K8N Neo Platinum Freezes and Powers off - Please help

Hi,
I wonder if someone can help.
Ok just to set the scene I am completely non technical so please excuss my ignorance.
About 3 years ago I purchased a PC with a K8N motherboard and it has been fine, no problems at all.
Lately it has started powering down randomly leaving the power light flashing only.
Sometimes it switches off within 5 seconds of pressing the power button other times 10 minutes.
I've had it open to check connections and it seems to work better with the sides off but eventually crashes. Obviously, it is dusty inside. I've cleaned it as much as the dyson will allow.
If its in operation the program (windows etc) freezes then the PC turns off - leaving flashing light.
Only removing the power resets it but now it's only ok.
I haven't got any idea where to start.
Read about Power Supplies this one is the original Taurus TX-450-PFC-C ???
3.3v = 35A
5 v = 40A
12v = 18A
-5v = 1A
-12v = 1A
5Vsb = 2A
If anyone could offer some suggestions I would be eternally grateful.
Cheers
Paul

yes as DOK said PSU failure or CPU overheat, check CPU Cooler system too, ensure CPU is not overheating. re-seat CPU, apply new thermal paste, ensure CPU FAN is spin at expected RPM, and CPU temp is in normal range.

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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.
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After that, we installed a new CoolerMaster® RealPower 550 PSU, on that computer , and tested the computer again for three
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1.2b7 - (No Download Yet)
1.2b10 - (Download)
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1.2b12 - (Download)
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1.3b1 - (Download)
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- Support K8 Sempron CPU.
- Turn off keyboard LED in S3.
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1. Create a MS-DOS boot diskette, then copy the the .exe and the bios file to the floppy disk. Both of these files can be found in the package you downloaded.
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5. ATI Video Card Driver Version 4.7 -or- Omega ATI Video Card Driver Version 2.5.51
(The Omega drivers are third party drivers optimized for gaming, most prefer these over the standard ATI drivers.)
6. Onboard Sound Driver (Realtek AC'97 Audio Codec) Version A3.61
It is HIGHLY reccomended that you install the drivers/needed files in the order listed above. Please note that there are two #5's because you either install one or the other depending on your video card, do not install both of them.
You will come across a problem here though. You can't install the chipset drivers without installing the Windows service pack and DirectX first, but the Windows service pack and DirectX installs need the internet to download files and you won't have working internet until you install the chipset drivers. Here's what I did to get around this. Instead of downloading the web install versions of Windows service pack and DirectX, download the full version and and put them along with all the other drivers on a backup hard drive or burn them to a CD, this way you will have all the drivers you need when it's time to install them and none of them will require the internet to download files.
Another note when installing drivers. Apparently the Nvidia chipset drivers also come with drivers for the onboard sound, but people seem to agree that the Realtek onboard sound drivers are better. When you are installing the Nvidia chipset drivers, just be sure to uncheck the box for sound drivers when it asks you which drivers you would like to install. Now you can safely install the Realtek drivers without any chance of conflicting sound drivers. Thanks for the tip Wonkanoby!

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You CAN install the nforce drivers BEFORE installing SP1. The only requirement to install the nforce drivers is DX9.
So is SP1 still recommended to install before the nforce drivers?
The installer still reccomends to install it beforehand for full USB 2.0 functionality... I would have put what you said in there but I wanted to keep it as simple as possible.
oh. IIRC the installer just says USB 2.0 will be fully functional after SP1 is installed. So after you install SP1 you go into device manager and u click update driver and it will auto search and update the driver.
Simplicity-wise, i guess its pretty much equal. It might take less preparation to just copy DX9 full onto a CD and install that first, then nforce driver, then right away you have yoru internet connection.
but i dunno.. i guess i will try it your way this time when my RMA"d board comes.
i will be fomratting and doing a fresh install later on today and will let you know if i come across any problems

