875P NEO FIS2R bios flash ?

Can I flash the bios without loosing data from the promise raid controller?
HT

should have no effect on it at all
its bios is in the main one but they say in the update if altering it normally

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875P Neo FIS2R BIOS RECOVERY

Has anyone tried (I should say needed to try) the BIOS recovery feature for this board?
I've probably flashed my motherboard 10-15 times this week trying different settings and combos. I got my new Kingston HyperX 3500 1GB Dual DDR434 kit and started re-tweaking my machine. Finally after using 1.74 for two days, it just would fail to boot. Powers up, but no POST. Resetting CMOS, and all other tricks failed. I even tried putting back in my Samsung CAS-3 memory to see if it would boot up. No go.
I tried the BIOS recovery procedure as follows. Rename your bios to AMIBOOT.ROM and put on a disk. Hold CTRL-HOME to force the flash. Well I tried this about 20 times, using different floppies, drives, and cables until I was ready to throw the board in the recycle bin.
I decided that I would give it one last try about 2am this morning. I tried using the 1.74 BIOS as the recovery ROM, instead of the BIOS I wanted to replace it with. Worked like a charm. I don't know if the bootblock of the BIOS is different or what, but maybe it will help others unfortunate enough to suffer the same tragedy and kill their 875P Neo.
I am back up and running with v1.5 which seems most stable to me versus the other revs and I've tried them all three times or more (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.32b, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.74b). And although I am not able to eek out any more mhz from the box, I can run tighter timings and the system gaining about 400 points in 3dMark2001. And it DEFINITELY seems more stable than ever. But I'm sure it's just my imagination :P

Yeah ive been considering going back to 1.5 to get rid of the crappy performance option (unstable overclock on the AGP/PCI and graphics card)
Does 1.5 enable PAT? ...i never managed to test this myself (Its the only option i need from performance modes)
I havent had the pleasure of the recovery mode yet (touch wood) ...and good job on making it back!! :D

MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R, BIOS flash???

I'm trying to flash my bios but i get this wrong message after restart: CMOS SETTINGS WRONG, if you have built sata raid array previously, go to "P20378 sata controller" set as raid. I've tried that but it dosn't help.......what should i do???
Motherboard: MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
Harddrives 2 x S-ATA Western Digital 250 Gb, 2 x IDE Seagate 80 Gb

i used to get that almost every time i update BIOS. I forgot the fix, but we need to know as Tiresmoke said whether u r at all using the promise. if Via serials r enough for u (which in this case they r since u only hv 2 sata hd's) then just use these and see what happens.
did u also try to load bios defaults? i think i used to do this when i get that error msg

Need help w/ 875P Neo-FIS2R

875P Neo-FIS2R BIOS V 1.2
Intel CPU 2.8 FSB 800mhz
Corsair XMS Twin 512 (256 x 2)Dual Channel DDR 400 C2 LLPT
Sony DVD+R DRU500A (internal)
PowerColor Radeon 9700 Pro Evil Commando 2 AGP 128
Planar LCD 20" monitor DVI
Windows XP Pro
2 Western Digital ATA-100 100gig hardrives
Harddrives are only thing I kept from old system; unfortunately, I forgot to delete video drivers before installing in new system. Computer boots starts loading Win XP Pro then screen goes blank, Planar LCD monitor says no signal, so I figure the problem is the the AGP video card since I get this far. Windows won't load in safe mode either, screen just blanks monitor says no signal and it restarts with same results. I have changed BIOS settings to reflect 128 AGP aperture. LED monitor(in back)shows 1, 2 & 4 green and only 3 red. I am afraid to use flash utility to upgrade BIOS. I would prefer to upgrade via LiveUpdate. Help me get into windows via safe mode so I can uninstall old video drivers and install new video drivers.
Thx for your help.

Sorry,but if I got that right,u got a complete new system except the hdd´s.
But even with a "mobo only" change of ur system u should better make a complete windows new install.

