K8n neo2 platinum problems

ok guys I've been looking all over the internet and cannot find any answers to my problem.
I have an MSI K8N neo2 platinum running easybios
AMD Opteron 146
2gb Ballistixs pc4000
30gb maxtor
120gb maxtor
2x dvd rw drives
nvidia 6800 agp
sound blaster live 24bit
I run windows x64 and after flashing my bios form 1.6 (I think) to 1b I kept getting errors e.g. "ROM cannot invoke" (or something), and primarily "disk read error", now the disks show up in the bios, they show up in a windows install but it just won't boot from them. I have flashed to easybios and the rom error went away but the disk read one was still there. I am now reinstaling windows x64 but would like to know how to fix such a problem if it were to happen again. Both my drives are IDE and are on the IDE0 cable with master and slave correctly set.
Also the temperature readings for my processor are 42 degrees celcius when everything is at stock and I have a zalman 9500 heatsink fan on it running at full speed. This is obviously wrong - is there any way to fix this?
Thanks
Daven

I has the exact issue with my board, except it was with the SATA drives. I flashed with e few BIOS', and the newest one that worked correctly was 1.8
If it was me, I would reflash to BIOS 1.8
Post back with your results.
Also, even though you are installing Windows again, it will most likely corrupt your installation, as it did mine, twice, before I figured out the problem.

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[Athlon64] Msi K8N Neo2 Platinum problems with Patriot Ram

First post, whoo hooo
So what version of BIOS are u running? I recently installed the two newest versions 2.0 and 2.1, and they both give me problems. With the latest (2.1) I'm getting the same error as you. Returning back to previous BIOS fixed my problems. Oh yeah, my RAM is Kingston Hyper-X, so i don't think thats your problem.
Let me know if you fix it, thats why im here, .

Serious K8N Neo2 Platinum Problem

Hello
This is my long and sad story with this MSI board...
As I mentioned above, I have a K8N Neo2 Platinum with a Athlon64 3500+ (130nm) and some Corsair TwinX 3200XL 2x512 MB. The recommended setting for this Ram is 2-2-2-5-T1, but with this setting, my system crashes in prime 95 after maybe 5 mins and under compiling a Gentoo-System. But on the other hand, Memtest 86 reports no error at all with this timing. Later I changed the Timing to 2-2-2-5-T2 and suddenly, everyting becames stable. I could compile two Gentoo systems (32 & 64 Bit) and ran prime 95 for more than 24 hours. I have nothing overclocked. I think the Board is the Problem here, because there are some other malfunctions. Sometimes it doesen't detect my IDE Devices at startup (DVD-Rom and CD-rw) or my ethernet card gets no connection, but everything is configured well. So I really dont know what to do. I feed my Memory with 2.75 Volt. I also flashed the mainboard to Bios-Version 1.3 but nothing changed...
I hope anyone of you can give me a hint or something...
Thanks a lot

corsair ultra-low latency requires 2.75V according to their documentation. Also I have heard that prime95 has an issue with systems with 1024mb or ram in a certain test. Not sure I can't confirm but I do remember reading that somewhere yesterday.

RESOLVED - K8N Neo2 Platinum problem with large Seagate disk

Hi All,
I've been running this system for 4 years and I'm very happy with it. But I've run into a problem:
I'm trying to exchange my 120 GB Seagate Barracuda systemdisk with a 500 GB Barracuda and I can't install XP with SP2.
First I tried to clone the old HD with Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image. The cloning looked fine but after taking the old HD out and moving the new one to P-ATA 1 as Primary Master I get an "error - no operating system found". I also tried a fresh install from CD. After the CD reboots the system I get the same error.
The HD is present in BIOS with the right parameters and all is looking well - but still no go.
I've fiddled around in BIOS (vers. 1.3) with the different settings (LBA, Large, Auto, Csh.) The last 2 options gives the "no operating system" error and the first 2 gives a "disk error" although Seagate says that I should change settings to "LBA".
I only have the new HD in the machine. I also tried fixboot and fixmbr. I can see all the installed files when I put it in as a slave.
So my question is:
Does the K8N Neo2 Platinum have a problem with large hd's as system disk?
Or is this a Seagate or Windows problem ?
Any help is much appreciated!
Mads

Actually that was the first thing I did just to see if the drive worked :-) - except that I had it as master on the second ide cable. It formats like it should and all partitions report "healthy". The only difference is that the new drives c-partition is set as active (can't find a way to change it back) - while the old one is set as system. Could this make a difference ?
Since neither cloning nor a fresh install works I think the problem is something else. Maybe I should try Seatools and see if that makes any difference.
Thank's all for help so far! - Other suggestions ?

