K8N Neo FSR - IDE Trouble (I think)

Hi.
I got two identical systems I try to setup, and it has been nothing but trouble for the last 2 days. All following descriptions goes for *both* systems.
Installing XP Pro with SP2, fresh. Getting read errors from CD's, then write errors on HD. Blue Screens and instant re-booting.
PFN_LIST_CORRUPT 0x0000004E is the first to occure
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR EQUAL 0x0000000A is the next.
2 brand new intallation disks used.
Installing W2k, ...see above, same happens.
Tried with both hitting F6 and installing the provided drivers on floppy, and using Windows default drivers. Same result.
Tried disabling all SATA/prefetch/NIC/USB/whatever in BIOS, same result.
Tried Crucial / Corsair / TwinMos / No-branded RAM, same result.
Tried ThermalTake 480W, Q-Tec 450W and Chieftec 420W
Tried with shipped BIOS 1.1 and 1.40
HD strapped as CS or Master, CD strapped as CS or master...tried all 4 combos, but install somehow 'made it' with both set to CS on separate channels.
Ok. Now the OS is on the box:
W2k - Login - BSOD - Reboot
XP Pro SP2 - Looks fine, just do NOT touch the disks:
Defrag - Reboot
Install e.g. Office - Reboot
Norton AV-scan - Reboot
Memtest 12 hours - No problem
Anyone got any idea of what is going on here???
rgs
/irh
ed: AMD A64 3000+

Hi.
Yes I've tried, but all but CS is making things worse.
I just rippet out the MOBO from one of them an hour ago, and replaced it with a K8N Neo Platinum, using the drive as it was. Same jumpers - same OS. And guess what: XP found a bunch of new hardware, and the machine has just completed its first virusscan. No problems at all.
Guess this just confirms that there is an issue with the Neo FSR. I've setup a bunch of the Platinums before, but this was my first (and very last) two FSR's
rgs
/irh

Similar Messages

K8N Neo-FSR doesn't boot

Hello everyone
I got my mobo (K8N Neo-FSR) more than 6 months ago, and worked without any problems until today.
First of all, I made a BIOS update from 1.7 to 1.9 using MSI Live Update. No problems to report, the computer worked after that for several hours. Then I turned off the PC. And the next time I wanted to turn it on, it didn't boot.
Here's my D-Bracket message :
This corresponds to "Initializing keyboard controller"
The problem is that apparently it has absolutely nothing to do with my keyboard, as I tired changing it.
Clearing CMOS didn't help.
Any ideas how I can fix this? Or should I contact the support?

Before you answered, I tried to check the RAM. As a matter of fact by removing one of 3 memory sticks the computer worked. Later I figured out that if I lower the RAM frequency from 200 MHz to 166, all 3 sticks work perfectly well.
Now the question is : WHY THE HELL DID THIS BIOS UPDATE MESS UP MY RAM??? Weird.

K8N Neo FSR Bios overclocking functions help needed

Hi all, I am a small pc builder for the family and i have found some problems with the bios of my uncles K8N neo FSR which I recommended for him. Basically it wouldn't seem to overclock with the 'Dynamic Overclocking' function on bios v1.7 but did manually by adjusting FSB incrementally (ie from 200 to 205 Mhz). When I questioned this before someone had mentioned that it could be ok to run like this. However I have since updated the bios to v1.9 and even v2.1 as they became available but now neither seem to overclock manually nor using 'Dynamic overclocking'
Firstly though, can someone clear up my first conception; To test if the Dynamic Overclocking function is working can I set it to a higher setting (ie.'Commander'), save and exit bios (restarting) ---> go straight back into bios ----> go straight back into Cell Menu and check 'Current frequency of cpu' has changed?
I only ask this as if this is the case then my Dynamic Overclocking function hasn't worked with three bios' and I wont bother with anything until I RMA the board lol, as I have never been able to change the frequency of my cpu at boot/bios stage with the dynamic overclocking function.
Can anyone help me?

