ENERMAX PSU AND KT3 ULTRA2

I just bought a new enermax EG465P-VE * D *( 431W ) and i love it also my motherboard ( KT3 ULTRA2 ) too. )
2 THUMBS UP FOR ENERMAX............ )
MSI KT3 Ultra2
AMD Athlon 1800+/w AMD Fan
RADEON 7200 64 DDR
512MB Samsung DDR 333
ATX Tower
ENERMAX EG465P-VE D - 430W
3x TT Smart Case Fan
Onboard Audio
3Com 10/100 pci 3c905C-TXM
Window XP Pro

"...are there more than one xp 2600+?..." C'mon, didn't you read Dr. Stu's link page ? There are many 2600+ : 133 and 166 FSB. The Thorton, isn't supported, The Tbred. 133 and 166 FSB. are supported, and the Barton 166 FSB are supported. For 166 FSB. CPUs you need to upgrade Bios to ver 5.7 and you need PC 2700 Memory at least, and perhaps a better P.Su.

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USB2.0 Install Troubles With WinXP and KT3 Ultra2?

I installed WinXP (Fresh) on my system with the KT3 Ultra2 board in it. I had ACPI (Plug and Play OS Installed) turned OFF in the bios, and I have all 6 USB ports enabled in bios (legacy support off).
Upon installing WinXP and the SP1 full update (~130mb file I believe), I check the device manager to see what was up so far. I had several yellow exclamation marks, but two of the three were expected (onboard audio and my video card had no drivers yet). But the third one threw me... Under "Other devices" I had "USB Host Controller" listed....
So I installed the Via 4in1's version 4.43 using the "quick install" option. Check device manager, same result. Mr. Steveo suggested I try right clicking the controller in the device manager and choosing to "update driver". I did, and it automatically updated the driver and placed it in the USB section of the device manager (with the other USB entries).
The problem is, the device name seems weird: "Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller" instead of something like "USB2.0 PCI to USB Host Controller" or something like that. The yellow exclamation mark is gone, but I just dont know if this is the correct device setup or not.
Can any of you other Ultra2 owners tell me if this is what you have in your USB controller list, and if not, how did you install WinXP to get to the point where you had the "correct" listing? Maybe it makes a difference whether ACPI is turned on during install or something?
I tried to run the Via USB2.0 driver file (7011Kb) from the MSI site to see if it would help, but it quits the install and says that the SP1 update drivers are newer and should not be updated with this driver.
Any suggestions or comments are very much appreciated.
Kyle
Detroit, MI

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Originally posted by Stevesmith
I have a new 845E Max2 motherboard and installed Windows XP.
I have a similar USB2 problem after installing XP SP1 - yellow question marks in the hardware manager under "Other Hardware"/"USB (Universal Serial Bus)-Controller".
I tried "Uninstalling" the USB controller as was suggested in the forum, but it won't let itself be removed.
When I try "Search for new hardware" it shows a message that an error occurred when installing the hardware, and that the hardware is not properly configured (Code 1). It suggests that I re-install the driver. When I select "re-install driver", I just get another error message. It asks me if I have a CD or disk wit drivers, but I can't find anything appropriate on the driver disk I got with the motherboard.
Does anyone have an idea what's wrong?
Regards Steve
Hi, yours is 845E MAX2 motherboard, you should use Intel USB2.0 drivers .
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_list.php
And don't use "search for new hardware", instead you manually point the drivers location to where you extracted the downloaded file. Sometimes WinXP drivers search is "blind" 8)

Problem w/ gf4 ti and kt3 ultra2-r

I own 2 machines that are almost the same.
Both have
athlon xp 1800
mis kt3 ultra2-r
gainward gf4 4200
the only difference is the ddr ram.
Both machines are having the same exact error.
When i launch ANY game, the screen fills with colors and restarts.
I've used both cards in other machines and the work fine.
I've tried different vd cards in the machines and they also work fine, but they were not gf4 ti cards.
Is there a problem with these mobos and gainward gf4 ti cards?
I've flashed the bios, Installed the new via 4-in-1 driver pack, Used default settings on the mobo's, used the drivers that gainward sent, used the det xp 30.82 and the 40.72.
None of this has worked.

