How compatible about the PT880 Neo-LSR

Dear all,
My old motherboard of 865pe (p4p800-x) is damaged,so now
I want to buy the motherboard with type "PT880 Neo-LSR"
But I don't know how compatible it is.
I want it to work with these hardwares as below:
Motherboard :PT880 Neo-LSR
CPU :P4 2.4C
Memory : Kingston DDR400 256MB 4pcs
Hard drive: Seagate PATA 160G + WD SATA2 320G( it will be limited to 150MB/S)
Video Card: Geforce 2 MX400 or ATI 9550
Printer : Epson ME2 with usb plug
CD -ROM
Any advice is welcome!
helai

Quote from: Fredrik on 24-March-09, 00:47:14
It is a Pentium 4 board. How can the reviews be anything than mediocre, at best.
I wrote Socket A, but maybe in 2004 you could get an AMD64 system. They ran in eights around the Pentium 4, at a lower power consumption and heat dissipation. Now, I think you could get one at a very good price. This is a mere 180$, even in expensive Sweden: http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=325623
Thanks
I am agree with you, but I still want to get a P4 board to replace my damaged one ,because it 's a easy and cheap way to solve my problem.

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I ran a Western Digital hard drive test from a floppy, and it incorrectly recognized the WD740GD as a WD1200BB. I went ahead and tried to run the test, but the test failed due to some undefined problem with the hard drive.
The remainder of the new system components include a Pentium 2.4A Prescott, 2 256 meg sticks of Kingmax PC-3500 SuperRAM, Antec TRUE430 PS and ATI Radeon 9700 video card.
I've assembled about a dozen computers from scratch, and have never been stumped like this! I can't figure out if it's a motherboard problem, a hard drive problem, a compatibility problem or a problem of me missing a setting somewhere.

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions!
1) I am not overclocking. I'm trying to get the computer to run for the first time with all default settings.
2) I have hit F6 at the start of Windows XP install, and installed the drivers from the included diskette (G72-VASA020 VOA SATA RAID driver for VT6420/VT8237). From the diskette, I've tried to install the SATA RAID driver for Windows XP and the PATA IDE driver individually and together. No matter which one I use, or if I use both, same problem: Windows XP installation does not recognize that a hard drive is installed. I've even installed the two drivers in different order. I've tried every option. Hard drive still not recognized.
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I've probably tried to install Windows XP now about 25 times with various combinations of bios options and drivers. A couple of times I've actually gotten to the point where I got to agree with the Microsoft agreement. But the window that it took me to said that I could not install Windows XP on the hard drive that had been identified. There was no option given to format the HD. As I mentioned previously, it still mistakenly thinks that the hard drive is a WD1200BB instead of the correct WD740GD Raptor. But it won't let me do anything with the HD.
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I'm having a hell of a time troubleshooting the problem with my mobo booting...
Had some Centon RAM that went bad awhile back and had an RMA replacement of that RAM. Prior to shipping it back to them, the system was *very* unstable, but usable. The replacement RAM worked for about a day, and then the system failed again. Now, it won't boot into any system software (even memory tests like memtest86 freeze up) -- Windows or Linux (Knoppix, specifically).
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PT880 Neo-LSR mobo
Celeron 2.4 GHz processor, stock heat-sink
Mushkin 512 MB PC2700 or Centon 512 MB PC2100
Leadtek WinFast A360 Ultra TDH (GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, 128 MB) video card
Any ideas what I can try next, or should I fill out an RMA return form for the mobo?
Suggestions?

Yes, I've connected the 4-pin connector. Here's the info on the PSU:
Antec 350 Watt PSU
DC Out:
+5 V
+12 V
+3.3 V
-5 V
-12 V
+5 V SB
Max
35 A
21 A
28 A
0.5 A
0.8 A
2.0 A
Min
1.5 A
0.8 A
0.5 A
0 A
0 A
0 A
I'll double-check everything again to make sure I'm not missing something.

