Booting From SATA on K8N Neo2 Plat

I've read all the posts I can find. I downloaded the newer nforce drivers. I've tried running from 3/4 instead of 1/2. I've done the install every which way, no floppy driver install, install just bridge driver and install bridge+raid.
Here's the deal. Using just one 74Gig Raptor I want to install XP and boot from it. I get completely through the install but I get a boot error when XP reboots and tries to run from the HD for the first time.
If I install the raid driver I can see and setup the HD in the Raid config app during boot. But, it still gives me the same boot partition error when it hits the drive.
Any ideas?

This may be pertinent or it may not.
I recently spent 2-3 days trying to get 64 bit Windoze to boot on my system after successfully installing XP Pro with no difficulties whatsoever. I think what I did wrong was to install the OS with my IDE drive disabled.
Since I did not partition my SATA drive I found that I had to install x64 on another partition due to shared "Program File" issues with 32-bit and 64-bit apps.
I then discovered that even though I told the BIOS to boot off the SATA drive before the IDE drive that x64 wanted to order the drives differently. It insisted on putting the DOS partition on my IDE drive first, the SATA drive second, and the NTFS partition on my IDE drive third. It then wrote the boot.ini info for x64 onto the DOS partition instead of the SATA.
Long story short I could not get it to see x64 when it rebooted the first time. I tried screwing around with the boot.ini settings until I was blue in the face.
I finally decided to buy Partition Magic and partition the SATA drive. I installed x64 onto it and it once again wrote the boot.ini info to my DOS partition instead of the SATA first partition so I edited the boot.ini record on my SATA drive to point it to the second partition and it worked.
The bottom line is that I think there are some real compatibility issues with x64 in a dual boot environment. MS is also editing the private news group so lessons like this don't see the light of day to scare off the other human guinea pigs who are beta testing their crapware for free. Caveat emptor. TANSTAAFL.

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I have just put the system together and it powers on ok and allows access to the bios. The problem I'm having is with booting from CD. I have set the CD as a boot device. When I restart the computer with a bootable CD in(windows XP) I get a screen saying:
Verify DMI pool data...........
BootCD:
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I believe the "Strike any key to boot off the CD" message actually comes from XP not the BIOS. If I put a bootable CD into my system which is not XP it just boots off of it with no choice whatsoever.
If you remove all IDE and SATA devices but a single CD/DVD player does it still do the same thing with either of them? Are they both from the same vendor? This sounds more like a device or cable problem than a BIOS problem.

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Hey everyone,
I've had this setup for a couple weeks now and I'm still experiencing random problems booting up. I thought I had concluded that it was fast writes issue, however the other day it did it again.
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It may be worth a look but it was dexterryu talk of instability
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When I even try to install windows when the drive is on Sata 3 or 4 the pre-install hangs after loading the Nforce driver
That made me suggest looking at memory as well.
Other than booting you say your system seems stable.
Have a look hereCorsair Memory Identify your memory & see if there's a * next to it, if there is then Quote
* These parts support 2-3-3-6 latency on Intel platforms, and 2.5-3-3-6 latency on AMD platforms
applies. Don't think it does in your case be best if you confirm it yourself.
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It wouldn't do any harm to slacken your memory timings to see if it makes any diff.
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Boot up halts on K8N Neo2 Plat. Help!

Strange thing is happening to me lately. On Windows XP bootup, after the Windows loading progress bar screen has dissapeared, and before the login screen, the screen goes black for about 10-15 mins or so (a long time). If you just leave it, it will eventually boot up into the OS.
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I'm thinking about adding two SATA drives to my system. I won't be using RAID.
I remember reading that it is best to use SATA sockets 3 and 4, rather than 1 and 2. Can somebody explain to me why that is.
Thanks in advance,
Paul.

Hello Gents,
instead of starting a new thread here, and since it is on the Sata ports, has anyone been able to make them Hot swapable??? Of course Windows sees them as a Hot Swap, which leads me to this question, I have an Addonics Swap tray installed on SATA 1 A Mirrowed Raid on 2 and 3. The swap tray is for Data Backup, when you attemp to stop the drive, you get the dreaded Volume drive in use, try agian later, even though nothing is being written to it. I was told that this is a Board issue with the drivers for the Nforce chip.

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as the title suggests, I have a K8N Neo2 Plat with an amd athlon 64 3800+ and 2x512mb OCZ PC3700EB Platinum ram. Everything has worked great for the past year. However this weekend when I came home from school my pc wouldn't boot up. I plugged in all the cables, turned on the PSU, and hit the power button and the fans spun for about half a second then nothing. I tried again several times and the fans didn't even spin. I tried several plugs in the house, still nothing. Thinking it was the PSU (Antec NeoPower480) I bought a new one today and tried that. Still nothing. I even tried shorting the power switch on the case in case it's stopped working. still nothing. I'm quite knowledgeable about computers so it's not a silly newbie mistake. A friend of mine who does computer repairs thinks it's the motherboard, and I agree.
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Boot failure - k8n neo2 plat

Hi, I'm having trouble
Just purchased an MSI k8n neo2 plat mobo with an amd 64 3000+ and finally got her all setup... well minus the geforce 6600 gt arriving tomorrow and I still need to figure out what I'll do as far as memory goes. Ah but I forget myself... the problem at hand is this; I am unable to boot the system and the d-bracket indicates its current status is "Processor initialization..." Then nothing. Blank screen.
LED's btw:
red green
green red
thanks for any help
Sytem specs:
k8n neo2
amd xp 64 3000+
geforce 2 mx
1x mushkin pc2700 256mb (test mem)
60gb maxtor
generic cd-writer
PS is @POWER 430w with:
+3.3v = 28a
+5v = 40a
+12 = 17a

1)I'd go further than shturmovik in your 12v amps requirement you need at least 24a especially with your new graphic card.
see Basic Building Tips - Quote
As this pertains to A64's make sure that you have a power supply that is either approved for use by MSI/AMD or that you have plenty of amps on the 12 volt rail. Typically we have noted many issues based on stability with PSU's being rated at less than 24A on the 12v rail.
Power Consumption: NVIDIA vs. ATI
2)The D-Led Quote
Processor initialization
also covers memory issues as with the 64 the memory controller is on the CPU.
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K8N Neo2 plat, no post issue cont'd.

