[AMD] MSI 7030 K8N Platinum Socket 754 AMD 3000 guide

I have been searching around the forums and cannot find much on a overclocking guide for this board. Does anyone have a link with some sort of info on overclocking this board?

I could probably give you some pointers, what do you want to know? (sorry but I really don't know where to start.. )
I have a moddest PC, but insaying that I'm quite confident I'm getting the max. performance possible.
Athlon 64 2800+ skt 754 @ 2.416 Ghz (3700+ equiv) [302x8 ~ 1.65V] (Newcastle core)
MSI K8N Neo-FSR (MS7030) Official BIOS 1.7
512mb AM1 DDR400 @ 201Mhz (soon to be 1Gb when I can afford it -cheapo brand btw)
Benq DW1640 16x DVD Writer
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb @ 412/740MHz
Creative Soundblaster Audigy
200GB Seagate 7200.7 S-ATA HD
19" CRT
Logitech MX500 Mouse on a X-ray pad Thunder 9 surface
320w PSU that came with my case 3 years ago.
My whole system is running damned stable, except for not POSTing on a cold boot sometimes - I haven't worked out why this is just yet but I'm guessing it's something to do with MSI's badly engineered BIOSes. It seemed to have a lot of trouble cold POSTing on 300HTT so hence it being at 302 (I just put it up from 301 as it didn't POST properly this morn).
Anyway, feel free to ask any questions - I've bookmarked this thread and will definately check back.
Software you might want to download (google is your friend):
CPU-Z
Clockgen (get the one for NF3 boards)
A64 Tweaker (though I hardly use this one)

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Bios from my Msi k8n Neo Platinum (socket 754)

Wich is the last beta bios from my Msi k8n Neo Platinum (socket 754) ?
And where download?
Thanks

A thread here , from when 1.56 appeared:
MSI K8N Neo Plat Beta Bios 1.56
and when 1.55 appeared:
New Bios For MSI K8N Neo Platinum [ 1.55]
Seems to me that the 1.5x series were focused on chipset timings and ram .
Another thing is that i can boot from a usb pen with this one .(never got it to work with others) .
Beta bioses don't come with a changelog , they leak out . So any complete
list of changes is not possible to provide.

K8N Neo Platinum (socket 754) is it any good to oc?

I am planning to build AMD 64 system, and that socket 754 is suitable to my budjet.
But is that board easy to overclock? i have been thinking to get an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ prosessor on it... any better ideas near that price?
And what about those athlon's multiplier, can it be chanced lower from bios or is it locked?

If you don't need the extras like firewire, 4 sata and 7:1 audio then get the Neo-FSR. I have both the Platinum and FSR and the FSR smokes my Platinum. No problems running 250 1:1 or 300htt using the divider. The FSR is also newer than the Plat. were there is no need to set agp bus at 67 or 68 to get your max OC, leave it at 66 and enjoy.
My FSR also seems more friendly to different types of ram chips, like Samsung TCCD, Micron 5G or Hynix chips.
Also the price of just over $100 makes it a nice buy. If you order one I suggest any ram with Samsung TCCD chips will give you the best performance. Note I have not tried any bh-5 chips on this board.
Also you could save the extra $20 and put it towards a 3200+, I say this cause the 11x might come in handy instead of the 10x on the 3000+ to achieve max OC on your cpu. Newegg had some nice 3200+ NC(512) CG cores that will do 2.6 on air pretty easy. I have one and does 2.75 stable under my waterblock.

MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum - Freezing Issue during games

