K8N Neo Platinum RMA and Processor RMA...Still No Post

I recently RMA'd my MSI K8N Neo Platinum nForce3 board after trying all the stickied information at the top.
I received the board and still my system did not post....soooo, I RMA'd the processor (AMD 64 3000+) and got a new one.
I just tried to put my system back together and still no post.
My Video card (Radeon 9800 Pro) and Ram (OCZ 512) test out ok in another computer (not an AMD 64)
I also recently purchased a new 450 Watt Power Supply.
However, when I put everything together, it doesn't post and doesn't beep. The D-Bracket for the record is all Red LEDs, although I've read some threads that say that doesn't necessarily mean the processor is dead/seated incorrectly.
Help me! Thanks.

Try another keyboard , disconnect jusb1/jusb2 internal connections to case front panel or multicard reader device .
Also try to get the system to post without any hd/opticals connected to ide or sata ports .
After changing/disconnecting things do a cmos reset and try again .
There must be something in your rig preventing post if yo've received a new mobo from rma , and cpu too .

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K8N Neo Platinum nForce3 and ram

can K8N Neo Platinum run 3 memory dimms X 512MB DDR400 PC3200 at the same time.

Wouldn’t it be better to look at the AMD website for there list of
compatible Ram to use with the AMD64, because the MB Chipset
has 0% to do with the memory, it’s all controlled by the integrated
memory controller in the CPU.
I understand that MSI has tested many different brands and types
of DDR with the MSI K8N Neo Platinum, but to get the most optimal
performance wouldn’t one want to use what AMD recommends.
As for the integrated DDR memory controller in the AMD64, I was
reading a article at AMD, and it stated that the AMD64 supports
low latency Ram, so wouldn’t it be better to run the lowest latency
Ram that one could obtain.
This Ram is one of the lowest latency I found so far, the new
Corsair XMS 3200XL, with tight CL 2-2-2-5, 1T memory timings,
which uses the new Samsung TCCD Revision F’s, 4ns, memory
modules. The Samsung’s are one of the DDR DRAM Modules
that are validated by AMD to use with the AMD 64.
The review below, states they had 100% success using the new
Corsair XMS 3200XL in the nForce3-250, so I’m hoping that I will
have the same results, I really don’t want to RMA them.
Here is a review on the new: Corsair XMS 3200XL Memory
H2O Guru

K8N Neo Platinum - Hangs On "Detecting IDE Devices" at POST

My K8N Neo Platinum motherboard died about a month ago. Not having the time or the patience to RMA it, I bought a new one.
I got the new system all setup. The BIOS version on the Motherboard is 1.4
I have a 200gb SATA (NO RAID) HD setup as my boot device, and I also 120gb EIDE setup as a secondary HD.
With my Previous MB, everything worked fine. I had the SATA drive on SATA1, and the IDE as the Master on the 1st IDE Chain. I also have a DVD Drive and a DVD Burner on the 2nd IDE chain. When I set the system up like this this time, the system just hangs at Detecting IDE Devices. It will never boot into Windows. If I unhook the SATA drive, it detects the IDE drive no problem and tries to boot to it, although it doesn't have windows, so it will not boot. If I unhook the IDE drive, the SATA drive boots. That is what I have been doing for the past two weeks, but I would like to access my 2nd Hard drive.
Any Ideas would be helpful.
Thanks!

another thing is never have any other drives in your set up when loading xp to raid
or it writes the mbr to the ide drive not the sata
hence
it detects the IDE drive no problem and tries to boot to it
you have put the sata raid drive first in bios boot order ?

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.

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 .

Post problem with K8N Neo Platinum

I am assembling a system for a friend and it hangs according to D-Bracket2 on Processor initialization (Led 1:red, led 2:green, led 3: green led 4: red)
Specs
PSU: Codegen 350W ( 3,3V 14A
5V 30A
12V 15A )
VGA: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
CPU: AMD Athlon 3000+
HDD: Seagate 7200.7 120GB in SATA1-port
DVD: MSI DR8-A DVD Burner
RAM: M-Tec 512MB DDR400
If the problem is the processor it should hang on Power On (all leds red), right?
There's some damage done to CPU fan connector so the sensor wire from the CPU fan might have no connection to the mobo. How about ESD-damage, can it cause this?
Another thing I might have done wrong is connecting front panel connectors.
I am just hoping and praying that the processor is OK and the mobo causes this.

