K8N Neo2 Platinum Beep code

Anyone know what all the beeps mean for a K8N Neo2 Platinum? Sometimes when I power on my system there is a long beep and beeps on and off. Anyone know what the error is exactly? I tihnk it is a VGA or RAM seating error but not sure as the manual doesn't say what the different types of beeps mean.

I had that same beep code when I first setup my new rig. had one long beep, pause, one long beep, pause (rinse, lather, repeat). Come to find out it was a RAM issue. Appearently the board has some freak quirk that it wont boot with 2 pieces of RAM the first time. After the first boot, I put in my second chip and no problem.

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K8N Neo2 Platinum Beeps

Ok, I was reviewing this forum did some searches for my problem, but have tried all sorts of things I have read. I lost power this morning for about 5 seconds and it caused my system to power off. When I tried to power it on again, I just keep getting repeated 1 second beeps.
1) I have tried a different power supply(500w).
2) I have removed all of my memory, and tried all 3 of my 512 meg ram chips in each of the three slots individually.
3) I have removed everything from my system, disconnecting everything.
4) I have tried booting up with nothing connected but a stick of ram a cpu, and my power supply.
5) I have tried reconning my power switch connecters.
6) I have tried removing my battery for a few minutes.
7) I have reset my CMOS. I am completely out of ideas.
Starting to believe that somehow my ram or god forbid my motherboard got fried. Any ideas?
Full System as it stands was/is
Athlon 64 3200+(754)
1.5 gig non-ecc ram(3 sticks)
msi 9800 pro video card
500 watt power supply
2 hard drives(200 + 80)
plextor 12x dvd-rw
Dillon

given nature of failure it may be your power supply that has an issue, have you an alternate supply u can try?
Other than that all i can suggest is
Long Reset
From Syar2003 21-11-04 03:02 Thread 5 Short Beeps
Try disconnecting the AC Lead from PSU .
push the power button to drain the capacitors
Remove the battery for the cmos rom .
And place the jbat jumper in discharge (check manual for instructions) .
Leave it several hours/overnight like this .
Later , first set the jumper back in "keep cmos" position .
Mount the battery .
Connect AC to the PSU .
And try starting the computer .
When/if bios posts with cmos checksum error .. press F1 or "del" key
Dont use F1 but hit "del" key
and load optimized BIOS defaults + save + exit
I'm not holding my breath but while its sitting there does no harm to try.
Sorry

K8N Neo2 Platinum is dead?!?

Hi all!
I've got a problem with my computer. After sending it to Standby, it wouldn't start again. AT ALL! There is nothing happening when I press the power button, even after disconnecting the power. Just the Power-LED is on, everything else stays quiet. No fans, no harddrives, no beeps...
I already tried another power supply, didn't help. I also unmounted everything from my mobo except the CPU, but still no result. It just won't do anything. ??? If it would at least tell my something with some error codes from the speaker or the D-Bracket...
Has somebody got any clue what is happening?
System:
K8N Neo2 Platinum
A64 3200+ Venice E6
4x512 MB Corsair VS
ATI R9800 Pro
I would really appreciate help!
Greetings,
Kristofer

Quote from: Schwede on 20-May-06, 17:38:49
Well, I'm gonna. Doesn't leave me much choice, but first I will test my CPU on someone elses board.
Nice illustration
Since I have to swap my mobo, I will upgrade to an nForce4 anyway and get a new graphics card (actually I ordered already ).
Then I have to get a new PSU anyway.
However since I cannot do this within the next 3 weeks, I am still trying to get my system running.
Well, if you have a mobo to try the CPU in, great, that's a good way to rule that out. If I had that option available, I would lean towards just swapping out the board since I am already going to have both machines basically torn apart. I usually don't swap CPU's without taking the whole board out of the case and POST testing it before mounting. I think that would tell me more than just taking my CPU out and putting it in another machine...but that's me.
The 939 & 754 sockets are much easier to deal with as opposed to the Socket A when the board is still mounted. I've seen bad things happen by not having the right angles and room to work in...
It all really depends on your scenario and what's available to you. Sometimes we are limited in our options since we don't have an inventory as enthusiasts opposed to a system builder. Not to mention the hassle of bringing your gear somewhere or having a friend bringing theirs to you.
Just remember if you are using a different chipset, not to let it try and boot to the OS. Really, all you need to do is see if will POST.
That metaphor is my favorite and gets the point across rather well

