K7N2G - ILSR problems ...

Right, this is a long story!
I got my K7N2G a few months ago now, started by using PC2100 (Generic, lol) ... it worked quite well - I can't remember getting crashes!
I then upgraded to 2x256Mb PC3200 TwinMOS, not knowing about this whole picky RAM thing - I'd heard it was good RAM so I got me some ... after replacing one because of a bad stick I had both sticks running well, I then started getting lotsa freezing in games (esp. UT2003) and I thought it was just overheating but after doing some overall quietening (Zalman GPU, new CPU cooler), it was still crashing ... then the fan on my chipset died so I stuck a new 40mm fan ontop and seemed allright but was still getting the odd freeze in-game! Eventually was told that the 40mm fan wasn't actually needed so I removed it and things didn't get any worse ...
Untill now, I get crashing in game very often and I have lost my USB ports)!
Is any of this todo with my RAM, or chipset fan removal?
Also this is an engineering release ... is it safe to update it with the latest K7N2G-ILSR BIOS?
I had less problems with my ECS K7S5A, lol!
Thanks for reading and hope you can help ... Alex

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Well, thats put a stop to that system ...
Switched it on this morning and BOOM - one hell of a bang and flash ... PSU dead and rest of the system taken with it!
Grrrrr!
Sorry to hear that your dead in the water. :( Since your going to buy a new PSU "DO NOT BUY A QTEC" Stick with an Antec or Enermax 400W+, you may pay a little extra but this is one of the most important components of you system so it's worth it. It will help eliminate a lot of problems in the future.
Rob

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Help needed - K7N2G-ILSR problem

I just got a K7N2G-ILSR mobo and after I installed it, I get an error "NO DRIVE ATTACHED TO FASTTRACK CONTROLLER. NO BIOS INSTALLED"
I downloaded the latest bios and flashed it but I still get the same error.
When I am in the setup, it recognizes my harddrive (which is a Maxtor IDE).
I'm not using serial ATA.
Please help me figure this out.

the problem is that after i get that error message, it takes me to the windows safe mode menu. after i pick a windows mode to start up with, it re-boots only to bring me back to the original error message.
i can't boot into windows.
here are my specs if this helps any...
K7N2G-ILSR
Athlon XP 2600
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MSI K7N2G-ILSR Problem! Need help!

Hi,i bought a K7N2G-ILSR last year when i was in Germany. This mainboard never worked as well... I wanted to work with Athlon XP 2500+ and Dual Channel 256MB+256MB=512MB 400 Mhz DDR-Ram. It hasn't worked when i first wanted to use and i changed the jumper to the securit mode than it worked but it has never opened with one button pushing.I was always trying to get screen vision with 3-5 closing and opening.One day i tried to get the jumper back and i tried to open but it never worked. I got the jumper securit again but again never worked. I tried everything but it never worked after that event. Normally i had to inform it at first and give it back or give it to the repairing but i couldn't have time. Now i have to do it this time. Now i want to change this or something else but in Turkey. I am living in Turkey and does MSI Support Centre change it or repair it? What can i do to get rid of this problem. Need help!
Thanks for your helps from now!

MSI K7N2G-ILSR Mainboard 11X166
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
2X256 MB PC 3200 Twinmos
OnBoard Graphic Card
Samsung 40 GB 5400rpm HDD
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I dont have more infos but i can find out if you want...

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Well I think I got a bad mb....I just got it the other day and finally found time to install the thing. In retrospect I probably should not have even installed it....in any case my problems started.
First.....when I turn on the power....the system comes up with the splash sceeen (8xtreme) and sits there for about 4-5 minutes even after hitting the delete key I have to way prior to going into the bios settings. When I finally get into the BIOS settings I configure the system to quick boot and turn off the splash screen. I also go to the settings to detect my hd and cdroms. I press enter on each resource and it take 3-4 minutes to return after pressing enter to have the machine detect the drives i then change the option from auto to manual.
I save the settings and reboot the machine.
During the reboot it still takes 4-5 minutes to "Detecting IDE drives ..." and getting to the screen that shows the system configuration and thus continuing to boot. Now the next problem comes it....it takes another 5 minutes to get to the point where the floppy or cd rom actually boots.
I am able to get a floppy to boot and get me to a dos prompt....I then made a boot cdrom and put the new 1.2 firmware on it to flash the system. I flashed the new firmware with no problems hoping this would fix my above issues.....didin't work....the problems still exist.
I then inserted the XP installation cd to try and install that....the only screen I got to is where the machine says it is tyring to detect my hardware and then it goes black....I left it sit for another 20 minutes and then nothing.
I tried my redhat 7.2 install and it seemed to install fine...but the problem is the machine is unable to boot from the hard drive because I keep getting install a valid boot device.
I have no idea what the heck is going on with this mb...I think it is safe to assume it is bad and now I will have to send it back and wait another month for MSI to send me another one.....anyone have any other ideas as for what I may try....btw....the bracket with the lights shows that everything is OK....all green so thats about it for now...tired of playing with it. HELP!

