K8N Neo4 Bios MS-7125

Recently bought a 3700+ Sandiego.
Have tried Bios 1.4 and 1.52b and it seems that the Maxtor 300 gb problem is back.
After flashing Bios does not see HD.
Anyobody else have this problem or know if there is a fix for it?

Lord Anubis,
Try to eliminate a few things 1st.
What version of xp is your xp cd if older than SP1 this may be your issue. see -Installing a Microsoft OS & HD Size Restictions
luck

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MSI K8N Neo4 Series (MS-7125) Bios?

I have an MSI K8N Neo4 Series (MS-7125) and I'm trying to configure my memory voltage in BIOS because I was recommended to do so by the manufacturer.
But there is nothing in BIOS that has to do with memory voltage. Is it hidden or do I have to update something?

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MSI K8N Neo4 Series
Which of the following K8N Neo4 boards do you have: http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=searchresult&keywords=K8N+Neo4
... and what is your current BIOS Version?

MOVED: [Athlon64] K8N Neo4 Bios ver 1.50 eats batteries

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[Athlon64] K8N Neo4 Bios ver 1.50 eats batteries

Hi, Takesix.
Unfortunately, you are not the only person with this problem. I purchased a non-SLI version of this board about 6 weeks ago and am on my third battery, all from different manufacturers. The board was originally flashed with V1.50 but I flashed it to v1.30 because I had read that it was a better version. This has not stopped the draining battery problem. Have e-mailed MSI and Monarch Computer tech support hoping to get an answer but haven't received any replys yet. To read others strories go to the following link. https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84120.0 Incidentally, how old is your board? Wonder if it was a specific lot?

K8N Neo4 Platinum (MS-7125) Mic Jack question

I have a microphone i would like to use with my K8N Neo4 Platinum (MS-7125) and I was just wondering if the mic jack was powered or not because the microphone will not work.

hey, i tired that before did'nt work but now it did. But there still is a problem with the mic, the recorded volume is way too low, even with mic boost on.

K8N Neo4 Plat (MS-7125) v.1.D user manual/settings?

Since I flashed my PCB 1.0 K8N Neo4 Plat to BIOS 1.D a couple of years ago I've been sort've just winging it with the many increased settings that 1.D added. I know all of the basics like clock and DRAM settings but the rest I'm clueless about. Is there any official or unofficial post or document out there that explains these settings and what their optimal values should be?
TIA!

Max OC was 3203 but for everyday I had it at 3080 for a couple of months and then I got some different RAM and had some problems with it and have it backed down to 2640 (240x11), HT link is at x3 (720) but would be okay at x4 which would put HT at 960 for the OC I have now and I went back to my old RAM. I haven't yet worked it back up to OC I had before. Neo 4-F & Plat. PCB 1.0 seem to OC better than other versions of K8N which seem to max out at about 2700.
Keep HT link below 1000, if you OC it enough that it goes over drop it to the next lower setting. Your 2500 clock is no problem at stock voltage and you would need to OC quite a bit higher for any need to raise voltage. Lets see what setting you have questions about before I go too far here.

K8N NEO4 Platinum (MS-7125) DIMM Memory Setup

im planning to install two Kingston value ram KVR400X64C3A/512 on my K8N NEO4 Platinum board, this two modules although identical feature double side chip arrangement, i an also well aware from reading the board manual that dual channel installation of these modules will actually slow down the performance of the memory,
what would be the best setup for these to modules?
im planning on installing one module in DIMM1 and the other in DIMM2, is that the best recommendable arrangement for this type of DIMMS?
also this DIMMS use 2.6v, and the board default setup is 2.5v, should i leave the default settings or do i need to make any changes in the bios configuration for these to work properly?

I would go with a dualchannel config.
Confirm dualchannel mode on boot screen or with cpu-z software
http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php
To compare differant memory configs, you can get a rough performance idea by running sisoft sandra mem.benchmark.
http://download.guru3d.com/sandra/
Never go below RAM voltage recommendation.
I rather upper the voltage to 2.7 for best stability.

K8N Neo4 BIOS 1.8 hates my harddrive

Okay, hi everone. I've seen a couple of threads on problems that seem similar to mine, but guessworks and assumptions are what got me where I am, so I'll ask specifically. I'm just half-educated in hardware matters (the worst kind, I know), so be gentle please.
Alright, so originally I was having a problem with my system restarting after shutdown, so I tried downloading upgrades for my motherboard (K8N Neo4 Platinum). The Liveupdate utility gave me BIOS 1.8, which I used through the windows GUI, apparently successfully. Well, until I restarted at least. Now, my main HD (listed by the BIOS as SAMSUNG SP1614C) has changed position from primary master to third master and whenever I try to move it to the top of the boot sequence, I get a blue screen crash, informing me that this is for my own safety and I should run "chkdsk" (however I should manage that). I'm pretty sure it's not the HD that developed an error all of a sudden. Sometimes I get the option of trying safe mode, which of course changes nothing. The flash utility made a floppy, but it seems that's just for putting the same BIOS back on.
What should I do?