875P Neo-FIS2R File Copy errors loading Win XP Pro

While installing WinXP Pro SP 1 I get file copy failures on random files two or three times during the install. Retry succeeds on the file, but errors keep coming up after install randomly. Explorer crashes on logon, files are corrupt, etc. Tried two different MBs, two different CPUs, two different PSUs, two different sets of RAM, different IDE cables, booting from both DVD Drives, different Win XP CDs. I also tried the same with a Gigabyte 875 board and had exactly the same problem. With the Gigabyte board, if I ran the bus with a setting of 190 or 195 instead of 200MHz, the system ran fine, but then my 2.8GHz CPU is running at 2.66GHz. I can't go slower than 200MHz (but I did try 201 and 202; same errors) on the Neo-FIS2R so I can't find a setting that is stable and that's the board I'd like to be running. Any ideas about what's causing all of these combinations from running stable at a stock setting of 2.8GHz?
Thanks.
Mike Wolfe
P4 2.8C @FSB 200, HT Enabled
Corsair Platinum TwinX DDR400 2x256MB
875P Neo-FIS2R Bios Version 1.8
ATI AIW 9600 Pro 128MB No OC
PowerUp 350W Power Supply
WD2000JB 200GB; Master on IDE 1; No S-ATA
Sony DDU 1621 16x DVD ROM Master on IDE2
Sony DRU-510A DVD+-R/RW Slave on IDE2
BIOS Defaults - 200MHz CPU Bus - DDR Voltage 2.7V
On Board Promise Disabled; IDE Bus Master; P-ATA Only

I am also having trouble with this on xp pro. When fully installed I get many random errors. New at this but have read that if you install a partition more than 137 gb data corruption may occur. So I partitioned the drive 20, 70, 70, and installed xp pro on the 20 gb partition. Per mb and hdd manuals I installed xp sp1. I am still getting random errors. This is the only hdd. Maxtor 160 gb ata 133 on ide1. Is it impossible to run the system this way? It gives me random crashes and stop requests. It also at one point gave me erros saying the cdrom memory is corrupt. Is the hdd drive sze possibly the problem?
MSI 875p max fisr
corsair twinx xms 333 1 gb
ati raideon all in wonder
samsung 352 cdrw
antec 430w true power
3.0 g intel p4

MS 6758 ( 875P Neo FIS2R ) Possible Bios Glitch

Just got this new board the other day and as most would attest to doing and hour or so after getting it running, I decided to update the bios to the latest version from v1.4 to v1.6. OK then, no real dramas except for one minor issue. If I select QUICK BOOT and DISABLE the LOGO screen so as to show the post screen instead, the computer locks up on ASSIGN RESOURCES TO ALL ISA. If I re-enable the logo screen ie. the MSI logo etc, then it boots fine. If I disable this logo screen, and also disable quick boot so it does it's full memory check, it boots fine also.
This only started since flashing the bios to v1.5. I then flashed to v1.6 and it still did the same thing. Very weird indeed. Everything is hunky dory though. No problems whatsoever. Just the above small glitch. It sounds to me like a possible glitch in the bios code to me. Just curious if other people are having the same problem.
It doesn't matter what the other settings are throughout the bios. The above 2 settings are the only ones I have found that seem to effect this problem. If anyone else can simulate the same scenario as what I have, then let me know. It may just me a hardware config issue. Who knows. Nothing is OCed. All stock speeds. Apart from the memory timings.
MSI, are you listening?
Intel P4 2.4BGhz ( 533Mhz FSB )
MS 6758 ( 875P Neo FIS2R v1.6 )
512Mb Kingmax DDR400 ( 2x256Mb Dual Channel Mode ) ( 2.5,2,2,5,8 )
ASUS V8460 ( Ti4600 128Mb )
Creative Audigy DE
40Gb Maxtor Viper
Pioneer DVD ROM
Lite-On 48x24x48
431W Enermax PSU
Lian Li PC60
Sony G520
BLA BLA BLA BLA.
Thanx PPLs.
:P :P :P

could it be MSI's QC? Seems like people have had alot of mixed success with this board. Some people say it's the greatest since sliced bread some people can't get it to boot. Everyone's system has a different config so it's hard to say but would seem that there's just too many ongoing issues to be a consistant incompatiblity with components used with the board. Chi Pete your sound card, look into one by Philips called Acoustic Edge. I know it's not a SB Audigy but that's the whole point for me, no IEEE 1394 to deal with. Until Creative allows that to be disabled or removes it completely from their cards I'll never buy another one. Anyway the Philips got some pretty good reviews, looks like the software has some interesting control abilities and comes setup like a SB Live, no firewire, no usb, no parallel port just a game port and audio connections. And BTW how does the Cirrus Logic chipset sound? or does your Santa Cruz have a different chipset?

875P Neo FIS2R drive& bios settings help!!

