Another K8N Neo 2 won't post thread!!

Hi Everyone,
I've been reading all the threads regarding the old Neo 2 not posting problem ever since i got mine in October and it didn't post.
At first it worked sporadically, which was a pain, but bearable. The one day it wouldnt start for love nor a good kicking, just a few seconds of fans and that's it.
I've tried 3 keyboards, 1 of which i went out and bought. No joy. I've tried 4 power supplies, admittedly 2 of which where never going to be powerful enough, but still no joy from the one in my sig, even when running 'barebone' just the graphics card, memory and CPU.
I took the board back to the shop, they tested it and it only went and worked!!! This was during the period that it worked on and off though, and now it isnt working at all!! All the other components work in other computers, so do you reckon its a dead board?

wougle,
I'm doing my sherlock holmes bit
Maybe the components that weren't used in the shop
1) PSU - At present prime culprit - is it possible to test it either with 2600m set up or at shop.
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Each OCZ PowerStream family member includes the PowerFlex™ feature for fine-tuning the three adjustable power rails. An LED sits below each of the three adjustment dials; a green light indicates voltage is within ±5% of optimal, a yellow light indicates undervoltage, and red indicates overvoltage
Are they showing ok
2) Memory - does it stay on long eanough for it to be memory.
3) was it your CPU in Mobo at shop. If Yes then at present their in the working list.

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Another K8T Neo that won't post . . .

I'm having the same problem about my system not going through POST. D-bracket shows 4 red (CPU damaged or installed improperly). I've read all the previous threads dealing with this issue, but the distinguishing fact in my case is that the system has been running fine for four months. What started to happen is that the system would lose video unpredictably, though the power to the system remained on (could hear fans and, I thought, HDs). And now it won't boot.
Despite having the system work fine, I do have a couple of suspect components. My PSU is an Antec True 380, which puts out a maximum of 18A on the 12V line. I understand that this may not be enough.
The other x-factor is my memory. It was, at the time, on the list recommended by MSI: 2x 512MB Kingston DDR PC3200.
Anybody have any insight, given the machine's history of working fine?
Thanks for your help.
Steve

I now have two machines with a similar problem.
Symptoms are - machine hung after hardware install (windows had booted and was installing the driver). Hit the reset button. Machine cycles but then no POST, no video, (no anything much).
D-leds indicates Video/Video Memory/Memory problem.
RAM and Graphics worked fine in other machine.
One was a brand new M/B,CPU,RAM, PSU
other was running fine for 12months until I decided to add a network card.
I consider it highly unlikely that I've blown the PSU on two cases - alas they're both the same model as I liked it so much I bought another.
This seems to be a common problem.
Would be delighted to find a definative answer !!!!
p.s new M/B,CPU and RAM have been returned under warranty
p.p.s not a K8T. in fact two different model M/B

Another RS480M2-IL won't POST thread

Someone tell me I've missed something obvious!!!
I'm just putting together a new PC (HTPC actually), with an MSI RS480M2-IL motherboard (on board video etc), and it won't POST.
I'm now back to the mboard sitting on a stack of paper with CPU + fan, memory, the 2 power connectors, and power switch (off and old PC).
When the power is switched the CPU fan starts, and that's it, nothing on the monitor at all, it doesn't even power up.
There are no LED's on the mboard, and no speaker to beep that I can see.
I've built plenty of PC's in the past, and had lots of problems and always managed to sort it, but not this time!!!!
Any ideas what to try next?
Oh BTW I have tried the reset jumper for the bios as well.
Thanks
Mark

There are known and repeated problems with the Venice E3 core's memory controller and yours/ours and other motherboards. Try your DIMM in all 4 slots for post test. Some are reporting Slots 2 or 3 work for single DIMM. You may need to try the radical CMOS clear procedure I and others use between tests when you get the black screen and no post. To do the radical clear, pull the power plug, pop out the CMOS battery, and placed the CMOS jumper in discharge for 20 minutes.
E3 apparently also overheats due to not correctly dropping voltage (not what you'd want for HTPC).
The new Venice E6 cores are reported to fix the E3 bugs. Winchesters also work fine, as I can attest.
Danno

