K7D Master multiplier over 12.5?

I'm just about to get my ordered K7D Master (hopefully L version - depends if they can get it) today or tomorrow and I'm wondering if the multiplier will go higher than 12.5 and if the limitation is due to hardware or bios. I'm assuming a bios update will fix it as user Mr. Heat (also saw him at http://www.2cpu.com) is using 2100 or 2200 MP's cpu's (13X multiplier) which work automatically but he wasn't able to change the multiplier even with unlocked MP cpu's.
So... my question is: Can the K7D Master run future MP 2400 or MP 2600 or XP 2400, etc cpu's without problems? ?(
On a side note, is software IDE raid easier to setup with XP than 2k? (will probably get XP with new mobo)
Mr. Heat Are you running XP or win2k for stability?

Hi, I checked the K7D Master CPU Support Status web page and Athlon MP 2200+ is listed, but I can't install windows 2k or windows xp, stop errors and blue screens appear during the instalation process.
Is there any bios configuration specially for this processors?
When is going to be released the next version of bios?
I had to downgrade the bios to 1.3 version and only windows 2k works, but it detects the 2 processors as Athlon XP.
Thanks in advance ...
My configuration:
2 Athlon MP 2200+
1.5 gb PC2100 ECC
GeForce4 TI4400
Audigy 1394
C-net Lan card and modem
2 Maxtor 120 gb, 7200 rpms
CDRW Lite-on 52x

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K7D Master L & Promise FastTrak SX4000 boot hang

