K7N2 Delta Series and hdd problem

10 HDD's in machine, about 3 TB (1 TB Lacie external hdd included)
Secondary slave had 160 GB Samsung SP model and it showed it as 130 gb
(and rest is "blank" and can not been formatted or anything)
I thought it went broken (1 year old and no problems before)
I tried it in another computer and it showed all 160 GB.... Strange..
Now i got new same kind 160 GB Samsung and it is just 131 069,3 MB
It just maximum i can now make a partition.. Where is rest of my 160 GB disk ?
What is wrong now.. newest bios, Windows 2000 SP 4 with all updates,
did mobo just broke ?

its not mobo problem. its OS related. all delta series works fine no problem with any hdd's
this links must be usefull for you:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305098

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NFORCE2 on K7N2 Delta Series..HOW TO MAKE IT WORK!!!

If you have a K7N2 Delta Series, and are experimenting problems with 200FSB, and you are sure its not caused by PSU / RAM / Jumpers Settings / Incorrect Installation / Overheat, or anything else....
FLASH YOUR BIOS !!!!!!!!!!
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=436&kind=1
I used the Award BIOS here, and it JUST WORKS FINE!!! I just wanted you guys to know how i finally managed to make my Athlon Xp 3000+ (400FSB) CPU to work!!
If anyone is experiencing problems, then FLASH your BIOS!!! Give it a try!!! (Remember: From DOS!)
Finally i just wanted to give my sincere thanks to all these great people in this board that have helped me and give me advice You guys are the BEST!!! Thanks for everything!!!!!!
I JUST LOVE IT WHEN EVERYTHING GETS TO WORK JUST FINE!!!!!

:biggthumbsup:glade u got it working

IDE Harddisk and DVD ROM cannot detected by BIOS in K7N2 Delta Series

Does anyone can help...
I have problem with my system, From now on i cannot use my computer because it cannot started the windows. When i checked to the bios there is no detected Harddisk in IDE 0 ( i have 2 harddisk installed), only 1 detected in IDE 1 - only CDRW drive ( for CDRW drive and DVD ROM drive). I checked the power cable to the both Disk drive and Optical drive there is no problem. If i change the master and slave pin the problem stil happen.
I don't know what to do Please help me.
my system :
MSI K7N2 Delta Series
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Windows XP Pro SP2

Quote from: ici on 08-February-06, 01:06:02
When problems occur go back to basics. You stated D: is unreadable but C: partition is readable (if I understood right).
As sharp said use only one stick of ram. Remove any additional PCI cards installed other than Video. Do not plug in anything but the hard drive set to master.
Check to see if system will detect.
If at this point it properly detects your drive, check for a boot to windows. If it boots then remove the hard drive and try just the CD-ROM for detection purposes. If this detects try them together again, if they fail to detect you most likely have a power supply issue. And yes, PSU issues can crop up very suddenly.
If this fails take the Hard Drive to a friend and have them test it along with the CD-RW/ROM drives. If they work there and your issue still persists when you have eliminated all other possible points of failure you probably have a bad motherboard.
Sorry i forgot to tell that the harddisk that the D: cannot unreadable is i check it on other system as a slave.
Okay i will try your suggestion.
Thanks for your comment

K7N2 Delta Athlon 2600+ Boot Problem!!

Hey this is my first post...
Here is my comp:
K7N2 Delta Series MB
Athlon XP 2600+
Thermaltake Volcano 7+
512 DDR PC3200
GeForce 4 Ti 4200
I noticed that my comp is booting at 1200 mhz. My comp is reading the CPU as a 1.2. I checked the bios and turned the fsb up to 200 mhz because my friend said he read in a forum that it was ok to do so. I did this and now my comp doesn't read my video card. It boots up ok just I have no picture. I have tried resetting the bios and still I have no pic. My questions are this:
1)Am I not flashing the bios correctly, and if so what is the best way to do it?
2)Could I have permanently damaged the motherboard or video card?
3)If none of the above what do you guys recommend I do to fix the problem and what have I done to create the problem in the first place?
Well if you can please help. I really want to be able to see windows again or even the bios!
Thanks

