K8T NEO FSR dying... I think

Since about 4 days ago, I've been having major problems with my system, which until that point was rock solid for at least 6 months with XP Home with SP 1. I installed SP2 about a month ago, and have had no problems until now.
At first, I would get random memory dumps, with the nvidia driver listed as the culprit. Then, it got to the point to where the system would reboot when the desktop was supposed to appear, every time, in an endless loop if I was trying to load ANY nvidia driver. I could boot if using the vesa driver that comes with windows, but that's it. I checked my temps, and they're the same as they've always been... CPU 38C idle, system 36C idle. I decided to reformat, thinking the registry was completely screwed, but I still got the same behavior after reformatting. I decided to go for broke, and updated the BIOS (v. 1.8,) cleared the CMOS, and started to reformat AGAIN.
That's when it really went to hell. On the former BIOS, I could enter the RAID setup even thought I'm only running one SATA drive. Now, I can't make any changes at all, getting a message saying "You don't have enough drives to make a RAID." Also, before I had USB set up for legacy devices, and 1.1 emulation because I have a USB mouse and keyboard. Now, If I have those settings enabled, the system will lock up right after the post screen, with the mouse and keyboards lights flashing. Also, after the BIOS flash, when I reformat my drive using the old slow method (NOT quick format,) the drive is formatted in 5 seconds as if I was running two drives in RAID 0, even though I'm using just one drive. That can't be right.
Eventually, the file system was completely screwed from the constant reboots, and I was unable to even install Windows. The installation would hang at six minutes, every time. I had to zero out the drive to get Windows to install, and all I get is more of the same... endless loops of reboots using nvidia drivers, unable to enter SATA setup, no legacy or emulation in USB, etc.
I then tried the system without SP2 installed, nothing changed.
I then thought it was my power supply. I always use Antec True Power PSU's, and this system has a TP 430 in it. I switched it out to a TP 380 I had laying around, and I get the same behavior.
But guess what the kicker is? Windows 2000 will run perfectly. No reboots, nothing.
Anyone know what the hell is going on here, or is it even worth screwing with? Should I just -can this mobo, and get something else? I don't think the video card is bad, because it works unless I load one of nvidia's drivers, and the temp of the card is 50C idle, according the the nvidia utility. There's a shutdown option at 135C, so I don't thing I'm getting the card anywhere near too hot.
Addendum: Before anyone asks these questions, I have:
1) Reinstalled the 1.8 BIOS three times, with the CMOS cleared each time. I haven't tried reinstalling the old BIOS.
2) Ran a complete diagnostic on the hard drive with Samsung's utility, and everything is OK.
3) Tried different nvidia drivers, no change.
4) Checked the voltages in the Corecenter program, and they're all within spec, EXCEPT the Vcore setting, which is listed as 1.55, highlighted in red, in the menu that allows you to make adjustments. According the to the static pane, the actual voltage is 1.49. All the voltage settings in the BIOS are set to AUTO.

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Originally posted by Zubir
I''m on a tight budget here. I can pick this power supply up at a local Microcenter.
http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0177009
Do you think this would be enough? Dual +12 rails that equal 27A.
AR is right go for single rail not dual, somebody here used the noisetaker when it first came out and fried their whole rig.
I had a look at the site you gave, their is an Aspire 500 there, quite a few here use that, it gets good reports. It does not state the amps, make sure it has at least 25 -30 on the +12v line. It looks single rail and appears to be cheaper than the Enermax.
http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0172471
Cheers
jocko

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The LED's on the back panel show all 4 red which the manual says is a bad CPU. Could my CPU have died somehow? Did I miss something obvious?
My power supply is an Enermax 350W with 32A on 3.3V, 32A on 5V, and 17A on 12V.
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1) The PSU that you have is quite weak on the +12v Rail & could be the cause of your problems, most people on here recommend 20a on the +12v Rail.
I've seen people on various boards throw numbers anywhere from 15A to 30A for the 12V rail. However, I haven't seen anyone quote any hard sources. My back of the envelope computations:
CPU: 89 W (max power from AMD's web site)
MEM: uses 3.3V
Floppy: uses 5V
CD: 20W
RAM: uses 3.3V
HD: 15W
Geforce2 GTS graphics card: 8W
which gives me about 132W on the 12V rail at maximum power usage (which - since I haven't done anything I doubt I've hit). This would be about 11 amps which is easily covered by my power supply. And - the 89W number form AMD is for all the Athlon64 chips of which the 3000 is the very low end so it's probably less than that.
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2) You may have faulty RAM & i would recommend running a memory testing program just to check that is ok.
Could the RAM be faulty even though I had a windows 2000 setup running reasonably well? The BIOS did do a memory check on each startup (I turned that on when I first installed the board).
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As for the system not booting now, sounds like you have a bad BIOS flash & that you will need to get the BIOS reflashed or RMA your motherboard.
I don't think this board supports reflashing - the chip is soldered onto the board. Any idea why the rescue procedure isn't working?

