K8T Neo Internet Driver

I have the above board and I have used it now in 2 different machines that I have built.  The board is good and is sturdy and just keeps on pluggin.  With all the movin' around I have replaced my CD that comes with the drivers, etc. and I am unable to get a Ethernet driver to load.
I have gone to the support pages and found the driver but after downloading it, I am at a loss to either drag it off into a system 32 folder or into a .dll folder or what.  I basically have four files in the directory I downloaded and have no idea on what to do with them.
All other downloaded drivers work and the machine is running great, I am just not able to get the ethernet driver loaded.
Any suggestions or comments?
thanks in advance
Steve

Never really had any issues with that driver. However some simple suggestions.
Virus Check that rig.
Make sure that the Firewall is setup properly.
Remove the driver for the NIC from the Device Manager and let Windows restart and redetect it.
Check your cables and connections.
Try a standard NIC card if all else fails.

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  • MOVED: K8T Neo Internet Driver

    This topic has been moved to AMD64 VIA/AMD/ATI based board.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=93429.0

    Never really had any issues with that driver. However some simple suggestions.
    Virus Check that rig.
    Make sure that the Firewall is setup properly.
    Remove the driver for the NIC from the Device Manager and let Windows restart and redetect it.
    Check your cables and connections.
    Try a standard NIC card if all else fails.

  • [Athlon64] CAN'T SEE SINGLE SATA DRIVE / K8T NEO no Promise controller

    I have a K8t NEO -the cheapskate version with no PROMISE SATA controller or on-board Firewire
    I have been running on XP SP2 on 2 IDE drives, everything is ok.  I added a SINGLE SATA drive and turned the VIA SATA controller on in BIOS. I did the MSI Live Update and have the latest VIA SATA driver, latest chipset, latest BIOS, latest EVERYTHING. At boot, the VIA SATA controller reports my Hitachi SATA as Channel 0  Primary"  in the SATA devices table.  Going into the SATA RAID menu it tells me "You can't make RAID with just one drive"  which is true, of course.  But the point is the controller SEES the drive.
    I've run MSI Live Update and have the latest BIOS, latest SATA XP driver, latest EVERYTHING.
    Windows XP doesn't see the SATA drive.
    In XP  I see a VIA RAID CONTROLLER in Hardware / Device Manager  which is DISABLED.   When I right-click then click ENABLE on the VIA RAID CONTROLLER  the machine reboots immediately.  I tried safe mode, same thing.  I tried BIOS settings of "No PNP O/S Installed"  and "Yes PNP O/S Installed"  and reset the NVRAM.  No change.
    I think there must be an IRQ conflict....  I have a sound card (on-board sound is turned OFF in BIOS) and AGP video card, and that's it- no WiFi NIC or anything else to eat up IRQ resources. I use the Realtek on-board ethernet.
    I tried my Windows 98 partition and that booted, detected the new hardware (VIA SATA) and I installed the driver from the MSI CD  and Win 98 is happy with the SATA drive..... it sees the drive just fine.
    How do I make Windows XP see the SATA drive?

    Have you tried starting XP with CD and entering recovery, log on as admin and see if SATA drive is there? Remember to "F6" with a floppy drive of SATA drivers for
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    Promise 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device (Bus Number 0, Target ID 0, LUN 0) (F:\ 2x200 SATA)
    ST3160023A (Location 1 (1) VIA IDE D:\)
    VIA SATA RAID 0 SCSI Disk Device (Bus Number 0, Target ID 0, LUN 0) (E:\ 2x120 SATA)
    WDC WD800JB-00CRA1 (Location 0 (0) VIA IDE C:\)
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    Oh also in Device Manager IS the VIA SATA controller appearing in the "SCSI and RAID controllers" tab??? I have set mine to just SATA before and of course now it says "VIA SATA RAID Controller"... for you it should read "VIA SATA Controller". Remember there are 2 different drivers for the SATA controller, one for SATA and one for SATA RAID. Look on your floppy disk or if you saved out the updated driver. I made a new floppy with the latest XP drivers. When booting from WINXP CD, and promted for "F6" and press it, later it will show you TWO different drivers after reading the floppy disk for XP. You obviously want the non RAID driver... hope that helps somewhat... g'luck

  • K8T NEO (MS-6702 VT8237) can't find SATA drive

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    Hi!
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    Did you buy a SATA or SATA-II disk? In case it's SATA-II, check the SATA/SATA-II jumper on the drive and set it to SATA-I. Your board does NOT support SATA-II.
    when you checked this, please verify in BIOS that you actually did enable the VIA V8237 SATA controller. When you did, boot further untill the POST screen disappears. Now, you see a VIA SATA BIOS screen. It should list your Seagate now.

