K8N Neo2 won't boot

Motherboard, CPU, CD-ROM drives, floppy, HDD, graphics card installed, but when I push the power button nothing happens. No lights anywhere. No fans are spinning.
What did I break?

The ISO you have is a compressed "image" file. You need to burn a cd from the iso file. I use Nero to burn cds. You can download an evaluation copy from:
http://www.nero.com/us/Demo_Versions.html
Then boot with that CD in your cd drive. Windows will then install.
HOWEVER, the 64 bit version of Windows XP is still beta and there are not a lot of drivers for it. I would strongly suggest that you install Windows XP first and run it for a while to make sure your system is stable. You can then install 64 bit Windows as a second OS (dual boot). That way you will always have a good OS on your system if you have problems with Windows 64.
As for updating drivers, I ususally install the latest MB drivers first, then Windows Update, then drivers for video card, etc., etc.,
Good Luck.

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Bios updated and now K8N Neo won't boot? FIXED!

Successfully restored from backup (after some hassles!), but thanks to everyone who helped.
Having messed with the bios some more, I *think* I now know what the problem was. And *blush*, I think it was my fault all along *blush*.
I think I had one of the drives selected at the top in Hard Disk Boot sequence, instead of the SCSI - Raid Array.
That would mean it was only reading half the MBR at boot time which would kindof explain the problems I was having.
Still, we live and learn. Thank God for backups!
Cheers all
Chippy
I hope someone can please help me?
I just upgraded my K8N Neo2 bios from 1.4b to Easybios 1.3c (or whatever its called).
I took all the proper precautions and the bios update itself has worked just fine. My system is "working" OK.
However, I can't boot. The system POSTs fine, detects the raid0 array just fine and then falls over with an MBR 1 error and an MBR 3 error.
I booted from the XP install CD and loaded up recovery console, and I can log on to the array. The array and all data is fine.
So it looks like its just the MBR record that is screwed. Is this because of some incompatibiliy between my old and new bios?
And anyway, please does anyone know how to fix it? I suppose I can try to rebuild the MBR somehow, but I don't know how. And I really DO NOT want to risk losing all of the data on the array. Yes, I have a full back up, but I don't want to end up having to rely on it!
Has anyone seen this problem before when doing a bios update? And any ideas how to fix it?
(I guess I could flash back to 1.4b, but I really would like a later bios version to go with my new - as yet untested - Opty 146).
Thanks

Thanks for the tip, Doc. But I have entered the bios settings from scratch.
I can try it again, but why do you think that might work? There really aren't two many sata and raid settings to make - all you have to do is enable the two channels (sata3 and sata3) and then enable them also in the raid menu. That's it. And the board "sees" the raid array just fine, its just it won't boot anymore. I can read and write to the array no problem from Windows Recovery Console, so I conclude that the hardware is all working properly. I think its an MBR incompatibility issue between the two bios versions... or maybe MBR corruption.
I seem to remember some people having problems with this a year or so ago when upgrade this bios from 1.4 to 1.5. Some people were having to do complete Windows reinstalls to fix it. That was why I didn't update my bios sooner.
But I asked around this time and it seemed those problems had been resolved.
Seems I was mistaken!
Any other thoughts / suggestions?
Thanks
Chip

New CPU, Msi K8n neo2 platinum - no boot!