K8N Neo Platinum not passing POST

Hello,
I have just bought an MSI K8N Neo Platinum OEM and it will not pass POST. I have gone through all the items in the Sticky section, but still it won't pass. I don't know what to do.
Here's the hardware I have hooked up:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum motherboard (has "MS-7030 VER:1" written on it)
Athlon 64 3000+ CPU, 512 K L2 Cache (ADA3000AEP4AP)
Kingston RAM (KVR400X64C3A/512)
Radeon 7200 graphics card (about 4 years old)
Seasonic S12 380 PSU
Thermalright XP-90 heatsink w/ 90mm Nexus fan
I have hooked up the 24-pin power cable to the 20-pin motherboard slot using the 24-to-20 pin adaptor supplied with the PSU.
The 12v 4-pin CPU power cable is also plugged in.
The graphics card is plugged into the AGP slot. There is no other power connection needed.
I have installed the CPU with a Thermalright XP90 heatsink and a Nexus 90 mm quiet fan.
I have hooked up the fan to the motherboard C_FAN1 slot.
I have installed the RAM (Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512) into DIMM slot 1.
I attached the case fans to the power supply and hooked up the case speaker.
I have also hooked up the front panel power and reset switches.
I bought the motherboard OEM, so it did not include a D-bracket. I have built a pseudo-D-bracket using two-colour LEDs and plugged it into the D-bracket slot.
With this work done, I plugged in the power supply. The power supply has an on/off switch on the back. As soon as I turn on the switch, the computer tries to boot up. All the fans start spinning (power supply, CPU cooler, case fans, video card fan). Nothing appears on the screen. The case speaker emits a long beep, waits about 5 seconds, then beeps again, and continues this pattern forever. The documentation says that this indicates a memory issue.
My homemade D-bracket shows the following: initially, all the LEDs are red. Then, the LED across JLED1 pins 7 & 8 turns green (with all other LEDs red). I assume that this corresponds to LED 1 being lit, although it really looks like it should be LED 4. Next, the LED across JLED1 pins 5 & 6 turns green (with all other LEDs red). Once again, I assume this corresponds to LED 2 being lit, although it looks like it should be LED 3. I looked this up and the documentation indicates a memory error. To solve the problem, I have tried the following things:
1. Hitting reset. Same boot sequence.
2. Clearing the CMOS using the JBAT1 jumper. I left the jumper at "clear data" for about 10 minutes, then switched it back. Same boot sequence as before.
3. Clearing the CMOS by removing the battery. I left the battery out for 3 minutes, then 30 minutes, then 8 hours. Same boot sequence.
4. Removing the motherboard from the case. I placed the motherboard on the anti-static bag it came in. Repeated steps 1, 2 and 3. Nothing.
5. Move the RAM to DIMM slot 2 or 3. Tried steps 1, 2 and 3 again. The boot-up sequence was the same.
6. Different RAM. I have also tried using OCZ 400 MHz 512MB unbuffered DDR memory (OCZ400512V3). Performed steps 1-5 with identical results.
7. No RAM. Same boot problem.
8. No video card. Ditto.
9. No RAM or video card. Exactly the same as before.
As far as I can tell, all components are supported. The only item I am very unsure of is the graphics card. I do not have the exact specifications on it. When it is in my other computer, the driver details identify it only as a "Radeon 7200". However, it does have the "golden finger" shown at www.msicomputer.com/support/sup_tshoot.asp#1_3. Even if the video card is not compatible, it seems like the beep codes and D-bracket codes both indicate memory issues.
The only thing that I have noticed that is weird (other than the fact that the computer won't pass POST) is that when I turn on the power supply, the computer immediately boots up. I don't know whether or not this is normal.
Lastly, I do not know the current BIOS version. Is it possible that the BIOS is an early version that does not support my memory/CPU/video card? I bought the mobo OEM, so I do not know what BIOS it has loaded. Is there some way I can figure this out without passing POST? This is driving me absolutely insane.
Thank you for your help,
Kyle Renwick