Hi Stu, yesterday I think i found out what u mean lol. I studied a 'Sticky' ? about overclocking A64s and found some interesting stuff. Apparently overclocking the HTT is dangerous, and A64s are always at least half locked. Now with this in mind Ive been wondering if there are interlocks built into my mainboard stopping me from using the 'CPU Overclock' function to overclock my pc manually from the set 200Mhz while my HTT is still set at 4x. -I say this as the HTT on my system is 800Mhz for a socket754 Sempron 3000Bx, thus overclocking this would increase my HTT above the 800Mhz threashold (I think) lol. All sounds complex but I think Ive figured it out as Im following instructions from the sticky to lower my HTT multiplier before increasing my cpu overclock. Its hard as my mainboard has Nforce3 chipset which has different ways of overclocking to every other board lol. So far I have managed to increase the overclock, but only when the HTT multiplier is lowered to 3x. I have also lowered my cpu multiplier though, and thus am trying to figure out where my 1810Mhz clock speed has changed to 1630 lol. Will try again now. I want to raise the clock speed above 1810, keeping the HTT lower than 800 and leaving the memory alone at 400DDR lol. Im hoping the memory is seperate as it seems to be on this chipset.

Does the K8N Neo-FSR support the mobile chip out of the box

just like the titles says
does the K8N Neo-FSR support the mobile clawhammer out of the box.?
if not what bios would i need,. or can anyone confirm what bios is being shipped on these motheboards now.

Jim,
From what I've read, there are updates to the memory controller and the addition of SSE3 support to Venice. It's also reported to have some performance improvement over Winchester and Newcastle. It will use a default 1.4v VCore. Hopefully, It's power comsumption is on the same order as the 90nm Winchester's or less.
If Monarch is shipping the combo with available Bios, you can bet they work. I'm thinking of giving them a call on mine to transfer the 2yr warranty to my youngest daughter (it's a graduation gift) and to discuss the Bios 3.3 vs. 3.3B3 issues. They shipped mine with B3, and I think there may be a reason. The B3 works great with a simple WPCRSET patch of the CAS to RAS Delay. That's why you see those memory settings working on mine.
On the "boxed" vs. OEM, I think buying the combo with warranty and a better heatsink is a much better choice. Use the Venus 7+ in my specs. It's low profile, all copper, and one of the highest rated. Monarch has it in their configurator. It's as quiet as AMD's. Monarch also gives you a 30 day free return with a Fedex prepaid shipping label in the package.
Danno

K8N Neo-FSR 4 Red LEDS

I put together an amd64 system:
K8N Neo-FSR
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1024mb corsair valueselect (2x512)
When I power on, I get 4 red leds on the dbracket, which is supposedly a damaged or incorrectly installed cpu. I am 99% sure that both of the cpus that i tried were good, but I am 100% sure that one of them was. I also tried reseating them a few times. Is there anything else 4 red leds means?
Also, the computer turns on with the powers supply switch and the power/reset switches don't work at all even though they are plugged in to the correct places. Anyone got any ideas?

I had the exact same problem. Thought it was the CPU, so returned it and got a new one, and the error continued. Here's how I got it to stop:
Take EVERYTHING off the mobo. All the PCI/AGP cards and the ram. You can leave your drives hooked up, but unplug the power from them.
Then, try to reboot it. When I did that, it finally got past the 4 LEDs and gave the memory error leds. So I put in the ram, and it gave me the next error. So on and so forth. I kept putting in whatever piece of hardware it was crying about, until it got all the way through, at which point I put in my extra stuff (sound card, tv card). Yes, it's a pain in the ass.
When I was putting them back in, the only thing I did different is I put my tv card in the slot above the orange PCI slot (the one on the bottom that is "enhanced"). I'm wondering if that wasn't the problem to begin with.

