About P35 Neo2

I've had this mobo for 2 months now and I'm still satisfied, although I still have some questions left that needs to be answered ASAP:
Why does it or rather the BIOS /w Dual core center clock the CPU/RAM's down? I mean my RAM moduels are running at 800mhz (now at 400mhz) and CPU @ 2.4 (original @ 3.01ghz)
I know it has to do something that it does this "auto setup" by itself, by what it thinks "fits best".
I'm not that of a high end PC use,r but other brands like poor ASUS never had this kind of hardware/software util, so I expect that someone could explain this for me.
Oh and I'm running Vista Ultimate x64, CPU's a Pentium D 925. But I also had this "problem" back with XP.

before asking questions, please take some time to read the moan guide.
Neither BIOS or dual core center. It's the CPU. It's EIST, it's C1E, it's power saving feature of the CPU.
The BIOS can disable this from happening, but why doing that? Don't you want to save some power for cheaper electric bill? ;-)

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P35 NEO2 FIR failed to boot – massage about overclocking is failed

My Hardware:
- P35 NEO2 FIR
- A-Data DIMM 4096MB DDR II 800MHz Extreme Edition AD2800E002G (2x2GB)
- Intel Core2 Duo E8400 3,00GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz, 775pin
- Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD - 36GB SATA @ SATA-1
- Fortron Blue Storm 500W (PSU)
- Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870, 512 GDDR – no oc
- Bios version: 1.8
- Windows XP Professional SP3
I have problem with booting PC. When I turn on PC, it twice reboot a then it appears message:
„Warning!!! The previous performance of overclocking is failed, and the system is restored to the defaults setting, Press any key exlucde DEL to enter SETUP…“
I have read this forum and found some topics with this same problem. There is often recommended set clocking values of DRAM. I have set DRAM Timing by SPD do disable and set clock for following values:
4-4-4-12 (Auto V) – recommanded by manufacturer (A-Data)
4-4-4-12 (1.9V)
5-5-5-15 (Auto V)
5-5-5-15 (1,85)
5-5-5-15 (2,1V)
5-5-5-18 (Auto V)
5-5-5-18 (1.8V)
5-5-5-18 (1,9V)
This attempts was failed. When I turn off Pc and wait about 20 minutes - PC again twice reboot and then it appears massage about overclocking is failed.
I have tried to Load Optimized Defaults as well as Load Fail Safe Defaults, but the situations is the same.
I have tried to flash bios to the latest version 1.9, but the situations was worse – when turn on Pc, it reboot about 7 – 15 times and then appears again massage about overclocking is failed. So, I downgrade to version 1.8.
Could you give me pls somebody some sugesstions?

Ok, I will do a test and give here results.
Maybe I find a solution of my problem. During testing PC I found out following: when I turn off switch on PSU immediately as soon as Windows shutdown PC (I do it always), so at next time booting, PC twice reboot and then it appears massage about overclocking is failed. But when I wait about 10 seconds after Windows shutdown PC and then turn off switch on PSU, at next time booting, PC once reboot (normal state) and everything is OK.

P35 Neo2 - OS died, need help restoring RAID after re-install of XP

I have a P35 Neo2 with on-board Intel RAID. I need a bit of help getting a two drive RAID going again after reinstalling XP.
Here's my situation:
Same hardware, MB, etc. I originally set up the system with a 20gb IDE and two 320gb SATA drives. I put the OS on the 20gb, and set the two 320's up as a RAID. I partitioned the 320's into 200gb + 120gb sections on each drive. The 200gb partitions were mirrored between the two drives, and the remaining 120gb on each drive was used as non-RAID storage space.
I picked up a nasty virus-spyware a month or two ago that I was struggling to find a fix for when the OS began to BSOD. I put the 20gb IDE to the side, and put a 40gb IDE in it's place. I re-installed XP on it last night, and now need to get the RAID up and running again.
I went into Disk Management and it showed three dynamic drives with a yellow triangle icon and labeled 'foreign'. I right clicked and found an option to 'import'. I clicked on import and a window popped up showing all of the partitions and logical drives I had previously created on the two drive RAID. I figured I was in business, so I clicked OK.
Disk Management now shows one dynamic disk as 'Online', but still shows two as 'Foreign'. If I right click on them, and chose import, I get the same window showing my partitions and logical drives, but if I click OK, I get a warning message that: "Some of the volumes you are importing will lose data because you have not moved all of your disks to the system."
I'm in over my head at this point, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
GeoD

