K7D MASTER power issue

So has anyone seen this issue before
Computer is dual processors running linux red hat.
When the computer is turned on and you then go to shut it off it will not turn back on. Not unless you unplug it and plug it back in and then it powers on with out even using the power button.
I have flashed with the most recent BIOS, tried new front bezzle switch and different power supply (300 watt).
Any thoughts
Thanks in advance!

I hate to drag up an old thread just to say 'me too', but I've recently suffered the same/similar problem after running fine for a few years with only software changes. When powering off the screen goes blank but a look at the D-LEDs show they are all green, fans stay on and hdd led is lit. I normally run Win2k and I've gotten the same with Linux and BSD and have tried two different power supplies. I've pulled the bios chip and flashed it on the bench and still it boots fine won't power off. Ideas? I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on this one.
Setup:
Red ver.1 board
(2) 1900+MP
(2) 512MB PC2100
1.82 bios
400W psu
(2) 40GB IBM hdd
Sony DVD
Plextor CD/RW
ATI Fire GL8800
3Com 905 nic
Nec USB 2.0
Que! 1394 firewire

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K7D Master L issue

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K7D Master-L with ATI Radeon 7000

Is anyone using K7D Master-L with ATI Radeon 7000? I am not able to use this
combination. When I switch on the power, the screen doesn't show antying. It is just
blank. Even though the monitor doesn't show up, if I don't press any key then the
system goes further till I see all the 4 leds as green and it tries to read from the
floppy drive. However, if I press a key after the keyboard is initialized, then the
d-bracket stops at Testing VGA BIOS. I haven't installed my hard drive at this stage.
MSI support asked me to try with another graphics card. They also suggested clearing
CMOS. I cleared the CMOS and the problem still exists. In addition, now the d-bracket
stops at "Initializing hard drive controller" though I didn't install hard drive. So, I went
ahead and installed my 200GB hard drive and no change. I think, to fix this issue, I
should first be able to fix my VGA issue. Also note that as I can't see the monitor from
the beginning, I don't know what my BIOS version is and if I can flash it with the latest
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K7D Master-L: Hang during start-up process

Greetings all,
I recently bought myself a K7D Master-L board to replace my extremely finicky Tyan TigerMP (S2460) board. I had been having a lot of trouble lately, ranging from frequent bluescreens to complete lack of system start-up. Assuming this to be either a motherboard or power supply issue, I bought replacements for both: a 600W PSU from TigerDirect and the aforementioned K7D Master-L.
To my surprise, I encountered the exact same problems with the K7D. The system may get as far as preparing to boot into Windows (Win2K), but it will always stop there. Typically, if I attempt to enter the BIOS set-up, it will hang somewhere in there. A friend suggested rotating the RAM (PC2100 Infineon HYB25D256800BT-7 chips) or trying the four 512 MB DIMMs individually. Same result. I've also tried using only one processor. One of the processors doesn't yield any kind of boot-up whatsoever, while the other one gets as far as mentioned.
I've stripped the system down to just video card, two disk drives, one DIMM of SDRAM, and one processor, and the same results continue. Does anyone have any idea what could be happening here? Is it a RAM issue? RAM incompatibility? CPU burn-out? CPU incompatibility?
Full system specs (barebones configuration):
K7D Master-L mainboard
Dual AMD AthlonMP 1800+ processors
4x 512MB PC2100 Registered ECC SDRAM
PNY nVidia Quadro4 900XGL AGP video card
Maxtor 80GB C: drive
IBM 120GB D: drive

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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

MSI K7D Master-L & 3ware 7506-4LP boot hang

I recently purchased a 3ware Escalade 7506-4LP RAID Controller (IDE, 4 ports - see product info here) for use with my MSI K7D Master-L (MSI-6501-030 - see product info here) to replace my Promise FastTrak100 TX4. On boot, the system POSTs fine, and then freezes solid at the point at which it should load the BIOS for the 3ware controller. I get nothing but a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the top left hand corner, and a hard reset (CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work) is required to to reset the machine. The diagnostic LEDs on the motherboard indicate it's freezing at the point where it is "Initializing IDE controller".
What I have tried:
- Verified BIOS on RAID card was latest version (1.08.00.048)
- 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

Any luck with this issue yet, I have been trying to get some help from MSI tech support, but no replies to my email.