K8N Neo FSR doesn't post

Hello all,
I have just finished building a new system, based on the Athlon64 and using the K8N Neo FSR mobo. Of course the system doesn't post, it instead gives out an endless series of beeps, about 3 seconds apart, and the D-Bracket gives me the error code in which only LED #3 is green - meaning "Initialing keyboard controller" which means nothing to me, as the keyboard is hooked up, and I checked re-checked and double re-checked the connection.
So I go about the usual diagnosis tactics, disconnecting device after device until I am left with only the CPU and one module of RAM, and still no post. I tried swapping the PSU (both rated 500w, although only 18a on the 12v+ rail). I also tried a memory module from a working system (a P4 one). I tried resetting the CMOS using the jumper.
One weird sidenote, is that the system did post twice (from over a hundred times) but it didn't get past the system information screen.
I have built several systems in my life, and this is the hardest time I ever had.
If anyone could think of something useful (except buy a new mobo), I would be very grateful.
Full system spec (if it helps, I tried it completely barebones and it made no difference):
CPU - Athlon64 3200+, including generic Heatsinc and Fan
Motherboard - MSI K8N Neo FSR, Award Bios
Memory - 2x512 Corsair value 400Mhz DDR
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar 200Gb S-ATA 150
Graphics Card - PNY Verto Geforce 6800 GT
PSU - L&C p4 LC-B500E - +3.3v 28A, +5v 50A, +12v 18A, -5v 0.8A, -12v 1A, 5VSB 2.5A
Several other optical drives that are currently disconnected, pending system starting to function.
No O.S has been installed yet, as the system doesn't even post.
Thanks in advance.

Quote
Originally posted by egg1981
Hello all,
I have just finished building a new system, based on the Athlon64 and using the K8N Neo FSR mobo. Of course the system doesn't post, it instead gives out an endless series of beeps, about 3 seconds apart, and the D-Bracket gives me the error code in which only LED #3 is green - meaning "Initialing keyboard controller" which means nothing to me, as the keyboard is hooked up, and I checked re-checked and double re-checked the connection.
So I go about the usual diagnosis tactics, disconnecting device after device until I am left with only the CPU and one module of RAM, and still no post. I tried swapping the PSU (both rated 500w, although only 18a on the 12v+ rail). I also tried a memory module from a working system (a P4 one). I tried resetting the CMOS using the jumper.
One weird sidenote, is that the system did post twice (from over a hundred times) but it didn't get past the system information screen.
I have built several systems in my life, and this is the hardest time I ever had.
If anyone could think of something useful (except buy a new mobo), I would be very grateful.
Full system spec (if it helps, I tried it completely barebones and it made no difference):
CPU - Athlon64 3200+, including generic Heatsinc and Fan
Motherboard - MSI K8N Neo FSR, Award Bios
Memory - 2x512 Corsair value 400Mhz DDR
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar 200Gb S-ATA 150
Graphics Card - PNY Verto Geforce 6800 GT
PSU - L&C p4 LC-B500E - +3.3v 28A, +5v 50A, +12v 18A, -5v 0.8A, -12v 1A, 5VSB 2.5A
Several other optical drives that are currently disconnected, pending system starting to function.
No O.S has been installed yet, as the system doesn't even post.
Thanks in advance.
I got the same problem let me know if u fix this....

