K8N Neo Platinum AGP failure

Hi,
I just got my K8N Neo Platinum and when I tried to boot up the system the
system speaker makes one long and two short beeps and nothing else happens...
Tried with several AGP graphics cards, and when I tried with and old PCI graphics card
it worked fine... Updated the BIOS to version 1.5 and that did no difference...
It's not the PSU cause I have an Antec Truepower 550W and that should be enough...
And it boots fine with the PCI vga so I dont think that it's the TwinMOS RAM either....
Anyway my system contains of:
Amd Athlon 64 3400+
1Gb TwinMos 400MHz DDR
2x200GB Seagate Barracuda Sata drives
Geforce FX5800
Anyone who have any idea of what to do, checked the MSI site for that beep signal but it didnt
have any information on what to do to solve the problem...
Would be very thankful for any ideas on the problem....
// Klejs from Sweden...

It is unlikely that it is your power supply. That Antec has enough juice to power up the system. Try disconnecting both Sata drives and anything else that may be connected other than the mouse and the video. See if it will then get to the post screen. If not, take out one stick of ram and try with one stick. You might also try clearing cmos as your bios may have to be cleared. Sometimes getting things down to the minimum components on the system and clearing cmos will get it going. If you read through about a thousand posts on various forums you will find people who have had similiar problems. Many have been resolved through swapping memory or switching the ports that they use for sata. This is usually a compatability issue. It is very likely that none of your components are defective in any way. AMD 64 and the corresponding motherboards are just real picky about what they like.

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K8N Neo Platinum: no video output, long beep and long wait, led 3 green

I have a K8N Neo Platinum for about 4 years without big problems. Two days ago I dismounted teh pc to clean and put a new HD and when I mounted again it did not work.
Problem:
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* System hangs and no video output;
* Speaker keep making long beep followed by long rest;
* D-Bracket LEDs are 3 green and 1, 2, 4 red meaning it hangs somewere near teh keyboard controller initialization;
What I have tried:
With no change:
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* Taken off everything from teh MB and put back only CPU, PSU, RAM, VGA and plugs for power and reset switch;
* Turn on teh MB out of teh case;
* Clear teh CMOS setting JBAT1 and by removing battery;
* Tried all possible combinations of one and two RAM sticks and slots on MB;
* Take out all of teh RAM;
* Take out VGA;
* Take out RAM and VGA;
* Switched VGA;
* Switched PSU;
With little change:
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* Take out CPU: make all four leds red and no beep.
System specifications:
PROC
Athlon 64 3400+
RAM
2x Kingston 512mb ddr400
VGA
nVidia geforce4 mx 440 agp
VGA2
nVidia geforce fx 5200 agp
MB
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
HDD
Seagate SATA 180gb
PSU
Coletek 450W +3.3V~20A, +5V~32A, +12V~16A, +5VSB~2.0A, -5~0.5A, -12~0.5A
I have already had some problems like this before with power failures but magically things worked again. This time was teh same. I got things working some times at random (really random lol) by taking power cables, reseting bios and turning back on but teh problem reapeared when I put HDD back and did not work again when I removed it. Now I can't seem to get it to display anything.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: sry I made a little confusion: It is a K8N Neo and not a K8N Neo2.

Quote from: Fredrik on 18-November-08, 05:19:33
Thanks!
Keyboard problem, you think? What do you have?
Two things that are quite common:
Do not attach PS2 keyboard when there is power in the system.
Do attach USB keyboards when you are up and running in Windows.
This is not it, but Logitech keyboard drivers often complicate things.
I do use a PS2 kbd but never had problems with it (unlike teh PS2 mouse). I do not think it's kbd fault because it won't POST with or without it.