First off greetings to everyone on these forums...
I purchased the MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum motherboard from NewEgg back at the end of March to compliment the AMD 64 "Winchester" processor that I also purchased at that time to replace a slightly older AMD XP "Barton" system that was using the Abit NF7-S motherboard. For the past month I have been fighting an unusual and highly irritating issue that I have noticed during game play and have tried everything that I know of and more in an attempt to remedy this issue, but to no avail. This is the general background of the situation and now I will descibe in greater detail as to what this issue I am referring to is and the symptoms of this issue and some of the various methods used to remedy this issue.
The issue is that while play a game the system experiences a short 5-10 second freeze during the game randomly, but usually several times an hour. During this freezing the sound would loop and as suddenly as the freeze occurs it would cease and the game would continue on as if nothing happened. However, sometimes this would result in the system freezing outright after this short 5-10 second freeze... but it does not feel like a total system freeze, but rather a video freeze as the sound continues and I still have keyboard control... but this does require me to force a manual reboot of the machine itself. I have scowered the internet and various forums in an attempt to find what the issue was and use various methods to remedy this issue, but so far nothing has worked in my favor... but it does seem like this issue has been plaguing other users with the MSI Neo2 Platinum motherboard. Below are some of the methods that I have used in an attempt to solve this issue:
*Default Clock for CPU/Memory/GPU; Over/Under Clock for CPU/Memory/GPU
*Increased voltages to CPU VID, AGP, and Memory
*Disabled/Enabled AGP Fast Writes
*Increased AGP Aperture from 64MB to 512MB
*Enabled/Disabled ATI/nVidia Speedup option in BIOS
*Forced AGP clock lock to 66-67mhz
*Relaxed/Aggressive memory timings
*APIC enabled/disabled
*Gate A20 turbo/normal
*Disabled all unneeded onboard components (Realtek NIC, Sound, SATA)
*Disabled nVidia MAC and attempted to use 3Com Gigabit PCI card instead
*Swapped HDD Cables
*Tried PCI Sound Card (SB Audigy2 ZS Gamer) in PCI Slots 3/4
*Tried video drivers from 71.89 Official to 76.45 beta modified drivers
*Tried 5.10 official nForce drivers to remixed 7.02 nForce drivers (5.10 drivers uses 4.36 GART, higher drivers uses the 4.40 GART)
*Applied all the latest updates from Windows Update Website
*Reinstalled Operating System (Windows XP SP2) 5 different times clean with various settings (APIC on/off, etc...) and different drivers.
*Installed Audio Card (SB Audigy2 ZS Gamer) with older and the latest drivers available from Creative's website
*Replaced PSU (Previously was a Thermaltake 420watt PSU, 18A +12v) with a OCZ Modstream 520watt PSU (28A +12v)
*Video card is KNOWN working from previous build (AMD XP 3000, Abit NF7-S)
*Hard Drive is KNOWN working from previous build
*CD/DVD-ROM drive is kNOWN working from previous build
*Heat is not an issue... all components temperature is well below rated level, the only unknown is the chipset temperature (it has a active heatsink and seems to not be hot to the touch, applied AS5 to it anyway)
*Used latency tweak to the video card
*Used Rivatuner to force constant performance level
*Tweaked BIOS to force even clock rates and forced 1.4v to the GPU Core
*Used original GPU BIOS
*Used MSI Neo2 K8N Bios 1.4 - 1.8 and modified BIOS 1.8
*No background applications are running (not even antivirus)
*Used application to force maximum refresh rates for my monitor
*Memory passed MemTest86+ for over 24 hours
*System passed Prime95 and SuperPi for over 24 hours
*System seems stable in all non gaming related applications
*Checked through various troubleshooting procedures
*Disabled SBDRVDET.EXE using MSCONFIG
*There are no IRQ conflicts outside of PCI system management sharing IRQ11 with the NIC and USB... in APIC there are no IRQ conflicts what so ever. Regardless neither method worked
*Installed AMD 64 drivers from AMD
*Disabled DEP in boot.ini
*...and many other various tweaks and modifications.
System Specifications
CPU - AMD 64 3200+ "Winchester", using Thermaltake Silentboost K8 and AS5
Motherboard - MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum (nForce3 250GB Ultra) - Using Bios version 1.8
Memory - 2X 512MB Corsair XMS TwinX1024-3200C2PT (2 Modules, Memory Slots 1 and 2 used)
Audio - Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS (PCI Slot 3 used)
NIC - Onboard nVidia MAC, Disabled Realtek NIC
Video - XFX Geforce 6800NU 128MB AGP (BIOS Rev 1) - NV Silencer 5 and AS5
Case - Thermaltake Damier Series 5000
PSU - OCZ Modstream 520watt (28A +12v rail)
HDD - Western Digital 1200JB 7200rpm IDE
DVD-ROM - Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM
Floppy - Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.25"
OS - Windows XP SP2/DirectX 9c
I have been fighting this issue for well over a month now and I am frankly nearly out of ideas, this does not necessarly prevent me from playing games, but this does interfere with the games I do play (especially online games). I do demand absolute stability from the games that I play and this issue only began AFTER I upgraded to the new motherboard, processor, and memory. The only thing I have not tried is something that I do not have access in attempting on this motherboard, and that is increasing the voltage to the chipset.
Here is my theory on what is going on is that I believe is there is a fault with the chipset on this motherboard and this is manifesting itself while I am playing various games on this system. Of course I would like to try increasing the voltage to the chipset as that would increase stability, but there is no option in BIOS to increase the chipset voltage like the previous motherboard I had (Abit NF7-S). It is possible that either a) the chipset is at fault and is causing me this issue or b) the chipset is not recieving enough voltage.
My question to the rest of you is this, what do you think the problem is and what ideas do you have that I may try that I have not tried yet. Additionally if there is nothing else that I may try should I attempt to RMA this motherboard and will that help, and is there any other versions of this motherboard that I should be aware of. I would appreciate any response from a MSI representative and any comments from those that may have positive suggestions for my issue. Thank you in advance for your time and any help that you may be able to render.
The GameMaster...
*EDIT* Added additional methods attempted... (there was a lot... so I did not remember everything that I have tried)