A 200gb partition is restored, but the 120gb is not, which is confusing. ALso, when I look at the logical drives in the partition, I'm beginning to think I had the 200gb mirror /120 gb storage backwards. The data restored is not something I would be concerned with losing. It's installed applications, and multimedia files that I could lose without worry.
There is also 70gb dynamic drive labeled Missing. I know I left a small portion of all three of the drives unallocated as a reserve, so that must be what this is. It's like the RAID info is incomplete which leads me to the next piece of info.
Something I didn't initially mention for the sake of brevity, was when I right-clicked on 'Import Disk' the applet noted the disk was 3/3. I assumed that meant disk 3 of 3 disks. I've since begun to wonder if I imported the disks in the wrong order. ie) I should have imported disk 1/3 first.
Do you know how to clear out Disk Mgt's info, so I can start over?
I also noticed only one of the 320 SATA's shows up in Device Mgr, (DM). What I found both confused me and encouraged me.
When I created the array, I named the the drives RAID0 and RAID1. They both show up in DM. But only one of them shows up as the drive model: WDC WD3201ABYS-01B9A0. There should be two of them.
The OS knows there should be a RAID, but for some reason only one of the drives show up as hardware. I rebooted and checked the data and power supply cables, (connected), the BIOS, (both drives show up) and both drives show up in Disk Mgt. Just not in DM.
Does that mean the HD has died?
Part of my difficulty is I had a brain injury in 2001, followed by another in 2003. The 2nd injury caused 6 months of what the docs call it a walking coma - I walked and talked, but have no memory of the time.
When I 'woke up' in the Fall of 2003, I found I had lost considerable cognitive function and other problems. These problem have ended up disabling me, (I'm now on SS Disability).
Until then I had been a 'System Admin' for micro-businesses, (max - 15 computers). I built systems and servers, installed networks, maintained them and did all the support. Basically I was these company's Sys Admin on an as-needed basis.
One thing I lost was the ability to troubleshoot and repair hardware. Combined with other cognitive problems, I was forced into closing my business. At the time, I was maintaining close to fifty offices; ~20 had Peer-to-Peer networks & ~20 had servers I had built.
What's doubly frustrating is I was just getting ready to sign up with an online backup service when I got hit with a nasty malware/virus that's so new there's no info on the 'net about it. I got entangled in trying to fix it and spaced out the online back up. Now I find myself in a situation where I desperately need to restore the data on these RAID drives. Because of the memory problems I now have, I completely depend on my computer as an auxiliary 'brain' - I have stuff on these drives that I have to have.
I didn't do much with RAID when I was still in the biz, and this is the first time I've had problems with a RAID of my own, so I'm struggling to figure this stuff out.
Should I be able to install one of these drives by itself so I can get the data from it? The way I understand the theory of RAID is that if one drive dies, you can put another in and the mirrored portion will re-create itself on the new drive. Couldn't that be a way to get the important data off the drive or drives if they don't want to go back together as a RAID?
I could back each up to the online service and then just rebuild them. Not my first choice, but it would reduce my stress level if I thought I could do it.
Sorry to go on, but now you can see why I'm both struggling & worried.
Thanks for any info or help.
Later,
GeoD