K8n neo platinum restarts or freezes :(

ok, hopefully you guys can help me, you seem to be pretty good at helping poeple on this forum. i want to say first that i have gone through this forum countless times during my time with this motherboard. I've searched and read alot on this problem, but i need help diagnosing my computer. My problem is this. I've had this computer for a little over a year, and it's ran fine up until about 2 months ago. I had a problem where i went to turn it on and it started but then shut off after about 4 seconds. i then had to flip the switch onthe psu for another chance. Then it worked, and worked for about a month without ever sseeing this happen again in that time. then recently it happend again only this time it never started up. eventually it would sometimes turn on and stay on, but wouldn't boot. i would have to use the psu to turn it off. i tried then the cmos and battery to no help. I rma'ed the board and when i recieved the new one i put it in. Now, my computer works as far as booting and everything. Everyting installed fine as far as os and drivers, games, ect.. Only it restarts or freezes randamly. I say that cause it doesn't necissarly mean when playing games or intense programs. it happend while i was typing this 2 times for example. I've done things like checked temps on cpu which show in the 30s idle. i've ran virus and spyware programs. I've flashed bios back to 1.4 which is what i had before and worked fine sept the temps readings, which i didn't mind. i flashed because i thought maybe 1.7 was my problem. I've also, what's making this hard to tell for me, ran stuff like 3dmark 05 without a crash, or full rounds of games fine. But other times durijng a game or just a webpage it'll crash. What i need is help finding the component that is causing this problem. I'm not sure what tests to use, but will try anything and tell yous results. I can buy a new piece to replace something, or rma something possibly, but i'd rather not just buy peices without any reason. Any help would be appreciated greatly. My build is
amd athlon 64 3400+
Ati radeon x800pro
ocz pc3200 400mhz ddram 1024mb
msi k8n neo platinum 1.4
wd 10,000 rpm 8mb ws740gd
sound blaster audigy 2
antec neo power 480w

ok, first, thanks for being patient with me richard and for taking time to help
2 things before the list. 1: other lan is in there cause i originally a year ago had trouble using the onboard one and there was a brand new lan card a friend had laying around. Then recently i was able to use the onboard to connect to net and the lan card to allow my girlfriend to go online through me on her laptop.
2. i just noticed in my computer it's showing i have a floppy drive, which i don't, but i suspect this is from the other night the cmos error and it reset my bios i think, so i just have to redue that.
interrupt request:
(isa)
0 system timer
1 standard 101\102 key or microsof natural ps/2 keyboard
4 communications port (com1)
6 standard floppy disk controller
8 system cmos\real time clock
9 microsof acpi-compliant system
12 ps\2 compatible mouse
13 numeric data processor
(pci)
5 nvidia nforce pci system management
14 nvidia nforce 3 250 parallel ata controller (v2.6)
15 nvidia nforce 3 250 parallel ata controller (v2.6)
16 radeon x800 pro
19 linksys lne100tx fast ethernet adapter(lne100tx v4)
19 via ohci complaint ieee 1394 host controller
20 nvidia nforce 3 250 serial ata controller (v2.6)
20 standard enhanced pci to usb host controller
21 nvidia network bus enumerator
21 nvidia nforce3 250 serial ata controller (v2.6)
22 standard openhcd usb host controller
23 standard openhcd usb host controller
i should say also, if this shows my drivers are not updated, i didn't because i never did before and it worked fine for a year, and i'm one of those that has the motto "if your computer is fine, don't tweak or upgrade stuff, don't touch or do anything"

K8n neo platinum dead? please help urgent

Hello everyone... Yesterdey I was working with my computer, transfering normal stuff from my mobile to the computer and suddently my monitor went black, then I restarted my computer, but my monitor was still black and my d-bracket was all red lights, so I shutted down my computer to change my grafics card an see what the problem was, but it would never turn on again... it startind turning on and off every half second non stopping.. so I went to borrow other power supply but when I try again to turn it on, it was simply dead and with my old one was still dead. Is my mobo or processor fried??? :( please help...
Msi k8n neo platinum socket 754
revoltec power supply 450 watts 25 amps in 12v rail
2 gb kingston pc400 ram
80 gb sata hd
120 ide hd
ati radeon 9600 xt grafics card
athlon64 2800 processor
pinnacle pci tv card
hp dvd
philips dvd

Quote from: rubengomes on 14-January-07, 22:00:09
thanks for the reply... butt it still does not work...
take CPU out and find a way to test it somewhere else. if CPU is fine, then must be failure mainboard if we dismiss PSU factor(you have already tested with 2 PSU's good ones)

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.

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