AMD board choices

Looking to get my first AMD chip this weekend and can use some help picking a MSI board to run the chip.
Anyways i narrowed my choice to the AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz processor.
I found some micro boards that should work and i want the option to overclock with the board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2%2050001312%2040000022&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&CompareItemList=22|13-130-267^13-130-267-Z06%2C13-130-241^13-130-241-TS

MSI 790X(T)-G45 could be a good choice.
DDR 2 -> http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&prod_no=1856
DDR 3 sister -> http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&prod_no=1916
Good price ,nice OC options in BIOS (at least for the RAM) and nice layout.

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Live Update down for AMD boards?

Ok it has been down for a week now and I don't know why :( Support is just asking me to reinstall... But the problem clearly isn't in my setup.
Here is pic of how many drivers can Live Update find for me.
Here is the info that Live Update shows to my mainboard.
When I search for AMD boards in Live Update it gives me zero results (at least for all AMD K8 boards), but Intel boards shows just fine.
MSI could you please fix this problem soon?

Quote from: Tiresmoke on 15-July-05, 07:20:40
Sigh... Yet another web drama queen.
LOL He will be back when he has a real issue. We give the best tech support on the web but we can't contol MSI's own website that contains Live Update and their drivers.
I guess some folks never will get it.
Or does he still think that I work for MSI? HeHeHe
Sorry didn't notice at first that this was a USER 2 USER forum...
Won't be back here after this post since I have no need for tech support (can manage my self).
Quote from: bassmadrigal on 15-July-05, 07:25:58
Boy you would think if he is having so many problems that he would download everything manually and update it that way.
Have Fun
Jeremy
Don't you think that I have installed the drivers alreayd?...
I only posted because they have a bug in their system and it seems that they don't know it themselves.
I already issued this problem to techsupport, but they just asked me to reinstall (even when I said that I had done that allready)...
Gave them a bit more info and hopefully they will understand that the problem is in their servers.
WoW bassmadrigal don't loose your temper right away when someone doesn't bother to read the "rules"
One post and you all are flaming around like bunch of 5 year olds.
Bye bye it was surely a colorfull visit.

MSI AMD Boards/K9N6PGM2-V AMD co-processor driver

Acknowledging that this is an older board, K9N6PGM2-V (MS-7309-090), I hope there is some hope of help available.
I built this PC a number of years ago with an AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU (2.8) and it has been as solid as a rock, running Win XP-Pro, since I first hit the switch. I was so impressed with how stable the M.S.I. A.M.D. system was, I built another, more powerful, system based on the same platform. The machine also has an MSI N430GT MD2GD3 video card. I recently upgraded the OS to Win 7 32 bit HP. I have downloaded and run the following files from the MSI site:
M7309 v1.2.zip
mcp_732_mb.zip
nvidia_30697_8732_vga.zip
The B.I.O.S. are the original, as shipped. I would, if necessary, flash the B.I.O.S. with the latest version.
There are 2 issues:
1. Device Manager shows an alert with the co-processor (no driver installed). An alert I have never seen before. I assume that all I need is the correct .inf file, but I can't seem to find it.
2. There are 4 Gb of R.A.M. installed (2x2 Gb D.D.R.2 PC2-6400 Un-Buffered NON-E.C.C. Crucial), which Win 7 recognizes, but the system only shows 3.25 Gb usable. It was my intention to use 8 Gb. of R.A.M. (4 Gbx2), since the both the Mainboard and the OS will support it. I'm just not sure about the memory controller. I checked the A.M.D site, but couldn't find the specifications on this older C.P.U. There would be no point to installing 8 Gb if I can't use more than 3.25 Gb. I don't know if this is a problem with the co-processor not having a driver, or if some, but not all of the chip-set drivers installed properly.
I hope I have provided enough information, but, if not, please advise.
Any help anyone out there can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
T.