Greetings!
I got the following components:
*MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum -54g MB
*4 x 512mb Geil Value Ram
*Gainward 7800GS+ Bliss 512mb AGP
*Samsung Spinpoint 500gb SATA HD
*Corsair 620HX (620W) PSU
*CPU AMD Opteron 180 Dual Core (upgrade from AMD 3000+ Winchester)
I recently upgraded my PC with a new HD, more ram, new CU Fan/heatsink - on an AMD 3000+ (Winchester). PC wouldn't boot - I did however manage to fix it. I think it was because of the ram, one of the bricks had some dust on it. Since then, my pc has worked 100%...
Today, however, I got a new PSU and CPU in the mail! A Corsair 620W PSU and an AMD OPTERON 180 Dual. I carefully cleaned the surface on the heatsink etc, and applied an appropriate amount of "Arctic Alumina" on the CPU/heatsink (as followed per instructions from Arctic). When I have connected everything, and fire my pc up - it just won't boot.. (The monitor won't light up).
Since then, I have carefully checked all wires, unplugged/replugged etc.
But it just won't boot!
I do have the latest bios (1.0D), so it should support my CPU.
I should mention some "weird" things, though. When I try to boot up, everything seems normal (All fans are running), but there are no lights on my case! And I can't turn off the PC while holding down the "power" button on my case. I can't reset either.. as soon as I turn the PC on (by turning on the PSU power switch), the PC starts running. Normally I would have to push the button on my case. ALSO: I have cleared CMOS, still a black screen. And I have tried 2 different monitors, so I know it aint that either.
My old PSU was a Chieftec 360W one (and my case is a Chieftec also). The old PSU was connected to "SFAN2" on my MB,.. my new PSU isn't connected to any "SFAN" at all.. I doubt that has anything to do with the problem though?
Any suggestions on what I might do ?
Edit: D-bracket shows this (Yellow, red, red, yellow):
BIOS Sign On
- This will start showing information about logo, processor brand name, etc... - It stops here. No boot screen

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 14-November-07, 21:14:42
remove power cord from the PSU(else will not work) and Clear CMOS Guide.
leave one memory stick only in a 1st DIMM slot near to CPU socket and try to boot.
Done & done.
Still no boot screen :(

K8N Neo2: How to boot after bad overclock settings?

Does anyone know - is holding the <insert> key down whilst booting supposed to work on the K8N Neo2? i.e. reset the clock speed back to safe settings?
I have a new 4800+ processor that I have been trying and it doesn't like high memory bus speeds. I keep trying an overclock setting (in the BIOS) and then finding it won't post. Then I have to clear the cmos and re-enter all of the bios settings from scratch again. Its becoming a right pain in the backside, to be honest.
I thought you were supposed to be able to just hold the insert key down on power up and it should boot with safe settings?
Or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks
Chip

The insert thing only worked for me a few times. If I recall correctly, you need to power down everything, including the PSU itself. Then, hold the insert key, power up the PSU and then hit the power button on the case...The only thing is, and I don't know if it is BIOS version related or what, it will sometimes power on when you hit the switch on the back of the PSU.
If you are messing with it that much, then I suggest using some Windows apps to OC. Get the BIOS set up with some decent OC'd settings, stable ones. Then use apps like Core Center(voltages), A64 Tweaker(memory) and Clock gen(clock speed) to work things out in Windows. Once you have some good settings going in Windows, restart and set it up in the BIOS. This way, if you set something wrong in Windows and the PC hangs or restarts on its own, it will restart with the good BIOS settings that you know will work...Then you make note of what not to do, lol, and continue on...I hope that helps a little...Good Luck.

915G Neo2 won't boot win XP with onboard LAN enabled

Just wondering if anyone can solve my problem. Have got a 915G Neo2 board running with Windows XP. On enabling the onboard LAN in the BIOS it won't boot Windows....the following error is displayed on a windows blue screen
"0x0000007E pci.sys - Address F75DE0BF base at F75D7000"
Anyone got any idea how i can get this to work?
Thanks.

Moan Guide

K8N Neo2 Platinum RAID Boot Issue...

Hi everyone,
I am running two WD 120gb drives in single-drive mode. Everything is working fine. My issue is that every time I boot, I have to wait nearly 10 seconds for a message that says 'Detecting Array' just before it loads WinXP. The thing is, I have RAID disabled in the BIOS. How do I get rid of this annoying boot message?
Any help would be appreciated!

