K7N2G-ILSR MS-6570 fsb cpu can't change specs

How do I change fsb and get cpu better performance.
The jumpers J10 set 133mhz
                   J11  "    Short
My cpu running at 1.25mhz not 1.667mhz
Bios shows FSB@100
If I change CPU to 1.667 and fsb to 133 system hangs on windows desktop
K7N2G-ILSR MS-6570
AMD 2000+ AthlonXP
Seagate 60gig hdd
750mb RAM
Samsung Combo CDR
XP pro

then you got the cooler install wrong,have a weak psu,or very poor ram

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  • K7N2G-ILSR MS-6570 Restart Problems!

    K7N2G-ILSR MS-6570 Restart Problems!
    Has anybody else had a problem like this . . .
    Ive got this problem with two machines now!!!!
    Say for example you boot your machine and go into the bios to change whatever. Then save and exit. It should reboot and carry on to go into windows (or whatever). BUT . . . both of my machines restart and then just sit there and give a long beep which then repeats.
    If I turn the machine off completely then back on it starts up ok with any changes to the bios kept from last time.
    Can anybody help?!?!??!  ;(
    I have updated to the latest bios (which is 7.2)

    I now have the MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR (601-6570-030).;
    On the box:- NVIDIA nForce 2 Ultra 400 Chipset Based.
    K7,nFORCE2 Ultra400/SPP,MCP2-T,FSB400,D-Bracket2,Round cable,2*SATA&power cables,1394 cable,S-Bracket,WinDVD4.
    I have 2x256 PC3200 Corsair DDR and a XP2800 Barton, tried and tested at 240fsb(237fsb Totally stable), And I get the same thing happening to me..Also this board and the last one will NOT do the claimed 400fsb..
    And dont say it's the ram because it's not, the ram and CPU are fine.... It's the Motherboard that is incompatable with the Ram & CPU
    why because my Ram is Corsair(the name speaks for itself) and works in every system to date!.. The CPU is AMD also works in every system to date!
    Soon as i get around 193+(fsb) it starts to do the same thing wont reboot, and does the beep thing! at 200x7 200x7.5 200x8 200x8.5 200x9 200x9.5 200x10 200x10.5 200x11 200x11.5= NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING but BEEP ......BEEP.......BEEP.
    I also bought a brand new Antec TRUEPower550Watt with front voltage control (£100+) and that still does,nt do it
    this is my second board, and im totaly fed up with there crap board. I spent good money for this TOP Class Ram and dont expect to be told the Rams wrong when it works in every other system i have had my hands on!!!!!!!
    MY advice is send it back and get an other and if thats no use send it back again and get a refund and buy an ABIT NF7-S.. with exactly the same components i get a fsb of anything(100) upto 240fsb abit..
    SIG is old board

  • K7N2G-ILSR MS-6570 barton 3000 support?

    I'm just about to buy a new system with the K7N2G-ILSR, and i'd like to know if it supports the barton 3000.
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    Sapphire Radeon 9800pro
    Barton xp3000
    Noise Control Copper heaven HS
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    NC BigTower Black/Silver w/magic fleece
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    WinXP home
    Any suggestions to changes to the above are appreciatet.
    Thanks

    According to MSI's CPU support page the K7N2G-ILSR does officially support the XP3000+ Barton with 333Mhz FSB but not 400Mhz FSB. If 400Mhz FSB support is important to you you may want to consider as an alternative the K7N2 Delta-ILSR which should be available shortly (end of the month?). Details here of CPU support:-
    K7N2G-ILSR
    K7N2 Delta-ILSR

  • Board killed after changing FSB? K7N2G-ILSR

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    Try to set J10 back to safe mode (100mhz) after reset the BIOS then turn it on. If it boots set J10 to 133mhz.

  • Hp g60-213em , gl40, t1600 cpu , can this system take a 800mhz fsb upgrade cpu ,,,

