K7N2 Delta-L Compatibility Issues HELP

I am currently building a system to use as a development server. Here are all the parts I have used.
[list=a]
K7N2 Delta L Motherboard
AMD Athlon 2800+ 333 FSB
PowMax Case 400W Power Supply
Western Digital HD 80GB UDMA 100 7200 RPM
Western Digital HD 20GB UDMA 100 7200 RPM
Plextor PX-W5224TA BLACK CDRW
ATI Radeon 9000 64MB AGP 4x
VOLCANO 7+ RT Fan to replace standard Athlon Fan[/list=a]
I have assembled the entire system but have run into a road block. I get the BLUE SCREEN of death everytime I try to install the system. I have double checked all jumpers on every piece of hardware. I have also double checked everything in my BIOS, which is at the current version. I have also disable and swaped hardware to narrow the problem.
I still got the error message. Naturally I assumed it was now the RAM. I started with a Kingston HyperX KHX2700/512 module. I put in in the second DIMM slot. I then went out and bougth another Kingston Module KVR333/512. Still the same error. I then tried slower RAM, PNY PC2100 512 Module. All modules placed in the second DIMM. I even tried moving them to the first DIMM slot. Again the same problem.
With the Kingston memory the FSB/DRAM ration was 1:1 and the FSB was set to 166mhz. I have found numerious posts in this forum and tried them all. Does anyone know what could be wrong? Any and all help is appreciated.
I think it's either my RAM choice or PSU. Here are the schematics for the PSU.
+5v 30a max
-12v 0.8a max
-5v 0.3a max
+12v 25a max
+3.3v 28a max+5sb 2.0a max
I have plugged in the 12v cpu power supply as well. System and Bios cache disabled. I have tried installing Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP Pro. No luck on any.

Hi,
Brownman: Although disabling APIC seems to have solved your problem, it may come back and bite you on the a**. The APIC option in the BIOS gives your OS 22 (or 23 I forget which) IRQ addresses for different pieces of hardware you install. With APIC disabled you are restricted to 16 IRQ's (0-15) if you install a lot of new hardware in the future, you may run out of IRQ's. If you are installing XP it's also a good idea to install it with PNP OS disabled in the BIOS.
BTW, you didn't have an "Active" cable connected to your NIC card while you were installing XP? If this is the case you should unplug it - this can stop an XP install dead in it's tracks.
Axel

Similar Messages

K7N2-Delta Power-On Issues

I recently purchased a K7N2-Delta board, with an AMD 2600 processor, and an All in wonder Radeon 9800 pro. Those of you familiar with the new radeons know they require an additional power source. When I connect this power source, my system will not boot. The fans spin a couple revolutions, then stop. It is not a memory/Processor issue, as I have replaced those. The board will also post with an older video card. I am using a PowMax (I think?) 500 W power supply, which should have ample power to power the machine. I've also tried with EVERYTHING else disconnected, except the fans, and it still would not work. If i unplug the additional power that the card recieves, it will start up, and the radeon screen comes up letting me know I need to connect the additional power cord.
Thanks for your help!

Hello Malestrm,
Sorry to hear about your problem. I know if can be very frustrating. I built my computer few months ago, also with a K7N2 Delta-L AMD 1700+ and Radeon 9700 Pro.
I also had the exact same problem as yours. I spent alot of time trying to figure out the problem, but nothing worked. My ultimate solution, since I couldn't afford to spend more money was to leave my computer ON once I had it running.
However, whenever I did turn it off, the only way to restart from a cold boot was to keep trying to ON the Main Switch and after each time it didn't work i had to turn off the MAIN PSU SWITCH and then turn it ON again.
It was very annoying. And no one on any forum boards was able to help, even tho they tried.
Right now - my radeon card is dead and I am running an old geforce 2 which doesn't cause the same problem.
Also, since I was working as a computer teacher in a school during that time, I had access to alot of computers and my radeon 9700 pro would work completely fine in any other one. Even the old ones. So I doubt it was a problem with the card or the PSU. I am using ICute 350W. But the card successfully ran on far lower amp/watta PSUs.
I reckon it is most likely a mobo fault - in which case I should actually be asking MSI for some sort of compensation. But then again I am too busy to start the whole frustrating process again.
Hope you do have some better luck, and if you do ultimatly find a solution, please drop me a note.

MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR Dead? Help!