Thank you for your reply. It's encouraging to know that there are people here who care about others who are having problems.
The MB was purchased new, not 'refurbished' or used.
I checked the MB, as per the photo shown. It is without question K9N6PGM2-V. The label on the B.I.O.S. chip is pale green, as in the photo. With a magnifying glass, I can clearly see 'A7309' on the top row and either 'NMS940' or 'NMS94()' (can't be sure which, it's really small).
The file 'M7309v1.2.zip' is the MB manual.
As I suggested to 'badboy2k' in a previous post, I decided to re-run the 'mcp_732_mb.zip' file (System & Chipset Drivers). This time I saw dialog boxes I didn't see the first time. Surprise, surprise, there is no longer a 'co-processor' error in Device Manager. I guess something didn't run the first time. It also offered to install the nvidia ForceWare Ethernet configurator, which I didn't get the first time. So it looks like my lesson is, if it doesn't do it right the first time, run the setup again.
The PC is now running fine, with no warnings in Device Manager.
Thanks again to all who helped.
T.

MSI AMD board which supports AMD mobile ?

Is there a MSI Mainboard which supports an AMD Mobile ? Does anyone of you have any experience with that combination or does anyone know a (desktop) mainboard able to run that combination ?
Thanks for any answers.

I have never understood why BIOS chips aren't all pop-in/pop-out replaceable. Then a screwdriver and $30 check to BADFLASH would update the BIOS with the threat of bricking a system that might take weeks/months to reconstruct. That's just panding to DELL/HP/LENOVA/MS & a bad attitude from the mobo manufactures.
I will take your advise and look for recently manufactured boards, tho getting a serial number from NEWEGG or TIGER DIRECT would be like getting a Lords-prayer from Beelzebub!
Quote from: XFM on 04-November-14, 14:34:22
I can't recommend any particular MB for you but can just say do some research on MSI website for Z87/97 MBs for BIOS vs CPU support. Also keep in mind that recently manufactured MBs will have the later BIOS on them from the factory. You can determine if the MB you decide on has a later BIOS from the serial number if the store you buy it from will provide you the S/N (from date code in S/N) when purchased. Flashing the BIOS if needed isn't quite as bad as it might seem if you ask for help on this forum before attempting to do it. There's a right way and wrong way to do it and using Live Update is by far is the worst way, instant expensive paperweight is the usual result by using Live Update.

AnandTech suggest MSI P965 Neo-F as midrange system board choice

See latest 'buyers guide' at AnandTech
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2839&p=3
It needs some exposure. I never see the P965 Neo get a mention anywhere as a choice for Core 2 Duo.....

I am an owner of MSI's P965 Neo-F and though my computer is finally running well, I'd hesitate to recommend the board. It was obviously a rushed job, and far too many people are having problems with the JMicron controllers for the drives. I still think it's a miracle that I got this thing running! Most of the complaints you will see here are about the serious limitations on overclocking: yes, they are serious, and also be advised that "dynamic overclocking" is hopelessly broken.
Anyway, right now you'd be crazy to buy any chip besides a Core2, and the 965 chipset seems like the a good partner for it. However, I don't think MSI's Neo-F is a very good home for that capable chipset.

MOVED: Best AMD board from MSI

This topic has been moved to Off-Topic Technical.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=144275.0

The last S478 P4 board that MSI made (and is still readily available in some parts) was the 945GCM478:
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1525

Nforce3 AMD board USB trouble?

hi i got a trouble...
i cant make my front usb and my 2 extend usb port working... my 4 ports plugged directly on the mainboard works... but others dosent work... they are on irq 21 and 22... any have an idea... they just dont work. no power.. nothing...
thx

I had the same problem. There are allready sollutions in this forum but maybe to hard to find. You have to leave the 9th Pin empty. Do not connect it to ground
|OOOOX|
|OOOO |
If your USB onboard connector looks like this leave the X unconnected.