Thanks to RacerX for answering but the problem wasn't the PSU.
Mobo caused it and I replaced it. I think it was the physical damage I mentioned in the first post. I also changed hdd from SATA1-port to SATA3-port but I don't think it matters.
Now everything works fine so +12V/15 Amps is enough.
Does the K8N Neo Platinum hang on Processor Init if it doesn't detect CPU Cooler?

*UPDATED 7/15/04* Complete guide to bioses, drivers, and needed files for the MSI K8N Neo Platinum

Complete newbie's guide to bioses, drivers, and needed files for the MSI K8N Neo Platinum:
Last Updated: Thursday July 15th, 2004
Bioses:
(In order of date released.)
1.1b3 - (Download)
- Pre-1.1, given to reviewers to use in their reviews and benchmarks.
- Less stable, but supposedly you get slightly better overclocks.
1.1 Official - (Download)
1. This is AWARD BIOS release
2. This BIOS fixes the following problems of the previous version:
- Memory always run DDR 200 when install single side DDR on DIMM2 & DIMM3.
- Windows 2000 can't format the RAID IDE HDD when plug in Promise 378 controller.
1.2b5 - (Download)
1.2b7 - (No Download Yet)
1.2b10 - (Download)
- First attempt to fix false temperature readings. Fixes it for some people with Newcastle cores and doesn't fix it for anybody with Clawhammer cores.
1.2b12 - (Download)
- Second attempt to fix false temperature readings. Fixes it for some people with Newcastle cores and some people with Clawhammer cores.
1.3b1 - (Download)
- Another attempt to fix temperature problems?
- Possibly fixes cold boot/power light issues?
1.2 Official - (Download)
1. This is AWARD BIOS release
2. This BIOS fixes the following problems of the previous version:
- System can't resume from S3 sometimes when install USB device.
- Support K8 Sempron CPU.
- Turn off keyboard LED in S3.
--Quick Guide for flashing BIOS, provided by MSI--
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.
2. Press "Delete" and go to BIOS setup while computer bootup.
Check BIOS advanced features and see if BIOS flash write control is enabled
(This option must be enabled. If you can not find this setting, it means the BIOS can be
flashed.)
3. Boot from MS-DOS boot diskette and get a:\> prompt.
4. Type "", then press ENTER
5. The flash program will then ask "Do you want to save BIOS?", please press "N" for no. The when you see Press 'Y' to program or 'N' to Exit, please press "Y" to continue.
6. After flashing complete, remove floppy and reset the system .
7. Press DELETE or F1 when prompted at first reboot after flashing.
8. Load BIOS optimized defaults, then save settings and exits.
Drivers & Needed Files:
(Note: All these drivers are for Windows XP.)
Leaked Nvidia nForce3 Chipset Drivers Version 4.40
(Please use at your own risk, these are LEAKED drivers. Password for the .zip file is "ocworkbench rules". Also, you will need to rename the WinXP_2K folder in IDE to either WinXP or Win2K else the installer doesn't pick it up.) Thanks for the link Wonkanoby!
*NEW* Leaked Nvidia nForce3 Chipset Drivers Version 5.03
More leaked drivers? Seems some parts of the drivers are older and some are newer.
1. Windows XP Service Pack 1A (Web Install) -or- Windows XP Service Pack 1A (Full Install)
2. Microsoft DirectX 9.0b (Web Install) -or- Microsoft DirectX 9.0b (Full Install)
3. Nvidia nForce3 Chipset Drivers Version 4.24
4. AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver Version 1.1.0.14
5. Nvidia Video Card Driver Version 56.72 -or- Omega Nvidia Video Card Driver Version v1.5303
(The Omega drivers are third party drivers optimized for gaming, most prefer these over the standard Nvidia drivers.)
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 processor overheating?

I've recently received a K8N Neo Platinum MB with a Athlon 64 3000+ processor, and the combination is constantly producing extremely high processor temperatures!? For example, around 62C in idle while the PC cover is open, and over 70C with the cover closed Seems as if there's no software processor cooling at all, even at processor ocupancy close to 0%.
I've turned on the Cool and Quiet feature, and the Core Center is installed and active. Contrary to the demonstration I've seen at a presentation only several days ago, the processor NEVER drops to a lower frequency than the default, even when it hasn't got any workload. As instructed by the MB manual, I've checked the last character in the processor serial number, and it's an X (the manual says it has to be higher than O in order for the processor to support the Cool and Quiet feature). I've dismounted and mounted the cooler several times in order to check if it has good contact with the processor, but there seems to be no problem with it - it's flat and tight, with lots of thermal grease. I've even tried two different instances of Windows XP, SP1 and all the drivers installed, one of them was installed from scratch on K8N Neo, and the heating issue remains the same
Is there a cure? A new BIOS version (maybe beta?) or else? This seems to be unacceptable, since in the demonstration CPU temperature in idle was around 31-32C, and even at highest workloads did not exceed 45C (in a CLOSED case).

