K7n2g-ilsr IGP graphics interference

When using the IGP, I see moving diagonal lines on my desktop.
I don't think it's a memory compatibility issue since I don't experience any reboots, lock-ups, crashes, etc. I suspect it's the PSU but I need a second opinion on this.
I already experimented with the bios settings with no luck, even on default.
Here's my specs:
XP 1,700+
MSI K7n2g-ilsr
2 pcs. twinmos 512 ddr400 (twinmos chips)
Enermax 330 watts (+3.3v=30A, +5v=32A, +12v=12A, combined +3.3v and +5v= 160W)
I know that the 12v rail is too low, but like I said, I don't experience reboots and everything, just the annoying interference.
I haven't got this problem whenever I use a separate agp card (geforce2mx)

Your combined is low as well...should be more like 200W to get enuff power to this setup...
Cheers!! 8)

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    Im using a K7N2G-ILSR. this is the one with the onboard graphics so adding another graphics card is out of the question. The cd-rom and dvd drive lights flash, the hd light is continuously on. Nope i havnt flashed the bios recently, i havent even changed anything in the bios. the machine is 'booting' upto the 'initializing floppy drive controller'. after that it crashes. nothing is shown on the screen before and after that, not even the companys logo.
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  • Need help with MSI K7N2G-ILSR

    This is probably a really easy problem to fix, but my internet time is limited since my old system is in pieces, and I have to do this from work.
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    Remove all devices from your setup except the CD-ROM (or DVD device) and the hard drive, and connect each to the end connector on different IDE cable, making sure each device is set to "cable select" (preferred) or "master" (2nd choice). Plug the CD-ROM (or DVD device) into IDE2; Plug the hard drive cable into IDE1. For now, don't plug anything into IDE3.
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  • K7N2G-ILSR for sale on newegg

    just seen on another forum for all my cousins who have been moaning
     139 of your bucks

    Noby,
    That is the best NF2 Bang for the Buck Too!!!
    MSI Motherboard For AMD Processors Model 6570G-020 Retail
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    MSI Motherboard For AMD Processors Model 6570G-020 Retail  
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    Chipset:NVIDIA IGP+MCP2-T
    FSB:100/133/166(200/266/333)MHz
    RAM:6x DDR PC3200/2700/2100/1600 Max 3 GB
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    Onboard Audio:Realtek ALC650 6-channel audio
    Onboard LAN:Chipset integrated 10/100 Base-T
    Onboard Video: Integrated TV-out encoder
    Retail box (see pics for included items)    
    Model# K7N2G-ILSR  
    Rating:  N/A  
    Shipping: Special FedEx Saver Shipping $5.00  
    Price: $139.00  
    Stock:  YES  
    Get them while you can. This is what everyone has been waiting for!!!!
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  • K7n2g ilsr just wont reboot normaly

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  • K7N2G-ILSR - Undocumented Jumper - What the heck is this?

    Hi all;
    First time post here and, naturally, I have a problem.  But then, everybody here seems to have some sort of problem or they wouldn't be here to begin with . . . RIGHT?
    Anyway, I picked up this nice looking K7N2G-ILSR board over on sleazeBay a few months back and am just now getting around to trying to get it to run.
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    Just curious . . . Doug

    Okay . . . My System Specs (currently):
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    Case:   None (bench-build)
    MoBo:  MSI K7N2G-LISR (MS-6570 Ver:1) (BIOS: W6570NMS v 2.0 - dated: 2004/08/06)
    CPU:  1) AMD Athlon XP 2500+ AXDA2500DKV4D = 1833MHz Barton (Model 10) 333FSB
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              3) AMD Athlon XP 2600+ AXDA2600DKV3D - 2083MHz Tbred (Model 8) 333FSB
              4) AMD Athlon XP 2800+ AXDA2800DKV4D = 2083MHz Barton (Model 10) 333FSB
    HS/Fan:  EverCool (CUD-715) (solid copper w/75x20mm fan /Antec5 silver compound)
    Video:  VGA - On-Board IGP
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               2) 1x 512mb Kingston 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700)
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               4) 1x 512mb Crucial/Micron 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
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               2) Western Digital 80GB HDD (WD800) Master on IDE1 (pre-loaded w/ XPPro/SP2)
    DVD:   Pioneer DVR-710 (16x16 DVD/RW) Master on IDE2
    FDD:   Generic 3-1/2" FDD (no name on it but seems to work fine)
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    I don't know anything about Linux or the Linux Live CD, but I do have a recent copy of the UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD for Windows) and with the clean WD1600 HDD in place, the UBCD disk will boot (very slowly) and run. But when I attempt to install the OS from it, it fails in the same manner as the original XPPro/SP2 install CD.
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    I've tried the "fail-safe" 100MHz FSB setting, disabled all cacheing and shadowing in the BIOS, cleared the CMOS dozens of times, changed the battery, re-flashed the BIOS with the latest BIOS download from the MSI site (even though it was the same BIOS version that was already installed), and tried just about everything else that I can think of.
    Even though I have no SATA/RAID drives installed, I did try the "Hit F6 key" option to install the SATA/RAID drivers and they seemed to install fine, but, of course, it made no difference.
    I do have the JDLED1 "D-Bracket" and it ends up with all four green LED's lit indicating that the OS should be booting and I do get a single short "beep" as the BIOS kicks-in.
    But . . . still nothing.   
    I really appreciate all of you guys here trying to help out. I've been putting systems together for twenty years and have never had one give me this much grief. I'm about at my wits-end with it.   
    All good . . . Doug

