K8N Neo2 Plat - computer wont boot. RMA?

as the title suggests, I have a K8N Neo2 Plat with an amd athlon 64 3800+ and 2x512mb OCZ PC3700EB Platinum ram. Everything has worked great for the past year. However this weekend when I came home from school my pc wouldn't boot up. I plugged in all the cables, turned on the PSU, and hit the power button and the fans spun for about half a second then nothing. I tried again several times and the fans didn't even spin. I tried several plugs in the house, still nothing. Thinking it was the PSU (Antec NeoPower480) I bought a new one today and tried that. Still nothing. I even tried shorting the power switch on the case in case it's stopped working. still nothing. I'm quite knowledgeable about computers so it's not a silly newbie mistake. A friend of mine who does computer repairs thinks it's the motherboard, and I agree.
I was going to try RMAing it - do you think I should, and is the process relatively easy/painless? (FYI I'm Canadian)

Strip it down to a basic setup, CPU, 1 stick of ram (try different ram) and graphic card. This is all you need to boot and get into BIO.
If you can get into BIO then add one device at a time until you find the faulty piece, if you are not able to get it to boot then pull the graphic card and try to boot, you should get some beeps, do the same with the ram. If you don't get any beeps then it is a good chance it is your MB.

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K8N Neo2 plat problems. sound/boot/network

I just love the mobo. One of the best I ever had. But recently Ive run into som trouble with it.
When i boot it sometime hangs and the d-bracket tells me it is because of the floppy drive controller. Kinda weird since ive turned it off in the bios and I dont got a floppy connected. Ive read a little on this site and got to the conclusion that it is probably my PSU. A real cheap one that came with my case to around 30 €. Its only a 300w and it is due to a change. But i find it peculiar that i has run fine for several months.
When i got the mobo and i booted it came with an boot option that had something to do with the network. If you pressed shift+f11 or something like that you would enter a menu where it was possible to configure several network boot options and the possibility to turn it off. I did and now i cant get it back? Not that i miss it but i might use it later on and i am sure it can be reenabled. But resetting cmos by jumper or removing the batteri doesnt do it. How do i do it?
And then after messing around with a frontpanel audio thing in my case the onboard sound stopped working. Ive reset it to standard by putting the jumpers where they belong and not using the frontpanel. But still no sound.
Guess that was all my trouble hope that youll be able to help me
Thanks in advance

Know pepole with same case/PSU as me (with "only" 17A on the 12V) and morew power demanding HW (9800xt) ... no probs anywere....
I belive that poeple shuld be aware of that not all problems are caused by having a PSU with less than 24A@12V rail....
I am getting a little tired of all the "Buy a new PSU" - answers... Willing to get in a debate on this.
BTW - fromt his post: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=72160.0
MB : Neo
GFX: 5900XT oc 460/850
PSU : BeQuiet 400W 1.3 Color
12 V rail : 20A
Drive value : 5p
Cpu : 2,2ghz@2,4ghz
Status : OK
MB : Neo2
GFX: X800pro@XT PE 527/605
PSU : BeQuiet Blackline 450W
12 V rail : 5V 45A / 12V 22A / 3.3V 28A
Drive value : 4P
Status : OK, good overclock
MB : MSI K8N Neo2-54G Platinum
GFX: Connect3D Radeon 9800 Pro
PSU : 400W Zalman (ZM400A-APF)
12 V rail : 15A (1st generation)
Drive value : 7P
Status : OK, running GREAT
MB : Neo2
GFX: X800pro
PSU : BeQuiet Blackline 450W
12 V rail : 5V 45A / 12V 22A / 3.3V 28A
Status : OK
MB : Neo2
GFX: 9600PRO / 128MB
PSU : Seasonic 350W
12 V rail : 19 A
Drive value : 3p
Status : OK
... and mine (signature)
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Boot failure - k8n neo2 plat

Hi, I'm having trouble
Just purchased an MSI k8n neo2 plat mobo with an amd 64 3000+ and finally got her all setup... well minus the geforce 6600 gt arriving tomorrow and I still need to figure out what I'll do as far as memory goes. Ah but I forget myself... the problem at hand is this; I am unable to boot the system and the d-bracket indicates its current status is "Processor initialization..." Then nothing. Blank screen.
LED's btw:
red green
green red
thanks for any help
Sytem specs:
k8n neo2
amd xp 64 3000+
geforce 2 mx
1x mushkin pc2700 256mb (test mem)
60gb maxtor
generic cd-writer
PS is @POWER 430w with:
+3.3v = 28a
+5v = 40a
+12 = 17a