One ide1 which is the middle IDE connector on the mb I have 1 western digital 80 gb hd....it is jumpered to be the master drive
On ide2 which is the top ide controller I have two dvd writers one hp and one pioneer the hp is jumpered to be the master and the pioneer is jumpered to be the slave.
I have tried to cut down all of the hardware that is internal to try and limit the positibilities to where the problem may be coming from but I keep going back to it being a bad mb.
This is now the second bad mb that I have gotten from MSI....maybe they are having quality problems coming out of production...it's the only thing I can think of.

K7N2G ILSR - Problems with Geil PC2700 memory

I am having issues with my k7n2g and its ability to init GEIL memory. I can not get the system to init the memory consistently, have the time it will just hang. Since the company Xtreme Gear will only swap for additional geil memory, I would like tomake this work. Any ideas on the exact settings for the memory? I have tried adjusting the voltage to 2.7 as suggested on the geil memory package but that does not help.

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I'm using a K7N2G-ILSR mainboard in combination with a HP PSC 2210 all-in-one printer. The printer sometimes stops printing and produces an error. The print can not be deleted and I have to reset the computer.
I'm using the latest HP drivers for the printer, Windows XP Pro with all Windows Update fixes and the latest upgrades for teh mainboard (Live-Update).
Is this a known error and is there a fix/workaround (can I set the USB in the BIOS to 1.1 only (instead of 1.1 and 2.0)??
According to HP it is related to the chipset and the USB driver. Until now I have not find a document explaining the problem for this mainboard and a proper solution.
Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks for your help!
Cees

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...
I doubt that it has anything to do with your setup directly, it sounds like a driver issue and one that's clashing with another driver that's used for something else in your machine...no I don't know what cause I don't know what you are using in your system heheheh
I had a client that bought one of the newer photo printers, why I don't know cause he doesn't even own a digital camera, but he just had to have one, but anyway, it would error out everytime he tried to print to it...I reloaded his system and systematically added in one component at a time...writing down everything I did...when I put in his ATI All-In-Wonder card and loaded the software for the TV part lo and behold when I printed I got the error again...couldn't fix it for my life either with all the newest drivers from ATI and HP...went backwards in time for older drivers to no avail...the guy stiffed me on the bill for over $1000.00 and I've not heard from him again so I can't tell you if he fixed it or not at this point...
Cheers!! 8)

Problems installing Windows XP on at K7N2G-ILSR

Hi,
I am having problems installing Windows XP on at K7N2G-ILSR.
Config.
K7N2G-ILSR
With 2 120 GB Western Digital WD1200JB drives
Liteon CDRW and Toshiba DVD
Memory ME-512MB-PC2700 DIM/DDR333/512MB/PC2700
Bios settings are all set to default. And at 4/2003 version
The WD drives are plugged into IDE1 with one as Master and the other Slave. The CD & DVD on the IDE2 with the CDRW as master and the DVD as Slave.
Boot to Dos the Drives are seen with no problem
Try doing a clean install and the System always hangs after initial driver load and Hangs when Blue Screen states "Setup is installing Windows"
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Thanks

Have you tried changing the APIC function in BIOS. Either disable it or set it to MPS 1.1 see if that helps.
Also make sure your FSB is 100MHz and make sure your jumpers on the mobo are correctly set up. There are a lot of installation issues relating to FSB and win XP.
And finally make sure your memory is fully compatible with nForce boards. The default answer to everyone's nForce platform problems.
Psymon

