[875P Neo Series] problems powering up when sata on ich5r is enabled

Hello, there is a problem on my 875 neo fis2r motherboard.
In the "integrated peripherals"-->"on chip ide" section on the bios (v2.4), when i leave the option "sata keep enabled" to yes, i have problems on system power up.
I switch on my computer and there might be half a minute or more until i here the "beep" on the motherboard and boot from my HD.
Could anybody know what is wrong?
Thanks in advance for your help
Mobo: MSI 875P NEO-FIS2R
CPU: Intel P4 Northwood 3.0Ghz, 800FSB, 512KB L2 Cache
RAM: 1x512mb kingston PC3200 CL2.5
HDD: 1x160Gb Maxtor 8mb 7,200RPM S-ATA
Optical: 1x Plextor 716a, 1x Plexwriter Premium, 1xPlextor 116A
Floppy: Mitsumi MTM43W 1.44MB 3.5in
Display: ATI Radeon 9800XT 256mb
Sound: Soundmax digital audio
Case: ANTEC Performance Plus Series PlusView1000AMG
Power : Antec TruePower 550
Fans: 4x 80mm
Display : LG Flatron F700P

Hey Grigo,
For that set up, I would recommend trying the following settings:
On Chip Operate Mode: Native
ATA Configuration: S-ATA Only
SATA Keep enabled : Yes
PATA Keep enabled : Yes
That's how I set up my old 875P without trouble when I installed a pair of drives in RAID 0. In your sig I don't see two drives, so I'm not sure what else to provide. (whether you are building a new comp or upgrading to RAID 0 etc)
For further reference, have a look at Vango's guide to RAID setup here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=38845.0

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

Hello,
After replacing an IDE harddisk suddenly my S-ATA drive connected to the Promise 387 controller can not be found anymore.
When booting it says: No devices found, BIOS not installed. I got the the advice to disable S-ATA in the BIOS, but then no S-ATA drive will work ofcourse.
So here is my situation:
- MSI 875P Neo-FISR (PCB 2.0) mainboard with A6758 BIOS version
BIOS settings:
Integrated Peripherals:
- On board Promise IDE = as S-ATA
On Chip IDE configuration:
- P-ATA only
- S-ATA keep enabled = NO (wouldn't know what this means)
- P-ATA channel selection = Both (if set otherwise it will not recognize the second IDE
controller, strange!)
- S-ATA ports defintion: P0-4th/ P1-3rd (standard setting)
- Config as RAID = NO
Also I have the Promise 1.0.1.29 drivers installed within XP, I know that MSI says 378_55 is the latest, but when installing a clean XP these drivers did not work at all, so I installed the old ones.Within XP it is recognized btw as being a "WinXP Promise SATA378 IDE controller"
What I am wondering now is:
Is it true the Promise controll controls the 3rd IDE controller as well as the S-ATA HDD? And if so can someone please tell what would be the correct settings in the BIOS when having 2 IDE HDD's connnected to the third IDE controller and 1 S-ATA disk on the Promise controller? Because the strange thing only 1 IDE HDD is recognized by XP, the other IDE HDD and S-ATA not.
Ok, I hope I was a little bit clear, I'm really desperate , so I hope you can help me out !!

