Boot up Delay with KT3 Ultra2

My configuration:
Windows XP
MSI KT3 Ultra2 (Non Raid) MB
AMD XP 2100+
256meg PC2600 Ram
Advansys ABP940UW Ultrawide SCSI card
Intel 10/100 Network card
Using Onboard sound
Matrox Millinium PCI Graphics card (Temporary)
3x Ultra wide scsi Hard drives
Plextor Ultraplex40 Wide cdrom
Panasonic 7502B CDR
During bootup the machine goes thropugh the post screen 100% after which the scsi bios screen appears as usual. After this I hear another beep followed by 30sec to 1 minute of black screen after which the PC boots normally. I am thinking it may be some incompatability with the scsi card but can't be sure. The 4 green indicator lights are glowing indicating a good startup but why the pause??? Windows then boots and runs normally.

I'm assuming this is a raid board right? the raid bios initialization is REALLY slow, so that's my best guess, or possibly a driver causing it, I loaded the via raid patch fix and it slowed down my boot process but not by 5-10 seconds.

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    Windows XP SP1
    Bios: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
    Hi I was wondering if someone could help me?
    My machine has six USB ports.  (1&2) Two ports are
    installed on the motherboard, and my users guide says
    they are legacy ports. (3&4) two ports are installed
    on the d-bracket 2 connector: JLED, connected to
    JUSB2, these are what I believe to be my only 2 USB2.0
    ports. (4&6)Finally 2 ports are connected via JUSB3 to
    the front panel of my Antec case. I think the front
    panel of my case has 1.1 connectors so it is
    essentially a 1.1 port.
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    function properly with a USB 2.0 Buslink hard drive
    UII-40 72E. I suspect there is some IRQ conflict.
    Trying to alleviate this I disabled all the device
    drivers I suspected might cause this in the device
    manager in safe mode.  I then removed from the device
    manager all the USB (2.0 and 1.1) root hubs, and after
    that their host controllers.  I then booted to VGA
    mode (thinking this should disable the video card
    drivers??) and exported this IRQ info from my sys info
    after the USB host controllers are reinstalled:
    Resource   Device   Status   
    IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK   
    IRQ 11   RADEON 8500 SERIES    OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
    IRQ 0   System timer   OK   
    IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK   
    IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK   
    IRQ 12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse   OK   
    IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2
    Keyboard   OK   
    IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK   
    IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK   
    IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK   
    Next I attempt to (already plugged into D-Bracket
    port) power on my buslink USB 2.0 hard drive.  As soon
    as I do the machine immediately goes to a blue screen.
    No messages given but numbers are shown. I have screen
    shots taking with my digital camera.  I then returned
    to safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before,
    and boot to VGA mode.  Once the USB drivers have been
    restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
    this time plugged into the onboard legacy ports.  I
    can I get another blue screen this time including a
    message "IRQL not less or equal", again I have taken
    screen shots with my digital camera.I then returned to
    safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before, and
    boot to VGA mode.  Once the USB drivers have been
    restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
    this time plugged into the front panel USB ports
    (4&6).  When I power it on Windows XP warns me that I
    have a high-speed USB device plugged into a non
    high-speed USB hub. But I receive no error messages.
    However I do not exceed the drive through "my
    computer". I go through the add hardware wizard to try
    and at the drive manually and it says the device is
    working properly.  Still I do not see the drive.
    Finally I tried installing a Buslink USB 2.0 PCI card
    after the above steps. I then returned to safe mode,
    remove the USB drivers as I did before, and boot to
    VGA mode.  Once the USB drivers have been restored I
    attempt to power on the bus link hard drive this time
    plugged into the PCI card.  The drive seems to be
    recognized automatically by Windows XP however my
    system slows to a crawl trying to access any hard
    drive.  When I try and access the USB 2.0 hard drive I
    get a message something to the effect of "(the drive
    letter) not being recognizable".
    Any ideas on what could be causing this? The same
    Buslink hard drive works great at work on my Windows
    2000 machine plugged into the same PCI card using the same USB cable and power supply. Would any other information be useful?
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    andrew
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    I first tried installing the VIA4in1 and VIA USB2.0 patch. Then I tried the D-bracket after refreshing the usb drivers (I did not disable all other devices like in my original post, should I have?). Same result, blue screen crash at power on.
    Next I disable USB ports in BIOS and install USB PCI card. Then power on the USB HD plugged into card. Same result. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable."
    Next I remove the USB card. I enter BIOS and set to "2" ports. Presumably this turns on the USB1.1 ports on the mobo. I return to windows xp. It now seems to install the drivers, but just as it finishes I get a "a problem has been encountered instaaling this device (it has done this before but after finishing I get the blue screen most times). Next I goto the device manager, and in my USB devices I have a USB mass storage device w/ a yellow flag. I goto properties and see a:
    "the device cannot start (code 10)" device status. I click "troubleshoot" and voila... blue screen.
    Finally I reboot, and set 4 ports in BIOS, making my JUSB3 FRONT PANEL usb1.1? ports active. Interestingly these respond like the PCI card. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable." As soon as I power off the USB HD things are normal...
    I will take this USB HD to work tomorrow just to ensure its integrity. Any other ideas? What kinds of BIOS settings might F up USB?
    Andrew