I own 2 machines that are almost the same.
Both have
athlon xp 1800
mis kt3 ultra2-r
gainward gf4 4200
the only difference is the ddr ram.
Both machines are having the same exact error.
When i launch ANY game, the screen fills with colors and restarts.
I've used both cards in other machines and the work fine.
I've tried different vd cards in the machines and they also work fine, but they were not gf4 ti cards.
Is there a problem with these mobos and gainward gf4 ti cards?
I've flashed the bios, Installed the new via 4-in-1 driver pack, Used default settings on the mobo's, used the drivers that gainward sent, used the det xp 30.82 and the 40.72.
None of this has worked.

Problem with Athlon XP 2600+ and KT3 Ultra2

My specs:
MSI KT3 Ultra2 w/raid
Athlon XP 2600+ 333fsb
512 mb samsung ram 266mhz
2x 80 gig maxtors
Antec True 480watt
Retail HSF
My problem:
When I put in the cpu, it only read it as being 1250 mhz
What I did:
I looked all over the msi website for information on how to fix this. I hadn't updated my bios, so I upgraded to AMI bios v5.6 because I've heard mixed things on 5.7. It updated fine, so I went into the bios and changed my FSB to 166. At 166, my computer won't even boot to windows, if I put it back down to 133 or 100 it will work fine, otherwise it just restarts before the windows XP loading screen. MY cpu runs 40~44 C
I get blue screens of death if I actually get into windows at all. Outside of windows it seems to run fine if I am at a dos prompt or whatnot.
Anyone think they can help me with this problem? Seems many people have been having some problems with this.

nm, I'm an idiot :D
guess I need new ram?

2500+ Mobile and KT3 Ultra2=WOOHOO!

I didnt think i could do much more with this board, but after updating the bios to 5.7, I now have it running at 166x15 at default voltage (1.52v)
so now im limited by my pc2700 memory and my board (only goes up to 15x and voltage up .1v extra)
i have no doubt in my mind this cpu has much more potential in a new board.

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default voltage (1.52v)
Default is 1.45v im guessing like mine the board cant go that low, 1.52 is as low is your board will go so its over-volting your CPU. As for Overclocking i have the crappy Model IQXFA and i can easily run 200 X 11.5 with Vcore at 1.625v, You have not even began to touch the potential of that CPU.

BIG problem with MSI kt3 ultra2 Help

First, hi!
I got a MSI KT3 ultra 2 mainboard (at least it's what it is on my mainboard)
MS-6380E ver 1.0
i go on the Website.. AND the Kt3 Ultra 2 board, does not look like mine!
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=341
(i have almost the same thing,but without the 2 EXtra IDE,and i dont have a FAN but a MSI DDR orange heatsink) it is wrote the model number in the SAME EXTACT WAY ( MS-6380E ver 1.0 and kt3 ultra2,above),u can see it by checkign the large pic.. And on that page it say my mobo KT3 ultra 2 support fsb 333
But
IN my book (my mobo book) it say that my mobo don't support FSB 333 (it is important i just brought a 333 cpu) so WHAT THE FCK? i checked on the site
and i found this mobo:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=11
Wich look like mine, and have the specs it got in my book... BUT HOW COME its not KT3 ULTRA 2 and just a kt3 ultra? (remeber on my mobo its a kt3 ultra2)
Damn , i know its a bit complex.. but to make it short if youve been lost
THE KT3 ULTRA2 SPECS IN MY BOOK (USER GUIDE)ARE NOT THE SAME THAT ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE WEBSITE I WOULD HAVE THE KT3-ULTRA (NOT 2) but when i look on the KT3-ultra the model number.. it's not the same as my mobo...
So i would like to know Does my mobo support the fsb 333LIKE A KTA3 ULTRA 2 SHOULD DO ? (prolly not,but lets hope)
thx for yer help

Maybe it is good news
Hey.. is it normal.. i just noticed that
what is wrote between my PCI slots ( KT3 ULTRA2 ) is kinda wierd
the KT3 ULTRA is in WHITE then just beside there is 2CE in orange
so it make it KTA ultra 2 CE (but what the CE stand for,and why my 2 and CE are in orange,as if would be a little sticker,but its not,i just checked)
and i saw on this card : THIS
that the 2CE is in white.. thats the only difference with the 2 extra ide.
And if someone could confirm what the guy above stated that it will work even if its a wierdo board at 166 mhz.. thx you

Msi kt3 ultra2-c. have someone got it?;]

i have search this forum but i dont found.....
does kt3ultra2-c support duron 1400,1600,1800??
and how look overclocking on this MB? can i safely change fsb to 166??