1)I'd go further than shturmovik in your 12v amps requirement you need at least 24a especially with your new graphic card.
see Basic Building Tips - Quote
As this pertains to A64's make sure that you have a power supply that is either approved for use by MSI/AMD or that you have plenty of amps on the 12 volt rail. Typically we have noted many issues based on stability with PSU's being rated at less than 24A on the 12v rail.
Power Consumption: NVIDIA vs. ATI
2)The D-Led Quote
Processor initialization
also covers memory issues as with the 64 the memory controller is on the CPU.
as your 1x mushkin pc2700 256mb (test mem) this rules out any dual channel problems.
which slot is it in.

K8N Neo2 Plat - No start beep...

Hello,
Does anyone finaly found why with the K8N Neo2 Plat board sometime the puter wont beep and start? Need to shut it down and try a few time before it does beep and start the puter? Basicaly the problem is that when you start the computer you should hear a beep then you will see something in your monitor screen such as drive information, cpu speed and memory then it will search for cd, floppy boots and then windows will start if no boots are found but there is no beep and nothing appear on the screen then you have to shutdown the puter and try a few reboot then somehow it decide to beep and start...
I've read many thread and I tryed this so far:
-Removed Keyboard and mouse
-Tryed to push harder the video card in its slot
-Tryed to push harder the memory in their slot
-Tryed to push harder the sound card in its slot
-Tryed to push harder the LAN card in its slot
-Tryed to start the computer without the monitor
-Tryed to remove all my additional fans to give more power.
-Tryed to reinstall Windows XP SP2
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-Changed my video card for a new one
-Tryed to remove memory and it only does a long beep and no system start at all. (which is normal)
-Removed Spectrum, aggressive timing in bios, no overclock setting also.
I have tryed all these and still have problem starting my computer. Is it a motherboard problem? a Power supply problem? a Cpu problem? A memory problem? If anyone can help to find out it would be great!
By the way maybe its because im not english but I dont know what PSU mean, can anyone tell me? Thanks
Sorry for my english!

You might want to try a better PSU as the Antec SL400 does only 18amps....
It's overloaded at 23A....see the specs....
Spec of the Antec SL400

K8N Neo2 plat, no post issue cont'd.

Hi its me again, the guy with the intermittent "no post" k8n neo2 plat.
Loaded the 1b3 beta the other day, again 1 day later the box would not post, as usual no
indication on the D-bracket, just one flash of the keyboard, the fans span one half round.
Since it could run for 1month plus with 1a3 beta BIOS(no usb2.0 (I could not wait any longer wanted usb2.0 so I flashed to a newer bios)),
start thinking it could be something between these latter full versions and this.
Then saw a thread on the web about someone having a Winnie that his box also has issues when swapping for latter
version than 1.5, with 1.5 his plat run fine. Go figure.
So for the time being I switched it to v1.5 bios, lets see how long it holds.
oh btw, the CMOS clear "no effect" seem to be avoided, by unplugging every external
peripheral prior to doing the cmos clear.

Quote from: Mysticcal on 30-June-05, 06:26:41
...Speaker Beeps once, USB LEDS Hold at Green, Red, Green, Green...
Tried everything, don't know what to do
And for those that ask me, what HDs? What IDEs?
Go take an A+ Course please. No one with 2 cells of brain capacity would hook everything up on first boot not knowing if it will work or not...
Thanks, all help appreciated.
The Led display from your D-Bracket indicates it is stopping when it tries to initialise the floppy drive. You don't have one. No A+ course needed, just hook up your floppy or disable it in the BIOS. I have no floppy drive (I have no need) so have it disabled. Probably best to hook up all relevant devices that will enable a working machine. The BIOS is probably halting when it can't initialise a device. There would be no point in it proceeding if it doesn't have all devices needed for a bootable machine...
See D-Bracket guide here D-Bracket Guide
I'm only guessing.

K8N Neo2 Plat won't switch on

My K8N Neo2 Platinum won't boot anymore
I originally thorugh the problem was that the power supply had died, but I've just bought a new case with an ANTEC power supply and it still won't turn on. I've tried:
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- removing the battery
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Does anyone else have any suggestions? I'm desperate here and getting behind on my work

My 1st Neo 2 I had the same issue and I tried everthing including new PSU (@600) and no joy . I returned and got another one, it worked for a few hours then died killing a new PSU also . So I returned it and got a 3rd Neo 2, it worked great for a week or so then it started "NOT" assigning IRQs to anything in the PCI slots for some crazy reason so I have RMA'd it back to MSI Now get this I was not OCing anything oh well if MSI can't fix it then DFI's new NF3 ultra MB will be getting shipped to my house quick It's been a week and no word from MSI oh well

K8N neo2 Plat problem with Inno3D 7600GS AGP, help pls...