  • Problems posting with KT3 Ultra2 Motherboard

    I just purchased a MSI KT3 Ultra2 ATX motherboard as an upgrade. After
    installing it an all the components, I had difficulty booting at
    times. I would get boot error beeps, specifically two short ones, than
    8 long ones. The D-Bracket would initialize, however it would stop and
    fail at "Boot Attempt" - the first D-Bracket 2 light is lit up red.
    I though I had a problem with the power supply, which was 250 watts,
    so I changed it to another one. I was able to boot up the system a
    couple of times just fine (get to the bios screen and past it),
    install the OS, however after turning it off and trying to turn it
    back on, it would not work. After I changed the power supply the
    problem was constant and now i cannot even get to the bios screen at
    all. Before when the system was running it was fine, no errors and I
    kept it on for about 10 hours with no problems at all.
    My other specs include:
    Antec 300 watt ATX (with 12V thing for P4, but not attached)
    MSI Geforce4 mx440 card
    512 Meggs Samsung 2700 SRAM 1-dimm
    IBM ATA66 Hard drive
    Floppy drive
    Athlon XP 1800+ Boxed (using the retail CPU fan)
    Now every once in a while I get to the bios screen after which the system runs fine, but most of the time I get these beeps. I tried moving around everything and the system is barebone.
    Any suggestions are appreciated.
    Thank you,
    George

    Hi,
    Read the top articles on trouble shooting....
    Anyway, it could still be your PSU, borrow one from a friend and try again.....

  • Can\'t boot without clearing cmos (kt3 ultra2)

    Hi,
    My kt3 ultra2 board won't boot up unless I clear the CMOS.  I am using the following basic configuration:
    Athlon 1800+ w/ alpha pal8045 heatsink
    256 mb of samsung pc2700 ram
    Radeon 8500LE graphics card
    My psu is a 400W powmax.  Here are the specs from the side of the unit:
    3.3V 28A
    5V 30A
    12V 25A
    my cpu temp peaks at 40C and the cmos battery is at 3.39V.  
    I am running at default settings w/ cpu fsb=100. Everytime I power up the computer (from cold start) I need to clear the CMOS. Otherwise, the D-Link lights hang on memory detection test.  
    Doing a soft reboot (ctrl - alt - del) once it starts up does not cause it to hang.  
    Either way once the thing boots it says:
    CMOS/GPNV Checksum Bad
    (does any one know if this could be why it's scewing up)
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    I bought one of these boards about 2 weeks ago and have had terrible problems with my geforce 4 concerning exactly the same issue. Now from the support forums i have been reading, everyone seems to say different things. Either change your ram, power supply, graphics card (how would you feel if someone told you to change your geforce 4 ti4600 that you paid £300 for?)
    Now lets face it, motherboards shouldn't have to be picky about components should they? Power supplies are "power supplies" at the end of the day, and yes sometimes there are good and bad makes and models, but it shouldn't stop someone from using a regular bog standard power supply. My thoughts and concerns about the KT3 Ultra 2 is that the motherboard manufacturer is in the wrong here and do not seem to be doing anything about it.
    I've worked with PC's for about 4-5 years and have used many makes and models of motherboard and been able to get them working successfully every time, however the MSI KT3 Ultra 2 board is plagued with problems and it's about time someone did something about it. How would you feel if i sold you a car that would only go 10 miles and then stop working?
    Matthew

  • Mobile 2500 overclocking problems with KT3 Ultra2

    First off sorry for my poor english.. it's not my first language.  Now here's my system:
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    HSF: Vantec Aeroflow with AS5
    MB: MSI KT3 Ultra2
    RAM: 2x512MB PC2700
    VIDEO: Leadtek GeForce 4 TI4200
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    So here's the situation...  I adjust the bus speed from 133 to 166 mhz..  I put the vcore voltage at 1.675 which is the maximum I can choose in the bios..  The multiplier is stuck on 14x..  When I try to run Prime95 or 3dmark03 my system is very unstable..  In prime95, one time it stopped after 10 minutes, the other time after 40 minutes.  In 3dmark03, I tried it at least five times and it usually stops during the second run of the tests.
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  • Problems with KT3 Ultra2 and Barton 2500+