Quote from: JayBee on 21-November-05, 05:01:29
The are still making the K8N Neo2- F which is the same thing except no firewire and one gigabyte lan instead of two lans. Otherwise, same mobo with same bios. MSI 7025.
or if you´re lucky and your reseller has them in stock..that was my case wus supposed to change my cpu cooler(amd athlon 64 3500+(venice) ) removed everything...to note...I did this with another friend..so after a little while when all the things were on place I hade to take a number 2, when I got back the comp was all fixed and my friend asks me to start it..I start it and nothing happens..turns out that he had used all of the copper paste and drenched the socket and the spu...so i tested the cpu and it had survived, but the motherboard was all dead..so I rma´d it as u guys say and I got the same modell back and everything worlks perfectly...and as for my friend...he has two blue eyes @ the moment :P

K8n neo2 won't even power on power supply

I was logged onto windows xp pro sp.2 and plugged in a usb device the computer shut off and i could never get it to turn back on.!!. I tried dang near everything like: removing each of and all my pci cards...nothing! I tried different ddr and still nothing!! I tried the power source on a diffrent board and it worked great! Could the usb device possibly somehow short out the board?? I'm alittle p.o.'d!! Do I have to go buy another board or would this be covered by the warranty??
MSI K8N Neo2 w/ AMD athlon64 3500+ (socket 939)
512 mb ddr
256 mb nvidia agp
80 gb hd
30 gb hd
lite-on dual layer dvd r-rw
sound blaster 5.1 live
linksys usb 54g wireless adapter
PSU
agi 235 watt 3.3volt 14 amp
5v-25a 5-0.5a
12v-8a 12v-0.5a

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PSU
agi 235 watt 3.3volt 14 amp
5v-25a 5-0.5a
12v-8a 12v-0.5a
You must be kidding to try to have your system powered by this kind of psu. I used better ones for Athlon XP 2000+ systems.
Sorry I also had to say but I'm still stunned. Try another psu then report again.
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256 mb nvidia agp
This isn't very informative. What kind of nvidia vga?

K8N Neo4 Won't boot using sata drive(s)

Hey everyone,
I've got a pc that will only boot when the boot is written on a (P) ATA drive (the ones with the big cables).
The problem is, the old ATA drive went corrupt and we placed a SATA drive in it.
The ATA drive was left in the pc back then without any data on it (not sure why) with windows installed on the SATA disk.
Recently I discovered the ATA disk is not empty, it actually contains the pc's boot files (boot.ini, ntldr and the other thing, I forgot)
The ATA disk being partially corrupt and it being only a matter of time before it won't do anything at all I want those boot files on my Sata drive.
I tried a couple of things that should have worked but they didn't.
Then I decided to reinstall windows only having the sata disk attached.
Everything goes well until the setup has finished copying files to the harddrive and wants to reboot.
When it tries to boot to continue the installation from the hard disk I will once again get the well known 'boot disk error, please insert system disk' (or something like it).
I know the boot order is ok (certainly when its the only drive in the pc excluding the dvd drive).
The disk is being recognised in the BIOS correctly, even in the windows setup (no need to supply extra drivers)
The Operating system I'm trying to install is Windows XP Professional SP2
The sata disk is a 620 Gb Samsung disk, set with jumpers to sata 1 mode (Sata 150)
I don't think any other pc information is relevant (it works just fine), if any more info is needed ill add it.
I've got a ticket on the MSI online support, but I thought I'd ask it here as well
Maybe someone has any idea how to fix this.
I'm not 100% sure if the pc is running the latest BIOS but I think so, I can check tomorrow.