MSI P35 Neo2 (MS-7345) strange BIOS problem

Hi all,
My first post here - just wondering if someone could help me.
I recently 'accidentally' flashing my bios version from 1.8 to 1.C on my MS-7345 (P35 Neo 2) board, after deciding to install live update. While I know it's often considered a bad idea to flash the bios when everything's working, but I did it anyway. Since doing it I got many many BSODs. I'm running XP Pro 32 bit btw. I got these BSODs mostly when the computer was working hard, but not always. I'd barely be able to do anything sometimes. Occasionally Windows would even crash on start-up.
I made sure that i was running the latest drivers for all my components, peripherals, etc, including motherboard and graphics card. I even reformatted my HDD and reinstalled Windows from scratch just in case it was a virus. However, the problem has continued, and I even got a few BSODs during my reinstallation of Windows XP Pro.
Another thing I tried was reverting back to the old bios version (1.8), but this made no difference, so I eventually returned to the latest 1.C.
I've written down all the error message codes somewhere, though I've currently misplaced the sheet I wrote them on. If you need to know the exact codes I can locate it and add it to this thread. I probably got about 30 BSODs per day. Often they were IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL type ones, but definitely not just that. Each code I got I researched thoroughly to see if I could work out the problem. Some pointed to RAM Failure, some to HDD problems, some to bad Graphics card, some to corrupt drivers. Pretty much anything you can think of, the errors 'blamed'. However, I had a hunch regarding the bios / motherboard.
I eventually discovered (by chance) after re-flashing the bios (which I'm doing in DOS using the suggested AFUD after a reboot) that if I...
1. Switch on the computer
2. Enter BIOS Setup by pressing Del
3. Turn of the boot sector protection (in order to flash bios) and set USB stick to be the first boot device
4. Boot to DOS from my USB stick and flash the bios in DOS
5. Reboot
This is the critical bit...
6. When when I get the 'Bad checksum, Press F1 to enter BIOS setup or F2 to use default values' PRESS F2 (it won't work if you go into bios setup as this will then require another reboot before loading windows).
7. Let Windows XP load as normal.
If I follow all the above steps (I discovered this by mistake), the computer is 100% stable. I even tried some burnout tests and played some cpu & gpu intensive games with settings on full to give it a real workout, which previously would have ended up in a BSOD within seconds.
However....
If I then reboot the computer (or shut down and switch it back on the next day) and let windows load, it will be unstable again, just as before!
In other words, I'm currently having to flash the bios every time I switch on my PC or reboot it in order to get a stable system.
So this problem isn't fixed - but I've found a workaround at least for now.
Incidentally I've tried installing a new CR2032 bios battery, since I thought it might be losing settings on reboot, but this didn't make any difference.
I personally don't think it's actually the BIOS Reflashing that's making it work - just something weird in the bios settings. It's as if 'erasing the checksum' (cleaning out these dodgy bios settings), which forces the PC to load the defaults the next time it boots, is helping. I have to just mention that going into bios set-up and choosing 'Load Fail-Safe Defaults' does NOT help, since the computer reboots when you 'Save Settings and Exit'. It's as if the bios settings corrupt every time on boot, which causes the crashes.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

To return to the previous bios, just download the one you want and use the forums tool.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P35-Neo2-FR---FIR.html#/?div=BIOS
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
Before you do that, try to boot and enter bios. Hit f6 for optimized defaults save and exit see if the problem persists.

Need Help with ESATA on MSI P35 Neo2-FR

I have the MSI P35 Neo2-FR motherboard http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1261 and trying to get the eternal ESATA to work. It works with one individual HD. I'm using an external ESATA drive with 3 HD inside the external case with one cable running into the external ESATA in the back of the motherboard. It's only recognizing 1 drive and the other 2 isn't showing up. If I switch it to USB connection it will read all 3 drives. I'm running windows 7 x64 but it recognize on my other 2 computers with a different motherboard. I have install it with the ACHI setup in Bios and I've also install the Matrix Storage Controller after installation. I never install the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID driver where you have to press the F6 to install it. Is that what I'm missing and is taht needed for the ESATA to work? I'm getting this message "A storage device was connected. If this device is a port multiplier, only port 0 of the port multiplier will be active." Been googling all day and still can't figure out what I'm missing.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.

