K8N Neo4 Platinum/Diamond SLI BIOS reports

Hi,
I'm seriously thinking about getting one of the above mentioned boards. It's between those and the new DFIs. I've seen the link to the latest Beta BIOS available for those boards and they sound quite promising. I've heard the latest Beta allows up to 3.1V VDimm control. Anyone want to comment on the overall improvements made with the BIOS revisions? Also, general impressions with the board with regards to overclocking especially would be very welcome. I've done a bunch of reading, but there just aren't that many posts about this.
Thanks,
Adrian

Quote from: asmielia on 21-February-05, 02:48:17
Hi,
I'm seriously thinking about getting one of the above mentioned boards. It's between those and the new DFIs. I've seen the link to the latest Beta BIOS available for those boards and they sound quite promising. I've heard the latest Beta allows up to 3.1V VDimm control. Anyone want to comment on the overall improvements made with the BIOS revisions? Also, general impressions with the board with regards to overclocking especially would be very welcome. I've done a bunch of reading, but there just aren't that many posts about this.
Thanks,
Adrian
The mods move overlocking posts to the "modding and overclocking" forum!
My observations are this:-
I tested my system using memtest at various FSB's which gave the correct stock speed for each CPU multiplier, 200x11,2200x10 etc. In each case Memtest gave the same speed for the L1 and L2 cache, indicating these are drven by the CPU core speed, not the FSB. This means there is no intrinsic value in using a higher FSB for CPU, the only benefit comes if doing so allows you run the memory faster! You might say the AMD64 FSB is the on die bus which connects the on die CPU core to the on die memory controller. Increasing the FSB just increases the bandwith beteen the core and memory controller, allowing you to benefit from using faster memory.
So yes, you can achieve fantastic FSB's with this chipset. I have managed to booted at 340! But this didn't improve performance one jot as I had to use a huge memory devisor. But if I had PC5400 memory my system would really fly!
P.S. For some strange reason running my memory asynchronously allows it to be overlocked more. That's why I boot at 250.

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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),
for some reason i had to abort the installation process. since then i can not boot in from any device(cd,usb the hdd is in a
half way to bsd install state so it's not an option atm).
the post screen comes up and i can interact with it in a way(i can press tab and it drops me
to the detailed post screen,ctrl-alt-del also works i can restart with it), but i neither can enter to the BIOS setup /DEL/ nor the boot menu /F11/.
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,
thank you for your help
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

New K8N NEO4 Platinum (non SLi) wont leave boot screen???

I just went out and purchased:
AMD Athlon 3000+
K8N NEO4 Platinum
Some standard case with a 450w power suply
On the +12v it says I have 18a
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(PCI) ATI Radeon 9200se (CrapTastic!)
Maxtor 40Gig (not Sata)
1x Samsung PC2700 DDR 512mb RAM
This is my first PC build and I ran into a couple of problems:
I have tried 3 different PS/2 keyboards(2 older and 1 newer) and none of them work. It shows the Platinum screen and then goes to a different screen that says "Keyboard error or not plugged in"
So I try my USB keyboard that I got about a year ago and the lights flash on the kb when I first start up but.....once I get to the Platinum screen the keyboard becomes unresponsive and I cant move off the Platinum Screen into BIOS or anything.
PLEASE HELP!

Well I went out and purchased a USB to PS/2 adapter and plugged it in with the USB keyboard that would light up but still not work and......................... STILL DID NOT WORK!
Im going on 2 weeks now with no Counter-Strike:Source and im goin nuts
Quote from: ck5134 on 07-September-05, 03:12:50
Grimster i agree totaly with jeanguy, you need around 25-30amps min on these boards, so try a mates psu.
Do I really need more than 18a with my system? How much money (ballpark) in US dollars do you think a adequate PSU for my rig would cost???
I am really thinking of just takeing it back and getting it replaced with the same mobo and see if that works.

