[Athlon64] RS480M2 RAID 0+1

How to enable RAID 0+1 in RS480M2 motherboard. The board manual says it supports it. Whether it supports on 4 SATA drives or on 2 SATA and 2 IDE.

Quote from: ajrobson on 09-March-06, 19:55:22
4 identical drives to set up Raid 0/1?? Oh no.... I dearly hope that isn't correct because if it is, then I ain't gonna do it as I am not spending another $200 on 2 more Raptors.
lol lucky you have not got the 150Gb version http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/06/wd1500ad_raptor_xtends_performance_lead/
Don't get me wrong WD R are fast but costly.
From what I under stand |RAID 0 needs the same drive RAID 1 need the same drive.
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_0_1.html 0+1

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[Athlon64] PATA RAID Roaring

I got the PATA - RAID array setup and it went very well actually. There are so many options that
there was some trial and error. Once I got to windows I had to go to disk management and activate the array. I don't recall seeing that writtrn anywhere.
What surprised me was have striping works. I just thought I'd get one drive for 80 gb but I got one for 160 gb.
Can't say why I choose that over security except that I have backups of my backups particularly now with all the prep that went into
setting this up. I had to dump a few games but if need be I have all the savegames.
Partition Magic doesn't really know what to make of the new arrangemnet but I think I confused it. What's a good option besides partition magic?
I was having a real bugger getting a new XP install because the installer reported it had to put some files on my array but couldn't in it's present form. I didn't understand why but knew what it wanted to do and since I'd been through that I said no way!
I used ghost to clone my install and was able to make this a dual booter(which I must have for testing new programs before I decide to keep them) but strangely I had to unhide as well as set the parttion active.....welll Blah, blah, blah...eh?
This chart is in my manual and it doesn't make a hell of alot of sense to me. Unless it just states that the Promose controller
can support RAID or SATA but not both. I was able to create the PATA array but I could run my SATA drive of the same controller
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This is one great motherboard. I haven't had any trouble with it at all. In fact this whole setup has lasted me longer than any previous setup I've had.
Well, it's back to sorting things out and fixing all the shortcuts but that's waaaaaaaayyy better than reinstalling everything
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Quote from: mnmsi on 13-January-06, 09:31:23
The chart basically spells out in a confusing way that you can hook up your SATA & PATA drives in any combination you want EXCEPT you cannot hook up only a second PATA drive without a first PATA drive. SATA does not have this restriction.
Does it reveal if I can hook my PATA RAID up and my SATA drive to the Promise controller?
I couldn't seem to get that done but I'm not going to fool with it anymore for awhile as I am now back to the "enjoy using my computer"
phase
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[Athlon64] RS480M2 - Video replay from SATA vs PATA

I have built a HTPC and have been frustrated by the jerky replay of video (both recorded TV and ripped DVDs) from the SATA HDD.
When playing video from the SATA disk, the system "stutters" occasionly with a lot of disk activity then the disk activity light goes out for a while and replay is smooth, then the disk light comes on and the replay "stutters" again. This happens with all the various DVD players (PowerDVD, ZoomPlayer etc) I have tried. However, if the video file is on the PATA disk, then the replay is smooth and disk activity light is almost continuously on.
The Device Manager shows everything operating correctly. Is the MSI SATA implementation a bit suspecton this board? Is there a special configuration required for the SATA drive ?
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Enki, the re-install was pretty much in the steps as described, (although I had to tell the BIOS that there was a floppy, then I altered the boot sequence to boot from the CD) it was a "repair" as all my software and data was still there. As this is primarily an HTPC there were gigabytes of movies and CDs, all replaceable so I was not going to cry if I lost it all so I did not back it up. Also, I used the floppy that came with the motherboard as it had the same version of drivers as on the MSI web page.
I did remove the X-Card and the TV card before starting. I found that I also had to unplug the IDE drive to reduce my confusion as the repair install wanted the IDE drive to be "C" drive.
The F6 part is right at the beginning after booting from the CD, then came a "repair console" if I remember right, that wanted the Administrator password and did not seem to do anything, just droped me back to a DOS prompt. After hitting that a couple of times I just continued through thinking I was going to have to do a scratch install, but windows comes up and asks if you want to Install XP, repair a previous installation or quit. You will have to re-enter the activation codes from the XP CD and then run XP SP2 and redo all your updates, plus AVG anti virus had to be re-installed.
Have a good read of www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm (I found this link after I had done the re-install).
After that it was a matter of plugging in and re-installing the hardware.
I also found that My Theatre had a different machine code (I suspect because of the change from IDE) and I had to re-enter my activation code before it would register.
Good luck and I hope that these notes have been of use.

