(865PE Neo2) - Memory Controller Problems ???

Hi, I've been having problems with my RAM. I've run MEMTEST and found that my RAM continually failed test #5 (64 Block move). However, I pulled the RAM and tested in a friend's computer..... and it passed without any problems..... I went back to my computer and continually changed the BIOS setting until I finally got something to work....
What I did, was change the DRAM Freq from 400 down to 333. And it seems to be stable..... (The RAM was meant to run at 400)
The people at Corsair offered to replace the RAM, however, because both sticks produce them same problem, and because it works at 333 but not 400, and because it fails test #5 and not any other test, then they think the problem lies somewhere other then the RAM. And at the stage, i tend to agree.....
Now someone suggested it might be the Memory Controller..... I have no idea what that means..... but it sounds plausable.... Eitherway, I believe it might have something to do with the Motherboard..... And I was hoping someone here might have an idea on how I can either test it, or fix it.....
Thanks a bunch.....
My SYSTEM Specs are.....
MoBo : MSI 865PE Neo2-P (MS 6728 ver.2)
CPU : Prescott 3.2
RAM : 2x 512 Corsair XMS 3200 (DDR400)
Video : MSI FX 5200
PSU : Seasonic S12 430W
BIOS INFO - AMI v3.A
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD - Disabled
CAS - 2.5
RAS - 3
RAS to CAS delay - 3
Precharge delay - 7
Burst - 8
AGP Aperture Size - 128MB
Freq/Volt Control ->
Preformance Mode - Normal
D.O.T. Range - Disabled
CPU Ratio - Locked
DRAM Freq (Mhz) - 333 Mhz
Spread Spectrum - Enabled
Adjust CPU Bus Clock - 200
DDR Clock - 333
Adjust AGP/PCI Clock - 66.66/33.33
CPU Vcore Adjust - No
CPU Voltage - 1.3875
DDR Power Volt - 2.70
AGP Power Volt - 1.50
Thanks a lot..... :-)

Hi,
I've tried the RAM sticks individually, as well as 1,3 and 2,4..... And it doesn't make a difference.
I've aslo Disabled Spread Spectrum
And I've also tried all these setting, plus more.... @400Mhz
2-3-3-6
2-3-3-7
2-3-3-8
2.5-3-3-6
2.5-3-3-7
2.5-3-3-8
3-3-3-6
3-3-3-7
3-3-3-8
all without success..... And what i mean, is that I still get error#5 in memtest. And ALWAYS the error occures in the 92%-96% portion of the test.....
HOWEVER, When I drop the DRAM Freq to 333.... No problem..... All is fine..... Even at 2-3-3-6
Unfortunately, I doubt I will be able to test any other DDR400 memory in my system, but it would be interesting to know the results.....
I also find marginal confort knowing this problem is a bit 'common', however, i would find MORE comfort solving the problem :-)
Thanks :-)

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80GB Maxtor 7200 RPM
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Do you have the latest bios, 1.30? And did you try some other memory Dram timings? Try to contact Hynix, did you try this site
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I'm having a problem with my newly built system and hoped that someone here might be able to help.
I am using the 865PE Neo2 -FIS2R motherboard with a 3.0Ghz P4 800Mhz FSB and a single 512MB Value Select Corsair RAM (DDR 3200, 200/400Mhz). The installed Video Card is a Leadtek Geforce3 Ti. There are no other expansion cards installed. There is no HDD.
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Hi
It sometimes happens that when playing Battlefield 1942 the sound just disappear.
The only thing I can do is to restart the game.......
It´s not often but it happens.
And for Maesus : dont u mean DX 9.0b......and not 9.1b
If you find an answer, let me know m8!

