K8N neo Platinum - Possible RAID & ATI problem?

Shortly after installing XP onto my new RAID 0 setup, I installed Direct X9, nVidia nForce3 drivers and the Radeon drivers. This combination worked fine before I set up RAID 0 so it should work fine this time, right?
Wrong.
After I install the Radeon drivers, it asks for a reboot. Now normaly, it would reboot, windows XP would load and then the screen would go black for a second, then the desktop would appear. I guess this is the new driver kicking in and after that, I can reboot how many times I like and the screen woulden't go black because the drivers have already initialised. Right? With me so far?
This time, however, there is a huge delay before the screen goes black and the driver initialises. Even after it does, and windows is graphicaly alot faster, 3D apps take an age to load... like the 3DMark2003 logo will just sit there for ages, then finally load... the test itself isn't giving me the score I had before, it's a couple of hundred short, and there is nothing different about my system other than using RAID 0. Every reboot I get the same thing, a delay in driver initialisation... once there was even an area of the screen which was corrupted but it went away when I refreshed the desktop.
Can anyone shed some light on this? I can't believe RAID would cause this problem but I have no idea what else it could be... I doubt it's the K8N either, despite the numberous problems people have had.
One thing worth mentioning, it is a 9800pro flashed to XT (has the R360 core) and it's running at 9800XT speeds. It's run fine like this before, with the Artic Cooler installed, I hope it hasn't decided to start dying on me
Also, when I was trying to setup RAID 0, I had to use SATA ports 1 and 3?! I could not use 1&2 or 3&4 without problems with XP RAID setup during installation.
I am not overclocking either...

Yea, I'm really mad because not only will this board not recognize my slave driver properly, it may have also killed my X800 Pro video card
I moved my working X800 Pro video card from my old MB to my new one and when I turned it on, the X800 Pro was dead.
I then reinstalled my old MB, hoping it was merely a faulty MB that was the problem, however, my X800 Pro is quite dead now
I'm not sure if it was me who damaged the X800 Pro or it was the MSI K8N motherboard - either way it's dead
My experence so far with my new MSI MB has been horrible !!

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MSI K8N Neo Platinum with Vapochill Case problems - Help anyone. :)

Hi all,
Had a bit of a tricky problem and as Im new to this board I have no idea what could be causing this.
First all all system specs:
Athlon 64 3700+ Clawhammer
MSI K8N Neo Platinum -
1 gig Corsair XMS ProL Low Latency Ram (2 x 512mb)
Nvidia Gefore 6600GT
1 x WD Raptor 10000rpm HD
NEC 2500a DVD writer.
Eye-T 550w PSU.
Vapochill SE Case with installed Vapochill Phase change cooling.
Here are photos of it in its present state, you will notice that it isnt installed in the case at the moment.
The reason for that is because the two wont work together and I want them to so so bad...
So, hopefully someone here can save the day for me - here goes.
I have tested the Motherboard and all other componants outside of the case and everything runs smoothly and there are no problems what so ever, great.
I have also retested the Vapochill case with another motherboard and that also works without a hitch.
The problem comes when I insall the MSI board into the system, all hooked with a really basic setup, PSU, Case cooling, CPU and Ram. Flick the on switch on the power suply and the system turns on for around 1/2 a second then turns off again. I found this strange because it soundnt come on at all until I press the power button.
If I press the power button the same thing will happen over and over.
I have tried a different powersupply and this does nothing at all.
I have checked for shorts and there is no possible way it is shorting on anything.
I have a fan plugged in where the CPU fan would go and this doesnt help.
I have taken it back out and tested it again and it still works ok.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Are there any secret Bio's menu's that would have an option that would solve this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Glenn

When you are running the MoBo standalone, what are you connecting to the Power, Reset, HDD, etc. pins ? Are you using the wires from the Vapochill case, or something else ? It looks like a single cable with an intermittent switch (red/white cable). I once had a similar sort of problem and it was because I hadn't connected up (the incredibly fiddly) cables correctly. Other than that, I would have gone for a short of some sort - but you have checked that already, so . . . .
As to the system starting to power-up when you switch on the PSU, I wouldn't worry too much about this. It seems to happen from time to time with some of my systems - amongst other things, the BIOS can be set to resume to previous state after a power-fail.