Make sure the fan you are using for the xp90 is supporting RPM readouts .
Then try another AGP gfx card , sometimes you can have a no post due to that the graphics adapter wont start .
Take the system bare bone ( mobo + cpu + ram + gfx )
Have any award beep codes ? , note them down and decode them against
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
Still stuck !
Remove AGP + ram too .
The mobo shall beep (endless beeping )
Insert the ram , the mobo shall beep - missing gfx .
Got this far and you know cpu + memory initialize but have problems with gfx or other devices
later in the post/init process .
Do not have any usb devices connected to internal or external connectors ,
note that the USBOC pin un JUSB1/JUSB2 is NOT to be connected .
Also try altering between ps2 and usb keyboard as this also has caused non post situation for people .

Help! K8n Neo Platinum wont finish posting

I have a k8n neo platinum, newcastle 3200, 1gb corsair 2-3-3-6 ram, Westen Digital 200gb sata drive, and an Antec Truepower 430watt psu. Everything starts up correctly, but after about 30 seconds the board just powers down. I can attempt to reset it, but it powers down after about 10 seconds afterwords. After each time, the power light stays blinking but nothing else happens.
I think this may be related to the wrong newcastle temp readings bug (I was able to power it on long enough to check that my chip temp was 60deg C, but the heatsink was cold). My fan is a Thermaltake Venus 12. I was going to attempt to bios flash it, but I can't even power it on long enough to do that.
Any help would be extremely useful.

Actually, it was a folse positive. Seems that my problem was a keyboard problem of all things. After switiching the power connector around, it still just died when I went to use the keyboard. So I switched to a different keyboard.
I am having another problem though. I'm trying to install an OS (windows xp) and am facing random lockups during the installation. And at times, the keyboard just won't respond in the bios.
Temps are more or less fine, I think. They were toping at 68 deg C (newcastle temp bug). I'm too scared to update the bios and have it just lock up in the middle.
With a new keyboard plugged in, the original problem goes away, but if I set the bios to halt on "all errors", instead of the default "all but keyboard", it post hangs with the error message "keyboard is locked out - unlock the key" which may or may not be related. I would really like to be able to use my other keyboard, but that's even worse.
If anyone could shed some light on the crazy keyboard issues and the random lockups, that would be great. This motherboard is really starting to frustrate me.

(SOLVED) K8N SLI Platinum won't post with Saphire 5750

Hi everyone. Hope you all had a nice Xmas.
This is my first post on the forums. I’m from Portugal ,so I might write things that won’t make much sense to you but I´ll try to keep it simple.
I bought a Sapphire 5750 vapor-X for my kid's PC and I’m afraid I’m yet another one with the “black screen, no post” syndrome. I have tried the card on another system and it works fine.
What I did:
Remove old card (6800GT)
Put new card in
Reset CMOS
Switch PC on… no image on screen.
The fan on the graphics card starts spinning, the blue lights are ON, but no dice. My HDD LED stays on, my CD+DVD drives LEDs keep flashing but system won’t post, not even show MSI logo.
If I remove new card and get my old one back in the PC, it will post first time.
I have spent Xmas reading forums and haven’t found anything but a lot of ppl with the same problem and no real solution for it.
Hope you guys can help .

MSI forum:
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Yup,I think I have the same issue with you,man.But I have solved it as I flash the latest beta bios V192.Contact MSI Online OCSS to get the BIOS to solve your issue...
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131546.0
1 thread hinting a board cant support Gen2 cards:
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Comments:
Nov 18, 2009- BTW, I do not even get to BIOS screen at all. All is black as if no card is plugged in.
Nov 19, 2009- After a few hours of search the result is:
Some ASRock boards do not support GEN2 video cards (such as Radeon HD 5770).
Only solution found: New motherboard.
http://www.fixya.com/support/t3235972-asrock_wolfdale1333_d667_radeon_5770
AMD forum
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If i remember right 1.0 is x8 and 1.1 is x16 and i far as i know it will never work as this issue go's back 2 years when the 8800GT hit the market and it would not work on PCI Express 1.0 but it would on 1.1
http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=124445&enterthread=y
driver heaven:
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Warning about the HD5770 well at least on my computer the XFX HD5770 + a PCIe 1.0 slot = doesn't work. Again this was on my computer. I have another computer that it ran on fine using a PCIe 2.0 slot (Asrock 780g board), but my MSI K9A Platinum would not power that card. So you may need to replace your motherboard if it uses a PCIe 1.0 slot.
http://www.driverheaven.net/ati-graphic-cards/191317-5770-performance-increase.html#ixzz2jP3dOQ9e
allover ppl are having problems with 5xxx series on older systems.
i know some comments, solutions and explanations are closer to witchcraft than anything else but where there is smoke.....