HP laptops with AMD motherboards are all defective garbage

Why does HP continue to use these notoriously defective AMD boards? You're lucky to get a year out of them, and then convienently just after the year warranty is up they die. Windows has a blue screen of death, I think AMD HP's should be called the black screen of death. I have a G7-1330dx and the motherboard failed. It would not charge or recognize a good ac adapter (tried 3 good ones). So I buy a used motherboard on Ebay, that's they claim was tested. I install it and guess what.....black screen of death. There's currently 9 of these specific motherboards on Ebay and 5 out of 9 are dead, and one untested, which probably also means dead. First it was the dv2000, dv6000, dv9000 etc series that had the black screen of death, then it was the dv5, dv6 etc......Now HP keeps it's horrible reputation going by using the same defective junk in the G6's and G7, and who knows how many more models. I am returning this dead mb to the Ebay seller, I will buy another used one on Ebay and once this piece of crap works I am selling it and buying a Dell with an Intel. Here's my advice to anyone that reads this that was thinking about buying an HP.....Don't do it, you will be sorry. Buy a Dell. I will share this advice on Facebook and fill out numerous reviews, hopefully I can prevent someone from getting robbed by HP.

j4bs4209333 wrote:
Why does HP continue to use these notoriously defective AMD boards? You're lucky to get a year out of them, and then convienently just after the year warranty is up they die. Windows has a blue screen of death, I think AMD HP's should be called the black screen of death. I have a G7-1330dx and the motherboard failed. It would not charge or recognize a good ac adapter (tried 3 good ones). So I buy a used motherboard on Ebay, that's they claim was tested. I install it and guess what.....black screen of death. There's currently 9 of these specific motherboards on Ebay and 5 out of 9 are dead, and one untested, which probably also means dead. First it was the dv2000, dv6000, dv9000 etc series that had the black screen of death, then it was the dv5, dv6 etc......Now HP keeps it's horrible reputation going by using the same defective junk in the G6's and G7, and who knows how many more models. I am returning this dead mb to the Ebay seller, I will buy another used one on Ebay and once this piece of crap works I am selling it and buying a Dell with an Intel. Here's my advice to anyone that reads this that was thinking about buying an HP.....Don't do it, you will be sorry. Buy a Dell. I will share this advice on Facebook and fill out numerous reviews, hopefully I can prevent someone from getting robbed by HP.
Hi,
I have bought a tested mtb (Intel) off eBay and it was also defective. Not dead but couldn't pass through the POST. G6/7 series are budget laptops!! If you want a decent laptop buy an Envy. It's still cheaper with the same or even better configuration than a Dell laptop.
Dv6-7000 /Full HD/Core i5-3360M/GF 650M/Corsair 8GB/Intel 7260AC/Samsung Pro 256GB
Testing - HP 15-p000
HP Touchpad provided by HP
Currently on Debian Wheeze
*Please, help other users with the same issue by marking your solved topics as "Accept as Solution"*

Replacing an AMD motherboard with a Intel motherboard

OK after a few problems with my L355D laptop I said that was it I'm going back to an Intel Board...WHILE that is a problem.
why will the intel board not even light up as the AMD did.if the battery is the same and the power suppy is the same and the power plug to the board is the same in both L355 and L355D then what up with no lights at all on the Intel board I have tryed 3 differant ones and all do the same thing....NOTHING,.....HELP what am I not seeing here?????Any help would be deeply aprishated.. See attachments... pics of both boards.
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Eh, don't know. I never attempted to power up a board w/o connecting everthing back up. I see your point, but not sure if there is a good reason why the intel board will not illuminate the indicator lights till it sees a minimum of components connected. Did you get the intel board used? Maybe it is doa.
I'd connect everything up to it and power it up before making that assumption. Do you have the intel cpu?
L305-S5955, T9300 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 60GB SSD, Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Replace AMD motherboard with a Intel motherboard????

I have a DV9000 that has a AMD board with the bad video. This is the second motherboard and I'm done with this board. My question.... Is there a Intel version that will fit in this case? What motherboard number?

You're welcome, when you have a chance please hit the KUDOS button. I am going to assume that you will be looking for a used Mother Board or are the links I gave, for the wrong ones ?