K8N NEO2 Platinum rebooting

Hi all,just got myself a 64bit MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum board & a 3200+,am happy with it but a couple of days ago i got a blue screen with a long message that i didnt have time to read before the pc rebooted,after the reboot i checked the event viewer log file in administrative tools/control panel but couldnt narrow it down as my particular error code wasnt among the possible causes.
Among some of the possible causes were incorrectly installed USB drivers or the BIOS,i downloaded the latest BIOS update before this problem started(V1.40) which i am using now,i used the MSI live update software to flash it which i did in windows mode.Sorry for prattling on!well it did it again tonight and i managed to read a bit of the writing on the blue screen which mentioned flashing the bios to the latest version.I was wondering if anyone else is having the same problem and if so could you please advise me? Thanks for your patience and any help Heres my sys specs:
Model: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Speed: 2.01GHz
Model Number: 3200 (estimated)
Performance Rating: PR3015 (estimated)
Type: Standard
L2 On-board Cache: 512kB ECC Synchronous Write-Back (16-way, 64
byte line size)
Bus(es): ISA AGP PCI USB FireWire/1394
MP Support: 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC: No
System BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
Mainboard: MS-7025
Total Memory: 1023MB DDR-SDRAM
Model: Micro-Star International Co Ltd (MSI) ???
(00E1)
Front Side Bus Speed: 1x 201MHz (201MHz data rate)
Model: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 /
Opteron HyperTransport Technology
Configuration
Front Side Bus Speed: 1x 201MHz (201MHz data rate)
Total Memory: 2048MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed: 2x 201MHz (402MHz data rate)
Monitor/Panel: CTX EX950F series
Adapter: RADEON X800 Series
Adapter: RADEON X800 Series Secondary
Removable Drive: Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk: Maxtor 6Y080L0
CD-ROM/DVD: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4081B (CD 32X Rd, 24X Wr)
(DVD 4X Rd, 3X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD: MSI CD-RW CR52 (CD 40X Rd, 52X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD: AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device (CD 32X Rd)
(DVD 4X Rd)
1.44MB 3.5" (A:): N/A
Hard drive (C:): 76.3GB (51.9GB, 68% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (D:): N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (E:): N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (F:): N/A
Serial/Parallel Port(s): 1 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub: Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub: Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub: USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub: USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub: USB Root Hub
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub: VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Keyboard: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/
2 Keyboard
Mouse: PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Device: Creative SB Live! series
Device: Creative Game Port
Model: EPSON Stylus CX3200
Windows System: Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Home (Win32 x86)
5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)
Network Drivers Enabled: Yes
Warning 100: Large memory sizes should be made of
Registered/Buffered memory.
Tip 101: Large memory sizes should be made of ECC/
Parity memory.
>
>
Device Type: VGA Video Adapter
Device ID: bus 1, device 0, function 0
Windows Device Name: RADEON X800 Series
OEM Device Name: ATI Technologies ??? (4A49)
OEM Hardware ID: FUN_0, VEN_1002, DEV_4A49, REV_00
Device Name: PC Partner Ltd ??? (4A49)
Product ID: VEN_174B, DEV_0D42
Revision: A / 1 (0)
Version: 3.00
Command Queue Length: 256
Fast-Writes Support: Yes
Over 4GB Addressing Support: No
Isochronous Mode Support: No
Addressing Support: 32-bit
Data Transfer Modes Support: 4x 8x

My K8N Neo Platinum [754] did not include a NB fan. But this usually means the overall size of the heatsink is larger. If you remove the fan from yours, the size of the heatsink will not be big enough to cool your NB. As for temps, I've never seen my NB get hotter than 45'C. Note that the core on my NB should be slightly different than yours.
You could try to use the BIOS fan control for the NB. If set correctly, it should reduce some noise.