Not sure what the problem is.
Like I said, all the settings in Integrated Peripherals>>On-Chip IDE Config should only affect the Intel controller(IDE1&2,Serial1&2)
The only interaction you have with the Promise controller(IDE3,Serial3&4) is through Integrated Peripherals>>Promise Controller(As SATA, As Raid, Disabled). You can also select a drive connected to the Promise as a boot device from Bios>>Advanced Features>>Boot Device Select.
I would take a step back and start over a little more slowly.
My assumption so far is that you have WinXP installed on a drive on the Intel controller and that it is booting/functioning properly.
You are trying to install 2 IDE and 1 SATA drives on the Promise controller.
1- In Device Manager, right-click on the Promise 378 controller and select uninstall. If you know for sure that the "Raid Consolel SCSI Processor Device" is from a driver you installed for the Promise controller, uninstall that too. Otherwise leave it alone.
2- Shutdown/Unplug power and disconnect all 3 drives from the Promise controller.
3- Plugin power/Boot to the Bios and set the Promise controller to "disabled". Also make sure Intel "On-Chip IDE Config" menu "Config SATA As Raid" option is set to "NO"
4- Save and reboot to WinXP. There should be no Bios errors and the Promise entries in Device Manager should be gone.
5- Shutdown/Unplug Power and reconnect 1 drive(the SATA to Serial3 for simplicity) Power + data cables!
6- Plugin power/boot to Bios and set Promise controller to "As SATA"
7- Save and reboot. You should see the drive name briefly after the initial post screen if you've disabled the MSI splash screen.
8- WinXP should say something about finding a new SCSI device. If not just see if it's in Device manager and right-click>>"Install Drivers" and point it to the driver folder from before and install the "WinXP Promise SATA378 (tm) IDE Controller Driver". Not the Fastrack ones for raid.
9- Now after another reboot if the SATA drive isn't visible from Windows Explorer, try the diskmgmt.msc utility again.
10- If all this works, try adding 1 of the IDE drives by shutting down again, installing the HDD and checking the Disk Manager. If the drives are already partitioned/formatted you wouldn't need to use Disk Manager. Repeat with the 3rd drive.
If this doesn't work, let me know which step you got to and the problem encountered.

[875P Neo Series] Dead mobo or dying ??

-Motherboard type and model (MSI 875P NEO-FISR)
-Bios type and revision (Latest)
-CPU type and model (3,2 P4 HT)
-Memory name, model and quantity (2 x Kingston KVR400X72C3A/512)
-Video card name and model plus drivers and version (ATI AX800 PRO)
-Power Supply name, model and the amp rating for the +3.3V, +5V and +12V lines plus any limitation on the +3.3/+5V combined watts. This information can be found on a sticker on the side of the supply. (Q-TEQ ATX 350, 3.3V = 20A, 5V = 0,5A + 35A, 12V = 0,5A + 17A, 5VSB = 2A)
-Hard Drives: (2 X 200 GB WD)
-Optical Drives: Manufacturer and type and which IDE ports they are located on: (NONE)
-Operating system and service pack level: XP SP2
the short version:
the mobo went unstable and started hanging when playing 3D aplications like medal of honour, wolfenstein ET and others...
then the hangs started occuring more rapidly, and now the pc starts VERY randomly
i often have to try to start it 10-15 times before it starts....
the chipset and cpu fan starts, the hd drives starts and the ROM starts, but no signal to vga card.
i have tried to reset chmos, changed vga card, stripped the pc, but nothing works..
and: it has worked for over 7 months without any probs...
is it possible a virus did this ??
can anybody help ???
please ???

350 watts is far to low for your system............
Min AMPS on +12V rail for your system should 24AMPS
Q-Tec do not have good rep and have caused at lot of problems
Try a brand name 450+Watt PSU Enermax or Antec or Hiper series (These I have personally tested)

[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.
I have tried disabling SMART, turning off the quick-boot option with no effect.
When I first installed my system I tested performance with booting from a single SATA drive on ICH5R vs Promise and I noticed the same issue, but didn't care then because I only needed one disk so I just kept Promise disabled in BIOS.
Any ideas how I can get around this?
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
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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
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3. What type of terminination are you using?
Adaptec card has auto-termination.
ZIP drive has a termination connector attached.
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4. Are the devices in the chain functioning properly?
Yes.
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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.
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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

BIOS 1.8 for 875P NEO Series

Just curious if anyone has downloaded and successfully flashed their 875P NEO boards to the current BIOS version of 1.8. If so, is your system stable?
Is another BIOS update just around the corner for the 875P or is the 1.8 the latest and greatest BIOS update?
Thanks for any info,

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... what did they correct in the 1.93 Beta?
As advised:
875P Neo MS-6758 BIOS V1.9 Beta 3 (1.93) dated 2003/10/02
This BIOS fixes the following problems of the previous version:
- update microcodes,
- modify HT support,
- Prescott support,
- fixed ICH5 SATA HDD incompatibilities issue,
- remove chinese language support
The promised DOT option still isn't available in BIOS setup!
Note some of the changes from the previous 1.82 Beta were not put in the 1.80 Release ... so which new fixes go in the final release (and when) is still uncertain.