Greetings guys.
Newbie here?
Would someone be so kind as to help me set up the following, using W2K as OS on the 875P Neo FIS2R board with P4 3.06 processor 2x512mb ram with a radeon 9700 and onboard sound, all the drivers etc are installed from the CD but am still using bios V1.2, not flashed it yet.......
I want my set up to be the following but I am having problems getting all my drives on the right chipsets.
IDE1= 1x120gb WD drive and 1x60gb drive for storage
IDE2= Sony DVDR
ICH5R to be 2x37gb WD SATA individual drive not raided on ser 1&2
Promise to be 2x37gb WD SATA as raid 0 for my OS
but I cannot work out the Bios settings and how to acheive what I want, assuming it is possible to do it this way.
Yes I know the quantity of drives is OTT but I did a good deal with a local shop in exchange for the 4x37gb SATA HDD's
Please make it simple, it takes ages to sink into my head...

make sure the "AS raid" option is enabled in BIOS under intergrated peripherals then on-chip conf.
that should handel the promise controller.
then you will need to read the manual to manually set each conf listed.
pg 3-24
these settings may do it:
ATA config set to P-ATA+S-ATA
S-ATA set to enable
P-ATA set to yes
P-ATA set to Both
Combined mode depends on where you install OS: suggest SATA
if that, then S-ATA 1st ch.
S-ATA RAID set to no
try this,let me know
Folk

Probems with msi 875p neo Fis2r and network controller driver

Hi guys just wondering if anyone could help me with my msi 875p neo FIS2R and problems with the network controller driver/network card.
I'm running xp on a computer my nextdoor neighbour gave me. I got it working fine with service pack 3 installed but then installed a bunch of windows updates last night and the computer would switch itself off before windows could start. Now I reinstalled xp and unfortunately it does not recognise the network controller/card at all now. I tried installing the intel network controller drivers but it stopped because it said no intel adapter/card was installed/present. Could anyone please help with suggestions? I tried running everest and under newtwork it doesnt list intel network adapters but I'm pretty certain it is. Again any suggestions?
--------[ 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
Network adapters:
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

875P NEO FIS2R repaired

My board which died with BIOS 1.3 was repaired by the reseller today. I witnessed the process and thought you guys would like to know.
This guy knew from experience that an 800MHz CPU wouldn't work when trying to get the board back to life again, so first of all he put in a 533MHz CPU (don't know core clock, but doesn't matter I guess)
Then he took out my 2x512MB samsung PC3200 and put in a single pc2100 module.
After that he put in this custom (PLC programmer?) card from MSI in a PCI slot and powered up. From the status LEDs on the PLC card he knew it didn't work. Power of and back on: success. Power off and PLC card removed. Power on and boot from floppy to flash BIOS to v1.4. Flash successfull. Power off and power on: dead. Power off, clear CMOS, power on: dead. Power off, remove PC2100 module and insert corsair module (don't know spec, but it had heat-spreader), power on: POST. Entered BIOS and load setup defaults. Reboot: POST. Power off, removed CPU & memory and put my stuff back. Power on: POST.
System repaired.
I asked if it is safe to mess with mem timings in BIOS v1.4. He said that it's possible that the board won't POST then, but that can be cured by CMOS clear and when needed only one memory module (no dual channel) to get the board to POST again.
But I'm not going to try that. SPD is fine for me right now.
System runs great again.

I had the exact same problem with my new 875P Neo FIS2R, but after reading the post from Francois I tried my own little test.
I was upgrading from a 2.26/533 system with 333 memory so, of course, I still had the old CPU and memory. After being hung on the 'Keyboard Init' step on the D-Bracket after my 1.1 to 1.4 BIOS upgrade I swapped the old CPU and memory onto the board. Everything worked fine! I was able to see the 1.4 upgrade took fine.
Afterwards, I removed the old stuff and put the new stuff back on and it still works. I have no idea why, just thought I'd share.