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For some reason this board is Bios only have IDE, RAID and ACHI and I don't see a SATA.
IDE, RAID and AHCI are operating modes of the SATA Controller. Everything okay here.
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Seems to me it's either this board and it's driver don't let you use the port multiplier but it suppose to support port multiplier.
It is neither the board, nor is it the driver. It is a limitation of the Intel ICH9R Chipset. You will have the same problem on all P35/ICH9R based mainboards. Read here:
http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-788-view-intel-technology-matrix-RAID-and-port--multiplier.html
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Unfortunately, used in the south bridges ICH9R the version of such technology provides access only to one hard disk at the specific moment of time. . The technology became more complex to realize , which implies to several access disks simultaneously, possesses higher cost and more higher central processor loads , therefore it can be rejected.
Here is the same problem on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11892094
Nothing you can do about it.

P35 Neo2-FR / Marvell Controller problem. - DVD/CD Burning

I think this is hardware related and more like limitation of the model rather than one faulty motherboard.
My setup is
P35 Neo2-FR / E8400 / WinXP
I have all 4 intel SATA for RAID so I've used Marvell controller for my DVDRW. 1st was NEC drive IDE and while it read disc fine it couldn't burn any CD/DVDs
I thought it was faulty DVDRW so I've bought a new samsung SATA burner. It has SAME exact problem. Cannot start burning.
I've tested the same unit with different computer, and of course it works.
I'm sure not many people have similar spec as mine (4 SATA HD RAIDS) so this might go unnoticed but I find it a very serious problem.

Quote from: larciel on 12-February-08, 07:08:08
I just found out that it is actually reported as SCSI.
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SH-S203B&REV_SB02\5&2A9ABE04&0&040
That's the DEVICE_ID for the Drive.
You might be right. This might be issue with Raid and Marvell conflicting.
I use Lastest driver for all of them. I actually use DriverPacks from DriverPacks.net
Just trying to see if anyone have same config as mine so I can know that this is driver issue and not hardware issue.
You could disconnect your raid setup and attach your burner to a Intel SATA port and see what the Intel controller thinks about your burner. Bios in none raid mode and fast boot disabled so you can see whats going on.
Boy there is another possible problem. I would never use the DriverPacks on hardware that I can get drivers for manually. Did you slipstream the DriverPack into your XP disk? I have seen the wrong drivers used and or mis configured when doing so.

Weird artefacts, mobo(P35 Neo2-FR) or gfx card problem?

Recently I was playing a game when some weird artefacts appeared on the screen before just completely freezing up.
I rebooted and saw this:
The desktop/login screen was all ****ed up too (pardon my French!)
I ran ATI Tool and saw my gfx was 40'c which was about normal considering I was just playing a game so don't think the gfx had overheated.
Then suddenly the PC froze.
Rebooted and got the same problems so I left it for several hours just in case it was overheating. (unlikely though since I've got plenty of fans, all of which are working and no alarms went off etc)
Few hours later, same problems but I noticed my IDE cable wasn't in all the way so I pushed unplugged/plugged it in and it worked fine!
Fast forward through 4 days of normal usage (although no games) with no problems to today.
Left the PC for a while before coming back and seeing the screensaver was all screwed up and the desktop was running at a lower resolution that it should have.
Shut down and restarted but nothing showed up on the monitor (LCD via a DVI->VGA adapter) not even the POST or BIOS messages.
Tried my TV which has DVI and an image was displayed:
Managed to login but again it was all ****ed up.
So at first I thought it was my graphics card but after it started working again I'm not so sure.
BTW, all the parts are only 2-3 months old and have worked flawlessly together since I built the PC.
I haven't been able to try any parts in any other PC's as I don't know anyone with a PCI-E mobo or even anyone with a PCI gfx card (only AGP and onboard!)
What do you guys think is the source of the problem?
Mobo (P35 Neo2-FR)
gfx card (PowerColor HD3850)
RAM (2gb geil Black dragon)
Thanks