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http://www.absoluteinsight.net/2456
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http://www.btc.com.tw/english/2-2-dvd_rw.htm
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http://www.techsupportforum.com/showthread.php?t=53044
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I tried removing my RAM and powering -suprisingly no beeps . So make sure its not a faulty RAM, try another one

865PE Neo2-FIS2R and Geil memory problem

With 512MB (2x256) of Corsair XMS 3700, the system is perfectly stable (runs 24/7 crunching for UD, also have done Prime95 torture test).
With 1-GB (2x512) of Geil PC4000 Ultra Platinum, the system is very unstable. It usually won't even boot fully into Windows without a BSOD (which vary) or if it does get into Windows it crashed soon thereafter.
If I put the Corsair memory back in (like I have them right now, to be able to use the system to post this message), the system is back to 100% stable, so it seems to be entirely a memory-related problem.
MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (MS-6728)
Intel P4 2.4C 800FSB (HT enabled) @ 3.19-GHz
AVC Sunflower 2 HSF
420-W PS
Windows XP Pro SP1a
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Performance mode Slow
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CPU Bus 266
DDR Clock 354
AGP/PCI 67/34
CPU vCore 1.6000
DDR volts 2.70
AGP volts 1.50
SPD Disabled
3-4-4-8, 4 burst
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Have tried the modules in slots 1,3 and slots 2,4 with no difference.
Have tried setting DDR voltage from 2.70 up to 2.85v for the Geil (approved up to 2.9v) with no apparent change in stability.
Have tried changing Spread Spectrum setting between enabled and disabled. Disabled seems to be better, but problem remains.
Have tried using SPD disabled with settings listed above, and SPD enabled (which sets timings at 2.5-4-4-8,8).
Edit: I'd asked for advice, but then realized that the very limited timeframe in which I could return the Geil would expire if I waited beyond business hours today. So I've RMA'd the Geil and have ordered a 1-GB Corsair TwinX XMS 3700 pack instead.

I've had similar problems to you but with Corsair TwinX LL's and if you read back a month in this forum you will see others have also with various memories on the 865 FISR.
The fix I found was Kingston memory but others have had problems with Kingston. There was a thread running a week or two ago attempting to document successful memory mobo combinations.
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I have this 865PE NEO2 FIS2R with a 3ghz northwood (512K cache, 800 fsb).
initially I bought a 1GB Geil PC3500 DDR dual channel kit. installed those into slot 1 and 3, installed windows...during install I would get blue screens. recently I bought a new PC-3700 DDR dual channel kit (industry standard generic stuff). I bought those cause the place I got it from claimed it works on the i875 NEO FIS2R. I figured if it works on the 875P, it should work on the 865PE. with the new memory I get blue screens a tad more often.
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I took those sticks out, and tried 1 Geil PC-3500 stick in slot 1, no blue screens.
Whats the deal here? shouldn't dual channel memory work as dual channel in a dual channel board? WHy can't I use 2 sticks of the same RAM in this board!
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I'm thinking of just getting the new Asus with the SiS 655TX chipset, supposed to be faster anyway. 2 sticks of RAM would most likely work in that board.
I really don't want to spend anymore money on this though...I spent enough.
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P4 3ghz northwood
865PE NEO2 FIS2R (with updated 2.3 bios)
Chieftech 650 watt Power supply 36A, 36A, & 32A
BFG geforce FX 5900 Ultra 256MB (also tried an old geforce 2 mx 32MB)
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3com Network interface card
WD 120GB SE hard drive
Plextor 8X DVD-RW drive
Lite on 16X DVDROM drive

This problem is not yet solved....
I tried increasing the ram voltage to 2.8v, it ran fine for about 3 days...then boom..restart
I am seeing other people are having the same problem with these 865/875 boards.
after raising the ram voltage didn't work I tried unplugging all of my extra hard drives 1 by 1 with the memory set to 2.7v.
I am at the point where I have only my boot drive connected with the two DVD drives.
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If I do need to add 20% to the power calculated, I would need a 622 watt PS???
I am running speedfan now....how low is the voltages ok to drop to?
the +12 dropped to 11.19, max is 11.80
the rest of the voltages are staying more or less constant .
Oh yea, on occasion the nb fan stops, I get a warning in corecenter saying 0 RPMs.
Also I can't set the fans to high speed, 6000RPM for the nb, and 5000RPM for the CPU.
If I set corecenter to user, and move the slide up to 8, the max is only 3375RPM for the CPU and 3750RPM for the NB fan.
Also every once in awhile the power LED on my case will go out while the system is running.
But thats been doing that for awhile now!
I'm thinking I will connect up my other hard drives again and run this speed fan program again.
update:
I reconnected my drives, ran speed fan, noticed it stops responding after 10 min...I get an error saying smbus cannot be scanned...or something like that.
Also I've got errors when downloading saying I have no ports available. it sounds like the bus is shutting down??
This is not the only MSI 865PE NEO2 FIS2R I have ran into problems with
it looks like I will be getting a new board next week....either an Asus or Abit.

