Compatible Motherboard to K8N Master2-FAR MS-9620

Hey All,
Looking at my options here as i believe i've exhausted my options in troubleshooting my current build to even post.
What is a compatible motherboard to the K8N Master2-FAR MS-9620?
Dual Socket 940 AMD 64 2xx Series CPUs
ATX format
Dual PCI-express SLI ready
I've come across Tiger K8WE (S2877) but i don't believe it's SLI ready.
http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/tigerk8we.html
Thoughts? Feedback? What others are out there?
Thank you in advance.

computer worked no problem before, for a solid couple years - pretty mcuh sat for a while
broke it down to troubleshoot: 1 cpu, new 1000 watt psu, 1 ram stick, 1 graphics card.
Interchanged out each individually and tested after each swap out - same results. Tryed different ram in different slots.
Just keeps beeping.
I did get a new case. Would the case front panel connections cause issues? hmmm? but this was having same issues in first case (just didn't have a speaker connected to board to hear any beeps)
maybe i should disconnect the case connections and then try booting without it connected?
i'll try that, but at the same time - i've been hunting for another compatible motherboard to support the devices....with these being from 2005/2006 and technology advancing so fast - finding similar ATX board, with dual socket 940 opterons and SLI ready capability is a bear.

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If you're like me, you hated the noise from the stock CPU fans on the K8N Master2-FAR... well I did alot of searching and couldnt find any difinitive information about what fit, or didnt fit, on that motherboard as far as heatsinks or cooling blocks.
I just finished installing a water cooling system in my system, and I used the PolarFlo E-Series CPU blocks, and they fit perfectly!
http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-blc-218.html
Anyone else have any confirmed working heatsinks or water blocks for the K8N Master2-FAR board?

Hi
I`m using 2 of this
http://www.alphacool.de/xt/product_info.php/products_id/348/cPath/5_18_66_184/cpu-kuehler-xeon/wak-cpu-alphacool-nexxxos-xp-bold-xeon-603-604.html
with my 2 Opteron 265.
Case is a Lian Li PC7 SE-B.
Pic inside:
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=22159&stc=1&d=1145233096
So long
Insane

K8N Master2-FAR

Hi guys,N
I'm in kinda trouble. I bought this new socket 940 MSI motherboard K8N Master2-FAR.
The problem is the following. I dont know what power supplie to use for this type of motherboard. It requires 3 +12V connectors for JPWR1 (24pin), JJPWR2 (8pin) and JPWR3 (4pin).
Now most power supplies have only 2 12V cables , one for the 24pin and one for the 8pin. As its not enough this motherboard also requires a power supply that comes with a -5V pin supply (donno what that means).
For the moment i bought an Antec Neo HE500 watts power supply but he doesnt have a third cable (JWPR3) and doesnt support -5V pin supply. Antec replied to me that NONE of there new power supply supports this -5V pin supply
Can anyone plz help me? Maybe a list of compatible power supplies or the power supplie that MSI used to test this motherboard.
Greetz
Geoffrey

well ok,
lemme explain as clear as possible cause my english is not my native language :D.
1) In the manual of the msi mainboard is written that the power supply MUST COME with a -5V pin supply (Its very rare on a power supply cause even Antec, or coolermaster hasnt such a line). Now, i looked at the tested power supplys on that mainboard and I saw a ZIPPY power supply that comes with such a -5V pin supply. The -5V pin is located at the 20th pin of the 24pins connector.
Now this is the tricky part: MSI mainboard (8kN master 2far) Requires such a -5V BUT on the manual is a schedule of the 24pin connector on the mainboard itself. On that schedule is NOWHERE a -5V pin located. So why the hell do they require a power supply with a -5V pin supply when the 24pin connector doesnt have one. On the 20th pin is 3VSB located and NOT -5V as the zippy connector does.
Isnt this confusing...... .... how do i suppose the let my mainboard work properly when they give contradictionary information . I find that a 275€ mainboard may have a better manual .
Can anyone explain this? :D
Greetz Geoffrey