It's been working fine for the last few days now, until today of course when I have an important report due in!!!
Quote from: NovJoe on 26-April-08, 14:19:59
I would suggest that you run the system under stress test with graphics intensive games and see how it goes for a week.
I have done this.
I've run ATI Tool artefact scan for over an hour and got no errors.
Yesterday I was playing STALKER for several hours on high settings on my 1680x1050 monitor/TV via DVI and the other monitor connected via VGA showing ATI Tools and CPU temps.
No problems at all after a few hours gaming.
(I recorded all temp data to a log and the maximum temp reached was 56'c)
Today I was working on a uni assignment so I only had Word, Firefox and Winamp open and some horizontal artefacts appeared.(nowhere near as bad as the above photos though, it was more like specs and dashes)
I opened up ATI Tool and saw the GPU temp was 35'c.
Before I could do anything it froze but the music continued playing. It stayed like this for a few seconds before going black and the music stopped.
So playing games at hi res for several hours did nothing, but having word and firefox open seemed to trigger something and start messing up.
After several restarts (kept crashing at first) I managed to get into Windows (with artefacts similar to the first photo) long enough to recover my assignment and shut down.

Msi p35 neo2 fr motherboard - system freezes

Hello , I just bought a Msi p35 neo2 fr motherboard and I have this problem . My system randomly freezes ,no errors ,no blue
screens and I have to restart it . I tried each module of ram separately and I got the same problem .
The video card worked fine on my old system and I don`t think this could be . Also the standby led (led 3 ) is always on and red
Maybe I messed up the " wire up " . I could use some tips about how to properly wire up and which settings should be done in BIos for my configuration ?
Msi p35 neo2 fr
PSU Sirtec HPC-430-P12S V2.2
2x1 gb Geil pc6400 800 mhz
video geforce 6200 128 mb
hdd sata 120 gb

from the User Manual:
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Spread Spectrum
When the motherboard’s clock generator pulses, the extreme values (spikes) of the
pulses creates EMI (Electromagnetic Interference). The Spread Spectrum function
reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses
are reduced to flatter curves. If you do not have any EMI problem, leave the setting at
[Disabled] for optimal system stability and performance. But if you are plagued by EMI,
select the desired range for EMI reduction. Remember to disable Spread Spectrum
function if you are overclocking, because even a slight jitter can introduce a temporary
boost in clock speed which may just cause your overclocked processor to lock
up."