K7D master L - no sound - weird bios

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Hi I have just bough a k7d, having multiple problems. MSI rediceted me to here
Win2k professional
k7d master L
XP1800+
256 DDR 266 RAM
60 GB 7200 Maxtor drive
Gforce 440
Factory BIOS. Optimized defaults.
If i get into the BIOS in PCHelath, the system will block. Only hard reset will bring the system back
No sound. Multimedia Audio controler driver says. The drivers for this device not installed. Code 28. Of couser I have installed them from the CD and also downloaded file from MSI to check they were the same drivers. Even from MSI
Memory bank 1 will never work. The system will not even boot. Bank 2 seems stable.
PC Doctor will symply crash the machine, at starting, needed switch off from mains. Compains about my hardware not being something control capabale ?¿?
I have dedicated more than 16 hours to configure this and I am not new to the stuff. It is driving me mad.
Any help appreciated

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Originally posted by Bas
>Hi,
>I have the same board in use...
>I had many problems too, you really want registered >ECC DDR on this board.
This week I am exchanging the current RAM to ECC registered DDR.....
>Also, you need to install your OS from scratch or you >will never get it stable or the sound to work properly...
Upsss, I get a company custom setup image with win2k and company applications....this is going to be a challenge.....I will have to tinker a little or I will have to buy a cheap compatible sound card....
>My sound dropped all the time, after a complete >reinstall of the OS it worked fine.
>Make sure you have updated the BIOS to version 1.5
Heard to many nasty stories on BIOS update....I will have a carefull look at it. Is it really necesary ??
I will browse the forum for instructions.
>and only use the CDrom delivered drivers.
>A last thing, make sure your PSU can take the board >and has the 4 pin 12V connector, without it you won't >have enough power.....
Yes, I've 430wats, 27A on 3.3. Only one CPU currently. It should be enough.
Also, I am struggling trying to get sound working with Linux. Seems to me that there are only VIA/Intel drivers for AC97 on Linux. I posted a note to AMD for some help....
Many thanks for your help.
JCG

Problems to get run a 7800GS on my K7D Master -L - HELP -

hi,
i having problems to run my new 7800GS on my K7D Master -L
during driver installation(in the middle of) on windows XP pro the system turns into black screen.
My System:
2 Athlon MP 2800+
2x 512 MB Samsung
Powersupply: +3.3V (38A), +5V (44A), +12V (20A) (enermax EG465P-VE)
only one harddisk
i removed all cards - no solution
i try to run with only one CPU - no solution
i´m really on fire with this problem
has anybody any idea how to fix this ?
i also loaded optimized bios config... clear cmos... i do anything but this card would not run
and the card supports AGP 4x
before i try the msi 7800GS same problem
now i have the club 3D 7800GS ... same problem
i dont think thats the pwoersupply... what did u think ? but it has enough power... or ?
please help ! thanks
and... bios is 1.91 (latest stable of course)
...and try 4 different forceware drivers
thanks

Cool but the temps here and probably where you live (I checked your IP, we live 80km's apart ) are way lower then the last couple of day's.
So at lower temps, the PSU can deliver more power.
I hope it will still work when the hot temps are comming back.