Quote from: Fredrik on 06-January-10, 00:06:12
Not vital, but good to know: During boot-up, first BIOS screen, hit I think key F11 to make sure BIOS knows what to inform Windows. Also have a look in boot order, and only have the SATA disk therein.
More importantly: From the motherboard page it seems as if you have to use a floppy and load RAID drivers to get SATA disk work correctly. ...It has got a few years on it's back.
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=177
Its worth a shot I suppose.
I remember when I first got it I had to use a driver on a floppy disk, however back then the newest disk you could get was Windows XP (SP-0 aka pre service packs)
The Windows XP SP-2 disk seems to recognise the drive, but i see no harm in finding a floppy drive and giving it a shot.
Or possibly trying a diffrent OS such as linux or vista / 7.
Ill give it a try one of these days and report back, for anyone else reading, suggestions are still welcome

K8N Neo3 Won't boot at all!!!!

HI!!!
I have K8N Neo3 AMD Sempron 2800++ 512MB UNB PC3200 CL2.5 Apacer and Asus Geforce 5200FX 128DDR.
I asemmbled this configuration a few days ago.And it worked just fine.
Whenever I turn'd on my CPU it did't recognize the Procesor and it worked on 1.61GHz.
And then sudenly CPU wouldn't start,at the top wrote that the Main processor:Procesor AMD Model Unknown, and at the bottom was message that i can press DEL or F11,but what ever I press,nothing hapens..
The CPU is completly frozen???!
I tried reseting CMOS, unpluging all hard drives,inserting a diffirent Garaphic Card, reassembling and putting back together the entire CPU,
but it's always the same thing and even when i take the battery away from the mainboard(i take the power cable out) like it never resets CMOS is it somekind of a virus .
HELP

MSI K8N Neo3(MS-7135 v1.X) Motherboard
OS WINXP SP1
AMD Sempron 2800++ (with box cooler)
512MB UNB PC3200 CL2.5 400MHz Apacer
Asus Geforce 5200FX 128DDR
Hitachy 80GB IDE
Aopen Combobox
Samsung (SyncMaster 793DF) 17'' CRT
I don't know much about power so i wrote what was on the power supply
Power supply:
MS INDUSTRIAL MODEL:KY-550ATX P4
1. AC~ 115/230V 10A/5A 60/50HZ
I/P
2. DC +3.3V 5V 12V -12V -5V +5VSB COM P_ON PG
O/P 28A 34A 14A 0,8A 0,5A 2A GRN GRY
XX +5V N +3.3V TOTAL OP 263W XX +5Vsb= 2,0A XX
3.OLP BUILT IN
and by the way i haven't flashed the bios i only downloaded it with live update i wanted to
learn more about how it's done before i do it, so i guess it's an older ver, (I didn't flash it the CPU broke down as you can see)
This says when i turn the CPU on
PHOENIX- AWARD BIOS V6.00PG-an Energy Star......
W7135NMS V1.1 05105 10:43:47
under all that is a message "Main Procesor: Procesor AMD Model Unknown" (nothing happens after that)
At the bottom of the screen it says pres DEL to enter BIOS or F11- Boot Menu
But when i hit DEL or any other key nothing hapens i have Logitech Keyboard and Mouse (I tryed
with other keyboard but it's a same thing)

K8N Neo3 won't boot

I have put together a barebones kit that will not boot. Everything is new and I have double checked everything to make sure it's installed correctly. When I power the machine up the fans on the motherboard, video card, and power supply all come on. The cpu fan comes on sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. It will start another time and stop after about 15 or 20 seconds. I'm at my wits end over this one. I have built several boxes before and have never run into anything like this. The PSU came with the case. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is my setup:
Memory: Corsair VS1GB4003C PC3200 1024MB 128Mx64 184DIMM
MB: K8N Neo3 (MS-7135 v2.X ATX Mainboard) with nForce 4-4X chipset
CPU: AMD Athlon64 3200+
Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS PCI Express 16x
Bios: Out of Box
HD: Maxtor 120GB
Optical: Liteon 16x Dual Layer DVD RW
Cooling: Spire Heatsink and Fan cooling kit
Power Supply Details:
450w
+3.3v 26a
+5v 35a
+12v 15a
-12v 0.8a
-5v 0.5a