Working X-Fi and Nforce4 AMD Chip

Hello Creative,
i asked several times but i got no answer, maybe in this thread.
I have a Tyan Thunder K8WE without SCSI, means a Nforce4 AMD board.
AND i have a X-Fi Xtreme!
WHY i have dont have the same problems like all the others?
My X-Fi has a Hynix ram chip and not the default, if i remember corectly, a Samsung chip.

I would like to know if I can go buy a new XFi card now and be sure thta it will work on my system. It seems that some cards have an updated BIOS that allows them to work with NForce 4 boards.
I have a MSI K8N Master2 FAR with dual Opteron processors. I had bought an XFi Music Extreme when building the system, and it did not work, I gave that card away to a frined in exchange, and used my Audigy2 Zs which works fine.
I would stil like to have an XFi card, but my MoBo manufactureer has not put out a new BIOS, but i do see some people are getting new BIOS on their sound card and making it work.
Are the boards out in the stores, the okd BIOS? How sure can i be that I will get it to work somehow? Even if it means waiting 2 weeks for Creative to update the BIOS, is there a way to buy an updated card?
Is ther a way to tell from the box if it is an updated card?
Thanks
Message Edited by milo00 on 2-27-2005 09:46 PM

AMD cc:NUMA support...

Hi guy's,
If you have a board that supports ccNUMA, turn it on!!!
Boards that support this are:
K8D Master (series) with 2 CPU's
K8D Master3 (series) with 2 CPU's
You need to have min 2 sticks of memory installed, but better is 4, I talk further about 4 sticks.
2 sticks connected to each CPU.
Now you need to go into the BIOS and turn Node (Memory) Interleave OFF!
Do not confuse this with Memory Interleave, that's per CPU and should stay on.
You need to turn this off, because it should not automaticly use any memory that it can find.
Further you need WinXP SP2! (or Win2000 Datacenter or simular)
Check your memory speed, normaly Sandra or something should show a normal speed for your memory.
E.g.:
Normal Dual channel -> PC-2700x2 is about 4800MB/s (just a sample!)
Even with 2 CPU's and 4 sticks installed (2 for echt CPU)
Sandra shows NUMA not supported.
Now edit your boot.ini and add the /PAE switch!
This is very important, as that will turn your Windows to use ccNUMA.
Then it means that every single program will be using it's closest memory.
And share if needed the speed from the other CPU's memory.
Good written programs, multi-threading can use this to improve a lot.
Now check with Sandra memory bench again!
It should go upto 9000MB/s or such.
Also Sandra should show NUMA as being supported.
This should speedup your system under Windows a lot.
Linux can also use this, but I don't know how to check it.
Anyway, it will give your system a whole lot more memory bandwidth to play with.
This only works on the boards listed, as they have memory connected to each CPU.
The K8T-Master or K8N-Master series with 2 CPU's can't do it because they have only memory connected to CPU1.
Windows Vista should have this by default, but I'm not sure, you need to Google on that.

Well a little update, the K8N Master can do NUMA too according to Sandra.
The /PAE switch should be enough.
For other boards that have memory per CPU.
Disable Memory node interleave.
Turn SRAT on in the BIOS.
Edit the BOOT.INI and add the /PAE switch.
Now reboot and NUMA should be working, but you need at least WinXP SP2 or higher.
Beware, if you don't disable Memory Node Interleave, NUMA will not work!!
NUMA does make a big difference, so use it if you can.
The following AMD boards have NUMA full blown:
K8D Master-133 series
K8N Speedster series
And other DUAL AMD CPU systems that have memory connected to each CPU.
The K8N Master seems to support it, but I'm not quite sure what it does with it, maybe somebody can test and find out.