I am having major trouble getting a Promise FastTrak SX4000 RAID controller to work with a K7D Master-L (MSI-6501-030). I would appreciate any and all input, especially from those of you who have similar or identical hardware (same motherboard/chipset, same RAID controller or similar Promise card) and are able to get them working.
Brief description :
The SX4000 controller will hang at the IDE drive detection stage when installed on this board alone (plus an AGP video card) or alongside various combinations of PCI adapters, in various PCI slots available, and using various BIOS settings. The SX4000 appears to work fine in another Intel chipset system with the same AGP video cards. Both the motherboard and the SX4000 controller appear to have the latest BIOSes available.
Symptoms :
When the system is turned on with the SX4000 controller installed, it completes POST successfully, then loads the Promise FastTrak BIOS from the SX4000, and stalls after displaying "Scanning for IDE drives". Waiting for extended periods of time verifies the system is just 'stuck' here. It appears to be a 'hang' rather than a 'freeze', since the keyboard continues to operate and Ctrl-Alt-Del will still reboot the system at this point. The D-LED diagnostic LED bracket indicates (according to the included user manual), the system is at the "Initializing Hard Drive Controller" stage at this point.
The system continues to boot fine if the SX4000 controller is not installed.
The SX4000 controller functions fine on another system, a Dell OptiPlex GX400--a Pentium 4-based system built around the Intel i850 chipset. This OptiPlex GX400 has only a TNT RIVA 128 AGP video card installed, but has built-in audio and NIC. The SX4000 controller also works in this system using a GeForce2 MX TwinView AGP video card as well as a GeForce FX5600 AGP video card. It does not work on the K7D Master-L with either card, with the following exception. With only the TNT RIVA 128 AGP video card, it will in fact scan for IDE drives (indicated by ~10 - 15 dots/periods, ".", displayed after the "Scanning for IDE drives" message), but then will also hang as soon as the scan is complete without additional messages.
All of the above is true whether hard disks are connected to the SX4000 controller or not.
Disclaimer : I am not a newbie. I've built hundreds of systems over the past 10 years and know what I am talking about. :)
What I have tried so far, and what I've been able to determine :
I have gone through quite a bit of research about this. I've tried both Promise and MSI Web sites (both US and Taiwan), the Web at large through Google, as well as various newsgroups including alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar through Google, the MSI forums on their Web site, the AMDMB Forums, 2CPU forums, HardForum, AnandTech Forums, SysOpt forums, and Tom's Hardware Community. While there are many posts about the AMD 760MPX chipsets and various Promise RAID and non-RAID IDE controller cards, none describes my problem exactly. Hence my posting here.
o There isn't a problem with the DIMM I am using on the SX4000. It's a 256 MB PC133 DIMM, with 8 HT33S328256K (32Mx8) DRAM chips on it. I am certain it's not a problem because the card works as expected in the Dell OptiPlex GX400 with the same DIMM. I have also tried a 64 MB PC100 DIMM (Crucial) and there is no difference--the SX4000 controller hangs the K7D Master-L, but works with the OptiPlex GX400.
o Moving the card around to different PCI slots on the K7D Master-L doesn't make a difference, if only so to avoid a problem with a shared interrupt. I have tried the board in all 5 available PCI slots--the upper two 66MHz/64-bit PCI slots as well as the lower three 33MHz/32-bit PCI slots. I have looked at the IRQ assignment scheme for this board, and tried putting the SX4000 (alone or with other PCI cards--see configuration info at the end) in the first PCI slot, next to the AGP slot such that it doesn't share an IRQ with the video card. No luck. I have also tried the lowest PCI slot (#5), which should have a distinct IRQ ideally, based on the above scheme, but that also makes no difference.
o Disabling various components, including all on-board peripherals (audio, LAN, serial, parallel, and USB ports, legacy USB emulation, ACPI), disabling all caching/shadowing (video/system BIOS) makes no difference.
o The SX4000 controller came with the latest available BIOS according to the Promise Web site (http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productId=94&category=All&os=100), v1.02.0.5. Just for the hell of it, I copied the controller BIOS from the flash ROM to an image using Promise's own PFLASH.EXE utility and file-compared it with the latest BIOS on the Web site to ensure they are exactly the same.
o The K7D Master-L came with BIOS v1.6, which, according to MSI's US (search for the K7D Master L) or Taiwanese (lists a v1.82, but I am hesitant since it doesn't recommend or caution against using it on the -L model of the motherboard) Web sites is not available. These list either v1.3 or v1.5 (the latter for the K7D Master) as the latest available that I can verify for K7D Master-L.
o I tried downgrading the SX4000 controller BIOS to the other, earlier one available on the Promise Web site, to v1.01.0.15. No changes. The card still doesn't work in any slot on the K7D Master-L, and works fine in any slot on the OptiPlex GX400.
o There *are* people on these forums who have similar systems, some with the same motherboard and controller, others with the same motherboard and similar cards like the FastTrak SX6000 who apparently are able to make it work. I know this only because they have open threads on other issues and happen to provide their configuration info. For example:
--same mobo and controller card, apparently working as reported problems are other issues--
2CPU forum post #1
2CPU forum post #2
2CPU forum post #3
MSI forum post #1
newsgroup post #1
--same mobo, very similar controller card--this person first asked on MSI forums and then walked the AMDMB, Tom's Hardware forums, with no response except a supposed "will not work" from MSI; the last one is another person describing my exact problem I think--only one so far--but with an SX6000--
MSI forum post #2
AMDforums post #1
Tom's HW Community post #1
newsgroup post #2
--same chipset though different mobo--
2CPU forum post #4
2CPU forum post #5
2CPU forum post #6 (the K7D Master L has no "jumperless mode")
--people building similar/identical setups--
2CPU forum post #7
AMDforums post #2
AMDforums post #3
What I have not done :
o I have not tried downgrading the BIOS on the K7D Master-L to an earlier (pre-1.6) version. I don't know if this is wise, though, considering this appears to be a newer (with working USB 1.x) revision of the motherboard that might minimally need the BIOS currently on it.
o I have not tried another SX4000 controller card, which I do not have. However, the card working fine on the OptiPlex GX400 indicates to me clearly that there isn't a functional problem per se on the card itself.
o No components are overclocked.
What I suspect :
o The fact that the two GeForce-based cards behave slightly differently than the TNT RIVA 128 (see above about how the hang occurs slightly later with the latter card) indicates to me that the problem is some combination of the motherboard, RAID controller, and video card conflicting (conspiring?) together. I am looking for the plainest AGP video card I have around to further test this.
o There appears to be a resource conflict *or* a BIOS/handover problem going on. It's not likely an IRQ conflict/sharing issue, since on the OptiPlex GX400, the SX4000 happily shares an IRQ with the video card (verified through the BIOS). The resources the SX4000 uses when on the OptiPlex GX400, as seen through its own BIOS/array utility are:
Installed Memory Address FF1F8000 Size 256M
Controller IRQ9
ATA IO Address EC00
XOR and HDMA IO Address E800
Sequence Control IO Address E400
Flash and SRAM Memory Address FF200000
I do not know which of these are retained as is when in the K7D Master-L (the IRQ certainly isn't necessarily retained, but don't know about the rest). I also am not able to easily check for a conflict with these. I can verify that as Windows XP can see it (which does assign its own resources via ACPI, of course,) there are not system or motherboard resources overlapping with any of these.
Also note this older K7T issue that may be relevant
What I need help with :
If you have a K7D Master-L and an SX4000, SX6000, or other similar Promise controller, please let me know how your system is configured.
What other peripherals, particularly video card do you have?
Which slots are all the cards in, particularly the SX4000?
What BIOS version of the K7D Master-L are you using?
What BIOS version is the SX4000?
Many thanks in advance,
MacGyver