K8N Neo Platinum with Venice vcore problem

Hello,
I got a new Socket754 CPU Venice E6 3000+ and replaced it with NewCastle CG 3200+.
But BIOS indicates VCORE is 1.9V+. It's obvious that it's too high and also CPU temp is 0C/32F.
Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
Athlon64 3000+ Venice E6
K8N Neo Platinum (MS-7030) BIOS 2.1
WD Raptor 36GB
Reserator1 Plus
Seasonic S12 500W
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
SB Audigy2

Please create your own rig and put in your sig with details of PSU and BIOS rev. Have you OC'ing your pc recently?

K8n neo Platinum and Optical Drive problem?

I need some help figuring this out. I've been searching for awhile but can't find any more information so I figured I'd ask here.
I have a Lite on LDW 411s dvd writer that is on the same ide channel as a lite on dvd player (labled as JLMS SJ-HD1665 in the device manager.
The problem is on the 411S where it will read the DVD/CD disk but when I try to use Cyberlink PowerDVD or Nero Recode to play or read the DVD it will just hang. If I don't try to play these files and just open them in explorer then I can access them.
I'm trying to see if there are some conflict issues with the nforce drivers but am still looking.
My setup is this.
AMD 64 3000+
K8n Neo Platinum nforce 3 250 Bios 1.4
Western Digital 120 gb hd
PQI 3200 1 gig memory
PNY 6800 GT
Audigy 2
Antec Trupower 420
Any help would be great as I'm totally stuck. Thanks.
Also to note I can play DVDs and use recode fine off the DVD rom drive but just not off the DVD writer (411s).

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Originally posted by BluddSimple
I have a Lite on LDW 411s dvd writer that is on the same ide channel as a lite on dvd player (labled as JLMS SJ-HD1665 in the device manager.
You might have better luck making the reader the slave on the channel your HD is on. I had both a burner/writer on the same channel and while it worked, the performance was very poor.
Man, I need to get around to posting my specs someday, but I have the same MB and BIOS as you. I'm also using the nForce unified drivers including IDE.

K8N Neo Platinum and Maxtor HD problem

I have a K8N Neo Platinum MB with the v1.3 Bios installed.
I have 2 physical HDs:
IDE Primary Master: 120G Western Digital WD1200JB (7200RPM)
IDE Primary Slave: 120G Maxtor 6Y120L0 (7200RPM)
The MB sees both drives in the BIOS, however, in Windows XP, I only see the master drive. The slave drive is not recognized within windows. I tried finding the slave drive with the MS Computer Management application and PartitionMagic as well - neither can see the slave drive.
There is something strange about the BIOS screen.
You can see that the primary master is highlighted (in red). The primary slave drive is visibly but it's not showing properly. You can see that the name of the slave drive is all the way to the left and the "]" character is all the way on right panel, next to "Press [Enter]". The name of the slave drive is wrong. The BIOS is showing something garbled. It looks something like "8t/r 6!128". It's tottaly confused :(
I can even select the primary slave drive:
That's not right!
Pressing enter on the slave drive shows the slave drive (Maxtor 120G) properies:
However, Windows XP will not recognize the slave drive.
I ain't sure what wrong but it appears to be a BIOS problem - why would the BIOS display be so messed up like that ??
I'm not sure what to do. :(

Yea, I'm really mad because not only will this board not recognize my slave driver properly, it may have also killed my X800 Pro video card
I moved my working X800 Pro video card from my old MB to my new one and when I turned it on, the X800 Pro was dead.
I then reinstalled my old MB, hoping it was merely a faulty MB that was the problem, however, my X800 Pro is quite dead now
I'm not sure if it was me who damaged the X800 Pro or it was the MSI K8N motherboard - either way it's dead
My experence so far with my new MSI MB has been horrible !!