K8n Master2 scsi pci card issues

First of all here is my specs:
K8n Master2 bios 1.42
8800 gtx non sli
2* 285 optys
4gigs of corsair reg/ecc pc-3200
silverstone op1000 PS
I have a problem with scsi I have tried 3 different scsi ultra 160 pci cards (Adaptec asc-29160, Lsi Logic LSIU160, and another LSi Logic card) all giving me the same errors. The problem is the scsi card displays error HAVE OPTION ROM CAN NOT BE INVOKE (VENDOR...) and so on. In addition, I have tried everything I can think of to get the scsi card to initialize the motherboard bios. I have also tried many different bios for the k8n master2 motherboard that I could get my hands on without any luck. I have done some searching on google for a compatible scsi card for the K8n Master2 motherboard with no luck, and I was wandering if anyone here has gotten a scsi card to work and what model it may be so I can get an idea what to get. Thanks

Quote from: Bas on 26-June-07, 18:17:14
Did you turn off the onboard Raid controllers and Sata controller?
Some of then can use a SCSI-type Option rom and thus blocking your SCSI rom.
Hi, yea I have turned off all Sata and Raid controllers even serial and parrell ports to free up IRQ settings with no luck. Also, I can access the motherboard bios when I do not have scsi card installed, but when I boot up with the scsi card in pci slot and try to go into the motherboard bios my computer just locks up everytime not allowing me to get into bios. In addition, I have been using scsi for many many years with previous computer setups never having a issue with the scsi card rom not being invoked. The scsi card rom settings allow me to turn of any Boot, IRQ settings, or vendor ID settings but by doing this I cant not have a fixed drive number in Windows Xp which does not allow the scsi hard drive to convert to dynamic disk for mirror or stripping.

K8N Master2-FAR MS-9620 (v1.X) - Adequate PSU?

Hey all,
This is my first post. Been having some post/ display issues as well as continuous beeps that do not stop until i turn the PC off. All turns on and runs, but absolutely zero display to the monitor and continuous beeps. No pattern...just beeps and black screen.
After much research, resetting cards, resetting ram,using single stick, single graphics card, etc. (not touching CPUs yet) - i've understood the PSU could be faulty. (thanks to another post)
With this board K8N Master2-FAR MS-9620 (v1.X) the manual recommends a minimum 600w supply as well as a -5V pin supply (page 2-8 of the manual)
Any education and advice on which PSUs in the current market are compatible for this board is greatly appreciated.
What should i be looking for?
What on new egg tells me the PSU has a -5V pin supply?
Build was done in 2006, pooped out in 2012 - life happens, and i'm finally getting around to working on it. Original PSU was 550W Cooler Master 'RS-550-ACLY'
Thank you so much, and i do hope that the PSU is the issue and not the board.

computer worked no problem before, for a solid couple years - pretty mcuh sat for a while
broke it down to troubleshoot: 1 cpu, new 1000 watt psu, 1 ram stick, 1 graphics card.
Interchanged out each individually and tested after each swap out - same results. Tryed different ram in different slots.
Just keeps beeping.
I did get a new case. Would the case front panel connections cause issues? hmmm? but this was having same issues in first case (just didn't have a speaker connected to board to hear any beeps)
maybe i should disconnect the case connections and then try booting without it connected?
i'll try that, but at the same time - i've been hunting for another compatible motherboard to support the devices....with these being from 2005/2006 and technology advancing so fast - finding similar ATX board, with dual socket 940 opterons and SLI ready capability is a bear.

K8N master2-far doesn't detect Areca 1220 raid controller

Today i purchased the last components for my system. Everything works perfectly except for my Areca 1220 8x pci-e raid controller. As i feared the controller is nowhere to be seen, not in the bios, not in windows. I already had bios version v1.10 but flashed the bios version on the msi site anyway. Nothing changed. On the msi site under "QVL" i see my Areca at the bottom of the list. Does that mean that this MB can work with this controller? What must i do to make it work? I think i have to see it at least in the bios!
Your help is appreciated. Now 5x 300 GB of storage is doing nothing.

