K7N2 Delta2 Platinum Bios settings help please

Please forgive me if I seem a bit stupid, but we all have to start somewhere.
As you can see from my signature although an old socket A set-up this should still perform pretty well when my son plays his games (Age of Empires 3) but the dam thing keeps crashing (back to the desktop) and performace is not what it should be.
I built the pc my self so I am ok to fiddle about with things but I am not as knowalgable as most people on this forum, So I would like someone to help me with some BIOS settings on this board, can anyone recommend some settings that would work well.

Having now read the excellent post by klondike on this board I want to update my bios to the 11.50 (B50) version.
I know about all the dangers of updating your bios but as I am having prob’s with my board and it seems like the B5 bios is better that the B4, I want to update it but I have tried now for 2 hours to update it and I am obviously doing something very wrong and it is doing my head in!
I have read the MSI guide to bios updating and others on this forum but I can’t get anything to even start to work.
I have downloaded and un-zipped the B50 bios update for my board. I have put the unzipped files in a folder in the C: drive I have named “test” I have made a dos floppy and set my bios to 1st boot floppy but when I boot to it at the A prompt you type C: (and enter) and it says bad file or command (I can’t remember which) so I then tried burning the bios files to a cd and once again after booting to the dos there is no option to get it to boot or find the cd drive you just get the A: prompt
I have also tried updating it though live update but live update says the latest version is 11.4 (B4) and that is what my board already has so I can’t update it from there as MSI have not updated their live update page.
I am almost at my wits end and feel like setting light to the dam thing, all I want to do is up date my bios its not that hard I have done it before on other pc’s but I can’t remember how I did it! (thats my age)
Please can someone spare me a few minutes to talk me though this.

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@Klondike K7N2 Delta2 Platinum, new owner.

Hi.
I am kinda old but maybe not as old as you . Experience before...
Much regard to your efforts for writing some exhaustive information on the MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum. I think I would be more than completely lost without your help http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/here-vp624299.html#624299. Now at least my system is running.
I have some specific points, and please forgive me if I'm asking something you may have answered. Got kids running around, that kind of thing. Have to run out and pick up milk in a minute, life is busy, you get it... sure? Any links are helpful too.
The existing server had an XP software raid (hack some dm* files a bit, there is a toms hardware article on it here http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windowsxp-make-raid-5-happen,925-2.html on a Shuttle AN35 Ultra 400 and a Barton Athlon XP 2600+ 0343.
But it's a barebones board so I thought I would 'Upgrade' the file server with an 'everything' board. Enter the K7N2 Delta2 Platinum. Enter also a 0310 2500+ which I patched the mobile jumper for fun and cut all of L6. The NFORCE2 seems to ignore these settings, and swapping in the 2600+ completely stock doesn't seem to change anything below:
Questions I have which I have not got answered yet (and running 1/20/2005 bios the board came with): I can't adjust the vCore! I can only set it in the bios but not in Windows, where I have 8rdavcore - this dynamically lowered my FSB and vcore when the system was idle. 8rdavcore lists the board but there is no driver in the drop-down: this is not the giveio.sys driver mentioned on the home page, it is a driver to interface with the vcore and other settings on the board.
With your recommendations klondike the system at least boots reliably. Already I am disappointed in the MSI versus the Shuttle for this reason alone, no vcore and the settings seem really picky in the MSI Bios. The shuttle though had a periodic problem with crashes which I never figured out. LC 6420GP 80plus PS, ATI 9250 AGP, Team Value memory (identical in timing to the Value memory in your post Klondike), 3ware 9500S-8 hardware raid, NEC USB 5 port USB card and a 3com 10/100, all moved to the new system, with the 3ware newly introduced replacing the software raid. Removes the annoying rebuild when the system crashes out, prevents major disk data glitches.
I want this system to dynamically underclock, but as yet, I cannot adjust the vcore down. For example, Corecenter, or nTune, has the field for vcore and other values, but except for FSB, they are locked, and 8rdavcore log shows it cannot load the driver. The Shuttle went to under 100 fsb with a low voltage dynamically, I think vcore 1.25 with the Athlon XP Barton 2600+, and run super-cool and use about 75 watts of power vs 110w.
Any ideas?