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okay, thanks. the files check out fine on a different floppy drive (was written using the floppy on the dead computer).
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So frustrating...just cannot seem to end the 2-3 times a week blue-screen shutdown my computer insists on. Posted something a few months back on this, and consensus seemed to be that my 380w Antec Power supply was too small for my system, so I upgraded it to the TruePower550, really hoping this would end the problem. It did not.
Seemingly corresponding with the errors I'm getting (it seems), is a disk error in the event properties that says:
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The blue screen error actually reads:
0x0000007F (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Microsoft says this is either bad RAM or a bad mobo. Both are just a few months old. I have a lot of pretty new (expensive) equipment going here.
It seems if I want to have my Geil memory tested, I have to pay $49 at the computer store near me. Which seems outrageous. I could almost buy a brand new PT880 Neo-LSR for that. Which won't help if the mobo is not the problem, but still. The BIOS I'm running is 1.7.
Obviously I'm going to have to keep spending money on new equipment troubleshooting this. It never ends!! The question is, where to spend it? On the RAM test? On a new slave drive I might not need? Should I just buy a new mobo?
Any suggestions would certainly be appreciated.

Well, I pulled the drive that was throwing the errors and sure enough, still getting the same errors/restarts saying the drive D (which is no longer in the machine at all) is at fault. Ridiculous.
This has to be the board. I'm convinced.
Time to buy (another) new motherboard. This one must be like 4 months old or so. Sheesh.
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Originally posted by johnnyalex
Hi there, my first MSI mainboard was bad, i kept getting stop errors just like yourself, i was at my wits end ! eventualy when i swapped the mainboard over everything was ok..... it may not be your board just wanted to give you some moral support!
Can you remove the slave drive for now and see if that helps with stopping the errors, if not then perhaps RMA your Board as a mainboard fault will throw all kinds of errors at you.
I spent 7 months trouble shooting before i found out it was the board ... Iwould not wish that stress on anyone else. Any way good luck and let us know if you fix it.

[PT880-Neo LSR]Power supply problem

Hello,
We've installed the new motherboard today, it model is PT880 Neo LSR. Well we've got everything plugged in, but when we try to turn on our computer it doesn't turn on.
There is a case switch, but when turn on, the fans work for like 1 second then it stop.
I've tried the Troubleshooting guide on the website, and studying the Manual, but I could not find a way to fix this.
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Originally posted by DarkDuelist
yea, it comes with the 4-pin atx1 connector and 20-pin atx2 connector.
But i just exchanged another mainboard, and still not work. the first time i test it, i only plug the 4-pin and 20-pin connector into the mainboard and it worked. i thought the problem was solved. so i put everything else in (cpu, hdd, cd-rom, dvd-rom...) then test it again. I only heard a sound psssst, and nothing run. I tested it many time and it still not work. Then I UNPLUG the 4-pin connector from the power supply to the mainboard, and test again, this time, only all the fan RUN except the the fan in the power supply DID NOT run. Is it because that the power supply got problem? I used another power supply 420w to test but nothing run either.
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The psssst sound----sounds like something shorted out. Pull everything out and put it back in with a different PSU.
Don't put a hard drive or floppy in-----just CPU, RAM mobo, vid card, fans, PSU-----see if it will post.

Pt880 neo-lsr

cele 2.0 work with DDRAM PC-3200 400MHz 256MB or not in mb pt880 neo-lsr

Celeron based CPU originally doesn't support 400MHz DDR RAMs so I guess that even if it supoprts, it'll work the RAMs at DDR 266 or 333MHz only. 400MHz is not achievable unless you o/c your system.

Can a Pentium 4 "based" Celeron work on a PT880 NEO-LSR?

I'm asking cause I'm kinda strapped for cash and need my PC up and running soon till I can afford something better.
These new Celeron's by the way are made with the same P4 core right (just lower L2 cache). So there's no reason they shouldn't work in my board even though the NEO-LSR isn't rated for Celeron. right?

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I think i'm going to sell this board and call it a day.

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I took out my Sound Blaster Live card and now when my computer turns on it beeps continously and then I turn it off. I turn it back on and then it has a beep code Beep-Beep....Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. I dunno what that code is as of yet and I haven't really looked at the 4 lights on the back. But it takes about 3 or 4 turn offs or resets to get it to finally come up. Then it can stay on forever. Its the 380w Antec SmartPower that came with the Antec Sonata case. I have increased voltage to everything but I dunno what it is. Can anyone help. I have the 2.4A Prescott Core if that helps.

I watched the D-Bracket and it didn't tell me much. Everytime it hung up on a light code and I restarted it, it would be a different code. I dunno...Maybe I should have just left my Sound Blaster in as I had it running great and it started up fine. Could it be that the onboard sound could be causing this? Seems simple enough. I had it disabled with the sound card in and had no errors what-so-ever. The only reason I took it out was so that the Prescott could have a bit more room with the 380w psu. The odd thing about the sound too is that the Left and Right channels are reversed. So if I play a game and someone is shooting at me on the right, I hear it all on the left. I know that isn't default. Or is it? lol
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PT880 Neo LSR----Dang----have you seen the bios options in this baby!

