High frequency sound with K8T Neo-FIS2R

Hello!
I have the MSI k8t neo-fis2r mainboard with bios v 1.6 and sometimes it makes a horrible high frequency sound and I cant figure out why.
My system are:
amd 64 3000 cpu and
Corsair Value S PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB Unbuffered, Non-parity, 64Megx64, CL2.5
My other components does not cause the sound (that I have found out by testing).
I wonder if the ram causes the sound? Can you please help me. The sound is so bad that I cant use my computer. It only appers during heavy system load, and not in windows. It has nothing to do with my video card (because I have tried with several different cards). My bios settings are default values + cool and quit enabled. I have the core center installed so the progam controls the cpu fan.
I really hope someone can help me.

The sound does not come from the speaker and I dont think it comes fom the cpu fan either. I think it comes from the motherboard, ram or the cpu. When I dont use my mouse it is quit but when I clik it makes this sound. Can it be that I have to set all values in bios for ram etc. manually instead of automatic?
When it comes to other electrical sources I have a TV standing 0.5 meter from the computer. Could thins cause the problem? I did not have the problem with my old motherboard which was a MSI K7T Turbo2.
The sound usually appers when I am benchamarking my system. For example 3dmark 2004. Because of this I thougt there was a problem wiht my vga card but after a changed to a new one...the situation was just the same.

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Has any body else had these problems with the 6600GT in the mentioned MB.
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Hey, I'm glad to see a post on the new Gforce 6600GT AGP card. I just recently put together a brand new system (see my sig for specs). System runs great. The only thing I wanted to do was replace the video card, and after a great deal of anxiety I decided the Geforce 6600GT AGP was the best bang for the buck.
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Hi guys, i'm new here.
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LOL OK you can save us time by replying to that end the next time. Thanks.
I know it may seem trivial but I can't count how many times a suggestion was assumed to have been tried and it turned out to be the fix in the end. So if we seem grouchy about getting a reply remember that we aren't the only one's that waste time chasing stuff when no one let's us know what they have tested.
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For a couple of days ago I got all my parts for building my 64bit-system and I build her up. To my suprise it booted, with almost no errors. Although I could install Windows XP and use it completely, everytime I boot it (under the booting sequence) it says "Bios is not installed", although I can enter bios simply (like everyone else) just pushing the DEL-button.
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I've tested notebook, minial power savings and battery. C'n'q still doesn't seem to work. Yes i've enabled it in bios. I downloaded the AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP, Version (zip) 1.1.0.14 -
Yesterday my CnQ began to work fine. I've done the same as you:
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Hi all,
I have just setup up a brand new system but am having probelms getting it working. I want to install XP on a single Maxtor 160Gb drive.
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Download the drivers from MSI again, and when you copy the contents of the XP folder to floppy ADD the file txtsetup.oem from the directory above that folder. Worked for me..!
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Hi
If your cutting out. with the power led flashing, thats the power protection mode, reset remove power cable for 5 secs and replace. However, it only really triggers when the CPU is overheated, or shorting.
Check you have not a bent CPU pin, then just a little paste and make sure its tight fitting to Heatsink
Other known causes, an extra pillar fitted to backplate shorting mobo, bent drive connector pins, USB devices, check that 4 pin square and 20 pin Mobo connectors are in fully and that no pins are discoloured. Short from spare molex, or fingers on backplate touching inside back connectors. CMOS jumper on wrong pins. Faulty PSU. Faulty Disk Drive or 4 pin floppy connector on wrong pins, Ram in wrong way round (has been done), dirt or debris on mobo, or in AGP slot or RAM dimms
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jocko

Who DOESN'T Have serious issues with K8T Neo-FIS2R

Kind of a stupid question since this is a support forum but im sure some of you are out there...

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Originally posted by scottg26
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Originally posted by zerox_no1
Im not having any problems. Im happy becasue im running athlon64 3200+ @ 2.2Ghz using stock cooling with a cpu temp of 42'C idle without problems.
how do you do this???
and no, i don't doubt MSI, i've had 3 MSI boards, this will be my 4th
I use corecenter its as easy as that. :D
you mean dynamic overclocking?
who does use dynamic overclocking?
and is corecentre just like fuzzy logic?