MOVED: MSI reveals AM3+ 970 GAMING motherboard Get ready for high end AMD GAMING

This topic has been moved to MSI AMD boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=181363.0

Quote from: defetonezzzzz on 25-June-14, 19:19:45
MSI, world leading in motherboards, debuts its first AMD AM3+ socket based GAMING motherboard, the MSI 970 GAMING. Inherited with the outstanding DNA of MSI's award winning GAMING family, the new MSI AM3+ 970 GAMING motherboard features Killer LAN for the best online GAMING experience, Audio Boost 2 powered by Creative Sound Blaster Cinema2 for astonishing sound quality that gives you the upper hand on the battlefield, USB Audio Power and a whole new hardware and software design for enhanced gaming performance. Get ready for high end AMD GAMING with MSI.
Link?
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/970_GAMING.html#hero-overview
Anyone know the TDP of this board?
In a comparison it looks practically identical to the 125W G46-970a. Except the G46 has a sound optical out--the features list says the Gamer board doesn't--and the board pics confirm that. Board looks to have better software than the G46--possibly better sound output, maybe.

Sound Storm on MSI boards?

Hi guys im looking at getting the GF a new computer and having had such a good experiance with the 875p NEO-FIS2R i would like to get another MSI board, i was thinking of getting her a lttle AMD Barton and on board sound storm would be great, i like the idea of it and it would fit her needs (she likes to make web pages, play a few games like CS and watch DVDs).
Now im not very familar with AMD boards and chipsets , can anyone tell me which if any MSI boards actually have the full blown Sound Storm setup? Also can anyone comment on it , performance , features and compatability?
Thnx in advance for your insights guys ,

Thnx guys , so i guess im looking at the K7N2 Delta-ILSR . I dont need the 400Mhz FSB as im betting ill only be putting in a 2500+ Barton but i want all the other nice features like Sound Storm , Live Update , built in 10/100 Ethernet and the D Bracket.
Anyone care to comment on this board , i plan on throwing in my Sony 40x 12x 48x , sony 16x DVD , prolly a ATI 9600/9700 pro AIW and likely either a seagate Sata drive or a Western Digital ATA133 HD. For ram im not sure likely some performance pc3200 - pc3500 tight timing Ram. If anyone sees any conflicts or perhaps have some ram they would think i should use id like to hear it.
Thnx fellas

KM4M-v with AMD Athlon XP 1500+ wont boot.

ok... this seems to be semi common, and yes i checked the PSU, ram, hdd, cpu seating, cooler seating.. etc etc. im stumpped.
PSU: Dynex DX-PS300W 300W
+5v - 30A
+12V - 15A
+3.3 - 20A
-5V - .5A
-12v - .8A
+5Vsb - 2A
CPU:
AMD Athlon XP 1500+
New thermal coumpound, triple checks seating, and cooler seating.
tryed with one stick of ram, both sticks,
Tryed with no HDD both HDD(sepparatly and together)
Tryed with floppy Diconnected.
tryed with NO drives at all.
i have tryed everything i can think of. this machine refuses to boot. the PSU is 45 min old. this is the third PSU i have tryed. all in varying strengths. including the 450 PSU from the fisrts system in my sig. all to no avail. when i hit the power button on the front all that happens iss the CPU fan spins up and dies, the PSU fan does the same, and then the machine dies. the mouse, and KB LED's stay lit as if it was in stand-by. there ane NO PCI cards installed, no AGP. im at my wits end. HELP!!!!

Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 01-March-05, 05:26:53
Stay lit, but no way you (can) reach BIOS? Do you know how to clear CMOS? Perhaps it is looking for a PS2 mouse or keyboard, some booting device, or something completely different. Don't forget to pull power cable if you clear CMOS.
I guess you have checked for visible damage to the mobo, extra stand-offs behind it, and loose connections already.
If above doesn't work, the next step for me would be to reseat the processor. And next to dump the mobo.
Edit: Of course, the processor must also be controlled or tried in another system.
Yes no extra stand offs, and the board looks to be in perfect shape. came like it is... and the connections are firmly seated. hdd, power etc, all firmly plugged in.
happen to know if the 1500+ wprks on the k7n2 delta2 platinum?
only other AMD board in the house.
*Edit* Cpu seems to be fried, turns out my son got to more than just the old mobo. the cpu is an amd athlonXP 1700+ based on the numbers on the chip. and yes it does work with a K7N2 Delta2 Platinum. and no my CPU does not work. thanks for the time and extra eyes.

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