to update my 845E Max 6566 MB to utilise Hyper Threading. I have the latest Bios Revision 5.9.
In the specs on this website it says that the 845E Max DOES support HT. Yet mine does not have a Bios menu for it.
Is there any way to enable HT short of buying a new MB (which I do not really want to do as I though my current one should support HT).
TIA

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/search/ser/SerConProRes.php?pro=1&chp=6
Link to MSI site with 845E chipset. Please confirm which one you have.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=426
This link is to supported CPU's (Sorry 800FSB not supported)
HyperThreading is ONLY supported under the XP range of Windows......
Has for HARDWARE mods..... be careful!!!!
There is some input from me.........also check the Overclockers section of MSI Forum.....resources there!!!
Del

Is old 845E Max the same as 845E Max (HT ready)?

Hi:)
I've got MSI 6566 845E Max mainboard. But the only mainboard i found on http://www.msi.com.tw is 845E Max (HT ready). Can i use driver, firmware etc updates if they r for 845E Max (HT ready) to my mainboard? And finally, can i mount a Intel HT processor?
Thx for answer in advance.

I am NOT trying to be a WISE-GUY fellas! But I will BET you guy's the house that if he DOWNLOADS the BIOS (5.7) that his MO-BO WILL INDEED BE ABLE TO RUN IN H-T MODE, (as long as he gets a H-T PROC.)!. I say this because this has been done with other MO-BO companies! ie VIA, ASUS, AOPEN. I CAN VERIFY THIS STATEMENT FOR THE FACT THAT MY OTHER PC, A VIA P4BP-400-FL REV 2.0. WAS BUILT BEFORE (HT) CAME OUT, And on the VIA FORUM THESE SAME QUESTIONS WHERE ASKED! BECAUSE THE SAME BOARD WHITH REV.3.0 WAS (H-T) READY. BUT THE NEW BIOS REV. WAS FOR BOTH BOARDS!! I FLASHED BIOS (Thinking my BOARD would be a mess) BUT NO!! MY BOARD WAS NOW (H-T) READY!. SO I MUST SAY THAT I HAVE MORE FAITH IN MSI THEN I DO IN VIA, HENCE THE REASON I SAY THAT (IF THE NEW BIOS IS FOR BOTH BOARDS "REV 1.0 AND LATER) THEN Gotrec WILL INDEED HAVE A (H-T) BOARD AFTER HE FLASHES AND GETS A NEW PROC.!! PS. IF IT DOES NOT WORK FOR HIM I WILL BE IN HIDING ...Sean REILLY875

845E Max-L does not see 5 1/4 in. floppy drive

My first 845E Max-L mb had no problems with my Teac FD-505 combo (3 1/2 in. + 5 1/4 in.) floppy drive. I was able to boot to DOS on the 3 1/2 in. drive and access the 5 1/4 in. drive normally. However, the first board developed a serious problem and was replaced by the vendor.
The new board is unable to view the 5 1/4 in. drive when booted to DOS on the 3 1/2 in. drive. Both drives are correctly configured in the BIOS and both are visible on the CMOS summary page.
When I boot into any O/S, both drives are visible in My Computer and both are accessible. However, if the PC is put into S3 standby (suspend-to-RAM) and then resumed, the 5 1/4 in. drive can no longer be accessed and Windows reports an I/O error.
I removed the Teac combo drive, installed an individual 5 1/4 in. drive, configured it in the BIOS and it was duly identified on the CMOS screen. With a system disk in the drive, the system was booted. It went through a floppy seek, the floppy drive access light turned on, and then the floppy was ignored as the boot continued off the hard drive.
I tried downgrading the MSI BIOS from ver. 5.7 to ver. 5.5, but that didn't eliminate the problem. (The BIOS was, of course, reset using the JBAT1 jumper.) I tried different floppy cables, to no avail.
The Teac combo floppy and the single 5 1/4 in. drive work normally on another non-MSI mb.
How can I get the 5 1/4 in. drive to work correctly and, once in Windows, after resuming from standby? Is use of 5 1/4 in. drives a known problem with this mb? If not, could the problem be due to a bad fd controller?