Quote from: Azure_One on 03-September-05, 22:38:00
The Liveupdate utility gave me BIOS 1.8, which I used through the windows GUI, apparently successfully. Well, until I restarted at least. Now, my main HD (listed by the BIOS as SAMSUNG SP1614C) has changed position from primary master to third master and whenever I try to move it to the top of the boot sequence, I get a blue screen crash, informing me that this is for my own safety and I should run "chkdsk" (however I should manage that).
I had that "chkdsk" message quite a few times along "restart" & "shutdowm" and overclock problems. the "chkdsk", "restart" & ""shutdown" stuff was solved by retiring Themaltake 430w PSU. The Tagan PSU and bios 1.6 allow me to overclock the way I want.

Windows Vista CTP 5308 on K8N NEO4 Platinum (MS-7125)

I have a system based on the K8N Neo4 Platinum board and i was just wondering wether or not Windows Vista will run well on it, are there any issues to take into consideration in installing the February CTP of Windows Vista in a system based on this board?
any feedback would be much appreciated?

While not exactly the same motherboard they are very similar i have the MSI K8N SLI Platinum and windows vista beta 2 was pretty happy with it.Hope this helps.

K8N NEO4 Platinum (MS-7125) PINOUTS

I really do apologize to everyone if im sounding a little tiring on this matter, but im near the end of this journey and im just checking the last and final details before final assembly....
I was just going thru the K8N NEO4 Platinum manual and i started wondering what exactly do they mean when they label a pin "RES" or "Reserved" what does this mean? whats the difference between "RES: RESERVED" and "NC: NOT CONNECTED"?
the ATX1 main connector for the board sports the "NC" label on pin 12 while on my PSU that pin has a +3.3V line, and pin 20 has the "Res" label and again in my PSU that pin carries the -5V line, the manual has no notes on that,
so is it safe to assume that nothing will happen if i connect my PSU to the board?
I have a KMEPC PH Series 500W dual fan PSU, ATX 1.3 compliant and has both the 12V 4pin connector and the 20+4 main ATX power connector, it was the best bang for the buck down here and has 25 amps in the 12V rail which should be more than enough for my system.

RES/ RESERVED means that the pins are not in use and reserved for future needs.
NC/ NOT CONNECTED means that the pins have no connection, can be used in the future as needed.
The -5 volt line is a relic of the old ISA days, most newer MB and many P/S no longer use this.
The P/S connector has a few more 3.3v pins, with newer MB the 3.3v is not so much needed as the 12v rail is being used for more work, in the old days (really not all that long ago) like the KT133 era the 3.3v was used Extensively.
You are safe to connect your P/S up to your MB, Happy computing

K8n NEO4 bios update to 1D: audigy + pci modem = no start (not even video signal

I updated my old 1.4 bios (alredy updated once) to 1D. The system was running fine but i was preparing for dual core update.
After bios update the neo4 was like dead. Not even video signal.
I removed both SB audigy and pci adsl modem and it started as usual.
If i add 1 pci card only (audigy OR PCI modem) the system works, while if i add BOTH the cards it is dead.
Changing slots did not solve the problem.
System is running with defaults values.
Any bios setting? do i have to go back to 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6 bios to use an athlon 64 X2 4800+?
Thx

Modded bios doesn't add cpu id code .
murdoK has a mod of 7125 here : http://msi-forum.de/thread.php?threadid=24337
4800 X2 supported since 1D according to this :
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=637&kind=1

MOTHER BOARD K8N NEO4 PLATINUM MS-7125 (V3.0) ATX - USB 2.0 ISSUE

The USB ports are not functioning as 2.0
When I plug any USB device in, I get the message IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE
"This device could perform faster if you connect it to a high speed USB 2.0 port"
I've got WIN XP Service Pack 2, with the latest updates.
Also the 6.70 nforce4 drivers, and the 7.0 Bios update.
Any ideas?

Well , is the connected device a true high speed USB 2.0 device.
The term full speed USB is USB 1.1 (12MB/s) and is often mistaken for 2.0 .
In antonio's case I think it's one of two things :
1)MSI have again a bios with only USB 1.1 controllers enabled which antonio have loaded.
2)The Xp native "Standard Enhanced USB 2.0" drivers is screwed up .
Possible faulty installations are :
a: Installed USB drivers from motherboard CD
(not to be used for W2K/XP , only for Win9X/ME)
b: Installed Nvidia Chipset drivers before XP servicepack
Nvidia Warns :(Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1, at a minimum, prior to attempting to install this package. )
( Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0. )
c: Some other windows/driver corruption .