Desperate: K8N Neo2 Platinum won't work!!

Bought myself a new motherboard, processor and memory and it just won't work!
Searched this forum for a solution, but haven't found one yet.
Try to install Windows XP, but it just won't start.
I now get an error code 0x80040507.
Before that, it just rebooted again and again.
My configuration:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester core
2x512 Corsair Twinx1024-3200
Prim. master: HDD 40 Gb Seagate U100/72 ATA
Prim. slave : DVD-RW NEC ND-3500
Sec. master : HDD 160 Gb Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 ATA
Sec. slave : DVD-R from LG
PSU: Antec 350W, model SL350P (+5V=35A, +12V=16A, +3,3V=28A, -5V=0,5A, -12V=0,8A, +5V=2.0A)
Sapphire 9800 Atlantis Pro 128Mb
PCI-1 : empty
PCI-2 : Hauppauge WinTV PVR250
PCI-3 : Linksys wireless network card (model WMP11)
PCI-4 : Creative Soundcard SB Live 1024
Do I need a new PSU?? or is there another problem?

AMD recommends a PSU with atleast 24a on the 12v rail. This does not mean your PSU won't hack it, it just means that as a rule of thumb, it's not supposed to.
Could your PSU be the cause of your problem? Possibly! You have a lot of components drawing power from your PSU. It would be wise to buy a beefier PSU with 12v/5v/3.3v amps all in the 32+ range (see my PSU in my signature or the enermax 460/465w whisper II)).
The problem with not having a better PSU to work with is you could encounter an error, deem it as a result of something it's not, and think the PSU is good and something is bad when it's really the other way around. Moral to the story: get a new PSU.
I tried searching microsoft's knowledge base for your error and nothing turned up that had anything to do with windows installation errors. Are you sure you copied the error down correctly?
If so, the only recommendation I have for you is this. Try installing windows with minimal components installed (CPU, motherboard, videocard, single cdrom, single hard drive). Leave your SB Live! out. Leave your WinTV out. Leave your linksys card out. Leave your DVD-R from LG out. And if you are willing to conserve even more power. If you really want to conserve power, you can install windows with only one stick of ram installed.
Next thing you want to do is check to make sure the memory is not faulty. Start by putting only one stick of memory in slot one and testing it using memtest86+ (i hope that link is correct). You're going to want to run a 1-4 hour standard loop of tests followed by a 12-24 hour loop of test 5. Then you will do the same thing with stick two in slot one. After this works, test to make sure there's nothing wrong with the motherboard by doing the exact same tests again one by one with the sticks in slot two this time around. After this is all done, do the tests again with both sticks in slots one and two. if it doesn't work like this, you could have faulty memory (but this should work). You can always run your memory in the same colored slots (single channel (slots one and three)) but this will cause you to take a hit in performance. Generally, for all instensive purposes, you should be able to run it in dual channel mode without any problems. I imagine you will be able to if the sticks are good.
If they don't work in dual channel mode, to be completely honest, I don't know what you would consider the problem then... could be the PSU... could be a badly matched pair... could be the motherboard. All this is determined by how you handled the parts when installing them. There are a lot of unknowns when trying to help a user without knowing anything about their install.
If all memtests' run successfully, you are now ready to install windows. If windows doesn't install correctly, you probably have a botched BIOS setting somewhere (like aggressive memory timings) or something similiar that's stopping you from successfully installing windows.
Buy a new PSU

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum RAM problem

My spec:
AMD64 3000+ Venice
1gb RAM Elixir
1 x Maxtor 120gb IDE
1 x Maxtor 200gb SATA
1 x Maxtor 200gb IDE
ATI Radeon x800 pro 256mb
I have a K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard, the problem is that when I try to add in another 512mb stick the system won't even boot up. I have tried other brands and amounts but still to no avail.
I boot the system up and the monitor won't even switch on, but if I take out the 512 stick it works fine.
Any ideas?