Tons of K8N Neo2 Platinum problems

Ok, I installed this board 2 days ago and everything was fine, since then my USB has stopped working, and I mean all of them, even onboard. My temp reporting has become ridiculous, like jumping from -127C to 200C Core temp.
Stystem Specs
Athlon54 3200+ 939
MS-7025 K8N Neo2 Platinum
1gb (512x2) Kingston HyperX pc4000 (i've tried all different timings, none help)
Gigabyte X800XT
Audigy 2
250gb Hitachi Deskpro SATA
Thermaltake 550 Pure Power PSU
Koolance pc2-650 cooling (CPU-300 block, vid-180H block)
If you guys have already answered these questions I'm sorry to be asking again but I did scan thru 15 pages of posts looking for answers.
Thanks in advance.

Usually this comes from running the Nvidia System Utility.
To fix, unplug power from back of PC. Move CMOS reset jumper to clear position and leave for now. Then remove the CMOS battery. Wait about 10 minutes, reinstall batter, put CMOS jumper back in correct position, and finally plug in power.
Your BIOS settings will be reset and you should first load optimized, reboot, and then you can go back in to BIOS to put your settings back.
We've all been there done that. Later

Numerous K8N Neo2 Platinum Problems -- Argh!

I am experiencing numerous problems that are mentioned on this site:
1) Unplugging the power cable, plugging back in and turn on the Power Supply switch and then the whole computer turns on and hangs with a black screen. I then have to turn the computer off/on on fron switch.
2) Occasional Hanging at detecting IDE devices
3) Sometimes losing USB Keyboard and mouse while in windows or rebooting. Taking several reboots to fix. (I removed my antec sonata front USB header per other posts and we will see the results)
For issue 1 and 2, I have not seen solutions. But......
I run SpeedFan 4.18 and notice something disturbing: VBAT reading 0.00. Does anyone know if the VBAT reading is reported using SpeedFan? Maybe it just does not read it but with some of the problems that appear to be a battery problem (Like #1) this concerns me.
Are others able to get the VBAT readings?
Perhaps I have a dead battery? Thus when removing the power I lose the settings on the Mobo to not turn automatically one when the power plug is removed?
I am using 1.3 BIOS, I just got the motherboard yesterday and have been fiddling with it for about 10 hours.
* Athlon 3500+ (Not 90nm)
* 2 512MB Kingston KVR400X64C3A modules in DIMM 1 and 2. (What would be the memory settings in bios to use? Currently it is all AUTO)
* Antec Sonata Case with 380w power supply
* Rear 120mm fan blowing out, front 120mm fan taking air in.
* WD 74GB Raptor SATA
* WD 120GB 8MB Cache EIDE
* TDK 840G DVD/CD Writer
* ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Everything else I use onboard.
When I first installed the DBracket showed all 4 red lights (CPU bad) but after a CMOS refresh that went away. It happens sometimes when I unplug it from the power cord.
Any insight you can give on any of these issues is appreciated.

Thank you for your reply.
I did check the BIOS and the VBAT is showing voltage. So I assume the battery is good. I have seen the problem with the power switch being turned on from the PSU and the system just starts up (though it should not). Then, only after turning off with the case front power switch does it resume normal operation. This is only after unplugging it from the wall.
Since the batter has voltage, it is odd that things get messed up when unplugging from the wall. Any possible resolutions at this time for that?
I am afraid of BIOS upgrades but I am willing to give it a shot if it has the possibility of straigtening out this system. I need to work quickly though cause I only have 7 days to return this board. I am considering a different brand, but I want to give MSI a shot. I have always been a ASUS user and never had problems in the 6 years I have used the boards.
I will try the USB fix, I will let you know the results.
I have not had the IDE issue as of later because I do not unplug my system from the wall. But I am afraid if I lose power and I am not here that the machine will turn on and then sit there all day with 4 red LEDs on the DBracket. Then is when I also will get a IDE detection problem which requires a reset once, maybe twice.
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Originally posted by Supershanks
Sorry DazedConfused, posts crossed.
your power looks ok then.
Beta bios are here K8N Neo and Neo2 Bios Collection. *Updated 151 for Neo2*
Don't think it would really help at moment though. Leave till later if you want, lot of pps stick with official ones & run fine.
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I believe the timings were 3-3-8-3 1T
there ok
If you want to alter them go into bios - Cell Menu - Dram Settings ,
see Dram Settings for help
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2) Occasional Hanging at detecting IDE devices
It may be worthwhile whilst your trying to troubleshoot , unplugging your 2nd HD
Unplug drive - see if that helps
If not go into dram settings & change the 1T/2T to 2T - This will slow the SDram command rate and may help
Take a deep breath - chill It helps
luck