New Build Update K8N Neo4 Platinum Ultra 7125-010

I will report on the positive results of my build first. All installs went very smooth, no problems except for a bad floppy drive from the start which I did replace. I have 1 Sata hard drive on Sata controller #1. Installed XP Pro/SP2 Slipstreamed without doing the F-6 thing and had no problem with the Sata drive booting after install. I have a DVD/RW on IDE 1 as Master and a CD-Rom on IDE 2 as Master. The board is functioning very well for 5 days now. My only disapointment with this board, is the onboard sound. This is supposed to be better than my old K7N2 Delta L onboard sound. I am here to say, it is the very worst sound system I have ever heard. While getting the new build setup, I had a pair of $4.00 speakers hooked up and thought it was acceptable. When I hooked the build up to the rest of my hardware, which has a pair Altec Lansing speakers that sounded great with my old K7N2 Delta L, I was very shocked. Sounds like crap. Not much volume or other settings can make it sound worth a darn. Just can not figure out how the el-cheapo speakers sounded better than a pair of quality speakers. I have fooled with settings until the lady of the house is ready to pull my plug. Other than the sound issue, I do have to say this is one incredible machine. Guess if I really want quality sound or even something close, I will have to install a sound card.
Regards; Pops'
EDIT: Open mouth and insert foot. I was not about to quite give up on getting some decent sound from this system. Opened the Nvidia Mixer Application again and started fooling with selections. On the first screen, I had choosen the " 2 Speakers Mode ". Well, I started playing with the selections there and selected " 7.1 Speakers " and that made all the difference in the world. Now it is very acceptable. I am not real picky, but just could not figure out what happened when I moved the build to my office which had the Altec Lansing speakers and it sounded like crap without changing any settings??? Long story short, I guess it pays much reward to keep picking away at the settings.
Now I can go to bed and not have that grinding on my feeble mind.
Regard's again; Pop's the pooped.

Yep,the 2T setting is much slower compared to 1T.
What I did was this,I set the top row at auto,so that covers all the cas latencies.
Somewhere below is a second option on auto,I set this at manual.and changed nothing but the 2T to 1T.
One thing to note though,when I build my system I had some nvraid complaints when booting,still after disabling them all.
It needed a cmos reset to work properly.
Also I noticed in memory section from bios two settings in the bottom row.
read preamble value
max Async latency
They were both on 6ns. Setting them on 5ns makes things a little faster but also made my windows show some error messages just out of the blue.So I kept them on 6.
Now after a bios flash without resetting the cmos they were both set at higher numbers,thus more stability at a cost of some speed.
Again I had the nvraid complaints,so I needed to reset cmos (which is commonly recommended,even by MSI) and noticed the 2 memory settings are back at 6ns.
This led me to believe the board picks this up automatically after a clear cmos.
So no need for you to change any setting in bios except for the 1T option.
You will understand what I mean when you visit this bios memory page.
On a side note,I run at stock speeds also,except for the cell menu,I use agressive timings as enabled,speeds up your ram a bit also.
Ofcourse you have to try if it works on your system since you got different memory compared to mine.
Goodluck...

Best Drivers for new K8N Neo4 Platinum Ultra 7125-010

Looking for just a little clarification on which drivers to load for this board. It is on the way with my CPU and should be here tomorrow. In reading through some of the posts, it seems to be a good idea to load the most recent drivers right from the start and not even use the CD that comes with the MSI board. Below is a list of the Drivers which I "think" are needed.
Graphics Video Driver; 78.01
Nforce AMD Driver; 6.66
Audio Driver; 4.62
In doing some further reading, it seems I may need the following also but am not sure??
Windows XP Unified Driver; 5.10
Which includes the following:
Audio; 4.42
Audio Utilities: 4.44
Ethernet; 4.42
Gart; 4.36
Memory Controller; 3.38
SMBus; 4.04
Installer;4.46
IDE NVIDIA; 4.46
My plan is to setup the build with 1 WD 37.6 Sata drive as the boot drive and only the drive to start with. As for my Internet connection, I am going to use my USB Gigafast Wireless to connect to my D-Link DL-524 wireless router. I am going to Disable all of the onboard LAN features. Part of my confusion at this time is, do I need all of the Windows XP Unified Driver package??? Thanks in advance for any help in clearing up my confusion. Also, is there a specific order in which these should be installed??
Regards; Pop's