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=357&kind=1
But: Support for new Duron 1400, 1600, 1800 with 266MHz FSB
Quote from user DisappearPoint:
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Kt3 Ultra2 + Duron 1400MHz + bios 5.7 works correctly.
And from user letoii:
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these chips work fine, in anythign that supports a thoroughbred Go to the top of this page
these chips work just fine. they just are not detected as a proper duron 1600 or what ever. they will detect as an Athlon XP 1900+. Make sure to set the FSB to 133mhz.
These are boards that I have used the chips in:
K7T Turbo2
6378V3
Kt3Ultra
Kt3Ultra2
KT4Ultra
KT4AVL
745Ultra
and a bunch of others
i think that MSI just doesnt want to update the BIOS for all their old boards
sos that the CPUs are properly identified.
So looks like there is a godd chance that it will work (kt3 ultra2 and kt3 ultra2-c a nearly identical exept missing ram bank and missing raid controller - but they use the same chipset).
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can i safely change fsb to 166?
I think so, see above.

KT3 Ultra2 R and VGA problem

I wonder if I could please get some ideas as regard this rather odd problem which I am encountering. This problem occurs when while the pc is 'shut down' if I disconnect the power supply ie switch off power by way of the switch on the psu. When I switch power back on again and boot, the pc begins its booting sequence it begins to launch windows and then it stops and a little red square (with a bit of green) appears in the top left hand corner of the screen. Now this problem does not occur if I shut down the pc normally (but don't cut off power supply). I have several partitions on my HDD and they are all affect at the same time. The end result is that I boot into safe mode I look at the refresh rate which is set to 'unknown' change it to 'adapter default' then reboot but upon reboot I get windows displaying screen at 640x480 with standard vga colours. I check in device manager under 'display adapters' what driver it's showing and it's the driver which I last loaded ie the correct one. I cannot change screen resolution , bit colour and the refresh rate only allows for 2 options, either 'optimal' or 'adapter default'. In order to get back to where I was, I have to remove and re-install my VGA driver and then everyting is back to normal (until I switch off power again at psu then back to square one). I have spoken to the manufacturers of the graphics card and they say that if the card works ok when I shut down pc normally and restart then cannot be the card. I described my problem in greater detail to MSI support and they said either VGA or O/S.
In essence I wanted to isolate the problem to, is it 'hardware or 'software'.
I would be grateful if anyone can shed some light.
KT3 Ultra2 R (5.5 not the right one but the cpu clock speed is correct at post)
XP 2600+ 333 T'Bred
Crucial 512 Mb PC 2700
Leadted Ti 4400 128 MB Vivo (det 44.03)
Creative Audigy
Enermax 432W
Windows 98SE (via 4-1 v 4.34)
Seagate 60Gb 7200rpm I am running the HDDs as independant drives on the
Seagate 40Gb 7200rpm Raid controller ie one on IDE3 & one on IDE4