Quote from: dacull on 25-May-05, 16:06:33
Does it only happen in online games, or can it happen in all games? One thing to make sure of is to turn off CRC checksum offload in your NVidia MAC properties (everyone do this, it is incorrectly calculating checksums which leads to servers ignoring your packets). However as you have tried a different network card you can discount this theory.
For me it looks like the biggest culrpit is your 6800NU, i have read alot of bad things about the NU and you have a low bios revision there, just because it worked well against your old chipset doesnt mean it will work well against your current chipset. Sounds like a BIOS fix is needed as some timing is out somewhere.
Ensure Spread Spectrum is off (and as you have already pointed out Fast writes, ATI NV Speedup) and your card is running at default clock.
As a test beg/borrow/steal another graphics card (preferably nvidia) and see how it goes so you can narrow in on your video card.
It is not just one game, but it is more prodominate in certain games than others... the game in question here is Planetside... though I stuck a demo of Unreal Tournament 2004 on a loop bot match and it seemed to have locked up after 4 hours (not sure how many times it experienced that 5-10 freeze as I went to bed). As for the video card it was KNOWN working from a previous build in those same games (Previous build was a AMDXP3000 and a Abit NF7-S nForce2 motherboard). The only components different in this build is the AMD64, the MSI Neo2 K8N, 2 new sticks of Corsair XMS to replace the Corsair ValueSelects, and the SB Audigy2 as I would never use a software codec audio solution. Spread Spectrum is LOCKED in BIOS and disabled... ATI/nVidia speed up was disabled from the start... and I tried the Video Card at default clock, over clocked, as well as under clocked and the same issue resulted... as I said before it is NOT the video card.
There are two other things I could try is use my old Geforce4ti 4200 and see what happens... or even try out WindowsXP 64-bit edition as someone earlier suggested. I wish I could find a new BIOS for my XFX 6800NU, but there there is only the revision 1 BIOS that I was able to find. The mystery continues...
The GameMaster...

Gskill memory with msi neo4 k8n platinum sli

have checked the stickies and couldn't see anything
will this be compatible with the above ?
G.Skill 1GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x512MB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit
thanks in advance

Quote from: blazing storm on 16-February-05, 01:46:02
It's still a Neo 4 board, notice the diamond version doesn't say Neo 4 either.
Thats incorrect, the "K8N Platinum SLI" and the "K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI" are different by the missing silicone image SATA controller and single vs duel gigabit nic's...
K8N Platinum SLI = 4 SATA ports and single Gb Nic (this is the low cost SLI option)
K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI is sold in America and is identical to the Diamond (has the silicone image SATA controller) for 6 SATA ports and Dual Gb Nic's but don't expect the Duel Net Card with bluetooth and wireless.
K8N Neo4 Platinum is the plain old nforce4 ultra offering.
Check the differences on msicomputer.com vs msi.com.tw and it will become clearer, its taken me 2 months to get my head around it all.