Not quite.
Use the color codes .
If you have matched sticks in density (size) and timings (spd data) you can run dual channel.
This means having one stick in memory channel 1 ( green ) and another in memory channel2 (purple )
Theese are physically wired next to eachother on the motherboard , from cpu and upwards..
You can not do that , with that mismatched modules the cpu can't initialize it's memory controller .
So your only choice is to run two modules with single memory channel config .
Use the colorcodes to make sure you use signgle memory channel config (since you have mismatched sticks and the A64 memory controller cant run those in dual mode)
So your choice is to use either both green slots or both of the purple ones .
Place the one module with the higest cas rating (slowest) in the green slot with the lowest slot number (marked on the board) .
And the other stick on the green slot that remains .

Help K8N Neo2 Platinum

hi Having Real Problems The With K8N Neo2 Platinum Board
When Starting Up The PC All I Get Is One LOud Beep That Lasts About
2 Seconds And Then Stops For 2 Seconds Then Does It Again And So On
But Never Gets To Post ,I Thought It Might Be Some Card Not Seated Right
But After Checking All Cards And Memory The Same Thing Happens Ive Now Took
All The Components Out And Rebuilt My Old 2600xp Socket a And All The Components Are Working Fine , So My Problem is HAve I Got A Doa Motherboard
Or Is It The Athlon64 3200+ ,Oh And The memory That I Been Using Is Branded
Samsung Pc3200 512mb And Ive Also Tried Samsung Branded Pc2700 2x256mb
But Since This Memory Works Fine In My old 2600xp System It Cant Be That Could it >?

One Of The problems That I Have Is I Didnt Get the D Card With The Motherboard
As i Bought A OEM Product ,Ive Only Just read About The Memory Config On MSI Site Which Clearly States That You Should Always Start To Populate The Green
First But I`m Sure This Has Only Just Been Added To The Site Check It Here
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=607
And yes The memory Can Work In Dual Channel Mode But Only With The Samsung PC2700 At 256mb A peice
My Thinking Behind The Graphics CArd Change ie (Swapping The Radeon 9800 Pro
For A Old Radeon 9600 Pro ) Is To See If It May be The Power Supply As The The 9800 Pro Shares The Same 12v line As The Athlon64 CPu But Can`t See It Being The Power Supply As its Only 3 Weeks Old And Is A enermax 470w With Dual 12v
RAils
But Still My Biggest Question Is Could This be A Faulty athlon64 3200xp Skt 939 CPU >?

Any1 use agp 8x on k8n neo2 platinum?

Any1 use agp 8x on k8n neo2 platinum? It 8x stable on neo2 platinum?

I am running at AGP 8x, and HTT of 4x with my system. No problems whatsoever.
A sig, with your system specs would probably help us along in diagnosing your problems.
A few red flags that usually cause game crashes:
1) Insufficient power (number one problem with most computers, with a64's the general consensus is 12v>24a)
2) Bad Ram (try memtest86)
3) Outdated, corrupt, or conflicting Drivers
4) Outdated, or corrupt Directx
5) Poorly written game code
I would check these first. My guess would be marginal, to insufficient power. I had a True 430 by antec in my system (12v=20a) and I would get random drops to the desktop, and system freezes, when playing games, upon upgrading to my curreent PSU, no problens at all.