set jumper j10 to pins 1-2 and remove jumper j11. set cmos jumper to clear........unplug the power from wall....... press your power button to relieve any charge left in the mb.........now place cmos jumper to save......plug power back in, and try to start it.......if all goes well and it fires up set bios defaults....save and exit bios.............replace j11 and set j10 to pins 2-3.......and restart.
btw jmbook 166 fsb is also overclocking a 2600......default is 133 so take baby steps.

Network controller on k7n2 delta series mainboard?

Hey everyone,
just a quick question...
Does anyone know where I can get the driver for the network controller on a k7n2 delta series board?
Thanks. Skin1301

Quote from: Doctor Stu on 06-May-05, 03:02:08
is the on-board LAN enabled in BIOS? (Integrated Peripherals)
have you loaded the nforce system drivers?
and can you explain in more detail your problem and what you have tried to do?
i have downloaded the nvidia driver and tried to update it from the and it dont finds any software

MOVED: need help with my k7n2 delta series motherboard please

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need help with my k7n2 delta series motherboard please

"...the other memory ive been using is memorymaxx 512mb ddr 3200..." If I understood right, your'e actually using both memories at same time so, your'e lucky if it works. We have said thousand times that mixing dif. brand/make/speed memories is a bad idea, most with this Mobo that is very picky about ram. If you want to avoid slowdown problems, stay with only one stick ( the better one ) until you can buy at same time in same store, 2 identical memories to replace the old one.

K7n2 delta L and sempron 2800 troubleshooting

I have put an sempron 2800 on my mothercard msi k7n2 delta L
and my computer tell me that is an athlon xp 1200 +
My bios is update i have the v5.8 and i have put it in 166mhz
My memory its an kingston pc3200
I don't understand can you help me.
My computer run normaly but it don't recognize the real cpu

Same problem!!!, i already check the j11 jumper and the j10, theyre ok, also i reset the bios
Same problem!!!, i already check the j11 jumper and the j10, theyre ok, also i reset the bios
this is my configuration
AMD sempron 2400
2 256 kingston 3200 400mhz
MSI nvidia 5700 256MB
Maxtor 80GB
but the problem is with the cpu. it says that is an athlon XP 1000!!!, unbelieveable!!!,
i already try to reset the jumper more that 4 times and nothing same result, and i already update the Bios yo 5.80, something else that i need to try? or do i need to do somethign specific?, please help me out here!!

Please, Help!... K7n2 Delta L And Temp...

well, i´ve a K7N2 DELTA L and noticed that the processor temp., since it began to work, two days ago, is around 47 ~ 51°C in idle mode.... and when i play any game, just like Call of Duty, or RTCW Enemy Territory, it stays around 56 ~ 62°C... is it okay or too hot... I see it in PC ALERT 4....
Please, help!