MSI K8T NEO-FIS2R Socket 754 VIA K8T800 ATX AMD Motherboard

Hi all,
Its been 7 months since i ahve been using this board. Now when i go to turn it on this very morning...The ps2 mouse and keyboard will not work and i smell a burning smell when its booting. I unpluged it and unhooked all cables tot he pc. I am now on my old gateway 2000 and i need help. What do i do?

Well the burning smell could be dust or some such as this has been sitting for a while. However I would start with a visual inspection to see what the problem is. Check and see if any wires look toasted, pull the cards and even the MB and look them over carefully. If you don't see anything then set the MB out on some cardboard and just hook up what is needed to post. Retry it and see if you can watch during that inmitial stage to see what is happening. Worst case take the whole rig to a tech and have them look it over if you are concerned with risking any problems. Safty first always.

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum compatible with AMD 5400+ BLack Edition???

I looked at MSI's chart, the AMD 5400+ BLack Edition was NOT listed, yet the 5000+ BE was. To further confuse me, I read all of newegg's review for this board, 1 user was running a AMD 5400+ BLack Edition on it. Can someone please confirm? Thanks!!!

I can confirm that this CPU does work with this board. I have asked this question to MSI Online Customer Service about a week ago and this was their response:
Dear xxxxx,
Thanks for contacting MSI Technical Support Team!
Regarding your concern,yes,both your ADO5400DSWOF & ADO5000DSWOF are supported by this mainboard.
For more details,please refer to below link for CPU Support List:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1443&maincat_no=1
Best wishes & regards,
MSI Technical Support Team!
Hope that helps. I am getting that processor too!! Can't wait!

MSI Neo k8n Platinum firewall

1: I can't access it.
Thats how simple it is, I click the "NVIDIA Web-based Interface" shortcut and nothing happens. NOTHING, It's so great that MSI checks so that everything works before they release a MB, go go MSI.
I'll never buy anything from them again.

I've had limited issues with it until however I used live update to update my drivers from the ones provided on the instalation cd to the latest stored on MSI's site, now it's selective to what it allows through. So far I've had most trouble with banking websites that use certain popup windows.
If you want to check if you are being blocked try the below link, I was applying for a credit card and got to a point when the site wants to open a form. If you are having the same issue the form won't open and an error will appear instead.
If i shutdown the firewall however the form will open
From what i can gather after googling we are not alone, the only solution so far is to disable it as even on low settings it still blocks these pages.
http://www.abbey.com/cash/credit_cards/credit_cards_balance_transfer_card_apply.html
click that link and press the orange CONTINUE button, it will try and open the form
If someone is going to try and fix it then this page is one example of what's being blocked.

MSI 7030 K8N Neo fans

The other night I had to flash my bios (v2.1) to teach mobo about the new A64-3400 cpu. Now I don’t get the northbridge smartfan option to set upper / lower speed limits on this fan, only for the CPU fan.
I could use Speedfan, but I have an aversion to applets doing what the bios should do.
So where have they gone? The Sft+F2 Ctrl+F3 option does not reveal these setting as hidden, they’ve just gone!
Anyone know how I reveal these fan options in the bios?

There is no smartfan options for nb in this bios , only for cpu_fan header .
7030 bioses from 1.8x and up are based on a new base bios.
I just had a look inside the 210 version and compared to others ,smartfan options for nb disappeared from 180 ,only cpu smartfan is left.
Logical really - if we concider that the 7030 comes with passive heatsink on nb.

MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (Socket 754) and Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x512MB)

Hi I just ordered the following from overclockers.co.uk and wanting some confirmation that the memory will be compatible with this Mother board
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x512MB) and MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
Thanks
Kevin

kevtucker,
I'm running the same setup up as you and have not experienced any ram related problems so far. I'm happy with it and it is very stable.
Every ram has different settings. For the corsair 1gb value select (2x512mb) you must make sure you use these settings for the best results:
put them in slots 1 and 3.
use the settings 2.5-3-3-8
set the ddr voltage 2.7
I got that information straight from the official corsair forums:
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showindex.php?t=24410
Good luck.