[Athlon64] Installed RAID 0 updated win XP no boot

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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=40859.0

[Athlon64] RS480M2-IL for 3d modelling / rendering

Hi,
Iam planning to build a new system based on RS480M2 -IL and Athlon 64 3200+.
Main objectives are digital video editing, DVD authoring and occasional gaming.
Planning to take up 3d modelling / animation in the near future ( MAYA 3ds max)
Thought of RS480 because, I can use the onboard graphics for the time being and later swith to ATI fire gl pci express workstation graphics when I seriously start 3d work.
Will the configuration be stable enough for 3d rendering etc? or should I think of a Nforce 4 based system?
Tia

Well for whatever it is worth the 3D modeling will be heading quickly to x64 and the 64 bit CPU's as their platform of choice. As yet though there is a holdup with the ATI boards using x64 as they lack drivers. I would say that at the moment the Via and NVidia chipsetted boards are a better choice. Besides that the small form factor while nice for home theater is not especially conducive to heavy upgradability. I would opt for a more standard build for your purposes.
JMHO

[Athlon64] RS480M2-IL + GFX CARDS ?

Hi i have recently bought a x-qpack and put a rs480m2 in it but i was wondering which gfx card i can get for this motherboard, because ive been reading the forums and some people have had some problems with all sorts of gfx cards, so is there anyone out there who knows a good gfx card that runs good with this mobo.
p.s i want to use the pc for gaming

Quote from: 1ck on 09-September-05, 02:50:55
whats your HDD problems ??
It's strange, good SDRs but very slow seek times here is the problem discussed a little deeper.

[Athlon64] RS480M2-IL with nVidia GF 6800 giving problems

Ok so, I bought and contructed my rig and got everything to post, installed win xp pro, all the drivers, flashed a bios update and everything was going good. I installed Battlefield 2 and was about 5 minutes into the game when it froze on me. I'm not sure why this is, but I have isolated that it has to be a graphics problem, since I have tested my ram, made sure the fan controll was disabled and my cpu was remaining cool enough to run (which it was). So, I can't really see it being anything else. I reinstalled the nVidia drivers, still same problem. It happened when I tired to play Half-life 2 and doom 3 so... any suggestions?

Quote from: Vladk on 26-September-05, 04:11:48
I am not sure how related this is but I have a very similar problem. I have MSI 6800 256Meg and RS480M2 board. 3DMark05 freezes in the first test.
My PSU is fine since it runs a much more power hungry system that the one I built with RS480.
Right now I have RS480+2Gigs ram (tried with 1 Gig, no difference), MSI 6800 256, and a hard drive.
Prime 95 goes on for hours with no problems. The videocard works just fine in a different machine.
So far I tried all kinds of BIOS settings, got the latest drivers for everything, still no luck, constant freezing in 3DMark05.
I checked temperatures and everything is running quite cool. I am out of ideas, I really want this solved, two MSI products not liking each other is not very nice :=)
same here,
I built a rig for a buddy (see specs below) and it will not run a 3d game or benchmark. Anyone have any ideas?????????? The onboard graphics work fine but plug in the vidcard in the PCIE slot and it will crash running games or benchmarks. All drivers are up to date. Numerous BIOS tweaks. Is there some secret setting somewhere to disable the onboard or do I have to leave it enabled?????????
Athlon 64 3500 (Venice)
MSI RS480M2-IL
Phoenix Bios v3.80
XFX Nvidia 6800 256 mb ram (Nvidia 78.01 driver)
1024 mb Corsair Value Select RAM in banks 1&2
coolmax 500W PSU
Seagate 160GB SATA HDD
Lite on DVD Burner.

[Athlon64] RS480M2-IL, Can I change SATA drivers?

The performance is really slow using just a SATA drive in Windows XP. Can I swap out the ATI SATA driver with a Silicon Image Driver?