from msi:
Thank you for contacting MSI Technical Support.
The temperature you mention is acceptable. Please don't worry about it. But we'll forward these information to our relevant department and have them check this issue. We'll let you know once we have some findings and figure out the solution.
Thanks for your supporting MSI product. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused. Please feel free to let us know if you still have any further issues or inquires.
Best regards,
MSI Technical Support
-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: temperature report too high - data
Dear MSI Support,
I recently received my K8N Neo Platinum NF3 250GB and AMD64 3400+ and am seeing high temperatures reported by core center and motherboard monitor bm5 - in the region of 45C idle (same as reported case temperature which seems very high also), and up to 70C and above under sustained 100% load. Cool and quiet is not enabled, neither is DOT. BIOS reports 45C idle temps - I cannot view direct bios temperature readings under load. Cooler is Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu running at full speed.
CPU information:
CPU 3400+
ADA3400AEP5AP
CAATC 0409VPMW
9531714C40030
Regards,
that's it? fills me with confidence that there will be a fast resolution...

K8N Neo corrupts data - should I RMA?

Mobo: K8N Neo Platinum
AMD 3000+
1 GB memory (Generic)
Primary IDE: 160GB maxtor and DVD (in that order)
Secondard IDE: 160GB maxtor (same model) and DVD (in that order)
SATA 1 to 4: 250 GB maxtor (same model on each)
So that's 6 hard disks and 2 DVDs in total.
Greaphics: Asus v9400 magic
NOT overclocked!
BIOSes tried 1.1 and 1.3
After my 20th (or 30th) install of Win 2003, I've finally concluded, I think, that I have a faulty mobo, unless soemone has any good ideas. Basically, if I copy large quantities (say 2GB or more) of data to the device on SATA3 or SATA4, the data corrupts. No errors in the event log, but apps fail to work randomly, and a binary file comparison definiitely shows the corrupt file is not the same as the source. (usualoly by one bit only).
OK. Here's what I've tried:
1. Swapping hard disks around. Result: it's always the device on SATA3 and SATA4 that fails.
2. Swapping SATA cables. Result: No difference.
3. Doing large quantities of data moving on the other drives: Result: no problemo on IDEs and SATA1/2.
4. I've followed the instructions in the FAQ (the rsheppick one that instructs to set up the disks as raid 0 stripes even if they're single disks and use the Nvidia drivers). result: Still corrupts on SATA3/4.
5. I've also disabled the raid bios and used the Nvidia IDE s/w drivers. Same result.
6. I've disabled the RAID bios and used the MS drivers: same result.
7. In case anyone asks: no I'm not overclocking!
8. Just for fun, I've also set up various RAID configuraytions in hardware and software and the bottom line is that any array that uses SATA3/4 gets data corruption.
9. There's no other hardware in the machine other than what's mentioned.
10. I've tried all combinations of BIOSes 1.1, 1.3 and NVidia IDE drivers 2.5 and 2.6. result: always a corruption on SATA3/4.
The annoying this is that because there were no errors when the system was installed and got up and running, it's been a pain to locate the problem of the various app crashes. (The OS has always been on the IDE channels and hasn't been a problem.)
Questions:
1. Has anyone else found the same problem? WARNING: if it's a bad batch of mobos or a design fault then there could be lots of people with this problem that don't know it!
2. Any other ideas? Just a faulty mobo?
Cheers
Mark