K8N Neo Platinum not passing POST

Hello,
I have just bought an MSI K8N Neo Platinum OEM and it will not pass POST. I have gone through all the items in the Sticky section, but still it won't pass. I don't know what to do.
Here's the hardware I have hooked up:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum motherboard (has "MS-7030 VER:1" written on it)
Athlon 64 3000+ CPU, 512 K L2 Cache (ADA3000AEP4AP)
Kingston RAM (KVR400X64C3A/512)
Radeon 7200 graphics card (about 4 years old)
Seasonic S12 380 PSU
Thermalright XP-90 heatsink w/ 90mm Nexus fan
I have hooked up the 24-pin power cable to the 20-pin motherboard slot using the 24-to-20 pin adaptor supplied with the PSU.
The 12v 4-pin CPU power cable is also plugged in.
The graphics card is plugged into the AGP slot. There is no other power connection needed.
I have installed the CPU with a Thermalright XP90 heatsink and a Nexus 90 mm quiet fan.
I have hooked up the fan to the motherboard C_FAN1 slot.
I have installed the RAM (Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512) into DIMM slot 1.
I attached the case fans to the power supply and hooked up the case speaker.
I have also hooked up the front panel power and reset switches.
I bought the motherboard OEM, so it did not include a D-bracket. I have built a pseudo-D-bracket using two-colour LEDs and plugged it into the D-bracket slot.
With this work done, I plugged in the power supply. The power supply has an on/off switch on the back. As soon as I turn on the switch, the computer tries to boot up. All the fans start spinning (power supply, CPU cooler, case fans, video card fan). Nothing appears on the screen. The case speaker emits a long beep, waits about 5 seconds, then beeps again, and continues this pattern forever. The documentation says that this indicates a memory issue.
My homemade D-bracket shows the following: initially, all the LEDs are red. Then, the LED across JLED1 pins 7 & 8 turns green (with all other LEDs red). I assume that this corresponds to LED 1 being lit, although it really looks like it should be LED 4. Next, the LED across JLED1 pins 5 & 6 turns green (with all other LEDs red). Once again, I assume this corresponds to LED 2 being lit, although it looks like it should be LED 3. I looked this up and the documentation indicates a memory error. To solve the problem, I have tried the following things:
1. Hitting reset. Same boot sequence.
2. Clearing the CMOS using the JBAT1 jumper. I left the jumper at "clear data" for about 10 minutes, then switched it back. Same boot sequence as before.
3. Clearing the CMOS by removing the battery. I left the battery out for 3 minutes, then 30 minutes, then 8 hours. Same boot sequence.
4. Removing the motherboard from the case. I placed the motherboard on the anti-static bag it came in. Repeated steps 1, 2 and 3. Nothing.
5. Move the RAM to DIMM slot 2 or 3. Tried steps 1, 2 and 3 again. The boot-up sequence was the same.
6. Different RAM. I have also tried using OCZ 400 MHz 512MB unbuffered DDR memory (OCZ400512V3). Performed steps 1-5 with identical results.
7. No RAM. Same boot problem.
8. No video card. Ditto.
9. No RAM or video card. Exactly the same as before.
As far as I can tell, all components are supported. The only item I am very unsure of is the graphics card. I do not have the exact specifications on it. When it is in my other computer, the driver details identify it only as a "Radeon 7200". However, it does have the "golden finger" shown at www.msicomputer.com/support/sup_tshoot.asp#1_3. Even if the video card is not compatible, it seems like the beep codes and D-bracket codes both indicate memory issues.
The only thing that I have noticed that is weird (other than the fact that the computer won't pass POST) is that when I turn on the power supply, the computer immediately boots up. I don't know whether or not this is normal.
Lastly, I do not know the current BIOS version. Is it possible that the BIOS is an early version that does not support my memory/CPU/video card? I bought the mobo OEM, so I do not know what BIOS it has loaded. Is there some way I can figure this out without passing POST? This is driving me absolutely insane.
Thank you for your help,
Kyle Renwick

Make sure the fan you are using for the xp90 is supporting RPM readouts .
Then try another AGP gfx card , sometimes you can have a no post due to that the graphics adapter wont start .
Take the system bare bone ( mobo + cpu + ram + gfx )
Have any award beep codes ? , note them down and decode them against
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
Still stuck !
Remove AGP + ram too .
The mobo shall beep (endless beeping )
Insert the ram , the mobo shall beep - missing gfx .
Got this far and you know cpu + memory initialize but have problems with gfx or other devices
later in the post/init process .
Do not have any usb devices connected to internal or external connectors ,
note that the USBOC pin un JUSB1/JUSB2 is NOT to be connected .
Also try altering between ps2 and usb keyboard as this also has caused non post situation for people .