P35-Neo2 posts only after CMOS reset

Hello everyone,
I've searched the forums and found the 'solution' mentioned above in other related threads. However, none of these seem to solve my problem and resetting the CMOS everytime is certainly not nice. I hope you can share your knowledge and give me some hints on what might be wrong.
Like for all the others the board does not post, but hangs in the "CPU damaged or not installed properly" cycle. Powering it off, resetting the CMOS makes it boot and I can access the Bios without hassle. Tried failsafe and optimized settings, but if the system is rebooted it hangs again until I reset the CMOS.
I can use this trick to get into the Windows 7 installer (university MSDN in case you wonder) but it will hang at the blue wallpaper. I will try to get my hands on an XP or Vista medium and see if that one works. The PC is completely new so I cannot tell if it ever worked. The components are as follows:
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Memory: A-DATA, 2x2 GB, DDR2, 800 MHz, PC2-6400, CL6 (AD2U800B2G6-2). According to specs sheet they need 1.8 V
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200, 2.5 GHZ (800 MHz), LGA775 Socket, L2: 2MB, OEM (EU80571PG0602M) (BIOS says 6x333 = 2 GHz, but correctly identifies the CPU as "Intel Pentium… @ 2.5 GHz". Might this be the problem?)
PSU: Sharkoon SHA 450-8P, ATX 12V 2.0, 450 watts (4044951005871)
hard disk: Seagate Maxtor DiamondMax 23, SATA 2, 3.5" (STM3250318AS)
graphics card: used Nvidia e-Geforce EVGA 7600 GT PCI-E, (it works fine elsewhere)
board: MSI P35 Neo2 GR, ATX, iP35, LGA775 Socket, UDMA133, eSATA, GBit Ethernet, HD Audio (7345-030R). BIOS is at 1.10 (2008-10-11)
Case: Sharkoon Rebel 9 Economy Edition (with 2x2 front USB plugged into the mainboard's JUSB1 and JUSB2 ports, plus Front Audio plugged into the audio port.). I haven't checked these cables after building the computer, but I verified I plugged in POWER/RESET correctly. For some reason the reset button does not seem to have any function. Might this be related to the "real" problem?
I did not flash the BIOS myself. The board was sold as "opened" from the retailer, but I can still return it. I thought I'd first ask here though, as it seems to work fine except for the mentioned issue.
The board is connected using the 24-pin default ATX power connector (to be specific it's 20+4 because of the PSU) plus the two 12 V connectors plugged into POWER1. I did not plug in the JPOWER1 because the graphics card is the only PCI-E consumer and the manual doesn't state that it requires additional power (it doesn't feature an additional connector either). The mainboard's manual isn't very clear on this, do I need to connect JPOWER1 with an "old peripheral connector" even if only the "usual power" PCI-E offers is required?
The boards FSB jumpers are set to the bottom most position, i.e. 333 MHz.
This is all what I can think of right now. Please tell me if I forgot something or if I should try something. Thanks for you time and help!
Greetings
xonnor

Thank you for your quick reply.
I'm not sure about the jumpers. Unlike printed in the manual, the three pins are not seperated in any way so I'm not sure if they're in the "bottom" or "top" position. Would you kindly have a look at the attached picture and tell me if they're set to 333 MHz or 200 MHz? The jumpers are located just below where the flash is most visible. If the bottom position in the manual is the bottom position like in the photo, then they are indeed set to 333 MHz.
PSU: I'm not sure about what information I need to provide. If I read the sticker correctly, each 12 V rail provides up to 18 A. However, the 2nd connector just "spawns" (wording?) from the 1st one. Please have a look at the photos, these are probably more accurate than me.
Unfortunately I cannot provide CPU-Z screenshots as I haven't yet managed to install or boot Windows.
I hope that provides all information necessary without being too inconvenient for you!

MSI P35 Neo2-FR: CPU vs core temperature

Hi. I've switched to a P35 Neo2-FR from a P35 Neo-F. The Neo2 was so cheap I couldn't resist. The board is fantastic so far. Great features, overclocking and performance for the price. Thumbs up for MSI
I was quite familiarised with the P35 Neo-F and inmediately noticed something weird with the new mobo. It has to do with temperatures. I know that temperature measuring software is making just guesses and that looking at them is a bit of looking into the unknown. This is why I don't care too much about what these programs have to say about temperatures.
BUT the board's SmartFan feature looks at CPU temperature for throttling the CPU fan. Throttled fan = noise, and I do care about the noise, so I care now about reported CPU temperature.
Weird thing is that reported CPU temperature is wrong in the Neo2-FR I think. These are my current temperatures (18º C room temperature):
As you can see, CPU temperature is higher than any of the core's temperatures. The reported core temperatures are as accurate as these things can be, as there is consensus about them among the big dogs in temperature monitoring (SpeedFan, Everest and CoreTemp), and I remember quite well that in my old P35 Neo-F CPU temp was always lower than any of the cores ones. It is my understanding that this is how it should be (ie., cores are always hotter than whatever is reported as CPU temp), and with this board temperatures are always the other way.
I've searched the BB and found very little about this CPU temperature issue on the Neo2-FR, but I'm wondering if this beta update means it is a known issue. It includes, among others, this fix:
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*Adjust CPU temperature(06FB).
BOSSKILLER says that this means it fixes wrong temperature reporting on Q6600 (which is the processor with 0x6FB CPUID), but now RealTemp says that my E6750's CPUID is also 0x6FB:
I don't dare to install a beta version of a BIOS, but does this mean that CPU temp reading is wrong in current BIOS version and that next BIOS version will fix it so CPU fan doesn't kick in noisy mode too early? Anyone with the flawed report processors installed this beta BIOS and can tell how are the new CPU temperature readings?
Thanks and regards