MSI k8n neo platinum hangs after post single beep

Today I powered off my computer, and when I tried to power it back up the x850 fan just runs at full speed, and never drops to idle and the screen stays dark. If I reset the bios then it will post as far as asking to press Del to enter setup, but freezes at that point. This thing has been running like a champ and this is the first problem I've ever had! I unhooked/unplugged everything but the keyboard/video/ram/cpu. Tried running with four different memory modules in single channel and dual channel but no luck there either. None of the hardware below has been changed in the last six months. Any ideas? TIA!
The indicator lights read:
R G
R G
According to the manual this means:
Testing Base and Extended Memory
Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended
memory above 1MB using various patterns.
AMD 64 4000+
MSI K8N Neo Plat Rev1
PQI BH5 512x2
ATI x850 AGP
SATA 10k RPM Primary
Antec P/S

Quote from: flobelix on 07-February-07, 07:09:19
Core2Duo E6400 would be a gain of about 15% compared to 4000+ ( in games 1024x768, no aniso or aa). Quality options and better resolution would shorten the gain. Other applications than games e.g. cinebench would run a lot faster on the C2D. The main advantage compared to the 4000+ would be dual core because many future games will be optimized for this. Question is: Is this worth $272?
With only one 7600GT installed you won't be able to play most of the new games in full detail because of lacking 3d power although Core2Duo installed. The gain of cpu performance will be therefor useless (if main focus is on gaming). 7600GT sli-array would be an option for full detail and using more cpu power but it would also be slower than one 7950GT for nearly the same amount of money spent for 2 7600GT.
1. If you need a gaming pc I'd only buy a new C2D if you can also afford high end vga. Otherwise cpu power is wasted.
2. 7600GT is only an option if you want to save money now and you want a second one later. Buying two now to get a sli-array isn't very clever. Less performance than 7950GT, same price.
3. Buying one gig of ddr2 isn't very clever either. More and more applications need more than 1 gig (for example vista!). When changing to ddr2, change to 2 gig dual channel kit.
4. Getting $300 for your old stuff seems quite optimistic to me.
Conclusion: Save your money for better vga! Take back 7600gt, keep old vga and 4000+, wait for a little time and buy Geforce 8800 GTS. Increase of gaming performance would be unbelieveable. After providing high end vga you can upgrade to C2D in next step and receive a noticeable increase of performance in all kinds of applications.
Hmm.. very good points. I went and read some reviews of the upcoming 8600 and 8800. They are quite impressive for the money. I believe I'll return everything and find a limp-a-long $50 mobo to replace the dead msi. It looks like holding out for quad core with dual SLI is the real gain over my current setup. On a side note I won't be running vista until after sp1 or possible sp2. No tangible benefit to me! What suggestions do you have for a solid performing mobo for the following:
socket 939
4 240pin DDR slots
AGP (My X850 XT is still strong enough for everything I do)
SATA 1.5 (no need for the faster one as I have none of those drives)