Sometimes cannot start PC: problem with Hitachi SATA Hard drive and K7N2G-ILSR

I have major problem with my 160Gb SATA Hitachi hard drive and my MSI K7N2G-ILSR motherboard. Sometimes the PC can be started, sometimes it cannot.
After I installed a clean build of Windows XP Pro SP1 onto my new hard drive (as the only hard drive in my PC) and install all the necessary drivers, the system runs smoothly. However, after about 2 to 3 weeks, sometimes when I start the PC, it cannot detect the hard drive and hence it claimes that it cannot find any VMI Pool Data (i.e. no OS detected). What makes it really horrible is that, it is like the lottery everytime when I start the PC. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The highest record was 8 consecutive failures (by resetting or by turning the power off and on again) before I can start the machine properly. Also, the system sometimes just crashes in the middle of operating.
I have already sent the hard drive back to Hitachi. Got the same model of hard drive back as replacement, but the replacement has the same problem, except with the replacement drive the PC can be started eventually after many tries, while with the previous drive it is possible that the PC cannot be started until after a few days later.
Also, it seems that my drive can detect either SATA hard drive or PATA hard drive, but not both. (If I leave my old PATA drive connect in the primary IDE channel, Windows cannot detect the new SATA drive.)
Is my motherboard faulty? Can it only use PATA drive?
My PC's spec is as follows:
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
512Mb PC3200 SDRAM (set to run at 166MHz)
Hitachi 160Gb SATA Hard drive on 1st SATA channel (Model #HDS722516VLSA80)
Sony DVD+-RW drive and Panasonic DVD-ROM drive on secondary IDE channel
Use onboard video (GeForce MX)
US Robotech V92 internal PCI modem
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Player soundcard
Onboard audio disabled
300W PSU
OS is Windows XP Pro SP1 (with all latest security patches up to date)

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Originally posted by Raven_
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Originally posted by boucher91
Along the same lines the sata drives use more power than the pata drives...
sata usually faster spin rate, pata is slower spin rate...
that is not entirly correct.
many harddrives just come with different ways to connect them.
the only sata drives i now that spins faster is western digital raptors 10k rpm.
all other is running at 7200rpm.
older drives run at 5400rpm
Yes to get the full benefit of RAID, the Raptors are the way to go.Anything else, no significant difference.

Great problems with K7N2G-ILSR onboard raid controller

I have really great problems with my s-ata raid controller. First of all i had a 40GB HDD attached to IDE3. Worked really fine.
Later on my system crashed and my raid controller seemed to be dead. (no "no array is defined" no "press crtl-f to enter setup,...).
Then I attached a s-ata drive to the first s-ata interface. Suddenly the raid controller said: "no array is defined, press ctrl-f to enter setup". I entered setup an built an array an restarted my computer. Again: "No array is defined, press crtl-f to enter setup."
Now my raid controller seems to be dead again cause it doesnt say a word again.
Please help me if you can. (Besides i tried to solve the problem with updating my bios. I tried all versions from v1.0 to v1.3 but there was no result.)

I have already tried two different types of Ram. 512 MB DDR 333 (I don't know the timing exactly but it's a CL2.5 Ram) and another one from a different manufacturer. Also DDR 333 CL 2.5. Then I combined both. But the raid controller didn't show any reaction and I can't imagine that the problem is the power supply because everything else works fine. Anyway... I will try to get a new K7NG2-ILSR on guarantee, sell my whole computer and buy the new K7N2-Delta because I have only problems with the K7N2G-ILSR.

MSI K7N2G-ILSR onboard video initialization problems

Hi, today I replaced my wife's trusty Abit KT7 motherboard with a MSI K7N2G-ILSR. I used the onboard video since she doesn't play games. Everything seemed to be working fine until I went to boot it up. The computer started up as usual, but the monitor did not intialize like it should. The message on the monitor said that " the monitor was working correctly and to check the cord or the computer." I rechecked all of the connections and everything seemed to be installed correctly. I thought that maybe there was something wrong with the onboard video, so I decided to install the Radeon 9000 that was in the old system. To my suprise I received the same message when I started the computer up the second time. I have built several systems and have never encountered a problem like this before. I read the thread about problems with the Radeon cards, but no one mentions anything about problems with the onboard video. I am using a Duron 750, Antec 330 watt PSU and 512 megs of Kingston Value Ram. I know that several posters have recommended that nforce 2 users need a more pwerful PSU and better ram, but I have a hard time beleiving that those things would cause the video not to intilaize. I would appreciate any feedback and/or suggestions because I need to make a desision about hwat to do with this board. Thx.