    I have a very big problem.
    I buy new Athlon XP2500+ ty my board.
    KT3 Ultra2 support 166FBS, but AGP and PCI bus is overclock (83/42) and my system is very instabile. Now using 133FBS. Can I fix bus to 166/66/33???
    My configuration:
    Win98SE+WinXPSP1
    MSI KT3 Ultra2 (bios version 5.7)
    Athlon 2500+@1900+ (Barton 11*133, 1,65V)
    + Spire 5F271B1L3 FalconRock II™
    256MB RAM DDR-400 Kingmax (CL2 at 333, 1.7V*)- sorry I mean 2.7V*
    Daytona ATI Radeon 9000 64MB DDR
    SB Live! Value
    AMD 10/100 LAN adapter
    40GB Seagate HDD
    Lite-on combo
    FDD teac
    add: 4 april 2004 at 15:17
    My PSU is Emko 300W ''JS-300 P4''parametres in:http://www.emko.cz/emko_cz/index.html
    1900+ temps: CPU:                          Chipset:2500+ temps: CPU:                          Chipset:At 2500+
    Stability configuration si withount SB Live! value and LAN.
    result:     Memtest86                       - O.K.
                  3DMark2001SE build330    - O.K.
                  SiSoft Sandra 2003           - O.K.(burn-in: CPU and memory test 20time)

    what sandra version did you use?
    next to temps and psu, please tell us, what bios is installed. barton cpus require version 5.7
    "(CL2 at 333, 1.7V)" did you mean 2.7V? cause 1.7V are llittle too low.
    sj

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  • Upstart problem with kt3 ultra2

    When i turn the power on my computer it wont start properly.
    I hear 4 "beeps" and my screen is still black.
    I have to turn off and on my computer about five to ten times before it starts properly. :O
    When it starts up it works fine ?( and i can use it as normal.
    What is wrong and what can i do to fix it ?
    Help Me ?(  

    Quote
    Originally posted by camon
    When i turn the power on my computer it wont start properly.
    I hear 4 "beeps" and my screen is still black.
    According to http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/ami.htm, this is a System Timer failure.  You might also try removing and reseating the RAM.
    --Barry

  • Kt3 ultra2 unstable in win98 se

    i've been using this mobo for almost half a year now, and i noticed that it has become unstable under windows 98 se (my system is dual booted with win xp pro)
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    does anyone here have an experience with kt3 ultra2 problems with win98 se?
    by the way, all my drivers are the latest - from video card downto mobo chipsets
     ?(

    is that so... ok...
    the instability occurs only when i setup my pc as a dual os system (winxp pro and 98se)
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    so it simply means that my mobo is not the culprit... did i get it right?  ?(

  • KT3 Ultra2 black screen

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    The first time....I had a "No video signal" after loading Via 4-in-1 v4.43 on my Compact 17" MV720. During the no video signal my D-Bracket was hung at Memory Detection Test.   Took a long time to get it running again.  Finally....I pulled my DDR from slot 1 and move it to slot 2 and the machine booted....then quickly told me to reload WIN ME  because explore.exe was corrupt.
    Now....ten days later....I haven't reloaded v4.4.3....I had a black screen...  I shutdown my PC and pulled the monitor plug....it started normally.
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    AGP Aperture Size: 128
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    AGP Master 1 W/S Read: Enabled
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  • Kt3 Ultra2-R(MS-6380)

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    Hi,
    You have to try that, it works or it doesn't :D

  • KT3 Ultra2-R won't boot with XP2200+

    I recently bought some new hardware:
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    - AMD XP2200+
    - 2× 256MB PC2700
    When I put my AMD Thunderbird 1200 on the KT3 everything works fine (like right now ). When I replace the TB1200 with the XP2200+, clear the CMOS and boot, the PC shuts down automatically after 1 second.
    Anybody any idea how to fix this problem?
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    KT3 Ultra-2 R (MS 6380E) ver 1.0
    AMD XP 2200+
    Enermax 433W
    Gainward GF4 Ti4600
    2× 256MB PC2700 Samsung/Samsung 333Mhz
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    Updated with latest bios

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  • BIOS Settings Problem on KT3 Ultra2 MS-6380E with Barton 3000+(FSB333)