K8T Neo FSR Unusual Power Supply Problem

Hi folks! I've been using my Neo mobo for a couple years now. Recently I noticed the 3.3V line was dropping. It steadily over a week's time went from 3.3 to 2.6. At 2.6 I was getting constant artifacts and instability. Thinking of course that it was the power supply's fault, I replaced it. This one lasted two months, but just like the other, started off fine, then 3.3 slowly dropped to 2.6.
Is there anyway this can be something other than the power supply? I'm utterly confused; two power supplys shouldn't die slowy on the exact same line.
Thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thx!
Edit:
Realized y'all need more info :P
athlon 64 3000+
radeon 9800pro
two harddrives
one optical
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K8T Neo FSR mobo
1st PSU: Aspire 550W, 34A on 12v and 28A on 3.3v
2nd PSU: Generic 500W, 28A on 12v and 26A on 3.3v
Edit 2: Just a note, ALL other voltages were stable. It was ONLY the 3.3v line that droped.

Quote from: Bas on 30-January-06, 05:16:17
The onlything that could cause that is bad-connection between the connectors....ergo like not pushed in far enough....
(could be because of fluids too, but I find that rather unlikely)
Both those cases seem unlikely...I know for a fact there were no fluids, and I'm 99.9% sure the cable was inserted properly. Doesn't it mean something that it was ONLY the 3.3v cables that were burned?
BTW, what makes you think it's the video card? Since it's getting power from a molex that only has 5v and 12v lines, why would it need 3.3?

MSI K8T NEO FSR with AMD 64 3200 - Can´t install WIN XP

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Originally posted by jeri534
Yea, on MBM5, it's still around 45c on Idle, I guess the sensors are just off, right? Or should I get a replacement?
Depends on the ambient temperature, but that's what I typically get.
weird..how bout on load?
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K8T Neo FSR DOA

I am helping a new builder with an upgrade from a working system. We installed a K8T Neo FSR and AMD 2800 Retail in an existing,working system system. The current specs are:
WIndows XP Home (all patches)
MSI K8T Neo FSR MB
AMD 64 2800 Retail CPU
1024 Meg Super Talent PC 3200 memory (512x2)
80 M WD HD
Liteon CR-RW/DVD reader
HEC 525 PA ( 3.3V-35A, 12V-18A,5V-14A,)
Nvidiia 5700LE video
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The diiagnostic LEDs on the D-Bracket do not light, what does this imply?
Although I have had good previous experience with HEC PS, is it likely that it does not have sufficient 12V current to start the board? Does this board/CPU combo reallly need 20A plus of 12V to initialize as some posts seem to indicate?
Does the lack of diagnostic readout imply failure of either the MB or CPU? If yes, how do I identify which?
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THOMAS

Hey thanx for the heads up on that bas but wanna see something funny
http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=777990
Check out the HT on Cpu-z in the screenshot. I was thinking that cant be right but I double checked and it was I guess I got lucky with the HT being that high.
THOMAS

[Athlon64] MSI K8T Neo FSR / Early Chipset Initialization

Hi There,
My MSI K8N Neo Platinum has a broken LAN interface, i don't have the papers of it so I can't send it for RMA. So i bought a MSI K8T Neo FSR.
But there is a problem, when i power up the system, the fans are spinning, the hard disk spins up and the CDRW/DVDROM drives are working. The only thing the system does is hanging at the "Early Chipset Initialization" state accoding to the D-Bracket.
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- Bought other memory (I do have 1GB now , but still no result)
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- Tried to boot up only with R9200, CPU and RAM, and still it won't work.
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And I aint thinking that my motherboard is broke, it still beeps without memory in it.
I am getting really confused, i'm out of money now so i can't buy some new stuff.
Anyone ideas?
Specs in signature. (PSU 18A @ 12V), sorry for my bad english.