  • Installing Hard Drive MSI K8T Neo Motherboard

    Hi Guys,
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  • K8T Neo-FIS2R Hard drive configuration questions

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    The Plan is to get two Wetern Digital Raptor drives and put them in RAID 0 together.
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    if i use the SATA RAID, do i have to use IDE3 for all the other devices, or can i just plug them into the IDE1 and IDE2 slots?
    Also you are able to select SATA to boot from in bios correct? i have never done raid so have no idea how it works . and do you have to load RAID drivers or something before setting up windows?

    anyone?

  • K8T Neo Windows 64 driver archive?

    I am very happy with my new K8T Neo. I made my friend buy one of these motherboards and I will buy another one for myself next week.  
    It would be really helpful if MSI could maintain a page of Windows 64 drivers for the K8T Neo. I understand that MSI does not write the drivers, but perhaps MSI can at least keep a list of drivers as MSI finds out that such drivers exist?
    I did find the nVidia Win64 drivers for my video card, but I don't know if there are others. (Win64 does not seem to have drivers for the built-in NIC, for example).
    Thanks in advance,
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    Creative Live! driver request:
    Creative (Asia) gave an answer that tells little:
    "Thank you for contacting technical support.
    Regarding your enquiry, I'm sorry to inform you that at this current
    moment, we do not have support driver for Windows XP 64-bit.
    Hope that answer your query"
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    Creative Europe: Still waiting.
    >>
    Realtek onboard AC97 sounddriver request:
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  • MOVED: K8t Neo (ms 6702 v1.0) won't detect 1tb Seagate SATA hard drive at all

    This topic has been moved to AMD64 ATI/SiS/VIA boards.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=122948.0

    Quote from: phonicx on 04-January-09, 21:07:32
    2. Jumpering the drive to 150mbps (SATA I) limit...
    Sorry, I missed where you mentioned trying the SATA 1.5 jumper prior to my post.  This is concerning, though...
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    3. Flashing the bios to an earlier version with SATA ROM updates...
    Later BIOS releases carry-over all the changes of previous releases.  You don't need to go backwards to get the earlier change.
    Which BIOS version did you have before and are using now?  I'm having trouble determining which board you have from "K8T Neo (MS-6702 v1.0)".  Is this your motherboard?
    K8T Neo-FSR / FIS2R
    I might be able to update the VIA SATA ROM in your BIOS to the latest version (v4.97) but I need to know for certain which board and BIOS.

  • Single SATA drive on K8T neo

    Im sorry if this is a thread that covers something somebody else has posted but to be honest im too peed off and too tired to look for it now, ive spent the last 3 days trying to get a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80 GB SATA/150 to work as a single a drive and i cant.
     I have tried using Maxblaster.iso and Maxblaster3.exe, ive tried a pure XP install and ive tried an install from inside a Maxtor 80GB ATA133, the ammount of times ive hit F6 is beyond a joke, im sick of shoving floppy discs in and out of this damn PC, i get the drivers installed, the BIOS sees the drive but i cannot boot from it and i cannot access it from windows.
     My spec:
       AMD Newcastle64 2800+
       MSI K8T Neo-FSR (latest BIOS)
       2 x Corsair Twinned XMS512 PC 3200
       GeForce FX5600
       Soundblaster 5.1
       Philips DVD
       Philips DVD+RW
    Im just so peed off with it now!!!!!