Odd as it might seem I have to follow the proceedure listed below if I want to switch off power altogether to work on my pc.
1. Cold boot system with 166FSB and let O/S install
2. Reboot enter Bios and reduce FSB to 133 make sure to set memory speed as HCLK and let O/S load
3. Shut down and switch off power supply
4. Reconnect power and boot system. Enter bios set FSB to 166 (the mem speed will be HCLK)
5. System continues to boot and loads O/S
From that point on, cold boots (without cutting power supply) are not problematic as once the 166FSB is 'registered' everything works ok (at every cold boot). So anytime I wanna work on my pc I guess I have to do the above 5 steps. They seem to work but need to try it out a few more times before I am confident that this process will always work.
I am sure you agree that this is one strange mother of a problem.
I suppose the only 2 things left are a total O/S reload or trying another 333 cpu because I have tried everything else. I guess I will have to live with it.
I have also cut some additional front vents so that front fan draws more air in and it appears to have dropped my idle Temp to 40.5C on CPU (running at clock 2083Mhz).
As as said earlier in my post my system ran perfectly with XP2000+ and 512Mb PC2100. I merely upgraded the CPU to XP2600 and mem to PC2700 and it has thrown up this very odd problem. And to boot (if you will pardon the expression) when I first installed new CPU and memory it booted first time at 166FSB. osnavi, in case you upgrade your CPU to a XP2600 and you get this weird problem at least you can come back to to this thread and find this workaround.
I wonder if anyone can fathom out why this is happening.......If not as I said I can live with it.
wonkanoby, I will try the link to the memtest. That is the only thing I have not tested so will give that a try.
-MSI KT3 Ultra2 Raid
-AMD XP2600+ 333 T'Bred
-Evercool CUD 725 Cooler
-2x256 Mb PC 2700 Crucial
-Leadtek Ti4400 128Mb Vivo
-Creative Audigy
-LiteOn DVD 16x
-Liteon CDR48125w
-HP CDR 9710i
-Seagate Barracuda IV 60Gb (I am running the HDDs on the raid
-Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB controller as 2 independant drives)
-2 Case fan
-Enermax 431W

[KT3 Ultra2-R / PSU] Upgrading to Barton 3000+

Hi!
I'm thinking about upgrading from my 2200+ to a Barton 3000+ chip. Is there any problems with this? Is my PSU good enough to handle the upgrade?
My PSU is Antec TruePower 380P (+5V: 35A, +12V: 18A, +3.3V: 28A).
After the upgrade my computer's specs would be:
MSI KT3 Ultra2-R
AMD Athlon Barton 3000+
2x512mb Kingston ValueRAM
GeForce4 Ti4600
80gb Western Digital HDD + 40gb Seagate HDD
CD-RW drive
SB Audigy
3 case fans
How about if I add a third 512mb DIMM, a 80gb HDD and change the GF4 to a Radeon 9800? Would the PSU still be good enough?
Thanks in advance!

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Originally posted by Sharp
The board will require the latest BIOS too.
I've already flashed it to 5.7.
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Originally posted by Sharp
You should not mix ram as it can cause problems, even if it is the same model/make. The revision must be the same.
Really? I think my ValueRAM are different revision, but I'm not having any problems. I guess I'm lucky.
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Originally posted by Sharp
Would that be a 9800se, 9800pro or 9800XT?
Haven't thought about that yet, because I only have the money for the processor upgrade.

Kt3 ultra2-r and xp2600 problem

I have a msi kt3 ultra2-aru, and I have an amd xp2600.
I have updated my bios to the A6380VMS.560 version because this one should recognize my xp2600+
When I look at the msi site I see that I should set my fsb to 133 (c-type cpu) and my multiplier to 16.
cpu support list for the main board
but in my bios I can't get any higher than 15 ?(
how is this possible?
And more important, how do I solve this?

leave the multiplier at what ever bios says it is
try booting 133 first
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/forum/index.php?threadid=1131&boardid=16&styleid=1
to do with cooler
psu
may be ram

KT3-Ultra2 and 2400+ CPU

I have a new system I built...
MSI KT3 Ultra2 (MS-6380E) Ver. 1.0 MB
AMD 2400+ CPU
Dr. Thermal Extreme SE CPU Cooler w/Artic Silver III
Antec TruePower 550W PS
512 Meg PC2700 DDR Crucial Ram (Certified to work with Board)
Seagate 10 gig HD
Cardtek GeForce 3 Ti-500
NetGear 100 meg NIC
Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum
System booted and loaded XP fine. The original bios was 5.5. The cpu comes up as 1800+ by default. According to MSI web site, to adjust for 2400+ cpu, you set the FSB to 133 and the multiplier to 15. If you do this, the system locks. If you change to FSB133 and keep default multiplier it locks after reboot (will not post). Is there a physical jumper on the board I need to adjust/set?
If I reset back to defaults the system runs perfectly fine...