K8n neo platinum and hard drive problem...

greetings...
well, I have K8n neo platinum mobo with SATA1 controller, and I bought WD 250 GB sata2. I did set up jumper to limit transfer to SATA1 mode on my new drive (although I tried it without jumper, it is the same). Hard disk is working but, I have varying trasfer rate when I copy files from WD250 on other drives, and when copying on that drive. Transfer is going fine, and then it goes very very slow, then again fast, then again slow...And, sometimes, when I am copying large amount of data on that drive, my computer freezes. When I test sustained speed, it is different almost every time (goes from 14 to 65)...
I searched thru internet - with no sucess. I have very good power for my PC. I changed sata cables, and power cables. I updated all drivers. I tried installing XP IDE drivers for that new SATA2 hard disk. I tried almost everything, and with no sucess. WD250 is working fine for, let's say, a couple of hours, and then it again goes slow with varying transfer rate when copying. I also have a very good cooling system, so it's not because of overheating. I contacted WD, they told me to run their diagnostic tool, and the disk was healthy. They said that drive is ok then, and that it is probably my mobo that is causing problems.
anyone have a clue what is going on?
thanx in advance

damn...
can't believe no one ever had similar problem...

MSI K8N Neo Platinum with Raid 0

Hi, I had face problem when Raid 0 try to run Windows XP. While i at windows logon screen, my system will auto restart. no even one time i can login to windows.
i download the latest raid driver from MSI website for the driver but the problem can't solve. what actually is the problem there? is that the latest raid driver not really supported for nForce 3 board?
thank alot.

This has been a real mess for a long time.
Sometimes a newer or older driver with a certain version doesn't work well with a given nvraid.rom firmware .
BIOS 1.4 for MS-7030 has the nvraid firmware "NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.59" .
And in theory you should use nvraid.sys nvatabus.sys with version 4.59 if you stay with that bios version.
Newest bios for MS7030/MS7025 have nvraid rom firmware 4.81 .
The BIOS 1.7 (most usable one) for MS-7030 have "NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.60" .
The nvraid driver files in nvidia package 5.10 use 4.46 and this works with your bios version .
The delivered floppy called NVSA020 use driver 4.15 and it's way to old to use , so you have to
create an updated driver floppy.
Note ! that from firmware "NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.84" new drivers from 6.86 package work great.
But no NF3's have this rom version .
The 4.79 driver disk mentioned by LairdDrambeg is a great "allround" that works with most bios versions rom firmware as far as I know.

K8N Neo Platinum and BGF 6800GT problem

Hey
recnetly set up my board, and having some issues with freeze midgame and really poor 3d mark scores, i.e. im getting 22000 in 2001!!
How do i stop this problem, and power shoudnt be a problem given the power supply i have, so would anyone have an idea?
What should i set the bios up to look like and anything in XP i should be doing?
thanks

Not sure about the mid-game freeze, but your 3DMark01 is spot-on with that score, if not a bit high. My 3500+ gets ~22.5k at stock, but at 2.5GHz I get 24645. It's very CPU limited so your video card isn't going to make much of a difference past a certain point.
What games are you experiencing lock-ups in?
I'll try to cover all bases here, so some things might help, others not:
1: Make sure your power inputs are connected properly (I know, it seems so obvious it's insulting, sorry).
2: Disable NV/ATI speedup in the BIOS. To reveal hidden BIOS options and reach this setting hit Shift+F2 and ALT+F3 all at the same time. Someone let me know if that's the wrong combo but I think it's correct.
3: Grab the 71.20 FW drivers, they're about the best you can get right now, don't get the crap 66.93 officials, their performance doesn't compare in most situations.
4: Disable Fast Writes in the BIOS; sometimes this has helped fix stutter problems, but if you're getting FREEZES... well it might not help.
5: Drop all clocks to stock settings and see what happens. If that works, try different OC settings if you want.
6: Update your games, of course.
7: Defragment your hard drive.
I highly recommend downloading 3DMark03, 05 and AQ3 and reporting your scores there and whether or not you get freezes/stutter in those benchmarks. 3DMark03 and 05 are more video card intensive and should exploit the problem you're having. AQ3 might do it too.
Just suggestions, nothing's guaranteed to work. Post back though if you have any new information or if you get it fixed.