K8N Neo FSR doesn't post

Hello all,
I have just finished building a new system, based on the Athlon64 and using the K8N Neo FSR mobo. Of course the system doesn't post, it instead gives out an endless series of beeps, about 3 seconds apart, and the D-Bracket gives me the error code in which only LED #3 is green - meaning "Initialing keyboard controller" which means nothing to me, as the keyboard is hooked up, and I checked re-checked and double re-checked the connection.
So I go about the usual diagnosis tactics, disconnecting device after device until I am left with only the CPU and one module of RAM, and still no post. I tried swapping the PSU (both rated 500w, although only 18a on the 12v+ rail). I also tried a memory module from a working system (a P4 one). I tried resetting the CMOS using the jumper.
One weird sidenote, is that the system did post twice (from over a hundred times) but it didn't get past the system information screen.
I have built several systems in my life, and this is the hardest time I ever had.
If anyone could think of something useful (except buy a new mobo), I would be very grateful.
Full system spec (if it helps, I tried it completely barebones and it made no difference):
CPU - Athlon64 3200+, including generic Heatsinc and Fan
Motherboard - MSI K8N Neo FSR, Award Bios
Memory - 2x512 Corsair value 400Mhz DDR
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar 200Gb S-ATA 150
Graphics Card - PNY Verto Geforce 6800 GT
PSU - L&C p4 LC-B500E - +3.3v 28A, +5v 50A, +12v 18A, -5v 0.8A, -12v 1A, 5VSB 2.5A
Several other optical drives that are currently disconnected, pending system starting to function.
No O.S has been installed yet, as the system doesn't even post.
Thanks in advance.

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Originally posted by egg1981
Hello all,
I have just finished building a new system, based on the Athlon64 and using the K8N Neo FSR mobo. Of course the system doesn't post, it instead gives out an endless series of beeps, about 3 seconds apart, and the D-Bracket gives me the error code in which only LED #3 is green - meaning "Initialing keyboard controller" which means nothing to me, as the keyboard is hooked up, and I checked re-checked and double re-checked the connection.
So I go about the usual diagnosis tactics, disconnecting device after device until I am left with only the CPU and one module of RAM, and still no post. I tried swapping the PSU (both rated 500w, although only 18a on the 12v+ rail). I also tried a memory module from a working system (a P4 one). I tried resetting the CMOS using the jumper.
One weird sidenote, is that the system did post twice (from over a hundred times) but it didn't get past the system information screen.
I have built several systems in my life, and this is the hardest time I ever had.
If anyone could think of something useful (except buy a new mobo), I would be very grateful.
Full system spec (if it helps, I tried it completely barebones and it made no difference):
CPU - Athlon64 3200+, including generic Heatsinc and Fan
Motherboard - MSI K8N Neo FSR, Award Bios
Memory - 2x512 Corsair value 400Mhz DDR
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar 200Gb S-ATA 150
Graphics Card - PNY Verto Geforce 6800 GT
PSU - L&C p4 LC-B500E - +3.3v 28A, +5v 50A, +12v 18A, -5v 0.8A, -12v 1A, 5VSB 2.5A
Several other optical drives that are currently disconnected, pending system starting to function.
No O.S has been installed yet, as the system doesn't even post.
Thanks in advance.
I got the same problem let me know if u fix this....

K8n Neo Platinum Won't shut down

Here's what I have:
K8N Neo 8 Platinum V.1
AMD 64 3000+
1 GB (2x512) OCZ 400 DDR
Seagate ST3120026A (120GB)
Seagate ST3160815A (160GB) (both 7200 Barracudas)
GeForce 7600 GT (MSI)
XP Pro SP3 with all "critical" updates
Antec SL350S (350W) PSU
And a problem.
When I shut down, Windows goes thru its normal shutdown routine and the machine shuts down as it should. Then, in a few seconds, the fans start back up and the floppy drive begins "ticking" as if it were seeking, but it has no disk in it. This continues until I kill power to the machine. (I guess, I've never let it run for more than about 10-15 seconds. I figure it can't be good.)
I have disabled all "start on" settings in the BIOS and read many postings here and elsewhere, but nothing seems to fit. I have either missed something or else this is odd. (Shoot, I know it's odd, but how odd is a mystery.)
This is my (adult) son's machine, which I built several years ago. I have a similar one (not as 'game adapted') that I use. It performs perfectly and always has. I have a fair level of technical skill, but this one has me stumped. If someone has seen this before, I'd appreciate some advice.
Thanks,
CJon