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    Originally posted by Singlemalt
    ok i tried it all again, different Windows disc, swapped DVD drives, changed SATA cable, and it still does the same thing, I boot from CD - F6 - install SATA Raid - System files load - Windows is starting(Windows wordt gestart, my OS is Dutch) - and then it just hangs for 5 minutes on that screen - error time out  
    HELP
    Singlemalt, I took it you were Scotch, at least by extraction. Now you comps talking Dutch.  What Distillery is it from, can I have some? :hypecrite:
    After you press F6, and it takes a couple of mins to get to the S screen, you put floppy marked Via in drive, and load both XP drivers, 1 then return to S screen, then the other. It needs both. Then it proceeds as normal.  If this does not happen, then are you using floppy for drivers, not a CD?  Or if the floppy drivers are corrupted, you can get a new copy from here.
    http://www.m-m.me.uk/Macs/index_files/Page561.htm
    One other option is to fit an IDE drive, it will make it the C: drive, but will install to SATA. At least then you will see if all is well with hardware, or if the software is flakey. After you have it sorted, you can remove the IDE and reinstall to SATA, which will then become the C:. disk.
    Cheers
    jocko

  • K8T Neo crashes pc with 3d card's driver

    I recently bought a pc containing a K8T Neo motherboard with an Athlon 64 3200+ cpu and 2x512mb 3200 DDR400 Ram.  It came with a standard VGA driver installed, so I went into safe mode (it has Win98 SE installed), removed the standard driver, restarted and installed the driver for my Geforce4 Ti4200.  But when I restarted my pc again, I got all sorts of problems : windows protection errors, blue screens, the pc just freezing (sometimes with all sorts of colours on the screen) or messages that there isn't enough memory available to run Windows .
    I tried using both the AOpen driver and the Nvidia Detonator one (45.23), but both had the same result.  I also tried this with a Geforce2 MX card, but with no change either.  I also removed my soundcard and am using the onboard sound and networking.  I installed the latest Via 4-in-1 drivers and all Win98 SE updates I could find.
    I already formatted my hard drive twice and everything installs perfectly until I try using the card's driver.
    It's possible to install a Super VGA card and Super VGA 1024x768 monitor driver, but whenever I try to switch to more than 16 colors and restart, I get a message that the adapter type is incorrect or the settings don't work with my hardware, and it gets set back to 16x640x480.
    Is there a BIOS setting I should change?  Or maybe there is a problem with a Via chipset combined with Nvidia cards?
    And why does the system find a "PCI VGA compatible adapter" when I have an AGP card installed?
    That's the third day now that I'm doing nothing but restarting and seeing error messages.
    Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
    (sorry for the long post)

    I installed the 4-in-1 drivers, then my card's drivers, after which ... my whole C: drive became corrupt and I had to format and re-install Win98SE.
    During this install I got a BSOD but Windows seemed to install correctly anyway.
    I did the above step again (installing the Aopen Ti4200 drivers and software) and got a black screen after restarting and 2 cursors, blinking randomly.
    Do you want me to tell you voltage values from my BIOS?
    And if so, where can I find these?
    I got a 350W power supply which came with my Aopen A600A case btw.
    Are you suggesting my card/pc isn't receiving enough power to work at full blast?
    I indeed get most of the problems resulting from too little voltages as mentioned in the link you gave me.
    And if by a "sirene" they mean a constant beeping sound, then yeah it's most probably a voltage problem.
    [edit]
    Here are my 350W power supply voltage settings :
    +3.3v  28A
    +5V  30A
    +12V  16A
    +5Vsb  2A
    -5V  0.3A
    -12V  0.8A
    (+3.3V & +5V = 220W Max)
    And in my BIOS they fluctuate as follows :
    Vcore  1.552V
    +5V  5.168V
    +12V  11.923V
    -12V  -12.071V
    -5V  -5.077V
    Battery 3.520V
    +5V SB  4.993V

  • MOVED: [Athlon64] K8T Neo- VIA K8T800 MS-6702 - Windows XP Professional x64 - Driver

    This topic has been moved to Operating Systems.
    [Athlon64] K8T Neo- VIA K8T800 MS-6702 - Windows XP Professional x64 - Driver

    Yes, but in the long run I think you would be better off with a PATA CD-device. Performance wise difference is very small.
    Eh, you tried hitting F11 during first BIOS screen, to select?