No problem Pop,besides,I'm 42 now and still love to build on my computer
As for the link,you need the "AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (exe) 1.2.2.2"
or the one just above it "AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Version (exe) 1.2.2.1"
It will uninstall the current driver that was installed with the mainboard driver cd,and should install the newer afterwards,you can check in hardware device manager if the driver version is the newer for cpu after reboot.
Haha,yes,I had the same feelings before I build this system,reading all msi forums regarding mainboards.
And all I read was problems after problems.But I have another system based on the KT3ultra,which I build 3 years ago,and I'm still pleased with this system so I decided to stay with MSI for now.Also I noticed the problems were/are the same on the Asus platform,seems common on nforce4 mainboards.
As for building,just take your time,I had a slight incident with placing the heatsink+fan on the cpu socket,apparently in the corners of the cpu bracket is a small ledge(Énglish is not my nature language so don't know if I use the correct word) ,I couldn't get the retention lever in place,needed a lot of pressure and I became scared of damaging things.
So I waited a few seconds and tried again,suddenly with a loud click,the retention lever fell in place,the heatsink was hindered by this ledge in one of the corners from the bracket.So you have to place the heatsink correct and don't overuse the pressure you need for the retention lever.Slowly increase it,and all will go well.
Also I noticed the pcie graphics card fell right over the retention clip that holds it in place right besides the northbridge fan(well,actually on the left side from the fan),so installed once,it's very hard to get your finger behind to replace the card for example,or to clean it out from dust.But I used a small tool to get behind and press the clip for card removal(a bended metal tool,so I need to be carefull using this)
As for sata drives,I started with an ide to be on the safe side,but I do know you need the driver floppy disks for using the sata drive.
Can't help you any further with that for now,when I buy sata2 drives no doubt I also will need to check if I need a bios update etc.But that's with a smooth system already running,so I can take my time and redo any steps I made if things fail.
That's why you need to do the correct order of installing software,it's much easier then to fix problems that may arise.
Well,goodluck and don't be afraid,just take your time.

K8N Neo4 BIOS 1.4, SATA

After updating the BIOS to v.1.4, I can't install Windows XP anymore. The installer complains that I have no hard drive. In fact, I have two Seagate SATA HDs. I had to downgrade to v.1.2. What is the problem of v.1.4, or Windows?

If it helps any, my new system has been solid using 3.1, ever since I built it, two months ago. Yesterday, hoping to fix sporadic Battlefield 2 demo crashes, I went ahead via MSI Live Monitor, and flashed my bios to 3.4 (these bios numbers can be confusing, but I'm pretty sure 1.4 = 3.4).
For me, this was a very bad idea. With 3.4, I thought it wasn't even seeing my sata drives, but realized if I let the system sit, it would go ahead and boot after a long boot time, roughly 3 minutes (and the system gave a flurry of "new hardware found" activity, too quickly for me to see what all it modified). I tried everything, clearing CMOS, turning off everything in the bios that I didn't use, and etc. No matter what I did, I got that 3 minute boot-up, like the bios was trying to init something that wasn't there, and finally timing-out and booting from my hard drive. And, during the 3 minutes, the LEDs on the debug bracket were all four lit, indicating that the OS was booting.
Also, the SIL 3231 sata controller no longer had a driver associated with it in Device Manager. No matter what I tried, I couldn't fix it short of re-installing Windows XP, which I wasn't about to do for now.
When I looked at System Information, I saw that the bios change had changed a whole bunch of starting addresses, of nearly every system component. That seemed really strange to me.
Finally this morning, I flashed the bios back to 3.1, and everything is working fine again. The system boots up normally again, nice and fast, my SIL 3231 sata controller's driver is recognized again, and all is well. In System Information, I see that all of the starting addresses have been put back to what they were.
Take it for what it's worth. As for me, I won't be upgrading my bios again anytime soon, unless I can figure out what the problem was.

K8N Neo4 BIOS Flash Core centre problem

Hi All,
New here and with a question so here we go,
recently updated my bios with MSI live monitor and it updated the bios and everything is fine and works well except for core centre, evertime the computer starts it says core centre isn't compatible with your motherboard, have i done something wron and go back to previous bios version or is there a fix?? any help would be good.
thanks

Quote from: sixth on 03-September-05, 08:26:28
I just flashed my bios to version 1.8....i cant it to post past the windows xp boot screen.....anyone know why and what i can do??!!?!
Everything was fine before running 1.5....
I read a thread somewhere in this forum saying 1.8 is good if you have Sempron (E6?). If by some reason you have to flash 1.8, search for User syar2003's post. I followed his procedures and I flashed 1.6 successfully. Bios 1.5 gave me a lot of troubles.

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