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

Jumper Settings for K7N2 Delta LISR and Athlon 3200 FSB400

Hello Everyone,
(I think I sent this to Raven By E-Mail but I'm not sure, I'm still new to this)
Having problems understanding jumper settings.
I cheched out the forum and the motherboard users guide to see which way the jumpers are set for my Board K7N2 LISR + Athlon 3200+ 400FSB.
In the user guide it say's:-
FSB Mode Jumper: J10
This jumper allows you to set the CPU FSB mode, (It then shows two diagrams of Jumper 10) - first with pins 1 and 2 jumpered "user mode default 133Mhz" and the secound shows pins 2 and 3 jumpered "safe mode 100Mhz".
What has settings 133Mhz or 100Mhz got to do with a 400 FSB??????
CPU FSB Frequency Jumper: J11
This jumper is used to specify the CPU FSB frequency. (again it shows two Diagrams) first: Leave the jumper short connected if a 133/166Mhz FSB is installed.
Secound:If the CPU supports 100Mhz FSB, leave the jumper open connected.
To use a 200Mhz FSB CPU, set the jumper short connected and enter BIOS setup Utility to adjust the CPU FSB Clock Frequency.
Again what has 133/166Mhz or 100Mhz got to do with a 400 FSB???????
For my K7N2 Delta LISR and Athlon Barton 3200+ 400 FSB, what Would I set J10 to:- (Jumpered Pins 1 and 2,= 133Mhz) or (Jumpered 2 and 3,= 100Mhz).
Also what would I set J11 to:- (Jumper pins Open = 100Mhz) or (Jumper short 133/166Mhz). Hope someone can help!!!!!!!!!
It would be nice if the User's Guide had a (If .... Then..... in it)
If CPU = Athlon 2800+ 333 FSB, Then J10 is jumpered pins 1 and 2,
If CPU = Athlon.... etc etc.... or even a couple of examples
Sorry this is so long, but I just need to tell someone, Thanks.

1 insafe mode it will boot at 100 fsb regardless of what you set in the bios
in user it will boot by what it sees the cpu as or what you set it to in the bios
just leave it in user
if you o/c and it will not boot shut down put it in safe
then lower the o/c once it boots
again shut down and put it back in user
2 just leave it shorted
only alter it if you used a 100 fsb cpu

K7N2 Delta ILSR and XP2500+ - strange overclocking problem

Relevant configuration data:
- K7N2 Delta ILSR (with 7.6 BIOS version)
- Barton 2500+ (AQXEA)
- Arctic Silver 3 thermal compound
- GlobalWin CAK 38 (7000 rpm DELTA, all copper)
- 2x512 MB Corsair XMS cmx512 3200c2 (it should run 6-3-3-2 at 200MHz on AMD systems according to older documents, and on 6-3-3-2.5 at 200MHz on AMD systems according to newer documents)
- PSU Enermax EG465P-VE (430W)
- Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
- Battlefield 1942 game
I have 2 seperate problems:
1. When I try to set my proc on 13x166 (Barton XP3000+) BIOS won't recognise that settings and it gives me real-clock rate of 833MHz (and no name, just "Athlon XP"). Just a note, when I set proc to be XP2600 or XP2800, everything is great in BIOS and in real conditions (Windows, Battlefield). I had 7.4 version of BIOS and I tried with new 7.6 version and nothing has changed (as I suspected). Can someone help me about this ?
2. Second problem is a bit more serious.
I'm having problems setting my proc to work with 100% stability on 200MHz FSB speed.
This is what's going on:
- Behaviour in Windows is pretty much good (no random restarts).
- Sometimes (on rare occasions) blues screen appears when I'm in windows or some program. Last time when it appeared it said something about "memory managment". I tried to lower memory settings but nothing seemed to be better.
- If I try to freshly install windows on 200 MHz FSB in 98% of the cases installation will be abrupted (blue screen or resets) or it won't even start to install.
- What's bothering me the most is this: Battlefield 1942 is crashing on regular basis. Sometimes it can hold for 5 minutes, sometimes 20 minutes, sometimes half an hour. But on certain moment, puff, and I'm out in Windows. Not a computer restart, just it throws me on desktop.
I've been checking the temperature on regular basis when I'm playing. It is always low.
I've tried to raise core voltage all the way to 1.8v, but same thing happens.
I've tried to lower memory settings, but I get same BF crashing.
I don't know what else to do or what other component to acuse for instability.
Can somebody please help me ?
Thank you in advance !