New Windows XP 64bit, but no drivers for K8N Neo Platinum

Hello,
I have a MSI K8N Neo Platinum with an AMD 2800+. Just received the new Windows XP 64bit edition after attending a trade show in Houston. Used Partition Magic to make a separate partition on my SATA 400GB HD, knowing there was possibly going to be a problem. This is the final release, retail packaged, not the Beta.
The only drivers found was for my MSI Nvidia 5600 AGp video card. No other audio, Nvidia chipset or board drivers are plug & play. Onboard LAN isn't even found.
Any drivers out yet? I figure i'll have to wait. Can't get updates either bacause it won't detect onboard LAN or a Linksys or 3Com PCI card I tried also.
Woodrow

There most certainly are nVidia drivers. The only thing that there aren't drivers for currently is the onboard sound. This, combined with lack of driver support for my peripherals (webcam and printer) are why I haven't made the switch.

MSI K8N Neo Platinum 2 Bios Sign On.

So I just upgraded my desktop system to juicy quad core goodness, and was going to put my K8N Neo Platinum 2 into my server box.
When I put it in, and booted it up the fans would turn on, but there was a second where it tried to output to the display and my monitor would turn on. but then it turned off.
So after disecting it again, and plugging only the video card (Geforce 6200 AGP) and the d-bracket in I could see that the lights signaled that it was stuck at the Bios Sign On.
I have a 550W Antec PSU in the box, I'm positive that is plenty, since it was in my old set up and feeding the 6800GT just fine previously.
The only real differences between the set up I had before and what is in it now, is the Adaptec 29160 SCSI card, and I removed the Audigy Platinum and the 6800 GT Agp card that I had in it. I even tried putting that card back in, but no luck there either.
I've tried clearing the CMOS, I've tried even putting it into a new case with different PSU. Still the same, fans start spinning, but no display.
After reading here on some other Bios issues, it says to put in a PCI card (I'll try that Monday, as I took the board into work to try to get it booted there). I also need to test it out with one stick of ram (though I did take out two of them because I had planned on putting the other 2gb in a different PC, leaving 512mb Corsair sticks)
With installing the BIOS from Floppy, will this recover the current problem of not being able to get past the Bios Sign on?
Thanks for any help, it's greatly appreciated.
Slaapliedje

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Test the motherboard outside of the case to verify that the motherboard is not shorting to the case and causing a problem
• With only the CPU and heat sink, memory, and video card (or onboard video) connected to the motherboard, place the motherboard on a non-conductive surface and retest the motherboard
• Check the case mounting standoffs to verify that they are lining up correctly with the mounting holes on the motherboard.
}

MSI K8N Neo Platinum & Crucial Ballistix 512MB RAM Problem

I have had MSI K8N Neo Platinum and 1x Crucial Ballistix 512MB RAM for 11 months.
I have had 1x Crucial Ballistix 512MB RAM for 2.5 months, for a total of two.
I have had MSI GeForce 6600GT (NX6600GT-VTD) 128MB AGP for 1 month.
For about 1.5 to 2 weeks, I have been seeing random crashes while playing PC games.
I started a thread on the Hard OCP forums a few days ago. I did not know MSI had forums =)
Rather than re-typing, I may as well just post the link:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=934956
My issue is also similar to this one:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=83799.0
Thanks for the help.

ALL RIGHT, after almost FOUR months my issue is FINALLY resolved.
It is amazing how much time passes when you are hesitant to buy parts unless you are 95% sure it will fix the problem.
OK, here is an update as to what I remember.
I went to BIOS 1.4 and tried many different physical and BIOS RAM configurations (Different seating, different number of DIMMs, different RAM timings, voltages, etc).
I concluded that I could not make my PC 100% stable, but I could get it darn close. With certain settings, such as DDR400, 2-2-2-6, 1T, 2.80V, Aggressive Timing enabled, Memtest failed test #5 every time (this is spec for my RAM). With other settings, such as DDR333, 2.5-3-3-7, 2T, Auto V, Aggressive Timing enabled, Memtest failed test #5 maybe once out of 5000.
I also concluded that the RAM voltage and Aggressive Timing setting was having a big impact. Some settings would not work (failed Memtest) with RAM at 2.80V but would work with RAM at Auto V. Some settings would not work (failed Memtest) with Aggressive Timing enabled but would work with it disabled.
Finally, I started to occasionally get R,G,R,G (Processor Initialization) on the D-Bracket upon cold-start & warm-start, which suggests a PSU issue:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=76972.msg542545#msg542545
That pushed me over the top, and I decided to buy a new PSU (TG-480-U22) and a new SATA HDD (WD2500KS) just because.
Problem solved. Thanks for all the help.
I will continue to buy MSI in the future just because of these forums…and a good product of course!

