845g max with sb audigy

Yesterday i installed my new mainboard 845g max, and put in my old sb-audigy player.
It installs but then it is not recognised by the system later on, also when I try to update the drivers, it says that no audigy is installed. ALso after booting again, it says twice that the audiodevice is not installed properly.
I tried several slots, all with same result......
os is ME latest updates..
Bios is 1.2 (haven't got fdd installed)
512mb
p4 2,26 533

I did install the inf's first the cd version and later the updates....
Didn't work either.
Found a lot of similar problems concerning audigy with kt7 boards....
Seems creative is preparing a major driverupdate of 50 mb.
I tried xp yesterday, same problem, when I installed the latest inf-file, computer resets and has irrecoverable error....Finally I gave up, I will use the onboard sound for a while until creative updates the drivers...
thanks for suggestions :]

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Can't get COM2 to work on 845G MAX

I'm running the 845G MAX with a 2.26 P4 and 512mb RAM on WinXP Pro.
I am unable for get any I/O through COM2. To test the ports, I'm using HyperTerminal over a null modem cable to a laptop. When running this config, I have no problem communicating over COM1. However, when I switch to COM2, I get nothing. Strangely, the software recognizes COM2 as being there and active, but I can't get it to communicate.
I am using a connector that terminates to a DB-9 male and fits perfectly in the COM2 port on the motherboard. In the BIOS, I tried setting the Super I/O setting for Serial Port B to both auto and also forcing COM2. Nothing.
And the strange part to me is that any software I run seems to recognize COM2 as being active, it just cannot communcate over it.
Any ideas?
Wazoo

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Originally posted by wazoo
I'm running the 845G MAX with a 2.26 P4 and 512mb RAM on WinXP Pro.
I am unable for get any I/O through COM2. To test the ports, I'm using HyperTerminal over a null modem cable to a laptop. When running this config, I have no problem communicating over COM1. However, when I switch to COM2, I get nothing. Strangely, the software recognizes COM2 as being there and active, but I can't get it to communicate.
I am using a connector that terminates to a DB-9 male and fits perfectly in the COM2 port on the motherboard. In the BIOS, I tried setting the Super I/O setting for Serial Port B to both auto and also forcing COM2. Nothing.
And the strange part to me is that any software I run seems to recognize COM2 as being active, it just cannot communcate over it.
Any ideas?
Wazoo
Try swapping the pins in the cable (ie. 1 with 2, 3 with 4, 5 with 6, etc). Also, the pinout in the manual is wrong:
Wrong:1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9
Right: 1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5
Worked for me!
Good luck.
JTN

MOVED: I have problems with grafick motherboards MSI 845G max when i play games

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I have problems with grafick motherboards MSI 845G max when i play games

There diff x4 agp and x8 agp.......... nothing!!!!!!!
Check you have INTEL application accelerator installed!!!!!!!
845GE-Max is very fast mainboard, only the single channel mem make's it slower than 865/875 chipset........ fact
Check ALL drivers are COMPAT with system NOT the latest............. Try older drivers
Del

I have problems with grafick motherboards MSI 845G max when i play games

I ask about apology my English not so good but I try toexplains my problem
I bought about year ago this motherboard .:::: MSI 845G Max .::::..
and i have at home this grafick card
asus Geforce fx 5700 li 128mb
The problem is .............
the picture intermixes when i play this games
fifa 2005, need for speed, pro evulation ................ and many from the games decaying with high grafick
I asked many persons and the sa that the motherboard grafick AGP plats is 4x
Hill of the games needs strength follows mother boards with 8x AGP
I uppdated my mother board in this page http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=314&kind=1
to verion 1,6
But the update harbored is to old ::::::::: 2002::::::::::!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Version 1.6 Update date 2002 - 12 - 17
I desire that you lice my problem with kind greeting of grateful with the respect and the estimate

There diff x4 agp and x8 agp.......... nothing!!!!!!!
Check you have INTEL application accelerator installed!!!!!!!
845GE-Max is very fast mainboard, only the single channel mem make's it slower than 865/875 chipset........ fact
Check ALL drivers are COMPAT with system NOT the latest............. Try older drivers
Del

Which 845G Max-L bios version are you running?