Quote from: darkangel230 on 02-May-08, 01:25:08
That beta bios you're talkin, i've had it "installed" on my board
Only thing it does it report CPU temp 10 degrees cooler than Cores.
That 10 degrees drop on CPU temperature made it into the final 1.9 version of the BIOS. See:
Should I contact MSI about this? Will they care?
Oh dear!

MSI P35 Neo2-Fr -- can't get onboard audio device to appear in XP

I've just installed XP sp3 onto my new mobo (MSI P35 Neo2-Fr).
Attached is Q6600 core2 quad processor, 2GB memory (DDR2), ATI HD4850 gfx card. I haven't changed the bios much at all or overclocked anything yet.
All seems fine *except* that I can't windows XP to see that there's an onboard audio device.
(It is enabled in the bios btw.) I've tried installing the high def audio driver on the CD from mobo box, and also downloaded the latest from the MSI site. I uninstall the driver and reboot before trying to reinstall it again btw.
The audio driver installer used to say there was a problem installing the driver, but it doesn't any more. After installing it and rebooting, XP control panel -> Audio devices says there are no audio devices.
Also, I notice that there should be an extra audio item in the XP control panel (according to mobo manual), but this hasn't appeared.
In XP's system hardware list there are no sound devices under Sound, but there are two unknown PCI devices (with yellow question marks next to them).
Any suggestions?

Quote from: Del UK on 05-September-08, 05:13:05
Had same issue with ATI card installed.
Go to Microsoft update and choose custom
You should see a list with hardware updates..........
After that, all will be fine
Hi there
Thanks for your reply. I went to MS updates, didn't see any in custom about hardware (apart from updated ethernet driver). Installed all updates anyway. And the problem remains...

P35 Neo2-FIR - slow USB

USB ports on this board have max transfer about 33MB/s. It should be about 60MB/s - 480Mbps (as I have on AMD NF4 board).
I've checked this on 2 MBs, 3 external HDDs, 1.1, 1.8, 1.9B1 BIOSes, all USB ports and a few USb cables.
My ext HDD is WD Passport 2 160GB and on NF4 board I've got 45-60MB/s of real transfer (Total Commander). On Neo2-FIR it's 33MB/s.
It' clear that USB is limiting my HDD because transfers from begining and ending of HDD are the same (should be higher on the beggining).
Is there any fix to this? Maybe BIOS fix is necessary.
Intel E2160
2GB 1066MHz RAM
MSI P35 Neo2-FIR
GF 8800GT
RAID0 1TB
Chieftec 450W
Windows XP x64

Hello
I've exactly same problem. I was testing external WD 500GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive and WD 320GB on different usb ports. Maximum transfer was 33.7MB/s. I think should be more.
Bios 1.3
Intel E8400
2x2Gb 800MHz ram
Msi P35 Neo2-FIR
GF 8800GT
Raid0
Corsair 520W
Vista Ultimate 64

What is the difference between P35 Neo2-FR PCB versions?