Quote from: fafner on 03-May-05, 20:55:16
Why don't you get a PCI network card for the K8N system? No need to fuss around with a new mb just to get a LAN connection.
Don't want to use PCI-Cards
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Have you tried removing the RAM and then doing a Bios reset? Sometimes things get sticky if the RAM is still in place during a Bios reset.
I would also unplug anything that is not entirely needed to boot so you can simplify the problem.
Another hint. As the RAM controller is inside the CPU the system will not do anything right without RAM. The CPU will imediately hang.
Just tried a BIOS reset without RAM in the system, the system won't boot. Only the CPU, VGA card and the memory is placed. Only the 4pin 12v and the 20 pin is connected.
It just won't work, maybe the board is dead?

K8T Neo-FSR problems booting

Hi
My Computer is having problems booting. Two days ago i went to boot my computer and all the fans started up and everything seemed fine, but then nothing happened at all, but my computer was still running (cpu fan is running, power suppy fan running, red light on tower has some activity at the begining but then nothing)(my monitor light is flashing like it does when the computer is off) , so I turned off the computer by the button. Then i rebooted the system and everything worked fine. Today I went to boot my computer and this happened again, but now it won't boot at all. I have had this motherboard since january and I have never had a problem before. Any ideas of what is going on? I am assuming that it is something with bios, but I have no clue what. Any help would be appreciative.
motherboard: K8T Neo-FSR
cpu: athlon 64 3200+

AMD64 3200+
K8T Neo-FSR
512 MB Ultra ULT30215, 512 MB BRAVO ADM328TM-50 400mhz
PNY GeForce MX4000 128MB AGP Video Card
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Unknown 20GB HD
Philips CD-burner
Philips CD-ROM 56X
Creative speakers
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Powmax 300 watt dual fan ATX power supply
TRENDnet TRW-423PI wireless pci Adapter
I have already unplugged any devices that are not needed during startup, I still have the same exact result, I tried to update the BIOS but it didn't read the drive because i'm assuming it doesn't know the boot order because that all comes the BIOS, so this is was leads me to think its something with the BIOS and not my hardware. My computer has a boot manager, I beleive its OSN??? This sits on my Maxtor drive with windows xp and solaris10 sits on the other Hard drive. Is there any more information you need?

K8T NEO FSR problems and questions.

I read this in an article on http://www.hardware.no:
"MSI is one of the companies that offer free upgrade to a new motherboard with better
specifications, if you have bought 915P Neo2 Platinum, 915P Combo-FR or 915G Combo FR
in the period of time between 21st and 27th june."
Late in june, I bought myself MSI K8T Neo-FSR motherboard, and an Athlon 64 3200+2.2GHz.
When I run "Core Center", the program shows that my CPU idle temp is 60 Celsius and my
sys temp is 36 degrees, which is COMPLETELY wrong?!?!.
This is very weird, because I have a nice computer case with 5 fans that blow out all
the warm air inside. When I play games, the CPU goes up to 65 degrees and my computer
restarts. This is VERY annoying. How do you turn this off in BIOS settings?
I'm quite frustrated with the thought that my CPU temp. shows 60-70 Celsius.
I have read tons of other forums and I have found out that it's not only me that experience
this problem. I seriously hope that you will fix this bug ASAP.
Does this offer also apply to K8T NEO-FSR? Can I get a free upgrade?
If I don't get my problems fixed, I will take further actions.
My System specifications:
MSI K8T NEO-FSR, Athlon 64 3200+2.2GHz, Asus Geforce 4 Ti 4400, TwinMOS 1024 DDR3200 RAM, Western digital 80+120+80 GB 7200 RPM, Chieftec BX Tower BX-03SL-SL-SL P4 / AMD, 2x papst 120mm fans, 2x 80mm papst fans, 1 fan in the door of the computer case.

I never heard MSI was doing such an offer...
Anyway, you need the latest BIOS, that solves the temps reading thing, this happens because AMD changed the CPU a bit.
It's not getting that hot, it's just a reading failure.
A BIOS flash should solve it.