Came back to the machine, swapped back in the Athlon XP Barton 2600+, took a look in the BIOS (don't know if I changed anything, probably), and now the vCore is greyed out again in 8rdavcore. "No ATXP1 found."
Edit: I used the CMOS jumper to reset settings several times to no effect.
Sorry I did not get the log when it was working. I will next time! I assume where it says "not responding" has something to do with the problem.
Here is the log from 8rdavcore:
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00/24 16:36:50 | ===============================================
00/24 16:36:50 | 8RDAVCORE: Version 8rdavcore 0.8.8-dev8
00/24 16:36:50 | 8RDAVCORE: Windows NT/2000/XP detected
00/24 16:36:50 | giveio: Opened Service-manager successfully
00/24 16:36:50 | giveio: Service giveio exists
00/24 16:36:50 | giveio: Service giveio is running
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section General
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Abit KT7A
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Abit NF7
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Acorp NFU400N
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Aopen AK79D-400VN
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Asus A7N8X-E
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Asus A7N8X v2.0 Deluxe
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Chaintech CT-7NJL1/CT-7NJS
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section DFI Infinity NFII Ultra
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section DFI Lanparty NFII Ultra
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Epox EP-8RDA+ Rev. 1.x
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Epox EP-8RDA+ Rev. 2.x
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Epox EP-8RDA(3,6,+,I,E)
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Gigabyte GA-7NNXP
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Jetway N2PA
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Leadtek K7NCR-18D
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section MSI K7N2 Delta L
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Shuttle AN35N Ultra V1.1
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Shuttle SN45G
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Soltek 75FRN(2)-L
00/24 16:36:50 | board: Found section Soltek NV400-L64
00/24 16:36:50 | SMI: Got IO base 0x4400
00/24 16:36:50 | SMI: Back-to-back writes disabled.
00/24 16:36:50 | smi: Function code not set, forcing to 0x88
00/24 16:36:50 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:50 | 8RDAVCORE: Using board MSI K7N2 Delta L
00/24 16:36:50 | nforce2_smbus: 1.1: 0x8410de
00/24 16:36:50 | nforce2_smbus: Address of bus 0 is 0x5000
00/24 16:36:50 | nforce2_smbus: Address of bus 1 is 0x5100
00/24 16:36:50 | 8rdavcore: Init SMBUS drivers done
00/24 16:36:50 | atxp1: Searching on NFORCE2_SMBUS:NFORCE2_SMBUS0
00/24 16:36:50 | atxp1: Searching on NFORCE2_SMBUS:NFORCE2_SMBUS1
00/24 16:36:51 | atxp1: No ATXP1 found
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | 8rdavcore: Init voltage drivers done
00/24 16:36:51 | nforce2-pci: Revision c1
00/24 16:36:51 | 8rdavcore: Init chipset drivers done
00/24 16:36:51 | WINBOND: Found a W83627THF
00/24 16:36:51 | ite: ITE8712F found
00/24 16:36:51 | ITE: 16-bit fan counter 0x3c
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | SMI: Not responding.
00/24 16:36:51 | lm90: Searching on NFORCE2_SMBUS:NFORCE2_SMBUS0
00/24 16:36:51 | lm90: Searching on NFORCE2_SMBUS:NFORCE2_SMBUS1
00/24 16:36:51 | lm90: No LM90 found
00/24 16:36:51 | 8rdavcore: Init sensor drivers done
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Physical drive 0 opened
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: SMART enabled on drive 0
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Physical drive 1 opened
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: SMART_GET_VERSION failed
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Physical drive 2 opened
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: SMART_GET_VERSION failed
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Physical drive 3 opened
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: SMART_GET_VERSION failed
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: IDE drive 0
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Model: ST3750640AS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Firmware: 3.AAE
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Serial: 3QD14TMH
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Buffer: 16777216 Byte
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: Available attributes (F=Pre-Failure, O=On-Line, P=Performance, E=Error-rate, C=Event-Count, S=Self-Preserving):
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: ID Name Value Worst Threshold Raw Flags
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 1 Raw Read Error Rate 117 91 6 158 FOPE
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 3 Spin Up Time 94 93 0 0 FO
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 4 Start Stop Count 100 100 20 102 O CS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 5 Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 36 0 FO CS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 7 Seek Error Rate 72 60 30 153 FOPE
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 9 Power on time 100 100 0 195 O CS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 10 Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0 FO C
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 12 Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 106 O CS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 187 Unknown 100 100 0 0 O CS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 189 Unknown 100 100 0 0 O ECS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 190 Unknown 63 54 45 37 O S
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 194 Temperature 37 46 0 37 O S
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 195 Hardware ECC Recovered 81 61 0 207 O EC
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 197 Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 0 O C
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 198 Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0 C
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 199 UDMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 3 OPECS
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 200 Write Error Count 100 253 0 0
00/24 16:36:51 | smart: 202 Unknown 100 253 0 0 O CS
00/24 16:36:51 | 8rdavcore: Init SMART drivers done
00/24 16:36:51 | pnp: Detected W83627THF
00/24 16:36:51 | pnp: Registers are unlocked
00/24 16:36:51 | pnp: GPIO config: 0x40, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
00/24 16:36:51 | pnp: LD7: CR30=0x0f, 0xf0, 0xff, 0x0b, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00
00/24 16:36:51 | pnp: LD8: CR30=0x01, 0xff, 0x5e, 0x00
00/24 16:36:51 | pnp: LD9: CR30=0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
00/24 16:36:51 | cpuload: thread created, id: 208, update: 5000
00/24 16:36:51 | autofsb: autofsb_load(): Added AutoFSB1
00/24 16:36:51 | autofsb: autofsb_load(): Added AutoFSB1.2
00/24 16:36:51 | 8rdavcore: Chipset reported multiplier: 115
00/24 16:36:52 | 8rdavcore: Calculated multiplier: 114
00/24 16:36:52 | 8rdavcore: init_values done
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Using driver
00/24 16:36:54 | control: control_set_val(): POSSIBLE BUG: Got a NULL pointer
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Init control startup values done
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Create sensor list done
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Create preset list done
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Create AutoFSB list done
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Create trigger list done
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Create sensor field done
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: No primary VCore control!
00/24 16:36:54 | 8rdavcore: Create voltage list done
00/24 16:36:55 | 8rdavcore: Create SMART list done
00/24 16:36:55 | 8rdavcore: AutoFSB disabled
00/24 16:36:59 | control: control_get_val(): POSSIBLE BUG: Got a NULL pointer
00/24 16:36:59 | 8rdavcore: Saved Main vars
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00/24 16:37:01 | Done.