K8N Neo Platinum Hypertransport x5 speed problem

I updated BIOS to version 1.80. I saw a new option in setup... It was a 5x speed of Hypertransport. When i set HT speed to 5x the system had hangs, sometimes rebooted automatically... When i set it back to 4x everything is stable. Why is this hapening and how to set the 5x HT speed and have a stable machine??

Rad,
HT Frequency 4 or 5 (4x for 745 CPU and 5 X for 939)
Also check your FSB max for your motherboard and CPU it should be either 800 or 1000 MHz. This is your max FSB limitation and you cannot normally exceed it. So if your are OCing your system you take into account the speed you set into CPU FSB Frequency. For example if your Board Max FSB speed limit is 800 MHz:
1- 200 MHz X 4 = 800 MHz (You're OK)
2- 200 MHz X 5 = 1000 MHz (Limit exceed system will hang)
3- You OC to 246 MHz X 4 = 984 MHz (Limit exceed system will hang)
4- You OC to 246 MHz X 3 = 688 MHz (You're OK but your system performance will be likely degraded due to reduce bandwidth)
Hope this is helpful to you,

Problems with 64 3200+ on MSI k8n neo platinum.

AMD Athlon64 Newcastle 3200+ AX 2200MHz/2.2GHz 512kb Boxed (with cpu-cooler!) Socket754
MSI K8N Neo Platinum nForce3 250Gb 3DDR-DIMM 5PCI SATA Raid Audio GB-LAN Firewire Socket754 ATX
Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512 512Mb DDR PC3200 400MHz 184pin Unbuffered CL3
Okey here it comes..
I installed everything and all seemed to work okey, until i threw in the XP install cd and began my install..
in the dos install of windows xp, (when it moves files to the hdd) it stopped and said that there was a problem with a file that were to be copied, i pressed enter to try again and the install moves on, this accurs 4-5 times and then it gives me a BIG "IRQL less or not equal".. Blue screen of death.. (it complains on different files each time i try to install xp, tried 15-20 times)
I have tried to change memory to another Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512 512Mb DDR PC3200 400MHz 184pin Unbuffered CL3 with no luck,
changed hdd, change gfx-card. change psu, removed all no-need pci-cards..
but still same error, i aint no expert so i might have missed something in bios or something :(
please help me if you can..

Flashing bios with memory errors is a veeeeery bad idea .
Almost guarantied to ruin your bios chip with bad data block.
That this even is suggested with mem errors , well .
You need to resolve the mem errors before doing anything else.
The windows xp install routine is a very heavy user of cpu and memory
and will fail if you have mem errors like you have.
Some things to try is entering bios and change auto settings on cpu voltage
giving it 0.5v more than default .
Set the memorys voltage to vendors max approved voltage
which for yours is 2.6v +/- 0.1v . So it's safe to set at 2.7v .
Set timings to cas 3 ,ras 3 ,trp 3 , tras 8 , CMD 2T.
Pushing it firmly down in the dimm socket , sometimes it's not all the way down there even if the plastic lockers snap in.
Disconnect all devices not needed for a windows install ,things can be added later.
Have only the hd that os is to be installed to , one cdrom , floppy , memory and
gfx card .
Disconnect USB case front connector (cause corruption and strange faults if
USBOC pin is connected)

K8n neo platinum, RAID configuration and linux

Hi all, please be gentile to me becouse I dont understand much about technical issues of computers...
Here is my problem: I am using windows XP but today I decided install Suse Linux 10.0 32bits version also, but a warning came out saying something about I have RAID by software and if I install linux the data of the discs will be erased. I have a SATA2 80GB hitachi drive with Windows XP installed and a 2 partitioned drive 120 GB samsung sp1203n (IDE) with data in one partition and an empty one that I want do install linux in it. Can someone tell me how can I configure a RAID without losing any data so I can install Linux? I hardly know what a RAID is... lol
Thanks in advance...
Here is my machine specification:
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
MSI K8N Neo platinum
HP DVD 200I
Philips DVD writer
Hitachi Deskstar 80GB SATA2
Samsung SP1203N 120GB IDE
Radeon 9600XT
2*Kingston 512 3200 cl3
Revoltec power supply with 25Amps in 12v rail