[875P Neo Series] trouble shooting assistance

I have a 875p neo with a pentium4 3.2ghz processor...i have a few diff profiles set up for gaming, normal use ect....the system booted up went to my selection screen for profile selection and hung up ...after a few minutes i shut it down and restarted now all i get is all the fans work including my video board ones theD Bracket lights all start as green and none change ....no beeps at all....im suspecting the processor is damaged...i do use a zalman pure copper heat sink for cooling ...other than that im guessing memory or video board...but memory id be supprised both sticks are bad at once and ive tried each seperately...im real supprised this has happened my system for the most part has been trouble free.....im using a gig of 3200 series kingston...a msi video board the 256 meg 5900 model... and a westen digital 80gig hard drive, sony cdrw...any suggestions would be appreciated
thanks in advance...
weez

i would not even try to power up the sys untill the psu is in place,if the cpu failed and needs a warranty replacement i dont think you will get any fuss out of intel,BUT you may have other problems looming that may appear at some time or another,lack of AMPERAGE {not voltage} can have a very NEGATIVE affect on the sys as a whole,if it is a mobo failure you should be ok with that also,it just takes a long time during a RMA process since it usually takes 4 to 6 weeks to complete each,mark it up to a learning experence,the PSU {imo} IS the most important piece of hardware that you or anyone will purchase for a computer !
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does anyone use the dlink lights at all...and is it a reliable troubleshooting tool
,i donot use it but many here do and find it very usefull. also look here https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=34535.0;all
also the battery can have a bad contact which can cause a no post,also the psu connector pins can become dislodged and push back and cause arching {because of current jumping} that can be harmfull to the pins and sockets.
hope this helps!

875P NEO FIS2R problems with booting at power-up

Having problems with booting at power-up.
Recently, with no apparent modification to system - at power up the system will often not boot. About 80% of time systems seems to go into a loop with CD/DVD drive light blinking a few times, then the floppy drive light comes on and can hear the FDD run – within 30 seconds or so, this process starts over again. Power switch LED is on and HDD LED is on (continuously). All fans are running (power supply fan, case fan, CPU fan and Intel Canterwood 875 fan ).
Monitor power on light is in power save mode (amber) when system does not boot. When boot is successful the monitor power light turns green immediately.
After pressing the reset button several times (varies between pressing reset button 1 time to 30 or more times) system will then boot OK or go into set up.
Once running there is no apparent problem.
This mainboard comes with D Bracket containing 2 USB 2.0 ports, and 4 diagnostics LEDs - when boot problem occurs the diagnostic LEDs, give a code that in the MSI mainboard manual states “Initializing Keyboard Controller” and diagnostic LEDs stays in this mode until via reset button provides a successful boot and start up.
Have reseated all connectors.
SYSTEM
Mainboard – MSI 875P Neo FIS2R (MSI 6758)
BIOS – AMI v1.8 (has not been updated)
CPU – Intel P4 2.6 GHz - system bus 800 MHz 512 KB L2 Cache
Memory – 1.5 gb (2 x 256 mb and 2 x 512mb)
Power Supply – Antec 380 watt
HDD – IED WD 160 GB and IED WD 40 GB
Video Card – ATI Radeon 9600 (128 RAM)
Operating System – MS Windows XP Pro (sp2)

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 17-May-08, 03:34:12
Have you done >>Clear CMOS Guide<<?
Cleared CMOS - no change same problem. Also, re-seated all connectors at same time.
Quote from: Wonkanoby on 17-May-08, 09:06:54
have you just added the second wd drive
are they jumpered right
jumperless if alone on ide
jumpered master /slave if two on it
No, second 40GB HDD was installed months before this issue started and is jumpered as slave drive. Also, no other additional hardware installed for several months before issue.