ATI driver is a version of the Silicon 3x12 driver. I was wondering if I could use an update Silicon Image driver. thats all.

[Athlon64] RS480M2 Media Center SP/DIF Dolby Output

I recently built a Media Center using this board. I chose this board because of it's form factor and the inclusion of SP/DIF. However, I have been unable to get a digitally encoded stream from the port. Any content that is DD encoded will not output as such from the SP/DIF port. Is this a hardware limitation or do I have something configured incorrectly?
P.S. - Just to bo clear, I do get sound from the port, just not multi channel.

Put a DVD in and start playing it. Put media center in window mode so you can see the system tray. Right click on the nVidia DVD encoder icon. Select Properties, select Audio tab, click radio button for "a receiver", then a check box will appear for "via an SPDIF cable", check it.
See if that enables your SPDIF out.

[Athlon64] RS480M2 v3.4 BIOS

Anyone try it yet?
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=639&kind=1
Its also at http://www.msicomputer.com/support/bios_result.asp but this isn't a static link.
I'll have a report by tomorrow on my results with it.
-jonatj

Well it didn't blow my system up.
Sept1967 is correct the version 3.4 update adds:
Firewire - Enable/Disable
NIC - Enable/Disable
removes fan controller hex values, you can just specify High, Med, Low temps.
It also removes the DRAM config option for Continuous, whatever that did.
I haven't check any CAS timings, but I'd also like to determine if the USB2 rebooting problem has been straightened out.
Overall, I think they just streamlined the options a little and removed stuff that wasn't working right anyway. There are some new drivers that have been posted for the ATI Xpress chipset too. I've got those installed and no problems yet. I'm still using the Realtek NIC drivers from MS Windows. But IGP, Audio, SMBus, etc has been updated with no issues.
Oh, the one thing I did notice is that PC Alert 4 is now broken. It did report the correct temps before I upgraded the BIOS and ATI drivers. I'm not sure which upgrade broke it, but now its showing my board temps at 146 C or something crazy like that.
Let's keep posting our findings.
-jonatj

[Athlon64] -(RS480M2) - Best choice: SATA or IDE Drive ?

Yesterday I orderered a above mentioned MOBO and today I am reading some posts to see what the subjects mainly are.
And I am a bit confused about the choice I made for the HD...it´s a SATA Maxtor diamondmax 10 200G (no other HD).
There seems to be a solution for bad performance with SATA, but is it still is a good choice working with this solution (concerning performance and trouble) ?? Or is it better to change it to an IDE drive while it still can...

Go with the SATA Maxtor, they are fast, quiet and good value. Just make sure you install it in the BIOS and Windows correctly.
I have updated my post to include HD Tach measurements for a Samsung IDE drive alongside a DiamondMax 10 SATA https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=86831.0
I intend to give the Samsung to the next member of my family that runs out of disk space and get another DiamondMax 10 for my system. Will have to get another SATA cable as well 'cause MSI only give you one with the motherboard.

What makes my comp slow?

I am coming from a much slower machine, this new one doesn't feel nearly as fast as I had hoped. Used to have an Athlon XP 1600, single 7.2k RPM drive, 512MB RAM. Now I have Athlon64 3000+, RAID 0 on 10k RPM drives, 1GB ram. The computer barely feels faster. The load times are almost identical.
However, from what I can tell, my benchmark scores are within acceptable range. I wonder if I need a faster CPU to really see that performance boost I was looking for? Mostly I want to decrease application loading times. It thought it was a result of slow HDD but these new ones don't really speed it up much. I do notice that when opening many programs my CPU utilization gets pegged at 100%. I assume if I got a faster CPU so it didn't peg at 100 the load to would down.

Could be a lot of things. However, if you're benchmarks are good then it's probably just your imagination
Other than that, my first guess would be spyware and/or virus.
1) Make sure you have a firewall installed and configured and working.
2) Install all Windows updates if that's what your OS is.
3) Chkdsk and Defrag
4) Run, update and scan with
Adaware SE
Spybot S&D
CWShredder
Antivirus
5) Repeat step 3 until all problems are gone. You may need to do it in Safe Mode to get rid of persistent stuff. Don't worry about the "DSO exploit" reported by Spybot S&D, it's a known issue with Spybot, and as long as XP is up to date, you're not in any danger.
6) Chkdsk and Defrag (yes, again)
Good luck.

