Hardware Monitor on K9N2 SLI Platinum

Good Day All!
I have a question about the hardware monitor in the bios.
When I look in there it shows the Icore = 42.112 A; and that I12v = 5.491A.
Could someone please explain these numbers to me?
I think these might explain the problems I have been having.
Craic

Thanks Henry.
I just got permission from the good wife to order the new power supply.
I ordered a Corsair TX750 with the following specs. I hope it will correct my troubles.
I opted for a larger power supply than suggested as the Icore of my system seemed to be higher then the rating of the smaller VX550 watt unit.
AC INPUT       90-264V ~ 10A 50/60Hz
DC OUTPUT      +3.3V      +5V      +12V      -12V      +5Vsb
MAX LOAD      24A    28A      60A      0.8A      3A
MAX COMBINED WATTAGE    180W      720W      9.6W      15W
   TOTAL POWER: 750W
Thanks again for your assistance.
When I get this in the box I'll let you know how things are going.
Craic

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I am new to the forum and to MSI
This is my 6th computer build and first time using SATA and PCIe
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I am even considering the possibility that there may be some weird incompatibility between the video on this board and my monitor (under the assumption that, quoting Holmes, once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth). I don't even know how that would work. Note that my monitor worked in my previous system with the digital input (my previous system is no longer available to me for testing --but I did get a chance to test it, after having problems with my first K9N2 SLI Platinum motherboard which I returned, and it worked). Note that my monitor works with the system in question (I simply cannot have it connected while there's a video mode switch under way). Note that the lack of a picture seems to be related to the motherboard as evidenced by it being stuck at the video initialization stage if I attempt to start it with the monitor connected.
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Quote from: Svet on 25-May-09, 02:21:06
Have you tried with just memory stick in 1st DIMM near to CPU socket and mainboard out of PC case?
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Need some advise - MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum

Hello. I have some strange behavior of the system since the last week. Processor´s fan speeds up and down. Usualy is 3400-3600rpm; now speeds up to 5400-5600rpm and stay accelerate for a good while. I thought it could be some dust; yesterday I made a general cleaning of the hardware and also replaced the Thermaltake fan with another one which I have for replacement. The heatsink is firm, deos not have movements. The thermal grase is OCZ Freeze etc, something good, seems to be hardened because heatsink stay firm. This was assembled some 16 month ago.
I started again the PC, slow down the processor´s speed from OC 3.2Ghz to the basic 2.8 Ghz and the problem still go on. I thought this could be come system drivers problem, some sensor related. Then, I download the sys driver 15.49_nforce_winvista_win7_64bit_intern ational_whql from nVidia site and install it. Nothing, the problem is the same.
also: http://i44.tinypic.com/120pix4.jpg
The readings of Temperatures the TMPIN0 and TMPIN1, north and south bridge are ok. The TMPIN2 127°C is a dead sensor, it allways was like that from the beginning. Don´t pay attention to it.
I´m really worried that thomething bad could happen and I have not a replacement for this mobo now.
Could be some bad or crazy sensor which send some erroneous signal and that´s could be the origin of this situation?
Does it exist the possibility the mobo get fried?
I hope you´ll have the best advise for me.
My best regards,
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I'm confused. You say to ignore the 127° reading, but then state you are concerned and talk about a false reading. What reading and what exactly are you concerned with, the CPU temps? If your system were getting that hot(127°C), you'd shut down or blow something. I'm sure it's a false reading.
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Quote from: hifi239 on 04-February-09, 00:37:10
Thanks for all the information. As I said, I have the MB working on a spare Sempron and I am waiting for a new 940, but here are some facts I'm still curious about:
1. With a plain vanilla Sempron 3400+ and a plain vanilla one stick of slow memory my K9N2 SLI Platinum will not boot correctly with bios 3.3, even after resetting cmos, unplugging, etc. MSI tech had to send me 3.3B3. Anyone know why that would be. Is there something wrong or different about my MB compared with everyone else that has 3.3? What bug in 3.3 is fixed with 3.3B3?
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2. I'm sorry but I think that with 3.2 or 3.3 or 3.3B3, before flashing, after flashing, with cmos reset, with cmos not reset, the bios should never put the red maximum 1.8 volts on a CPU it doesn't recognize. I never set that parameter. It is a bios bug for it to switch up to 1.8 Vcore. I had the 9850BE at Auto (about 1.1V I think).
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4. digit123abc said "i have the same board and 940BE, 3.3 sets the cpu voltage to 1.8volts even after bios reset and loading defaults" So, when I get the new 940, with 3.3B3 am I really going to have to rush into the bios and change the 1.8Volts to auto before I burn that CPU also? If so, that's a bad bios bug.
A BIOS default is Vcore at Auto, never seen anything else....not a BIOS-bug but he didn't reset the cmos after flashing.
And again 3.3Beta3 is older then 3.30 that is release version.
Same as with Windows7 Beta....thats prior to Windows7 Release.

