875P Neo HDD/CD/DVD configuration

I am running Windows ME. How should I set up a Maxtor ata100 20gig HDD, Internal CDRom/writer, Internal DVD player, Internal Colorado Tape back up drive (all on IDE connectors) on the 875P motherboard, P4 2.8? I also have a 6gig Fujitsu ata33 HDD but I am prepared to sacrifice this if necessary.
I don't want to end up with everything running at the lowest common denominator. Any help would be appreciated.

It doesn't work like that anymore, where all devices on one channel will use the lowest speed.  Newer controllers can handle mixed devices, so I'd just do whatever is most convenient in terms of cabling.

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    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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    Hey -
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    ===

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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
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  • 875P NEO - Strange problem with SATA non RAID on Promise 20378

    Hello,
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    Not sure what the problem is.
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    5- Shutdown/Unplug Power and reconnect 1 drive(the SATA to Serial3 for simplicity) Power + data cables!
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    If this doesn't work, let me know which step you got to and the problem encountered.

  • Overclocking an MSI 875P Neo-LSR Bios 2.2

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    I think use bios is better because of more flexibility. You can go up to about 3.5GHz.
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  • 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?
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  • 875P Neo FIS2R DRAMM / Boot Problems

    After having significant difficulties with my new machine  
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    Dram Frequency :          AUTO
    Spread Spectrum :          DISABLED
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    DDR Clock:                   460
    Adj. AGP/PCI Clock:     67.1/33.50
    CPU Vcore Adjust:         YES
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    AGP Power Voltage :     1.75
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    ATA Configuration :                     S-ATA Only
    P-ATA Keep Enabled :                  YES
    P-ATA Channel Select :                BOTH
    S-ATA Ports Definition:                PO-1st/P1-2nd
    Configure S-ATA as Raid :            YES
    Back to
    INTEGRATED PHERIPHERALS
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    Tried formating with Millenium Boot disk ( Bad move).
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    Clear CMOS and then the system dies.  
    Spent  days trying to get at least the monitor to fire with no luck.
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    Set the BIOS under
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    RAS # to CAS# Delay:              3
    Precharge Delay:                  6
    Burst Length :                    8
    AGP Aperture Size:               128 MB
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    Best     RBC

    Quote
    Originally posted by Undergrid
    Quote
    Evidently when you clear the CMOS, the board resets
    the DDR Power Voltage to 2.50 which is too low for
    some of the faster DDR SDRAM’s. Unless you put
    slower chips in you can’t adjust the bios to a higher voltage.
    I would love to know why MSI did that.
    Simply, when you use the jumpers to reset the BIOS all the settings, including the voltages, get reset to the default.  The default power setting for RAM is 2.5v, and I would assume that its difficult to find RAM that doesn't run at that voltage at least well enough to get into the BIOS.  What use would the jumper reset be if it only selectivly reset settings?
    Hi all,
    The system will reset the performance to Slow and the DDR ram timing to default by just 4 unsuccessful boot up.
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    Cheers.

  • 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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  • [875P Neo Series] 875P NEO FIS2R - Bootup delay with disk attached to Promise RAID

    Hi,
    I have a problem with my 875P NEO FIS2R mobo. I just added a 400GB SATA RAID-0 array to the Promise controller and now I get a 50 second bootup delay after the BIOS has run through everything and beeped and before the first WinXP splash screen.
    I boot up from a 160GB SATA RAID-0 array on the intel ICH5R controller. Both arrays work fine from within Windows. I have two DVD drives on the ICH5R PATA connection but nothing else on the Promise.
    If I disable the Promise controller in BIOS the delay goes away.
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    Regards,
    Jonathan

    Sorry I have been a away for a few days.
    Details requested...
    Quote from: redeyedog on 21-June-05, 05:50:27
    If the Promise controller was out of the picture (Disabled), and you have the SCSI adaptor and its devices setup:
    1. What is the adaptor's SCSI ID?
    7
    Quote
    2. List devices, position in the chain and their corresponding SCSI ID's.
    #7 Adaptec 2930CU card
    #4 Nikon Coolscan LS30 scanner
    #3 Umax Astra 1220S scanner
    #5 Iomega ZIP 100 drive
    Quote
    3. What type of terminination are you using?
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    Quote
    4. Are the devices in the chain functioning properly?
    Yes.
    Quote
    I agree that your problem is your SCSI controller. There may not be anything actually wrong with it. The 2930 was an agressive controller card and its BIOS simply may not coexist with your motherboard's BIOS optimally. Even with the BIOS disabled, it may be competing with the motherboard's request for handlers.
    You may want to check to see if there is a BIOS update on Adaptec's website. Adaptec usually released 1 or 2 updates for each SCSI generation they produced. It may or may not help but we need to make sure you have the latest BIOS released.
    Unfortunately, this card cannot be reflashed.
    Quote
    At any rate, I think you have found the component which is responsible for the delay. I'm willing to assist in diagnosing the issue but I need you to provide the specific information I'm requesting.
    Also, try to do a CTRL-Pause to catch exactly what the BIOS version is and any other information which is showing up with the BIOS disabled. The SCSI adaptor BIOS, in fact, should not be enabled in your SCSI configuration as you have described thus far.
    Adaptec AHA 2930CU SCSI BIOS v1.34.1.
    There seems to be a difference between BIOS and host adapter BIOS. You always get the BIOS screen, but you can disable the host adapter BIOS if it is not required.
    I am pretty sure it is not the SCSI chain that is wonr because the pause happens with nothing connected to the card.
    Jonathan

  • 875P Neo FIS2R-Slow boot with Raid on Intel + Raid on Promise

    Hello all.
    Here is the configuration I'm trying to set up (and almost did)
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    500W 6fan total
    2x1G Kit DDR 400
    2x74 G WD Raptor Raid0 (Intel S1-2) Win XP inst
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    GeCube X1600Pro
    DVD-RW (IDE 2 )
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    I followed the instructions as they are listed in the sticky (great job btw) and configured the 2 SATA 74G WD Raptor on Intel Raid controller(serial1&2) as Raid0 and install WindowsXP Prof sp 2 on it.
    Then I configured the  2 SATA 36G WD Raptor on Promise controller(serial3&4) as Raid0 and added this  Raid to the  existing WindowsXP installation.
    This set up is working very good once I'm logged into Windows with no problems at all.
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    Keep PATA Active - Yes
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    Configure SATA as Raid - Yes
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    Hello Blazer and thank you for replying.
    Answering one at a time...
    are both raid arrays setup with the same stripe size?--> Yes Both arrays are configured at 16k stripes
    do you see both the intel and the promise bios setup screens?-->Yes both screens (Intel(R) RAID... and Fast Built (tm) ...)appear almost instantly after MSI's logo screen showing my Raid arrays in Normal status. The delay starts after the Promise's screen till the Windows Loading logo screen.
    how is the raid bootable drive identified in the boot from menu?-->
    Boot Device Priority:
    1st    BBS-0 (Raid): Intel <name>  (---> this is the OS drive on Intel controller)
    2nd   Disabled
    3rd    Disabled
    Try other boot devices  NO
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