875P Neo-FIS2R boot problem

Hello,
Just built a new machine with the following parts. Sometimes it boots fine, but mostly when you turn it on nothing happens, no beeps, no visual, no nothing. Also, once in awhile it takes 15 - 20 seconds before it beeps and visuals come on screen. It's using bios version 1.2 with all default settings by shorting out jumpers. (It gives different voltage settings when reset by jumpers vrs utility.) Once it boots it runs fine, even though memory timings are 2-4-4-6 SPD instead of 2-2-2-6 SPD that my memory modules are suppose to be. However when I manually change to 2-2-2-6 the bios shows that but CPU-Z still shows 2-4-4-6, thats a different story though which a bios update would probally fix. Right now all I want is for it to boot consistently, every time. Ive tried a different power switch and a different power supply. Neither helped and this is driving me crazy, somebody please assist or post any information you might feel would help.
Intel Pentium 4 2.4CGHz Processor 800MHz FSB
MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R
Corsair 512MB PC-3200/400MHz DDR Ram (TWINX512-3200LL)
ASUS GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB 8X (V9280 TD)
Integrated six channel audio on motherboard
Western Digital 80GB 7,200RPM 8MB Cache (WD800JB)
LITE-ON 16x/48x DVD/CD-ROM Drive (XJ-HD165H)
LITE-ON 52x24x52 CD-RW Drive (LTR-52246S)
TEAC 3.5" Floppy Drive
Black Raidmax Case with 350W Power Supply (278WB)
CTX Executive 19" TrueFlat 1600x1200 (EX950F)
Windows XP Home Edition Full Install
Nice black and silver multimedia keyboard
Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical
Intel 56K V.90/V.92 PCI Data, Fax, Speakerphone

Hey,
I have /had same problem with Neo 875 and corsair TWINX512-3200LL and bios V1.2 It has something to do with mem settings and/or Vdimm voltage. At this moment it boots fine but I can't explain way. It seems that this kind of memory is very sensitive for the Vdimm voltage. 2.5V is to low and some systems refuse to post. (see the bios 1.4 flash problems) Must user use 2.6v; 2.65v or 2.7v. Check out if you can find a stable setting. Bios v1.2 uses default SPD settings. you can't change them. Although after bios reset (removed battery) I get some different values with cpu-z. 2-2-2-6 I don't understand why I get those values in CPU-Z. I don't believe that my system is running with those settings. I think it's running with default bios 1.2 settings 2,5-4-4-6 but who knows?
A lot of users had dead MOBO's when they flashed to v1.4. The reason isn't found. Some moderators say the didn't wait for the DOS prompt after flashing (Could be) Some users can confirm they did. Maybe it has to do with the corsair memory. If you do a search you will find a lot of usefull information (bios v1.4 and/or MOBO hangs on keyboard initialisation)

875P Neo-FIS2R Dead

Hi,
I just built a new machine with the 875P Neo-FIS2R, and it was working fine. I read that there were problems with the BIOS V1.3. Of course, I had to update my BIOS. I saw V1.4 was out and figured it was safe and fixed. So I used MSI's LIVE BIOS to flash the BIOS in Windows mode. I have done this before with my other MSI board and had no problems. The flashing process went successful, and asked me to reboot. Then when I did it never came back up. No video or POST beep. I tried switching out memory, clearing the CMOS, and even changing to my older GF3 card. Nothing worked. Can someone tell me what to do? I want my PC to work.... Again.
Pentium 4 3.0C
1 GB Corsair Twinx
36 GB SATA Raptor
MSI Neo-FIS2R
Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB
SB Audigy 2

I took out the battery and tried but it didn't work. Then I took a stick of pc2100 ddr out of my older machine and put it in, and it booted! Then I swapped out back to my new ddr 400 and it booted! Okay, so now when it boots, it says no BIOS installed and acts like I never had win xp on it. So thats alright, I can reload it, but My Cmos is like it was in 1999. Do I just load the defaults then fix it back to where it was and reload windows? Or do I need to slow down dram timings and reload windows and flash bios back to V1.2?

875P Neo-FIS2R: Memory stays at 333MHz

I recently assembled a new system with the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R motherboard. The specs are as follows: Pentium 4C 3GHz 800MHz FSB, 1GB Samsung PC3500 Cas 2 DDR. The problem is I can't seem to get the memory to run at 400MHz, no matter what BIOS I use. The memory is capable of running at 433MHz with the tightest timings, yet I can't even get it beyond 333MHz. Please help me!
Scott

I bought the MSI Neo-FIS2R last weekend, together with a pair of Corsair XMS3500C2 256M memories & a P4 3.0C processor. Darned expensive kit, but I was impressed with all the features on the MSI board, and I decided to go for the performance RAM to squeeze every last drop of performance out. The Cosair modules are supposedly guaranteed to do 434MHz 2-3-3-7-T1.
http://www.corsairmicro.com/xms/xms_modules.html
My board came with 1.1 Bios, and I've flashed to 1.2 Bios.
In my experience over the past week with this board, the Bios is totally hosed. It just doesn\'t do anything. I can get terrific boot screens, 3.6Ghz, 3.8Ghz, but nothing really happens as far as overclock.
And the same thing is true for memory. I can change the memory settings all I want to, and Sandra and Aida give the same results. And, these results are not as good as the reference data for other 875P systems in Sandra and Aida. It appears MSI bios is simply running these Corsairs at Bios default timings 2.5-4-4-8 and nothing I do can change this.
Corecell does produce some overclock changes, but I don\'t like Corecell. Computer bluescreens, have to clear CMOS. Start Corecell again, bluescreen, clear CMOS. Repeat until tired of this.
Nice kit, but way too expensive for the performance I'm getting. Hope they fix it, or this stuff goes back.