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    There is no option to disable the built-in SATA controller in bios.
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  • USB 2.0 problem (K7N2G-ILSR and HP PSC 2210)

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    Cables are cables still at this point in the game so it could be that you have a faulty cable but there are no special 2.0 cables to buy...
    Never been a big fan of the All-in-one printer/scanner/copiers, I've had nothing but problems most of the time when my clients buy them...but they still buy them...if you think about it they really only came out just over a year and a half ago so that technology isn't quite mature yet...
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  • SATA controller on K7N2G-ILSR "supports IDE"

    I have a K7N2G-ILSR with the onboard Promise 20376 Serial ATA controller, which supposedly supports using the IDE3 port as a separate IDE channel to connect hard drives and CDRoms and whatnot. I have not been able to simply get the SATA controller to work with IDE. I have tried connecting a hard drive and optical drives. With the single hard drive, instead of simply booting like it should, it tells me that no array is defined and asks me to create one. Since I have data on the hard drive already and don't want to risk erasing it by "creating an array", I didn't push my luck. With optical drives, it is the same story, except that of course I can't create an array with an optical drive, even if I try (nor does the setup utility let me). I am also thinking about purchasing a SATA adaptor for the hard drive, but am afraid that it is going to ask me to create an array again (again, fear of losing data). So, how do I get the IDE3 port to work as advertised? And how would I get the SATA working in a non-RAID configuration?

    They don't advertise that...
    On-Board IDE      
    An IDE controller on the MCP2/MCP2-T chipset provides IDE
       HDD/CDROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66
       operation modes
    Can connect up to four IDE devices
     Serial ATA Interface (Optional)  
    Support 2 serial ATA plus 1 ATA133
    - RAID O or 1 are supported
    - RAID function works w/ATA133+SATA H/D or 2 SATA H/D
    • Connect up to 2 Serial ATA devices and 1 ATA133 device  
    This is from the website, I don't see that they say you can use the SATA as regular IDE drives...they are part of the raid controller period...the misconception comes by thinking it's used like we use a regular IDE but you have to create an array as I said in order to use them...you can select one of the raid drives to use as a boot drive via the BIOS but you have to enable the drive in the raid setup before it's accessible thus creating a seemingly IDE device...I don't have any SATA drives here atm so wasn't able to test this part of the MB yet...and I've beat my board into submission now and have to RMA it from doing so much testing with it...if I do get another one I'll see about getting a SATA drive and see what it does when I load the drivers for the raid in a non-raid setup and post my results...I agree that they don't explain it well either but I've never thought the manuals were written the best for most boards out there since English isn't their first language...something gets lost in the interpretation unfortunately heheheh The raid doesn't support opticals at all so that's not an option here...
    Hope that helps...
    Cheers!! 8)

  • BIOS failure at startup K7N2G-ILSR

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    Thanks!

    Well, the manual does not say a word about the "fast trak controller" is, and it is not clear what kind of drives that are referred to in that error message. Is this only about Serial ATA drives, or what?
    What I have now figured out is that the POST screen (where it is said that DEL will take you to bios) will never appear if the full start MSI screen is enabled, which it is by default. The manual does not say a single word about this, but it refers to the POST screen as the first screen, where one can invoke the bios setup.

  • K7n2g-ilsr Promise bios doesn´t show

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    k7n2g-ilsr                           Bios 1.2
    AMD XP2400+                     2Ghz
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    I turn on my computer and fasttrack menu doesn`t show
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