K8N Neo 8 Platinum V.1
Neo 8 Platinum. No such thing. How about if you look between the PCI slots and let us know what you actually have.
K8N Neo2 Platinum, K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0), K8N Neo Platinum
Just me being picky but your BIOS date doesn't match anything either, probably typo. 1.9 should be 2005-09-09 for any of them.
As for what Fredrik says about PSU, +12V~22-26A minimum for system with 7600GT.
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Corsair VX450W, +3.3V~20A, +5V~20A, +12V~33A
DVD-I/O Magic 16X Dual Format 8X Double Layer LightScribe burner
2 Maxtor 80GB SATA, 1 Maxtor 60GB IDE 1
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Have you sucessfully overclocked you K8N Neo FSR? Plz post details.

Hi guys !
Im still stuck with my system that does NOT want to be overclocked so I wanted to know if I'm the only one or not ?
If you have managed to overclocked you system using K8N Neo FSR please post you details.
And I'm also looking for tips on how to bypass issues related to unsucessful overclocking.
Thank You.
I've managed to do this so far...
A64 3200+ NewCastle CG-stepping @ 210x11 vCore 1.55
Corsair Value Select DDR 400 @ 3-3-3-8-2T VDimm 2.70
using official BIOS version 1.4
But that's it...
If I increase vDimm above 2.75 = NoBoot/Unsucessful Windows Login
If I increase FSB above 210 = NoBoot/Unsucessful Windows Login
If I set FSB 230x10 = NoBoot/Unsucessful Windows Login
If I set timings to higher values e.g. 3-5-5-10 = NoBoot/Unsucessful Windows Login

Gen,
I found a few interesting things last night. 1st, I was having a problem with my CPU and Northbridge fans throttling down to about 1/3 speed after a few minutes of use. I disabled the Northbridge and CPU target fan settings in BIOS. You can find these options in the System Health menu of your BIOS. Also, if you have enabled the "Optimized" option in your BIOS, please disable it and set to "manual". The only option I've found to help is to select "Aggessive" timings for your memory. It doesn't change your speed in the BIOS for some reason, but it does do something else because my memory bandwidth is about 60 more with this setting enabled instead of disabled (3430 Int / 3430 Float in Sandra 04 versus 3493 / 3496 with the setting enabled. OF ALL THINGS MAKE SURE TO DISABLE THE "OPTIMIZED" function and leave it set at manual. Also, shoot me your current memory timings one more time. Are you using BIOS rev. 1.4? Let me know. Sorry it takes so long between posts, but I check from both work and home and it's usually several hours between getting chances to check for updated posts. I didn't have to reduce the HT setting on my overclock (I'm still running 4X), but I've read several posts where a setting of 3X will help if you're having problems o/cing. Also, on your memory timings make sure and set your DRAM to FSB ratio at Auto. This allows the memory to sync with your FSB speed. And, I don't remember if I mentioned it before, but be sure to set your AGP speed to 67 (66 is the default). At a setting at 67 it will positively lock your PCI and AGP clocks to 67 and 33 respectively, making sure that you aren't overstressing any of your PCI devices or you video card.

K8N Neo Platinum VERY Slow POST

Hello,
I have a K8N Neo Platinum and have been running it successfully with win2k for a few years now. My system went down and I decided to update everything when putting it back together. I'm using Win 2K and trying to get XP64 to work. A long story short is that I used Live Update to download the latest BIOS. V2.1 dated 11-11-05. Ever since then the board takes AGES to boot. From the first beep to the completion of memory test is about 5 minutes. After that everything works just fine. During the 5 minute delay there is nothing I can do to get it to respond. There is nothing on the screen indicating that anything is going on. Quickboot is enabled in the BIOS. I tried stepping back to the 1.9 bios and still the same issues. Unfortunately I didn't backup the working BIOS. :(
I'm pretty stumped on this one. If anyone has ever seen this problem and knows how to help that would greatly be appreciated.