Hey all,
Well, the other day I was on my computer playing a game when my mobo fan started making an odd noise (as if switching rpm), so I took off the side of my case and took a look inside. Everything seemed to be functioning properly, then I switched my cpu fan speed via the pci slot speed control. As I switched from High-Medium-Low, I noticed that the fan actually slowed to the point where I could see the blades spinning, at least for a second or so. I found that rather odd, seeing as how I've never seen a fan (especially a cpu fan) slow to the point that I could see the blades spin. Anyway, a couple of hours later, I shut down and went to sleep.
The next day I had my comp on for about maybe 30mins to an hour or so when suddenly I heard an alarm from the computer speaker, so I was like, ":censored:?" since I had never heard it before. It was evidently the temperature warning, which I had set to 70C. So I shut down within 15 seconds and opened up the side of my case.
I noticed that the cpu fan wasn't moving at all (usually I'd open the case in time to see the spin-down). So I turned the computer back on and the fan didn't budge, so I immediately powered down, assuming that the CPU Fan had died. Later on, I hooked the fan itself up to a free power cord in my sister's computer and booted up, along with the speed controller, flipping from medium to high to low without any problems.
I then did screwed the fan back to the heatsink in my comp and booted up. I went into the bios an noticed that the rpm was 8k, which is way too high for my fan (normally 5k). So i began switching from high, medium, to low once again, then I saw that the rpm reader in the bios went to 0. So I looked back in the side of my case and saw that the cpu fan was once again dead. At this point I concluded that it was the fan and was about to order the Volcano 12.
A day later I placed the fan inside my sister's computer on a free cord, yet again, and yet again, it worked fine.
I once again put it in my computer to test and this time it worked fine, even while switching between speeds. Unfortunately, I then noticed that the mobo fan was not moving, then began to move.
Well, I'm guessing now that it's simply the motherboard that has a short, since both the motherboard fan as well as the cpu fan have randomly been dying the past few days. The motherboard fan; however, has switched rpm many times in the past from 5k to 3k.
It could also be a PSU problem, but I have Antec 400watt psu and it's been working fine for the past 2 years, so I doubt it. I've had the motherboard for a little over a year. I upgraded my cpu from 2200+ to 3000+ in July. That's also when I bought the cpu fan. The motherboard fan began fluctuating in rpm noticeably back in April or May of this year.
Yesterday, I used the computer again and had it on for about 2 hours or so and I had speedfan monitoring the temps and the rpm. The temps stayed relatively stable: 48 cpu, 44 mobo.
But alas, the RPMs were totally [blame me for the swear filter] up. At one point, both the mobo and cpu fan speeds were reading 0, even though both continued to spin within the case and the temps remained the same. Then after 30mins or so, they cpu fan began reading again at 40,000-42,000rpm, which is obviously incorrect, seeing as the fan is rated for around 5k. I got/get the same readings in the bios, both fans reading at 0rpm as they continue to physically spin.
Also, during a number of times that I've started up the comp within the past few days, the motherboard northbridge fan wasn't spinning at all and didn't begin to until a few minutes into my windows session.
Also, I took out the NB fan and noticed a slight crack in the back of it.
I was considering simply just buying the Volcano 12 and the MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum rather than RMAing the mobo. Then perhaps an Antec 550W psu, if necessary.
Any ideas what I should replace and in which order? And has anybody else encountered any similar problems with this mobo (at least with the mobo rpm, which has been a prob for about 6months on and off)?
I bought the mobo along with a 2200+ in July of 2003. I upgraded the ram from 256 to 512 in April 2004 (which is around the time I started hearing rpm probs with the mobo fan) and I upgraded the cpu in July of 2004
Many Thanks!
My Specs are as follows:
Windows XP Professional SP1
Antec SX1040B2 File Server Case
400watt Antec PSU
MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (2.17GHz)
Thermaltake TR2 M2 HSF
Kingston 256MB of PC2700 DDR-333MHz RAM
Generic 256MB of PC2700 DDR-333MHz RAM
ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS Platinum
Pioneer 10x DVD Drive
Sony 8x Double Layer DVD-+RW
Western Digital 120.0GB 7200RPM HD ATA/100
Western Digital 120.0GB 7200RPM HD ATA/100
nForce Ethernet Adapter w/Cable line
Logitech MX500 Optical Mouse
Logitech Elite Keyboard
19" Envision Monitor EN985e
Logitech Z-680 5.1 Speakers

Could be a fluctuating PSU that's breaking down power to the MB. You have a whole lot of components dragging that PSU down. With what you have in your rig I would run either an Antec or Enermax 550W. Best way to be sure is to borrow a PSU or buy one from a store with a good return policy so that you can return it if indeed it turns out to be the MB. If I don't have your board here on my bench to test the only thing I can suggest to you is to swap out components unfortunately.