MSI K8N NEO-FSR BIOS Flash Corrupt

So there was an updated BIOS for my motherboard version 1.8 while I had 1.7. I went ahead and updated and it went fine. But then I noticed that my CPU speed was dramatically reduced and the multiplier was set to 5.0 giving me a 1ghz CPU. While I thought maybe the CMOS needed to be cleared I went ahead and did that but to no avail I wasnt able to fix that problem. I went over to the MSI Live Update to check for a new BIOS update and it had said that I had 1.8 version while the current version is 1.7. Just a few days before it said 1.8 was the latest. Hmmm. So I went off to the MSI website to find version 1.7 and downloaded it. To my surprise version 1.8 was available on the MSI website. I used the WinFlash program to flash my BIOS. Before doing so I closed all open applications including anti-virus, browsers, chatting programs, and so forth. But the flash was going VERY slow and it stopped with unable to verify bios. This made me scared pooless. After I restarted to no surprise my computer started up with BIOS Checksum error and asked for a floppy. I didn't have a floppy drive connected at the time but the computer shut itself off automatically. So I went and connected and floppy and looked up online at the MSI website about how to recover the BIOS. I found it and for my AWARD bios i followed the procedure. But each time it detects the floppy drive and then the computer shuts itself off. Even if i have no disc inside the floppy drive it'll shut off. Is it supposed to do this? I am unable to reflash my BIOS because of this behavior. I don't know what the cause of this problem is now. Did maybe the recovery portion of the BIOS get corrupted too? Please help. Let me know if you need any more information. Thanks in advanced. My specs are below btw:
MSI K8N NEO FSR
AWARD REV. 1.8
AMD ATHLON 3200+ 754
PDP 2x512MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Ultra-X 500watt
WD 160GB IDE, Seagate 200GB IDE
Pioneer D-A07
Windows XP SP2, Gentoo Linux, Ubuntu Linux

Okay I tried taking unnecessary stuff out but it didn't help. I'm actually having the same problem this guy is having : https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=86508.0
Hmm looks like i might be in for a new motherboard or i can try the RMA process but I dont know how long that will take. Other than that...I dont know what to do. I could buy myself a new bios flash chip but they're damn expensive and I'd rather just buy a new motherboard. On another note I noticed that when I boot up the pc and i see that it detects the floppy I immediately pressed the reset button but it'll still shut down. So it's as if there is a timer somewhere. What the hell is up with this? It also seems MSI didn't release bad BIOS releases for my board only. Seems like people with other boards are having tons of problems with the latest BIOS releases.

K8N Neo FSR won't boot.

I've flashed mainboard BIOS using LiveUpdate from v1.6 to latest v1.9 for some reason (CPUID for Sempron 64bit, low DDR speed). Everything ok . Then XP became unstable (blue screens) and finally PC wont boot (one LED is green, nothing appears on the monitor) . Any idea, except to put it back to the reseller, what I probably have to?
Does anyone have the dg. LED description for this board (there's neither anything in my printed manual nor I've found this in the web)? The description was there for older mainboards, why is this not there now???

you did the big mistake if you used live update!!!
Bios flashing and live update:
look at this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84865.msg606175#msg606175
and this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=14909.0
and this https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=69.0
something abou Bios recovery:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=71165.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=65951.0
btw look at this, it`s about bios version 1.9 for MS-7030, this bios has lots of bugs at K8N Neo-FSR:
look at this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=87562.0
and this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=86772.0
I suggest you to revert back to official version 1.7 (which is stable) or modded version 1.56 by pinochio...look at this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=59711.0 and also look at syar`s collection: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~chsmith/Syars_Bios_Collection/
go to NEO1 and download 7030MOD.156

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Usb And K8n Neo-fsr??? What Solution???

AHHHHH! What it is occurring?
Reason that the MSI does not decide this problem of the peripherals
(mouse, keyboard and others) that they are not recognized when the operational
system comes to tona?
What incautiousness is this?
I am thinking seriously about changing my K8N NEO-FSR for an
equivalent of the Gigabyte.
In the majority of fórums in the world that speaks on series K8N and
K8N2 they come reporting this problem.
I ask for to more care with its fidiciary offices customers, therefore we deposit our investments in its equipment MSI.
I am tired to have that to replugar mine mouse, when exactly reinio the computer. Without speaking in my card of memory.
The problem if reproduces in all outputs USB.
Already I reinstalled the operational system and everything continues
in the same one.
These same peripherals functioned very well in a K7N2-L with nFORCE 2.
Ahhhh! I changed the cursed one and exactly thus it continues.
Necessary of a solution of the MSI already.

OK I am also running Win2k. I beleive you must have the latest service pack 4 to get proper usage of USB 2.0.
Also in device manager under USB 2.0 Root Hub in the Properties/Power Management tab do you have The allow Computer to turn off this device to save power turned off? You may also check and see if any USB device in Device Manager has that turned on. If it is checkmarked then uncheckmark it.
Outside of that you could have a device that is attached that is causing the issue. Try one device at a time and see if you still get the problem. I have been through this myself but luckily not on my current board. I had that problem when I had a USB card in my old ASthlon 1200 system on an A-bit board. However what I just listed fixed it when I discovered a device (A mouse if I remember correctly) was not functioning well.