K8T Neo FSR with Audigy 1 Problem

I just received a major upgrade, for me anyway, last night. ALL I was getting on boot was 4-RED LED lights on the D-Bracket2 connector. I was ready to RMA the WHOLE thing to Tiger Direct, when I decided in one last ditch effort to try again.....I pulled my Audigy, and wham, it booted normally. Now let me describe.
1. I KNOW it's not a power issue, as I had EVERYTHING but Sound and Video removed, and unplugged, including hard drives. The D-Bracket2 LED's were still all-red on boot.....system would not POST.
2. Pulled ALL hrdware from system, except Video and Audigy, same results.
3. Last try, pulled EVERYTHING, including Audigy, and it booted normally.
4. Re-connected everything, except Audigy, re-installed Windows XP SP2, no problems, system runs.
I tried EVERY PCI slot with the Audigy, ALL with the same results; system would not run with it in there. The card was good 15 minutes prior on the OLD Abit Board. (meaning it works.)
ANy ideas???
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K8T Neo FSR MB
Athlon64 2800+ CPU
GeForce Ti 4200 128MB Video
512MB Mushkin Green Memory (1 DIMM)
Maxtor 160GB HD
WD 20GB HD
45X CD-ROM
24X CD/RW (Sony)
onboard NIC, Sound (Audigy problem made me resort to the onboard sound)

Suggestions:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1104458&CatId=1078
The above might be only 420W but it has 18 amps under 12+, which is fine for your setup.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-148-002&depa=1
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=719596&CatId=1079
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=719582&CatId=1078
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1120272&CatId=1078

MOVED: K8T Neo-FSR BIOS didn't know sampron64

This topic has been moved to AMD64 VIA/AMD/ATI based board.
K8T Neo-FSR BIOS didn't know sampron64

Blue screens have nothing to do with the Bios update. Those are trypically symptopmatic of other issues like low amps on the 12v rail for the devices you use or memopry issues and that like. Start by testing memory with memtest86+ as it is one of the likelyest suspects. Also post how many amps are on the 12v rail base on the lable on the PSU.
As for contacting MSI directly about when a Bios update is coming won'y get an answer but you are welcomed to contact them at support.msi.com.tw if you like.

K8T800 K8T NEO-FSR Memory Problems

Just a warning before I start in, this is a pretty long post. I'm going to try to include all the information I can.
Here's my system right now. It's running Windows XP Professional with all the latest updates.
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor. Not overclocked at all.
Motherboard: MSI K8T800 K8T NEO-FSR, latest BIOS updates from MSI
Video Card: ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, latest Catalyst drivers from ATI installed. Not overclocked at all.
Memory: Mushkin 184 Pin 2x512MB DDR400 PC-3200, running at DDR400 with Auto selected for all the memory timings in the BIOS. Memory placed in DIMM#1 and DIMM#2. Not overclocked at all.
Hard Drive: Western Digital 80 Gig
I started experiencing random reboots and critical errors in game applications on Sunday. The computer would randomly reboot at random intervals from Windows. In addition, while running games like Warcraft 3, Asheron's Call, or World of Warcraft I would receive frequent critical errors that certain sections of the memory could not either be read or written to.
I figured that there was some kind of problem with the memory, so I downloaded Memtest86 and ran it. The first stick of RAM was in DIMM#1 and the second stick in DIMM#2. This was the memory configuration during all the random reboots and critical errors.
Memtest86 came up with several failures during the 5th phase of the test. The same failures came up upon repeated testing in the same phase of the test. I decided to try to isolate the failure and see if one stick or the other was defective. I yanked out the second stick from DIMM#2 and left the first stick in DIMM#1. The first stick (which I'll refer to as the "good RAM stick") passed the memtest repeatedly. I then stuck the second RAM stick into DIMM#1 alone and the computer would not even POST.
I then moved the second RAM stick (which I'll refer to as the "bad RAM stick") over to DIMM#2 alone and managed to get it to POST. The bad stick failed the memtest with the exact same errors during the same phase of testing as the combined sticks had failed during the initial test. For the sake of completeness, I moved the bad stick over to DIMM#1 alone and finally managed to get it to POST. However, the bad stick passed the memtest repeatedly. Puzzled, I moved the bad stick over to DIMM#3 alone and tested it there, which it also passed repeatedly. I moved it back into DIMM#2 alone and it failed the test repeatedly again and again.
Intrigued, I then moved the good RAM stick into DIMM#2 alone, to try to see if perhaps there was some kind of motherboard error occurring. The good stick passed the memtest repeatedly in DIMM#2. I then moved the good stick into DIMM#3 alone and it passed the test repeatedly in that slot.
After checking the motherboard manual to make sure I could do it, I put the bad stick in DIMM#1 and the good stick in DIMM#3 and ran the memtest. The combined sticks passed the test where previously, while configured in DIMM#1 and DIMM#2, they had failed it. I moved the sticks back into DIMM#1 and DIMM#2 to test again. The combined sticks failed as they had during the initial test.
I then reconfigured the sticks to DIMM#1 and DIMM#3 again and booted up the system. Although I only had limited testing time last night, I seemed to be totally stable. The system did not reboot at all and I actually managed to play WoW for an hour without a single crash.
Any suggestions on what's occuring? I figured that maybe the mobo's memory seating in DIMM#2 was messed up, but I wanted to get some more guidance from others.