Well I appreciate the replys. I formated the harddrive before I installed the motherboard because I was worried that the via drivers would cause problems when I booted it up and installed Win XP. Bonz, you are right, I am just guessing that everything is OK since I can hear the system start up, but I can't see anything since the video never intializes. I rechecked all of the connections and even took the motherboard out and reinstalled the cpu, memory and motherboard and the same thing happened. I started thinking something was wrong with the monitor so I unplugged the monitor from my system, which I know works, and it did the same thing. I just wish I could get the video to intialize so I could see to get into the bios to look around. I will check the jumpers on the board and continue to mess around with it. I would appreciate any feedback I can get. Thx again.

Audio problem? with K7N2G-ILSR board

I have recently built the following machine :
Motherboard : MSI K7N2G-ILSR
Processor : AMD 2200
Memory : Kingston 2 x 512MB
Hard Drive : WD 80GB
OS : Windows 2000 SP 3
The problem is if the on-board audio is enabled, the system either blue screens with a STOP error where it can't find the audio system file ( which exists ) or if it does boot into Windows, explorer.exe will crash. I have to go into Task Manager to start explorer.exe in order to see my desktop.
If I disable the on-board audio, no problem what so ever, but of course this is not a solution I want to live with.
I have tried to troubleshoot this myself : taken out a stick of memory, switched memory, updated the drivers to the latest, etc.
Also another thing to note, when I finally don't blue screen, the Windows 2000 System event log will have 10-15 of the following error messages, "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\DR0".
I have told all of this to the MSI Support and they think it is either memory or a bad board not the drivers. I have also burned in my system and no problems were discovered.
Any help?
Thanks,
Wayne

Yes, I have tried with SP2. Currently I am using SP3, though. I am also using Bios 1.3
Here are my IRQ assignments.
IRQ Number   Device
1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
3   Communications Port (COM2)
4   Communications Port (COM1)
5   NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
6   Standard floppy disk controller
8   System CMOS/real time clock
9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse
13   Numeric data processor
14   Primary IDE Channel
15   Secondary IDE Channel
16   NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
20   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
20   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit
(Dolby(R) Digital)
20   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
20   OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
I have disabled the Raid in the device manager, otherwise that came up IRQ 11.
I guess I spoke too early about not crashing, this morning it took about 6 reboots in order to finally get to a login this morning. I would get a STOP error about not finding the audio driver.

Raid problems with K7N2G ILSR

I have the following setup and problem:
K7N2G ILSR
NEC DVD-+RW 1300A
Seagate SATA 120gb HD
350W PSU with "210" 3.3 + 5.0
BIOS V 1.4
2 x Hynix 256mb DDR 333
I was able to setup the SATA drive as a single RAID drive and install XP pro.
Now, 9/10 times, the system will not boot. I receive a
"No drive attached to fasttrak controller"
message.
When the system DOES boot, it works great, and I can leave in on for days with NO problems.
I know the Hynix memory is not "approved", but since the system is stable (when it does boot), and assume its not a memory problem.
The problem still occurs even after:
I changes the SATA cable (data and power)
I changed the DVD cable and slot (1-3)
I even disconneced the DVD and / or Floppy.
No change
Help!!!!!

I have already tried two different types of Ram. 512 MB DDR 333 (I don't know the timing exactly but it's a CL2.5 Ram) and another one from a different manufacturer. Also DDR 333 CL 2.5. Then I combined both. But the raid controller didn't show any reaction and I can't imagine that the problem is the power supply because everything else works fine. Anyway... I will try to get a new K7NG2-ILSR on guarantee, sell my whole computer and buy the new K7N2-Delta because I have only problems with the K7N2G-ILSR.

K7N2G-ILSR / RAM Problem

Hello,
I’m hoping some one can help me with a problem I have on a recently purchased MSI K7N2G-ILSR motherboard. During certain games and other OS operations I am receiving General Protection Faults and being ‘bombed’ to the desktop or sometimes BSOD's. My current specifications are as follows:
AMD Athlon XP 2600
MSI K7N2G-ILSR
3 HD’s 2 onboard IDE and one on the RAID (80GB maxtor,40 GB Western Dig and 120GB Seagate)
1GB RAM (1x512 PC2700 Seitec & 1x512 Hynex PC 2700)
Radeon 9600 PRO (Gigabyte)
It appears that the problem I have is memory related running the 2 modules in slots 1 & 3 Dual Rate causes the above problems. I have also tried both modules in slots 1 & 2 (single rate) and the same problems persist. Removing the module from slot3 (i.e. running on 1 x 512 modules in slot 1) and I have no re-occurrence of these issues
Please can you let me know if these modules are supported on your motherboard and if there are any recommended BIOS settings for best performance / stability?
I am seriously considering purchasing some PC2700 Crucial Ram (DDR PC2700 • CL=2.5 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 6ns • 2.5V • 64Meg x 64 ) to try and sort my problems only I have read mixed reports on forums regarding MSI mobo's and crucial RAM. ?(
Hope some one can help.
Kind Rgds,
icarus