K8N Neo4 Platinum Non-SLI

System Specs:
K8N Neo4 Platinum
AMD A64 3200+
1 Gig Kingston 333 Ram(2x512)
MSI Theater 550 Tuner
Hauppauge WinTV-500MCE
80 GB System Drive
200 GB Media Drive
MSI 6600GT PCIe
Windows MCE 2005, rollup 2
For some reason I can't get 5.1 out via either SPID/F interface(optical or coaxial). It was working before, so I don't know what I messed up, but here's the setup. This is set in my living room, with the SPID/F out going to a Sony Reciever for 5.1 decoding. Like I said, it used to work, I don't know what the issue is now.
Windows speaker configuration is set to 5.1 speakers, as is the MCE app. I also have the RealTek Manager app set with with the correct speaker layout, but I'm only getting stereo out now. The reciever I've isolated, and it isn't the problem. But like I said, it was working before, but now I'm at a loss. Any help will be appreciated.

Quote from: MurdoK on 24-December-05, 18:05:57
Hello !!
First try to deinstall all sound drivers completly, then reinstall them. Make sure your 5.1 system works properly.
Make sure you have the right output mode selected. (analog / digital )
Greetz MurdoK
All that has been done and tried, and and done and tried againn, and then I broke a plate, and then done and tried again.

New K8N NEO4 Platinum build. BIOS recommendations?

I am building a new NEO4 Platinum box. The MB currently has the version 1.1 BIOS. I thought I might flash a newer BIOS before starting my OS install. Any recommendations on the most stable/functional BIOS version as a starting point? I see 1.5 is officialyl out, but have run across a 1.71 Beta.

That's great
As you have a Winnie there's no urgent need to update your bios. it's entirely up to you.

MOVED: updating MSI Neo4 Platinum (non sli) BIOS in XP

This topic has been moved to BIOS.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=94819.0

hgled8888,
They are all good heatsinks, I do not think you will go wrong with any of them.
As for the BIOS, the difference is Award vs Phoenix. I use mobos from Abit, ASUS, and MSI, you get used to them, if you can get though one BIOS, you will have little trouble getting used to the other.
As for moving over from "The Dark Side of the Force" over to AMD, welcome to the other side, you will love it and never look back.
Take Care,
Richard

MOVED: K8N neo4 platinum (non-Sli) SiI3114 RAID error on startup

This topic has been moved to Linux/Unix.
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Well I went out and purchased a USB to PS/2 adapter and plugged it in with the USB keyboard that would light up but still not work and......................... STILL DID NOT WORK!
Im going on 2 weeks now with no Counter-Strike:Source and im goin nuts
Quote from: ck5134 on 07-September-05, 03:12:50
Grimster i agree totaly with jeanguy, you need around 25-30amps min on these boards, so try a mates psu.
Do I really need more than 18a with my system? How much money (ballpark) in US dollars do you think a adequate PSU for my rig would cost???
I am really thinking of just takeing it back and getting it replaced with the same mobo and see if that works.

Strange power-on (issue?) with K8N Neo4 Platinum

Hi all, i have a new K8N Neo4 Platinum, non-sli.
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...)
A powerfull enermax coolergiant 600W ATX 2.0 power supply
Latest official nforce4 drivers and bios
It seems to be ok: installed winXP pro sp2 and updates, installed two Seagate in raid-mirroring with the nforce4 controller, installed some progs and utils, firewall is ok, prime95 go without problems for 1 our (more tests later), cpu temp is 34°C and sys temp is 30°C.
CoreCenter Say:
Vcore -> 1.41V
3.3V -> 3.39V
+5V -> 5.13V
+12V -> 12.26V
memory volt -> 2.60V
FSB -> 200MHz
PCI-E -> 100MHz
cpu volt -> By-VID
Apparently no weird things...
When i switch-on the Pc, for some seconds( ̃10 secs) it don't want to boot, optical drives blink repeatly and the screen is blank, like a bad overclock... But the machine isn't overclocked, and the bios is ok, i think. After 10 secs, finally it go and run flawlessly, post and other things are ok. When i reboot in win, the 10secs-issue repeat itself. So this strange thing at the post is normal? Anyone with the same "problem"? For now the rig is ok when it logon in winXP...

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
In the mean time, i have a new problem: emule+firewall=BSOD. I know, there are tons of post about this issue around, but the solution is unclear... Tried to disable DEP, patched WinXP SP2 with latest things from winupdate, but nothing work for me, emule and the firewall generate a crash&reboot. Tried with the Marvell LAN, too, without success.
Any suggestions? Usefull links? If i uninstall the "NVIDIA Forceware Network Access Manager" it will work without problem with a thirdy part firewall, like sysgate?
P.S.
What's the problem with nvidia drivers? C'mon nvidia, solve this damned issue!

