K9A2 Platinum - Install to RAID - Memory issue

Hello all,
I have a MSI K9A2 Platinum AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard with a AMD Phenom 9950 BLACK EDITION Agena 2.6GHz Socket AM2+ 140W Quad-Core Processor Model HD995ZFAGHBOX.
I have (2) OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P10664GK, installed for a total of 8G, but can not get it to work at 1066, is this even possible? The system runs fine at 800, but keeps getting BSoD when switched to 1066. The timings from OCZ are EPP 5-5-5-18 (CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS), and I have played with the voltages in the range of 2.1 - 2.2V. Power should not be a problem as I have a COOLMAX CUQ-1200B 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply. Anyone have any suggestions?

It won't run 1066 with all four sticks. Simple as this you already found the solution either you have 8 gigs and ddr2-800 or 4gigs at 1066.

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K9A2 platinum setting SB600 raid

Hi all,
The K9A2 platinum has 2 raid controllers onboard. A SB600 for port 1-4 and a promise T3 controller for port 5+6.
I'm trying to make my RAID config on port 1-4 working. Where can I configure the RAID 1+0 for ports 1-4. On port 5+6 I have 2 raptors in raid 0.
I already searched around, but everywhere they talk about setting up the promise controller. I want to configure the SB600 controller.
the Raid 0 on port 5+6 is for booting (already working), and the raid 1+0 on port 1-4 will be for data.
The 4 disks are with HD tune erased with zero fill.
in the bios, the controller is set to raid.
in the FastBuild utility I don't see the disks from port 1-4.
Can anybody help me with this?

OK, I got into the fasttrack menu for the SB600.
I also use the promise raid controller. When I want to enter the menu for the SB600, I have to disable the extra RAID controller in the BIOS under 'Integrated Peripherals'.
When booting after change and press ctrl+f, the fasttrack menu for the SB600 appears.
Thank you for your help Svet.

K9A2 Platinum not loading raid drivers sb600 or promise for raid 0

I am tired of trying by myself, hopefully you guys can help me out Ive been fighting this thing for 2days now and i hate this computer I'm on that feels like 28k dial up.
i know theres the promise plugs and the sb600, and i know they have different drivers. i also know that you have to disable the sb600 raid to get the promise working and vise versa *read the manual for that*. i set up the raid in raid configure *<alt-f>* and set it to raid 0 and assign the raid, and its fully functional.
the problem is when it comes to boot windows i hit f6 and then use the drivers i got off the cd...or website *two floppy's* and pick the i86 raid configuration *windows xp not 64, 64bit one is corrupted on both disks as well* it gets through that part, i format the drive *it sees in in raid in fast configure and in windows format, not in bios* and then go to install. it begins to install and stops on the first file FTT.inf, it apparently cannot read it, which is the same file on the disk if i am not mistaken. i have tried to install about 100times,if not more with different configurations in the bios.
the settings i have now for raid set up in the bios are:
integrated peripherals
extra raid controller enabled
in I/O devices on chip sata controller disabled *tried both enabled and disabled same problem*
it does not show drives in the sata ports but i figured that since it only shows 1-4 and the internal promise are the 5/6 ports.
i have formated and re-installed the drivers on the disks multiple times ive also tried the sb600 drivers disabling the extra raid controller in bios setting raid *it finds it in the 1/2 slots then 1 as raid* configured it in the raid set up as well but the same problem arises except its not FTT.inf its ahcix86.inf that errors. skipping the files *which is obvious but i tried it just to see what would happen * causes blue screen on reboot and another error of the same type at 99% but .sys file this time.
i have installed windows on one drive and booted up using the same drivers was able to configure everything was slightly inclined to just say screw it 1 drive it is. but it was a shame since i bought them both to raid 0 em from the start. loaded windows up and even installed drivers.
i also heard that u need to do full format sometimes to get the raid to work if you have tried both raid drivers so i did slow fat format... no avail did it twice. and fast the rest. if you guys know of any boot-able type formating program that i could throw on a floppy disk that would be great too, if thats the case.
i am at a wall and frustrated as all hell with what Ive done so far hope u guys can help me out, tried to be as detailed as possible but i bet i missed something .
rig specs*dont know if this will help but w/e*
msi K9A2 platinum
amd 4200 duel core socket am2
1gig of patriot 667 ram 512x2
ati x1900gt video card
Samsung spin point 160gb sata drive x2 *praying to god to put it in raid 0 once again*
THX FOR READING :D