Quote from: Hans on 07-April-07, 23:31:17
tcsenter, this has been discussed very often in this forum. 15A is NOT enough, period. If you want to insist on this, well be my guest. But don't come crying if your psu burns up half your system. You have been warned about that now.
It has been "discussed", but those discussions NEVER withstand any scrutiny when I enter them - period. Everyone dives out the back door or threatens to have me banned. Why?
Because I PROVE my argument using the very same "simple math" you cite. Unless you are referring to some new fuzzy math that wasn't taught when I went to grade school? I get my numbers from the manufacturer datasheets, which are absolute worst case scenarios that can't be found outside of AMD's R&D lab, or actual load measurements using reasonably precise methods:
K8N Neo3 core logic = 0.5A
AMD Athlon64 3200+ = 9A MAX
GeForce 7300GS = 1A MAX
Maxtor 120GB = 2A (spin-up)
Liteon 16x DVD RW = 2A (spin-up)
Cooling Fans x 2 = 0.5A
Total +12V load = 15A
This assumes 100% loading, which is impossible during POST and until the operating system begins loading.
Sources:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/30430.pdf
http://www.xbitlabs.com/misc/picture/?src=/images/video/power-noise/7300gs.gif&1=1

K8N Neo2 Windows XP Boot problems

I've recently built a new machine based on the K8N Neo 2 & Athlon 64 3500 and am having intermittant problems during boot into Windows XP.
Basically the machine seems to hang just as it gets to the 'Windows XP' logo. The screen looks blank, but if you look very carefully the logo is displayed very faintly. I have tried connecting the startup disk to both SATA1 and SATA3 with the same results as at first I thought it may be some kind of driver problem. I didn't have to install any SATA drivers during the XP install which surprised me.
I have also run Memtest86 on the two sticks of 512Mb PC3200 Geil Ram which seemed to test OK.
Once running the machine is stable, its just annoying that it may take 2 or 3 tries to get it up and running.
Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated.
The full spec of the machine is as follows:
K8N Neo 2
Athlon 64 3500
Geil Value PC3200 512Mb x2
Maxtor Diamond Max 9 80Gb (Boot Disk)
Maxtor Diamond Max 10 200Gb
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT
Andi

I will not install the nForce IDE drivers on the (I guess soon) reinstall. I've read that the PS/2 keyboard also could be the badguy in this weird boot problem but I cant understand why and how the keyboard could add time to the bootup sequence only sometimes, I guess that it has something to do with the XP keyboard driver ??..
Anyone with any other tips is welcome. Other than this weird problem my system runs perfect. MSI Core Center now tells me that my CPU temp is 45% (CPU speed 1004) (Downloading stuff but not doing anything else), CPU speed is according to XP 1.79Ghz and I use the Cool 'n' Quiet function, On what temp should I start to become alarmed and is there some way to setup something in the bios to shut down or warn me when and if the CPU gets to hot ?..
Thanks for helping a new MSI user out

K8N Neo2 Plat No Boot No nothing

I was playing some Counter Strike Source on Saturday evening all well and fine. Got done and did my normal shutdown on my PC. I went to check some football scores on Sunday afternoon, and when I hit the Power button, nothing happened. No lights, no fans, no HDD spin up, no floppy drive seek, no video, no nothing. I had been looking for an excuse to take it apart and redo some of the cabling, so I sat down and did just that. Pulled everything out of the case and put it back together. I plugged it back in and same thing, nothing. I then unhooked everything except the memory, video, and cpu, and it still didn't do anything. I swapped out the mushkin memory (see original specs below) for some generic 2100 that i had in another PC, nothing. Pulled the x800xt out and put in a geforce 4 ti 4400 from another PC, nothing. plugged in a different PSU, a generic 300w, and nothing. That leaves either the MB or the CPU. I don't get any lights on the USB/Diagnostic light piece either. When I unplug/or hit the disconnect switch on the PSU, after about 10 secs all the fans will spin for a second.
My PC
Athlon64 3200+ winchester core
MSI K8N Platinum
Mushkin 2-3-3-6 ddr3200
Ati X800XT AIW
Seagate 7000.7 80gb SATA
Generic DVD ROM drive
Robanton PSU
LP-6100E
+3.3V: 30A
+5V: 50A
+12V: 25A
-5V: 0.3A
-12V: 0.8A
+5V Standby: 2.0A
Total: 500W
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Nathan

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 Won't POST!