K7N2 Delta problem! please help!!

178182.1
just hooked up a new system
Athlon XP 2000+
384MB DDD333
MSI KYN2 Delta [right out of the box]
Maxtor 20GB 7200rpm HDD
Gigabte Radeon 9200SE 128MB
unknown brand CD-RW that i picked up awhile ago
it POSTs just fine, verified DMI Pool Data
[i was trying to install winxp on a new hd]
Boot From CD
NVIDIA Boot Agent, PXE-2.20 (build 082 V1.82)
copyright blah blah
copyright blah blah
PXE-E61 Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent.
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
i have tried 2 different IDE cable i have tried, one that i had laying around and one that actually came with the motherboard; both produce the same result.
i don't have the enough money for another CD-R at this point, so i'm hoping that isn't the problem.
Oh yeah, I have CD-ROM set to primary master and HDD set to primary slave.
When the computer starts the CD-R lights come up but i don't think its spinning the disc i'm trying [which is Win XP Pro]
PLEASE if you have any suggestions let me know, i REALLY want to get this machine going on, its been the goal of the month to get this puppy runnin and i finally got all the hardware for it =p
i have also tried setting both drives to cable select and yet a third IDE cable.
anything in the BIOS that might be causing this?

Hello, I had the same problem the other day and the thing was that apparently, the MBR of my HDD was unable to be read in this computer, in other words some kind of incompatibility.
Try pressing the keys when the press any key message should come (but it doesnt).
Try also booting with another hdd and lets see if you can reach the WinXP installation.

XP Install failed on K7N2 Delta-ILSR! Please help!

Hi all
Just wondering if you an lend me a hand here. I have tried to install XP on my new hard disk, and half way though the install (when the GUI has loaded etc.) I generally get a stop error saying there has been a failure in ntfs.sys but I also had an error in IRQ allocation.
I have run memtest and I have received errors in tests 4, 5, 6 and 7 (about 1000 at the end of test 5). The memory I have is 512MB of DDR400 PC3200, Elixir RAM.
The readout on timings from memtest was:
199MHz DDR399 CAS: 3-3-3-8
Do I need to send this memory back (ie is it f**ked?)
Here are the rest of my specs if necessary:
AMD Athlon 1.0GHz (133MHz FSB) (L1 Cache: 128K, L2 Cache: 256K)
PowerBox KY330ATX 350W Max PSU
(Power ratings: +3.3V=15.0A
+5V=14.0A
+12V=8.0A
+5Vsb=2.0A
-5V=0.3A
-12V=1.0A)
Western Digital Caviar 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Radeon 9200Pro AGP8x
Creative Soundblaster Live! 5.1
Anything else I've missed that might affect it, please just tell me.
If I need to adjust RAM timings etc please tell me how to do this.
If I just need to send the RAM back, well, thats easy.
Cheers!
Al Jones

Hi,
Wow! Are these for real? Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?
Quote
(Power ratings: +3.3V=15.0A
+5V=14.0A
+12V=8.0A
+5Vsb=2.0A
-5V=0.3A
-12V=1.0A)
If they are correct, I'd seriously think about upgrading your PSU!!!
I don't think I've seen a +12v rail (8.0A) as low as this on the forum before! (or is it a typo and it's really 18?)
General consensus on the forum is that the minimum recommended for these boards are (as a general rule):
+3.3V - 28A
+5V - 35A
+12V - 18A
Also, does your PSU have the extra 12v+ (4-pin) that the K7N2 requires?
This may not be directly responsible for your memory problems (tho' I certainly wouldn't rule it out)!
Axel

K7n2 Delta RAID Setup ----PLEASE HELP

Can someone explain how a RAID - Striping should be setup on this MOBO? I can not get the board to see the 2nd drive. I have duplicate Maxtor 40gb drives and it will only see one of the drives. I am using IDE3 for one of the drives and then putting the other drive on IDE1. The manual states that you can only have 1 HD on IDE3 thus the reason for setting it up this way. I have also tried the 2 maxtor drives on IDE1 with another drive on IDE3 (dummy RAID) hoping that this config would work as well, but it did not!
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks in advance for any and all replies.