Just got the new Inno3d 7600GS AGP card, after installed & while booting up my monitor keep going off and on then suddenly just went off...sometime system freeze when it reach deskstop.
Sometime lucky enough it will still there and the next few minute the system just freeze.
After several attemp & no choice, I unplug the power to the graphic card and the problem still exist.
I am using a HEC 350W PSU.
I change back to my old ati9200se card & no problem at all.
I changed to skyhawk 430W still same problem. even I boot up to safe mode still the same. Only time the monitor wouldn't go off untill it pass the winXP logo then the problem appear.
I got no problem when go to CMOS as well.
Already perform uninstall previous video driver, update latest nforce driver....all no use.
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Thanks

What are your PSU amp for the +12V? What bios version are you using right now? Tried to disable the fast write in the Bios? Gd luck.

Looking for cheapest ram to go with the k8n neo2 plat

looking for the cheapest compatable 1GB dc kit for the msi k8n neo2 plat
any suggestions

Yea,
I gotta give a shout out for the Corsair Value Select series also. I ran it for years in cheap systems I built for friends without any problems at all. Newegg has it pretty cheap (under $100 bucks).
I think their cheapest starts at 79$ bucks for DDR400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440
good luck
doggy

Unidentified 10-12Pins inside the K8N Neo2 Plat

Hi guys,
I've just finished setting up my K8N Neo2 Plat into the case with the jumpers and cables etc. And there's sometihng interesting I discovered.
There is a set of jumpers or Pins, just above the JDB1 [D-Bracket pins] that seems to be unused and un-labelled in the Instruction manual.
The PCB has it labelled as JPC1 with a small arrow pointing downwards.
I searched thru the manual, and no sign of what it's used for.
Anyone else noticed this when they installed their board jumpers and pins?
Many thanks
mystify

LOL..you can pm to syar as he has the modded bios for 1C as i'm using his bios as nice and easy. But like what qyx say corecentre messing all you setting including the bios and stay away any DOT, C&Q if you're ocing your system. Better used manual way to set it in the bios. GD luck.

Computer wont boot

no changes, computer wont boot. See apple and chime, and never makes it further. Happened once, did disk utility and it has catalog is bad.... decided to do an erase / install of leopard. a few days later it did it again. So this time I ran disk utility from the install disc, and it says the catalog is messed up again. zeroed out the hard drive first. then did another install of leopard. installed all my software again, iwork, ilife, etc. Turned on the computer a week later... SAME THING AGAIN. This is ridiculous. Why does this keep happening? What can I do?

the "catalog" essentially always resides in the same area of the hard drive (at the front). It is placed
there by the OS for quick access since the leading edge area of the drive transfers data the quickest.
Most likely your drive has some bad and/or marginal sectors giving you problems in the beginning
section of your disk. In other words, your hard drive is slowly "going away".
Check your drives S.M.A.R.T. (drive) status
http://tips4mac.blogspot.com/2007/10/smart-status.html
http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter/
http://www.bluewordslive.com/2008/06/smart-status-on-osx.html
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Can I use this hard drive with my K8N Neo2 Plat?

Can I use this http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101220-12 hard drive with my K8N Neo2 Plat?

Quote from: Richard on 26-September-05, 00:25:21
JustinSane,
The short answer is:
Yes
Take Care,
Richard
LOL, thanks.

K8N Neo2 Plat - Is 1.8 still the best bios?

Just bought new gfx card - Sapphire X1600Pro 256MB AGP - for my K8N Neo2 Plat setup (see sig for the rest).
I was getting 3dmark03 scores of 4400 to start with, then it has upped slowly to just over 6000 thanks to the various BIOS experts setup guides. I haven't found the Shgift F2 menu - is that only in later BIOSes ?
I'm only at BIOS 1.3 due to it's amazing stability with this setup, but now of course, I'm wondering if upping to, say, 1.8, might help improve things further ??
TIA

Hello !
The 1.8 bios is very good unless you are planning to run/update to an X2 dual core , then you will need a newer one for sure.
There is nothing faster and better with 1C , EasyBios 1C and my modded have better default values set in it ,EasyBios
have also better reworked layout (more user friendly) , but if you don't have any problems with your current one I would stick with it .
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it actually works worse with the latest BIOS

