K8N DIAMOND and MAXTOR 200Gb ATA size problem

Hi all forum! i´m new here. I have a MSI K8N DIAMOND SLI board, all is ok but the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200gb is only 33gb in the Bios and in Windows XP SP2. The Jummpers are fine and i chaged it for all positions and the result was the same.
And in the Maxtor page it says
https://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=1062&p_sid=3mOkRPXh&p_lva=#
The Solution 1: I reformated the hard drive severals times and the same result :(
The Solution 2: I have de newer official bios 1.7
The Solution 3. I have formateated with ntfs
I don´t know how resolve this problem, thanks for your time reading my post and sorry for my bad grammar.
See You!

On K8N Diamond the Sil3132 is a Raid5 controller. You can only install Raid5 driver (SataLink and SataRaid drivers don't work, only SataRaid5).
Use the latest driver version 1.2.3.1. You can download it from MSI.
If you don't use Raid, then you must go into the Silicon Image bios setup utility (CTRL+S or F4, when displayed) and set for each drive a JBOD array (Create Array -> JBOD).
(On newer bios JBOD has changed to CONCATENATION.)

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K8n Diamond and sil3132 BIG PROBLEM.

Hi, i have K8N Diamond and i can't enable sil3132 controller in the bios ... because there isn't a settings !!!
I know, it seems to be amazing, but it's true, it doesn't appear the setting of onboard Sil3132 RAID chip, i can't watch the Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled] and mode settings [SATA], [RAID]. under INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS > ONBOARD DEVICE.
I never watch the screen on Sil3132 bios !! ad i never enter on it with F4 or CTRL+S key.
I'm testing all version on Diamond Bios from 1.0 to 1.6 but no one can show me the Sil3132 settings.
What's up? it's amazing ... i think that Sil3132 is damaged ...
Someone can help me?

Quote from: Wonkanoby on 15-August-05, 02:03:36
unwanted stand off under board shorting it ?
mmm ... interest ... i go to see it.

Newbie K8N Diamond and 4400+ DUal core

Hi
I recently put together a k8n diamond and a dual core 4400+ processor. SInce i am no so fluent with voltages etc... I tried running the Ntune "performance Tuning wizard". Whereas all the other utilities work fine .. this just does not run.... if i click nothing happens (like a dead link icon)....
I reinstalled, redownloaded etc.... several times... anyone have a solution ?
Is there alternative software that can optimally configure my memory voltage, cpu voltage, FSB etc.....
My system is slightly unstable and crashed sometimes at the moment.
Another thing i noticed is that my HD (Seagate 80GB SATA - ST380817AS) is showing on secondary channel (hardware, device manager, IDE/ATA COntroller, properties.... with theoretical burst 10Mb/s burst 113Mb/s sustained 59Mb/s)...is this right ?
Thanks for your help
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Wow MatteoB, youve got a bunch of issues going on there...
-First off, try to keep posts to one issue, the ntune, the system instability, the hard drive problem, its hard to respond to-
-Please put all your system components in your signature, it's basically the first item in the new members to do list, suprised the moderators didn't snipe your for that, but most folks probably just passed by due to the first problem-
+The nTune Performace Tuning Wizard and the Profile Module does not work with dual core cpu's (i've only unoffically confirmed this with a handful of others), however you can manually change some settings in the Adjust settings screen+
++If your system is unstable at stock default settings and speed, you need to fix this the old fashioned way, ntune does not do this for you++
The hard drive problem sounds like it can be fixed, but again a remedy for system crashing should be your #1 priority as it may be tied to the hdd.
Make a signature file with your system components and elaborate on what is happening on the computer when it crashes and I am sure you will get a lot of responses.