Hi, Assaf.
Thanks for your response.
FOA, I no longer have the first board, so I don't know its PCB revision.
As for the new board, how do I see its PCB revision? Is it on the board somewhere? If so, where?
regards, Andy

Help! Problems with 845E MAX HSF seating

have a MSI 845E MAX and a P4 2.8 GHz cpu. I bought a coolmaster L71 for 478 socket type but when I put it on the cpu, the four little plastic white pins that hold the HSF mounting tray in place prevents the HSF from actually connecting with the CPU unless I use a load on paste (which is wrong)
If I take out the pins the HSF sits on the CPU fine but surley this cannot be correct? Has anyone else had this problem or have any ideas why?
I have also tried a mates P4 S478 HSF and it does the same, the four pins seem to stop it touching the cpu correctly.
Party

What's up? I got your Email - I don't know about cutting those pins off. Man, that really sucks those heatsinks aren't fitting correctly. What would be wrong with getting a stock Intel fan/heatsink? They are really cheap. I saw one for $7 shipped. Or get the f/h I have. It's a Coolermaster D14-7H53D. However, if you want to try and cut those pins go ahead because you can always buy a new bracket if it doesn't work. Let me know what happens. Good luck.
Man, you can't say (s)ucks in this forum.

No Video Card Works - 845E-Max

I purchase a new 845E-Max several years ago, and could not find a video card to work on this board. I gave up and put the board in storage until recently (hate to discard a new board). when I place a video card in the board it will not start. when the card is partly removed from the agp slot the board powers up, place card into board it shuts down.
I have tried MSI G4 Ti4200, MSI Ti4400, MSI FX5200, Jaton 3DForce TNT2 4x AGP card. I can remember trying some ATI cards too. I was hoping to put this board together for the holidays and here i am with the age old problem of "no video card works" I know this is a AGP 4X board - Any suggestions ? ? ?
Thanks - Hap

hi I suggest you take the board out of your chassis, assemble it on your desk, then try to slot in your display card. It could be due to your chassis and the motherboard doesn't fit well so whenever you fully slot in your display card, it just couldn't fit in well.

Need MAJOR HELP recovering an 845E-Max board (no post)

Hey guys and gals, I need some SERIOUS SERIOUS help here recovering my old board. I have an MSI 845E-MAX board, and decided to do some overclocking to it. While doing it, I raised the FSB too much, and now the system wont post. So I know what your all thinking, ok, take out your CMOS battery, or clear the JBAT1 jumpers. While ive done that, repeatedly, to no avail. Ive cleared the jumpers over and over, nothing. Taken the battery out for a 24hr period, nothing. Took the battery out for nearly a MONTH!, and nothing. Next your probally thinking, while maybe its bad RAM, Vid Card, CPU, etc. While it isnt lol Ive replaced/tested all the current hardware in other systems and they all work fine. Ive got a defenet mobo problem, and its really pissing me off lol on other boards by other manufacturers, if I put my FSB to high and it didnt post, restarting would put it into default specs, so I could adjust my fsb as needed. With this 845E though, its no such luck, and reseting the CMOS dosent do anything to fix it. Ive also read some posts about other boards who dont even have a JBAT1 jumper, and used an "insert" key method, where they power down, hold down the insert key, and boot up. Decided to try this, and it did nothing. I didnt think it was made for my board in the first place, but decided to give it a shot. IVe also tried reflashing/recovering the bios, by downloading the newest bios (its an AMI i believe) renaming it, putting it to a floppy, and booting the system holding CTRL+HOME to force the update. but it does nothing, and dosent even seem to read the floppy as the little green light dosent come on when i power up. The DVD/CD drive does though, and wehn i place WIN XP SP2 in the drive, it reads it and green light stays solid, so its just the floppy drive im having probs with I guess. Also, i get no beeps at startup, but can hear the hard drive boot and spin. I list my hardware specs below to help
So PLEASE, some MSI guru, help me before I go crazy here! :P thanx a million to any one who can lend a hand.
MSI 845E-MAX
2 x 256 Azen RAM PC2100
Benq DVD Burner
Intel Pentium 1.5ghz P4
Nvidia Geforce 64mb
*this is a spare system im building, but the board WAS my primary board till I upgraded, so im use to its settings, just no OC'ing it apparently lol*

I do indeed...and yah i get no beeps at all....
but everything powers up fine...hdd spins...cd rom turns on, if i put in a Nic card, the green light comes when a cat5 cable is in it. So it looks like everything is receing power fine, but i just get no beeps at all to signify start up

845E Max(6566E) Temp Issue

Any1 who uses this mobo has some temperature issues? Pls post ur idle/full load temperature here n see whether we have some temperature abnormalities...
I'm running a P4 2A Ghz with Volcano 7+ & AS3 applied evenly.
My temperatures are:
idle: 56^C / 36^C (CPU/Chassis)
full load: 67^C / 40^C (CPU/Chassis)
both with an room temperature of 26^C.
What u have with ur temperature? Do share.