Memory Problems - Advice on quality memory for 865PE Neo2

I have 2 x 512 MB DDR400 in Dual Channel configuration in my 865PE Neo2 mobo. It's a noname brand (the only mention on it are the letters "VM"). A friend recently warned me about the problems that my arise with cheap memory, so I ran memtest-86 and Windows Memory Diagnostic (http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp). WMD gave no errors, but memtest86 gave 2 errors. I then tested the sticks individually and standard tests gave no errors. I then ran the extended tests and it gave errors on the extra tests. However the errors were not always the same. Furthermore, sometimes a pass gave 2 errors, sometimes it gave 3. Since the memory is still under warranty I have two options:
- Exchange for another set of noname memory sticks
- Pay the extra cash for quality memory
I'm inclined to take the second option, so my question is:
- What brand and model of memory do you advise? I don't overclock and I probably never will. Reliability and stability are all that matters to me. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for all the input. After running memtest for almost 24 hours with various tests, here's my findings:
I didn't change a thing in my BIOS. Exactly the same settings that gave errors (everything in default mode and dinamic overclocking off). I started with memtest's default set-up:
RSVD MEM: 112K
MEMMAP: e820-std
TEST: standard
I ran the test for a total of 14 passes. No errors were found.
I then, ran the extended test set-up for 10 passes. One 2 bit error was reported on the 5th pass and on the 5th pass only, in test #10.
In the light of this, I decided to run test #10 isolatedly, to see if the error showed up again. In a total of 10 passes no errors were found.
I re-run the tests once again, this time with the "ALL" test options chosen. 8 passes no errors.
I then decided to change the "memory sizing" feature to "ALL BIOS" to test those remaining 112K that were no tested in the default set-up. The program jammed at test #3 after having reported 122 000 errors! memtest's manual says this is not a stable test configuration on some mobos. I guess that is an understatement!
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As things stand, I believe I'll just make one more test: play some fast n' furious 3D game for a few hours If everything runs stable there is no reason to change memory. Anyhow, the seller wouldn't change it without finding some errors on it and chances are he wouldn't.
I would like to hear the opinions and thoughts of others on this experience. Thanks.

865PE Neo2-V Memory problems

Hello
I have a 865PE Neo2-V motherboard that only has 3 DIMM slots. I recently purchased 3 Kingston Value PC-3200 400MHz DDR 1G sticks and installed them in all 3 slots. When I booted the computer, the BIOS (and windows) only reported 2G, not 3G.
Is there a setting or something that I need to change in order to have it report 3G? The manual and on-line resources have told me that it will take up to 4G (hard to do with only 3 slots).
I've moved two sticks around to each of the various slots, (ie: Slot 1 and 3, slot 1 and 2, etc...) and it will show 2G, but when the 3rd stick is installed, the BIOS never sees it.
Thanks
Babs