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Interesting Luc, sounds like a similar problem to myself although my current pc 2700 512mb stick are "non matching" hence why I am ordering some crucial RAM of the same type.
If my problem persists after this I will be truly gutted, also I believe running your RAM in slots 2 & 3 isn't utilising the 128 bit dual ddr functions of the board afaik.
Surely some one out there is running 2 x 512MB pc2700 in slots 1 & 3 WITHOUT any problems ?!?!?
Hi,
Slots 1&3 or 2&3 both operate in dual channel, it's 1&2 that don't. Yes I am running 2X512 pc2700 in slots 1&3 without any problems, but it's Mushkin RAM.

[nForce] K7N2G-ILSR network connection problems

My brother's system is as follows:
AthlonXP 2000+
MSI K7N2G-ILSR
2x256 MB Crucial PC2100
Emermax Powersupply
Generic DVD ROM
LG DVD burner
MSI TV @nywhere
WinXP Home SP2
His computer has been working more or less perfectly, although the TV card occasionally causes some trouble. Today, he was no longer able to get on the internet. From both the Network connections and Device Manager screens, his LAN interface is gone. Only the 1394 interface shows up.
So far, I did a system restore to last week, which had no effect. I made sure the BIOS hadn't disabled it for some reason, too, but that isn't the problem. I manually installed the network adapter, and it said that the device could not start, error code 10. The network adapter will not work in Safe Mode with Networking, either. I tried the MS Knowledge base article regarding missing LAN icons, but that article was for situations in which the icons were gone yet everything still functioned, so it didn't really apply. Reinstalling drivers had no effect. I can ping localhost, but that could just be because the 1394 connection can act as an internet connection.
Any ideas? I've not done a repair of Windows on the machine, but I'm not sure that would help. I do have an extra network interface pci card I could put in if it is simply a problem of his onboard connection having died. If I do this, is there a particular PCI slot that I should preferably use to avoid IRQ conflicts?

As far as I know drivers can be installed in SafeMode, but your LAN wont work till in normal.
A repair install is not a bad idea, as Windows is very fond of its own drivers.
LAN and sound problems are often early signs of a PSU near the end. You wouldn't know the specs of the Enermax? I guess it is alright, but you never know.
As the TV-card is problematic, try that one in another slot. Nowadays devices happily share IRQs without problems, but some older devices including older mobos (which is not the case here) were very conservative. ...I'll have to look in my drawer, wait a sec, please. - - --
"The use and sharing of IRQs aren't mentioned in my MSI manual, (due to the APIC function I think), so I had to go to some ASUS manuals. As standards are standards, I believe things can't be to different. If someone has any addings or suggestions please come forward, so I can adjust the table.
*Please note that this is generally speaking and mainly for ASUS boards a few years old!
**Please note that you should not have any sharing with the IDE controller or similar!
***Please note that it is a good thing to have expansion PCI sound cards in slot 3!
****Please note that surprisingly enough it looks like PCI slot 2 would be free for any device, but AGP cards get hot and bigger so it is not a great idea.
IRQ sharing table
PCI 1 shares with PCI slot 5
2 shares with AGP and PCI slot 6, or sometimes with onboard IDE
3 shares not, or sometimes with onboard audio/modem
4 shares with onboard LAN
5 shares PCI slot 1
6 shares with AGP and PCI slot 5
AGP slot shares with PCI slots 5 and 6
USB 1 shares with USB 2, 3 and USB 2.0
2 shares with USB 1, 3 and USB 2.0
3 shares with USB 1, 2 and USB 2.0
USB 2.0 shares with USB 1, 2, and 3
Onboard audio/modemshares not, or sometimes with slot 3
Onboard LAN shares with PCI slot 4
Onboard IDE shares not, or sometimes with PCI slot 2 "

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