Bios 1.9 KT8 NEO FIS2R success story

Just want to let this forum know that the latest official 1.9 bios solved the usb flash drive problem I had on my K8T NEO FIS2R system. I run linux (SuSE 9.2) and I had problems accessing usb flash drives (usb mobile disk, compact flash card readers etc.). These problems have disappeared since I upgraded from bios 1.7 to 1.9.
Motherboard: MSI KT8 NEO FIS2R
Bios: 1.9
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
RAM: Kingston Dimm 512Mb DDR SDram PC3200 400Mh
RAM: Kingston Dimm 256Mb DDR SDram PC3200 400Mh
Hard Disk 1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB Serial ATA (not RAID, just two separate drives)
Hard Disk 2: Seagate Barracuda 7200 80GB ATA (not RAID, just two separate drives)
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce FX5200 (128 MB version, no fan)
Case: Coolermaster Wavemaster
Operating System: Suse Linux 9.1
PSU: [STRIKEOUT]Nexus NX-3500[/STRIKEOUT] Enermax EG465-AX-VE FMA
DVD-RW: MSI DR4-A
DVD: Pioneer
Floppy: No Floppy Drive

Spray. Yes it is. There is a home link at the top of the forum that takes you to all sorts of MSI info. Here is the link to the product page; http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=496
Note that I also own one and am quite familiar with the product. There is a ton of info in this forum area for them,.
Killawife Mixing memory rarely ever works right and I suspect that is at least a part of your problem. Mixing memory worked better back in the days of PC100-133 memory than it does now. Some times it works and moving it to another machine may now work.
OK that said. Try entering Bios and selecting Optimized Bios Defaults on the right hand column. This will reset most of your settings back to default. However it will help straighten out issues. Reset the rest of the Bios back to normal however leave your RAM settings on Auto for now.
Start Windows and use CPUz and give the data from the SPD tab and the memory tabs.
Also please run a few passes with Memtest86. Both proggies are listed in the sticky posts if you don't have them already.

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    Spray. Yes it is. There is a home link at the top of the forum that takes you to all sorts of MSI info. Here is the link to the product page; http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=496
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  • K8T Neo-FIS2R - Best Bios Version?

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    do not update BIOS when everythink is working fine. BIOS flashing is always risky.
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