IDE cables bundled with K8N Neo4 Platinum--80 wire or 40 wire?

Is the rounded IDE cable that comes with the K8N Neo4 Platinum (non-SLI) mobo an 80 wire or 40 wire cable? How can one tell?
I think I may be having some UDMA issues with my second hard drive (120GB Barracuda 7200.7 IDE). I installed XP on my SATA drive with no other drives connected and then added this IDE drive.
The rest of my setup is in my sig.
Thanks!
Bruce

OK. I checked my device manager for the info on my IDE drive. I looked at the properties of NVIDIA nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller.
Primary Channel:
HD Model # is ST3120026A. The drive set up as Ultra DMA 5 - Ultra 100. Checked boxes are "Let BIOS select transfer mode, Enable read caching, and Enable write caching. I did a speed test from Windows and it shows Theoretical limit of 100, Burst speed of 86.3 and Sustained speed of 58.1.
Secondary Channel:
DVD: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A. Transfer mode is Ultra DMA2 - Ultra 33. This is using a flat ribbon cable from an older computer. The only box checked is "Let BIOS select transfer mode".
Do these both look OK or do I need to change something?
Then I looked at the properties of NVIDIA nForce4 ADMA Controller and found:
My SATA drive (my boot drive) is HD model # ST3160812AS. Transfer mode is PIO Mode. Boxes checked are "Enable read caching, Enable write caching, and Enable command queuing. There is a yellow triangle that says "Transfer mode downgraded". I can't do a speed test.
What do I need to do to operate in Serial ATA Generation 2 - 3G? This is how this drive is supposed to operate.
Thanks!
Bruce

K8n neo4 platinum with tagan 480 PSU NO SOUND from onboard realtek 850 :-( Help

I've hit a brick wall.
my sound card does not work and i have the amd 64bit 3500+ with msi-7125 version X.1.
Can anyone help as my next option is to go back to crapy yoyo tech who recommended and speced the solution knowing that there is an issue with the diamond model of the motherboard as you need -5 v for sound to work :-( nice!
I've tried triders from nvidia (forceware stuff) and got latest amd driver + msi live update.
Have not connected the front panel speaker connections either.
Thanks in advance peeps.

here's the article for n e 1 that needs it:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=69730
summary:
install amd cpu driver from amd site (extract the zip and do it that way through device manager)
Also from AMD the core cpu tool for cool n quite
install msi's live update and most drivers + tools you like EXCEPT the audio ones
Install the nvidia 6.14 audi drivers manually and the audio util to configure speakers
See the following article:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=73804.msg519824#msg519824 for all the links
Happy building :-) - note this is for the msi k8n neo4 platinum (NOT SLI) but has pci-e

K8N Neo4 Platinum Ultra nForce4 no post.

Took the cpu off and cleaned it, upgraded the video card started the computer and no post. Led's 1,3,4, green 2 red. Took cpu out and checked it no bent pins, checked all connections. Sometimes when it boots it will have 4 green led's but no video. Tried another vid card same thing. Tried booting and holding the insert, cont+home, F1, delete keys. Get power to the fans and hear the HDD sometimes.
Specs.
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Ultra nForce4 bios v1.6
Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Core
Geil value ram
1-36GB Raptor
, M45 Powercolor Radeon X800 GT PCI-EX 256MB DDR3 R480 Core
XP.Pro.W/SP.2
X-Connect 500W ATX PSU
+5V +3.3V +12V -12V -5 +5VSB
30A 28A 34A .8 .3 2
Edit: Have cleared the cmos many times. If I boot holding the insert key down for a while I get 1,3,4, leds red 2 green, if I then push F1 they all turn green but still no vid.

No posts to your post either LOL
Anyway - could be fans causing it - I had my Neo not booting until I disconnected a case fan from the mobo fan header output.
Try with just leaving the cpu fan (could also be this one of course) .

Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480W for K8N NEO4 Platinum

after much debacle of what psu to propel my MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum (Non SLI model) it has become clear to me that the only real choice i have within my reach is the thermaltake silentpurepower 480w, this is simply the best power supply i can get down here (Colombia, South America) and the most expensive one too.
i have done my fair share of research on the matter and have found a number of people using this power supply to power systems based on the K8N NEO4 Platinum, even some have been bold enough to use the SLI version of the board with this power supply.
so i guess its go for broke time on the matter, any feedback ?