Quote from: Bas on 10-November-05, 20:30:00
Maybe you need to update the cards firmware.
I already looked into that matter and found out that the only way to upgrade the firmware or bios is to use their http tool McRAID Storage Manager. This of course is done in windows. Now windows doesn't see my Areca 1200 and so McRAID doesn't see it either. I can't update my Areca.
This problem is well known by the motherboard manufacturers. Let me quote something from the Areca site:
Q10150407 - Is there any socket 939 motherboards that work with your model ARC-1210 raid controller? In a SLI board I would use one 16x slot for Graphics card.
Our PCIe ARC-12xx series controller uses Intel IOP332/333 processor. The Intel high performance IOP (IOP331/332/333) has integrated the bridge chip in the controller. But the original NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset BIOS has the problem after Bridge IRQ routing. All controllers use Intel new IOP 332/333, such as Areca, Intel, and LSI have the same IRQ routing problem. Those NVIDIA 939 M/Bs can be worked in the Windows environment. Due to the Windows system takes over the BIOS job, and Linux & FreeBSD need to use the M/B BIOS, so it has problem with our PCIe controller.
Currently, DFI, Ausu, MSI and Gigabyte have BIOS to solve the problem. If you have problem in this kind of mainboard, please try to manufacture latest BIOS.
We have tested DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI & ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe, and Asus A8N-SLI Premium. It works very well with our firmware 1.38 and newest mainboard BIOS. Try to swap the graphic and our controller, if you find some warm boot problem in the Asus A8N-SLI Premium.
I still think i need an updated bios for the k8n master2-far (ms-9620). The fact remains that there are problems reported with every SLI motherboard. I knew this already from the socket 939 platforms. I was sceptical about the k8n master2-far but thought that a server MB should have no problems. I did ask a question about this however at the shop where i bought this MB. I even found an reply from you to another user who had similar concerns about the Areca controllers and an SLI MB. You said that it should not be a problem. Even so i always kept the possibily open that this problem can happen. And here i am
Thanks for your help. More input is always appreciated as i am still waiting for an answer from MSI in the Netherlands about this problem. Right now my server is doing nothing. I hope my raid controller will work very soon.

MSI K8N Master2 FAR + 7800GTX problem

It doesn't work after install graphic driver.
I have tried few ver. of drivers(include the newest one)
Does anyone can tell me how to fix this issue?
My system spec.:
Dual AMD Opteron 246
MSI K8N Master2 FAR
2x Kingston 512MB DDR400 ECC+REG
Colorful 7800GTX
4x Hitachi 120GB 8M
OCZ Powersteam 520W Power Supply Unit
Has Been switched to Non-SLi mode.

Quote from: Nexus++ on 04-November-05, 06:55:31
It doesn't work after install graphic driver.
I have tried few ver. of drivers(include the newest one)
Does anyone can tell me how to fix this issue?
My system spec.:
Dual AMD Opteron 246
MSI K8N Master2 FAR
2x Kingston 512MB DDR400 ECC+REG
Colorful 7800GTX
4x Hitachi 120GB 8M
OCZ Powersteam 520W Power Supply Unit
Has Been switched to Non-SLi mode.
I have one question for you. The motherboard has three power connectors. A 24 pin , a 8 pin and a 4 pin. Looking at your specs i see that you have the OCZ Powersteam 520W Power Supply Unit. I looked at a review of this PSU and it has the following connectors for this: 20+4 connector and a 4+4 connector. So the 24 pin and the 8 pin connectors are covered. All the pci-e connectors i see are 6 pins, also for this PSU. What did you do with the 4 pin connector close to the pci-e slot?

Is the Hiper Type- R 580 modular PSU compatible with MSI K8N SLI Platinum?