Hi, I believe of having your same problem..sorry, I do not speak well English,
this is my system:
Mainboard Microstar MSI K7D MasterL chipset AMD 761MPX
CPU dual AMD MP2400+
RAM 2x512 Corsair pc2100 ECC Reg.
Primary Master DVD Rom Toshiba SD-M1712
1° slot PCI(66Mhz) controller FASTRACK SX4000
3° slot PCI controller USB
AGP 3Dlabs VP970
3 HD Western Digital WD0800JB 80Gb with 8Mb buffer (new)
AUDIO ONBOARD AC97
LAN ONBOARD INTEL
IRQ 11
RAID 5
BIOS FASTRACK SX4000 1.02.0.5
RAM Dimm 256Mb (test OK)
this is my problem:
1) the HD in master or slave the HD do not come recognized from the bios of the fastrack..HD not found..control cables ide or current
2) cable select or removing jumper from the HD the these they come recognized, it allows to make the Array (tried raid 5, 0 and the 1) ago boot of the fastrack but at the moment of the boot from floppy or cd rom (as from bios of the mainboard) remains the underscore that flashes. The PC is not of an all out..con ctrl+alt+del reboot.
3) tried to use also only 2 of aforesaid the HD, invert channel, user also channel 4, same problems
4) it recognizes the HD in master if I mount cables IDE to the contrary.. with the blue connector on the HD..ma remains problem of the boot from floppy or cd
5) I have tried to install others 2 not new HD (samsung 6,4 Gb + seagate4,6 Gb)..il fastrack recognizes them also in master..it allows the Array in raid 0 or raid1 but it remains the problem of the boot from floppy or cd.
6) tried to move fastrack on other slot Pci (also on one of those to 33Mhz) identical problems
7) bios mainboard all ok..also why if I do not make array..part the boot from floppy or cdrom..also if then to the fine ones it says nonexistent disc to me (lacks the Array..)
8) changed to cables courrent..do not creed is that one the problem..Enermax 460W..e then if septum in a determined way jumper the recognized HD
9) modernized bios..le tests son been made it is with that old one that with last (the 1.02.0.5)
10) tried to use other cable 80 pin connecting a single HD WD in master..l' HD it is not recognized!
11) tried also to detach controller USB
12) moved reader DVD in primary slave and also in secondary (it is master that slave)
13) mounted same fastrack SX4000 on other pc..same problems
14) I have modernized bios to version 1,3 (last the available on the site US..on the taiwanese site is version 1,82 but I do not trust myself)
15) I do not know what other to make!
I have read on the situated one that not there were problems of incompatible with my Mainboard and was compatible with HD Western WD0800BB (80 GB and 2 Digital Mb of buffer) and with WD1200JB (120Gb and 8 Mb of buffer)..i 8 WD0800JB are 80Gb and have Mb of buffer..but creed are not a problem of HD..inasmuch as the problems remain also changing discs (seagate and samsung).
I absolutely have need of this PC for job
if it finds one solution..please it makes to know me! ;( thanks