MOVED: [Athlon64] Now overclock your RS480M2-IL..!!

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[Athlon64] Now overclock your RS480M2-IL..!!

Quote from: Beartrap on 06-October-05, 00:18:10
I've just upgraded a Windows XP Professional..................I'm using the latest BIOS for the motherboard and have installed the version 5.9 drivers from the ATI website. All of the problems go away when I run a crappy old ATI Rage3D PCI video card, so this is definitely all related to the onboard video.
Please help me resolve these issues! Thanks in advance!
use the driver from here.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_detail.php?UID=639&kind=1

[Athlon64] Amd64/Msi RS480M2/XP64

Hello all.
I have a problem I hope someone has the answer to. I have the rs480m2 board and I love it.I am running xpsp2 32 bit with a serial raid and all is well. I am trying to do a fresh install of XP64 and I load the drivers as needed by pressing f6 and they load and then setup continues, but just before the formating time is says, no hard disks detected..blah blah blah...I contacted MSI and they sent me xp64 drivers and I also got drivers from Silicon Image's website but neither do the trick.Anyone have an idea?
TIA

Quote from: Ui30 on 01-July-05, 17:53:52
Okay, that's clear to me now!
Let's begin from start.
First of all, check your bios settings. Be sure that your SATA-controller is enabled.
Then, see to it that your sata-drive is set as the first boot-device. Can you see your SATA-drive in the bootlist?
Now, when you start your system, you should see a SATA-screen after your post-screen. It states what drives are attatched to your SATA-controller...
Then, start your Windows etup and use the right driver to install Windows XP.
You MUST choose the right driver: most of the time, there are more driver versions on a diskette.
Run Windows setup as usual.
All drives are listed all drives are working in windowsxp 32 bit version.The bios is set correctly and my drives are seen by the sata raid utility with 1 drive as the boot.But windows xp64 doesnt see them.I am using the windows xp 32 bit version as we speak..it is my only system.I am currently running 2 drives in stripe mode

[Athlon64] Overclocking AMD Athlon64 on MSI RS480M2-IL

Hi,
I thought that MSI motherboard is good at overclocking, but the MSI RS480M2-IL do not have any option to overclock my AMD Athlon64 CPU.
I just built a new PC with the following configuration:
- AMD Athlon64 3000+ CPU (Venice core)
- 2 X 512 MB DDR400 2.5 CAS RAM
- MSI RS480M2-IL motherboard with 3.4 BIOS version
- AOpen H420B casing with 300W Power supply
- Seagate 250GB SATA HDD with NCQ
Anyone know how to change the FSB setting in the BIOS or any Windows program that can change the FSB setting so I can overclock the CPU???
I also have the following questions about the RS480M2-IL motherboard:
- My AOpen casing provide a 20 pins ATX power connector so do I need change the power supply with 24 pins ATX connector?
- I thinking of adding a nVidia graphics card so anyone have any problem with a nVidia graphics card on this motherboard?

Quote from: xlinkch on 06-July-05, 00:46:15
Vdorta: Can give more instruction how to run the ClockGen program??? Do I have to load it every time my Windows bootup???
I don’t have my computer at hand, so the following is from memory, aided by the ClockGen site:
1. Download the RS480-specific zip file to a folder and extract its contents.
2. Run the CG-ICS951412.exe file; click on the “Get” button to obtain the current FSB value; adjust the new FSB value you want (there are five values: 200, 204, 210, 214, 220). I tried and tested them all and they were stable in my machine, so I chose the highest, 220.
3. Create and save in the same folder a simple text file, for example, “filesave.txt” with a text editor (I used Notepad) with the following two lines in it:
[CG-ICS951412]
FSB=204
(where FSB is the value you have chosen from ClockGen.exe); every time you change the value, you have to modify the text file to include the new value, of course.
4. Create a shortcut to CG-ICS951412.exe; right click the shortcut and select “Properties”; add “-file=filesave.txt” to the “Target” field so that it should look something like this:
“C:\ClockGen\CG-ICS951412.exe -file=filesave.txt”
5. In order for Windows to load the program at boot, place the shortcut in the Startup folder.

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