K7D Master USB

Does K7D Master not support USB 2.0
Get message saying this device could run faster.
Device is USB memory stick.
Operating system= Xp pro + sp2.
Running dual amd athlon MP's@2400
Have latest bios
Can't see update on Msi site
Have tried windows driver.
Have also tried msi driver.
box says usb 2.0
Don't know if it worked before as have just got new memory stick.
Also have usb network card which is running very slow at 11mbps
HELP

I'm quite new to this forums, and I'm not used to them yet. Usually, I have the habit to search first and use existing threads. I hope this isn't an issue...
Hello there! First of all, I need to tell you that I use windows XP without SP1 nor blaster patch as my favorite OS. To be able to play a game, I installed SP2 on a second Harddisk that I plug and unplug every time I want to play that game. Now that we know each other and you realize how crazy I am:
I'm wondering why I cannot have USB 2.0 support on my K7D Master L, with SP2. The board came with a NEC usb controller, and as far as I know it is supposed to be 2.0.
I don't have any drivers for it, but the ports are working at 1.1 perfectly. What should I do? I don't know what the problem is. I searched the bios looking for legacy support but found nothing... maybe is too old or something.
Thanks a Lot.
No signature yet, so here is my setup description:
- K7D Master L. Red PCB board with PCI USB card.
- 2x athlons XP 2100+ modded to MP
- 2x 512 MB DDR 266 REG. ECC.
- XFX 7900 GS AGP 256 MB
- 40 GB WD 7200 RPM HDD (for now)
- 550W generic PFC psu.
Status: good stability. Reliable. Fast and powerful!

RAM type for MSI K7D Master?

Hello,
I am looking to purchase the K7D Master and I was wondering what kind of RAM to purchase for it. Can I use PC2700 DDR or will that just waste my money considering the clock speed of the board is 266MHz and the clock speed of PC2700 is 333MHz.
TIA
Axle

I just read in this thread that someone made the XMS memory work in the K7D Master L. Check out this thread:K7D Master L MPX boot issue
Too bad I did not know how to make it work 4 weeks ago... ;(
jim

K7D Master Problem

Hello all, I just purchased a K7D Master and 2 MP1800s. I cannot get the system to boot. The speaker emits a never ending click click click click and the D-LED shows all red, which the manual states, "The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly." I have tried both cpus by themselves in the primary cpu socket, and an XP 2100+ I had sitting here. All three processors work in other systems. I've cleared the CMOS multiple times, tried two different power supplies (Antec 350w, and a Thermaltake 480w), and in and out of a case. Any other things I should try?
Thanks,
Oldbenwa

Hi,
Probably a stupid suggestion but:
Quote
The speaker emits a never ending click click click click
Sounds like a stuck keyboard key! Dodgy keyboard perhaps! Well I'll give myself 10/10 for effort and 0/10 for helpfulness!
Sorry that's all I could think of!
Hi, I don't know much of your server board, but does it have a FSB jumper (SAFE/USER)? If it does, set to SAFE before clearing CMOS! Make sure you also completely Isolated (unplug it) from the mains supply while clearing!
Axel

K7D Master Vcore CPU2 = 2.5 !!!

Help! I have a K7D master motherboard, dual MP 2000+ processors. CPU1 Vcore is set to about 1.6, and CPU2 is at 2.5.
CPU1 running at 45 degrees C, but CPU2 runs very hot, 67 degrees C at last check. How do I lower it?
FSB = 133, and I haven't done anything to overclock. Both CPUs running at 1667 MHz
Award Bios 6.0
ANy help appreciated

Cooling is probably the most important aspect of overclocking. Overclocking causes circuits to cycle faster, generating more heat. If the CPU is not cooled properly, your CPU will not run reliably and there is a very good chance that you will permanently damage your CPU.
The heat sink and fan unit that Intel and AMD ship with its CPU are fairy good. However, for maximum stability, we need to get something better than that. For example, for CPU fans, we have Vantec Tornado, Thermaltake volcano 7+, CoolerMaster Aero 4 and Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu etc.
Be sure that the cooling solution you choose is specifically designed for your processor. Improperly mounting a heat sink, using the wrong model can damage your processor.
Also, the airflow in the case is very important. If heat cannot escape the case, the CPU is still at risk. Thus, more case fans are needed apart from the power supply's exhaust fan. Tidying up the cables inside the case can help too. In addition, clearing the dust in the case by using canned compressed air can enhance the airflow but never use vacuum cleaner as it may generate electrostatic and harm the IC components.
For more about cooling, you can also read these:
http://www.antec-inc.com/pdf/article/info_DIYArticle3.html
AND
http://www.antec-inc.com/pdf/article/info_DIYArticle2.html
AND
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=1512&sid=
For more about CPU fan, please read:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=40823&sid=
For more about Water Cooling, please read:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=40273&sid=