[875P Neo Series] MSI 875P Neo-FISR adn ECC registered DIMMS

I have purchased the MSI 875P Neo-FISR (PCB 2.0) and installed a 512MB DDR333, PC2700, CL2.5, ECC registered dimm (HYS72D64300GBR-6-C) but the system won't boot up. I have a Intel Pentium 4 3 GHZ CPU, 512K cache, 800 MHZ bus installed. When I install a 512MB PC2100 unregistered the system works OK, but not with the registered ECC registered DIMM. In the manual it is quoted as saying it supports this type of memory. I have updated the BIOS to the latest version from the MSI website. Any ideas ????

I have currently have
P4 3 GHZ 800 MHZ bus on MSI 875P Neo-FISR, 2x512MB PC2100 RAM (currently working OK)
2 x seagate 250 GB SATA drives in RAID 0 ccombination
Sony 8 x DVD writer
32MB GeForce GTS AGP graphics card
Matrox RT.x100 Extreme Pro video editing card
Craetive sounblaster live 5.1
but would like to add the 2x 512MB PC2700 registered ECC dimms I just bought if at all possible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn manual giving me incorrect information !!!!!

[875P Neo Series] To Upgrade or not??

I have a 875P neo-LSR 6758, Im trying to decide what I should upgrade too? This is what I have P4 2.6, 160gig/ 512Mb 333mhz memory single dimm, with a spectrum 7f Geforce MX440, I want to use this with a 2O or 24inch monitor in my room as a media center p/c. I want it to be capable to gaming, surfing, some small video editing of Family vids and tv recording once or twice a week ( history channel) and just be a all around very capable computer. Im thinking of going to a 3.2 extreme 478 pin, 2Gb (2dimms) of RAM, add 2 more hard drives probably 250's and a all in wonder xt800 card AGp of course b/c of mother Board. All this will equal to about 900-1000$. Should I put this into this mother board??? I believe everything will work and I can latter switch to a pci compatible board and new processor the transfer everything else over.Will take any info you guys want to dish out. Todd

Quote from: Streifenkarl on 02-December-05, 05:47:18
Two generations? I thought its last generation, I mean the S775 9xx boards are the latest generation, right?
I think he might be right about the Two generations thing.
Next Gen = 975X (Can't Wait!!! )
Current Gen = 945 & 955 (These mobos support Dual Core)
Last Gen = 915 & 925 (True DDR2 came into play w/ these mobos)
Two Gen = 865 & 875 (These boards support DDR400 & 8X AGP + SATA)

[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.

[875P Neo Series] P4N Diamond - RAID problem

Hi,
I just purchased a P4N Diamond. I've installed WinXP-SP2 on a single Samsung 70GB IDE disk on IDE1 as Primary Master. Two CD/DVD drives are on IDE2.
SATA-1 and SATA-2 are connected to Hitachi 500GB SATA drives.
I've entered the nVidea RAID utility in Bios by pressing F10 during boot, and established the two SATA drives as a mirrored volume.
After reboot the RAID volume is detected and appear as sync'ed during reboot.
Now comws the problems: I am utterly unable to set these two drives up as a mirrored volume under WindowsXP-SP2:
When I enter Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk management, both disks appear as separate disks and Unallocated. When I Right Click to create a new volume, I don't the option of creating a Mirrored volume.
Even stranger thing happens if I now exit everything and reboot: The nVidea RAID utility in BIOS has now been reset to two separate drives.
Question is: What do I do wrong, and how do I get these two 500GB drives set up as one mirrored RAID volume?
Regards,
Robert H

read the raid manual ?
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84043.0