RAID Adaptec 2410SA slow on K7D Master

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I have a raid controller Adaptec 2410SA connected to the 64bit pci slot.
Setting up a raid 0 array won't let me have a transfer rate over than 40 Mb / s (even with 4 wd raptors I borrowed)
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How can I set the 64bit pci to be clocked at 66 MHz ?
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I have problems with my K7D MAster board

I just have gotten hands on a new K7D master mobo (yeah i know it is not the newest board on the market but i had the cpus so why not). I have just installed Windows 2000 server on the machine. And everything was working fine until I was going to transfer some very large files over to my other computer (DVD isos 4,5 GB) and then the machine just locks up. And I have to reset it to get it up and running again.
I have changed the network adapter and reinstalled the whole system, but it doesnt help.
When i look under the device manager there is an unknown device called "unknown pci bridge" it seems its the AMD 768 chipset.
But here comes the real problem, I cant instal any AMD drivers?? When i try to instal the EIDE driver, the 768 chipset driver or any of the AMD drivers its just saying that there is no AMD components found.... And the driver wont instal.
Anyone heard of this before?
MSI K7D Master
2 X MP1900 CPUs
Adaptec 29160 scsi board
2 X Seagate U160 18GB SCSI disks
1 X Seagate 200GB IDE disk
1 X Samsung 250GB IDE disk
1,5 GB ram Crucial and Apacer
Edit: Problem solved, seems that I must have an PS2 mouse plugged in
When I tried copying with the PS2 mouse it all works
I found this topic in www.2cpu.com
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=e88a5eb9c52b6bf96d532faf85d626cf&threadid=42709&highlight=K7D+master+lock
Speaking of strange problem... lol

Juansebastianco,
you can try this, to see if it makes a difference: boot your MacBook Pro into Recovery mode by holding down a Command key and the R key as it starts up. Once the Mac OS X Utilities menu appears, select Disk Utility. On the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window, select your internal disk’s boot partition (typically called “Macintosh HD”). On the right-hand side, press the Verify Disk button if it’s not greyed out; if it is greyed out, or if it reports that errors were found, press the Repair Disk button. Once the verification/repair is completed, exit Disk Utility and select Restart from the Apple menu to restart in normal mode. Does it still crash after being on?