MSI K8N NEO PLATINUM BlueScreen Issue! Help!

I'm having an issue with my MSI K8N NEO i get the blue screens occasionally.. A friend of mine says its a IDE driver issue.. LMK Here are the system specifications.
MSI K8N NEO PLATINUM
ATHLON64 3000+ @2.01 (stock)
SAMSUNG 512MB PC3200 CAS 2.5
PNY MX440 64MB DDR AGP8X
MAXTOR DIAMONDPLUS MAX 8 40GB, 7200RPM SLIM
300W GENERIC PS
LMK whats wrong if you have ideas, i dont know if you have sufficient information to come up with a conclusion.. im not too sure whats going on either.. But A friend of mine is getting exact same issues he says its IDE conflicts.. now when the Blue screen comes up it doesnt stay long enough to give a moment to read it.. lmk if you have ideas thx..

which drivers are you using?
Right click MY computer -> properties -> Advance -> start up and recovery -> system failure -> uncheck "automatically restart"
this way it will stop at the blue screen and get an stop error number
Or view the error log
Help and support -> Pick a Task ->Use Tools to view your computer information and diagnose problems ->under Tools -> my computer Information-> View Advanced System Information -> View error log
it shows all errors by date migh provide you error numbers ie. 0x000008e

Jerky video and sound with my k8n neo platinum

Hi:
I wonder if any of you have had a similar problem.
My system: K8N Neo Platinum Nvidia nForce 3 250 Gb, AMD 64fx 3200+, 1 gig memory Kingston PC 3200, Gigabyte Nvidia GForce Fx 5200 128 AGP video card, HD Seagate ST2120026A 120 gig, WD 40 gig, Toshiba DVD, Lite on DVD-RW. OS XP Pro SP2. Display Samsumg 17 Syncmaster 710V.
The system worked like a champ for about a month, the all of a sudden it started playing videos and audio in a jerke mode, it would play a few frames and then pause for a fraction of a second and then start again.
Please can anyone help?
Thanx in avance

Try uninstalling the graphics card drivers and then installing the latest ones.
Also try defragging hard drive and cleaning unecessary programs from the computer and run windows update.

MOVED: Unable to O/C FSB beyond 220 FSB (K8N Neo Platinum)

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
Unable to O/C FSB beyond 220 FSB (K8N Neo Platinum)

And the Newbie award goes to:
ME!
Turns out that a little research over and the Amdmb forums cured my issue.
What was wrong: The AGP lock.
In order to get it engaged, you must set AGP frequency to 67 Mhz in the BIOS. By default it is set to 66 Mhz. At 66, the AGP lock is not active and you end up overclocking the AGP bus.
Got my board to boot into windows up to 240 at 3.0-4-4-10 timings (2.80V). However it isn't Memtest stable at that FSB. System would post at 250 FSB, but memory couldn't keep up, and Windows wouldn't load. Lowered FSB to 230, and got it Memtest stable at [email protected] Also Memtest stable at 225FSB at [email protected]
Will now work to see what the chip can do, and then try to see if I can't squeeze my memory to run at CAS 2.0.
For all those out there with a similar issue, check your AGP frequency. Another thing that I noted from the Amdmb forums, is that the thermal paste under the chipset heatsink is poorly applied on many boards. This could also affect your stability, if the northbridge ends up overheating.
So on that note, I take back my previous rant about the board.

His x800 IceQ II + MSI K8N Neo Platinum?

