Dont work dimms 2- on K8N Diamond

Hi, i have problem with DIMM 2-4, if i put any memrory ram in the DIMMs 2 or 4, the BIOS give this error (using the led):
Quote
Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not insalled properly
But if i put ram in the DIMMs 1-3, work without any problem, also work if i put memory in the dimms 1-2-3-4, but only recognize the ram who is in the dimms 1-3.
I try to reset de bios and upgrade it to the last version, but dont work. Please anyone help me
pd:sry for my english :(

Quote from: finord on 13-February-07, 02:14:15
I try to install 2x256mb(at the moment i have 2x512 kingston value ram, in the dimm 1 and 3), i use a signle mode, but the problem is the dimms 2-4, if i put only 1 memory ran (kinsgton value ram) in the dimm 2 o 4, dont work
that is normal, when using 2 memory sticks always put them into 1st DIMM slots(close to CPU socket.) about 4 sticks usage and 2 of them are not detected, can be due your mixing memory (ranks & banks, and CPU mem.controller cannot handle it) what CPU core you got btw? im still not conviced its DIMM slots failure. also before installing all 4 memory sticks setup from BIOS command rate to 2T, and apply memory index 166. also you have insterting all 4 stick in wrong direction. put in DIMM1 & DIMM2 Kingston sticks(instead DIMM1 & DIMM3) and 2 other once 2x256 into DIMM3 & DIMM4 (instead DIMM2 & DIMM4)
re-test.

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MSI K8N Diamond
Athlon 3200
MSI 6600GT x 2
2 x 512mb PC3200 PQI
1 x WD SATA II 250GB
1 x LG 4167B DVDRW
TT Soprano + 400w TT PSU
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K8N Diamond Sli - DIMM Slot failure ..

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Can't get k8n diamond plus working with 4x1Gb

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Hans,
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LED1
LED2
LED3
LED4
DESCRIPTION
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red
red
red
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System Power ON
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5
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green
BIOS Sign On
8
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green
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ATTN K8N Diamond Plus Users - SLI problem

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Quote from: kakarocht on 08-February-06, 13:58:02
Do not used liveupdate to flash the bios. Used from the program files itself. Refer from my sig on the flashing the bios. BTW create your own sig and gives more details about your peripherals and psu in details. What my concern is your PSU problems. Could you gives more details your PSU? Have you tried to install new drivers from NVIDIA??
the psu is a brand new antec 'true power 2.0' unit that i bought from newegg...in bios the 12v rail is showing 12.3 which might be a little bit high...but it is stable for what its worth...
here is my setup, i will create a sig shortly:
2gb PQI ram DDR400 running at stock speeds, not sure of the latency but i am thinking cas2
A64 4000+ Clawhammer proc running at stock 2.4ghz speed, 1mb cache
MSI K8N diamond+
dual 120gb maxtors
sony dual layer 16x dvd
stock cpu fan.
shitloads of AS7
another curious fact:
since the upgrade FEAR doesnt want to work at all... DOOM and COD2 both work in single card mode...but FEAR will freeze on me mere seconds after the first map loads...
i dont know what the culprit is...but i bet im gonna kick myself when i find out...
im gonna go re flash my bios now...
thanks for the input, its always greatly appreciated.

K8N Diamond Silicon Image SATA problem

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K8N Diamond - dual channel DDR in 4slots

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I need help DDR voltage and latencies (K8N Diamond Plus)