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Originally posted by ellswt
On the newer 2500+'s the multiplier is locked, this could be your problem
Nope, because I am changing multiplyers without probs. The only multiplyer that doesn't work is 13x.
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...loosen up your memory timings to add stability, and give it a try again at the 200 mhz fsb without changing the multiplier.
I drove the memory according to the Corsair's specs, and I drove it on lower settings also. No change.
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also you may wish to go up to 2.7 volts for your ram, and 1.7 volts on your processor to add stability, remember sometimes you have to go up gradually a step or two at a time and keep it there for a day or two before you reach your top OC.
I might try upping ram voltage but that doesn't sound good, because it IS DDR 400 memory (an excellent one too !).
It's not like I'm trying to drive it over 200MHz. 200MHz is this memory's normal frequency.
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Newest video driver from ATI may help with the stability on your gaming.
Already have newest drivers.
Anyway, thanks for the tips !

K7N2 Delta ILSR Strange network problems

K7N2 Delta ILSR
2500+ AMD Barton
Radeon 9600 PRO
Windows XP
Hi there,
My network was working fine yesterday but now whenever I plug a cable into the onboard network card, my computer starts having these strange flucuations...Every few seconds the CPU usage jumps from 0% to about 50% which causes the system to freeze for a second, making it a real pain to do anything.
Does anyone have any idea whats causing this?
Thanks,
Shim

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Originally posted by deftonie
The kingston memory I have is on the memory compatibility list.
kingston removed k7n2 from their supported list.
kingston is not on the Good Memory Choices for ALL K7N2 nF2 released boards
for some reason msi have not removed kingston from their supported list.
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Originally posted by pseudemys
So (and I'm addressing the question in particular to Raven): shoud i wait for a some kinda accident, crash, whatever sooner or later? I'm really scared about such things. You know... everything seems ok and then, suddenly, a nasty surprise. Which is the problem with kingston and k7n2 series? Further, I'd like to buy another 512 M stick and honestly it seems more sensible to me to mount two equal sticks. And I feel somewhat stuck...
a memory can be incompatible but still work.
alot of people buy any memory they can and throw in and it may work.
but it can start crashing after installing some program or updating bios or drivers.
thats the reason i posted the memtest program.
worry about a crash....no reason for that as you self said memtest reported no errors prime95 no errors and doom3 worked good.
kingston uses many different chips on their memory and its those chips that is the problem.
one guy found out that on the specific memory he bought kingston used 3 different chips on.
only 1 of them worked good on k7n2.
so a 33% chans of success in getting a good module is considered bad.
so write down the numbers on the chips and take it with you to the store and compare it to the memories they got.

SATA on K7N2 Delta Series

?( I've been trying to get the SATA to work on the K7N2 Delta ILSR mainboard. I have 1 SATA drive connected to SER1 and 1 IDE ATA133 drive connected to IDE 3. In Fasttrak RAID setup, the only drive recognized is the SATA drive. Doesn't see the IDE ATA133 drive on IDE 3. Weird but there ya go.
Further in the Fastrack utility, I can not define or create a RAID-0 array, but I can create a performance arrary with just the SATA drive as a * bootable array. However the BIOS does not recognize any drives.
Could this be a faulty board or a jumper setting I'm missing?
Any suggestions?

Did what you suggested Deathstalker [you read David Gemmel?] and put the IDE drive on IDE1 and the SATA drive on SER1. BIOS detected the IDE drive. Installed Windoze 2000 on IDE HDD, installed drivers and Windoze does see the SATA drive but can not access it [unknown format]note: did format the SATA via Fdisk FAT32. Was able to get Fasttrak to recognize the IDE drive on IDE3 and create an array of the SATA drive and the IDE ATA133 drive after jumpering the drive to CS but not Master or Slave. BIOS still doesn't detect the created array by putting in RAID-0 bootable drive in boot sequence.
basic system:
MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR
AMD XP 2400
2 512MB Kingston PC2700
Seagate 120 GB SATA HDD
WD 30GB ATA-133 HD
A whozits CD ROM drive
Not sure why the BIOS doesn't Pick up the SATA RAID array. I've setup 7 other systems [servers] with the IDE RAID with nadda a problem. First venture into Serial ATA drives.
M