K8N Diamond and NO POST

I have a big problem with my new K8N Diamond, it will not go to POST. No beeps no nothing.
First the configuration:
MSI K8N Diamond
2x512 mb Corsair PC3200 TwinX XL PRO
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160 GB NCQ 7200rpm SATA
AMD Athlon FX-55 socket 939
1x MSI Geforce 7800GTX 256 Mb SLI VIVO PCI-E
NEC Duallayer 16x DVD R/RW
Tagan TG580-U22 580w PSU, see link Electric Specification
Electric Specification
Max. total power 580W
AC input 100~240VAC; 60/50Hz, 10/6A
DC output +3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -5V -12V -5VSB
Max. output 26A 30A 20A 20A 0.8A 1.0A 2.5A
combined current 32A
Max. combined 180W 420W 4W 12W 12.5W
I have tried the following:
- Removed all power consumption like fans and IDE units with only CPU and PCI-E connected
- Removed the MB from the chassi and put it on cardboard with only CPU and PCI-E card on power
- Removed one memory stick
- Tried with second memory stick in different position
Nothing happens. The fans are spinning on the CPU but no POST. I though it was lack of power so I bought
the Tagan PSU which was the biggest I could find, but it did not help.
Is there problems with the BIOS and FX-55 that I should know about? Or is it the MB that could be dead?
Hope someone could help me. I did not miss the 4-pin connector for power the CPU.
Many thanks in advance.
Stefan
Sweden

Hello,
I also had a K8N Diamond board with the same problems you are listing here.
In the end, I had to get it exchanged by another one. The one I got then
was the K8N SLI Platinum (also MS-7100 Ver. 1.0)
It has most of the features included on the K8N Diamond, except the following:
Sillicon Image SiL Serial ATA Controller Chip and SATA ports 5 and 6 : Gone.
Marvell Yukon LAN Controller Chip and Second RJ-45 Ethernet port : Gone.
Voltage Regulartor Active MOS Fan : Gone.
IEEE 1394 Firewire Bracket : Gone.
K8N "Diamond" Full Screen Logo : Replaced by K8N SLI "Platinum" Full Screen Logo.
About all other features included in the K8N Diamond mainboard (MS-7100, Ver. 1.0)
Active MOS Fan Connector : Still there and functional. You can plug a compatible fan there, to cool down the Voltage Regulator, if you want.
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24 Bit : Yes, and complete with all audio ports, including Optical and Coaxial plugs for 7.1 Ch audio.
Back I/O IEEE 1394 FireWire Port : Yes
On Board IEEE 1394 FireWire Connectors : Yes
D-Bracket 2 : Included in the box.
10 USB 2.0 Ports : Yes. 4 on back I/O, 2 on D-Bracket 2, 2 for Case USB 2.0 Ports, 2 for internal use or additional back USB 2.0 bracket.
which can be an MSI USB 2.0 Bracket, a Modified MSI D-Bracket 2, or a USB 2.0 bracket, from Belkin or any other
brand, or a generic USB 2.0 Certified bracket.
Everything else is on this board, is exactly the same as with the MSI K8N Diamond. My advice for you is to get your MSI K8N Diamond exchanged by an MSI K8N SLI Platinum. Beleive me, this board doesn't have the problems most K8N Diamond users are having, and for me who once had the K8N Diamond mainboard, it is the best alternative comming from MSI. It's the same model, but without the extras I mentioned above.
I highly recomend this one

K8N DIamond Plus- 4 sticks of memory problem

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Thanks for your help,
Scott

The memorycontroller IS inside the CPU.
And some are lucky to get it stable booting at DDR400 with 4 sticks, some get crashes.
However, most have drop-backs to DDR333.
It's a CPU limitation when using unbuffered memory.
Buffered memory should be able to do it, however, I'm not quite sure as this is an S939 type CPU.
You could try something if you know somebody that has buffered memory.
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Hi!
My mobo (845PE Max - MS 6580 v.2.0) detecting my hard disk (Maxtor DiamondMax 9 Plus 80GB ATA133 7200rpm) as the drive working in UltraDMA/2 mode (ATA33). What is wrong? How can I set it to work in mode UltraDMA/5 (ATA100)???
Please, help me as quick as possible.
Best regards
Martin "Kenickie"

System: MS Windows XP Pro. No Service Pack 1 installed yet.
But it doesn't matter.
Disk is recognized as UDMA/2 by BIOS!!! I upgraded BIOS to newest (3.40) but it didn't help.
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Neo Platinum and K8n Diamond

, is all this Noe Platinum stuff
i got a K8N Diamond , and i've seen peple say that the Neo Platinum is untoched by it?
is this true, if so, how and why?

hahahahahahaha!
difference is just that the Diamond comes with a Wifi 802.11G card w/ Bluetooth. in some regions (like where im from), the Diamond also has an actively cooled heatpipe for the mosfets. the SLI Platinum doesnt.
i have however seen a review of an SLI Platinum with actively cooled heatpipe so it really depends on the region. its the Wifi + Bluetooth card that is the main difference afaik
also, you are a member of the Diamond club and get this nifty little credit card type thingy which you can use to join MSI's online Diamond club.
does that answer your question? please dont swear at me!