I noticed my DDR voltage was incorrect in the bios and I don't know what "Auto" is doing with my timings. I have 2GB of Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR400 Memory installed on DIMM1 and DIMM2 of my K8N Diamond Plus board.
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DDR Voltage 2.75V
CAS 2.0
tRCD 3
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tRAS 6
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Quote from: memeticvirus on 14-May-06, 15:41:10
I'm having an issue with the 1.10 BIOS that is preventing me from manualy setting the timings...The problem I'm having right now is deciding what BIOS to install and where to download it. Perhaps you could help me with that?
With pleasure! I had the same problem with the v1.10 BIOS, as did another member here. I flashed BACK to the v1.0 BIOS (make sure to use the command line switched (just run the batch file)) and was able to set timings, and then I flashed directly to the 3.0A BIOS and was able to adjust timings still. See my old thread here.
For my success (I don't know if any or all of these influenced it, but I'm just happy it works) in flashing I did the following:
Download the 1.0 (original) and 3.0A (latest "official") BIOS images from MSI's support site.
Downloaded the DrDos BIOS flash bootable ISO CD image from bootdisk.com
Used my ISO software to add the BIOS image files onto the ISO image.
Burned the ISO to CD.
Booted from the CD
Flashed to 1.0
Cut Power (flipped PSU switch in back), held down the CMOS reset switch button on the mobo and the power button for 45 seconds.
Powered up, set "Optimized Defaults" and set memory voltage to 2.75v and rebooted.
Set all "normal" BIOS parameters (boot devices, et al).
Windows (x64) loaded with no issues, Everest reported timings appropriately
Did the same procedure for the 3.0A BIOS, with similar success.
You can see my post or click on the link in my sig for detailed memory reports.
Quote from: RogerP on 15-May-06, 03:04:55
Are you running just one set of TWINX2048-3200C2's?
Just one pair. I fiddled with the CR and the only result was with the single known good DIMM my latency got slightly slower (like a 5ns drop), but still no love with 2 DIMMS. I think it is just dead. But this is not my story (at least not in this thread)...this is memticvirus's story.

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MSI is also oddly silent on this system, which is wierd, as they are a large company, and specifically cater to enthusiasts. But their BIOS guys are MIA. Hopefully this will not be forever. Asus, ABIT, DFI, Epox are always fast with fixes
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The new 2 piece NForce chipset is fine, and the MSI guys gave us a decent, but funky cooler. It gets a little warm to the touch when you pound on it with Prime95, or Quake4, but other than that it is fine
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Which brings us to the BIOS. IMHO, the worst one I've seen on a high end board. ZERO explanation for half the settings (this is not strange in and of itself, BIOS is still a black art, but in a tweakers board, we should have some basic explanation )
There seem to be adequate settings in the BIOS for all sorts of doodads and gizmos, but who the heck knows what half of them are. Roger points out rightfully, that we now need to "Tune" across all these different intermediary bus structures and test. But with the lack of info from either NVidia, MSI or anyone else for that matter, its kinda hard to know where to start.
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I did upgrade to the 1.16 BIOS, and found that some new things were added, as well as voltage control in Cell was a little better, but registration of changes in voltage is still a disaster. I adjusted a bunch of times, it didn't register, and I ended up smoking a new A64 3700+ Diego with 1.95 volts, even though the BIOS claimed it was 1.53. I had to rebot to see what was going on. The Thermalright XP-90 kept the proc from melting down through the earth
Finally, I hope this board attracts more people, and therefore more tweakers that can figure out all these gadgets and settings. Everyone flocked to the Asus X16 SLI product, which is too bad, as this one needs lots o' folks to hack it up for us to figure out what is going on.
The on board Creative audio sounds lousy to my ears, and I will replace it with an Audigy 2ZS gamer that I had in the Abit. It just sounds better, but hopefully the drivers will not trash my newly stable system. Creative scares me, they scare me alot.
I've been able to get the CPU up to 2.4Ghz, with a .5 volt bump to the CPU and 2.9 volts into the Geil memory. So far, so stable, no smoke coming out yet
I hope this info is somewhat valuable to someone on this board. I will post details of all changes that I make, as others are doing, so we can at least take care of ourselves with this thing.

Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
Which brings us to the BIOS. IMHO, the worst one I've seen on a high end board. ZERO explanation for half the settings (this is not strange in and of itself, BIOS is still a black art, but in a tweakers board, we should have some basic explanation )
There seem to be adequate settings in the BIOS for all sorts of doodads and gizmos, but who the heck knows what half of them are. Roger points out rightfully, that we now need to "Tune" across all these different intermediary bus structures and test. But with the lack of info from either NVidia, MSI or anyone else for that matter, its kinda hard to know where to start.
first of all, i do think that all the settings in the BIOS have an explanation in the manual, even if it's a basic one. if that explanation doesn't tell you everything in detail, is because if you do need a detailed explanation of the settings, you probably shouldn't be messing around with those settings.
Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
I did upgrade to the 1.16 BIOS, and found that some new things were added, as well as voltage control in Cell was a little better, but registration of changes in voltage is still a disaster. I adjusted a bunch of times, it didn't register, and I ended up smoking a new A64 3700+ Diego with 1.95 volts, even though the BIOS claimed it was 1.53. I had to rebot to see what was going on. The Thermalright XP-90 kept the proc from melting down through the earth.
wanna tell me how did you get 1.95V on that mobo?
Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
I've been able to get the CPU up to 2.4Ghz, with a .5 volt bump to the CPU and 2.9 volts into the Geil memory. So far, so stable, no smoke coming out yet
a 0.5V bump? again, you must be joking. maybe 0.05V.

K8N diamond - memory upgrade advice?

Hi all,
I would like to ask local experts for quick advise on memory upgrade. Originally I though that this is easy task but via reading some of discussions here it doesn't seems so easy anymore....
What I have:
Board: K8N Diamond
BIOS version: 1.A0
CPU Type: Athlon 3700+ San Diego
Memory: 2x KVR400X64C25/512 Kingston (DDR400 512Mb CL2.5)
Operating System: XP (32)
What help do i need:
I would like to upgrade now memory either to 2 (or 3 Gb) At the same moment I would like to keep dual channel setup on 400Mhz. Which of folowing options you recommend ?
1. adding 2x KVR400X64C25/512
2. adding 2x ddr 400 CL 2.5 1gb module (e.g. KHX3200/1G)
(3. adding 2x 1gb and taking out 512MB but my strongly preferred option is not to sell current 512mg modules and replace them with 1gb .. loosing money on it...)
a) are these options possible/feasible at all? will both work as dual channel?
b) will system exploit dual channel on 400Mhz frequency in all options? My understanding from some discussions is that with all 4 banks full frequency goes down to 333 -> 1) can I boost it with my CPU/board to 400MHz (sustainably?) 2) if not can someone tell me +- what is performance difference 400Mhz vs 333Mhz?
I hope question is clear....
Thanks upfront, I know that this is discussed topic here but as IT amateur I would preffer to get answer customized to my computer:)
Paul

Hello, option 3 for me 2 gigs is more than enough but for the most demanding programs, and your going to spend money anyway you do it.
yes you can force 4 banks to ddr400 but at 2t command rate,window 32bit will only see and use 3gig or so
anytime you upgrade you loose money sell the 2x512 and recover some money, and if you OC two sticks will go much further than four
Good luck Henry9

K8N DIamond Plus- 4 sticks of memory problem

I have a new Opteron 180 with a K8N Diamond plus mb. I am thinking about getting another 2g of memory to run with my current 2g of 3200 memory to speed up Vista even more. I thought the new chips could run 4 sticks of memory at 400 with a command rate of 2t. I wanted to try to see if it would work so I pulled two 512 pc3200 sticks from my wifes computer and installed it. At boot up it clocked the memory to 333 (which I expected it to actually) and I got into the bios and set it to 400 with 2t command rate and everything else at default settings. All the memory is Kingston value ram. The computer randomly booted and I had lockups at 400, but at 333 it ran fine, but I still couldn't run the memory at 1t with 333. I am using bios 1.33 as the other bios's always set the HT bus wrong for me. Is this just a function of the motherboard or is the memory not compatable with each other? I thought the motherboard is irrevelant since the memory controller is on the cpu?
Thanks for your help,
Scott

The memorycontroller IS inside the CPU.
And some are lucky to get it stable booting at DDR400 with 4 sticks, some get crashes.
However, most have drop-backs to DDR333.
It's a CPU limitation when using unbuffered memory.
Buffered memory should be able to do it, however, I'm not quite sure as this is an S939 type CPU.
You could try something if you know somebody that has buffered memory.
Sometimes it helps if you lower the other timings.