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    d42coa wrote:
    hi. trying to upgrade a hp g60-213em , gl40 chipset t1600 cpu fsb 600mhz ,,, but intel state that the gl40 chipset can run 800mhz fsb cpu ,  is this possible and can this system run a 800 mhz fsb cpu ,, such as intel core 2 duo t6600  800 fsb or intel core 2 duo t7800 800fsb or am i stuck with 667 fsb an the best cpu would be intel pentium dual core t5850 667fsb... please help
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    P7350 2.0-GHz processor
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    erico
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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.
    The board makes it through POST just fine and actually gets all the way through the BIOS setup (quite unlike a few other MSI boards that I've seen before) with the only hang-up being the typical initial "No FastTrak controller installed" message.
    With a clean (NTFS formatted and known "good") Western Digital 160GB HDD as the master (and only) drive on IDE1 and a (known "good") Pioneer DVD drive as the master (and only) drive, on IDE2, the board then comes back with the "No OS Found" message (. . . . duuuhhhhh . . . . ) and requests an OS Set-Up disk to be inserted.
    Being an agreeable sort of guy, I immediately plop in my "genuine" WIN_XP_Pro_SP2 CD and the board starts to load Windows. Windows makes it all the way through the "Checking Computer Configuration" phase and "almost" makes it through the "Loading Temporary Files" phase of the initial set-up process. BUT . . . at some point during the "Loading Temporary Files" phase, it fails. I've gone through this eight dozen times over the past week and the 'puter has never made it past this point.
    Sometimes the board will just spontaneously reboot, either just shutting down or taking me back to the original BIOS screen, and sometimes it comes up with a BSOD and a stop error, which is different everytime. I've seen 0x08, 0x0A, 0x08e, "IRQL1_not_less_than_or_equal_to", and probably a few more that I didn't even bother to write down. Most times, it's just a BSOD with no "message" at all.
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    Anyway, I was about ready to throw the whole thing in the dumpster (or at least put it back up for sale on sleazeBay) when it occurred to me that "maybe you should read the manual".
    I had already downloaded the manual from MSI's site, but had never actually taken the time to study it. Who needs a durned manual anyway . . . RIGHT . . . ?
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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
    RAM:   1) 1x 512mb Corsair 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700)
               2) 1x 512mb Kingston 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700)
               3) 1x 512mb Samsung 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
               4) 1x 512mb Crucial/Micron 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
               5) 1x 256mb Micron 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100)
    HDD:   1) Western Digital 160GB HDD (WD1600) Master on IDE1 (clean/formatted/NTFS)
               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)
    PSU:  1) ECHOSTAR - 480W / +3.3V@28A,+5V@36A,+12V@16A
              2) ULTRA X-Connect 500W / +3.3V@28A,+5V@30A,+12V@34A
              3) ULTRA V-Series 500W / +3.3V@20A,+5V@32A,+12V@28A
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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.
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    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

  • 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  
    Specifications:
    Supported CPU:Supports 600MHz up to Athlon™ XP 2700+ processor or higher
    Chipset:NVIDIA IGP+MCP2-T
    FSB:100/133/166(200/266/333)MHz
    RAM:6x DDR PC3200/2700/2100/1600 Max 3 GB
    IDE:2xIDE ATA 133/100/66 up to 4 Devices
    Slots:1x AGP (1.5v 8X/4X) 5 PCI (3.3v) and 1 ACR
    Ports:2xPS2,1xCOM,1xVGA,1xMPT,4xUSB, and Audio Ports
    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!!!!
    Take Care,
    Richard

  • K7N2G ILSR not booting, unlike any other in forums! (I think!)

    I have a:
    K7N2G ILSR
    XP 2400+ cpu
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    old 10gig HDD
    When I boot it flashes past the award bios screen so fast I can hardly see it, then reports an error (to do with active flash or something?) and that there is no bios installed. This warning has something to do with "promise" at the top of the screen. This screen is only up for a second or less, so sorry about the vague info!
    After this, it changes to a screen where it lists the IRQs for everything, then comes up with a disk I/O error...
    Am I being a dumbass?
    Thanks in advance
    P

    thanks v much for the quick reply!!
    HDD is a Fujitsu I think (am at work right now!) about 4 or 5 years old, on IDE 1 (using 80 conductor cable that came with m/b), set as master with no slaves. Jumpered on back to be master.  
    DVDrom is on IDE2 as master.
    no jumpers have been changed, so its set as 133 fsb, and sound is not redirected to front panels.
    cheers
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  • K7N2G-ILSR with 2800+ BIOS Settings

    I have just changed my CPU from a 2400+ (266mhz) processor to a 2800+ (333mhz) and it won't run with stability unless I leave the CPU FSB Clock at 133mhz (for 266mhz) as it was set before (which means that is goes to 1666mhz CPU speed instead of 2083mhz - is 2083 correct for 2800+ ?).  
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    How can I tell if its a real 2800+.
    I paid for a 2800+ Retail Boxed AMD chip with fan etc in the box.  
    By stepping do you mean overclocked?
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    I am going out later today to buy Corsair XMS2700.  Does it matter that they are not in a bundled matched pair?  The only pair I can get from my supplier is a 1gb (2x512mb) and its very expensive (£200).