Just built a K8N Diamond system with Silverstone Zeus 650w PSU - wont boot

Hi
I just built a system with a K8N Diamond and a Silverstone 650w PSU. When I turn on the PSU i get a "thumping" sound from it for a short while and a green light on the back panel of the pc case. No fans or anything else starts to run. I have connected both cables to the mainboard from the PSU, and everything else, gfx, harddrive and so on. Any suggestions?
Correction: I have not connected any of the cables with power swith, leds and so on..

1 x MSI K8N Diamond
2 x Gainward 6800 Ultras in SLI mode
1 x WDD Raptor S-ATA
1 x keyboard
2x256mb Corsair dual channel ram in the green slots
I have connected both cables to the mainboard to power it up, and the cpu fan and a case fan. I have not connected the series of cables with hdd led, power switch and so on..
When i turn on the psu i get a "thumping" sound.. a strange sound i havent heard from any psus before. and the only activity i get from the mainboard is the green light for a short while when i turned on the psu. *frustrated*

K8N Diamond shutting down with FX-57

Hi all,
My water cooling solution suffered a water pump failure which in turn led my comp to shut down after hitting the heat safety ceiling of 60deg. I replaced the water pump, turned back on only get CMOS checksum errors. I tried to enter BIOS setup but the system would not enter the setup, instead just displaying a flashing underscore immediately after the SilRAID startup screen. I reset the BIOS via the SW1 Clear CMOS button and also by disconnecting power and removing the battery. Neither did any good. I then reflashed the BIOS to v1.8. Flash was succesful but still could not enter BIOS setup. I need to get in there because I run a RAID0 array off the Nvidia RAID controller which needs to be configured within the BIOS.
I presumed the mobo was damaged during the cooling failure so tried using another K8N Diamond from another computer. After turning on the comp, it promptly shut down after around 15 seconds, never making to attempting a load of the OS. The more I tried to turn it on, the quicker it would shut down to the point where it would shut down after 2-3 seconds. I thought something was overheating so checked all fans, replaced the water cooling with the stock AMD cooler, left it to cool for hours - it still shut down within seconds.
I feared that perhaps the CPU was damaged when the cooler failed so I tried to swap the CPU's from the problem computer and another computer. Both the FX-57 from the problem comp and the FX-53 from my other comp ran fine on the other's mobo, managing to complete benchmarking / run games / stay on overnight. So the CPU was fine.
I thought it was simply that the second K8N Diamond just didn't get along with FX-57, for whatever reason, maybe just those two particular components were not working seeing as I had no problem with the original K8N Diamond staying powered. So I bought a brand new K8N Diamond, installed, powered on - same problem!!! Computer shuts off in less than 5 seconds again...
I tried alternative PSU's (Silverstone 600w and Thermaltake 680w), two vid cards (each of my 7800GTX 512's), diff memory (Corsair 2-2-2-5 and OCZ EL Dual Channel Platinum Elite), stock cooler / water cooler, with and without HD's connected / powered. Even tried booting with just the CPU, CPU cooler and graphics card plugged in and drawing power - still shuts down in 3 seconds.
I'm at a loss to explain this and not to mention extremely frustrated. The computer ran fine for 3 months, staying powered 24 / 7 but after the cooling failure, I can't even get it to boot on 3 different K8N Diamonds and all different components. Yet an FX-53 in any of them works fine, and the FX-57 on another motherboard is fine.
After all that, does anybody have any ideas / suggestions? Any help would really be appreciated. Otherwise I'm off to buy my 3rd! () motherboard for this comp, and after all this hassle, it won't be an MSI should it come to that. Sad because before this, I had a good experience with MSI.
Thanks in advance for any help...

OK you tried a different MB, CPU and RAM... What else did you have in the system when it failed that you haven't swapped out? The Vid card maybe.
If the board works with an FX 53 and not the FX 57 that would lead me to think right off that the chiop was cooked. Yet if it works in another rig then that scraps that idea. And it sounds like you chasing your tail in these other items as well. My first thought would also be a PSU and maybe the one you swapped in was not heavy enough to handle the load. You did not say so that is also suspect.
You may have to use that second rig as a temporary testbed to check each part out until you find what failed as well. You may have messed up more than one part and you could chase yourself forever trying stuff in the machine that dropped the pump.