K7N2 Delta2 Platinum - J10 / Safe Mode ?

I set my FSB too high and cannot get my system to post. I see plenty of references to the J10 jumper but I do not see that listed in my manual nor can I find it on my motherboard. PLEASE tell me this MB has a jumper for booting in safe mode - this is a new PC I'm setting up for a friend I've tried clearing the CMOS to no avail. System has been stable for days before this.
athlon 3200+
truepower 430
1.5 gig ddr400
2 seagate 200gb hds (RAID 1)
sony dvd burner & dvd rom

Wow, has it only been 3 weeks? Seems like months...in any case, I've now purchased for myself or others 3 MSI boards: 1 K8N Neo Platinum and 2 of the K7N2 Delta2 Platinums. Overall, I'm very happy with these boards. I ended up with 2 of the K7N2s because I decided to RMA the first one (to later be used to upgrade an older PC of mine) and needed another socket A board for a PC that I was putting together for a relative. The long and short of it is that the problem I've detailed in this thread is STILL a problem even after getting it back from MSI earlier today. As far as I can tell it's in the same condition I sent it to them in. The difference now is I have another of these boards that actually works and I can test my RAM, CPU, etc to make sure they are in fact working (which they are) - the name of this story is:
Please Help Me Fix My Damn Board So I Don't Have To RMA It Again
(aka Why the hell did they remove the J10 jumper from this board?)
I've tried...
different PSUs (antec neopower 480w, truepower 430w, some sort of cheap raidmax 450w)
any combination of components you can think of: ram/graphics/cpu only, 2 of those 3 only, 1 of
those 3 only, NOTHING installed on the board at all.
different RAM in different slots - have tried generic pc2100, kingston valueram, kingston hyperx Corsair cmx-1gig
clearing the CMOS, removing the battery, hitting the power button, unplugging the PSU (umm not in that order). I've even said a little voodoo prayer as I replace the JBAT jumper to it's original position.
i've taken the board out of the case (actually i never got it INTO the case today) to make sure it's not shorting somewhere.
no BIOS beeps at all, yes the speaker does work. the D-LED with at least the basic ram/graphics/cpu installed reads #1 green, all the rest red. After a CMOS reset it goes from #1 green, rest red, to #2 green, rest red, then back to #1 green, the rest red.
The only thing I haven't tried is using a CPU with a FSB of 100 - this is mentioned in a few older articles I googled when digging around for ideas. All I have is a couple of 3200+'s - both of which work in the good MB.
HELP...anyone?!? Thanks in advance.

MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum (No monitor output)

Hi,
I recently purchased the MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum along with a AMD XP 3200, 512mb DDR Memory, ATI Radeon 9250 256mb and a Maxtor 80Gb Hard disk.
I followed the included instruction manual closely and feel that everything was installed correctly. However, when I went to boot the computer, there was no output on my monitor.
The LED on the monitor was green for a few seconds, it then went orange. The screen itself was black, there was no BIOS screen.
I have tried 2 monitors, which eliminates them as the problem, I have also tried 2 graphics cards, which also eliminates them.
The other components seem to be running fine.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

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PSU is fine. As it powers up the computer fine.
not really, as the computer doesn't POST. Is your problem caused by your PSU?
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I don't understand what you mean by d bracket or whatever?
D-Leds explained
D-Bracket Info

New K7N2 Delta2 Platinum crashes with new memory

I recently bought a new K7N2 Delta2 Platinum motherboard and 2 x 512MB DDR400 OCZ memory, and now my machine continually crashes.
I've tested the memory sticks individually using memtest, and there are no problems with the memory. However, when I was in touch with OCZ support, they mentioned that there is apparently a problem with the nForce2 chipset being able to handle new 2 x 512MB memory. I had my motherboard working successfully with old DDR400 memory (BH5-based), which I sold when I bought the new memory. I was pointed to this site by OCZ support:
http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30004&postcount=7
Is this the case?
If so, I'm surprised to see that MSI (or any manufacturer with nForce2 chipsets) can claim up to 3GB support. Comments?
Apparently, one thing to try is 2T command rate, but I can't find where to set it in my BIOS. I heard that it's probably set to 1T by default on my board.
Can anyone suggest any other options?
I'm somewhat frustrated that I've bought a new board and pretty expensive memory, and now have an unstable system. It's also too late to return to the reseller.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Stuart.

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I've tested the memory sticks individually using memtest, and there are no problems with the memory
Did you also test them together? If not, do so. Then up voltage as suggested.
Do you have them in dual channel, i.e one green slot and one purple slot?
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Apparently, one thing to try is 2T command rate, but I can't find where to set it in my BIOS. I heard that it's probably set to 1T by default on my board.
That is correct; it is set up for 1T and can not be changed.
Not true that nforce2 chipset has problems running 2x512MB but it is notoriously picky. Your board tends to under-volt the memory too so you may be OK after increasing the voltage.
You don't say what bios you are using but bosskiller's modded bios b.72c has produced good results and addresses memory issues.
Read < here >

K7n2 delta2 platinum no post

I've been using a k7n2 delta2 platinum mobo for a few month with a lot of stability problems running at 200 mhz fsb. This is my configuration: barton 3200+, two 512 nanya 3-3-3-8 ddr400, msi fx-5700 ultra3 card. I tried to run the cpu at 166 mhz and then ram at 200 mhz and the pc didn't post. The d-bracket shows the 'early chipset initialization' error. I tried to clear the bios and all the tricks I found on the net and nothing happened. Is the mobo passed away? I think I need help. Thanks

probably your PSU
start a new topic in SocketA forum, list your hardware specs in details, and list the PSU specs from the label on its side
also, try tapping Insert as you power on your system, to reset clock speeds to safe values

K7N2 DELTA2 PLATINUM - Sound Probs, Very Strange

OK, i bought a brand new K7N2 DELTA2 PLATINUM and it works great, except from the sound which installs and in the system devices it is registered as there without yellow explanation or red cross. Is set to auto not disable in cmos.
When I try playing something it plays but no sound actually comes out. I have checked the front port switch and accourding to the manual (which was wrong over clearing the cmos, thanks guys for helping me solve that) is fine. Cab even adjust volumes in the volume control in windows.
I have tried various different drivers including the included ones and various of the internet. I have the mid Jan versions of all nforce drivers.
Everthing else on comp works fine, though if i leave the computer unplugged at mains for more than a few secs, when i switch back on the keyboard or mouse (ps/2) do not respond and all the light of the keyboard are on whether the computer is on or not. This is solved by unplugging and plugging back in mouse and keyboard.
I have also borrowed a pci card from someone and it works fine.
Please help, suggestions would be much appreciated
Note, other thing is that it is a Realtek ALC650 chip officially though something came up on a program listing system stuff that it s an ALC655; just thought i would include.