MOVED: K7N2 Delta Upgrade Power Off Problems

This topic has been moved to AMD SocketA based board.
K7N2 Delta Upgrade Power Off Problems

Thanks for the various suggestions. I can confirm:
- 4 pin cpu power plug connected
- front bus frequency changed to 200MHz, processor now recognised correctly as Athlon xp3200+
- I have been assured the cpu has not been overclocked
However power off problem persists. System shuts down after approx 1 minute whether i am in BIOS or start initiaiting xp repair from CD. As the system shuts down after such a short time the xp repair will not complete. The system wil not power on again until at least 15mins has elapsed then promptly powers off again.
I have fitted the D-bracker diagnostic tool and this shows 'operating system booting', ie four green lights.
I note from the motherboard maunal that a cpu thermal protection system is installed for the Athlon cpu platform. If the mechanism senses an abnormal temperature rise it automatically shuts down the system. As noted in my original post the system is powering off with the cpu temp at <40 deg C. The cpu warning temp in the BIOS PC health check stsus facility is set at 60 deg C so do not think this is the issue?
System details:
MSI K7 N2 delta (MS-6570)
Athlon xp 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV-4E)
Corsair twinX 1024-3200C2 DDR-DIM 1024 MB
Seagate ST340016A 40MB HDD
Pioneer DVD Rom
Generic CRD - BP1500P CD
1.4MB mitsumi FDD
Thermal take TR2 470W psu
Coolermaster xdreamII socket A cpu fan
Gigabyte geforce 6600GT turbo video
soundblaster live 5.1
Anyone any further thoughts?

MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR and Serial ATA Drive

I've got a very strange problem....
Yesterday i have installed my new motherboard (MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR) but i have a problem with the SATA feature.
I've got two drives : one 40GB ATA (Western Digital) and one 160GB SATA also from Western Digital.
My SATA drive is recognized by the FastTrak BIOS (v2) but i'm unable to reinstall Windows XP Professional (with SP2 Slipstreamed) because Windows Setup didn't recognize the SATA disk. I have loaded the Promise Serial ATA Drivers at the begin of the installation (F6)...
I have also tried 2 different versions of the Promise SATA Drivers; the one that cames with my motherboard CD, and the most recent from the MSI website. But with both drivers the same result. How can i get my Serial ATA Harddisk get work with this motherboard?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Computerfreakje.
PS : My specifications are the following:
MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR (Rev. 7.4)
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
2x 256MB Kingston PC3200 Dual Channel
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb (R360)
Western Digital 40GB ATA
Western Digital 160GB SATA

Thanks for your reply Richard,
My motherboard didn't came with a floppy (I have bought an bulk version..) I have created a SATA floppy by myself. (I have got the drivers from the motherboard cd..) These drivers are also good, right?
Which type of RAID Array should i create? Because i have only one SATA drive.....
I think the "auto" feature is the easiest way?
Thanks.
Computerfreakje.