It does support RAID. I have been able to go into the Fastrack utility and setup a RAID consisting of one drive. The manual also states that all IDE slots support RAID. It has the promise 376 chip.

MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR temperature issues

Dear All
I have concerns with regard to the potential case/temperature rises as summer rapidly approaches. As the above MB has only two fan connectors I am looking at alternative ways to increase the potential connectors
With this in mind I am looking at using Y-splitters on the power cables and then a fan multi-connector cable, but does anybody know if the use of such splitters hugely impares the performance or supply of power.
Sorry to use this board for this but the question relates to the MB
Thanks in advance

each of those fans will have a current rating and draw from the +12 volts. If you figure the 12 volts needs to have at least 16 amps to run the system and should have around 18 amps to be safe then subtract the fan current from the 22 amps your supply says it puts out and fan away.

Please help - K7N2 delta-L upgrade compatibility?

Hello there,
Having perused the forms for a while in research I know my appeal will not fall on deaf ears. I'm about to buy a new mobo, CPU, vid card and RAM and would be eternally grateful for an OK as regards memory issues etc.
I'd like:
MSI K7N2- Delta L
Duron 1.6 GHz
Geforce4 MMX 400 64MB
256 Crucial PC3200
But I've heard the mobo is picky about both the memory and Duron CPUs. Would getting the latest driver solve the CPU problem and would this RAM work? I'm a newbie but would like to get into overclocking eventually. With this in mind, what should I look for in RAM? CL? I will drop in an XP 2500+ eventually and another stick of RAM for the dual channel goodness!
Many thanks.

I get the exact same temperatures, 60'C max load though. I don't see it as a problem since I live in Greece and right now the temperature outside is a good 40'C ! During the winter the temps (cpu, case and outside ) drop a lot (don't know how much since I only built my system about a month ago).
For me, under these circumstances, the best cooling option if I want to further drop my temps, is turn on the airconditioner in my room !
Jorge

HELP me with my K7N2 delta ilsr

Can anyone help me with this problem. I have just upgraded to MSI's K7N2 delta ilsr motherboard. Its all working quite well apart from the fact that the pc wont start up from cold....at all.
When I start the pc from an off state, it runs up the fans and drives, but does not post.
The diagnostic led pannel on the back of the pc shows that the cpu is faulty or not installed correctly.
If I then press the reset button, the pc posts, and boots up just fine.
It does this EVERY time I start up.
I have tried re installing the cpu, which is an XP 2800+ 333 barton, but to no avail.
I have asked a few questions on other forums, but I cant solve it.
These are the suggestions so far.
1. the psu (I have a Tsunami 400 atx psu) could not be giving out enough power on initial startup, but once the pc is running, it has enough to boot the pc from a reset.
2. The mobo or the bios could be at fault. I have not flashed the bios, or upgraded it in any way from original, so is there an issue with the original bios on these boards, and 2800 barton chips??? Could it be a mobo fault? The pc runs fine once the machine is booted.? how do I test it?
3. The cpu could be faulty? but would this not stop it running fuull stop?
4. my ram. I have a single stick of OCZ 512mb pc3200 ddr, which I was told would make the pc fly. Not shure on that statement, but is this ram compatible?? could this be the problem?
Im fairly new to the upgrade side of things, and I need some help with this one.
Also, Id be really greatfull if some one could talk me through flashing my bios to the latest version, as the thought of doing this narks me a bit...I dont want to mess it up and get a dead pc...
HELP

+3.3v 14A
+5v 28A
+12v 16A
+5vsb 2A
-5v 0.5A
-12v 0.8A
Hope this helps, as my pc seems to be living with its case off a lot these days..haha

MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR Questions & RAID Promise FastTrak Controller Issue