Ok, here is the memory listing for the CPU-z file:
Memory SPD
DIMM #            1
SMBus address      0x50
   Memory type      DDR
   Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
   Size         1024 MBytes
   Max bandwidth      PC3200 (200 MHz)
   Part number      K
   Serial number      8528278A
   Manufacturing date   Week 38/Year 10
   Number of banks      2
   Data width      64 bits
   Correction      None
   Registered      no
   Buffered      no
   Nominal Voltage      2.50 Volts
   EPP         no
   XMP         no
JEDEC timings table      CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
   JEDEC #1      2.5-3-3-7-n.a. @ 166 MHz
   JEDEC #2      3.0-3-3-8-n.a. @ 200 MHz
DIMM #            2
SMBus address      0x51
   Memory type      DDR
   Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
   Size         1024 MBytes
   Max bandwidth      PC3200 (200 MHz)
   Part number      K
   Serial number      8528408A
   Manufacturing date   Week 38/Year 10
   Number of banks      2
   Data width      64 bits
   Correction      None
   Registered      no
   Buffered      no
   Nominal Voltage      2.50 Volts
   EPP         no
   XMP         no
JEDEC timings table      CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
   JEDEC #1      2.5-3-3-7-n.a. @ 166 MHz
   JEDEC #2      3.0-3-3-8-n.a. @ 200 MHz
DIMM #            3
   SMBus address      0x52
   Memory type      DDR
   Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
   Size         1024 MBytes
   Max bandwidth      PC3200 (200 MHz)
   Part number      K
   Serial number      0125364E
   Manufacturing date   Week 37/Year 10
   Number of banks      2
   Data width      64 bits
   Correction      None
   Registered      no
   Buffered      no
   Nominal Voltage      2.50 Volts
   EPP         no
   XMP         no
JEDEC timings table      CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
   JEDEC #1      2.5-3-3-7-n.a. @ 166 MHz
   JEDEC #2      3.0-3-3-8-n.a. @ 200 MHz
and the speed registers...
DIMM #            1
SPD registers
      00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
   00   80 08 07 0D 0B 02 40 00 04 50 65 00 82 08 00 01
   10   0E 04 18 01 02 20 C0 60 70 75 75 3C 28 3C 28 80
   20   60 60 40 40 00 00 00 00 00 37 46 28 28 50 00 00
   30   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 A9
   40   7F 98 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 4B 00 00 00 00 00 00
   50   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 26 85
   60   28 27 8A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   70   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   80   00 24 B6 00 49 0A FF FF FF FF FF 12 18 31 FF FF
   90   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   A0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   B0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   C0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   D0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   E0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   F0   39 39 55 35 31 39 33 2D 31 30 30 2E 41 30 30 4C
DIMM #            2
SPD registers
      00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
   00   80 08 07 0D 0B 02 40 00 04 50 65 00 82 08 00 01
   10   0E 04 18 01 02 20 C0 60 70 75 75 3C 28 3C 28 80
   20   60 60 40 40 00 00 00 00 00 37 46 28 28 50 00 00
   30   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 A9
   40   7F 98 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 4B 00 00 00 00 00 00
   50   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 26 85
   60   28 40 8A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   70   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   80   00 24 B6 00 49 0A FF FF FF FF FF 12 18 31 FF FF
   90   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   A0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   B0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   C0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   D0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   E0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   F0   39 39 55 35 31 39 33 2D 31 30 30 2E 41 30 30 4C
DIMM #            3
SPD registers
      00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
   00   80 08 07 0D 0B 02 40 00 04 50 65 00 82 08 00 01
   10   0E 04 18 01 02 20 C0 60 70 75 75 3C 28 3C 28 80
   20   60 60 40 40 00 00 00 00 00 37 46 28 28 50 00 00
   30   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 A9
   40   7F 98 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 4B 00 00 00 00 00 00
   50   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 25 01
   60   25 36 4E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   70   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   80   00 24 B6 00 49 0A FF FF FF FF FF 12 18 31 FF FF
   90   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   A0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   B0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   C0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   D0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   E0   FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   F0   39 39 55 35 31 39 33 2D 31 30 30 2E 41 30 30 4C