Do you guys think the Zalman 7000-alcu + His x800 IceQ II videocard will fit together on the MSI K8N Neo Platinum?
The cpu socket seem to be so close to the agp port....
Check the back of the videocard here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showindex.php?t=28265&highlight=iceq
And mobo here:
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/fullimage.php?image=7172

No one has tried this combination: MSI K8N Neo2, Zalman 7000-(AL)CU and HIS X800 IceQ II?
How about Sapphire Radeon Toxic X800 Pro VIVO and Zalman 7000?
Sappire pictures here:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=675&pageID=926
Picture of the HIS card here:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=674&pageID=912
Zalman pictures here:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article92-page1.html

Kingmax Hardcore DDR500 with MSI MS K8N Neo Platinum (Bios Version 1.40)

I am interested in Kingmax Hardcore DDR500 (PC4000) 512MB DDR-SDRAM. Currently, I’m using MSI MS K8N Neo Platinum (Bios Version 1.40) with AMD 64bit 2800+ & MSI MS 8907 FX5200-TD128 AGP Card.
Please advice whether the Kingmax Hardcore DDR500 (PC4000) 512MB DDR-SDRAM compatible with my systems.

The "safe mode" that the BIOS message refers to is not related to Windows' Safe Mode. The BIOS safe mode lets you un-do any overclocking or memory settings that might make your computer so unstable that you can't even get into the BIOS settings to change them. In that case, you hold insert while powering on to reset the BIOS to default safe values.
As for your problem getting into Windows' Safe Mode. If you upgraded from another motherboard that uses a different chipset, or if you somehow got the wrong chipset drivers installed, then the old AGP GART or chipset drivers will cause the system to halt/reboot very early in the Windows boot process even in safe mode. I've run into this problem before and its tricky. Best thing to do is switch back to the old motherboard, then go into safe mode and remove all chipset-related drivers, and then switch back to the new motherboard. If you can't do that, try running system repair from the windows setup CD. And failing that, you'd probably have to fully re-install the OS.

K8N Neo Platinum suggestions

I look at the specifications of the new K8N Neo Platinum. Here is a list of what I would like to be added to it:
1. Second LAN controller (on the PCI bus) 10/100/1000 or at least 10/100. It looks as the board is already designed that way, it is just not soldered to it.
most important is 1. !
maybe only 8. is near it.
2. Remove FireWire (I doubt that this will be popular with other users )
3. Remove SuperI/O chip (Floppy, PS/2 keyboard&mouse, COM, LPT, IrDA)
4. DualBIOS with Flash chips connected to the nF3's LPC bus (becouse there is no SuperI/O chip - removed in point 3)
5. I have not used this board, but I would expect fully configurable/overclockable BIOS - settings for HyperTransport MHz, bit, CPU reference clock frequency (this is the appropriate name, not FSB, not PSB, not HT, whatever - this that is 200MHz by default), AGP clock adjust (and below it - indicator for resulting PCI speed), CPU/Memory clock dividor/multipliers, indicator for Memory MHz and CPU MHz (only indicators - that speeds depends on CPU reference clock/CPU main clock), Memory timings (CAS, etc.) adjust, etc. features
6. Diagnostic LEDs, Reset, PowerUp on board
7. Front Panel in the package - 2xUSB, phones, microphone, 1000-in-1 FlashCards (OK, 7-in-1 is enough , 1x SerialATA with hot-swap support, Diagnostic LEDs&buttons, fan controlls &etc., IrDA if you insist not to remove the SuperI/O chip.
8. add a Silicon Image 3114 (4 SATA ports) until nF3 gets 8 SATAs. This will be helpfull for such a configuration (appropriate for top-of-the-line "Platinum"):
- 4ports: RAID0+1 array of HDDs
- 2ports: two optical drives for copy-on-the-fly; SerialATA ATAPI DVD+RWs are expected this summer
- 1port: external hot-swap drive
- 1port: reserved for later upgrade or for second external hot-swap drive
Anyway - congratulations about implementing all 4 SATAs of nF3 and about designing two LANs (but why don't you solder the second?)
personal wishes (I don't think that these below will become reality on mainstream boards soon)
- digital FM tuner on board. Anthenna connector on the back I/O plane (instead of the COM, LPT, PS/2 ports). Maybe also add second connector and digital TV tuner PAL/SECAM/NTSC. Even HDTV/PAL/SECAM/NTSC.
- I am waiting for WirelessUSB. I think it is better than Bluetooth, becouse less different standarts are better for the health of the PC as whole. The same reason for removing FireWire.
- I am waiting for USB3.0/960Mbps - but this is only a wish
- I am waiting for A64 IGP chipset with DX9 - some NV34 or NV4x-lowest-end core
- I am waiting for A64 SoundStorm APU chipset - with also 24bit/192kHz on 7+1 channels
- I am waiting for 8+1 channel setup: two front, two side, two rear, one center front, one center back, + one subwoofer; 32bit/192kHz. 32bit audio is overkill, but "32" is much more "round than 24" . FP64 in DX9 PS/VS is the same case