NVidia Video Driver Causes Immediate freezing upon loading to desktop (K8N Neo2 Plat)...

after many a reinstall, order of loading drivers, i have finally traced my system's problem to the nvidia video drivers. i have no clue what to do. install everything (new nforce drivers, sp2, audio and ethernet drivers, windowsupdate, etc. EVERYTHING except running the nvidia video drivers package and the system does not freeze.
as soon as the video drivers are loaded, restart and once i get to the desktop it freezes. every single time. go into safe mode, remove video drivers, restart and the system doesn't freeze. fast write is disabled. all dram settings at auto. cool and quiet disableed. system specs are:
MSI K8N Neo2 Plat MB (bios is v1.3)
AMD64 3200+ Winchester Core
BFG 6800GT OC AGP Video Card
2*512MB Mushkin Dual Channel Blue Ram (2-3-3-6-1T at 200Mhz)
120GB WD Caviar 7200RPM 8MB Cache IDE HD
NEC ND3520A 16x DVD Burner
CoolerMaster Wave Master Aluminum Case
Coolermaster RS-450-ACLY Power Supply
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well i'll be damned. spread spectrum. it was spread spectrum being enabled. there just isn't a more satifying feeling that thinking you figured out what was causing freezes and then finding out it's repeatable!!
spread spectrum on. freeze. reboot. freeze. reboot. freeze. spread spectrum disabled. reboot. no freeze. reboot. no freeze. reboot. no freeze. spread spectrum back on. reboot. freeze. reboot. freeze.
i love it.

New K8N NEO2 PLAT. and SC-939 3200+ help needed...

Hello,
I have just upgraded my system with K8N Neo2 Plat. and sc-939 3200+ A64 Cpu.
There are several issues I need to resolve which are:
1- Although I change from BIOS the settings for AGP to 4x8x and enable fast writes, I still cant see them turned on from the Catalyst Control Center. Everything is greyed out what can I do? They all used to be on and agp was 8x with my K7N2 Delta board....
2- Although I installed the original drivers from the MSI CD, I couldn't get one of the network prts to install. Realtek installed OK. But other one is defined by the device manager as standart network adapter. What can I do?
3- I am brand new to A64 system so I do not know what setting to use from BIOS can you help me out, for instance there are values for HT such as x3 x4 x5 mine is set to x5? what is this? should I enable cool and quiet, I am not intended to do overclocking. Can you give me some tips for best performance?
My best regards.

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Freezing issues with K8N Neo2 Plat & 6800 gt

Well I get random freezing during games. Sometimes it freezes for 5-10 seconds then comes back, while other times it just freezes and the sound comes back but not the game.
I had this problem when I first upgraded.
K8N Neo2 plat
1gb corsair xms 3200
athlon 64 3500
aslo have:
420-30? antec tru power supply. I cant remember exact number.
6800gt ultra
audigy 2 plat
Now I first posted my problem a while ago and someone told me to try chaning the HT to 4x instead of 5x. So I did and it worked. It worked for a few weeks and now the problems have come back.
Any Ideas?

Along with the above issues, I've also found that a lot of my gaming probs with the 6800 are due to it being a "bandwidth hog" & it's latency needs to be adjusted lower to enable the other devices on the PCI bus (i.e. sound card) to get enough bandwidth to function properly. This isn't noticeable until you start some heavy gaming with a lot going on at once...
If your game ever practically chugs to a halt when a lot of sounds are being produced, this is the main problem. Here's a way & some notes on how to deal with it. Just like every "tweak" though, it's not guaranteed to work for everyone but I got noticeable benefits from it.
- D/L (I got it @ guru3D) PCI Latency Tool & give the "Read Me" a quick once-over. Write down the values for your devices, in case you need/want to change 'em back. Most items are well labeled - the 6800 & your sound card will be what you are most interested in. I wouldn't mess with the rest of 'em, as they deal with low level system items that are best left alone. Unless you are truly an Uber Geek!
- The latency for my 6800 listed as a massive 248 clks! For some reason, I've read that ATI cards don't default at such a large value, which might explain why people don't seem to have as many performance issues with 'em. Anyhow lower the 6800 to a more "reasonable" value, like 128 or 64. 64 seemed to work best for me.
- Save the settings, reboot & test it out. You can experiement with the sound card latency too, in order to find what works best for you, but I wouldn't set it at less than it's default value (32).
Hope this helps.

K8N Neo2 Plat - computer wont boot. RMA?

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