K8N Neo2 Platinum 54G BIOS problem

I recently bought a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum-54G mainboard with W7025NMS v1.3 092204 revision of BIOS.
AMD Athlon64 3000+ 939 is installed on the mainboard, with 2x512 GEIL PC3200 memory modules in dual channel configuration working on default frequency of 200MHz. CPU is recognized correctly as AMD Athlon64 3000+ on startup.
Mainboard’s BIOS seems to be corrupted. In Cell Menu options, in the upper left part of the screen (printed blue) are processor and DDR working timings:
Current CPU Clock 1810MHZ, Current DDR Clock 200MHz.
Aggressive Timings and Dynamic Overclocking values are [Disabled] (processor working on its defaulf settings); Spread Spectrum is [Disabled] while all DRAM Configuration settings are set to [Auto].
While entering HT frequency settings, (locked to [x5]) there are no other values to select – empty, and there is no way to leave it (ESC doesn’t help, the only thing possible to do is to reset the computer by pressing the Reset button on the chassis), but the HT frequency settings were enabled when I loaded Fail-Safe settings, offering [1x], [1.5x], [2x], [2.5x], [3x], [4x], [5x].
Adjust CPU Ratio settings offer only [StartUp], [x4]~[x9] values, but as I understood by reading the manual there should be [StartUp], [x4]~[x20].
CPU Voltage, Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage are set to default.
CPU-Z, as well as SiSoft Sandra 2004 and SiSoft Sandra 2005 and MSI CORE CELL show that processor works at a core speed ~1005MHz, showing multiplier locked on x5.0 and HTT locked at ~200MHz, while the voltage is ~1.05V!
I downloaded the latest BIOS revision (v1.4), did the BIOS flash, but the problem remains!
Anybody, help!

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HT frequency
is a known fault in bios & is easily sorted Bas HT Bios Error
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CPU Ratio settings
AMD64 CPOU's have a lock on CPU ratios which varies according to the specification of the chip. therefore the multiplier available in your bios stops at the max multiplier allowed by amd for your cpu.
As an example i'm running a 3200 754 which has a maximum muliplier of 11 so that is the max i see in bios.
this guide may help Bios Guide

Need help with k8n neo2 platinum

I've just installed a new k8n neo2 platinum s939 board with a venice core 3200+ cpu the htt is 2000 and multiplier 10x.
I've gone to the core cell menu and set the htt to 4x (seemed to be this at default) and the max mem clock at 166 (more about this in a moment), the fsb will go quite easily up to 250mhz even 255mhz, but when I try 260 Mhz the machine when it reboots shows the initial slash screen but then goes to a blank screen with the cursor flashing in the top left hand corner, I can't even get back into the bios setup without clearing the cmos.
The odd thing is that the adjust cpu vid is showing a voltage of 1.50 and not 1.40 or startup.
Anyway with the fsb at 250mhz the bios screen is showing the Current ddr clock at 208 mhz ( not the max memclock setting of 166) the memory in the motherboard ( a crucial 512meg ddr333 single stick) seems to perform OK according to memtest which shows no errors after 2 cycles.
Any attempt to get to 260mhz fsb appears to fail even by upping the cpu vid to 1.525v unless i adjust the cpu voltage setting which by default is set to (by cpu vid) to +3.3%. Doing this enables me to get to fsb 260mhz but the memtest fails ( even when I set the max memclock to 133, which shows my current ddr speed at 174mhz, well below the 208mhz which appeared stable with the fsb at 250mhz?)
So firstly why are there two cpu voltage settings in the bios when my manual only shows 1 (there is no mention of this cpu vid setting?
How is it that my memory is stable at 208mhz with a fsb of 255mhz but unstable at 174mhz with the fsb set at 260mhz?
Why does the memory clock lock not appear to be working, the memory should be fixed at 166mhz but infact increases with fsb?
I have bios revision 1.5.
Please help as I am not familiar with the bios settings for this nforce 3 chipset, they seem rather odd to me. I'm sure my venice core 3200+ cpu can get beyond 250mhz fsb, I have another pc with a venice core 3000+ cpu which runs quite happily at 270mhz fsb.
PS I've tried reducing the htt to 3x but the same thing happens.