K8N NEO-FSR No Post

I just bought a new K8N NEO-FSR to replace another MSI motherboard that I have been having trouble with and need to RMA. I have it on the bench, with a AMD Sempron 3300+ processor, 1 stick of Kingston memory 512mb 266mhz DDR, Nvidia Geforce 2 mx/mx 400 graphics card and Silencer 410 ATX PS.
>I just modified the LED lights below to make correct<
My problem is it will power up and stay powered up but won't post. I have no beeps. The LED will flash:
1st--number 3 green,
2nd--3 stays green with number 4
3rd--3 stays green with number 2
4th--Starts all over with same above
Then it just repeats, repeats, repeats the above unless I turn it off???
I have reseated everything several times. What's going on? Since 4 and 2 are last to green up before repeat, does that mean the Bios is bad on this board?

Quote from: kakarocht on 27-July-06, 12:32:58
Have you tried to changed other PSU? Seems like you've a weak PSU. IF you can borrowed a PSU from your friends or purchase it like OCZ, enermax or tagan.
PSU shouldn't be a problem here, since it's not a power hungry system.
check the post from built2last and identify at which stage the d-bracket stops. than you will have to check that code in the manual and tell us what it is.

K8N Neo FSR, Please Help a Newbie

Hey all,
I'm new to these forums and was wondering if I could get some help or advice. I currently own an athlon 64 3200+ newcastle with a K8N Neo FSR motherboard. I have heard that my mobo is basically a platinum minus the luxury of firewire ports, could I be correct about that? If so, I went to msi.com.tw website to update my drivers and could not help but notice that K8N Neo Platinum has two more updates that whats offered for my FSR, those being CoreCenter 1.7.0.0 and DigiCell 1.03.00.00. I find corecenter to be useful and am wondering will these two updated versions of the apps work with my FSR, and why would MSI not post the updates in the FSR section.
Also, my board came stock with bios 1.2 and I loaded up windows sp2 and all the drivers and such and everything seems to be working fine to my knowledge, cool n quiet on with cpu around 994 to 1004 mhz, temp readings from bios and sandra all report 36-43 degrees C. Does that sound right to anyone, because I'm not a fan of bios flashing, would flashing to the newest official 1.4 be any benefit to me?
One last thing, I encountered a problem with a creative usb mouse and do not know the source of the problem or how to solve it, it is the optical mouse lite with a blue scroll wheel and operates fine, but after I shutdown my computer the mouse light is still on, is that normal or is there anything I can do about it besides shutting down my power supply everytime I turn off my computer.
Sorry for the loads of questions, if anyone actually reads this please provide me some input/insight. Thanks in advance.
System specs:
A64 3200+ Newcastle Year 04 Week 26
MSI K8N Neo FSR Bios V1.2
512 MB PQI Turbo Black Memory
Aspire 500 W psu, 12v = 34 amps
Maxtor 60 gig IDE hd
52x32x52 cdrw

If you look at the prduct page for the K8N Neo FSR, and choose the BIOS link it brings you to page:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=571&kind=1
Which shows the BIOS' available for the K8N Neo FSR. Notice that 1.3 and 1.4 are available and that the K8N Neo FSR is considered to be a MS7030 which is the same model number of the K8n Neo Platinum. From this I surmise that you can use the same BIOS and drivers and all that the Platinum uses and everything should work fine.
RB

MOVED: K8N NEO-FSR - Can't find network unit?