Tried to reset the bios by removing the cmos battery and leave it for 10 minutes and set the default values. Tried to avoid using the the liveupdate as it causing a lot of problems. Used the manual way to flashed our bios is better. I'm sure that you've selected the wrong bios when you flash it.
ps: please create your rig and put in your signature including the psu and bios revision so others can help you.

K8N Neo FSR won't boot.

I've flashed mainboard BIOS using LiveUpdate from v1.6 to latest v1.9 for some reason (CPUID for Sempron 64bit, low DDR speed). Everything ok . Then XP became unstable (blue screens) and finally PC wont boot (one LED is green, nothing appears on the monitor) . Any idea, except to put it back to the reseller, what I probably have to?
Does anyone have the dg. LED description for this board (there's neither anything in my printed manual nor I've found this in the web)? The description was there for older mainboards, why is this not there now???

you did the big mistake if you used live update!!!
Bios flashing and live update:
look at this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84865.msg606175#msg606175
and this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=14909.0
and this https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=69.0
something abou Bios recovery:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=71165.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=65951.0
btw look at this, it`s about bios version 1.9 for MS-7030, this bios has lots of bugs at K8N Neo-FSR:
look at this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=87562.0
and this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=86772.0
I suggest you to revert back to official version 1.7 (which is stable) or modded version 1.56 by pinochio...look at this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=59711.0 and also look at syar`s collection: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~chsmith/Syars_Bios_Collection/
go to NEO1 and download 7030MOD.156

New K8T Neo FIS2R won't post

I have looked at all the other threads in this forum, but can't find the solution.
Specs:
New K8T Neo FIS2R
New A64 3000+
New Mushkin 3500 Level One (Cas 2) 2x512MB
New Antec 550 (24A on the 12V)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
When I give it power, all the fans come on, the 4 LEDs on the bracket stay lit up, and then don't change, but I get no video or any other indications (such as beeps). The 4-Pin power connector, is securely connected in the proper location. The standard ATX connector is also secure. I'd link to a picture to prove it, but my camera is charging right now.
Currently I have only power wires, power switch, system speaker, video card, and 1 stick of RAM in the first slot. I have tried it without the video card, without RAM, with RAM in different slots, just about any combination I can think of. I have even cleared the CMOS a few times. Nothing changes, I always get stuck with the 4 LEDs. I don't have anything connected to the USB headers either (that was mentioned in another post).
I know some people have mentioned that the Antec 550's 24A on the 12V isn't great, but it should be more than enough amps, the way my system is setup right now.

Hi
It does not sound like a major prob, it sounds like a PSU or memory problem, anyway of checking MOBO with another PSU with at least 20A on the 12v. Also check the memory sticky at top of the posts and see if your OK memory wise, another possibility is that one of the mounting screws is tracking from the board - try removing screws and see if it boots, also check none of the cables are touching the case or MOBO.
MOBO and CPU seem fairly resilent, so faulty parts are not to likely, although one never knows. Another thought the Jbat1 Cmos jumper is on pins 1 & 2, 1 is marked on board, and you could try clearing CMOS. a corrupted bios could also cause this.
Best of luck, lets know how you go
Jocko
PS. looking at the stickys at top, Bas has put one there about a compitition by MSI, one of the questions is about Radeons needing extra power( has an April 1st entry date!!), it is worth checking, does your Radeon have its own supply, you could always remove it and see if it boots.
Cheers