Logitech cordless optical mouse & MSI k7D-master

Hi,
just wanted to know if someone is using a logitech cordless and optical mouse around and a MSI
K7D-MASTER???
I bought one last week and put it to work, pretty nice invention I said!!!!!
it was functioning pretty well, comfortable i´d say, until that moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;( :O X( 8o ?( X(
X( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;(
The moment i decided to install the st*pid software bundle it has!!!!
MOUSEWARE 9.41.1 (windows) for Microsoft Windows:
XP, Me, 2000, 98, 95, NT 4.0
this machine runs 2 processors (athlons MP)& Wxp PRO.
I installed the software like i always do it ( put it into my cdrw and appeared the install screen) i was prompted to install the mouse software & music match too, i did it.
My machine is as follows:
K7D MASTER-L
2 Athlons MP 1600+
1024 Mb ddr ecc registered Kingston
4-80 Gb IDE barracuda 7200 rpm UATA 100 (0+4)
1-19 gb SCSI barracuda 7200 rpm ultra 160
Adaptec SCSI card 29160
Pomise Fast track 100 RAID card,0,1,0+1,JBOD
Geforce 4 Ti 4400
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum (shuld listen how it sounds!)
Nec USB 2.0 card
Creative Encore dvd decoder card
2 Lite On cd rw 32*12*40
1 hp scsi 9600 cd rw 12*8*32 external
1 creative dvd 12 encore (reg 1 set)
Intel SC-5000 SERVER CASE (modified)
Pinnacle DV 500 DVD video capturer
Cirrus Logic serenum external modem
WinXP PRO
Linux Suse 8.0 (dual boot)
Then i was prompted to restart my machine....i did it.
then the post, the fasttrak bios, the scsi card bios, everything that my machine runs before starting..........finally the WINDOWS XP PRO screen booting up...........then suddenly a BSOD (blue screen of death), telling me that it was stopping due to new installed software or hardware, blah, blah blah stop at code 0x93c3487…. !!!....................................... ......................... 8o 8o 8o 8o 8o 8o ?( ?( ?( ?(
what the hell??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
restarted my system and entered in safe mode..........run uninstall mouseware and everything i installed.
again the post, the fasttrak bios, the scsi card bios......booted up and enter in windows like i normally do.
I wanted to restart my system once and did it, but when it restarted a small st*pid window suddenly appeared telling me i have lost my profile just like this:
"Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted. Contact your administrator. "
“Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off”
“seconds until you are logged into a temporary profile…………30,29,28,27,…..,2,1,0”
it logged in ……………………all my icons, where were them????????
My programs, my work ?????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!
I was insane, insane, insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;( ;( ;( ;( 8o 8o 8o 8o ;( ;( ;( ?( ?( 8o :O :O :O :O :O ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;(
I decided to use system restore…..it functioned. I have everything back ) ) ) ) ) )
I think Wxp pro, 2 processors & mouseware from Logitech are not good combination!
Logitech: I won’t buy anything from them again, the box the mouse came in has a legend telling you: over 10 million Cordless mice Sold!! (Yeah, that´s right for uni processor machines, maybe)
I ´m still learning things about my dual processor machines: they do not like everything that is designed for uniprocessor machines!!!
A dual processor machine is something fast, more than one processor has to be better in many aspects. But again, not everything is designed for a dual processor machine.
Does anyone know how to back up your profile in Wxp pro????
Any comments are welcomed!!!

Before Installing CD drivers you should always check to see if later drivers are available. The 9.6x drivers have been out for ages so go and try them.
BIm2k

K7D Master-L with LAN problems

I've just completed construction of my new K7D Master-L based machine and am running into LAN problems. The first K7D Master-L I received had a bad IDE controller on it, and now the replacement board has intermittent LAN issues.
WinXP Pro installed fine, and I was able to install the LAN driver from the MSI CD and get things up and running fine. After about 20 minutes or so, the LAN connection drops out and then comes back a few minutes later. This cycle repeats over and over. There are no duplicate IP addresses on the network, there are no errors in the XP system log, and all of the other systems on the network continue to work fine during these down periods.
I checked on the MSI website, and there are no drivers available for the Intel 82551QM lan controller that is on the K7D Master-L board. Does anyone know where I can get an updated driver to try? These types of problems are most frustrating to debug.
Thanks,
Norm

Just an update to this:
The problem is definately the onboard LAN controller. I've tried a Netgear card as well as a real PCI based Intel Pro 100 card and both are working great. When I take the PCI cards out and try to use the onboard LAN, I still get intermittent outages.
Very strange. If any MSI engineers are listening, I'd love to hear your opinions. According to the OS, there are no IRQ, memory, or other conflicts that might be to blame.
Norm

K7D Master very slow PCI/Raid

I have a K7D Master with latest firmware. I am trying to setup a Adaptec 2410SA raid controller (3 Raptor 10k drives) and am finding it very slow. It benchmarks with a RAID 0 array at 30MB/s. I have also tried Highpoint 1640 with the same results. I have tried a second K7D master board and it shows the same results.
From what I can tell it seems to be the PCI bus is slow. I have tried both 33 and 66MHz cards but always can get no more then about 30MB/s out of my Raid controller. If I use the inbulit IDE I can get over 40MB/s with a single drive.
I have tried adjusting the PCI latency but made not difference. Does anyone have any ideas?
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(2) AMD 2400+
Radeon 9600
512 ECC Ram
Adaptec 2410SA / Highpoint 1640
3 Raptor 10k drives
500W power