K7D Master-L graphics problem: multiple display adapters/no winxp star

Hiya,
I just recently bought a new K7D Master-L and I've had a few problems with it. Other than these issues the board has been great, but this is getting pretty annoying and I can't seem to fix it, so I'm posting here for advice/help/solutions.
System Specs: I have two AthlonMP 1900+ and 786MB Corsair RAM (registered PC2100, 512MB in slot 1, 256MB in slot 2). I have a WD400JB (40GB ATA100 drive with 8MB buffer) and a generic IDE CD/DVD-ROM. I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AGP card running at 4x.
When I first installed the motherboard I tried to load Windoze XP on it (actually I first used Linux but had ...driver problems). Anyway XP seemed to install fine, but upon reboot, the system would get to the "progress bar"/"OS loading" screen (the small blue bar that goes back and forth) and the bar would get stuck exactly 2 "bars" from where it started--every time. I could boot into safe mode, but nothing seemed screwy. Doign the command-line boot (I think) where it shows the drivers it is loading, it got to the "agpgart" file then stopped, maybe this was the problem. I gave up after a dozen reboots or so, trying various things, and installed Windows 2000+SP3.
Win2K installed fine, and after installing the drivers on MSI's site for northbridge, southbridge, audio, and lan, and installing ATI's latest Catalyst 3.4 drivers (I also tried 3.2), device manager had no more problems, save one.
The problem is that there are two display adapters listed: "RADEON 9700" and "RADEON 9700 (Secondary)". There were two adapters listed before I installed the drivers, called something like "Display Adapter" and "Display Adapter (VGA compatible)". In Properties it says "PCI Slot 4 (PCI bus 1, device 5, function 0)", is this normal for AGP cards? Here is a screenshot (I disabled one to see if that helped my settings-loss problem, but it doesn't):
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Whats worse is that the display settings don't seem to stick around across reboots--it always reverts to the default settings of 640x480x16--which is extremely annoying. These problems exist regardless of whether I have a Service Pack installed (currently I'm running on a fresh Win2K install with no updates and having the same issues). I've tried multiple drivers for the card and no change, I've tried with/without the updated chipset drivers, and I've had this same setup work on my previous motherboard (Tyan Tiger MP) without seeing multiple display adapters.
Any ideas? Or is there something that might fix my WinXP startup freeze? If so I could reinstall WinXP and see if that has the same multiple adapter problem...
Thanks for any advice.
Josh