OK further feed back, I can get to over 260mhz fsb but the system is not stable the memory runs OK with mem test but I have problems with prime95.
I had to up the cpu core voltage to 1.53v to get to 260mhz using the cpu voltage setting in the bios and setting a 5% increase. increasing the cpu vid setting to 1.55v did not seem to do anything at all the core voltage was still at 1.43v.
I upped the mem voltage to 2.6v from 2.5 but still could not get the system to be stable, it may be that the memory is holding the system back but I don't want to pay for better memory at the moment. Unless anyone has got any other ideas it looks like I may be forced to settle with 250mhz, well still a 500mhz increase maybe not that bad. I've now to try 3d benchmarking using my radeon 9600xt and 3dmark 03.

K8N Neo2 Platinum Ordered - Advice for a noob please

Hi there,
this seems like a great forum, was hoping someone could give me some advice - Im trying to pre-empt any major probs....
I am a relative noob to building P.C's - done a few P4 based systems before but this will be my first Athlon based. This systems primary use will be gaming. I have the following on order (should be with me next week) : -
a) MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum Edition SCK 939 Motherboad
b) AMD ATHLON 64 3500+ 64bit SCK 939 Retail Inc Fan
c) 160GB Maxtor Calypso 8mb Cache 7200 SATA DHH
Components I have already
a) Graphics Card - Nvidia 6800 GT
b) Memory - Generic 2 X 512MB PC2700 DDR333 RAM
c) Sound Card - Creative SB Live Value
d) PSU - Jeantech 450W (22a on 12V Rail)
e) Case - pretty generic full tower case - no fans attached
f) CPU FAN - COOLERMASTER HYPER 48 SUPER SILENT HEATPIPE
g) Spare Hard drive - 120GB Maxtor IDE Hard drive
h) DVD Drives - 1 x Pioneeer 108 / 1 x Pioneer 104
I) Monitors - Ilyama 17" TFT & Toshiba 32WL36P LCD
I have some 'noobish' questions - apologies for my ignorance : -
1) Memory - Will my memory be okay ? Should I ditch it and buy some Corsair DDR400 (which everyone else seems to have!). Will performance suffer if I stick with the DDR 333 ? Do I need to adjust settings in BIOS regarding memory timing ? (I only picked up on this from reading through other posts on this board, and am totally clueless on 'timing'- Ive never needed to adjust timing on any previous PC's....!)
2) Sound Card - will I be better off sticking with the onboard sound on the MSI K8N neo 2 ? Or for best performance do I go with the SB LIve ? (god its a nightmare trying to get updated drivers for this card), Would I get a noticable performance increase buying an Audigy 2?
3) Vcore / other power issues - Reading this forum Im kinda scared by many posts along the lines of "..for stability I need to change my memory voltage to xx-V" or "...for a stable system I needed to change my Vcore to xx-V". Will I need to change the Bios default values on this system just to get it to run stably??
4) CPU FAN - Are AMD stock fans any good ? My Hyper 48 is quite highly rated....
5) Im completely new to SATA drives, but Ive printed off the very useful install guide on this site (which I intend to use). Is there anything I need to look out for concerning adding my IDE drive also.
I think thats about it just now - if anyone can see any other potential problems with my specs then please let me know. Im really not trying to be negative / pessimistic - after all the reason I have went for this motherboard is that it is rated as one of the best. Im just a bit paranoid that the dreaded B.S.O.D awaits me!
On a more positive note - does anyone have similar system specs they use for gaming ? How well does HL2 / Doom3 / Farcry etc fly J ? I cant wait !
Thanks for the time

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SATA HDD installation on K8N Neo2 Platinum, Non-RAID, Non-Bootable