I have recently rebuilt my system replacing the MSI KT3 with an MSI K7N2 Delta. I have been impressed with the features and stability of the system, however, I have some questions that I hope some of you that have more experience of this board can answer:
1. I am using the AMD Athlon XP 2200 (and all the other components including the Lian Li case) which I was using on the KT3 board. The CPU temperature is around 45 degrees C but on the KT3 it was only 35 degrees C when idle. Any ideas ? The heatsink is definetly mounted properly. The temperature did drop by 10 degrees C when I flashed the
BIOS to fix the known CPU temperature issue but I think its still high.
2. I do not have any serial ATA devices or anything connected to IDE3 channel and during the BIOS boot up I get the message:
"No drives attached to FastTrak Controller. Bios Not installed."
Is this correct ? Should I be getting this message ?
I would like to disable the onboard Promise Controller since it is taking up resources and it slows down the boot speed (although only slightly). The MSI website says that the onboard RAID controller can't be disabled. I think this is poor design. Does anyone know if this is going to be addressed in future BIOS releases ?
3. Which of the USB ports are USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. I thought it was rather strange that only 2 of the 4 ports on the header actually active.
Many thanks for your help.
Rupesh

First off your temp is ok on that board. If you have not loaded the onboard raid driver do so and it is something you have to suffer with on the MSI board. All of your USB ports should run at USB 2.0 and you also should be able enable all of them in the bios.

K7N2 Delta - hope this is of some help

M/B K7N2 Delta - ILSR
AMD XP 3200+
CORSAIR XMS 2 x 256mb DDR400
ATI 9600XT
2 x 200GB MAXTORS
450 w PSU
I've had several years experience in building my own PC's, and I suppose like everyone else I've learnt some expensive lessons. At the moment I've got several PC's all with AMD's ranging from XP 2100 - 3200+
2 Abit m/b, 2 Asus m/b and the latest one, which is the MSI Delta
This is the first time I've tried an MSI m/b and I have to say I've never known a board as twitchy as this when it comes to setting the FSB and DRAM timings.
When I first setup a m/board I don't, as a rule, adjust anything in the BIOS just to see how things bootup. For the test I also attach a spare hard drive with a basic windows XP setup and very little else. This helps me to observe how windows responds to the new motherboard - if there are any compatibility problems at this stage then windows will soon tell you in no uncertain terms with the dreaded blue screen messages. And believe you me I've had plenty of them with this motherboard.
Not only have the blue screens appeared but I've lost count of the number of times this system has either crashed out on me or reset itself for no apparent reason.
Right then, my first port of call was the BIOS........hmmm, everything looked fine the system was on auto, the CPU FSB Clock showed 200Mhz and the DRAM clock also showed 200. I switched the memory timings to manual because I wanted to change the CAS latency to 2.5, which I knew was the correct setting for the CORSAIR memory with an AMD cpu.
Next stop was to check all the cacheable stuff just in case the AwardBIOS was making too many assumptions which it sometimes does.
Tweaked a few other settings, but nothing that would have a drastic effect.
All this of course was to no avail, as the same problems kept happening.
Next step was to check for any BIOS update, and yes, as look would have it, MSI had brought out version 7.7, which I installed immediately.
During the process of updating the BIOS I noticed a message appeared saying, updating DDR timings (interesting I thought, had MSI realised they had a problem).
Again all this was to no avail of course. So I decided to tweak the CPU FSB Clock speed and started increasing it one step at a time, which only made matters worse and eventually I had to reset everything with the jumpers on the m/b. So I turned to decreasing the speed and after some trial & error I finally got the system stable at 192Mhz. Of course this also effects the speed of the DRAM clock which now runs at 382. Not quite what I expected but I suppose I should be happy that my system is still running.
Let's hope MSI continue to release BIOS updates which may evetually improve their timings !!
My condolences to all who suffer with MSI blues
Truly yours
Webfan

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=48583&sid=
try his bios works fine at 10x 200 for me
and evan faster for many with xp 2500
your ram should be fine at 11,3,3 cas2 2.6v

K7N2 Delta & keyboard issues?

Just put together a nice new system, I love the nforce2 board but i'm having issues with my keyboard. Its a logitech elete duo wireless but the same thing happens with standard ps/2 keyboards. In several of my games, I am unable to bind the arrow keys. Also, functions prebound to the arrow keys misfunction. i.e. when I try to walk in CS/halflife/Urban Terror it also triggers primary fire. Other games like standard Quake 3 and Vice city work fine...so I'm out of ideas. I have the newest chipset, video, and keyboard drivers.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Mike
XP 2500+
K7N2 Delta
512mb Kingston DDR3200
ATI 9800 Pro AIW