K7N2 Delta ISLR and XP3200 Woes

Let me share some of my experience with random crashes and lock ups on my main system.
Hopefully some might find it helpful and others might have useful comments to add.
It all started when I decided to upgrade my system. I waited until new technology was announced and then went out and bought the hardware that was knocked off the top spot.
My current system is:
Althon XP3200 Barton
1Gig PC3200 (2x512M)
K7N2 Delta ISLR Bios 7.7
Radeon 9700pro
Antec TruePower 550W PSU
XP Professional
SATA 120G Barracuda
When I first assembled the system I could not, and still cannot, get it to run stable as a XP3200 with a FSB of 200MHz (400MHz) and the memory in dual channel mode. The system wouldn’t boot, would randomly crash, would come up with fatal XP errors.
So after consulting the message boards I was informed it was probably be down to two causes; a inadequate power supply or overheating.
That is when I went out and bought the Antec TruePower 550W PSU. The reason being the CPU temperature was around 47C - 52C (107F - 115F) with ambient around 35C (88F). Not too hot I thought.
Anyway this did not solve the problem so I then decided to change the CPU coolers. I now have a nice collection, Alaska, Aero, Gigabyte and others. Current one on order is SLK-900A with a delta FFB0912EHE fan. But again this did not solve the problem.
I then thought that maybe the ambient inside temperature was too high and therefore pushing the CPU temperature up. To solve this I fitted two hard-drive fans, four 80mm case fans and a PCI exhaust fan. This was on top of the 3 fans already in the system. Still the system would not run. I even took the side panel off and had a 6” mains fan blowing into the case. Still couldn’t make it stable.
I have just ordered a Thermaltake Wingo V8000A case.
So I decided to check out the XP3200 and memory. After playing around I found out that:
1. The memory is fine running dual channel at 400MHz. I ran memtest using my CPU and memory in a friends PC for 12 hours without any problems (Abit board).
2. The system is stable if I drop the FSB to the processor to 166MHz (333MHz). How I am currently run the machine.
3. The system was more stable if I ran the memory in single channel mode.
4. The point it becomes unstable is when the CPU FSB is 192MHz (384Mhz).
5. The problem occurs on another K7N2 Delta ISLR motherboard. Actually exactly the same problem running a different XP3200 and 1Gig.
I have tried all possible combinations in the bios, except Vcore, Vddim voltage levels. Which is my next step. I think I need to up the Vcore at higher frequencies as I believe it may be a bios /motherboard inherent problem.
I hope this might be helpful to some who are experiencing the sample problems.
Couple of things I don’t like about the mother generally a part from the fact I can’t set it up correctly.
1. The decoupling capacitors around the CPU socket are too close. This limits the choice of CPU coolers you can fit.
2. Motherboard components interfere / prevent you from fitting certain cards in the PCI slots. Such as the SPDF adapter that comes with the motherboard.
And does anyone know:
1. What is the maximum temperature I should be seeing for stable operation on a XP3200?
2. Any recommendations on another suitable motherboard? I basically spent all the money I had so if I can’t get it working I’ll bin the motherboard and buy another one.
Oh, why don't I run it at 333MHz? Well then I got a slower system than I started with and it means I admit defeat!

I have this same board with the same BIOS and am also using an Athlon XP 3200+ (with Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2 RAM) and had the same excruciating stability problems. I had tried/tested everything in sight and no stability. Then I found a posting in this forum made a few months back by WebFan (with an XP 3200+ and basically the same RAM), who said he had the same kind of problem. He had only achieved stability when he reduced the FSB setting to 192 MHz (obviously not a coincidence). (Thank you ever so much WebFan.) I reached the heaven of stability by making the same change. Then I started experimenting; I moved the bus speed to 193, still okay. I set the RAM settings to the 3-3-6 2.5 that Corsair says are stable, still okay.
Then, and this I believe is the key step, I installed the lastest set of chipset drivers from nVidia (not the older version provided by MSI). This change subjectively seemed to improve performance noticeably, so I decided to take the big plunge and return the FSB to the rated 200 MHz setting. It's only been three days, but STILL OKAY! Before setting the FSB to 192, I was having all kinds of blue-screen crashes numerous times a day. I haven't had a single one in ten days, three days running at the full 200 MHz.
It seems to me that the board/chipset were not tuned to handle the 3200+. If you look at the description of the board on the MSI global site, it says it's compatible with Athlon XP 3000+ and up. My guess is that only the lastest edition of the drivers, version 4.24/4.27, is up to the job. (I'm not interested in overclocking and so haven't been interested in seeing if I can do better than the rated 200 MHz setting [400 MHz DDR clock speed]. Leave well enough alone, if you ask me.)
Try them; you have nothing to lose but your instability.

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