865PE Neo2 -FIS2R Problems

I purchased a brand new MSI 865PE Neo2-FISR along with a P4 2.4C(OEM), a Thermaltake Spark 5c cooler and a Corsair XMS Twinpack(TWINX512-3200C2PT) of DDR400 memory.
The install went fine, the system booted and ran very well right out of the box. I installed the Live Update program from MSI and it updated itself. I then used that utility to generate a BIOS flash/recovery disk to update the bios from 1.10 to 1.30. The update worked fine and I rebooted the machine into Windows XP with no problems.
I then decided to do some tweaking in the new 1.3 BIOS. After several unsuccessful memory/Dynamic Overclocking settings the system refused to boot. I tried the Clear CMOS jumper to reset the defaults but it still would not boot. I checked the D-Bracket, 3 red 1 green(lower right) which indicates that the video card is not initializing. I attempted reseating the video card (a PNY Geforce4 TI4200) with no luck, I then replaced that card with a GeForce4 MX440 SE with no luck. I tried four other video cards, 2 AGP and 2 PCI, with no success.
At this point I pulled the board out of the system and let it sit with the battery out of the board hoping that the BIOS would reset to default values. I reinstalled the board with all the hardware and again the same D-Bracket error with no video generated. I tried different arrangements of memory using the new Corsairs and various other DDR333 & DDR266 again no luck.
What is going on with this thing? How could an errant timing change completely lock out the VGA card? And why can I not clear the settings to allow the card to initialize?
This thing is getting RMA'd soon if I can't find an answer.
Anyone have any ideas or similiar troubles? X(

Quote
Originally posted by gary172
Another thing I don\'t understand about all the isses with BIOS 1.3, performance, RAM and timings etc, is - How can the 865PE Neo2 - FIS2R pretty much come out at the top of the heap in Tom\'s Hardware Test:
\"The board therefore achieves the best performance in the whole test field.\"
http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20030707/i875p-46.html
with MAT and DOT enabled, without any apparent negative reports of stability.
Is it that he used a Beta Bios: V1.3B3 (06/12/2003)
Or was his MSI board a \'pre-press release\' mobo similar to the ASUS board and the production versions we are buying are missing certain components?
http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20030603/865_PAT-06.html
Or did he have \'hand picked\' memory from Corsair \"2 x 256 MB, Corsair PC3200 TwinX\" and didn\'t report it?
There are a lot of reviews lately that have it as one of the fastest MB's around at the moment, here are a handful I found:
http://www.mbreview.com/neo2pe-10.php
http://www.thejemreport.com/reviews/865peneo2.htm
http://www.hardwarezone.com/article...&aid=795&page=1
http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=564&page=1
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview....eid=1402&page=1
http://www.techview.nl/reviews/2959

[865PE NEO2 PFISR] Won't boot with added memory

Recently I upgraded a few items on my PC which has been running fine for 18 months or so. I changed out the video card and bought double the memory of the same brand and type it had in it. I went from 1gig (2 sticks) and added two more sticks. But now it won't boot. The power is on but no output whatsoever.
I RMA'd the memory thinking that might be the problem but it's the same with the new set. I tried all sorts of memory/slot combos. Basically, the new memory works fine if you swap it out in bank A with the old stuff. That's how it's running right now, so I know all of the sticks are good. I can take a third and put it in either slot bank B and it'll boot, but obviously not run properly. But any combination of these four sticks and the system won't boot!
Please help!
I'm running this system:
Win XP (SP1 I believe)
865PE NEO2 PFISR
P4/3.0CGHz, 800M 478P/512K HT
DDR Corsair 512MB X4 (400)
Dual 80gb samsung HDs running SATA
Sapphire X800GTO 256M video card
Antec Sonata case
TruePower 380Watt ATX12V

What brand, model, and speed are the RAM sticks. Did you check your Test Report booklet which came with the mobo. If you can't find it, you can go to the MSI website and look for your MOBO and get the test report that way. Some brands/models will that have been tested are shown in the report to be okay in all 4 slots, some only test okay in 2 or 3. Check this report and if it is one of the brands/model/speed tested you will see how it fared. It may well be you the MOBO doesn't like your RAM in 3 or 4 slots.
Maybe I missed it, but did you try each slot with only one stick at a time? You may also have a bad RAM slot.