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K9N2 Sli Platinum - won't boot? Can't figure out problem.

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what to even search for.
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2x BFG Nvidia Geforce 9800 GTX+
2x Cosair xms2 2gb ddr2
1000 watt BFG EX Series
Sony DvD drive
1tb western digital drive
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Then i thought well i ruined my windows install. I tried booting again it did the same thing. So i just said screw it
ill reformat. But this time there was no signal from my graphics card. When i turn the computer on it will normally
be loud and then get quiet after everything has booted. But now it just turns on and stays loud because i suspect
it's still booting. So i took everything apart. Tried connecting and unconnecting everything. moving ram etc...
Ive got it to boot twice but after that it crashes before windows loads like a plug pull and it wont boot again.
I cant tell whats wrong it could be everything but nothing makes sense. I've built about 7 or 8 computers.
gotten rid of several viruses and bad hardware but I've never seen anything like this.
I tried checking the LED codes for the board. Leds 11 and 10 and 9 and 8 alternate red and green which means HDD and floppy drive are trying to boot.
but it does that even when my harddrive is not connected and it still wont show video. Ive even rotated the graphics cards and tried a 7900gs. nothing.
Edit: now led 6 and 7 are red.
please help me out. Thanks.

Yeah the case i have is the antec 1200. Never had a problem with heat before.
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guess it must be the mobo or processor. I don't have another motherboard to test everything else on
all my other pcs are 5 to 7 years old.
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You are most welcome! Ever so kind!
No performace lost, instead higher efficiency like you noticed.
Think of it like this:
A pipe with a big diameter can transport a lot of fluid.
A pipe with high pressure, where things have a high speed, can transport a lot of fluid.
A pipe where the diameter is not the same in both ends. Well, you can't say how much fluid will come out the other end, at least not without a lot of calculating and testing. (Like you also noticed. :D )
What is a pity is that program(mer)s have difficulties making use of all the cores. Phenom have four true cores. I think it will take about two years until all four can be put to full use, but if there ever is any real use in using all four cores is hard to say and a different question.
Sure AMD and Intel and Microsoft et al have found ways of distributing processor work, but they are far from optimized. And it isn't easy: Think of the project your work group got from your chief or teacher: How many should be involved? Or if you are 300 people in your dorm, or even just four of you in your family, should all help out with the washing up after supper?
No, is the best answer to that. So what has begun is developing processors, with a variety of cores. One may - as a silly example - make icons until or unless it can do better work somewhere else. - Not an easy thing making it do tasks like that, either! So that is why I did the washing up just now.

K9N2 SLI Platinum Fails Boot In Morning

System:
# AMD Phenom X4 9550
# MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
# 2x2GB G Skil DDR2-1066 ( Bios DDR2 800/2.1 Volts )
# GeForce 8500GT
# 1x Seagate 500GB Sata
# 1x Maxtor 60GB ATA 133
# 650W PSU
Having Boot problems: Failed Boot this morning, System Shutdown 10 Hours ( PS AC On , LEDs Lite )
Failed at 2nd Green Light ( memory size check ), Reset and system Booted normal..
Previous: Overnight AC OFF , No Leds, System Failed Boot at 2nd Green LED and kept Recycling.
Several Power sw On/Off, system Posted with Bios Check sum, Booted defaults, System ok.
Ran OK all day..
Note: system Memory passes Memtst+ at 1066, 6 hours , no fails......
& Sandra Hardware tests ok
Question, Is Bios powered by PS when Power is off ( Leds are Lighted ) or could Battery be bad,
( I know, I will get another, But I don't think it is the problem )

You should have had early warnings if the battery was running low.
Could have been some kind of power problem during night, of course. If you mean by reset that you restarted the system, that would however suggest the PSU is on the limit.
There isn't much use in overclocking your memory, so I suggest you run it at 800.
And please specify your PSU a little better. Watts mean nothing substantial at all. It says mostly what profit the manufacturer wants.

