875p Neo and linux

I have been wanting to learn linux for some time now so i installed Mandrake9.1/XP dual boot on my system. But I, in all my noob goodness can seem to get it going. Basically im having problems with all the onboard stuff like sound and the network card. Any one tried this? Can someone point me to these drivers or tell me what im doing wrong?

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Originally posted by maesus
BarkingDog, yeah you're right!! My bad! Will check with MSI see how far they go with Linux supports...
Maesus--
I was somewhat suprised when I found them myself!
Anyhow -- after you gain some more insight into the extent to which MSI supports Linux, post it here -- I'm interested too...
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Originally posted by Ryon
I got at least some of the hardware working, im posting this reply from linux now. I still am working on sound and some other on board hardware but for right now, i works quite well and i can access the internet. I guess its a good start
Ryon --
That's great to hear -- and it may push up my plans to give it a shot again. (There's nothing like running Linux on some newly purchased hardware, sporting a freshly manufactured CPU & tons of RAM!)
I'm curious -- how did you finally get the ethernet interface up? And did you have the "CSA" option enabled in the BIOS for the LAN device?
Regards,
-BarkingDog

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You can use the Promise Controller. There is a driver for Windows 98 SE. I don't think you would see that noticable a difference as the drives now are nowhere near saturating that 150 bus. The raid on the Intel SATA only works in Windows XP.
Just be sure to enable the Promise controller and install the driver in Windows XP before you switch.
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875P NEO and NorthBridge Cooling

Does anybody tried to use 875P with some good noiseless cooler on the NorthBridge ? (ex: Zalman ZM-NB47J)
At this moment with the 1.6 bios and with the original cooler the Motherboard temperature is around 53C which is pretty much. (the rpm of te fan is around 6000...)
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if you see the chipset, it has a square at it's center and some pins?(dots?) all over it. The bottom of the msi heatsink has a pad that covers some of those pins?(dots?), can i use my zalman nb47j without that pad, is there a problem if those pins?(dots?) touches the sarface of the heatsink? I think that there is not a problem, but if anyone can share an opinion, i would be very grateful
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That was done , my options are "AS-SATA", not "enabled" or "disabled". However, what I did just do was to take "cable select" off the drives and use "master" and "slave", which seems to have been the issue??? It is working now. Thanks.

875P Neo with new Corecell DOT???

I happened to see the new MSI875P NEO with a sticker with MSI new CoreCell chip with D.O.T (Dynamic Overclocking Technology).
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As the 875P Neo and the 865PE Neo2 are derived from almost the same design, I wouldn't be surprised if DOT comes to the 875P soon.
It was first implemented on 865PE and should be possible through a BIOS update as the major components were already in place - the CoreCell chip and the freq & voltage adjustment settings.
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Also, I think the voltage ranges they provide for Vcore, Vagp and Vmem are ridiculously extreme on one end, so maybe they should consider moving the ranges
Also, fix those temperature readings for System and NB.
But most importantly, give the option to fix the AGP/PCI clock!

875P-Neo FIS2R v1.0 BIOS Problems

Purchased PC in June w/875P-Neo w/1ea. 80G SATA, 2ea. 200G ATA-133 w/SATA Adapters as RAID 0, Windows Server 2003, NVidia TNT 32M AGP Video, Floppy, and Pioneer DVD-RW, using 2G Kingston DDR 400 Dual-Channel RAM. PC in Box with 7 Case fans, and P4-2.8GHz 800FSB w/CNPS-7000 Copper Flower CPU Fan/HS.
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I returned the PC to where I purchased it and they replaced the mainboard which seemed OK. I had the tech flash the BIOS before bringing it home with 1.6. After I got it home, I began getting the same behavior as before the recover process on the first MB (above). I decided to see if I could get the system to take BIOS v1.4 since I have another computer with that version that is stable. It worked! So far the PC seems OK with v1.4 except I wanted some of the features in the new versions.
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BTW, I used the RAM Disk method of updating the BIOS everytime except during the recovery attempt.
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Actually everything is brand new as of June and all components are matched. The Video is a 4X AGP (1.5v) and has worked fine before the v1.6 BIOS. The tech that installed my replacement MB told me the BIOS version in the MB originally was v1.2, but I didn't actually see the screen from the original BIOS before it was updated. What's strange is two boards behaved the same with v1.6. I did get the new MB to settle down with v1.4 and I have another computer with the 875P-Neo and v1.4 working fine.
Either v1.6 has issues or there is something unique about my configuration that it has problems with. I don't dare update my other computer (that is configured differently) to find out. I really want some input from someone at MSI or someone who has experienced similar results with v1.6 and this board. I am hoping there is something with 1.6 that will be fixed in the next release.
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Overclock not "sticking" on 875p Neo

I have a 875p neo and a 2.4C P4. I'm trying to overclock them via the bios, but I'm not having much luck.
I do not have fuzzy logic installed fyi.
I'll set the FSB in the bios to say 225, and keep the memory locked at 400. When I save and exit/reboot, on the post screen it correctly shows a 2.75ghz speed.
Then the second I get in windows, I can use any utility (cpu-z, wcpuid, etc...) and it will only show my speed at 2400/800. So I'll shut down and go back in the bios and my old settings are still saved at 225fsb with 400 memory.
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I think the core cell is causing my trouble. For one reason or another, it's not allowing the settings I set in the bios to make it past the windows load.
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I agree with Uruk Hai update your BIOS as per This thread. I have used these directions for two flashes with no problem.
I have noticed with my overclocking that the mobo adds 1Mhz to whatever I set in the BIOS and it will change memory timeings also. Let us know how things turn out.