Hey guys, i just recently bought a Hiper Type R 580w PSU after my old PSU went bad.
I installed the new PSU a few hours ago and came across a problem, nothing shows up on screen.
When i turn on the computer, the green light is constantly on including my dvd/rw light.
I double checked everything were connected properly and everything seemed to be connected properly.
The cpu's fan are running properly including the graphics cards and the case's fan but i can't pinpoint whats causing the the green activity light to light constantly including the dvd/rw.
I also tried resetting CMOS but it didn't fix the problem.
So now i'm starting to wonder if it's to do with compatibility issues between the Hiper Type R PSU and my K8N SLI Platinum motherboard.
So i just wanted to know if the Hiper Type R 580 PSU is compatible with the K8N SLI platinum?
I would grately appreciate any assistance.

In short no.
The Hiper Type- R 580 does NOT have a -5V supply line
Although the -5V requirement has been removed from some MSI designs, the MSI page for the K8N SLI Platinum http://msicomputer.co.uk/Products.aspx?product_id=703525&cat_id=77 states:
Quote
MSI Reminds You...
• These two connectors (JPWR1 & JPWR2) connect to the ATX power supply and have to work together to ensure stable operation of the mainboard.
• Power supply of 450 watts (and above) is highly recommeded for system stability.
• For ATX 12V power connection, it should be greater than 18A.
• For this model, you must use the power supply that with a -5V pin supply.

Can I put a amd 64 X2 3800+ on a motherboard msi K8N neo2 platinium ?

hello
I'm sorry for my bad english but I'm french ....
can I put a amd 64 X2 (dual core) 3800+ on a motherboard msi K8N neo2 platinium ?
Which is the highest processor which I can put on this mothercard ?
thanks well for your help
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I'm sorry but I dont find the info on the msi website. I listened it ! but I don't know the adress that you give me.
thanks well for the adress :
but I don't know if it's e4 or e6 or manchester .... if you help me for that proc :
http://cgi.ebay.fr/processeur-AMD-Athlon-64-X2-dual-core-3800-socket-939_W0QQitemZ290129683087QQihZ019QQcategoryZ80141QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
and that : http://cgi.ebay.fr/AMD-Athlon-64-X2-4800-socket-939_W0QQitemZ190124445607QQihZ009QQcategoryZ80141QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
and that :
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I don't want to make a error ....
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K8N Master2-Far, Single 144 Opteron & Areca 1220

Hi
I would appreciate feedback please. I have already built a Gigabyte based Samba server using the Areca 1120 (PCI-X) RAID controller & 2 x Opterons.
For reasons too complicated to explain, I now want to build much the same thing but using a single 144 Opteron and the Areca 1220 (PCI-E) RAID Controller. This is JUST a Samba file server, it doesn't do games, isn't used for browsing the web, OpenOffice, etc. and sadly, will not be 'Folding'.
I was on the point on ordering a K8N Master2-Far, Areca, ECC RAM, PSU (dual-line !) etc. when I read some of the postings on this board. Now, I'm not so sure . . .
There appear to be a number of 'issues' with this MoBo. If you have built a system based on it, how has it gone ? What BIOS version are you using ? What PSU are you using ? I would be particularly interested to hear from anyone who has experience with it and with the Areca 1220.
Many thanks in advance.

Hi
I would appreciate feedback please. I have already built a Gigabyte based Samba server using the Areca 1120 (PCI-X) RAID controller & 2 x Opterons.
For reasons too complicated to explain, I now want to build much the same thing but using a single 144 Opteron and the Areca 1220 (PCI-E) RAID Controller. This is JUST a Samba file server, it doesn't do games, isn't used for browsing the web, OpenOffice, etc. and sadly, will not be 'Folding'.
I was on the point on ordering a K8N Master2-Far, Areca, ECC RAM, PSU (dual-line !) etc. when I read some of the postings on this board. Now, I'm not so sure . . .
There appear to be a number of 'issues' with this MoBo. If you have built a system based on it, how has it gone ? What BIOS version are you using ? What PSU are you using ? I would be particularly interested to hear from anyone who has experience with it and with the Areca 1220.
Many thanks in advance.

K8N Master2-FAR - System fan shows 0 rpm ???