Well my system just booted into 640x480x16, so it appears those registry changes didn't fix the issue. The registry settings were simply changed back to 640x480x16 for some reason. I haven't reinstalled the motherboard drivers, but I gathered them all up and I'll try this later today. Here are the latest drivers I found, all from MSI's site:
Onboard AC97 Codec Driver
Support model:   K7D Master (MS-6501)
Description:   AMD AC97 Codec Driver version 10B
Date:      2002-8-20
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/AC97_Codec.exe>
Intel 10/100 LAN device driver for Win2000
Support model:   MS-6508...MS-6501...MS-9202
Description:   A formal release from Intel.
      For integrated Intel 10/100 Lan.
Date:      2003-2-25
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/intel_Win2000_for_100.exe>
AMD 762 Driver
Support model:   K7D Master (MS-6501)
Description:   - WHQL Certified Driver
      - Added support for Windows XP
      - Changed settings to only use auto-compensation for the AMD-762 (MP) Northbridge(2000/XP).
Date:      2002-8-20
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/MINIPORT_533.EXE>
AMD 768 Driver
Support model:    K7D Master (MS-6501)
Description:   - WHQL Certified Driver
Date:       2002-8-20
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/POWMGMT_122S.EXE>
AMD EIDE Driver
Support model:    K7D Master (MS-6501)
Description:   - WHQL-Certified for Windows 2000/XP ONLY. Version 1.43s
Date:      2002-8-20
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/EIDE_143S.EXE>
Microsoft Windows® 2000 Patch for AGP Applications on AMD platforms
Support model:   K7D Master (MS-6501)
Description:   This is a registry file for Windows 2000
Date:      2002-8-20
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/largePageMinimum.reg>
Award® BIOS I have 1.6 (?)
File Size:   234KB
Version:   1.82
Update date:   2003-5-12
Update Description:   Support AMD MP 2800+ in correspondance with AMD web site recommendation
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/bos_exe/6501v182.exe>
*** NOT USED: OLD DATE AND WRONG CHIPSET NUMBER ***
Onboard NIC Driver
Support model    K7D Master (MS-6501)
Description
-Intel GD82559ER LAN chipset driver
Date    2002-8-20
http://download.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/E100CE.exe>
We shall see if this fixes the multiple adapter problem. As far as the display settings problem, I don't know that the deal is. It works fine on other motherboards with the same hardware and drivers, so it must be something with the K7D, Windows, and ATI interaction.
Josh
P.S.: There is a bug with this forum software and apostrohpies. Every time you preview your post it inserts escape characters ("\") before apostrphies, and also inserts escape characters for these escape characters, so quickly you have something like "\\\\\\\'" where you want "'".

K7D Master-L RAM Woes...

Hey MSI Crew,
Hope this posting finds you all well. I seem to be having a problem with my K7D Master-L MoBo that is driving me insane! Please help!
Here is the history of the problem (Sorry if it's long). I used to have a Tyan Tiger MPX dual CPU board. It had two AMD 2400+ CPUs, 1 GB of memory (ECC) and various cards (video, USB, sound). Well, one day I decide to open it to clean it. I had my air can and sprayed the dust away. I then pushed the power button and nothing. I then turned on the power from the back of the PSU and it started but no POST. Great... I fiddled with the board and no matter what I did, it would not pass POST. Blank screen.
What I realized started to happen was a flux of power on the board. You could hear the PSU rev up and down. I then replace the PSU. The new one is an ANTEC 550 BASIQ PLUS. Still no POST. Still reving.
I then go ahead and replace the Mobo. I got a MCI K7D Master-L. I put it into my box, attach everything and it runs steady. I had to get new memory because the sticks I had in the Tyan wouldn't fit. I got a Kingston 1GB 266MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM PC-2100 ValueRAM. When it ran, everything worked: fans spinning, lights on CD/DVD-ROMs blinking BUT still no POST. Blank screen... Stripped down to basic and still no POST.
I then look at the D-Bracket lights and I see "Red Green Red Red". I look in the manual I downloaded from the MCI page and it states: "Memory Detection Test - Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed properly." It is brand new. I'm not sure if it is Registered or not. I do know the manual says that the MoBo requires: 184-PIN 2.5v DDR DIMM PC2100 DDR SDRAM (8 memory banks)."
I thought that this RAM was good enough. I have read on this forum that this board can be picky when it comes to RAM. PLEASE HELP! I really want this to work! Thanks everyone!

OK, so now I'm between and
I received the memory from Crucial yesterday and installed it into my K7D Master-L. I close my eyes, pray for a second, turn on the power and... nothing. It is still showing red green red red. No POST. This is what I've done so far:
*Cleared CMOS (Nothing)
*Change from 100 to 133 and back for memory (Nothing)
*Tried all slots for the memory (Nothing)
*Unplugged power supply so no juice was going to the computer and plugged it back and started (Same result)
The only thing now is that when I start the computer, I get a series of beeps (sporadic, not a real sequence) in the beginning and then becomes less as time goes by (a few seconds). I'm not sure if that's progress or not...
I don't know what else to do. I want to go from to Please help me!

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