This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia Based board.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=118264.0

Quote from: Stu on 09-July-08, 03:00:42
Check that onboard LAN is Enabled in BIOS (under Integrated Peripherals)
Was "Auto"
Quote from: HenryW on 09-July-08, 04:58:56
Looks like they're here for K8N Neo-FSR.
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=573
Will try this one, thanks! (Will post if it worked a bit later)
Umm, btw... Where should I extract the files?
Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 09-July-08, 05:07:48
Tjena Rikard! You have to describe your system in some detail.
Some famous culprits:
- Other PCI-cards.
- Poor or old Windows installation.
- Weak PSU.
- IRQ problem.
- A combination of all or any of above.
The network card is not a PCI-one, but integrated to the motherboard. Only card in the system is a PCI-E graphic.
Maybe poor or old windows, might try that...
Shouldn't be weak PSU, It's pretty good, I've been told.
IRQ?

S3 mode doesn't work fine on K8N Neo-fsr since overclocking, please help!

I have a K8N Neo-FSR (MS-7030) BIOS version 1.6 (I tried 1.4, 1.5), running AMD64 2800+ SK 754, 2x 256MB DDR400 Kingston valueram pluging in slot 1&2. It runs well except S3 mode .
Since I overclock HTT (everythings else have their own default values), S3 mode seems to work so crazy . After wake up from this usefull stop-grant standby mode, HTT is given back to its original speed, 200MHz, without notice (?!) .
You know that I don;t like this much, do you?
Who responsible for this function? Mainboard or CPU? If it's mainboard, which department will be sentenced, BIOS or chipsets/ICs?
Could anybody give me a solution to achive higher speed by overclocking without giving up using S3?
Thanks so much!

It's a bad new! I had bad feeling about DFI with the same problem, S3 mode resuming bring FSB back to df and even sometimes led the system to the ruin. But upgrading bios solved this issue. My old Abit did S3 mode fine. Now I have a new MSI and once again I must use teknophyle's way or slow hibernation instead.
On the same occasion, I wana ask about some shortcoming in 1.6 bios: power on by keyboard/mouse and power led options. I only found S3 wake up by keyboard/mouse but not keyboard/mouse power-on options! There is power led option in version 1.56 but it disapeared in 1.6. Now my mobo has no signal to differentiate between sleep and power-off. would you give back the useful power led option and add power on by combination keys in the near future bios version, syar? Look forward to hearing some good new from you :D.

Who have v1.56 bios for K8N Neo FSR,give me please.thx

who have v1.56 bios for K8N Neo FSR,give me please.thx

Bios Collection. *Updated * 7025 1.B beta4 follow Syar's MSI Nvidia64 Bios Collection link.

Cannot find the Power Led connector for JFP1 to connect on K8N Neo FSR

Hi,
I have just bought the MSI K8N Neo FSR (MS 7030) to build a new computer with (amongst others) an Athlon 64 3000 processor and an Enermax 3051 case.
I can't even get a start: if I click on "Power" I just get a red light under the Power button for 1 second and nothing start.
This may be related with the fact that I did not find a "Power LED" connector for JFP1 (I have connected all the others connectors, including the Power LED one for JFP2).
Thank you in advance for your help.
Precisions:
At the beginning, I had forgotten to connect the ATX 12V power connector on JPW1.
After having done that without getting an improvement, I did a Clear CMOS (after having unplug the power cable).
Now the CPU fan begins to turn just when I switch the power on from back of the case (and not from the power button) and stops turning after five seconds.
Sometimes, I get an orange light during 1/2 second on the D-bracket LEDs.

Quote from: Dr Stu on 20-November-05, 04:36:29
evidently if he fixed it, the solution was posted elsewhere
so what have you tried so far? has this system ever worked?
post your PSU specs. try powering up board outside the case in case there is a short somewhere
I have tried a different power unit, different JFP1 configerations, removing and replacing MB battery, changing the jumper settings on JBAT1 to clear CMOS.
Everything is just dead, no power anywhere. I get the fan light inside the Power unit to light up for 1 second when i connect the power cable and thats it. Its a 450 Watt power unit so it should be plenty. Maybe i will try removing the board and starting it that way.
This system has never worked, i just built it.

K8N Neo FSR - IDE Trouble (I think)

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for