Before I flash my 845G Max-L bios from v1.1 to v1.4, I
thought I'd post a message asking what bios version are the owners of the 845G Max-L board are currently running.
I noticed that v1.4 fixes 'CPU microcode', but I don't believe that Intel would leave it to MSI to update the CPU (P4) microcode! What does v1.4 really fix?

Quote
Originally posted by tywen
Thanks for your replies... I'm going to upgrade my bios to v1.4.....
I've never flashed an AMI bios (only a Phoenix bios on another computer) but I have two questions .....
I'm currently running WinXP Home with 4 partitions
primary, 2nd, 3rd partitions ( C: D: E: ) are formatted as NTFS, but the 4th partition ( F: ) is FAT.
Should I just copy the amifl827.exe and A6580IMS.140
to the FAT formatted F: partition, reboot using Win98 floppy and flash from the F: partition OR should I just copy them to the ramdisk and run from the ramdisk?
Will amifl827 try to access my C: partition and flake out because it is formatted as NTFS or does it just do it's thing from the partition I'm flashing from and ignore all the other partitions?
Copy the bios files onto a floppy disk and flash from there

845G Max problem

My system is running fine at default speed. When it's overclocked to 133MHz FSB, it will always crash at the same spot when booting into Windows. That's when I use the Intel built-in graphics card.
When I use the TNT2, it will only boot into Windows in safe mode at 133MHz. And I see a lot of conflicts in the display card properties, i845G something, can't remember.
There's no option to properly disable the built in AGP. And why is it not working at 133MHz, I thought at 133MHz, everything is running at default speed, right?
Here's my system specs:
P4 1.8A
MSI i845G Max
Corsair PC2700 RAM
Creative TNT2 (when I test)
DLink NIC
BTW, the same processor works fine when it's overclocked to 145MHz FSB using MSI 645DX.

My RAM is a PC2700, even if I change the ratio, it is still within the RAM spec.
Intel Extreme is extremely stable at 100MHz FSB as stated earlier. It will crash at the same spot when booting into Windows at 133MHz FSB.
I tested using a TNT2. It won't even boot into Windows at 100MHz FSB. But using safe mode, TNT2 works fine at 133MHz FSB. But when I checked the display properties, there's a lot of conflicts in between the Intel Extreme and TNT2.
Now my question is, why I can't use my TNT2 even at 100MHz? It was working fine using another MSI 845G Max before I sent for RMA.
Why Intel Extreme doesn't work at 133MHz FSB? I've tried all the memory timings, ratio FYI. It has nothing to do with RAM timings I'm afraid. I tested the same RAM on my KT3. 166MHz at agressive timings run perfectly well.

845G Max L (MS-6580G) Bios 1.40 Issue

I ran MSI's Live Update 2 and downloaded bios 1.40 for my 845G Max L (MS-6580G).
When I went to run it I got a strange warning and it tried to locate some sort of DOS files.. what is up with this? Is this a beta bios? Is this a mistake?
If not, what is it trying to do? I chose to ignore the error and it did flash my machine, but I am unsure of what it might have missed.
Please Help!
Thanks