S939 FX-53 + MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum problem

HI i have just purchased the MSI neo 2 platinum for my FX-53 and here are the problems with it
* High CPU temperature - idle CPU temp = 50 to degrees..
* Wont recongnize and run dual channel for my 2x 512 MB Corsair PC3200 XL..during memory it display as single channel

No it couldnt even handle just two 512 dual channel..but i think i found the problem guys.. u suppose to stick them next to each other.. not both of them in green.. as the m/b lay out is green|purple|green|purple
u suppose to stick it one green and one purple according to the xxxxing manual !
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well i dont have the comp. with me right now so i cant answer rather this will work.. but i am pretty sure that is the problem coz i remember the comp guy stick them in both green..

MSI K8N neo2 platinum PROBLEM WITH MAXTOR 300 SATA2

hi I got an enormous problem configuring this drive on the msi k8n neo2platinum (bios 1.9)
Simply the bios see the hd maxtor 300 on sata2 channel (I got another maxtor sata1 on first channel) but when loading windows it freezes.
What I have to do please?
thanx

BTW -
Here's a thread about your prob to check out. I thought it was totally solved for all nvidia chipsets, guess not. Nf3's seem to still have it to some extent. It seems Maxtor is the one that "dropped the ball" this time...
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=93492.0

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BTW -
Here's a thread about your prob to check out. I thought it was totally solved for all nvidia chipsets, guess not. Nf3's seem to still have it to some extent. It seems Maxtor is the one that "dropped the ball" this time...
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=93492.0

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If you intall windows with only Hd Sata 200 Giga Seagate in Sata 3 connected
you dont need to F6
if you install XP With Both HD Connected then you need to F6 x 2 and load both Raid & Sata drivers.
the error you are getting Quote
Boot System Failed. Put Another disk and press Enter.
seems to be because you havnt got a bootable disc in the CD
This causes the boot process to halt
Try changing Quote
The priority to boot the devices is:
Floppy
Cd-Rom
Hard Disk (don't have scsi or sata to choose in bios)
to :-
Floppy
Hard Disk
Cd-Rom
and see if that works any differently
hope this is some help

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

Problem on boot MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

I am an italian lover of MSI motherboards.
After I bought a MSI KT3 Ultra Aru, then MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR and now I have a K8N Neo2 Platinum.
My hardware are:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
Athlon 64 3200 Winchester
Corsair XMS 1024 TWINX 3200 PLL
Maxtor Diamond Plus 9 80 Gb
Asus Radeon 9600XT.
The problem is that at the power on the bios don't start. The LED on D-Bracket are three green and one red. On the manual this error are written:
Inizializing Video Interface
This will start detecting CPU clock, checking type of video onboard. Then, detect and initialize the video adapter.
This problem is frequent for my motherboard. However not always.
I attend your answer for this problem.
Thank you for all and for my english school.

Hi Italiano,
Welcome to the forum.
Have you details of your power supply. please show Maximum 3.3v,5v & 12v.
These are usually on the side of the power unit.
try:-
1) Enter bios Cell Menu - HT change from 5 ---> 4 using +/- keys. Save & exit.
If it still doesn't boot try:-
2) Re-inserting your Asus Radeon 9600XT. Sometimes they don't go in correctly.
3) See if you can boot with just 1 memory module in slot 1.
Luck

K8N-Neo2 Platinum pauses for 25 sec at boot, nvatabus.sys the problem?

All,
After POSTing normally and starting to load Windows XP, my system halts at the Windows XP splash screen for about 25 seconds. Nothing happens, no disk activity or anything, the system just sits there.
I used Microsoft's Bootvis utility to see what was happening. It turns out that the nvatabus.sys driver consumes 100% CPU at boot for 25 seconds then the system continues to boot normally. Does anyone else see anything like this?
I am running the latest nForce drivers from MSI. The driver in question:
NVIDIA nForce3 Serial ATA Controller 2.6
Driver Date 6/3/2004
c:\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\nvatabus.sys 5.10.2600.0446
Windows XP SP1
I have a RAID1 of two 160 GB SATA drives. The mirror is healthy and working fine.
After booting the system is rock-solid stable, no problems there. It's just this unexplained pause at boot. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