Beware. msi k8-neo platinum have BIG issues!!! READ

Ok so everyone going to buy the msi k8-neo platinum socket 754 beware!
The msi k8-neo have big issues with the inbuild soundsystem wich is crap, maybe they fix it soon i hope so but im not alone having this problem. Some have fixed it with installing the drivers from realtek homepage so do so if you think something is wrong with it.
Second big problem is that the msi-k8neo platinum mainboard doesnt work well with radeon 9800 based card. You can fix this by installing the 4.1 catalyst drivers.
So maybe you want to w8 a little and see if they fix it first. Sofar the support havnt ben replying my mails neither confirmed that there is a problem with this. Im playing rtcw so i had to isntall the old 4.1 drivers, but doing so i couldnt be able to play doom3, wich cuz of doom3 i bought this computer So if anyone has solutions to this problems pls post them here. They have more problems then this but not so big as those (what i know).
Hope the fix them in time
/John

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Originally posted by HvyPetals
First of all, why would anyone use onboard sound? It just takes away from overall system performance. I mean, if you can afford it use an Audigy.
Second I will NEVER buy an ATI card again for the rest of my friggin life. Everyone knows there drivers are as buggy as a south bronx tenement bldg.
I bought my first ATI card in 98 and swore to never be involved with them again. Then I forgot as the years past and bought the 9600 Pro last year and BOY was I sorry. I was immediately beset by problems from install, to constant crashing and BIOS tweaking and ...I know what Im doing! I swore YET AGAIN to never, ever, ever buy an ATI card again. If you value piece of mind stay far away from ATI.
So I scrimped and saved and bought the Geforce 6800GT. Works like a charm.
I can only prey that I dont forget the painful lessons I have learned.
Not that ATI itself is bad, or the people who work there are bad, yada-yada, BUT... stay away from the cards if you dont enjoy pain.
You are just the opposite of me. After I face terrible image quality issues with nVidia drivers back then, I sold my 5800 and gotten a 9800 Pro. Now I swear I will never ever look at another Nvidia card. I still can't understand why a big company like nvidia cheated with their drivers to score higher on benchmarks.

MSI K8N Neo Platinum (MS-7030) Performance on 3000+ (socket 754)

I want to thank many guys for their help on various posts on these forums. I found out many useful tips on my newly built system but seems I have missed something somewhere...
The problem is that my system seems to perform a bit low. On the following I will provide my system configuration as it is generated by 'cpuz' program:
CPU-Z Report
CPU-Z version 1.28.6.
CPU(s)
Number of CPUs: 1
Name : AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Code Name : NewCastle
Specification : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Family / Model / Stepping : F C 0
Extended Family / Model : F C
Brand ID : 4
Package : Socket 754
Core Stepping : DH7-CG
Technology : 0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets: MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, x86-64
CPU Clock Speed : 2009.8 MHz
Clock multiplier : x 10.0
HTT Bus Frequency : 201.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache : 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache : 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache : 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed : 2009.8 MHz (Full)
L2 Location : On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic : yes
L2 Bus Width : 128 bits
Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer: -- (Doesn't say MSI)
Motherboard model : MS-7030,
BIOS vendor : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS revision : 6.00 PG
BIOS release date : 08/26/2004
Chipset : nVidia nForce3 250 rev. A1
Southbridge : nVidia nForce3 MCP rev. A2
Sensor chip : Winbond W83627THF
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Status : enabled, rev. 3.0
AGP Data Transfer Rate : 8x
AGP Max Rate : -1x
AGP Side Band Addressing: supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size : 128 MBytes
Memory
DRAM Type : DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size : 512 MBytes
DRAM Frequency : 201.0 MHz
FSB:DRAM : CPU/10
CAS# Latency : 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# : 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge : 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) : 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (TRC) : 11 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer : 16 clocks
# of memory modules : 1
Module 0 : DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
Software
Windows version : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version : 9.0c
Now that the cpuz report is complete, let me inform you about my HD and Graphics Card:
Hard Drive : Maxtor DiamondMax 9 Plus 80 GB @ 133MHz
Graphics Card: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 5200 with 256 MB of memory
So here is my first question, which is relevant to all the above:
? What seems to be the problem and my CPU clock is limited to 2GHz? I've tried many different things on BIOS but unfortunately my Clock Multiplier can not be more than 10x? Is this a problem with my mainboard? Should I try to flash the BIOS?
Some more thoughts:
If I try to increase the FSB Frequency, then I get the expected speedups on my programs as long as the change is small. For example, if I set the FSB Frequency on 210 MHz I actually encounter a 5% (about) speedup in my performance. The problem is that on execution time, this FSB frequency changes (actually increases) and that can be onserved from CoreCenter. So as a result, I can not change the frequency that much since system hangs if it exceeds 240Mhz on FSB on execution time (I have reached 239 MHz at most without stability problems on execution time) - this value was obtained (if I remember correctly) by setting the FSB on 215 MHz, when my next step on 220 MHz caused a system crash soon afterwards...
Can you please help me so that I can have a 3000+ performance?
I know for sure that this is a problematic system setup, since my pc behaves more or less on execution times like one of a friend of mine which uses a plain AMD Athlon XP @ 2400 MHz. Needless to say, If I try to make a comparison of the current setup with a Pentium Processor, my system is equivalent to that of a Pentium @ 1,4 GHz (about) which is really irritating.
Thank you in advance for all your help on that one.
Test Beds: I use some programs I 've written in order to have a comperative analysis of my CPU. Hopefully, when this problem is fixed I will provide you with some useful feedback. This is the least I can do for your help.
Did you think that was it all about? Wrong! I have one more question:
? I have a Microsoft Intelli Wheel Mouse which doesn't close whenever I close my system. Why this thing happens? Is there a way of making that PS-2 mouse close whenever my system shutsdown?
Thank you in advance fo your help on all the above,
- Dimis -