  • K8T Neo FSR - ethernet contorler driver no working

    Hello everyone, I have a motherboard K8T Neo FSR. 3 days before I reinstall the operating system (Windows XP) on the computer, I installed the drivers for my motherboard but not ethernet.I downloaded the ethernet drivers from MSI site but does not work. Please help.

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    but does not work
    That is not a sufficient description of the problem. In what way doesn't it work?

  • My Unofficial K8t Neo Guide

    Disclaimer: You try any and all troubleshooting at YOUR OWN RISK!!
    Here is my unofficial guide to the K8t Neo fisr2 If you Like It give it a thumbs up so it will stick out. I will warn you it is long and I will edit off and on.
    to add as needed.
    first I'll start off with components,
    CASE..you will need an atx case with good cooling a few extra fans like a blowhole at the top can help cooling, also bundle cables and power leads
    so that they don't interfere with airflow.
    MOTHERBOARD,...This is based on the K8TNEO series, when you attach it to your case make sure that is is mounted to risers to keep it from contacting case, they are usually small brass pins, also make sure that all the mounting screw are secure and in place, this will prevent the PCB from flexing and cracking as you install components, there should be around 9 or so screws, that usually go into the riser pins or raised case mounting points,don't forget to use those fiber or plastic insulated washers. These should be the only case contact point to the mobo other then the back plate with all the usb, net jacks etc..
    Also use all of the mount points you can..if not you can crack mobo putting in cards etc...
    CPU...Athlon64 processor2800+, 3000+, 3200+, or a 3400+, all 754 pin chips...k8neo CAN NOT USE FX chips or Opterons. 3200,&3000 are basically the same chip, same clockspeed of 2.0 ghz but the l2 cache is different 3200 1mb...3000 512k, you may not notice the difference in many applications but will see 2~10% diff in benchmark testing, the 3000 is usually about $75 cheaper
    the 2800 is a newer model an a good way to get into 64bit without high cost.
    PSU.... one of the most overlooked and most important component,
    that old 300 watter you have from your old duron 800 don't even try.PSU's have caused a lot of trouble with a64 systems, they use a lot of power Get a good name brand psu if you can, and make sure it is at least 400 watts and has at the minimum of 20a on 12v, also look at combined total wattage
    the psu must have a 20 pin connector and a 4  Pin( Square) Connector, and there is Only 1, Called the+12V 4 Pin Processor Connector.
    some of the recommended brands are enermax,and antec.
    Here is the reason most problems are the psu
    amd64 uses 12v power, Intel chips used a lot of 5v power.
    so until now most big psu's pushed 5 v not 12v
    almost everything in your computer uses 12v except ram (3.3V)
    AMD 64 and motherboard =12a @12V
    so your already at 12A with no fan,s no hd, no CD,no DVD ,no mobo chip-set , no mem, no sound..etc  
    so what happens is your mem gets starved for power and then gives out errors,in your data, which = corrupt sata,or it fails to post. .
    MEMMORY...Another big trouble spot,not just with the MSI board but with Via chip-set, and or the A64 memory controller.
    DDR non ecc- single channel 400 is baseline although slower chips also work, The CPU's memory unit only supports 4 banks total so in order to use three sockets at least two of the memory sticks have to be 1 bank,.one bank or two bank chips look similar so check specs, dual bank chips usually have chips on the back as well. mem should match type and speed. if you run into problems try going into bios and limiting ram to 333.mem should match type and speed.
    (edited out till i find more info [STRIKEOUT] if using two mem sticks it is best to use slots 1 and 3,[/STRIKEOUT])