MSI K8N Diamond & Zalman 7700 Cooler

Hi. I finally received my K8N Diamond and Zalman 7700 cooler today but am having some problems fitting the cooler. I'm still a little concerned on clearance but it does look as though it will just make it, some other posts also mention using K8N Platinums with the same cooler.
Can anyone confirm whether the metal plate around the CPU area attached to the back of the K8N has to be removed to fit a Zalman fan ? The screws & bolts provided by Zalman are a slightly smaller which suggests their back plate has to be used, but the MSI plate looks as though its bonded onto the motherboard.
Thanks for any help,
Stuart.

Hi Wheelman, thanks for the quick response. I'll probably give them a call on Monday to get the other nipples, although waiting for them to arrive is going to be a nightmare :D I'm in the UK so I'm not sure where they will be sent from.
Are the replacement nipples definately smaller ? Is the threaded section of the nipple also larger in diameter because the MSI holes seem to be lager ?
I've put the nipples into the MSI metal mounts to test fit the cooler and there didn't seem to be much room. If the replacement nipples are lower in height will the cooler not rub on the neighbouring capacitors and mmeory ?
Sorry about asking a question already answered in the FAQ. I looked through a lot of them but must have missed that one, found it now.
Thanks again,
Stuart.

New K8N Diamond SLI or ?Plus

Hi,
Need you help here with a question ...
I am looking to buy a K8N Diamond and want to mount it in a Lian-Li PC-V1000 which means the MOBO has to be inverted (upside down) will this affect my cooling pipe??? Am I able to use it in that configuration?
Also anyone have any 'drawbacks' about this MOBO ?
Thanks in advance ... Jim

That's a head-scratcher
I would think that turning it upside down would cause the cooling medium (whatever's in that pipe) to flow AWAY from that heatsink. Since the whole thing's based on the principle of heated material rising because it becomes less dense...
But you're right in questioning it though. Wonder how many haven't bothered to think about that one.
Actually the company (ASUS too - they use a simliar design on their 2x16 mobo) hasn't even thought that through - if that's indeed that way it works, they ought to warn people not to invert the mobo!
BTW, jimbob - add "Plus" onto Diamond in the subject. The "old" Diamond isn't made that way...

K8N Diamond Plus boot problems

I just built a new computer and it was working fine for about a month. Then one morning when I started it up it wouldn't turn on. The front LED's turn on, and the fans all start, but nothing ever shows up on the screen. The set of four lights on the back show R R
G G
Nothing has changed since the pc was working fine. I haven't changed any bios settings or added any hardware or software. I did try resetting the bios using the CMOS jumper, but this didn't change anything. The lights on the back show that it is initializing ide drivers, but in the manual it also shows that it is one of the last steps in the start-up process, so i would think that the memory check, processor count, msi logo ect. should appear on the screen like it normally does. However, the LED that blinks when the hard drive is active never lights up, but when i open the case and feel the hard drive i can feel it vibrating like it is functioning properly. And if it is a hardrive failure, then shouldn't the bios still start up and show up on the monitor? I have heard that many weird problems can be attributed to the psu, but I have a 500w Antec Smartpower 2.0, which is a pretty reliable psu from what i've heard. Any help or suggestions would be welcome. Also, how would i test individual components to find out what is causing the problem? I think since everything is within a couple of months old i should be able to get replacements. Thanks in advance for any help.
System Spec:
MSI K8N Diamond Plus
AMD Athlon X2 3800+
Nvidia 7600 GT
Maxtor DiamondMax 300gb ultra16
2gb Corsair Twinx xms ddr400
500w Antec Smartpower 2.0
Thanks!!