Have you updated your BIOS to the most current version?
I tried my Logitech wireless on my ASUS board and my K7N2G-ILSR and it wouldn't work properly on either one...it's something with the nf2 chipset I'm thinking but I haven't researched it in depth because I have 4 systems and parts to build more so I use a Logitech MX700 mouse and my original MS Natural Black Keyboard PS/2...winning combo and why fix something that isn't broke?
Bonz 8)

Upgrade to K7N2 DELTA-ILSR help

Thinking of purchaseing the K7N2 DELTA-ILSR board and would like some help verifying the hardware i have not having any problem with this mobo.
AMD|2800/333 ATHLON XP BARTON
MEM - DDR Corsair dual 512MB X2 KIT|VS1GBKIT333
Soundblaster 5.1 Platinum
Liteon 52x32x52 r\rw
80GB|SEAGATE ST380011A 7200
60GB|SEAGATE ST360015A 7200
PSU- Super-Flower Silent TT aluminum 450W ATX power supplyTTGI TT-450SS (450W). AC Input: 100~120Vac/200~240Vac, 10/6A, 60/50Hz. DC Output: +3.3V~28.0A, +5V~42.0A, +12V~18.0A. +5Vsb~3.0A, -5V~0.5A, -12V~0.8a). MAX OUTPUT POWER: 450W. Cooling: Air convention by +12V DC fan. 10 IDE connectors, 2 floppy connectors, +12V power connector, Aux power connector
CPU FAN - OCZ GLADIATOR 3 Socket A/462 up to Athlon XP 3200+. Single-piece pure copper construction. Dimensions: 60x60x30mm. FAN: 60x60x25. Medium-speed. Or: 60x60x25 Quiet. High-speed. Voltage: 12 Volt. Ball bearing fan
Video Card - Chaintech VGA GF FX5700 SA5700 256M
It looks like a great board and i see some great reviews but also see alot of small issue with compadability. It looks like the 1st thing is to upgrade the bios, and hope i don't have any issue with my cable modem box (guess i could put my old network card back in and disable the mobo's built in net work if there is problems).
I don't do O\C so nothing to worry about there. My old board is an Epox and is max'd out with no future upgrade room, so that's why i'd like to upgrade.
Thanks for any help guys.
rider

rider45,
If you do not need the Break Out Box from the Platinum, I would go with the onboard nVidia SoundStorm. It sounds better than the old Live! and uses less CPU Cycles.
Take Care,
Richard

Help with k7n2 delta-islr

I am thinking about purchasing the cyclone bundle from allstarshop.com
It comes with the msi k7n2 delta-Islr nforce2 ultra 400
With the athalon xp 2500+ barton
512 kingston ddr 400 pc3200 cl 2.5
ati radeon 9500 pro 128k 8x agp.
I will be running windows xp pro
Will this all work together seems the msi board has lots of issues?
Thanks for any help.

Quote
Originally posted by ally68
I am not that concerned with bench marks as I do not play alot to games. I guess what I am asking is the fx cards more compatible also if I do get kingston ddr400 should I get 2 256 stcks or one 512 stick?
For video the TI4600 would be fine and is more reasonably prices. As far as RAM Kingston is not on the approved list, like I said it may work fine or you may have problems depending on the chipset, but no matter what type of RAM you buy you definetly want to buy 2 X 256MHz so you can run dual channel.
Rob

K7N2 Delta Issue

I just recieved my new K7N2 Delta MB. My issue is that I keep locking up during the boot process.
I get into the CMOS setup and as I change some settings I get locked up.
I let it run through the boot process and it locks up at random times.
I have zero clue as to what may cause this issue.
My setup looks like this...
Athlon XP 2100
2x512 pc2700 centron memory
GeForce FX 5600 256mb
200 gig HDD conected to the Ultra ATA contoller in my PCI slot.
SB Live 5.1
Sony dru500a dvd writer
Thanks for any help and/or suggestions.

I have built alot of systems and i can tell you that this board is ram sensitive. I tried initially to install a stick of Geil 3200 with the copp :O er heat spreaders(i forget the xact model) and i got the woefull long single beep code. I would hit reset button and it would allow me to boot, sometimes. To check the memory i installed on an older 1st generation Nforce board and it works without a hitch. I then installed a couple of sticks of PC2100 256 into the dual channel setup, two different brands, no problems. I just ordered a stick of PC 3200 hyper X ram and prayerfully it will work, i do believe it is NF2 approved. I will follow up.

K7N2 Delta-L Compatibility Issues HELP

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for