    Well, I finally got my Barton 3000+ with 333 MHz FSB and installed it yesterday in my MSI KT3 Ultra2 Mainboard....
    System Before changing anything:
    PSU: DTK  400 W
    +3.3 V / 22 A
    +5 V / 35 A
    +12 V / 15 A
    -5 V / 0.5 A
    -12 V / 0.8 A
    +5 V VSB / 3 A
    So that should make up 400 W as far as I know, my total System drain should be around 300-350 W so even if it would not suffice 400 W it should run the system ?
    Mainboard: KT3 Ultra 2 (BIOS v5.7)
    CPU: AMD XP 2100 FSB 133 MHz
    RAM: 1.536 MB, 3x512 MB Infineon PC3200 (400MHz) CL 3-3-3-8 @400MHz, Cl2.5-3-3-7@333Mhz, 2-2-2-6@266MHz
    VGA: MSI RX-9800 Pro 128 MB
    DVD/CD-R/RW-Combo: Plextor PX-708 (Firmware 1.08)
    CD-R/RW: TEAC CD-W540E (Firmware 1.0K)
    Storage: Western Digital WD800BB (80 GB) (Firmware 17.07W17)
    USB-Storage: Maxtor 4 K080 H4 (80 GB)
    Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 172T with Driver Version 1.0
    Printer: HP Deskjet 970Cxi with Original HP Driver Version 4.3
    OS: Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
    BIOS Settings: SDRAM 1T Command: "Disabled" It won't work stable with 3 RAM's in it with that setting, but that I did know before.
    CPU Fast Command: "Ultra"
    System was running stable for nearly 2 years with this Configuration:
    So now it goes:
    First I changed the CPU form my old AMD XP 2100+ to the new Barton 3000 + with its new Arctic Cool Copper Silent 2TC.
    Then I went into BIOS and raised the FSB to 166 MHz, which should be the correct one, or do I have to put 167 MHz in there (since 166.666666 MHz is rounded to 167)?
    Then I exited and watched the restart...but it didn't start-up it only got me 3 long beeps at the HOST.
    After some whining and beating I plugged out anything and cleared CMOS and started the whole thing again:
    System after Clearing CMOS:
    Mainboard: KT3 Ultra 2 (BIOS v5.7)
    CPU: AMD XP 3000+  FSB 100 MHz
    RAM: 1x512 MB Infineon PC3200 CL 2-3-3-7 (BIOS setting CAS Latency by "SPD")
    Storage: Western Digital WD800BB (80 GB) (Firmware 17.07W17)
    Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 172T with Driver Version 1.0
    OS: Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
    With all Default settings, the Computer boots up, and is correctly Recognized as a Barton 1300 MHz.
    When increasing FSB to 133 MHz it is correctly displayed as a Barton 2200+
    NOW...
    ...after adding one BIOS setting after another I narrowed the problem down to the "CPU Fast Command (decode)" Function...if set to Ultra it does not boot-up when running 166 MHz FSB, it does not even let me into BIOS. I have to clear CMOS and restart from scratch again...
    Is this normal and expectable with a Barton 3000+ running at the native 166 MHz FSB or not ?
    Since my system before was running on "Ultra" with my old AMD XP 2100+.
    There is only one more thing I noticed, the CPU V-Core is shown to be only 1.616 V (setting on "Auto" but it should be 1.65 V ? Should I increase the V-Core to 1.675 V in order to get closer to 1.65 V or shouldn't I worry about ?
    Thanks for any Input you can give me on the problem.
    Iscaran

    Iscaran, you are indeed correct in the statement which you made
    Quote
    ...after adding one BIOS setting after another I narrowed the problem down to the "CPU Fast Command (decode)" Function...if set to Ultra it does not boot-up when running 166 MHz FSB, it does not even let me into BIOS. I have to clear CMOS and restart from scratch again...
    This setting can be set to fast/ultra on the KT3 Ultra2 when using PC2100 ram running at 266. However, when using PC2700 ram running at 333, this setting MUST be set to normal for the satisfactory operation of the board. I know that you have PC3200 ram actually installed but it is only running at 333.
    Quote
    Is this normal and expectable with a Barton 3000+ running at the native 166 MHz FSB or not ?
    Yes, absolutely normal
    Quote
    There is only one more thing I noticed, the CPU V-Core is shown to be only 1.616 V (setting on "Auto" but it should be 1.65 V ? Should I increase the V-Core to 1.675 V in order to get closer to 1.65 V or shouldn't I worry about ?
    How are you measuring this ie Bios or o/s utility? Not unknown that these are incorrect. However, if you feel unhappy about this, try setting the V-core manually to 1.65v and check what this gives.
    Quote
    So 3.3 V x 22 A gives 72.6 W, that could be really a little cutting the edge. Could that cause the board to not respond when setting the "CPU Fast Command" to "Ultra" ?
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