go on there lad - dont ask for much do thee :>

K8N Neo Platinum hangs at "Initializing Keyboard Controller" step in POST

Hi Folks,
Here is my system:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum (New in box) (no clue on bios version, as I can't access it yet)
Athlon 64 3200+ 2200Mhz, 640Kb Cache
Thermaltake CL-P0025 Silent Tower CPU Cooler (VERY careful installing this)
2x512MB Mushkin 991460 EM3200 400Mhz DDR (
ATI AIW Pro X800XT (AGP)
OCZ ModStream 450W PS (3.3/28A, 5/45A, 12/26A, 220W/312W)
WD 74GB Raptor
Plextor 712A DVD/CD (SATA)
Here is my dilema: box powers up, POST stops at "Initializing Keyboard Controller". ( I know this because the little lights on the D-bracket tell me so.....:-) I have been on these forums as well as AMD's forums all day now, and have tried everything suggested, except swapping PS. But I think I have an adequate model.
One by one, I have disconnected any sources of possible problems. I have reset my bios too many times to count. I have isolated the MB outside of the case. I have re-seated everything numerous times. I changed Bios battery. I've swapped RAM, and it's positions. Even took it all off. I even bought another K8N from Ebay, and have the exact same results. At no time has the status lights displayed anything different, except for a quick change in color of light number 3 when I do a front-panel reset. Right now I have nothing but the processor on the board and I still have the same result; POST hanging at "Initializing keyboard controller". I have swapped keyboards unplugged the keyboard.
I am leaning toward the processor now. What am I missing? Should I just do an RMA and be done with it?
Suggestions encouraged......
James

Quote from: sincity337 on 04-August-05, 12:22:07
Bowen,
I've got an old Asus P2B that still runs like a champ, although slow by todays standards. You are right about it being rock solid, I have never had a problem with it, not one. As a matter of fact I still have it and I use it for my "linux box". Oops, a little off topic.
Anyway, it looks like MSI received the board today. I will start the stopwatch and see how long it takes to get a replacement board. I'll keep you guys posted.
James
Yeah those boards were the best I've seen. The Intel 865 chipsets are pretty good too. My previous 845 based mobo was nice as well. In the past, using VIA boards have been hit and miss with me. The K8T800/Pro and K8T900/Pro seem to be very stable though...still I would get an nForce 4 chipset over the newest VIA boards.
This is OT but I just received my shiny new BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC card a few days ago and I was very surprised at it's performance. I was using a crappy Radeon X300 because I needed a temp card until I could buy either a 7800 GTX or the upcoming Radeon X900 XT. My last system I had a Radeon 9800 Pro and it ran flawlessly. I only had one problem with that card and it was driver related to only one game. The game was Call of Duty and that issue was resolved by going down to an older driver, but then ATi corrected the problem with a new driver release. Anyway as fast as the 7800 GTX is, I hated it! The reason is that despite it's awesome speed; the only way I can put it, is that it doesn't run games as smooth as Radeon's do. It was especially bad with Battlefield 2. This is ironic because BF2 is supposed to be optimized for nVidia cards.
It has a bad stuttering problem with BF2 and allot of people have this issue. Some have this problem with ATi cards but most are nVidia users. Even when I set the quality down to the same settings as my 9800P was at, it did the same thing. Other games like Counter-Strike: Source ran fine unless you had bots. Heh, even my slow X300 ran games more smoothly (not faster and at a much lower resolution and quality setting but still smoother) than the 7800 GTX. I sent the card back and I'm getting a full refund. I'm waiting on ATi to release their X900 XT and I'll buy that. What's strange is that prior to buying my 9800P two years ago, I had only used nVidia cards since the TnT2. Well times have changed I guess. Oh well, I guess I had to learn the hard way, but at least this way I know I'm getting the right card!