Quote from: kakarocht on 28-October-06, 13:05:36
Does your RAID shown you HEALTHY?
The Raptor drive shows as healthy.
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You may need to press F6 (using the NVIDIA raid driver for Win64 if you're using the RAID). As Win32 and Win 64 using different drivers.
This has crossed my mind and is definitely on my list of things to try if all else fails.
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Have you enable the RAID Array as Bootable Drive in the Bios?
All RAID options are enabled. I didn't touch the BIOS prior to starting the process. The RAID array wasn't listed in the BIOS as a bootable device. In fact, it wasn't listed at all. It was after I discovered this I used F10 to see if it was detected there. The drive was listed, but it wasn't bootable. I then made it bootable. After exiting this section, the PC booted straight into Windows. On the occasions when Windows started, I didn't go into the BIOS to see what it shows.
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But why you need to used the NFORCE3 instead of Nforce4 Drivers from the NVIDIA website?
Because it's an nForce 3 board. Or are you saying the nForce 4 should work fine?
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Gd luck.
Thanks.

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 !!!!

K8N Neo Platinum problems

Hehe dont know where to start... guess ill list my computer specs.
(new)Board: K8N Neo Platinum BIOS v1.4 (Lastest nforce drivers)
(new)CPU: AMD 64 3200+
(new)RAM: (2)Kingston 512mb PC3200 400MHz
(new)PSU: Enermax EG465/AX 460W
HD: Maxtor 80gig 7200RPM
OS: Windows XP Pro
(new)Graphics: Geforce FX 5700LE (Lastest nvidia drivers)
(new)Sound: SB Audigy 2
Standard Microsoft Opti Mouse(USB port)
Standard Keyboard (PS2 port)
Some Bios Settings:
Memory Voltage: Auto (But have tried it at 1.5 and 1.6 and still the same problems)
AGP Volts :1.5
CPU volts : Auto
Max Memclock: 200MHz
2T Timing
TLc:3.0 Trcd:3.0 Tras:8 Trp:3
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Nv/ATI Disabled.
I just recently started buying parts, about a week ago, to upgrade my old AMD Athlon 2000+. Got all the new parts(listed above). Ive been having all sorts of problems. Ill list them to see what you guys think
1.) Whenever i start playing games or a graphicly intense program(ex: video editing, or 3D programs) or if i play a game and i do any sort of loading(ex: zoning, changing levels, loading player models etc.). My game either crashes to the desktop without errors, or my system will crash and drop to a bluescreen with the stop error "STOP: 0x0000007E". Or ill get a different blue screen saying "Dumping physical memory" or something can't read it cause it just appears then reboots my computer right away.
Or just recently i crashed to my desktop but got an error box saying "There are stability problems with the Geforce FX 5700LE please check if you have the correct drivers etc."
Then just the other night i was playing a game and crashed to the desktop but got a virtual memory error saying "Ran out of Virtural memory etc etc. Please check your Virtual memory page file". So i did and increased it a bit cause i saw it was set lower than the actual amount of ram i have.
I guess it's just 1 big problem but im just so confused about it. Been trying to troubleshoot it for about a week and about to give up. This monday is my last day to return things back to the store, would rather not cause ive heard such great things about AMD 64's and the Neo Platinum board.
Hope you guys got some ideas Im just about out of them heh.
Thanks.

Don't know if you have tried this things but heres my list of things .
BIOS:
-First load bios optimized defaults , then ..
-Set the cpu vcore voltage up by + 0.025v (don't use auto)
-Increase the memory voltage vdimm to 2.7v (or the vendors max defined voltage)
-Disable fsb spread spectrum
-Disable dynamic overclocking
-Disable cool n quiet
-Change the multiplier from startup to 11
-Turn off auto on memory timings in cell menu/dram and set all values manually
and the max mem frequency to 200.
-Turn off AGP fatwrites
CASE:
USB connectors
-Disconnect case front usb from usb header on motherboard.
-Disconnect the d-bracket from usb header on motherboard.
-Change the red MSI ide cable if used.
-Check all stand offs/spacers under the motherboard .
-If using PS2 kb and mouse some board have mislabeled color code
making people connect mouse in kb and vice versa .
Correct is keyboard in the bottom mouse top.
STABILITY TEST:
Outside windows and windows drivers:
Download and test with memtest86 v 3.1
http://www.memtest.com
Inside windows:
Test stability with prime95 and/or hotcputester