VooDoo uses the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R Motherboard

Hello All,
Just check at voodoo.com computers and they are offering the MSI™ 875P Neo-FIS2R as the motherboard in their top of the line PC.
Starting price $4,274.25.
From the postings they seem to have resolved the Bios flashing problem. How was never clear in their postings, but they are pretty confident that it was fixed.
Quote from the main Dude there
“The board is still our #1 choice for the i875 platform.”
I know the…….
“The Truth is Out there”

well just out of interest i punched a few selections
now they dont stop emailing me
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[875P Neo Series] USB Flash Drive Boot?

I've got a 875P Neo-FIS2R MB, MS-6758 (v.1.x) with AMI Bios 1.6. Before purchasing a USB Flash drive, I'd like to know whether this MB can boot from it.
Any help appreciated

See the link in my signature. You should be able to.

Is the 875P Neo-FIS2R a bad mb?

Like the title says:
Is the 875P Neo-FIS2R a bad motherboad? I can understand that tis is a place where you will find more problems then anything else. But I mostly see motherboard specific problems, that occur on many mb's of the same type. I find that a bit disturbing...
A friend of mine never had any troubles with it, then again, he might not tell me, or he is lucky. But based on his 'good' experience I have a 875P lying here right now.
I cannot use it yet since I am missing a graphic card to go with it, I expect that to arrive next Tuesday. Im a bit nervous now.....
Another question while I'm at it: will both controllers (the Intel and the Promise) work, or are the mutual exclusive. So I guess I mean is: do I have 3 P-ATA connectors on my mb or either 2 or 1??
If it is the latter option, that would be lame, then I would have to insert my PCI card with a pomise controller....

I have to say the 875P is definitely NOT a bad motherboard as long as you have approved components. It works very well for "standard" usage. It has all of the top features from Intel - 875P chipset, 10Gbit CSA, ICH5R, ADI audio, firewire, etc.
I am concerned with some things MSI could/should have done better in the first place:
1. Wrong NB temp (and it seems to be affected by NBFAN)
2. No SFAN speed monitoring though it wouldn't have cost more to put it in ... X(
3. Slow frequency of BIOS release or update fixes vs other "top tier" motherboard manufacturers
4. More issues than others with popular memory modules
5. Confusing or "poorly documented" BIOS features/interface leave tweakers less in control
6. Corecell, DOT & MAT, BIOS are still a work in progress
When you start looking for topnotch performance and stability via tweaking OR major overclocking - that is where it falls short - contrary to what their marketing says.
Read this thread where an 875P owner compares his new Asus P4C800E Deluxe (after his 875P Neo failed and had to go for RMA). I summarize his "review" here:
Quote
Criteria on MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R vs ASUS P4C800E DeLuxe
Ease in setting up P4C800E
Memory compatibility P4C800E
Overclocking
- setting options Neo
- higher performance P4C800E
- lower temperatures P4C800E
- lower voltages P4C800E
Video card compatibility Neo
Hard drive performance Same
Benchmark scores Est. 5% better on Asus vs MSI
Extra Goodies:
ASUS - ability to use USB ARMD devices and emulate them as floppies, HDD, and even CD-ROM
MSI - AUTO overclocking (Captain, etc. on the Neo boards - 5%, 10% etc on the Asus boards) works much better
quote:
... the Asus is much less of a problem child when setting up. So my final ruling is, don't expect much more from the ASUS board, but if you are fed up with your 875P Neo, or are returning/RMA-ing your board anyway, you might be pleasantly surprised with what the ASUS P4C800/E/Deluxe can do for you.
I think you'll find similiar comparisons from 865PE Neo2 users who had tried the P4P800...
So far many have said they're still keeping their MSI boards when RMA comes back
Conclusions:
- Good HW but FW/SW satsifactory~needs_improvement. :]
- If you don't do major tweaking , and want stability + full features, the 875P is a GOOD board overall, IMHO. 8)

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