Hi there
I have a PC built with a P35 Neo2-FR motherboard, PCB v1.1.
I'm just about to make another PC up using this board and it has PCB v1.2.
What is the difference between these? are there other versions and what is the change log between these?
Cheers

Hello Stonedofmoo,
there is no crucial difference between PCB v1.1 and v1.2. BIOS Versions are the same and there are no differences in functionality either.
The only difference I can see from looking at pictures of both revisions, are two extra capacitors next to the Realtek SoundChip on Rev. 1.1 boards.
If you want more detailed technical information, you will have to contact MSI directly and hope that they can give you a better answer:
-How to Contact MSI for Help

Problem with new P35 Neo2 Build

Ok, I had a Gigabyte DS3 rev. 1.0 before and I narrowed it down to the MB failing, which I've heard alot of before. So I bought a MSI P35 Neo2 (rev 1.1, Bios 1.1) to replace it and just put it back together with the following parts:
C2D E6400, Mushkin 2GB XP PC2-6400, 2 Samsung 250GB Sata HDDs. On first boot up it went fine and I was in the BIOS and set it up, then booted into Windows Vista. Just today I tried to start the PC but nothing, so I cleared the cmos and it then started up, but hung. The leds in the group 1, 2, 3 & 4 are all red. In the manual it states "System Power On, The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly".
Am I to assume my cpu is toast now?

So I swapped my Q6600 into my P35 Neo2 and it still has the 4 red leds! I also swapped out the video card for my HD 2600XT, and the power supply with my Seasonic SS-500HT 500W PS, and ram (OCZ PC6400 2GB) and still 4 red leds. I also tried the C2D E6400 in my Abit Quad GT and it boots up fine. I've pretty much narrowed it down to the motherboard I guess. What are my options at this point?
Thanks
***Update***
Well, I just figured it out. When I swapped power supplies I forgot to plug the 8 pin connector into the MB. There is nothing wrong with my CPU or my MB.
The stats on my other P/S (SS-500HT are, +3.3v - 30A, +5.0v - 30A, +12V1 - 17A, +12V2 - 16A., not alot more than my other P/S, but just enough to get it to work??
Anyway, I am going to get a new P/S. I am looking at either the Corsair VX550, I can get it for $84 Cdn, plus a $15 MIR, which you probably never get anyway. How about PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W EPS12V? It's more money, but I hear good things about their P/S's??
Is it better to go with a large single 12V rail as apposed to multiple lower rails?
Thanks for your help.

P35 NEO2-FR startup problems, cannot get into BIOS

Hello!
So i recently bought new parts for my computer:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 1333Mhz
Motherboard: MSI P35 NEO2-FR
RAM: 2x Corsair TWIN2X 2048MB 6400 DDR2
PSU: Corsair Powersupply 550W (3.3v/30A, 5v/28A, 12V/41A)
Graphics Card: GeForce 7800 gtx (this part was not new, so i dont have any more details for it)
I start up my computer with only the CPU, graphics card and one RAM module installed, and a keyboard attached to the ps2 slot (using a converter) for simplicity. The problem is that the computer freezes up when the MSI screen comes up, and i cannot get into the BIOS. The LED lights on the motherboard is indicating the state "Testing base and extended memory". And b/c i go straight into the MSI start-up screen i am unable to find out what BIOS version i am running, though i am fairly sure (i have talked with another person that bought the same motherboard from the same shop as me at about the same time, and he is running BIOS v1.8) that it is 1.8 and it is therefore compitable with my cpu. I have also tried several different types of RAM with the same results. I am also very certain that i have all the cables plugged in correctly (have also tried resetting CMOS ALOT of times) but still the same result.
Does anyone have any clue what could be the problem ?

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i am unable to find out what BIOS version i am running
Have a look at the sticker on the BIOS Chip of the board to check the factory BIOS Version. The following picture shows the location of the chip on your board (it is actually a P35 Platinum, but it has the same PCB as the P35 Neo2-FR):
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CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 1333Mhz
If you have an E8500, E0 (and not an E8500, C0) you will need BIOS v1.9 [A7345IMS.190] to have full support for your processor. You can identify your processor model by checking its sSpec number (on the CPU itself or on the box):
E8500, C0 ---> sSpec#=SLAPK {Supported since BIOS v1.6 [A7345IMS.160]}
E8500, E0 ---> sSpec#=SLB9K {Supported since BIOS v1.9 [A7345IMS.190]}

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