Quote from: Supershanks on 16-May-05, 22:50:21
the memory settings in cpu-z looked like the timings used by corsair memory modules, which is why i suggested the memory voltage of 2.7v as a lot of people have problems from running memory @ auto voltage.(2.5v) it's a common oversight.
Very impressive must admit i pulled a homer, eyes started glazing over towards the end of the theory
Have tried running your hurdles cubic perm17.in in a command prompt window but it doesn't work for me sorry.
you might like to try Super Pi which performs a similar function to your program. Unfortunately the link seems to be broken at the minute Super Pi, Post Your Times
You might find it here Kanada Laboratory home page - See FTP Link If you can get it run it & hopefully you can then find some comparisons
luck
I want to thank you all guys for your feedback. Especially you Shanks for your links. At least these showed me that things were not as bad as I initially thought of on my machine!
So I had more guidance on the investigation of my initial problem (hurdles). I 've updated the page which now consists of new information. Perhaps you would all like to have a look again and observe something reaaaaallly strange. I would like to hear your explanations since I am only speculating ...
For your convenience I provide you the link once again:
AMD Processors - Comperative Analysis
Finally, I would like to remind you that if anyone has a solution to the problem I have with my mouse (refer to my initial post), I would be happy if you could share the solution with me!
Regards,
- Dimis -

No power on Socket 754 K8N Neo Platinum 7030-010

Hi, all -
I've stripped the system down to just:
Neo Platinum part MSI-7030-010
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (Socket 754) - retail, so original AMD HSF
512MB Corsair XMS PC3200 - half of an original 1gb TwinX pair
Dual 74gb WD Raptors in Raid 0, but tested with them detached.
Lite-on DVD burner (I misremember the model), but tested with it detached.
MSI Fx5500 AGP vid card, but tested with it pulled out.
No overclocking at all.
Standard PS2 Mouse and KB, though I also yanked those and tested with no better results.
This is sitting in a case that came with a QMax 330W psu:
+3.3 - 28A
+5 - 35A
+12 - 16A
+5VSB - 2A
-5V - 0.3A
-12V - 0.8A
"+5/+3.3 total 200W max"
"+5/+3.3/+12 total 330W max"
The whole system has been working juuuust fine since last August.
I built the rig for a friend, so here's their story - it suddenly started making a funny noise (thought to be PSU?) and the top of the case (above the PSU) was hot to the touch. Powered down and went to dinner. Later, it will not power up. You push the button, and there's NOTHING. No clicks, no temporary fan whirs, nothing. You could hear a pin drop.
I tested the PSU as far as starting it up, and it does start, but I don't have the equipment to test it for voltages. I tested the mobo as far as shorting out the power switch jumper with a screwdriver, and NOTHING. I also plugged in another psu that I had sitting around, with the same results. I was able to get the 2nd PSU to start while still plugged into the mobo, and the "D-Link 2" LEDs start at 4 red, and stay at 4 red.
My biggest clue is that manually shorting the power switch jumper on the mobo does nothing. I have entered an RMA request to MSI, but if anyone else has any thoughts, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks!
Rob