2 'problems' with the K8N Diamond Plus

Hi there.
I just bought a K8N Diamond Plus and I'm having some troubles installing my system in conjunction to my Decklink Extreme PCI-E ( http://www.decklink.com/products/sd/ ).
Here's my configuration:
MSI K8N Diamond Plus
AMD64 X2 4400+
ROSEWILL 6600GT PCI-E VGA
Decklink Extreme PCI-E
2GB RAM ( 2 x 1gb) Kingston
OCZ-520 12U Modstream Power Supply
plus 6 HD's (7200rpm) and 1 DVD-+RW
The problem is, when I try to initialize the system with the Decklink, which it's a PCI-E 1x, it just don't boot. Neither putting the Decklink on the 1x, nor in the 4x slot and nor in the 16x.
The Decklink is working just fine in another system and doesn't seem to be a problem with this card.
I wondered if there's any limitation in the K8N Diamond Plus with working with the ROSEWILL 6600GT PCI-E VGA plus the Decklink.
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The other thig is that when I take off the Decklink, the system boots normaly but a message appears while booting: "Not enough space to copy PCI option ROM 00:13:00".
And I don't have a clue about what's going on.
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Please enlighten me with this questions if possible.
Thank you very much.
Greets.
Igor Bineli

Remove the battery away for 10 minutes, clear CMOS, start the system to load setup/optimized defauts in bios setup. After that, disable all onboard items in bios setup that you won't to use. Save and exit.
Plug ROSEWILL 6600GT PCI-E VGA card, and start your system to check if there is the error message. If there is, borrow another brand VGA card to do a test.
Besides, update your MB bios and driver version to the latest one.

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230x9=2070Mhz...pretty poor.
I have 2.75v VDIMM
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3x HT (16 up 16 down)
Spread spectrum is off
Cool & quiet is off
Dynamic O/c is off
The 1GB Corasir PC4400 Dual channel TwinX memory is at 1T 1:1 (200MHz) at 2.5-4-4-8 (230 Mhz is well below it's 275Mhz rating)...all auto configured.
I am running BIOS 3.4/1.4 (Both do the the same thing)
CPU Temp is 28 to 31°C, System Temp 26 to 29°C after running for an hour or so.
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I have even changed the memory for a new set from the supplier...still behaves the same!
My machine specs are in my Sig at the bottom.
All I can think of is that the BIOS revision is holding the system back.
I was hoping to run the HTT BUS at 275 to get the max bandwidth for my RAM at 1T.
Anything between 2.4 and 2.7 Ghz would have been sweet!
I was careful to buy the best components for this new machine...even waited for Venice.
Any suggestions would be welcomed.
Oh, and when cold booted, the machine can take 3 or 4 attempts to post, but it's fine when warm booted/reset....hence my suspicions of the BIOS.
K6dude

Not got round to re-flashing the BIOS, but used ClockGen yesterday and got a stable 9x280=2520MHz at 1T with a 3x HTT multi for 6 hours, no crashes or hang-ups....all on stock voltages for RAM CPU and NB.
CPU TEMP Max got to 33°C, case TEMP to 30°C.
The BIOS is definitely not stable in itself.
I know it's a dodgy thing to do unless you have a BIOS Savior (not available in my country), but has anyone ever tried using the DFI Lanparty BIOS in an MSI Mobo?
Mostly same accessories apart from Creative sound, just maybe? After all an Nvidia "Award" based system should be uniform in most respects shouldn't it?
I once used a Toshiba BIOS in a Compaq to get extra settings on a laptop and it worked a treat. All I lost was the ability to "see" the LAN socket, but a small price to pay I think.
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