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I checked the IRQ and there is no conflict, I uninstalled the amd64 driver and core center and reinstalled. Still does not work. I uninstalled the auzentech driver, rebooted, and cancelled new hardware wizard. Then the variable cpu frequency feature worked. Once I install the driver for the auzentech, dynamic oc stops working. I was thinking to try another pci slot but it appears to be a software issue rather than a hardware issue. The new version of Core Center does not work with my board even though msi says it's compatible so I'm still using the one that always worked. The amd driver is the latest and also always worked.
Has anyone else had a similar problem, perhaps using the auzentech sound card with this board and Core Center? Or does anyone have any suggestions?
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Hey guys, I just went to AMDs site to get the dashboard utility mentioned and in the readme, it stated that in XP, the power option needs to be set to portable/laptop. But in the past, I read that it needed to be set to "always on" and that it is, in fact, what I had it set to before when cool n quiet was working. Now I change it to "portable/laptop" and it works and set to "always on" doesn't work anymore. So now Core Center reports I'm at 33c @800mhz at no load. I don't get it??? I'll have to try an alternate utility just to verify that is indeed working.
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Hi!
I have faced problems when making OC in my Athlon 64 3400+. I do not obtain to increase the FSB for 213Mhz more than without that they occur stopped or reset. I am using 1Gb (2x512) of Ram (Corsair CMX 3200LL PRO).
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Take your sata drive off and you can overclock higher. There is no PCI/AGP lock so the speeds are affecting your sata drive. 210 mhz. system clock is about the limit before the sata drives start to act up.
The problem is with that particular VIA chipset. No way around it has been found to work in a practical manner.

MY K8T Neo-FIS2R with AMD 64 3000+ auto shuts down

I have run this system for several months with core centre all
arms going off when playing graphic intensive games (Call of duty, Counter strike etc).
I have added system fans to cool the machine sown, and this seemed to work ok until three days ago when the alarm was followed by a system shut down!
I can see no obvious problem displayed in core centre, but suspect that the alarm is CPU fan speed related - I am running the AMD supplied Heat sink& Fan assembly.
Anyone have any ideas why this problem has suddenly got worse?
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2033 MHz (10 x 203) 3000+
Motherboard MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (MS-6702)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8383 Apollo K8T800, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS V.1.8
Video Adapter VIDIA GeForce FX 5600 (256 MB)
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Motherboard 40 °C (104 °F)
CPU 44 °C (111 °F)
Seagate ST3120022A 33 °C (91 °F)
Seagate ST380011A 34 °C (93 °F)
Cooling Fans:
CPU 2860 RPM
Chassis 3013 RPM
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CPU Core 1.47 V
+3.3 V 3.10 V
+5 V 4.97 V
+12 V 11.92 V
-12 V -12.20 V
-5 V -5.30 V
+5 V Standby 4.90 V
Is this a BIOS/Core Centre issue or CPU fan or maybe a PSu shortfall since the problem only manifests itself when CPU is under high loads?

Hi mcihael ,
Thanks for the tip about Fanspeed. I have seen it around but never thought i had a need of until now.
I must admit that having all of these extra applications supplied with the motherboard can get a bit confusing - the only real use that Core Center has been to me was the alarm going off letting me know that something serious was wrong!
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Hi
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I'm sorry for no specs. Here you go
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I have just ordered these parts:
AMD Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 754) - Retail (CP-060-AM)
Asus DVD-E616P1 16X DVD-ROM / 48X CD-ROM - Retail (CD-002-AS)
Western Digital Caviar 120GB Special Edition 8MB Cache Serial ATA - OEM (HD-009-WD)
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MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-010-MS)
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Secondly, with my PSU be able to power the system without overclocking?
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I would also suggest a better PSU, I had a Enermax 350W before and it only just coped + a high pitched whining sound
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