K8N Neo Platinum BSODs

Hello,
I'm having problems with my new K8N Neo Platinum board. So far I've had 3 different kinds of BSOD, unfortunately I only wrote 2 of them down:
Stop 0x00000050 (0xD731FB75,0x00000008,0xD731FB75,0x00000000)
no file mentionned
Stop 0x000000D1 (0x86FF0224,0x00000006,0x00000000,0xF740EB68)
in NVATABUS.SYS
The third one I'm not sure of. I thought it was something like Stop 0x10000007F.
The errors occur randomly (while completing boot-up, while scanning the harddisk for virusses) but mostly under heavy load.
What I have done so far is:
Memtest86: extended tests ran fine all night (24 cycles)
Prime95 torture test: sometimes runs fine all night, sometimes stops with rounding errors: should be 0.4 but is 0.5
Any thoughts on how to solve this?
Thanks in advance....

Devel28, thanks for your reply, but I guess I fixed it myself.
Yesterday I searched the forum some more and gathered all tips on improving stability and applied some of them...
What I did was:
Changed BIOS settings:
- AGP frequency to 67 instead of 66
- CPU Ratio to 12x instead of Startup
Set the DRAM configuration myself, instead of Auto:
- Max Memclock: 200 Mhz
- CAS latency: 2.5
- RAS# to CAS#: 3
- Min RAS#: 8
- Row precharge: 3
Now the system seems to be stable. Prime95 ran all night without problems.
I could scan my entire system for virusses while running Prime95 without crashes.
Only thing I still have to look at is the memory bandwith. According to Sisoft Sandra, my memory is performing worse than PC2100 memory. I'll try some other benchmarks this weekend to verify this...

K8N Neo Platinum - Reboot problems

This is very strange.......
Just bare with me as I try to explain.
I just orderd a new system to build from scratch and all seemed to go ok.
I have:
Motherboard: K8N Neo Platinum
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 - 2800+
VIDEO: ATI Radeon 9600XT - 128 MB
RAM: 1GB DDR PC2700 CL2.5 - SAMSUNG - 1 Stick
SOUND: I also have an old PCI sound card in there.
HD: none connected currently
CASE: XG Viper Gaming Case
On my first boot everything seemed to go ok. I saw the post screen. The CPU, the Memory were all recognized the only thing is I don't have a HD in it right now so there was no OS to boot. I went into BIOS and double checked the settings. I noticed the RT clock was off slightly so I changed it. Looked around and made sure the AGP port was selected as my primary video adapter. Besides that I didn't change any other settings.
When I saved the BIOS settings and the computer did an automatic reboot I got nothing except a repeating "BEEP" and a black screen.
I waited a few seconds (around 20) then turned the computer on and it started up fine again. This time I didn't go into BIOS just let it boot up to the point where it said INVALID system disk. I did a reboot with the same problem - a repeating "BEEP" and a black screen.
A warm reboot doesn't do anything - It only comes back up with a black screen and the repeating beeps. Also If I power down and up too quick I also get no other effect than the black screen and repeating beeps.
The only way to get the post screen is to let it sit around 20 seconds and boot up.
Even If I let it sit over night, boot it up, see the post, and reboot 2 seconds after I get the post screen, the black screen and the beeping occurs (so I am not too sure its a CPU heat issue).
also on a side note the DBracket has some strange lights on it. - IF I am looking at the Dbracket from the right orientation - I think it is giving a "Initalizing Keyboard Controller" error when I get the black screen. It is either that or the Video Interface error. - 3 RED LIGHTS and 1 GREEN LIGHT.
Any sugestions or help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED !!!
Thank you !!!!!!

OK - I pulled out the 9600XT and put in a 9000 saphire radeon card with the same effects.....
when I pull out the Video card and the memory I get the same black screen and error code of course...
second - I put the memory in and left the video card out only and got a signle long beep.. then no additional beeps after that but of course no video...
third - I put in the video card (the 9600 XT) and left the memory out and got the identical black screen and repeating long beeps.
last - I put the memory back in.. booted up fine... then tried to reboot and I was back to the black screen with multiple long beeps..
one interesting thing that I learned from this was - when there was no memory in I got the same "beeps" as I do when I try to reboot with the memory in... could it be something to do with the memory?.... or is it still leaning toward a PSU problem..
(Unfortunatly I don't have access to another stick of memory right now,... nor a sufficient PSU for the system...)
HELP !!!!

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