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Originally posted by wonkanoby
step in cooler base is at top by psu?
And no additional cpu's :(

KT3 Ultra2 (MS6380E v1.0) and XP2800

I am at my wits end.
I had a MS-6380E board running fine with an XP1900.
Since upgrading to an XP2800 (which according to the MSI site is supported) I can’t get my system stable except by setting the FSB to 100 in BIOS. As I understand it, it should be set at 166. However, every time I attempt to set it at that value (or indeed any higher than about 125) the system shuts down (powers off) within a minute of booting up.
Consequently the CPU is running slow – about 1.25Ghz. If I increase the FSB to 166 the boot screen recognizes that it is running an XP2800 processor but I then have the instability problems described above.
I have tried everything I can think of. The BIOS (5.7) and motherboard drivers are all up to date. The fan tests fine. I went out and brought a new power supply (specs below) believing it would solve the problem (previously using a 350W PSU). It hasn’t even improved things. Maybe I need more power, but I would have thought that what I have bought is ample.
My system:
Codegen 450W ATX2.03(P4) Model 450x; 3.3V/25A, 5V/35A, 12V/16A (235W Max)
MSI KT3 Ultra2 MS-6380E v1.0
Athlon Barton XP2800 OPGA 1.65V 85C 512k 333MHz
2 * 256Mb 3200 Kingston (400)
MSI MS-StarForce GeForce4 MX 420 (NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420)
Creative SB Live! Series (WDM)
IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller
ST320420A and WDC WD1200JB-00GVA0 HDDs
LITEON DVD-ROM LTD165H, LITEON CD-RW LTR-40125S
FDD
CanoScan LiDE 20/N670U/N676U
HP Laserjet 1000 series
SoftV92 56k Data Fax Modem
Logitech Cordless MX Duo keyboard and mouse
Win XP Pro
I hope this information is adequate. Unfortunately I am only semi-computer literate.

"...2 * 256Mb 3200 Kingston (400)..." I really don't know for sure, but think Bios update (5.7) didn't change the Mobo's memory support, so, the max. speed supported should be PC 2700 (running 1:1 with CPU speed). You were running the old CPU with same memory ? At what speed ? Try with only 1 module to see if it works. Or if you can, try a PC 2700 memory to see if it works. Also agree with Wonka about P.S. Codegen are really not good. You must have in mind that this Mobo takes most of it's power from 3.3 and 5v. rails and the 3.3v. 25 A. isn't good for a pretty loaded PC as yours. But you say it runs for a minute or so, then also you could have a temp. problem as said by Toenne. Is HS seated OK ? (Not 180 degrees upside down and with only a drop of thermal grease, and is it strong enough for the job ? )

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

MSI KT3 ULTRA2-C and AGP compatibility

Hi, I'm just about to buy a new motherboard these days, MSI KT3 ULTRA2-C, with an XP 2000/2000+ and memory, but not a new video card, since i can't afford it right now. I only have an AGP Creative 3D Blaster Banshee 16 MB, but it is a 3.3v agp card (AGP 1.0). I was wondering if this motherboard can support it, i checked in a lot of places, including the manual and it doesn't say anything about the voltage it can take, neither if the AGP slot is universal or not (i.e. if it can support both 1.5/3.3v or only 1.5v). The manual for the KT3V specifically says '4x 1.5v only', but this one just says 'AGP 2.0 1x/2x/4x'. I really need to know this since otherwise i'd have to wait two months to afford another video card. I also checked another post here with an answer to a page with AGP explanation, but it didn't help. Thanks you very much, really

One AGP slot
- AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) specification compliant
- Supports AGP 2.0 1x/2x/4x
so whats the problem,your fine there
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=357&MODEL=MS-6593

MSI KT3 Ultra2-CLS and 166Mhz FSB

I own a KT3 Ultra2-CL and a Athlon 1400C.
At the moment it runs 11,5x133 = 1533Mhz. Stable.
It also runs 9x166 = 1500. Stable, but my PCI runs 41Mhz.
So please implement the correct divider in very near future bios update.
It should not be true that customers, who invest less money in a new mainboard than others, can´t use all of the functions the chipset provides. I WANT TO RUN 166Mhz FSB WITH 33Mhz PCI
All of your "expensive" boards provide this divider.
IS THIS MAREKTING 2003???
Best regards

One AGP slot
- AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) specification compliant
- Supports AGP 2.0 1x/2x/4x
so whats the problem,your fine there
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=357&MODEL=MS-6593

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