  • K7N2G-ILSR overclocking problems

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    Originally posted by wonkanoby
    drives pull 2x or 3x current to spin up as do once spinning,thats what makes me think psu if a reset works but cold boot fails,disable all bar c and try a cold boot
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  • MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR (MS 6570) trouble With ATA card

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  • K7N2G-ILSR: On-board video too unstable to use

    Putting together a new computer for my son.  Using K7N2G-ILSR and was really looking forward to the onboard video.  Using Athlon XP 2100 (from my prior machine -- 100 percent solid CPU) and initially bought Corsair 2700 256MB with the new board.  As an immediate downer, the board refused to work with the memory (nonstop beeping/D-LED stuff, etc.) at power up (tried all slots -- same result).  Observation: this compares very unfavorably with my highly-favorable experience with Soyo boards, by the way.  Swapped out that memory with Kingston 2700 256MB from my daughter's machine, which is running Soyo Dragon Lite.  
    Ok, so after some immediate (and unnecessary) memory hassle, got system to boot.  CPU is running fine and cool at 50 deg C.
    Next (BIG, BIG) problem: Onboard Video is WAY, WAY too unstable in Windows 2000 to be usable.  At the outset, the video is showing random horizontal streaks (of trash) across the screen.  The only time I've seen that before in my 15 years of PC use is in a Diamond video card a long time ago that was also defective.  However, I can live with streaks.  The problem is that the machine crashes every time, 100 percent of the time, within 15-90 seconds of booting into Windows 2000 (SP3).  (Of course, used latest video driver from a web site, different settings, different refresh rates, and all the other usual stuff, etc., etc., etc.)  By the way, I had the patience to try this with and without SP3, and tried a zillon different bios settings.  Nothing worked -- same immediate crash problem.  Also booted into safe mode and same deal -- but at least that confirms that the problem is probably underlying hardware-related problem, not software/driver problem.  (If it can't run under generic Windows VGA driver, then it probably can't run under anything  else.)
    Only solution is to swap in an existing AGP card.  That solves the problem 100 percent but I am not exactly happy camper since I paid for the on-board video (and for budget reasons the card that I am swapping in is not exactly cutting-edge.)  
    If anyone has a silver bullet fix for this, I would love to hear it.  Otherwise, I will assume that the onboard AGP is defective and/or poorly designed, whereupon I would have been better off not spending the extra money for it.  My best guess is that the memory and/or other video circuitry is defective.
    Otherwise, happy with the underlying performance of the motherboard itself but the video fiasco is a BIG letdown. :O
    Thanks.

    SILVER BULLET FOUND!!! (and it was free)  BIG, BIG, BIG cigar to Bikeman for his above post, which focused my attention on the BIOS.  Had considered it at the outset, but figured there was no way I was going to need to flash a brand spanking new board.  But when you read the BIOS update notes, one of its fixes is with Kingston memory which is currently in the board.  Recall from above, however, that Kingston was a fallback as board complained bitterly about the Corsair memory that I bought with the board.  (My daugher's Dragon Lite is quite happy with either memory.)
    So here's the rundown.  Actually couldn't see what bios ver. I had at POST as text went by way too fast.  So install live update software which confirmed that I had older v. 1.2 bios.  (Interestingly, the live update itself was old enough that it itself had to self-update before I could use).  Flashed BIOS to 1.3 using the Windows version of update, which I will report worked real smooth.
    Rebooted and proceeded to install fresh nVidia driver from nVidia website.  However, I can tell you that the BIOS was definitely the problem because before I wouldn't have been able to easily get to the point of installing video driver without 5-10 crash/reboot cycles -- so the new-found stability made it very clear that the BIOS update was the "silver bullet" I was looking for.
    Postscript impressions:  (1) MSI boards are VERY finiky about memory (which is a problem that I have never had with Soyo boards), and (2) this is the 2nd MSI board I have bought and the 2nd one that has had severe bios issues.  The first board was a low-end A socket board with AMI bios that arrived faulty/trashed -- half way thru POST, bios would start spitting out garbage ASCII characters.  
    Again thanks again to Bikeman for saving me from spending any more money (on psu or other memory) and for letting my son's system now run 8X AGP.

  • Fan speed varies 0 - 42 000 !! on K7N2G-ILSR

    Hello people! :D
    I have MSI K7N2G-ILSR board. I use the on board cpu fan connector for my cpu fan.
    The problem is this: according to PC-Alert the fan speed varies very much: sometimes PC-Alert says the fan is spinning over 42 000 rpm/min REALLY! and sometimes it says 0 rpm/min (it is an enermax adjustable fan)!
    I didn't have this problem say 2 months ago, but now I have it all the time. I have to switch off the PC-Alert to use the PC. I have tried other surveillance programs too and they give the same result!
    I have the newest version of PC-Alert installed. Other details you can find in my signature below.
    Best wishes to you all
    Tatu Heiskanen

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