K8T Neo2 issues with 2004/9/24 Bios

Hi there.
I´ve upgraded my k8T Neo2 with the 2004/9/24 an am having now stability issues with my FX 53 due to inproper fan speed control.
I have no clue how the fan control works in this Mobo because my observations are really strange. The CPU is now always reaching 70 C and more under load and the fan control seems not to be able to get it keeped cooler. Tried several CPU coolers but it´s always the same.
If my case is closed, the fan control seems to work and is incrasing the RPMs of my coolers, but having the case opened the RPMs stay at the same level like on Idle.
However, in both situations the temperature is growing up to 70C and more which results in instabilities at this high temps.
So before you ask me. I´ve of course upgraded to the latest Core Center too, but it´s the same if it´s either loaded or not, so it´s the Bios if you ask me.
Also, had not these troubles with the previous Bios.
All I can say now is that the fan speed isn´t regulated by the CPU temperatutre but something else and it´s not calibrated to support hotter running FX CPUs, though the previous Bios obviously was.
Last but not least, Cool´n Quiet is also working now under Win2k, but the Legacy USB support isn´t completely fixed.
I can´t boot neither Win2k nor WInXP with it enabled.

The system was set up last week, so everything is up to date, also the AMD drivers.
However, the Bios date code is in the topic header (2004/9/24).
It was updated yesterday and since then the CPU isn´t cooled correctly, neither with the Boxed Cooler, nor a Thermaltake Silent Boost or a Zalman CNPS-7000B. No matter the case is closed or opened.
There is also no problem with the Cool´n Quiet driver or the Cool´n Quiet support anymore. There was just a problem under Win2k and the Bios the Mobo came with, but that´s fixed now with the newest Bios, exept the fan control that is working now incorrectly.
Don´t remember right now the date code of the previous Bios, but it was the first release and there the fan control worked correctly, so my Athlon 64 FX 53 didn´t heat up as much as now and got no stability problems, simply because it was always kept below the 70ties.
I don´t think the rest of my rig is of any importance because connecting the coolers to an other surce than the CPU FAN Header and so running them at full speed, doesn´t cause my CPU to become unstable as it doesn´t reach this high temperatures.
That´s the only problem I´m having now. Everything else is rock stable and up to date.
What´s about the Leagcy USB support not allowing me to boot the OS´s, I can live with that though it would be nice to get that fixed too.
So to be more specific. With the previous Bios the fan control kicked in earlier, way before the temperature reached 70C. Now it kicks in much later. Somwhere in the middle of the 70ties. To late for my FX 53.
So to speak with the previous Bios the fan control kicked in before the CPU reached the critical temperature and incrased the RPMs at least so far, that the CPU was cooled down to the 60ies. Now it´s just keeping the temperature at the reached level (73-74C ).
All I want is to get this fixed or even better to add an option into the Bios to select the temperature where the fan control kicks in and incrases the fan speed to keep the CPU temperature at the level you selected.

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GG
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The Venice core will be supported by the K8T neo2 shortly, I'm convinced about that, since Asus (I'm sorry to mention them) are supporting it already, with the same bios.
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My advice: just wait a few weeks.
Yepp.
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I hope you will say yes.
Thx

i'd be more concerned about your PSU m8 - sorry to say others have reported loads of issues whilst using that PSU on this forum

MSI K8T Neo2 constant hangup

OK, so I changed my motherboard a few days ago, and got myself a MSI K8T Neo2 card, with the AMI bios ver.3.31a
I put in my old 2 x Apacher 256mb pc 2700 ram (single side) in there, and tried to add in some other ram, but it failed.
I also got my 350powersupply running on it. (It says 5v, 3.3v and 12v on the side, saw someone asking about that in another tread, if that helps)
So now I get to boot all the way into windows (XP SP2 btw), and I even get it running for a long while (sometimes)
Like last night, it was up all night doing recovery from a old HD, that took 7-8hours, and no brakedown.
However, when I try to do normal things... like open a folder, there is a 1 in 20 chance (about) that it will hang.. Same with watching a movie, while watching it will just hang.
So when starting a program/task, running a program/task, ending a program/task. There is always a chance of frezzing up.
Anyone got any idea of what the problem is?

35A, 28A, 17A, 0.3A, 0.8A, 2A
I'w been thinking about a ram problem, seeing how the ram is old, and most people complain over the fact that Ram prevents booting (not a problem) and makes the system unstable (just my problem).
Video driver/card problem never crossed my mind.. it's nvidia.. the most streamline drivers out there.
There is no cpu drain, and no apps that are not responding. I have been having this problem all the way since I did a clean install of windows, so I don't think it's a program problem.
However.. I found the first sign of "always" crash last night.
If I wanted to play Evil Genius, and I had a file application started, (emule or Ares) It would hang before it could load up, always. If I had them turned of, then it would have a far bigger chance of starting and running normaly.

K8T Neo2 issues with 2004/9/24 Bios

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