    edit :ok tiresmoke just replied so have a look. "One thing that often does not get addressed. I had a couple Blue Screens early on. Here is how I fixed it. I run my RAM in sockets 1 and 3. 1 and 2 gave a little instability.Yes I decided to keep mine in slot 1/3 but I did test in 1/2 since I changed Bios. Typically slot 1/3 can slow you down but it did not with mine so best to say that difference RAM will give different symptoms. Try combinations to find what works best for you."
    LOL Keep in mind that Jocko uses 3 sticks of dual bank RAM and according to AMD they only support 4 banks total. Jocko has 6 so you do the math.
    you can check msi's website for compatible ram, but be careful it can be confusing,
    they list by part numbers,
    but some known configurations that work are:
    I would stay away from corsair xms mem right now many people have problems.
    corsair and kingston owners may want to look here
    AMD 3000+ systems...
    BIOS 1.2
    2 x 512 - Corsair CMX DDR400 @2-3-2-5
    2 x 512 - Corsair Twin Pro DDR400 @ 2-3-2-6
    2 x 512 - Corsair Value Select DDR400 @ defaults
    1 x 512 - Geil Golden Dragon DDR400 @ 2-3-3-6 (2.7V)
    2 x 512 - Hynix DDR400 @ 2-3-3-6
    2 x 512 - Kingmax DDR433 @ 2.5-3-3-6
    2 x 512 - Kingston DDR400 @ 3-3-3-8
    1 x 512 - Kingston HyperX DDR400 @ (defaults?)
    1 x 512 - Kingston ValueRam (KVR400X64C3A) DDR400? @ (Defaults?)
    2 x 512 - Muskin Level 1 DDR400 @ 2-3-2-6
    2 x 512 - Muskin Level 2 DDR433 @ (defaults?)
    2 x 256 + 1 x 512 - Muskin Basic DDR400 @ 2.5-3-3-8
    1 x 1024 - OCZ EL DDR400 @ 2-3-2-6
    BIOS 1.3b2
    2 x 512 OCZ EL DDR433 @ 2-3-3-7
    AMD 3200+ systems...
    BIOS 1.1
    2 x 512 - Mushkin Level 1 Black DDR433 @ 2.5-3-3-6
    BIOS 1.2
    2 x 512 - Apacer DDR400 @ 3-4-4-8 (2.5v)
    2 x 512 - Corsair Twin X DDR400 @ 2-3-2-6
    1 x 1024 - Corsair TwinX DDR400 @ 2-3-2-6
    2 x 512 - Crucial DDR400 @ defaults
    2 x 512 - Elixer OEM DDR400 @ defaults
    1 x 1024 - GeIL GoldenDragon DDR400? @ defaults
    2 x 512 - Geil Value Series 512MB DDR 2.5-3-3-6
    2 x 512 - Hynix DDR400 @ 2-3-3-6
    2 x 512 - Kingston HyperX KX DDR433 @ 2-3-3-8
    2 x 512 - Kingston HyperX DDR400 @ (defaults?)
    2 x 512 - Kingston HyperX DDR400 @ 2.5-3-3-8
    2 x 512 - Mushkin Level 2 DDR400 @ 2-2-2-5 (2.75V)
    2 x 256 - Mushkin Level 2 DDR400 @ 2-2-2-5
    2 x 256 + 1 x 512 - Muskin Basic DDR400 @ (defaults?)
    2 x 512 - Twinx CLPRO DDR400 @ (defaults?)
    2x512- Pny Verto DDR433 @defualts
    AMD 3400+ systems...
    BIOS 1.2
    2 x 512 - Kingmax (MPXC22D-38KT3R) DDR400 @ defaults
    2 x 512 - Mushkin Level 2 Black DDR433 @ 2-3-2-5
    you may have to email you mem manufacturer and manually set timings and voltages to get your memory working.
    HARD DRIVES......Here you have alot of choices, basically two categories, SATA and PATA(IDE). There are many brands and speeds, IDE drives come in different speeds, such as ata33, ata66, ata 100, ata 133 for hard drives, the 33,100,133, being theoretical maximum transfer rating MB/sec.
    newer ata(IDE)hard drives are ata100 which is ultra 5, and ata133 ,ultra6 is ,
    PIO mode is the standard data transfer mode without the ultra enhancements, the fastest being 16.66 mb/sec. ultra 2 is 33 mb/sec . So when i say my CD,DVD, and DVD are ultra 2 it means they transfer at a maximum of 33 mb/sec, and my Maxtor hardrives are ultra 6 and have a maximum transfer of133 mb/sec. my old zip100 transfers at a max of 16 mb/sec since its in pio mode. Note these are maximum speeds, my hardrive transfers more like 65 mb/sec sustained according to SIS Sandra.
    That is why SATA 150 is such a big deal, vs say a Western digital ata100
    SATA is a different interface all together and can transfers closer to its maximum
    theoretical speed. BUT the pci bus itself is limited to 133 mb/sec so an add-on card
    should never be able to reach over 133, regardless, of SCSI,IDE, or SATA
    so on the k8t neo you have some choices. With the IDE you can use, IDE1,2, or 3
    IDE1&2 are ata100. ) to attach use a 80pin round or flat cable, the first slot goes into the mobo, the middle connector is for a slave or should be left empty, use the end for master, or single drive. you must also setup jumpers for hd or cds.