Quote from: Stick on 26-January-06, 23:13:33
i have the buterfly model http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/2005/purepower/W001920.htm
it has a 20 pin connector and a 20 to 24 pin convertor, so you can plug it in both ways
from what ive seen its the same psu with different accesories, but its the same psu, so i guess this is it. Im gonna connect the 20pin to the 24 connector in the motherboard as those 20 to 24 adapters dont seen to generate any kind of trust in me, i guess as long as i keep my present setup and i dont overclock everything should run just fine.
many thanks...

MOVED: k8n neo4 platinum with tagan 480 PSU NO SOUND from onboard realtek 850 :-( Help

This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia Based board. Please pay attention to what area you post in if you want help.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=73850.0

here's the article for n e 1 that needs it:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=69730
summary:
install amd cpu driver from amd site (extract the zip and do it that way through device manager)
Also from AMD the core cpu tool for cool n quite
install msi's live update and most drivers + tools you like EXCEPT the audio ones
Install the nvidia 6.14 audi drivers manually and the audio util to configure speakers
See the following article:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=73804.msg519824#msg519824 for all the links
Happy building :-) - note this is for the msi k8n neo4 platinum (NOT SLI) but has pci-e

K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI missing 1t/2t option in bios

Hey all,
I cant see 1t2t command rate option in my bios. It is disappered. Need help pls.
System:
K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI (7100v3A bios running)
AMD athlon 64 3700+ S939 san diego (brand ID:4, model:7, stepping:2)
A-DATA 2xddr 600
not: I saw some other ppl had similar problems with their platinum ultra bords and they did solve the problem by flashing their bios to previous one.
You can read that post in here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=101464.msg740760#msg740760

Quote from: flobelix on 30-January-07, 21:44:59
??? I'm kind of confused... As I said I'm using the same board with the same bios and I can see and change 1T/2T.
Thanks for your reply,
Our mainboard are same but our cpu core are different. When I was using Venice everything was ok. Was using my Venice 9*300 with water cooling.
But now I have 3700+ SAN DIEGO .
Family: F
Ext. Model: 37
Revision: DH-E6
Quote from: flobelix on 30-January-07, 21:44:59
Where exactly are you trying to find this option in the bios? As Richard said make sure you enabled manual for CPU and Ram settings.
I know where I am looking.
User Config Mode --> [Manual] but there is only "Bottom of 32-bit" , "Read Preamble value" and " Async Latency value".
Quote from: flobelix on 30-January-07, 21:44:59
Please tell us exactly(!) what you changed in Cell Menu (core speed, HT, mem clock and so on), report your CPU model and stepping.
Did you clear cmos after(!) flashing 3.A mod?
After flash I remove my power cable for 1-2 mşnutes than press reset button. During post screen I enter bios to load failsafe defaults. After those steps I try to find what is good/bad with that bios.
Feel free to ask anything that can fix this problem.

K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI and BIOS goofiness

A couple nights ago I figured I'd flash my K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI to the latest BIOS version, since I hadn't touched it in over a year. I was using 3.1, and I decided to use the 3.A. Big mistake. Computer boots fine, but immediately bluescreens as soon as Windows tries to load. After diddling around on my brother's computer trying to make a bootable CD, I manage to get back to a state where I can flash again, and try the 3.7. Same problem...bluescreen on Windows startup. At that point I just gave up and went back to 3.1, ignoring the 3.3 and 3.2 BIOSes.
Is anyone else having issues trying to flash the more recent BIOSes?
(I just recently found out that MSI's US site doesn't have a complete list of available BIOSes, while the Taiwanese site does. I might have to give 3.9 and 3.8 a try.)
EDIT: My system specs are in the link in my sig.

Ok, quick update. I just spent about half an hour with 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, and 3.A. None of them work except 3.1...they all bluescreen while starting Windows. I made sure to clear the CMOS completely, yes I left APIC/MPS settings the same (they've always been on default so that hasn't been an issue), and I tried the various safe modes.
Here's the error code given on the BSOD: 0x0000007B (0xF78A6528, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
A quick search on the 0x0000007B error code gives a fairly lengthy MS KB article, but no real solution. I'm at a loss as to why 3.1 works great but nothing else does.

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