Quote from: Mikeyp926 on 15-August-06, 12:58:47
You guys are awesome! Thanks a bunch for the info on ram, I feel like I understand it better and I looked and found all the stuff in the bios that you guys were talking about. I'm downloading speedfan currently and will go install it on my other computer. I tried swapping the sticks of memory, but i ran into the same problem i did before. So i'm assuming that i can safely say one stick is faulty right? And do any of you guys have any experience trying to get replacement memory from crucial? I'll have to go poke around their website also. Well, thank you all so much for all of your help. This is my first home built pc and i'm trying to learn alot about them. Once everything is running properly i may try a little overclocking, but i'd like to get everything running smoothly first. Just out of curiosity, what would make a stick of ram go bad like that? It was only a month old, and i thought crucial xms was pretty good ram. Is it not? or did i just get unlucky?
Thanks a ton for all the answers, this forum is the most helpful one i've ever seen. thanks!
Maybe that you're unlucky to get those faulty RAM. Crucial RAM is not bad if you get the better performance if you're ocing your PC if or else get the value RAM if you don't oced.
Quote from: Svenomous on 15-August-06, 12:55:00
Speedfan 4.29 works with the K8N Diamond Plus. I have it running now
Ok. Get it but not sure about MBM as it seems that it don't support it. :p

ATTN K8N Diamond Plus Users - SLI problem

i need help diagnosing a problem:
i installed this board last night, transplanted my a64 4000+ along with 2 7800gt's and a brand new antec 550w psu. i did the live update bios flash (dont recall what version i am running now) got my e/n and audio drivers in place etc.
when i enable sli, the machine freezes when i fire up a game. both cards are plugged in properly, i tried swapping the slots they were sitting in, i tested both cards individually and they are good, i reversed the sli bridge just in case, reverted to fail safes in the bios,
i cannot play games in sli mode, in single card mode i can (I THINK... i am afraid this might be a heat issue, but i put plenty of fresh arctic silver on my proc, FEAR seems to freeze regardless if i am running sli or not..i will have to double check when i get home from work)
has anyone experienced anything similar? i am running fresh drivers and this is my first sli build so maybe i am missing something... i have been racking my brain for the last 12 hours, i dont think its the ram, could it be the northbridge chipset driver? i installed the one off the disc, but i didnt check the site for a newer one...
thank you so much for your time.

Quote from: kakarocht on 08-February-06, 13:58:02
Do not used liveupdate to flash the bios. Used from the program files itself. Refer from my sig on the flashing the bios. BTW create your own sig and gives more details about your peripherals and psu in details. What my concern is your PSU problems. Could you gives more details your PSU? Have you tried to install new drivers from NVIDIA??
the psu is a brand new antec 'true power 2.0' unit that i bought from newegg...in bios the 12v rail is showing 12.3 which might be a little bit high...but it is stable for what its worth...
here is my setup, i will create a sig shortly:
2gb PQI ram DDR400 running at stock speeds, not sure of the latency but i am thinking cas2
A64 4000+ Clawhammer proc running at stock 2.4ghz speed, 1mb cache
MSI K8N diamond+
dual 120gb maxtors
sony dual layer 16x dvd
stock cpu fan.
shitloads of AS7
another curious fact:
since the upgrade FEAR doesnt want to work at all... DOOM and COD2 both work in single card mode...but FEAR will freeze on me mere seconds after the first map loads...
i dont know what the culprit is...but i bet im gonna kick myself when i find out...
im gonna go re flash my bios now...
thanks for the input, its always greatly appreciated.

K8N Diamond Silicon Image SATA problem

Hi everyone,
I have a problem with my Silicon Image controller,
when I installed WinXP and tried to install drivers for the
Silicon Image controller (in SATA mode) it don't exept
Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Driver 1.0.0.9.
The only drivers Win exept is RAID drivers. But then I can't use them because
I dont use RAID array.
I have tried to update the BIOS without any luck.
Is it the MB thats is broken or is it Win that has f***ed up?
My specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
MSI K8N Diamond
4x Kingston HyperX 512MB DDR PC4000 CL3 (3-4-4-8-1)
HIS Radeon X850XT PE 256MB VIVO
1x WD Raptor 36GB 10000RPM
1x Maxtor DiaMax Plus9 120GB
1x Maxtor DiaMax Plus10 300GB
1x WD Caviar SE 250GB
3x Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB
(all SATA HDD)
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy 4 Pro
Plextor PX-716A DVD-R/RW/DL
Windows XP SP2
Zalman Reserator 1

On K8N Diamond the Sil3132 is a Raid5 controller. You can only install Raid5 driver (SataLink and SataRaid drivers don't work, only SataRaid5).
Use the latest driver version 1.2.3.1. You can download it from MSI.
If you don't use Raid, then you must go into the Silicon Image bios setup utility (CTRL+S or F4, when displayed) and set for each drive a JBOD array (Create Array -> JBOD).
(On newer bios JBOD has changed to CONCATENATION.)

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