My 875P Neo won't light HDD LED if using SATA

I just purchased and built a new system with an MSI 875P Neo and Pentium 4 3Ghz CPU. Everything went fairly smooth except the HDD LED does not work with my SATA drives.
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Frustrated....

Thanks...
At least I can stop pulling my hair out. I wish it had said something somewhere on the box or in the manual or even on the MSI site, that it didn't support the HDD LED. I wasted a huge amount of time trying to figure out why it didn't work. It seems like a dumb ommission to not support the LED. I thought SATA was a step forward. I hate losing the LED feature. Does anyone know if this will this be something that will be added in a future flash update or I'm I SOL? Do other board manufactures support the LED? If not then I guess I'll have to accept it. Thanks for the help.

Dvd and cd/r audio connection to 875P Neo

Hey -
I'm new to the msi forums - so pardon if this is too newbie or too general - but I did try to search the archives and knowledge base and FAQs!
Question is: Can I connect the audio from both a DVD drive and CD/R/RW directly to the 875P Neo mobo to use the built-in audio - or do I need a separate sound card to do that? I can't find an audio AUX in.
Thanks - Howard
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Can I connect the audio from both a DVD drive and CD/R/RW directly to the 875P Neo mobo to use the built-in audio
There's only 1 connector so I suggest you connect the DVD drive to JCD1, as it's the most logical choice for A/V playback.
Restrict your CD-R/RW to writing or digital playback only
(Right click on the CD-R/RW drive and select Properties - Hardware - and select "Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device")
Otherwise, you would need a PCI sound card - preferably with AUX and CD inputs - and disable onboard sound.
HTH

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Originally posted by chasmon
Hi all,
I have just setup up a brand new system but am having probelms getting it working. I want to install XP on a single Maxtor 160Gb drive.
I have my HD on Promise Ser1 and all SATA stuff in BIOS enabled. When I get to the screen I press F6 and then when promted I insert the floppy with the promise drivers on. I then get this message:
"File txtsetup.oem caused an unexpected error (4096) at line 1742 in d:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c"
I can't get past this screen I have tried:
1.Drivers from the CD supplied.
2.Drivers from the MSI website.
Please help me this lot cost lots of hard earned I'm pretty gutted at the moment. I have also tried the Via chipset with no joy.
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Don't spam man! I posted something to this same question in another thread.. from you no less! Make a new thread! lol
Hijacking = bad!
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875p neo tweaking and overclocking help needed

Hi all,
Ive had this set up for a few years but never once tweaked the bios for performance and now is the time
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Mick

Ok, the combo of all 4 sticks has started causing instability so ive now removed the crucial 2 x 512 and left with the corsair as 1gb in dimm 1 and 1gb in dimm 3. Im happy to stick with this but cannot adjust the bios to make use of the ram's very fast timings of 2,3,3,6 - if I do anything other than auto spd the system crashes, this is a bit of a let down because the options are there in front of me and this new ram cost me a lot of money. I am a little unsure with the ram timings in bios as there are 5 timings and I only have 4 timing specs from the corsair website, the 5th timing in bios is dram burst length and I dont know what I should set this too ?
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--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (14 x 200)
Motherboard Name MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R (MS-6758) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Canterwood i875P
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (10/11/04)
Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 238464 MB (200326 MB free)
--------[ DMI ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ BIOS ]
BIOS Properties:
Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
Version V2.4
Release Date 10/11/2004
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB
[ System ]
System Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INC.
Product MS-6758
Version 00C
Serial Number 00000000
Wake-Up Type Modem Ring
[ Motherboard ]
Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INC.
Product MS-6758
Version 00C
Serial Number 00000000
[ Processors / Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor ]
Processor Properties:
Manufacturer Intel
Version Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor
External Clock 200 MHz
Maximum Clock 4000 MHz
Current Clock 2800 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 3.3 V, 2.9 V
Status Enabled
Socket Designation FC-478
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Direct Parallel 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (L2TP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPPOE) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPTP) 5.1.2535.0

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 14-November-09, 08:00:05
Clear CMOS with your PSU unplugged from A/C power. Then load "Optimized Defaults" in BIOS and retest.
thanks jimi... jack
will try that and post later if it worked... ive never cleared cmos, this sort of thing is relatively new to me but thanks again

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Hi, I appreciate any help with this question. I own 2 different MIS motherboards currently and would like to know which would be the better one to use for my system build.
875P Neo-FISR
or
865PE Neo2-V
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875P chipset supports ECC RAM and 865PE/P chipset doesn't.
875P FISR is the 2nd Rev from the predecessor 875P FIS2R and has better support for Prescott CPUs. 865PE Neo2-V is a cutdown version of the predecessor 865PE Neo2 S/LS/FIS2R/PLS/P and has only 2 RAM slots.
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