[875P Neo Series] 875p Neo-FISR (PCB 2.0) Major problems

I just upgraded my system from:
P4 Northwood 3ghz
Gigabyte (obsolute old motherbord)
2 x 512 Hynix pc3200 (400mhz)
ati x800 xt pe 256mb 1,12 ghz
450w NorthQ Silent PSU
Now i was reading a lot of benchmarks and tests and finally i bought the 875Neo-FISR...
So what happened when i did a clean install?
I went from 4500 testscore in 3Dmark05 and down to 3000 - i was expecting to hit over 5000 with the new motherboard.
I have testet the ram (swapped them with some other kingstons and geil same scores roughly)
I got the newest dx and ati drivers etc. i even tried the omega drivers, but no drivers can make up for a difference of 2000 in score result.
Also i read that the bios would now read the prober degrees with the new bios - but my bios allways says 75 degrees celsius and when i boot into windows xp (sp2) its on 60-65 and then goes down to around 37-40 as xp stops loading.
I tried checking for heat problems on the mainboard - and the hottest thing is the cooler on the canterwood chip - 2nd hottest thing is the ati card.
Anyone have any idears? Perhaps its a defect card or any suggestions out there?
Regards.
Forgot to mention that all drivers and utilities etc are ofcause fully updated.
Right now i am running a clean windows xp install with sp2, dx9c and ati drivers + the MSI drivers.

Put my old motherboard back in...
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RAM TEST:
SiSoftware Sandra
Benchmark Results
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2912 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 2906 MB/s
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.
Int Buff'd iSSE2 (Integer STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2915MB/s
Scaling : 2915MB/s
Addition : 2910MB/s
Triad : 2911MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 91% (estimated)
Float Buff'd iSSE2 (Float STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2910MB/s
Scaling : 2908MB/s
Addition : 2903MB/s
Triad : 2903MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 90% (estimated)
Performance Test Status
Run ID : RED on 2. november 2005 at 13:26:36
Memory Used by Test : 512MB
NUMA Support : No
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
Multi-Core Test : No
SMT Test : Yes
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : P0C0T0
Page Size : 4kB
Use Large Memory Pages : No
Chipset 1
Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS648 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 201MHz (804MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 6432MB/s (estimated)
Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 3.0-3-3-8 2CMD
Bank 1 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 3.0-3-3-8 2CMD
Channels : 1
Speed : 2x 201MHz (402MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 3216MB/s (estimated)
Features
(W)MMX Technology : Yes
SSE Technology : Yes
SSE2 Technology : Yes
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : Yes
CPU Test
SiSoftware Sandra
Benchmark Results
Dhrystone ALU : 9079 MIPS
Whetstone iSSE2 : 6641 MFLOPS
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.
Performance Test Status
Run ID : RED on 2. november 2005 at 13:24:35
NUMA Support : No
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 2
Multi-Core Test : No
SMT Test : Yes
Threads per Core : 2
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : P0C0T0 P0C0T1
Number of Runs : 64000 / 640
Processor
Model : 1x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Speed : 3.02GHz
Performance Rating : PR4010 (estimated)
Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
Chipset 1
Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS648 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 201MHz (804MHz data rate)
Features
SSE2 Technology : Yes
SSE3 Technology : No
SSE4 Technology : No
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : Yes
As you can see the ram now perform considerably worse but the cpu is actually beeing used now.
So i reckon i got a defect motherboard.
Sadly the company where i bought it wont switch it with a new one before its been back to the factory and i aint waiting a month on a new board :(
So think ill just use my 14 day return rights and get a asus instead.

[875P Neo Series] SATA help for 875 Neo FIS2R

Hi,
I am hoping someone can help me. I am trying to install an Hitachi SATA HDD (Deskstar 7K250) to the system listed below. I tried to install the drive on SER1 but when I tried to install the installed the Intel IAA driver it said “no compatible hardware found”. I then tried to install the drive on SER3. I installed the SATA 378 driver, which asked me to restart my computer. I shut down, connected the SATA to SER3, and turned on the system. All seemed fine. I went into disk manager to initialize and format and that’s when the system restarted itself. When it restarted it said “error loading OS”. I restarted the system and opened the BIOS. Under the boot from section I noticed the C: drive that XP is on the name was “Maxtor” to something like “Maitorllll?????” I tried to repair windows to with the SATA drive still attached and the system started fine until just before the desktop would appear when the system restarted. I unplugged the SATA HDD and then had to repair windows again to get the system working.
Does anyone know what’s going on?????????
Here is my BIOS setup:
Integrated peripherals:
   USB Controller – enabled
   USB Legacy – disabled
   On-board Chip IDE – Native mode
              P-ATA Only
              SATA keep enabled - Yes
               PATA keep enabled – No
              PATA channel – Both
              Combined mode – PATA 1st channel
              SATA ports – PO-1st/Pi- 2nd
              Configure RAID – no
      CSA Gigibit – auto
      Onboard 1394 – enabled
      Promise – as SATA
      AC’97 – auto
CD151