Quote from: Dr Stu on 01-February-06, 05:09:51
good idea to try knoppix
if knoppix does work, then back in windows, did you install this audio driver?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_audio_4.62_win2kxp.html
just out of interest what was your old motherboard?
It was a shite PC Chips M848A, with some c-media 5.1 audio chip.
Thanks for helping mate.

[AMD] problems errors ram with cpu vcore change on k7n2 delta2 platinum

hello
i'm a french new owner of k7n2 delta2 platinum and i got something strange.
I have 2*512 PC3200 cas3 of kingston value ram with voltage 1.75 instead of 1.6v running in dual CAS 2.5/3/3/8 at FSB 195 like the cpu : 2500xp barton.
With occt and memtest86+ i'm stable with a CPU vcore at 1.725.After 195 the computer starts but not really stable. So i put the cpu vcore at 1.75 to put higher fsb and then i get thousands RAM errors with memtest(even if i stay fsb 195). i tried with cas 3/3/3/11 and it was worst. On the bios B5 i tried with different settings : agressive, optimal, 1/1, auto, manual, patch ddr or not...and always the same. My PSU is 450w noname and i've 4 HD 1player 1 burner & a geforce 5200 o/c 10%.
Of course i'm happy to reach 195 but i feel disapointed to be stop with this problem of vcore/ram because i have not problem of temperature with a silent boost for cpu(52°c maxi), 3 fans for the box(35°c maxi) and copper memory heat spreaders for ram.
thanks for your answer

the thing to check is the vdimm voltage for the ram ... i'm pretty sure it should be around 2.6 volts .. try upping it one step
vcore is the voltage to the cpu and doesn't affect the ram

Problems errors ram with cpu vcore change on k7n2 delta2 platinum

hello
i'm a french new owner of k7n2 delta2 platinum and i got something strange.
I have 2*512 PC3200 cas3 of kingston value ram with voltage 1.75 instead of 1.6v running in dual CAS 2.5/3/3/8 at FSB 195 like the cpu : 2500xp barton.
With occt and memtest86+ i'm stable with a CPU vcore at 1.725.After 195 the computer starts but not really stable. So i put the cpu vcore at 1.75 to put higher fsb and then i get thousands RAM errors with memtest. i tried with cas 3/3/3/11 and it was worst. On the bios B6 i tried with different settings : agressive, optimal, 1/1, auto, manual, patch ddr or not...and always the same. My PSU is 450w and i've 4 HD 1player 1 burner.
Of course i'm happy to reach 195 but i feel disapointed to be stop with this problem of vcore/ram

Quote from: osnavi on 23-September-05, 11:36:11
"...So i put the cpu vcore at 1.75 to put higher fsb and then i get thousands RAM errors with memtest..." I would say it's not the v. core but the CPU o/c. that gives that errors, as it make not sence to increase v.core only for itself.
Oh yes it does
The CPU and memory work hand-in-hand. If one is out of sync it can cause the other to start spitting out errors.
You are overclocking and that more of a scientific art, not an exact science.
Components react differently to an entire list of variables, especially the CPU/memory.
What you are trying to do requires trail and error testing however I agree the Kingston memory is holding you back at this point with the clock you are pushing
I would go for the most stable FSB settings that allow Dynamic Overclock to be enabled to SERGEANT before I would go for ultra High FSB because you will peak the system at its highest performance curve when you need the boost, and I would bet money that peak would be higher than any strait FSB over-clock you can hit stable.
Psychologically allot of people think their systems are not running the highest performance it can unless they set the system up at the highest FSB/multiplier and that is simply not true with dynamic overclocking enabled and correctly tuned with the rest of the components.

K7N2 Delta2 Platinum Bios settings help please

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