K8n neo platinum .... numerous problems

Hey guys, bear with me im new here.
Ive spent the better part of an hour going through these forums trying to figure out what happened to my computer yesterday. The computer started up fine and I used it for most the day. But then when I was using it, all of a sudden it froze. I resetting and I had no power to my keyboard or mouse . I stopped messing with it and went to sleep. BTW I did try to turn off power, unplug and replug. It did not work either.
Today I tried again to make it work and still the mouse and keyboard dont work. I get to windows and I know it is connected to the internet b/c I can see the shared folder stuff (I know Windows didnt freeze on start-up). I assume from this that HD, RAM, and videocard are fine.
I switch the PS/2 mouse over to USB and still nothing. I try another USB mouse. Nothing, no power, no light on the optical mice. I then notice that the case fans are all working but the CPU fan is not working. I quickly turn the computer off (good thing it wasnt on for more than 10 minutes, idle).
I have a:
K8N Neo Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 3200
1GB Kingston RAM PC 3200
ATI X800 XT Plat.
I can't access BIOS. The keyboard lights go on in the begining then turn but the keyboard doesnt recognize anything. The F-Lock works to turn the light on/off but nothing else.
I know from reading the posts that the USB/keyboard problems are very common with this mobo. I need seriuos help and will me monitoring this forum a lot today. Please post and ask questions as I will be happy to answer any.
I belive my choices are:
1. Reset BIOS which I am willing to do.
2. Get new MB, which is a last resort.
3. Hopefully there is another solution that evades me
Humbly,
sap

okay,
So I reset the BIOS. I then connected a PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard and monitor and tried to boot the comp. It stopped at the first screen which does the RAM test. It got all of my 1GB of RAM okay. It then tries to detect hard drives and cd roms. It gets them all too, (its not supposed to detect floppy, right?)
It says "CMOS checksum error, defaults loaded."
Then it says press F1 to continue or press DEL to enter BIOS
When I try either of those things, there is a slight beep from the motherboard speaker. The comp. just stays at that screen as the keyboard still does not work.
Before I reset CMOS, I could atleast get into Windows (although I couldnt do anything) now I cant get to windows at all. I hope I am not regressing.

K8N Neo Platinum reboot problem

ok, spec:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum mobo
A64 - 3000+
2 corsair 2700 256Mb in slots 1 and 2 - 1 unbranded 2700 in slot 3 (all memory double sided)
Powercolor ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
SATA WD Raptor 74Gb
EIDE 8x Hitachi DVD-ROM drive
550W PSU - "Channel Well technology" - 24a@12v 40a@5v [email protected]
that's it. it posts ok, has frozen there once tho. but every time since then post is ok. Installed WinXP fine - until the install process tried to reboot into WinXP proper - where it continually reset itself until eventually it got in - and reported it had rescued itself from a serious error - I can sit in windows seemingly indefinitely - using the hard-drive to browse through the windows installation. now the problem is when I instert a disc into the dvd drive the computer tries to read it - little disc icon on the arrow etc. then it hangs and the computer resets.... any ideas?? the computer shop I got the PSU from says my configuration is "categorically" not using 550W of power - what do you guys think?
thanks for any help, cheers
Niall

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mobo drivers -> SP2 -> graphics card -> Dx9
Wrong order s/be
Sp2 (includes Dx9)
Mobo Drivers
graphics card
Dx9 needs to be installed prior to the mobo drivers.
This applies to the Gart (Agp Controller)
If you haven't done so downloadWindows XP - Unified Driver Version: 5.10 & install.
Device Manager System Devices note the AGP Host to PCI Bridge Device this is the Gart driver
you should see a diff in graphics performance

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