Here is the autoexec.bat:
@echo off
echo Welcome to FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org)!
cls
echo MSI BIOS Flash and Rescue Disk
echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo !!!WARNING!!!
echo If you don't know what you are doing, remove the disk and reset your computer.
echo Make sure your system is stable before you try this.
echo This flashing procedure is created by Bas and Assaf's instructions to make it
echo as safe as possible, but remember it will leave you with a dead board if it
echo fails.
echo So be very sure you want to continue!!!!
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pause
If exist C:\PROGRA~1\SETUPF~1\MS6380~1\AMIFLH.EXE If exist C:\PROGRA~1\SETUPF~1\MS6380~1\A6380VMS.550 goto HDFLASH
set RAMDRIVE=?:
A:\TDSK 2048 /E
if errorlevel 255 goto no_ramdrive
if errorlevel 254 goto no_ramdrive
if errorlevel 253 goto no_ramdrive
if errorlevel 252 goto no_ramdrive
cls
echo Create RAMDRIVE (%RAMDRIVE%)
echo.
echo Copy BIOS ROM and Flash Utility to RAMDRIVE...
copy A:\AMIBOOT.ROM %RAMDRIVE%\AMIBOOT.ROM
copy A:\AMIFLH.EXE %RAMDRIVE%\AMIFLH.EXE
If exist %RAMDRIVE%\AMIFLH.EXE If exist %RAMDRIVE%\AMIBOOT.ROM goto RDFLASH
cls
echo !!!ERROR DURING FILE COPY!!!
echo The files needed to flash the bios could not be loaded into the RAMDRIVE
echo and the flash can not proceed.
echo Please run the flash disk creator program again using another floppy disk
echo since it appears this disk is damaged.
goto end
rem FLASH PROCESS
:RDFLASH
cls
echo SUCCESSFULLY copied files: AMIFLH.EXE (Flash Utility)
echo and AMIBOOT.ROM (BIOS ROM) to the RAMDRIVE!
echo System is ready to flash the following BIOS.
echo.
echo BIOS Model: MS-6380
echo BIOS Version: 5.50
echo.
echo Do you want to start the flash process now? (y/n)
choice /c:yn /n > nul
if errorlevel 2 goto no
%RAMDRIVE%
AMIFLH.EXE AMIBOOT.ROM /A
goto end
:HDFLASH
cls
echo System is ready to flash the following BIOS.
echo.
echo BIOS Model: MS-6380
echo BIOS Version: 5.50
echo.
echo Do you want to start the flash process now? (y/n)
choice /c:yn /n > nul
if errorlevel 2 goto no
C:\PROGRA~1\SETUPF~1\MS6380~1\AMIFLH.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\SETUPF~1\MS6380~1\A6380VMS.550 /A
goto end
:no_ramdrive
cls
echo !!!ERROR DURING RAMDISK CRTEATE!!!
echo The MSI BIOS Flash and Rescue disk could not create a temporary drive for
echo the flash utility and BIOS. This may be because this computer has less than
echo the minimum required extended memory.
goto end
:no
cls
echo Please remove the MSI BIOS Flash and Rescue disk.
:end
The only place the word "dos" apears is in :
Quote
echo Welcome to FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org)!
Unless while downloading the bios you chose to save it to c:\dos rather than the default program files\.....
But even then the scrips checks the files's existance befor actually attempting to flash from the HDD, if it fails to find them it will go on to flash from RAMDRIVE.

845G MAX L

MSI MOTHERBOARD 845G MAX etc
BIOS 1.4
Keyboard microsoft internet PS2 or/also in USB
With PS2 keyboard and direct pressing sleep button
PC reset itself.
With USB keyboard I get a warning that there is something wrong with the keyboard driver.
This happens only with this MOBO.
Never press the sleep button is an option, but not the right one.
Is it depending from BIOS settings . I tries different one but no solution.
Anyone ideas?

Suspend issues are mostly caused by drivers (chipset drivers and VGA drivers mostly).
Install the intel inf and try changing VGA drivers.

845G-MAX

How do you disable the onboard video?? I have installed a GF3 TI 200 and want to disable the onboard video. I have selected in the bios for agp/pci, but every other time when i reboot my machine locks up at the windows splash screen. Any ideas??

My system consists of
Hercules Fortissimo 7.1
Leadtek Winfast GF3 TI 200
3Com 905B
256 meg micron pc2100
MSI 845G-Max
Antec SX835 with a 350watt True Power supply

845G Max-L Memory Compatibility

Could anyone tell me if Corsair 2700XMS / 3200XMS memory is compatible with 845G Max? ?(

LSU What BIOS Ver u using?....
I have just purchased 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS2700 running at 166Mhz. With one stick works fine (I have checked boths sticks individually). However when I place the 2nd stick into DIMM 3 (as per DIMM config diagram) the machine either fails to boot or hangs... I must admit I haven't tested the second DIMM into DIMM2, but I'm not holding my breath... I have checked the video card too... Placed in my Radeon 9700 locks and also placed in my GF4 Ti4600 and locks too... With one stick (either of them) is fine... One more note I have tried running at 133Mhz too and I still get the same problem...
is it with MSI, can't they release a board that actually works reliably...