Hi-
I’m a rank newbie on this forum (first post). I have a K8N Neo2 Platinum Mobo, which I’ve recently gotten up and running, with Windows XP-Pro SP2 installed on a single IDE drive. I would now like to add 2 SATA drives. I don’t need or want the SATA drives to operate in a RAID array, nor do I want them to be bootable. I want to use them independently for data storage. I read the following thread (I am posting here on a separate thread per the author’s wishes not to get his original thread too junked-up) :
Single SATA or Multiple Drive Array Setup FAQ
I have not yet plugged-in either of my SATA drives, because I don’t want to risk corrupting my existing boot (IDE) drive. I just had a few questions about the procedure given in the referenced thread, in the Single Drive Setup:
- Step 14 States: “Make sure the “RAID Mode” is Stripping and Striping Block at 64k or Optimal. Hit F7 (Finish)”. Is this correct for a single non-boot drive?
- Step 22 States: “As most of you know when you enter the Setup for Win2k/WinXP you will need to hit F6 to load additional drivers for other SCSI devices.” I assume this means I need to boot from the Windows CD. Is this true even if I already have Windows installed on an IDE HDD on this system? At what point will I need to hit <F6> ? Will I be prompted to do so?
- I have downloaded (from the MSI website) the NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER & NVIDIA Nforce Storage Controller (20 files, 1.3 MB total). Should I put these on a floppy? Or can I access them from a directory on my OS HDD?
- Should I go ahead and plug-in both of the 2 SATA drives I want to add to the system before beginning the driver installation? The only reason I would consider installing them one at a time is if it eliminated any confusion between RAID vs. independent (I want independent operation). If I do install them one at a time, do I have to install the driver twice?
Any help would be appreciated.
- the bbdude

OK Thanks JeanGuy and ssjkakaroto,
I have connected both of my SATA drives. They are enabled in BIOS but not set to RAID. I booted up to Windows on my IDE drive. In Disk Manager, the display shows Disk 0 (C: System), Disk 1 and Disk 2 as uninitialized, and my DVD (D:) drive. At this point, I could probably go ahead and run the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard to get these disks formatted and be dome with ot now. Before I do that though, I just have a couple of more questions.
- I had already loaded the nVidia nForce3 system driver prior to installing the SATA drives, but I went ahead and did that again after installing the SATA drives and restarting Windows. I used Live Update, which went out to the MSI site and found version 5.03 of the nVidia nForce3 system driver. I'm not sure how to find the "Nvidia 5.10 driver package which include the latest SATA driver", ssjkakaroto referred-to. The Live Update install procedure did ask if I wanted to install IDE driver and I said yes. It then asked to over-write what I already had there (I said yes to that too). As the file names streamed-by, I though I saw some filenames with nv... listed. So, bottom line, is I'm not sure if I have the lates and greatest nVidia SATA drivers installed. How can I find out what drivers are installed?
- As I mentioned in my previous post, I have also downloaded and unzipped the NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER & NVIDIA Nforce Storage Controller (20 files, 1.3 MB total) from the MSI site; however, I don't know how to "install" this now that I have the files. There are a couple of .exe and a .bat file (bit no setup.exe).
I may already have everything I need to partition and format these drives. I just want to bve sure I'm not skipping a step that is essential to optimal performance.
Thanks -
- bbdude

K8N Neo2 Platinum wont start up

After installing a new K8N Neo2 it worked perfectly for 1 day, no problems at all.
The day after nothing happened. When the psu is turned on it only gives a short flash on the leds, the fans turns for a second and then everything is of.
Have tried with only the most necessary connected to the psu, switched to only 1 RAM in different positions etc. Have cleared cmos every time.
D bracket leds are showing 4 reds for a short second and some times two greens diagonal upper left to lower right and the other two are red.
Any ideas???
Spec;
AMD Athlon64 3500+
K8N Neo2 Platinum
NX6800 Geforce 6800GT
WD Raptor 740GD 74G ( x2 )
Corsair CMX256A-3200LL ( x4 )
Antec True 480P ( 5V-38A, 12V-22A, 3,3V-30A )