Hi its me again, the guy with the intermittent "no post" k8n neo2 plat.
Loaded the 1b3 beta the other day, again 1 day later the box would not post, as usual no
indication on the D-bracket, just one flash of the keyboard, the fans span one half round.
Since it could run for 1month plus with 1a3 beta BIOS(no usb2.0 (I could not wait any longer wanted usb2.0 so I flashed to a newer bios)),
start thinking it could be something between these latter full versions and this.
Then saw a thread on the web about someone having a Winnie that his box also has issues when swapping for latter
version than 1.5, with 1.5 his plat run fine. Go figure.
So for the time being I switched it to v1.5 bios, lets see how long it holds.
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Quote from: Mysticcal on 30-June-05, 06:26:41
...Speaker Beeps once, USB LEDS Hold at Green, Red, Green, Green...
Tried everything, don't know what to do
And for those that ask me, what HDs? What IDEs?
Go take an A+ Course please. No one with 2 cells of brain capacity would hook everything up on first boot not knowing if it will work or not...
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See D-Bracket guide here D-Bracket Guide
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K8N neo2 Plat problem with Inno3D 7600GS AGP, help pls...

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JustinSane,
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New K8N NEO2 PLAT. and SC-939 3200+ help needed...

Hello,
I have just upgraded my system with K8N Neo2 Plat. and sc-939 3200+ A64 Cpu.
There are several issues I need to resolve which are:
1- Although I change from BIOS the settings for AGP to 4x8x and enable fast writes, I still cant see them turned on from the Catalyst Control Center. Everything is greyed out what can I do? They all used to be on and agp was 8x with my K7N2 Delta board....
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My best regards.

Make sure your bios is up to date: version 1.5. Look at the sticky threads and use the information to enable hidden bios features. Disable ATI/NV speedup in the bios. Uninstall your drivers and reinstall. If the information is still greyed out, download the free version of Sandra here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/ and check the module under video system information. This will tell you if fast writes are enabled and your AGP setting. Leave the HT(hyper-transport) set to 5X unless you plan on oc'ing, if you do oc then may find you'll need to reduce it to 4X or 3X. Try downloading the latest driver for your network from the MSI website. Right click the device in device manager and select update, select specific location then "don't look...I'll choose", direct it to the file where you've unpacked the correct driver and then update.

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Well I get random freezing during games. Sometimes it freezes for 5-10 seconds then comes back, while other times it just freezes and the sound comes back but not the game.
I had this problem when I first upgraded.
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- The latency for my 6800 listed as a massive 248 clks! For some reason, I've read that ATI cards don't default at such a large value, which might explain why people don't seem to have as many performance issues with 'em. Anyhow lower the 6800 to a more "reasonable" value, like 128 or 64. 64 seemed to work best for me.
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-Tryed to remove all my additional fans to give more power.
-Tryed to reinstall Windows XP SP2
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Sorry for my english!

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K8N Neo2 Plat power and bios question

I have a K8N Neo2 Plat. I use a UltraProducts 500W xconnect PSU and a BFG 6800 GT OC.
A couple weeks ago the 6800 died. I contacted BFG and they sent me a new one.
The new one died the same way after a week. They said to check the power levels on the +12 rail.
In windows using softare tests it reports 13.58
in the bios it reports 12.22
both are over the allowed variance.
Ultra products told me to check with my motherboard manufacturer to see if there was a BIOS setting that would let me set the power on the +12V rail. Is that possible?
Is that something my K8N Neo2 Plat can do?

No, you cannot lower the 12V-rail by a bios setting. I really don't see what they mean by that.
Your motherboard does, however, regulate the power that comes from the power supply. Within certain margins it can lower the voltage and keep it steady. Your videocard can do the same. Now, depending on the tolerance (quality) of your hardware, you can vary on those margins. But on any piece of hardware, there is a point on which it cannot correct/lower a voltage that is too high. It then simply shuts down or dies.
To my opinion, the PSU-maker gave you a very funny piece of advice. What he actually says is that their psu may give too high a voltage (I talk about the 13+ now), but your hardware should correct this. That's not the way it works: they should make psu's that give 12V where it should. So, I'd demand a replacement. But, before you do: use a multimeter to measure the 12V-rail. You cannot trust the board's measurement too well.
But then, like Stick says, I think that 12.22 is within mentioned margins. 13.58V is too high. So, that's why you should first measure using a multimeter. Measure for a longer time. System idle, system full load. Write everything down and see how steady this psu is. If 12V dances arround, replace it.

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Skeen, Duke is right. I have the same memory and you MUST use slot 1&2 for dual channel support. Look inthe manual on the page about memory. It gives 2 charts. The first one is for dual channel memory and the second one is for normal memory. Also I did a Sandra test that is somwhere here in the forums where I posted the results with 1&2 and 3&4 and 1&2 was slightly faster. Use them (the ones closest to the CPU).

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