K8N Neo4 Platinum Bug: Automatic restart after shutdown ?!

Hi,
I have the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Motherboard, PCB 1, MS-7125, the latest BIOS (1.D).
I have cleared my CMOS, etc.
The problem is that after a shutdown in WinXP (SP2) the PC restarts after a few seconds.
When disabling the IOAPIC in the BIOS WinXP doesn't start anymore. Setting the MPS Table Version from 1.4 to 1.1 doesn't help.
There are no WakeUp options enabled.
What's wrong with that ?
greets
Ingo

Check out this message.. and also the link in it, aparently this is not a uncommon issue (and it has nothing to do with Wake on features in the BIOS at times) it is a registry setting in windows of all things!?! my system does this (but it is fubared in other ways ATM) but i plan on fixing this once i get my system back in working order.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=96892.msg701553#msg701553

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Hello,
I recently built a system for my friend and he wanted the following setup. Everything works good, but when he selects Windows to shutdown, the OS goes through regular procedures, then the screen fades to black. However, the fans keep running and the PSU is still live..... so it seems the system isnt shutting down 100%. I have seen this issue before, but dont remember how to fix it. Something to do with the registry or within the system, alas, i cannot remember. please assist.
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Antec TruePower PSU 480W
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2 x Hitachi 80GB Sata II drives in a Raid 0
1 x NEC DVD/R/RW drives
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Have you tried searching at all? What BIOS version u using? I'd recommend flashing the latest.
Quote from: gerasimatos on 15-November-05, 04:32:02
Hello,
I recently built a system for my friend and he wanted the following setup. Everything works good, but when he selects Windows to shutdown, the OS goes through regular procedures, then the screen fades to black. However, the fans keep running and the PSU is still live..... so it seems the system isnt shutting down 100%. I have seen this issue before, but dont remember how to fix it. Something to do with the registry or within the system, alas, i cannot remember. please assist.
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Hi Guys,
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Antec Neo3 650W
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Hauppauge PVR150
3.5" card reader (connected via internal usb header)
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I have tried all sorts of memory timings from the crucial info - it recommends 2.8V and 2-2-2-8 timings.
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relax your CPU HTT freq. by 10-20Mhz and retest.
relax your memory timings e.g. from 2-2-2-8 to 2.5-3-3-8, to findout from where its comes then find optimal settings.

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hi i'm runningan athlon 3000+ in K8N Neo4 platinum edition v1 (bios W7125NMS V1.6 062305) and i have a very like problem:
today i tried to install freebsd(install started fine, nothing went wrong, i repartioned my hdd and the installer started),
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i've tried reseting bios settings by flushing cmos(removed the battery,pressed SW1. something must happened because the post now checks for sata devices
and the graphical screen/that one u can bypass by pressing TAB/ was not presented before).
it also detects my hdd and my cd-rom too. but still nothing happens after the POST.
others said updating my bios would help. but still there is no option to boot from.
if i am doing wrong something please let me know,
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Andrew

the solution:
disable ide1/slave when the broken hdd is not connected and bios accessible; poweroff; reconnect the broken hdd to the PC;poweron; boot from a linux livecd; gpart/fdisk/something to repair the broken hdd;be happy life is nice
the trick was that bios and post is not messing with the broken hdd(while it was blocked in the bios)
so i could boot with a live cd when my hdd was connected to the PC.
since linux trixx out bios i was abel to interact with the post_killer_hdd (even it was blocked in the bios).
i hope somebody will be able to use it one day if something is not understandable drop me a PM.
problem solved im installing the os to the hdd,topic is SOLVED.
maybe the other guy who has some similar issues with his config/hdd could use this post too.
regards,
/\ndrew

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Hi Baz, thanks for your reply.
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Hello there,
Well, there is somewhere in the forum some topics about this but i'll give you 2 solutions from those topics, one is using a hair dryer to heat the back plate and soften the glue, and it will come right off, the second is using a recent idea of dental floss that you can read Safer way to remove backplate from MSI Neo4 Platinum .
This is my contribution...
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MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
*** STOP: 0x0000009c (0x0000000000000004,0xFFFFF80000113BC0, 0x00000000B2000000, 0x0000000000070F0F)
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Do you think this problem is motherboard related, I cannot understand what the technical info the BSOD gives me means, can anybody understand it? I don't think its my HD's, or Ram, or CPU...could it be a motherboard problem? And if so, its under 1 year old, can I get an RMA?
Thanks for the help in advance.

At one time I had a weak 450w psu that had only 18a on the 12v rail. When I overclocked my cpu and gpu, I was getting bsod's every once in a while and couldnt figure it out until I read a similar post like yours on this forum. I decided to upgrade my psu and havent had that problem since.
Power supplies can be deceiving. I now have a 480w psu but its has 30a on the 12v rail. So what we need to know is the ratings of your psu (see my sig) just to see if your psu is the culprit. Just my 2 cents.

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Please give more information about your system specs.
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I checked the leds on the d-bracket and they dont show any problems. But i have to tell that when i pulled off the battery and then put it back into my mobo i dont know what happen, but now i have installed win xp on my scsi disc and it seems to work fine WHIIIIIIHAAAAAAA!!!!!

K8N Neo4 Platinum , problem durin istalling windwsXP

hi
ive just purchased MSI " K8N Neo4 Platinum " mother boared, with AMD64x2 3.8 GH , duel core.
the problem that after i install windows , and when its gonna strat for the first time, after the Windos XP logo apear, a blue error page apear, saying the windows has shutdown to prevent any damage
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with all my thanx

ops am sorry
ok mine is
K8N Neo4 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - Dual-Core - Socket 939 CPU
512Mb Spectek PC-3200 / 400MHz
MSI ,GeForce 6200 with TurboCache, NX6200TC-TD128E
Western Digital 250GB Caviar SE SATA2 Hard Drive 7200 RPM 8MB
Sony cd writer
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Aopen Keyboard
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OS, thats my problem trying to install WindownXP Pro,
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PSL40E xp restart after shutdown only on AC power supply

uncheck automatically restart in the system failure section
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Does this happen when LAN cable is connected to your notebook only?

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My rig:
A643000+ winch, no overclock
2x512MB Corsair XMS DDR400MHz
2x200GB Seagate mirroring
Plextor PX-708A
BenQ DVD Burner
AN OLD Matrox Mystique 4MB PCI (new pci-e gfx card later...)
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+12V -> 12.26V
memory volt -> 2.60V
FSB -> 200MHz
PCI-E -> 100MHz
cpu volt -> By-VID
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Hi all my friends
@JER101 >>> Ehrr i mean post, sorry
I had unplugged the optical drives, but the problem persist. When plugged, they blink for some times and after blinking the machine go into post-phase and after it boot in the correct manner. I think the PCI card is the problem, like some of you said... I will buy one pci-e card (obviously), but i hope things are not dangerous for now
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What's the problem with nvidia drivers? C'mon nvidia, solve this damned issue!

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My setup:
Athlon 64 3500+
K8N Neo4 Platinum
2GB OCZ 3200 Premier
2) WD Sata 80GB HD's (for RAID 0)
Nvidia 6800GT Extreme VGA
I was recently lucky enough to get my hands on a real Windows XP Pro64bit Extended Edition. I gathered quite a few 64bit drivers which claim to do the job (so they say.)
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