Bought this board from NewEgg for $59!! Rumored to be Via's "Canterwood Killer"----and man---for $59---what a steal!
Got the rig together but haven't updated bios yet or loaded Windows. But these things struck me immediately!!
BTW----it posted perfectly the very first time...
1. AGP/PCI lock for the first time in any Via Bios!!!!!
2. Extensive DRAM settings---way more than most boards
3. Vcore voltages were excellent and ran very high
4. VDIMM voltages went from normal to INSANE!!
5. Excellent AGP votage adjustments.
6. Northbridge voltage adjustments!
7. Southbridge votage adjustments!
Plus it has some "Turbo" and "High Performance" settings I don't even know what they do. Not to even mention the "Core Cell" Dynamic Overclocking stuff.
There is SOOOOO much to tweak and play with on this board----as much as any good Abit overclocking board like the IC7 Canterwood.
This is gonna be fun----hope it overclocks nicely and the benches are good.
If this thing will do 250 FSB with good timings and decent Vcore-----it WILL be a Canterwood killer----who wants to pay $100 more for a board that basically does the same thing.
Plus----call me a guy who just likes the underdog----but I LOVE the idea of VIA with as good or better product than Intel----and it being a whole lot cheaper!!!
Capitalism and competition-----don't you love it!
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Haven't had a chance to test it out in games. Only thing I had to do was put the motherboard in 4X AGP mode, as my Radeon 9700 Pro has the problem when running in 8X mode, within 3 to 5 minutes of booting WindowsXP, my monitor goes in to powerdown mode and only way to get it out of it, is to press the reset button. My Radeon 9700 Pro is a revision 1.1, which notoriously won't work in 8X AGP Mode.
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Problems w/ MSI PT880 Neo-LSR

I built my sysytem last February and it ran great right out of the box with the current hardware I am still using( See Sig block). about a month ago I started getting a few windows crashes and lock-ups(win XP Pro). I wiped both my hard drives and re-installed, got the same problem. Windows loads VERY S...L...O...W...L...Y . I am also getting the blue screen of death from both hard drives, error messages from both DVD Drives, Cmos errors Floppy disk drive errors and VGA Controller errors.
I checked my PC health and saw that my Proc. was up to 130 deg F, sys was at 90 deg F and my 3.3 volt was bouncing between 2.8 and 3.0
I replaced the Cmos Battery and installed a couple fans thru the power supply. That brought my temps down to 120 and 90 but didn't seem to help the 3.3V power or any of the errors I've been getting. I updated My BIOS thru MSI Live updater and that didn't seem to help either
Any Help or troubleshooting I could get would be appreciated

Hi,
Add on to Danny's post.......
How big is case? Increasing fans will not help, unless you have a case to support this........ Try leaving side off case and see if this helps......
Have you checked for Viruses? Boot Sector only go on FDISK and format............
Set :
AGP > 1.6V
DDR > 2.7V
Oh and check fans are in correct direction.........air-flow........the fans should have an arrow that is the air-flow.........
Del

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The only think you missed efemekanic is my innate luck and 'magical touch' with computers (Which makes you wonder why mine still won't boot XP, doesn't it? )
All joking aside, I have no clue why, but I was able to boot to a Win98SE floppy after playing around with my BIOS settings a bit. Once there, I flashed to the v1.2 BIOS, which let me consistently boot to something called Knoppix. Essentially, Knoppix is a distribution of Linux that you can boot from a CD, without ever having to install anything. I flashed to the v1.4 BIOS last night, and my system still won't boot to XP (not going to try the installation until I get my new PSU in), but again, Knoppix works fine.
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Hi all
I've been reading the forum for some time now and unfortunately haven't been able to fix my problem.
Right after post I have a delay of 30 sec. before XP starts loading, the screen being black meantime.
Just changed my PSU for a better quality one (cf. below) but this doesn't solve the issue.
Also desabled the boot rom options, SATA and LAN under bios to no effect.
Please also note that the GPU has a VGA and DVI outputs but the display only a VGA input. Therefore the display is connected to the VGA output of the GPU.
Any idea will be welcome
Thx in advance for your help

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