Hello everyone,
Trying to get my new rig up and going but for some reason can't get the system to post even. I have the system pretty much running with only the graphics card, ram & HD. System seems to power up fine - all fans spin. The D-Link or whatever LED thing indiciates 4 solid red lights. I double checked to make sure my CPU was seated properly and everything looks perfect. I'm going to reset the CMOS right now and see what happens. Is there anything else i may be missing?
Thanks

There was a post the other week where a guy was having similar issues, found in the end one of the usb port centre pin had been bent & was shorting against socket. Don't no where you are so don't know what time you've got if we get no progress tinight i'd be inclined to do this
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 until tomorrow 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
let it post enter bios & enter your settings.
it'll do no harm & may do some good
this is a daft question but you have the 4 pin 12v cable plugged in to mobo & aligned correctly.
as you can tell i'm starting to run out of ideas now.

K8n neo2 (s939) bios/post problems

hello guys
i hope you can help me out here
english is my second language so please bear whit me
first my specs in a nutshell:
k8n neo2 (s939)
amd64 3500
geforce fx5800
the problem is:
every time i turn the power off i need to flash the bios to get trough his post.
if i reboot from windows (not shutdown but reboot) then it runs trouhg his post normaly, but if i shutdown not.
it simply does nothing if i press the power botton.
on the d-bracklet i see 4 green or 4 red lichts so that must be wrong too i think right?
if annyone have a sulution: thank you verry much
ps: i am running bios version: 1.4

By flash the BIOS do you mean reset CMOS? i.e. you switch a jumper for a few seconds?
If so you have the same problem as me in this post: MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum wont boot without clearing CMOS first.
I changed the HT in BIOS to 4x and have been stable ever since.

MSI K8N NEO2 Plantinum 54g, Fails to Boot.

It has only been problems.
HK: MSI K8N NEO2 Plantinum 54g
CPU: AMD64 3200 Winchester
PSU: CWT 350 W 12=16A , Chieftech 360W 12=18A.
RAM: Corsair PC3200 XL Pro, have been testing with other corsair and Kingmax.
I have been trouble shooting for about 14 Hours now. But the pc just dont want to work. The thing that happens is that i turn it on. Then it turns it self off randomly. Sometimes after 5 sec hen 20 sec then 15 sec ect ect. I cant even get into Bios. Well have been into it for about 1 sec , doesnt help much.
I could think it is the ram but it works in other computers so does the powers. But if I use the Xl Pro Ram then the screen is showing and it lasts never more than 20 sec. With other Ram it goes forever but i get no picture on monitor. And the speacker goes like Beeeeep, Beeeep Beeeeeep, Beeeeeep Beeeeeep. I have Flashed the bios to the 1.3 version, with Hotswap. But it didnt help much.
And by the way the Zalman CNPS7000BCU its metall backplate does not damage the HK because the hole under is to Big.

Hi !
Well, I have that problem, too. I think the reason is a new RAID-BIOS-Version built in the BIOS-Update. I´ve tried the beta-versions V1.51 and V1.5X, too - but they won´t run anyway.
My WinXp hangs while booting (before the WINDOWS-XP-Logo appears, or while fading in...). I cannot reinstall Windows completely because, when I install the 2 raid-drivers, the installation routine hangs before the licensetext - when I don´t install the drivers i cannont install on the raid-drive (beacuase the installation routine shows 2 hdds).
I think, a new driver will solve this problem, but I don´t know where to find it....
A.

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