Several of us have reported data corruption with nForce 4 based motherboards.
I'd like to share my experiences with you. I hope nVidia's & MSI's experts read this forum and finally offer us the right solution.
In short:
Some random data data corruption happens if a motherboard is stressed with DMA transfers (about 2 or 3 bytes altered out of ~5 GBytes). The operating system does not log any error.
You copy a file of some GBytes, you compare them e.g. with the "comp" command in a DOS window, and the two files wont be the same. You repeat comparing them: you may see different errors at different file offsets each time. It seems to be a random error.
You can reproduce this error under Linux, too, e.g. SuSE 9.3.
I think data corruption happens when the DMA writes the memory.
- If disk writes (DMA memory reads) were broken, then once the file copy is carried out (with some errors), you would always see the same errors when comparing the two files repeatedly.
- I moved a disk of mines to an "old" machine, I created some files (big RAR-s) and double-checked them on that machine. Moving back, the files seem to be corrupted.
It is funny to see that it is always the byte at the offset hexadecimal 0x1d8 (out of the 512 = 0x200 byte long disk sectors) that is altered by 0x10, e.g. 0x2f becomes 0x3f or vice versa.
My HW-SW configuration:
- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum MS-7125 ver: 1
- AMD Athlon 64 3700++
- 2 * 512 MByte Kingston DDR 400 MHz PC3200
- Leadtek PX6600 GT
- 2 * Maxtor DiamonMax Plus 10, 250 GBytes
- BIOS updated to 1.90, factory optimized defaults
- Windows XP pro + SP2 + nForce_amd_6.66.WinXP2K_international.e xe
- SuSE Linux 9.3
The data corruption error can be reproduced with both RAID-ed and singe disks.
Just to make sure no other HW component can be blamed for this data corruption, I changed:
- the CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000++ (the n-1 technology)
- the memory: no-name DIMs of 333 MHz
- the video card: an old Trio64 PCI
- the power supply: 2 of them from 2 other manufacturers
Needless to say that the data corruption error persists despite the speed reduction of the machine.
For the log:
- The usual CPU temperature is about 35 Centigrade, the voltages are no more that 2 % off from their nominal values.
- I tested the memory by the stand alone Memtest-86 v3.2 (e.g. on the SuSE 9.3 install CD) for hours, no memory error could be detected.
I can reproduce this error by connecting my disks on both the S-ATA controller built in to the nForce 4 chip set and on the Silicon Image's S-ATA-RAID controller (I guess this latter is a PCI device happened to be soldered on the motherboard). This is why I think it is the nForce 4 DMA logic (that is common for both of these S-ATA controllers) that is responsible for this error.
I connected some P-ATA disks and some SCSI ones (via an NCR-875 card). None of them suffered from the data corruption. Explanation: these disks stress less the nForce 4 DMA logic due to their lower data rate.
Some of the posters suggested the the NCQ/TCQ would be the origin of the data corruption. I set off the
Device Manager
Nvidia nForce4 ADMA Controller Properties
Primary and Secondary Channel
Enable Command Queuing
I compared some files of ~10 GBytes on a single disk: they did match.
Having become enthusiastic over the success, I compared files located on two distinct disks. The deception was back: they were different. The number of the differences were somewhat lower.
I organized my disks as RAID-0. In addition to switching off the command queuing as before, I set off the
Device Manager
Nvidia Stripe Properties
SCSI Properties
Disable Tagged Queuing
It did not help.
I think by switching off the NCQ/TCQ, the error is not eliminated, only the transfer rate is diminished. If the nForce 4 DMA logic is sufficiently stressed, data corruption will happen.

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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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 WD 74gb Raptor = HELL

Hey,
Typically I'm not one to post on forums and to be honest, this is the first major problem that I have ever encountered that I have not been able to find a solution for. I currently purchased a 74gb WD Raptor that my K8n Neo Platinum detects flawlessly. I then attempted to install windows xp on it, but right after the post screen i keep getting a "Error Loading Operating System" message.
I have tried flashing my bios... Installing the SATA drivers that came with the motherboard (and also ones that i downloaded and found on the MSI CD that came with the mobo)... I have also tried messing with various BIOS settings that seem relevant to what my problem might be... I've also tried changing my boot order and other such things... I also tried using fdisk, the winxp repair that comes on the disk, fixmbr, fixboot and other such things...
I'm completely out of ideas. Someone please tell me what to do!!!!! I've been at this for 2 days already and still have absolutely no idea why I'm having problems with this.
I've searched many forums with no luck and have experimented with various possibilities... Someone help me!!!!!!!!!!! :(
AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8n Neo Platinum
1gb Corsair XMS pc3200 (1dimm)
WD 74gb Raptor 10k rpm
Radeon 9700 pro