845g-max temp reading

it seems liek ti is way off it say 50 degrees celcius for a 2.26ghz processor with stock heatsink its suppose to runn about 45 at most. i even used some artic sliver is this a known issue or anything. I hope i dont have to go looking for a ogod performing quite heatsink cause thats always a pain.

it seems liek ti is way off it say 50 degrees celcius for a 2.26ghz processor with stock heatsink its suppose to runn about 45 at most. i even used some artic sliver is this a known issue or anything. I hope i dont have to go looking for a ogod performing quite heatsink cause thats always a pain.
Yes is a little high for me. I have a [email protected] - 1.60 Volt - Alpha Heatsink - 5000rpm Fan with the 845G-Max-L, and my temp Idle is 38C and over full load 46C
You should take a look in the casa temp, or proably your room temp. Did you try to leave the case open??

Will ddr400 work on 845G Max

I'm thinking of buying a secondhand pc from a mate 4 cheap to do some serious OC'ing.
But i've got a bit of a prob....the mobo only supports upto ddr333 and i can't set
the memory frequency lower on his mobo meaning i can only clock as far as the memory will alow it. So im thinking if i can stick some ddr400 i'll be safe not to fry the memory.
So is it possible to put ddr400 in a board that only supports upto 333?
Its a 845G Max mobo with a 1.8b P4 cpu

Hi Sean
Have tried........NO GO!!! No2 led Green than grass on a fresh cut lawn or
field!!!
Had quick look on MSI tw site......and it's a NO support of DDR400 on 845GE Max.............
As I said.........if mem is cheap and WORKS grab it.....coz you can always upgrade to a faster MB later......Lo54d3L......????
Del

845G Max-L MS6580 ??

I am building a machine for a friend for general use and the odd gaming and I've been offered the '845G Max-L Ms6580' to buy from a guy.
I don't know much about the mobo but it will be going with a P4 North 1.8Ghz.
My question's are:
1) Is this board still being made i.e. still producing & selling or is there a new Model of the board out.
2) Is it worth getting? £60 or $95
3) Should I get a different board?
Because of a budget, I need to spend as little on a mobo as I can.
Any help would be great.
Cheers.

IMO.... Id get the 845GE Series because it offically
supports DDR 266 & 333.
I just ordered the 845PE for myself which is basically
the same as the 845GE w/o the GrafX controller built in.

DDR 333mhz on 845G MAX?

I don't know what speed mememory my 845G Max mobo is capable to handle. The manual says it handles the 260 speed, but not 333. The web site said something that it does. I am confused... If someone could tell me what's the top capabilities that would be awesome! Thanks

If using a CPU with 533MHz FSB it can support DDR333 however i is unofficial as intel do not claim DDR333 support for the chipset.

Anyone using 845G MAX ?

I was thinking about trying one out for my second rig. I would be adding a video card (probably my 8500).
I was wondering about Overclockability and bios options.
I have a 645E Max-C now on my main rig and am happy with it, but feel like trying something new.

Actually the reason why your OC isnt seen by XP
is because maybe you are using bios ver 1.2 wich killed the OC capability . it works in bios but not windows
I have the 845G maxL with a p4 1.6A @ 2.4Ghz @1.5V
and I am running samsumg 512ddr 333 @ 400
the machine is killer !! really fast and rock soild !
Nothing like having a good intel chip with a good intel chipset.. Great Combo ! the only down side is for me
the DDR333 switch is nowhere to be found .
but since I was able to run my mem at ddr400
I wont complain to much hehehheh
oh yah and you dont have to worry bout doin the
damn wire mod for more voltage core either
as i was able to select all the way to 1.85
really a nice board ! ,,, one thing, if you get it make you you update to bios ver 1.3 and get the usb drivers using
liveupdate2 .... other then that, this is a KICK ASS product !
much better then the Crappy 645 ultra that refuses to boot anymore..

845g max with sb audigy

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