Idle: 45C-48C/28C-33C (Depending how hot it is outside)
Load: 49C-56C/34C-36C (Depending how hot it is outside)
Outside Temp is : 32C-38C
My Thermaltake LCD probe displays case temp at 1C-2C higher than the MSI mobo sensor. This leads me to believe that there isn't anything wrong with my mobo's temp detection. )
I have hooked up my Tornado a.k.a The Blowdryer to a Fan switch with H/L/M settings. When I am not doing anything CPU intensive I put the Tornado to Medium fan speed and there is a slight increase in temperature displayed in Motherboard Monitor.
System Specs:
CPU: Pentium IV 2.0a @ 2.9 (v1.65)
Mobo: MSI 845E Max-L (Intel LAN)
H/S: Alpha 8942 & Vantec Tornado 84CFM
Memory: Corsair PC3000 512MB CAS2 DDR
Video: ASUS GF3 Ti200 Deluxe @ 240/500
SCSI Card: Adaptec AHA-2940UW
CD-RW: Plextor 12x10x40 SCSI
CD-ROM: Plextor UltraPlex 40Max SCSI
HD: IBM 60GXP 60.1GB & Maxtor 60GB
HD Rack: Tt Hardcano 5 (Golden)
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy MP3
NIC: 3COM Etherlink XL 10/100
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 900NF
Case: Lian-Li 68 (4 Stock FANs)
PSU: Enermax 431w (Auto Speed Control)
Mouse: MS Intellieye v3.0
Keyboard: MS Internet Keyboard
Sandra Benchmarks can be found here:
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MSI 845E MAX Processor Question

Greetings All,
This may be a silly question, but what is the fastest processor I can plug into the 845E Mainboard? I currently have a P4 2.0 but want to know how much higher I can go.
Thanks for any help :D
Stephen

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845E Max 6566E..???
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/cpu_support/cpu/spt_cpu_detail.php?UID=313
if you need can check msi website CPU Support Status for more info...
all the useful info all are inside...

Users msi 845E Max

Hello
The mb MSI 845E max give's me cpu temp 50 degrees celcius idle and 65 degrees stressed.
This is not normal are there users who have the same probleem with this mb MSI 845E Max

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Originally posted by t1955feb
Hello
The mb MSI 845E max give's me cpu temp 50 degrees celcius idle and 65 degrees stressed.
This is not normal are there users who have the same probleem with this mb MSI 845E Max
Hi!
So I already have 845E Max (MSI-6566E), so I have this prob. In idle 46~48C, and on high use 55~57C.
I think it is bad, because in this temperature can't overclock the system, or not stable :(
And the Intel Cooler, (in the BOX version of CPU) so weak.
So 2 solution we have:
1.) Big copper cooler, with least 6 or 8cm fan.
- can be noisy :-(
2.) Watercooling system
- the best choice (I'm already on making )
- quit
- safe
Just Do It!
Nice Day 2 U Meeen!
TLOYL

SDRAM Frequency for 845E MAX?

In my bios I've noticed the setting, SDRAM Frequency. There are 3 settings to chose from 200MHz, 266MHz, and Auto which is the default. Which setting will give me the best preformance? Also my board (845E MAX) says it excepts up to PC2100, will using say PC2700 or higher result in better OC numbers?

I would leave the SDRAM Frequency to auto. Wouldn't matter if you were running a 533mhz FSB CPU because you are Maxing the frequency for that board. If you get PC2700 it would only be useful for overclocking. Other than that itll act as PC2100 at default.

845E Max will not power on or boot

I have an 845e Max(MS-6566E) and it will boot up once and run perfect until it is turned off and then it will not boot up again for some time. when i say will not boot i mean no fans, no power, nothing. I have tried several things, resetting the bios, changing the bios battery, different power supplies, even changed cases. This board does not have anything to indicate it is getting any power like a LED so im not sure on that one. Every once in a while when i turn the power supply back on i will see the fan jump. Usually after i have pulled the power to the mobo and reconnected it. Sometimes it will happen even when i connect the power to the mobo(the PS is ofcourse switched off at this point) I cant think of anything else to try. It runs fine once it boots up, reset works perfect. its only when its turned off that it has the problems. I got it to boot a few times today and thought i had fixed it by replacing the battery but now im having the same problem and have not gotten it to boot in the last two hours. any help would be appreciated.
845e Max
Celeron 2.0ghz
400w P/S(currently)
256mb DDR

Looking at the PSUs that you guys are using, I'm pretty surprised that the system is still running.
Get a PSU with at least 400watts and 18A minimum on +12v rail.