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Originally posted by rsheppick
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Originally posted by WicKeDx
Hey,
Typically I'm not one to post on forums and to be honest, this is the first major problem that I have ever encountered that I have not been able to find a solution for. I currently purchased a 74gb WD Raptor that my K8n Neo Platinum detects flawlessly. I then attempted to install windows xp on it, but right after the post screen i keep getting a "Error Loading Operating System" message.
I have tried flashing my bios... Installing the SATA drivers that came with the motherboard (and also ones that i downloaded and found on the MSI CD that came with the mobo)... I have also tried messing with various BIOS settings that seem relevant to what my problem might be... I've also tried changing my boot order and other such things... I also tried using fdisk, the winxp repair that comes on the disk, fixmbr, fixboot and other such things...
I'm completely out of ideas. Someone please tell me what to do!!!!! I've been at this for 2 days already and still have absolutely no idea why I'm having problems with this.
I've searched many forums with no luck and have experimented with various possibilities... Someone help me!!!!!!!!!!! :(
AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8n Neo Platinum
1gb Corsair XMS pc3200 (1dimm)
WD 74gb Raptor 10k rpm
Radeon 9700 pro
Hey, do me a favor, msg me on MSN or AOL please. I am 99.9% i can help you with this problem rahter than flood these boards it would be better!
I rather have you guys flood the forum, so other ppl with booting problems with raptor(s) can be helped too!!
Thats whats the forum's for!!
So please post a possible fix here!
(My problems is that i cant boot from my raptor raid0 setup, read: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=54245&sid= )
go to western digitals website get there diag tools. Let it check everyone of your raptors clusters and lets see what that turns up.

K8N Neo Platinum and Maxtor SATA II 250GB 6V250F0

Hi folks,
Having a bit of fun with this one. After first installing the new hard drive (Maxtor SATA II 250GB 6V250F0) , the BIOS immediately recognised it, I could boot into Windows, and Windows recognised it, and I thought I was in for a smooth ride. Sadly, the good news ends there.
Tried to initialise the disk, but this simply gave an error after a few seconds, and wrote a whole load of controller error messages to the system event log. Since then, I've done the following troubleshooting steps:-
(1) Tried in Normal Mode and Safe Mode, made no difference.
(2) Tried with the jumper on the back of the drive set to limit it to SATA I, as I'm connecting to SATA I controllers on the motherboard. Made no difference with it on or off. Tried a second jumper just in case the first one was faulty; still made no difference.
(3) Tried using different power cables and molex connectors; made no difference.
(4) Tried using different data cables; made no difference.
(5) Tried connecting to each of the four SATA ports; made no difference. Tested each port with another drive ((an older Maxtor SATA I drive, which has always worked fine), and they each worked fine.
(6) Tried with and without another SATA drive (an older Maxtor SATA I drive, which has always worked fine); made no difference.
(7) Checked the drive firmware (VA111630); apparently already the latest.
(8) Used the nVidia registry fix to disable NCQ; made no difference.
(9) Disabled write caching; made no difference.
(10) Ran powermax 4.22 to test the drive, and it reports no problems with the drive at all. Did the full surface scan just in case, and a burn-in test; these also reported no problems. Curiously, they also reported no problems when I did the same tests with the back jumper removed; i.e. running it in SATA II mode when connected to a SATA I port apparently didn't bother powermax. Go figure.
The only way I've got anything to happen with the drive so far is to set it to run in PIO mode(!), which I did briefly, and which enabled the drive to be initialised in Windows. Haven't tried much else in that mode yet, not least because I have no intention of actually using it in that mode for obvious reasons.
So...we have a perfectly functioning disk, attached to a perfectly functioning SATA port, with supposed complete compatibility between them, and with pretty much all other bases covered, and the end result is...it doesn't work.
Has *anyone* got this particular drive model (Maxtor 6V250F0) to work with a K8N Neo Platinum, and if so, how??? ??? ???