K9N2 SLI Platinum Brick

So I recently replaced a faulty ASUS Crosshair with what I was led to believe was a better board, the MSI K9N2. I had a little trouble getting it installed, but I managed to work around that with nLite and reinstalling windows with the RAID drivers. So I got it to boot to windows once, installed all the drivers, and restarted. I went into the BIOS to save the settings in the "USER SETTINGS" menu, and the BIOS froze up and crashed. I gave it a while in case it was going to do something, and then restarted. Nothing happened. The diagnostic LEDs were going between "Testing base and extended memory" and "Boot Attempt". I shut down, disconnected power, reset BIOS, and tried again. Now it's only showing "Boot Attempt" on the LEDs, and still nothing.
So tell me, is there anything I can do, or am I in for more of the same? And is there another motherboard that would be more appropriate for my system?
Also important: hardware I'm using now.
K9N2 SLI Platinum (MS-7374 VER 1.2)
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition
Corsair Gaming memory 2x2GB (CGM2X2G800)
BFG 8800 GTX OC X2
SeaSonic SS-650HT +3.3V@24A,+5V@30A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,+12V3@18A, +12V4@18A,[email protected],[email protected]
Seagate 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive X4
Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW and a Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW
Creative X-Fi 7.1 Sound Card
Windows XP SP2 (without themes, or sample pictures, music, etc.)

Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 07-July-08, 06:03:51
From first post of yours I would have guessed at a processor problem. Hard to imagine you used that Phenom in the ASUS system too, but did you?
ModificatioNNNNN:
- "Agena 9850 (B3, 125W) 200 12.5 SINCE 3.1 "
- http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1443
No, the ASUS was an AM2, not an AM2+, and didn't support the Phenom. I figured I'd pick up a new processor while I was getting a new motherboard. I can say it's not a processor problem, unless both the new Phenom and the old FX were bad, as I tried to boot with the board on a board, and tried both processors.

K9N2 SLI Platinum memory problems

I just built my first computer with the K9N2 SLI Platinum. The computer will not boot up with my ozr memory (2x2GB) SLI-Ready Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 4 GB Dual Channel. Here is the link: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XFI1EE . I can get it to boot with my old kingston ram (2x512MB). Once and a while it will start up with one stick of the 2GB with the Kingston but not all 4 at once. When I do get it to start up I eventually get the blue screen of death. The screen never stays on for long to write stuff down. This is my first build and I used my old hard drive with the same windows on it. It is vista home premium 32-bit. Would changing all the hardware mess up the software on the hard drive? Let me know what you all think. Thanks!
Zach
K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD henom II X4 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz Cache 8MB AM2+ 125W Processor
Corsair 850-Watt TX Series 80 Plus
EVGA e-GeForce GTX260 SC 896MB DDR3
OZR SLI-Ready Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 4 GB Dual Channel

Quote from: Fredrik on 05-May-09, 22:22:15
Could be the seating of the processor. Think it would be good to take the motherboard out and reseat the processor. Clean off old before applying new thermal grease.
If you want to learn what the BSOD says, normally they a r e a Windows/software problem, disable Windows' automatic restart. Right-click This computer and choose Properties. Click Advanced, and un-tic the 'Restart automatically'.
Could it be a cpu problem? I do notice when i have both of my 2x2GB rams in i get four red LED lights which my manuel does not say anything about. I have read on other forums that this could be the cpu is not seated right. Is there any software that will tell me if the cpu is not installed correctly?

K9N2 SLI Platinum Poor Performance

My son and I put together the system listed below. It booted up and accepted the XP Pro install fine. But response was noticebly slow
especially when Starwars Battlefront 2 was loaded. Response was slow and choppy. This game ran smooth on his older AMD 2400, ASUS SLI-Deluxe MOBO with 2 512MB ram sticks... Checked bios in new system and found FSB showed 200MHz. I was expecting 1066MHz or more. What's with this? Are we missing a bios seting somewhere?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Regard's,
ronr
MOBO: MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum, AM2+, nForce750a
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9859 Quad Core, Black Edition,Socket AM2+
RAM:Crucial Ballistix, 2048MB (2 - 1GB sticks), PC8500, DDR2, 1066MHz
HDD: WD Caviar 320GB SATA-3G
Video: BFG, nVidia GeForce GTX 280, using DVI port
PSU: Coolmax, CR-550B, 550W (+12V1=17A,+12V2=18A)
DVD/CD: Generic combo player/burner
Floppy: Generic 3 1/2
Keyboard: Generic 102 PS2
Monitor: Samsung 20" LCD digital

Better choices would be:
Corsair TX650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
Corsair TX750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703019
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341011

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