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I therefore decided to test different AGP cards - I tried Creative Banshee (3DFX chip), Creative GeForce 2 Ultra, Leadtek GeForce 3 Ti 500 and 3DFX Voodoo 3. The Adaptec card would not boot no matter what AGP card I tried. The machine hangs when the bios of the Adaptec is showing. I then tried 3 different PCI video cards (Geforce 2MX, ATI Rage3D and Matrox), and the 2100S worked with all of them.
So it seems that the Adaptec 2100S will not boot (hangs during bios message) as long as the AGP port is being used on the k7D - the question is: can MSI come up with a new bios that resolves this problem or do I have to live without my 2100S ?

K7D Master CPU Voltage

I have a K7D Master motherboard running dual MP2200+ Cpu's. The computer is stable, but the second CPU runs significantly warmer all the time and can set off the heat alarm (which I ran up over 60 degrees Celcious) if the system is under a load. Checking the heat sink, it seems on solid, the fan is running smoothly and quick (4800 RPM, I believe...same fan as on the first CPU..AMD box set with CPU), and the heatsink itself is VERY WARM to the touch (while the other heat sink remains cool).
Sandra (a diagnostic/benchmark tool) indicates that my secondary CPU is running at 2.5 Volts (as opposed to 1.61 volts like my first/cool CPU).
Are there any fixes for this? If needed, how do I contact MSI for RMA?

After switching the CPU's positions (in addition to adding 2 Volcano 11 CPU coolers) my temps also switched. Now my temp on CPU1 is 129 Degrees F (54 C), CPU2 is 116 F(46 C), and the mainboard is 82 F (28 C). These temps are being measure while the room temp is 70 Degrees and no load on the system and with the side of the case off. The system has 2 case fans, 2 cpu fans, a graphics chip fan, a motherboard chipset fan, and the power supply fan.
PCAlert 3 says VCore2 is running at 2.5 Volts (ok, it's obvious this MUST be a misread now, since CPU1 is not the processor overheating) CPU1 quickly climbed to 143F when I place the computer under a heavy load..it might go higher, I cut off the program that was running the CPU up because the alarm was annoying (and I don't want to risk burning up anything).
Any suggestions? Cooler climate? The next most powerful heat sink I could find was over $100 (though it was one of those that actually refrigerates the chip).
All in all, the computer is liveable. No smoke yet or anything.
Any suggestions Please.

K7D Master shutdown issue

MSI K7D Master board, 512M 2100 RAM(ECC, Registered), dual 2200+MP AMD processors, 60G HD Western Digital, Soundblaster Audigy 2 platinum, 50x sony CD-ROM, ATI 9000 Pro 128M video card, 500W power supply, Linksys 10/100 NIC, 5 port USB 2.0 card, Windows XP Pro SP1
Issue is as follows, systems runs great quick/snappy no issues at all when running. However when I attempt to shutdown the system it gets to the point where you hear everything power off then about 1 – 2 seconds later the system powers back up. Very odd. I have checked the bios for anything that might stick out, nothing I saw would allow for this. WOL(wake on LAN) and all that is disabled. I am open for any idea’s, thanks a lot in advance. This problem bugs me pretty bad.
x40ozbaby

Without calling MSI (long wait times), is there any way to obtain an RMA for the K7D by email? Still haven't found a resolution to my stability issues running 2cpus and the cmos battery is dead. So far no response from emailing them over 3 weeks ago??
?(

K7D Master does not recognize 1GB Reg ECC modules

I have an older K7D Master (2 CPU) which runs fine with 256 MB and/or 512 MB modules (all Kingston REG Ecc). The board also runs fine with 2 x 512 MB non ECC.
But when I use Kingston 1GB modules Reg ECC (KVR266X72RC25/1024) I get an error:
"AWARD Bootblock BIOS V1.0
BIOS ROM Checksum Error
INSERT System Disk ....
The modules don't work when only one is installed, nor when both of them installed, nor in any combination with de 256/512 MB modules.
I already use BIOS v1.91, I cleaned CMOS, installed another PSU (500W). All to no avail.
Doesn't the K7D master support the 1 GB modules? Or do I need other modules (brand/specs)? ???
Thanx.