Latest Update (this is a real Twilight Zone one ):
LOL, well I should have known better than to be optimistic about anything where this drive is concerned. With Windows drivers installed, it seemed to work okay as a storage drive. So I then installed XP on it, and sure enough it hangs when loading the OS. As the next test, I did a clean install of XP on an IDE drive I have installed, which worked fine (could boot no problems). I then cloned that to the Maxtor drive (the clean OS had no nVidia drivers installed), and not only did the Maxtor drive fail to boot, but so did the IDE drive (even though nothing has changed on that drive!) Both would hang at the Windows loading screen. So then I deleted the partition on the Maxtor drive, so it was effectively back to the situation where the IDE drive booted okay previously (with a blank Maxtor drive attached), but now it continued to fail to load. If I unplugged the Maxtor drive, however, then the IDE drive would boot. If I then re-attached the Maxtor drive, the IDE drive would still boot, even though that would be exactly the same situation in which it didn't boot before the Maxtor unplug and replug. In short, it simply makes no sense whatsoever. ???
A summary of facts/findings:-
(1) System works fine; all components checked and pass diagnostic tests, no Windows problems in the event log or device manager, no random crashes or anything like that. The Maxtor drive passes Powermax tests fine.
(2) If the Maxtor drive is attached while using nVidia drivers, it cannot be used at all.
(3) If the Maxtor drive is attached while using Windows drivers (in UDMA6 mode), it can be used in some circumstances (described as follows).
(4) If the Maxtor drive has no OS installed on it, it can be used fine.
(5) If the Maxtor drive has an OS installed on it, it will hang at boot time.
(6) If the Maxtor drive has an OS installed on it, other drives (being booted from) will hang at boot time.
(7) If another drive has failed to boot because the Maxtor drive has an OS on it, deleting all data/partitions from the Maxtor drive will not enable the first drive to boot.
(8) If another drive has failed to boot because the Maxtor drive has/had an OS on it, unattaching the Maxtor drive will enable it to boot once again.
(9) Once another drive has managed to boot again, the Maxtor drive can be reattached (with data/partitions having been deleted), and it will boot again. If it still has the OS on it, however, it will cause the first drive to hang again.
(10) None of this highly abnormal behaviour is experienced using a Samsung Spinpoint drive (with the same SATA II interface) instead.
What really puzzles me about this is the apparent memory of the system for the previous boot. (7) and (9) above are identical in the conditions of the drives when the boot is made, and the only difference in the situation is that before (7) the previous boot has failed, and before (9) the previous boot has succeeded. How/why that should influence the current boot (after a hard reset, with power down in between to ensure no residual current effects), and why this should interact with the Maxtor drive but not any other drive, is a complete mystery. It's also pretty odd that an OS can boot when the Maxtor drive has ordinary data on it, but will hang if the Maxtor drive has an OS on it.
There is clearly a lot more going on here than any standard version of the way OSs boot and load drivers can account for.

K8N NEO PLATINUM AND 3700+ CPU

hi there can anyone help me with my problem,
i have a 754 k8n neo platinum mobo with a 3400+ cpu and i wanted to upgrade my cpu
to 3700+ cpu that i received as a gift.the problems is the pc wont post or boot with the 3700+
installed so i thought it was the bios so i updated it using live update but still no post
or boot but keep getting the beep code.bios version now 2.1.
cheers mark.
MSI K8N NEO PLATINUM.
AMD 64 3400+ CPU.
2GB CORSAIR PC3200 MEM.
MSI NX 6800GT TD 256.
WIN XP-PRO SP1.
HITACHI DESKSTAR 250GB HDD.

Er... This might sound a bit silly but -
Is your video card power plugged in?
I replaced my CPU about 6 weeks ago & I was getting beep & no post and I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out what was wrong... After much "weeping, wailing & gnashing of teeth" I came to find out that my power molex on my 6800 wasn't connected.
Plugged it in & I was in business.

MSI K8N Neo Platinum and DTR

Heya fellas,
I was wondering if anyone know whether or not the new MSI K8N Neo Platinum will have support for the AMD Athlon 3200+ DTR chip? I know some boards have had trouble with them and I'm hoping that this one, since its a new reviision, will conflict with it.
Thanks,
-Ish-

If that's the "Newcastle" version of the 3200+, it is supposed to work!

MSI K8N NEO platinum and MOBILE chips

I just found out a problem with MSI K8N NEO Platinum.
I recently upgraded my cpu from Clawhammer DTR 3200+ 1.5V to Clawhammer Mobile 3400+ 1.4V (hoping for better overclocking). To my surprise the mainboard can no longer raise the VCore voltage over 1.45V (it doesn’t matter if I select in the bios 1.5 or 1.55V). The only working option is raising de VCore by 3.3% 5% 8.3% 10%, resulting in a maximum VCore of 1.45 + 1.45 x 10% = 1.6V
I did some googeling and found there is a VCore issue with the K8N NEO and mobile chips, although DTR chips are fully supported (working VCore and multiplier adjustments).
I am using the latest beta bios 1.56B (moded by Pinochio)
Did any of you found a way to resolve this problem? IT IS DRIVING ME INSANE!!!

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