    The master is primary unit and the slave is secondary unit, for each channel.
    Or use the Cable Select jumper and USUALLY the BIOS will select the drive for you.
    IDE1 & 2 is ata100, or 133 depending on board if using for only 2 drives put them on different channels
    ...ie master on IDE 1, and master on IDE 2 . that way they will have maximum bandwidth. especially for disk to disk copies or burning
    IDE3 RAID is ata133, or can be raid 0 or 1 by the promise chip. 0 being striped for performance,1 being mirrored for safety, mirror only protects hd from failure,not viruses,or corruption for that you need a backup or as i prefer a drive image program such as accronis trueimage..linux compatible.and Norton ghost.you will first have to enable the promise chip in the bios, then you have to load drivers by hitting F6 during windows installation, and insert floppy drive, yes you will need a floppy, at least for initial setup. If you want to set up raid you will have to do that first before loading windows,by hitting ctrl+F  (read quick user's guide Serial ata raid, serial ata) only hd's can use ide3.If you don't have enough IDE slots you can add on pci card with one or two more headers for up to 4 more drives, I added a Maxtor ultra ata133, since i have 5 idehd's and 3 DVD/cds.
    SATA, here you have two choices, use the Promise chip set or the Via. Either one or both can be set to raid0 or 1, see users guide to setup, You will also have to enable them first in bios, and F6 and load floppy drivers to use in windows install, or load drivers in windows if using an existing install. either chip-set can be set for raid, in the manual, opinions are that the Via is faster, but you wont have a HD LED activity indicator light, The promise will have a HD light, but is slightly slower.
    Also note that SATAs don't OC as well as IDE hard drives, they can even crash and loose data.
    always make a backup of your computer, and remember raid 1 does nothing for virus, or contaminated installs.
    SOUND....Here you have a few choices, On board or Card, unfortunately not both, yet.(UPDATE Bios Version 1.5 and above will fix this)... If using a card there have been some issues with Audigy 1 cards, but there may be a cure in this threadhttps://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=46849&sid=( Moved to stickies) audigy2 and 2zs cards work fine as do turtle beach.
    on-board sound is not as high definition and uses some CPU cycles, so a card might be advantageous to gamers.
    REALTEK GIGABIT...Is the on-board Ethernet, you will need to load drivers once in windows, it has caused some problems booting, as it can be set to a boot device as well. you will get a message "failed to boot press any key."..then "ntdlr error"...to fix this you may need to hit the key combination during boot to set it up, it will bring you to a menu, you need to set boot order, i recommend setting it to bios, and you can adjust or disable message and time length it is displayed.
    VIDEO CARDS-  You should install an agp 8x directx9 video card for best performance. Ati has better directx support so is better for gaming, but Nvida has better OpenGL so if you want to do 3d in Linux, you have better luck with Nvida.
    When you set up windows, install via 4-1 drivers first, then the video drivers, check video manufacturer's website for updated drivers. make sure any extra power leads are plugged in. In bios Agp should be  fast write enabled, and
    if you are using 1024 of ram aperture size to 256, but check 3dmark to see which setting is faster.
    BIOS- NO BIOS INSTALLED This is a message that you see during boot up from the promise on-board raid saying that it found no drives attached to its SATA or IDE channels so it's not installed the BIOS.This IS NOT a problem or anything to worry about!
    jumping Bios reset jumper, be careful, make sure power is off.  jump it and return it to the original position. If you power on with jumper in reset position you can erase your bios...requiring a Return to Manufacturer Authorization(RMA)
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