OK, Not sure the state of everything now but this may help:
1- You don't need the IAA driver unless you enable the Intel controller "as Raid" in the Bios. It senses this and that's why it says "no compatible hardware" If the SATA ports are enabled in the Bios(your settings indicate they are) then you just need to format/initialize it like any other drive.
2- You indicate you have "PATA Keep Enabled" set to no. This should be set to yes for your IDE1 & IDE2 devices to work. The other settings on this menu look OK
3- The "Promise As SATA" should be changed to "Disabled" if you have nothing on Serial 3&4
It would help to know where the OS is installed. It sounds like it's on the IDE1 port(Maxtor).
I think you should should start by:
- temporarily disconnect the extra drive controller card
- check all the remaining drive power/data connections and reconnect the new drive to serial2
- re-enable the "PATA keep enabled" to "Yes"
- Set Promise Controller to "disabled" if nothing on it now.
- Look for a Bios setting called "Clear NVRAM" and set "yes" (It will reset to "No" after the next reboot which is what you want)
- Save Bios and reboot but re-enter Bios immediately.
- Check the "select boot order" menu and make sure the drive with the OS is before any other HDD's
- Save and reboot.
Hopefully if the OS is still intact, you'll be in it again and can use Windows drive manager to see, format and initialize the new SATA drive. Again, you only need IAA if you are using the Intel Raid controller. Also keep in mind that the SATA drive might bump all your other drive letters (from the Adaptec card) up by one so if this is a concern, just get the OS up and running then re-attach the Adaptec card and finally the new SATA drive.
Hope it works out!

[875P Neo Series] Sata Drives performance?!

Hi... Ive installed a Western DIgital Raptor Sata 10.000rpm 74G drive for audio files only, and a Maxtor Sata 160Gb for system (80G partition) and other 80gb partition for backup purposes...
Ive set the bios for native mode i think (this was some months ago) and now how can i know if my Sata drives are running ok, and not limited to 100mbs like the old IDE...
I ask this because, working in audio editor programs, when im running 32 audio tracks at the same time, the HD usage meter goes to 15%-20% every 2 seconds... it doesnt affect the sound, but it should be easier for the 10.000rpm HD...
Can i run some tests to see the performance of the HD?
Is there any other configurations to make besides Bios setup?
Thanks!

thanks!
With the HD Tach i got these values
Western Digital raptor 74Gb 10.000rpm
Random acess: 8ms
CPU Utilization : 5%
average read : 58.4MB/s
In the graphs i see the scsi Ultra 320 bar, a sata 150 bar, a Ata ultraDMA 6 bar, and a bar with 119.2MB/s bar in red...
I didnt like the average read value... is it normal?

875p neo board problems

having problems with this board, press power, d lights keep cycling and no screen on monitor, if i clear cmos with jumper and replace, system will boot but say cmos settings incorrect, i go into the bios, set the different settings, save them and then it starts all over again, no screen, d bracket lights just cycling and not stopping on anything to trace problem.
if i select bios defaults the system will boot but say the processor is 2.99 ghz instead of 3.0 ghz, but on restart it starts with problems again
i have put my other 875 neo board in and had no problems. any help would be grateful
mark

I have the same mobo and the last days i look a lot of things about it.
If one of your hdd is sata check to the bios settings integrated peripherals to change the ide configuration (Choose PATA+SATA). Then boot again the system and go again to the bios. Choose the standard settings (if i dont make mistake) and you must see all the hdd's you have and dvd-rom's. Also disable the quick boot and the logo. When you restart the system look the first screen and with one Fkey (you will see it to the first screen) you can choose the first boot device.To the top of the first screen you can also see your bios release. If your disk is ready from your previous motherboard then you must see the o/s loading.
Please tell me if it works.
Dimitris.

[875P Neo Series] problems powering up when sata on ich5r is enabled

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