Intel 845E Max Series Chipset Based

Hi,
i have few questions need to ask.
i'm using Intel 845E Max Series Chipset Based (MS-6566E v1.0 ATX Mainboard)
i want to know is that, is my this mainboard can support the harddisk which have 160gb of capacity?
will it slow down my p4 1.7 speed if not support that high of capacity?
what can i do in order to let this mainboard support it?
what information u need to know to help me solve my problem?
thanks.

The worst case would be it only recognizes approximately 130 GB of it. Check mobo manual for hard drive support. also check for bios updates to add support. Try partitioning it into 2 drives. I know that works when OS is the limiting factor. Not sure if that works when hardware is the limiting factor. If you have not already bought the drive the safest answer is to buy a 120 GB drive. The other solution is to purchase a PCI controller card that supports 160 GB drives (sometimes even packaged with the drive if you do not have the drive yet).

Please Need Help!!!! (845e max bios setup)

i bought all my computer parts seperataly.
p4 1.7
845e max
radeon 9000 pro
128 ddr
Turning on the power for the first time the whole system worked fine (no operationg system is installed yet). while i was seting up the ami bios, specifically in the PnP&PCI configuration, i came across the PLUG AND PLAY AWARE O/S (manual description: when set to yes bios will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting . the rest of the cards will initialized by the PnP operating system like 98, 2000 or ME. When set to NO, bios will initialize all the PnP cards. Select Yes if the operating system is plug and play aware. all of a sudden the ami bios screen wasn't on my monitor. i rebooted and no ami bios setup.
i have the led D-BRACKETS connected to my motherboard and all of them are in red colour. it says on the manual that it will show informaion regarding the the processor.
anyway my cpu isn't busted i know because i went back to the retailer i bought it from and they did a test for me which cost me $20.00 cdn and it worked fine.
anyhow contact me if u have a suggestion
email:[email protected]

this mother board is jsut crapp there are alot of peopel having this problem i say replace it becsuae i got the same one over again and it died mabe i amjsut doing somethign wrong

No audio on the 845E Max

I just installed a Celeron 2.4GHz/845E Max combo, and got everything working except the embedded sound card.
Then I figured out that I needed to install the drivers on the CD-ROM, so I did it. After re-starting, the sound card was automatically detected and "Realtek AC'97 Audio" is installed.
But it still doesn't work. The volume control appears in the system tray, and when I check the properties of "Realtek AC'97 Audio", it just says "this device is working properly".
But if I play an mp3 in winamp, the system hangs for a second and the mp3 never actually plays. It just sticks at 0 seconds. Same with "Sound Recorder". Windows Media Player hangs for a while, then appears to be playing a mp3 or wav, but nothing comes out of the speakers.
If anybody could help me, it would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to have to buy another sound card if I already have one that can work.
Thanks,
Chad Handrich

In the control panel under "Sounds and Multimedia", under the "Audio" tab, the preferred devices are:
Sound Playback: Realtek AC97 Audio
Sound Recording: Realtek AC97 Audio
MIDI Music Playback: Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth
I don't get it. I even turned hardware acceleration off in case that was causing the problem, and it still behaves in the same way.
If this helps, this is how I setup my system:
1) Formatted my C drive and installed Windows 2000
2) Used Windows Update to install every critial update and every recommended Windows 2000 update, including DirectX 9.
3) Went to the driver download section of the MSI website and installed "Onboard AC97 Codec Driver: Support model K7D Master (MS-6501): Description - AMD AC97 Codec Driver version 10B". But that didn't do anything.
4) Realized I had a "Drivers and Utilities" CD, so I installed the drivers there and then Windows 2000 detected the AC97 Audio soundcard.
5) The control panel now shows that my soundcard is installed and working, but, as I said before, winamp and sound recorder hang for a second when I try to play a sound and don't actually play anything. Windows Media Player hangs for a second, then looks like it's playing something, but no sound comes out.

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