Thanks for the resource!
Two others I've read claim that I need no more than 300W under full load. I'll have them replace the PSU anyway.
MSI approved the mobo RMA, though, and I just disassembled the machine. Turns out that the stock AMD HSF - the one that came with the CPU - which I attached with the heatsink goo that came with the CPU - has cemented itself to the CPU. I "gently" pried the hsf out of the socket and it took the CPU with it!
I can't get the CPU off of the heatsink without some serious work.
Has anyone run into THAT one before?

MSI K8N NEO3-F Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX

I must not have stated my problem clearly. When I built my computer I turned on the power from the back, and the case lit up. (power switch on PSU) I was excited because this was my first build. When the bios popped up, it did not detect my hard drive. I then shut down the computer. I resat the ATA cables heading to my hard drive. When I went to turn the computer back on, the PC wouldn't start. I tried resitting everything on my Computer. I tried using only one RAM, resat video card, CPU, and even tried resetting the cmos.
Eventually I found that if I pull the lithium battery from my motherboard, my computer will turn on. The computer will run without the battery, or if I resit the battery. The battery on a motherboard only deals with the bios and the time and such. It doesn't make any sense at all. I am going to test my powersupply tomarrow and then my video card on a laiter date. I have tried replacing the battery. Getting around this problem wass not hard, I have installed games that look phenomal. I was succesfully able to install my OS also. Resetting the bios on every load up is not fun.
My other recent problem has been with the video card though(this is why im going to test with another VC). When I resit the battery after shut down, and turn my PC back on, the Video Card over powers it self. For three minutes the monitor wont recognize my card and my card pushes as if it was running DOOM3. Finally it steadies out and the monitor turnes on. Please help me out if you have any good info for me. I'll try anything at this point. I'm not computer illeterate.
I am an Intern with TWC's IT departement. I am also going to school for computer science. The A++ side of computing I had never learned.
.......Every where I go with this problem, no one seems to know the answer. No one will even throw ideas at me. Someone please help me out
Heres my PC:
ASPIRE ATX-AS520W
MSI K8N NEO3-F Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Sapphire Radeon X800Pro
Samsung Spinpoint 160GB
2*512 MB Crucial Memory

MaYBE I'm not really understanding the problem here...Are you trying to use the switch on the PSU to begin the boot process? If so, hopefully, you should continue to have trouble doing that, it's not supposeed to work that way. If the computer starts with the power switch on the PSU there might be a problem with the CMOS jumper, jbat1, being in the wrong position...continue to post your changes and progress and someone will continue to help you, there's a lot of good heads around here, but there's a lot of guys with problems too...add as much of your configuration info to your signature as you can find out, that will help us help you as well...

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum, Socket 939, nVIDIA nForce3 Ultra Chipset w/ 8X AGP (ATX)

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum, Socket 939, nVIDIA® nForce3 Ultra Chipset w/ 8X AGP (ATX)
and a 3500 90 nm amd 64.........is this a god combo ......Im swicthing mine for this(just the cpu and mobo) opions?..........any help is welcome...Its in the name of gamging...

Quote from: duffyone on 31-March-05, 11:54:15
Now... don't LOL, but there is a reason I picked the 3200+ instead of the 3000+, but I can't remember why???
Probably because the 3000+ only has a 9x maximum multiplier, whereas the 3200+ will go to 10x.
2600MHz at 9x means a FSB of 289MHz and ram at 289MHz for best performance. Will your ram do 289MHz? Of course you *can* run your memory and fsb async, but I prefer not to.
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