Well if it's an Antec Sl-350, that one only has 16A @ 12V, way too little to handle your system.....
I would get another PSU in any case, as even the TP-380 is bare minimum.....
Go for the Enermax 465 it has 33A @ 12V and then you are sure it's not a power problem...
Also, a good PSU is never a waiste of money

PROBLEM! K8T Neo-FSR cannot instal " wd 500 32MB Cache internal hard "

hi everybody
i have a K8T Neo-FSR mainboard and i bought a western digital hard ( 500 32MB Cache internal )
but
i cant instal that.
the mainboard is update.and this is information of pc :
Operating System
         MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
      CPU
         AMD Athlon 64 3000+   40 °C
         NewCastle 0.13um Technology
      RAM
         256MB Single-Channel DDR @ 200MHz (3-3-3-8)
      Motherboard
         MSI MS-6702 (Socket-754)
      Graphics
         L1520B @ 1024x768
         128MB GeForce FX 5200 (MSI)
      Hard Drives
         78GB Western Digital WDC WD80 0JD-00JNA0 SCSI Disk Device (SCSI)   43 °C
      Optical Drives
         WD Virtual CD 1110 USB Device
         SONY DVD RW DRU-820A
      Audio
         M-Audio Delta Audiophile
what shall i do?? please help me.

No, you put the jumper on the drive!
You must enable OPT1 (jumper pins 5-6).
However do be warned that your mainboard uses the Via VT8237 southbridge chipset, which has known unfixable issues with SATA 3.0gb/s. You may have luck with the drive jumpered to 1.5gb/s, but it may still not work.
See: http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1337&p_created=1112379341
And elsewhere: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=via+vt8237+sata2

K8T Neo-FSR SATA Limits?

I have an old PC with an AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor and a K8T Neo-FSR with a VIA® VT8237 chipset. This board has two 1.5 Gb/s SATA connections so I decided to put these to use by turning this old PC into a file server (NAS). I bought some refurbished 250 GB drives for a RAID 1 setup from Newegg and plugged them in and the firmware did not detect them. I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version (1.9) and it still didn't detect the drives. It's my guess that there's a limit on how much that chipset can support. Does anyone know what it is? I've tried searching extensively for it, but can't find any info on any limitations as far as SATA.
For readers' simplicity, here's the URL for the info page: us.msi.com/product/mb/K8T_NeoFSR_FIS2R.html (copy and paste).
Please note that I have no interest in purchasing a new system as a replacement. I know this board is a decade old and well beyond its EOL, but it works and it is paid for, so please don't go there. Thanks!

Quote from: TV34 on 24-May-14, 00:01:27
@ XFM
from http://www.elektronik-kompendium.de/sites/com/1006201.htm
Schnittstelle Bandbreite Reichweite Geräteanzahl Einführung
Serial-ATA (SATA) 150 MByte/s 1 m 4 2003
Serial-ATA-II (SATA 2 / SATA-300) 300 MByte/s 1 m 16 2005
Serial-ATA-III (SATA 6G / SATA-600) 600 MByte/s 1 m 16 2007
mfg Tino
Got news for you, that's a typo there. * Should read 3 G. You apparently still don't understand the proper terminology.
Yes that's correct, SATA does not use jumpers for Master, Slave or Cable Select like PATA drives do.

K8T NEO FSR dying... I think

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