ok check it out guy's this thing drove me insane all night last night and most of today. I was ready to return everything and give up. But alas all is not lost. Here is the rundown on what i just did.
My Equipment:
Athlon 64 3800+(w/ stock fan)
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Socket 939
2X512 Corsair TWINX1024-3200XLPRO ( with the cool led's )
2 SATA HD (1 Maxtor Diamond10 300 GB w/ 16mb cache, 1 Segate 160GB w/8mb cache)
PP&C 425 ATX Deluxe
Radeon 9700 Pro ( cat 4.8 )
Audigy2 ZS
Sony Floppy
Sony 8x52x52x32 DVD Rewrite
I have been reading and reading just like all you guy's. On a few websites i would pick up bits and pieces on what to try. Heres what i did. Upon Boot up i entered the bios. I then went to Cell Soft and adjusted my timings for my memory. I was at 2.5 not 2.75. I then set my speed down to 166. Exited and restarted. Big mistake everything ri=uns terrible slow and my expensive DDR 400 memory was showing up correctly at 333. Rebooted again entered the bios. reset my speed to 400. Then set the Overclock feature to manual. Set my timings at 2,2,5,2 200 and 2.75 volts. After saving settings and exiting I then turned off the computer. As per some other suggestions I moved my Audigy2 to the bottom most pci slot the one above the orange slot. I moved my memory to slots 2 and 4. I moved my SATA to slots 3 and 4. I rebooted went into the bios again and setup all my voltages. CPU was Auto, AGP was max yellow setting. Memory still at 2.75. I disabled the onboard serial and parrallel ports. Rebooted
Fearing the worst,
5 seconds, 10 seconds, windows screen loging prompt. There was nothing wrong at all. It rebooted effortlessly. It re found my Audigy card and wanted driver but that was it. I am going to reboot a few more times and then run sisandra to test. I hope some of this will help you. I post in a few after some of those reboots.

Reboot problem with MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum and 250 GB SATA HDD

I'm having a "reboot" problem with my MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. After turning my system on it will run without any problems, until I reboot. After a reboot it will always hang after the initial windows-bootscreen. The HDD-light will remain on. If, instead of going into Windows XP SP2, I try to enter the BIOS after a reboot (DEL) the system will also hang (blank screen with blinking cursor).
It started doing this after I installed the Maxtor 250 GB SATA disk. Before, I didn't have problems rebooting. If I disconnect the Maxtor drive I can reboot and enter BIOS and Windows each and every time. Reconnecting the Maxtor 250 GB SATA drive will return the reboot problem. I always have to use the power swith to get a working system again. It's not enough to do a hard reset (this has the same effect as rebooting).
Here are the details of my system:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (BIOS 1.B)
Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester, 2 Ghz, 512 KB cache, stepping DH-D0)
2 x Kingston KVR400X64C25/512, 512 MB, DDR, PC3200 (2,5-3-3-8 T1)
Asus Radeon AX800 Pro (256 MB)
PSU Antec Sonata 380W
HDD Maxtor 80Gb ATA (6Y080P0, Pri Master)
HDD Seagate 250Gb SATA (ST3200822AS)
HDD Maxtor 250Gb SATA (6V250F0 - jumpered in SATA150 mode, the mobo wouldn't work with the drive in SATA300-mode)
Aopen COM5232/AAH Pro CD-Writer ATA (Sec Master)
BenQ DW1640 DVD-Writer ATA (Sec Slave)
P.S. The NVidia IDE-drivers are NOT installed. System is not overclocked.

Thank you for all the replies. Upgrading to the latest Nvidia IDE-drivers did not fix my problem. Moving to other SATA-ports did not help either. Upgrading the mobo's BIOS is not really an option (I'm using one version before the most recent and there isn't anything in the fixlist of the latest BIOS).
Now I've contacted Maxtor for (hopefully) a new firmware.
Quote from: rogueUK on 31-July-06, 16:55:42
insego please use the SEARCH BUTTON
I did use the search function to find other people with similar problems. The reason I started a topic of my own was because of the text you get while joining:
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Do not hijack another persons topic. If you have a similar problem, start your own thread anyway.
Maybe in retrospect I should first have tried the solutions in other topics.

K8N Neo2 Platinum ed. XP Boot freese problem !!!

After the bios post screen, when the xp logo disappered, it's freese 2-3 minutes. XP starts normally and full functionally after the freese. I have no stability problem.
I have install XPSP2 ( SP2 embedded XP cd. Created autostremer) Install all latest drivers and bios update (1.B0)
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