865PE Neo2(6728) D-Bracket hangs at Memory Detection Test

This is terribly annoying... I just bought the mother board... Its a 865PE Neo2(6728)800mhzFSB the processor is P4 2.4ghz 800mhz, 512k l2-Cache. I dont know who made it like i know nothing about northwood or whatever, it says Intel on the box... I have 512MB of "Legacy Electronics" PC3200 64x64 DDR... I also just bought a NVdia G4 Ti-4200 64mb DDR 4x AGP made by Pixelview. I have a 160GB WD 8mb Cache 7200 HD... Ok the problem is when i go to boot up the computer, the VIDEO doesnt come on, and when i installed the "D-Bracket" the lights hang at 3 light, top right green all other red... Says in the manual that problem is memory detection test, testing onboard memory size, will hang if damaged or not installed properly. Ok. I have no idea how that wo;uld happen so, just to check i took out RAM, no dice, i changed video cards to MX440 G4, no dice, i tried disconnection the PCI slot which has the 160GB hard drive connected(why it needs this i dont know, according to WD WinXP needs...) none of this changes anything.. How do i check the onboard memory or could it be anything else? Ok thats all i have thanks for the help!!

Did you tried to boot up the system without the D-Bracket?
Yes it still does nothing, no video... Thats why i put in the D-Bracket. It doesnt sound like its going through the POST either.. I dont know if computers do that anymore thou;gh haha..
If you did, did you change to another piece of RAM to test?
I have no more DDR to put in, only SDRam and im sure that wont work.. I tried moving to different slots, 1 3 and 4 thinking maybe it was backwords i dunno... Didnt do anything, and you USED to be able to take the ram out and still boot into bios etc...
Did you change any settings in your BIOS?
I havent even gotten video, nada... Black screen.
What is the wattage of the PSU you are using now?
Where do i find the wattage? The watts on the case is uh... 350 or 400 one of the two... The case says USB Deluxe P4 Case... And the watts on the Power supply is 115 if thats what you were wondering... Hope that answer the question

865PE NEO2 FSIR fails memory tests

This is the second MB that I've had this problem with, so something is causing them to fail. Here's the story:
New install, 865PE Neo2 FSIR + P4 2.6GHz 800MHz FSB, 2 x Crucial PC3200 256MB DDR, everything seems ok, XP installs with no problems.
About a month down the road I'm plagued by sudden reboots, Microsoft Error Reporting says RAM, says to DL and run it's DOS memory check utility. I get the utility, create bootable CD and run the utility, computer fails all RAM checks. I pull each RAM stick in turn and re-run the check with each stick separately, still fails all tests. Shortly after this, the board refuses to POST. Ship the board back to New Egg for replacement.
Installed replacement MB with 4 x 256MB Crucial PC3200, Microsoft DOS memory check program passes, no problems. About 2 weeks later I run into minor instability so I run the same memory check again, the board fails all tests????? I pull all Crucial memory sticks and put in a test stick of Corsair XMS 3200; same result, failure of all memory tests.
At this point, WinXP still runs, but this is the same pattern that the other board showed, right until it quit altogether.
It occurs to me that I DID flash BIOS to 1.9 between the time I first tested the RAM and got a pass and the time I tested and got a failure, could this be a coincidence? I can't remember if I updated the BIOS on the first board or not, so this may mean nothing.
System Specs:
MSI 865PE NEO2 FSIR
P4 2.6GHz, 800MHz FSB (all defaults, no overclock, Vantec HS)
Crucial CT3264Z40B.8T PC3200, CL3 256MB (2 Modules)
Crucial CT3264Z40B.8T2 PC 3200, CL3 256MB (2 Modules)
(Tested with same results with single Corsair CMX512-3200C2PT 512MB)
Antex True Power 430W PS
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
All PCI slots open
Seagate 120GB System drive, 7,200RPM primary master
IBM 30GB drive, 7,200RPM primary slave
LiteOn DVD ROM secondary master
Sony CDRW secondary slave
2 x IBM 30GB drives on Promise PATA.
I know I'm probably gonna have to RMA this board, but I'd really like to know what is causing this so I can avoid it next time.
If anyone has any ideas I'd sure appreciate it.
Scott