How many modules are you talking about? If you try to use 4 of them, I can imagine it won't work.
Also, are they trouble free?
Try Memtest86 on each of the sticks.
I see this on the MSI product page:
Quote
• Supports eight memory banks using four184-pin DDR DIMM
• Supports DDR SDRAM DIMM
• Supports a maximum memory size of 4GB (registered DDR only)
Note: Because of limitations imposed by the personal computer architecture and BIOS, the user-accessible memory is less than 4 Gbytes even if 4 Gbytes of physical memory is installed.

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Question for K7D Master-L owners

what heatsink are you using for your K7D Master-L ?
im in the market to obtain one of these in a short period of time and am looking for sugestions on heatsinks that will fit.
any feedback would be appreciated.
thanks

thanks for the reply Bas
i was looking to put the Thermalright SK-7 on it, but it measure 85mm long...not sure if it would fit.
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=35-109-006-03.JPG/35-109-006-02.jpg/35-109-006-01.JPG
someone was also pointing me to the Thermalright SK-6 which i know will fit, but i was looking for something a bit bigger.
what kind of temps are you getting with that cooler ? what cpu's are they cooling ?

What kind of RAM do you use with your K7D Master-L? (esp. unbuff)

I was windering what kind of RAM people sue with their K7D Master-L mobos. I recently got one with a 512 stick of Mushkiin Level 2 CAS222 RAM however I'm having boot problem. I'm going to test registered RAM soon to see if that is the problem.
Have people had success with unbuffered RAM? I really want to use Mushkin or Corsair XMS RAM for their high performance and overclockability, but if I can't oh well
-Matt

Use registered. I have used kingston and infineon working fine ( besides some funny things at some point)
Senior people will tell you there isn't any choice...

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What I have tried:
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- Removed all PCI cards (except for RAID controller and video card)
- Adding 33 MHz PCI cards to 64/66 PCI slot to slow down bus
- Tried RAID controller in each PCI slot
- Flashed the motherboard BIOS to 3 different versions, 1.91, 1.82, and 1.5 (which the motherboard was validated for use with this card on - see here)
- Tried various BIOS settings (ACPI on/off, PCI Latency, etc)
- Disabled all onboard devices (sound, ide, fdc, serial, parallel, etc.)
- Detached all drives from card
- Tested card in another computer to verify it works - it does.
I have noticed some people on this forum have had similar problems with SCSI or RAID cards:
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=39696 The first post in this thread describes the problem I'm having almost exactly.
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=37755
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=46450
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=41381
Here's my sistem configuration as I'm attempting to troubleshoot:
MSI K7D Master-L
2x Athlon MP 2200+
512 MB Samsung PC2700 CL2 ECC DDR SDRAM
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128 MB
3ware Escalade 7506-4LP
KDS Avitron AV-195TF Monitor
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
If you have any suggestions, questions, etc, please let me know. I'm desperate on this one.
MSI K7D Master-L w/ Dual AMD Athlon MP 2200+'s - 512 MB Samsung PC2700 CL2 ECC Registered DDR SDRAM - ATI Radeon 9000 128 MB - ATI Radeon 9000 PCI 64 MB - Hauppauge WinTV-PVR - 3ware Escalade 7506-4LP - 4x Western Digital WD1200JB (RAID 5) - Hitachi GD-2500 BV+ 5x DVD - LG GSA-4040B DVD-RW - Sound Blaster 5.1 DE - Addtronics 7896A Case - Enermax EG465P-VE PSU - 3x KDS Avitron AV-195TF Monitor - Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro - Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - fUnc sUrface 1030 Mouse Pad

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