Hi,
Its a common problem with this board... different theories are abound as to what causes it, an RMA might not help you
False Starts on MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

Sound Question for K8N Neo2 Platinum

Here's my current setup:
AMD FX-53
XP-120 heatsink
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Mobo.
1 GB Crucial Ballistix (Slots 1 & 2)
NVidia 6800 GT 256 MB
200 GB SATA SEAGATE HDD (SATA3)
Lite-on Dual Layer (Model# SOHW-1633S BLK)
Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU
I am presently using the onboard sound, and I am able to hear left and right channels of sound when using media player, winamp, etc. I can play both music and dvds.
I'm using the optical output on my mobo, and sending it to my Sony Home Theatre amplifier with an internal 5.1 decoder. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get 5.1 surround sound. I set the MSI Sound effect manager Speaker configuration to 6 Speakers, and I have my CD player transmitting sound via the normal 2 pin cd rom audio cable.
Does anyone know why I cannot get 5.1 surround sound when listening to DVD's??? Do I need to connect the digital output on my DVD burner? If so, where does it connect to the mobo?

My DVD drive didn't come with any kind of driver CD. I'm trying to use Media Player to run the DVD's. Is it compatible with Dolby Digital?
Has anyone ever used PowerDVD? This software came with the DVD burner, but I haven't installed it as I don't know much about it.

System suddenly won't power on (MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM NFORCE3)

System specs are
COOLERMASTER TAC-T01 WAVE MASTER ALUMINUM ATX 4X5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5INT case
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM NFORCE3 ULTRA S939 AGP 5PCI SATA 1394 SOUND 1000LAN
KINGSTON HYPERX 1024MB DUAL CHANNEL KIT PC3500 2X512MB DDR 433MHZ 184PIN
ATI Radeon X800XT PE AGP
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.7 200GB SATA 8MB 7200RPM 8.5MS OEM
CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS 7.1 1394 PCI RETAIL BOX
LITEON 16X DVD-ROM INT E-IDE RETAIl
MITSUMI FA404A 7-IN-1 FLOPPY DRIVE & FLASH READER CF/SM/SD/MMC/MS
LG 4163b dvd burner
Nothing has ever been overclocked on this system.
Everything is plugged into a Belkin Surgemaster powerbar.
I haven't mentioned the power supply. I'll get to that. I have been using an ANTEC NEOPOWER 480W POWER SUPPLY (ATX12V DUAL 12V RAILS ACTIVE PFC W/ DETACHABLE OUTPUT CABLES) for about a year on this system without
any issues. One morning, I wake up, hit the power button on my coolermaster case, and nothing happens.
CPU fan won't even spin. Nothing happens.
O.k., blown power supply, I think . . . .
So I take out my Antec and put it in another system. That system turns on
without any problems.
Hmm . . .
I come here, and I read posts about
potential compatibility issues with Antec power supplies. But if it's a compatibility
issue why was my system working for about a year?
O.k., fine. I'll buy a Enermax 535W EG565P-VE FMA 24P (115/230 VAC) power supply.
I just plug it into the mainboard (nothing else). Hit the power button . . .
The CPU fan spins for half a second, and then nothing.
Did my motherboard just suddenly die for no reason?
Any suggestions?

Pull the AC plug from PSU and set cmos in clear position with battery removed for atlest 20 minutes perhaps longer .
Then try to post the system barebone .
Just cpu,1 pcs memory in slot 1 , gfx card , and keyboard in PS2.
No usb devices at all including card reader and no pci cards harddisks or cdoms/dvd/floppy.
It could also be caused by a short or a malfunctioning fan connected to mobo.
Try to disconnect all case fans from mobo headers if you have any connected to additional fan holders.
The chipset fan can also be disconnected momentarily just to see if it posts.
If none of this helps , replace cmos battery and try again .

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