K8N Neo Platinum Beeps no POST

So.. I just bought this board off of ebay and the seller Claimed, tested + working before shipping.. I can still return it but I'll try and diagnose everything I can first.
Motherboard came with AMD Athlon64 3400+ (2ghz) and heatsink.
What it's doing: Flick power switch on the power supply, system comes on automatically, all fans spin up, power LED comes on, all 3 LED's on ps2 keyboard flash for a second, then no video.. yet one steady beep in the PC Speaker, it just repeats the beep every couple seconds.
What I've done:
Tried generic single stick of DDR-333 1gb ram in slot DDR1, tried slot DDR2, tried slot DDR3, same error
I went and swapped out the ram in my roomie's PC (two matched sticks of corsair ddr 400mhz, 512mb each, working at time of removal from his machine) with this single stick of 1gb 333mhz ddr, the single stick works in his machine and I get the 400mhz ones to diagnose with in this neo machine.
Tried a single 512mb-400 stick in DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, same beep, same no video.
Tried a both 512mb-400 sticks in DDR1+DDR2, DDR2+DDR3, DDR1+DDR3, same beep, same no video.
Two video cards I have: Riva TNT2 32mb, and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256mb. Both video cards come up and show video and work normally in a AMD Slot-A motherboard I have in another chassis, so I know they work. I've tried each one, with both the generic 333 ram, and the corsair ram, still beep, still no video.
I've cleared the cmos with the jumper and all power off... left it for 5 minutes that way, then put the jumper back, and reconnected power, tried again, same beep, same no video. I'm now trying leaving it with the battery removed and the power removed, and I'll leave it sitting for about an hour until after dinner then try again.
Power supply being used: RAIDMAX 380 watt: 26A +3.3v, 29A +5v, 18A +12v, 0.5A -5v, 0.8A -12v, 2A +5Vsb
Now, according to some other posts, some of you may be thinking "OMG not 24A or more on the +12v side!" well I've used this exact power supply to power both my intel I7-920 system (1 hard drive, no 3d video card at the time), and my Intel LGA-775 Quad Core machine (4 hard drives, 8500GT video card) at different times, and never had a single issue using it in either machine. If it's capable of powering those two newer machines, it should at least be able to handle a little nforce3 with a single-core processor.
Do the "Neo" line of motherboards some how absolutely require higher-end power supplies to perform basic functions like just powering on?
Can anyone think of anything I'm missing here? perhaps I have a corrupted bios some how in this board? I'm not sure at this point.

Yeah I swapped it for my 500-watt ThermalTake power supply (Split rail, 20 amps +12v1, 22 amps +12v2) and it beeps just the same. The riva tnt2 card doesn't require any external power source like the radeon 9800XT does, neither work... I even tried four different PCI video cards (no external power needed there), it just doesn't want to come on.
Well, Thank you all for all of your assistance... I think in the end it's just not going to come on and the guy from ebay's willing to return it so I guess I'll send it back. Kinda sad I couldn't get it working though, it looks like a nice motherboard.

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I changed a few BIOS settings in my machine. Everything was working fine before; all I switched (to my recollection) was changing the boot order and also switching from Manual to Automatic for High Performance Timings (named something like that).
After doing this, the machine won't even POST; I get a ~2 second long beep shortly after turning the machine on, and this beep repeats with a ~2 second pause between each beep.
I have tried:
- taking out the memory in bank 2
- taking out both DIMMs
- doing the JBAT1 CMOS reset (pins 1-2 going to 2-3)
- doing the 'remove the battery' CMOS reset
- doing both the JBAT1 and battery reset approaches, leaving it in 2-3 and battery out all last night
After all of these, there was no change -- I still get the beeps.
D-Bracket seems to have the bottom left light red, and the rest green, if I recall.
Any guesses? Thanks.
Corbett
MS-7030
Athlon64-3000+
1 GB RAM (Corsair Value Select)
Leadtek 6600GT 128MB
2xSeagate 200 GB PATA
NEC-3550A
Antec Sonata

Ah, to clarify -- I looked at the Basic Troubleshooting Guide for the exact description of what the D-Bracket is showing. It looks to be "Initializing Keyboard Controller".
Maybe someone else knows -- in the list of all of the D-Bracket codes -- which are meant to be green and which are meant to be red? (As the page has white and black..so I'm trying to confirm that I'm right in mapping correctly between white/black and red/green; if my mapping is backwards, then it really means "Assign Resources to all ISA").
As for possible memory issues -- if I hadn't changed anything in the BIOS other than memory timings -- wouldn't resetting the CMOS have gone back to default timings (which were working a-ok until I made that BIOS change). (Plus, I don't have any other RAM, so I'm looking for other things to also try

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