Hi, I just got the K8N Master2-FAR and equipped it with two dual core opterons 265 and 4gb of dual channel ram.
My biggest problem right now is that all the system fans are running at full speed, though the hardware monitor in the BIOS show 0 rpms for them?
At the same time my cpu fans are blowing at about 3600 rpms even though their temperature is only about 36 degrees C...
It sounds a lot like a jetplane, and I'm worried the case will start flying
- what to do, what to do???

Quote from: Djernis on 02-April-06, 18:15:14
I've got the system fans fixed now -Faulty wiring... my own fault
However the speed of the cpu fans are still running 3600-4000 when they are idle at about 36-37 C ???
like what i have said, u can use speedfan to control it..
@admin, soory for using msn stylo....

Windows XP won't load on K8N Master2-FAR after BIOS Flash

I downloaded the w9620nms.110 version BIOS from the MSI website and flashed the BIOS. Since that time, Windows XP Pro will not load successfully. I re-flashed to go back to the 1.00 version and even tried the 1.26 version I got from this site. Each time it still didn't work. I cleared the CMOS and retried. Still no good.
I reformatted the windows partition on the HDD (nVidia RAID stripe) and reinstalled windows. The installation seemed to go fine, but when the system tried to load Windows, it failed again. Just keeps re-booting.
Is there some setting in the BIOS that got changed in the flash that I'm missing that effects this? A setting that needs changing back (other than the SATA RAID which I've re-set and whish is recognized by windows and the BIOS).
Or, it is possible the RAID stripe was corrupted somehow?
The system worked for several months before the flash.
Any help on this is much appreciated!!
Running:
K8N Master2 FAR (v1.00 original worked, now v1.00, 1.10 and 1.26 current, don't work)
Single, Dual Core AMD Opteron 265
1x1GB Kingston kvr400d4r3a PC3200 RAM
Antec Neo HE 550 power supply
1x EVGA GeForce 7800GT (non-SLI enabled)
2x 250GB WD SATA-II HDD (nVidia RAID stripe) in two partitions
Sony DVD-RW
Windows XP Professional
Thanks,
Mark

Quote from: maz on 10-March-06, 02:24:20
I downloaded the w9620nms.110 version BIOS from the MSI website and flashed the BIOS. Since that time, Windows XP Pro will not load successfully. I re-flashed to go back to the 1.00 version and even tried the 1.26 version I got from this site. Each time it still didn't work. I cleared the CMOS and retried. Still no good.
I reformatted the windows partition on the HDD (nVidia RAID stripe) and reinstalled windows. The installation seemed to go fine, but when the system tried to load Windows, it failed again. Just keeps re-booting.
Is there some setting in the BIOS that got changed in the flash that I'm missing that effects this? A setting that needs changing back (other than the SATA RAID which I've re-set and whish is recognized by windows and the BIOS).
Or, it is possible the RAID stripe was corrupted somehow?
The system worked for several months before the flash.
Any help on this is much appreciated!!
Running:
K8N Master2 FAR (v1.00 original worked, now v1.00, 1.10 and 1.26 current, don't work)
Single, Dual Core AMD Opteron 265
1x1GB Kingston kvr400d4r3a PC3200 RAM
Antec Neo HE 550 power supply
1x EVGA GeForce 7800GT (non-SLI enabled)
2x 250GB WD SATA-II HDD (nVidia RAID stripe) in two partitions
Sony DVD-RW
Windows XP Professional
Thanks,
Mark
i have the same problem.... also i trie with win2000 an don,t reboot but halt on

Dose K8N master2-FAR support a opteron 275?

i have two 246s. but i need more computing power.
Can i use 275s with K8N master2-FAR M/B?
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M/B : K8N master2-FAR
MEM : Samsung ECC 512X2X2
HDD : Raptor 74d x2 R0 - OS
OS : win2k sp4
PSU : Enermax EG851AS-VH (660W)

Yes, see here:
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I can't seem to find any replacement charts for HP. There must be a list that can tell you what motherboard you can put into the case you have....
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