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Originally posted by jwspicer
As they say - been there, done that. Always flash using DOS, and always keep backup, so I went back to the original BIOS for the board. No luck. Apparently once the screwup is done - it stays that way.
--BUT--
Suspect it is the reallocation for the P4 EE that is the issue. Reason is that Memtest86 has been running on that box for 9 hours now with NO error. However, it also shows only 104K of reserved memory. My other 865 board with onboard RAID (an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe) shows 687K reserved. So either the ASUS is wasting a lot of space, or the MIS is no longer correctly indicating the amount of memory reserved by the BIOS (including the Promise BIOS) at startup. Then Microsoft's utility is not correctly scanning. But Memtest, which probes for the "correct" setting, is. (The Memtest86 version is 3.0, and the test was done with the Promise enabled and drives attached (so the BIOS loads) and all the other setup was as it would be normally (standard IBOS options, etc.)
So who's right? And if MS' tool has the problem, does that indicate Windows XP reads memory the same way? Hmmm...
Hmm, I haven't tried reverting BIOS, but I'm typing this on the affected machine (which Memtest 86 says is fine) with only the two RAM chips it likes and so far no problems; I've run PCMark4 and 3DMark4 benchmarks all night and no problems, it was still happily churning away on 3DMark this morning. I guess either one of the Crucial sticks it doesn't like is bad or Crucial changed something in a revision to the chips it doesn't like.
Just a FYI, the Crucial sticks it DOESN'T like are CT3264Z40B.8T2
The sticks it DOES like (at slow or fast performance, forget about turbo or ultra turbo) are CT3264Z40B.8T
Both pairs are PC3200, CL3, 256MB DIMM's, single sided.
I think you're right about Microsoft's RAM tester being buggy, I can't believe ANYTHING could run if the RAM was actually giving the errors it shows, EVERY test shows things like "expected result 11111111 actual result ff1e0001" The Microsoft tester does run fine on the other 5 computers here; a mix of laptops and desktops; none using this board. It also ran on this board when it was installed, I guess the BIOS upgrade must be the cause.
Scott

865pe neo2-p Memory question

HI all
Hope someone can answer me a question
I have a 865pe noe2-p mobo , i have just stuck in x 4 1 gig ddr400 mem modules
The Specs of the board state as per MSI site that this board can support 4 gig , yet my bios is only reporting 3.1 gig
Mem modules are showing as dual channel in bios
Bios version is up to date ver 3.a , as per live update
CPU intell celeron 2.53 ghz clocked up to 2.92 ghz
4 gig Kingston DDR400 mem
Nvidea 6600
sata hdd's , 500 gig and 160 gig
is there something i am missing here to enable this board to see 4 gig of mem as per the specs of the board
I am only running XP and fully understand the SW limitation ,
I do not see this as being issue with SW , this seems to stem back to the board not picking the correct amount of ram installed
Has anybody else see this ?
Is there a resolve ?
Thanks in advance
Tadkin

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is there something i am missing here to enable this board to see 4 gig of mem as per the specs of the board
I am only running XP and fully understand the SW limitation ,
I do not see this as being issue with SW , this seems to stem back to the board not picking the correct amount of ram installed
The software limitation you are talking about is only one side of the coin. The memory adress decode space of the chipsets memory controller is restricted to 32bit addressing before software (operating system) ever comes into play. Part of this adress space needs to be reserved for other system devices and cannot be used for system memory addressing. No mainboard featuring an Intel 865PE Chipset was ever (or will ever) be able to fully address 4GB of system memory. This is a chipset rather than a board or BIOS limitation. It is not even a problem but a hardware restriction that was only overcome severl chipset generations later (Intel P965 and 975X to be precise).

865PE Neo2-P Platinum Edition and P4 3.2 fsb800 memory and colers

Hello guys is my first time in this forum
I buy a MSI 865PE Neo2-P Platinum Edition and a P4 3.2 Box Northood Fsb 800 with the cooler on.
My question is what Cooler is better than the box one from Intel?
What 512 memory are work perfect on this sistem?
thanks
Paulo

hi Tritek,
welcome to the forum.
1. do your system have problem with heat? What is the CPU temperature read? Is the stock fan too loud for you? There are lots of cooler out there, expensive one especially, are way better than Intel stock cooler. But do you need better cooler?
2. any 512MB DDR works. To work "perfect", you need DDR400 to fully utilize it.

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