Quote from: asd9000 on 17-May-08, 08:51:19
did all those settings. and have the newest and the disk version of the drivers.
do u guys really think that it not being able to find the driver file a power issue? either way i ll do anything at this point i rewired some stuff where the video card has its own rail and the hard drives have theirs with the cd-rom drive. took out my fan controler and really power hungry after market video card fan replaced with an old 60mm fan.
Error once again... ??? DAMN FTT3.inf file
edited: cause i sounded like an angry a$$hole with that first line :P
Stop swearing here! It's NOT allowed.
As for the floppy, goto the command prompt of a Windows machine, then type "format a:" and let the floppy format, if your floppy shows any error throw it away and try another.
It's not uncommon floppies fail.

K9A2 Platinum Cannot Use RAID and PCI IDE card [SOLVED]

Hello,
I am trying to do the following set-up on my K9A2 Platinum, using a Phenom 9600 processor:
- 2xSATA2 250GB Seagate drives on Promise T3 SATA controller (to be used as RAID 1 devices)
- 1xSATA DVD-RW on Sb600
- 2xIDE DVD-RW on onboard IDE
- One PCI HiPoint RocketRAID ATA100 card (operating in IDE mode) on PCI slot 2 with 1xIDE 40GB hard disk (my Linux partition)
On the BIOS I have enabled the Extra RAID function, in order to enable Promise to work as RAID.
The system POSTs as follows:
- Initial detection (CPU, RAM e.tc)
- RocketRAID gets initialized and detects the IDE disk attached (40GB)
- Promise RAID tries to detect the disks (the RAID array) and the whole system hangs.
I've tried to relocate the two SATA hard disks to the SB600 controller (SATA 1&2 ports), but the same thing happens (after changing the BIOS to disable extra RAID function and enable RAID mode on onboard SATA SB600). The only way to POST the machine, is to remove the RocketRAID PCI card, but this way I can no longer boot my Linux disk.
Using BIOS 1.2 and 1.3beta 2 (sent to me by MSI support).
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the replies.
Now, I'm going to surprise you: I managed to make both cards (the Promise and HighPoint) work together! Read how...
Somehow, I got the impression that the problems I had were either caused by the BIOS or the hard disks (the SATA ones). I flashed the motherboard back to the official 1.2, doing a complete BIOS reset (removed the battery) and tried again without the RocketRAID card installed. This time, the Promise BIOS (which btw is an earlier version from the one the 1.3b2 BIOS had) reported that the one SATA drive was malfunctioning (and it was a sealed brand-new Seagate). Removed the drive, installed it on SB600 and SeaTools indeed reported that it was failing (it didn't manage to pass even the quick test...).
Now I was curious: could it be that this - together with the beta BIOS - was the cause of my problems? I installed the other SATA disk to Promise T3 (the red socket) and the controller detected it, but all I could do is to set it up as a RAID 0 array (which pretty much does nothing). Next, I installed the RocketRAID also together with the IDE Linux disk and the system detected both disks; I can boot Linux fine and enter both the RocketRAID BIOS and Promise T3 BIOS. I can delete and recreate the array in Promise T3 as I please, but due to the fact that I only have one SATA disk now, I get limited options (RAID 0 and JBOD).
Is it safe to assume that since the Promise BIOS is working with the RocketRAID installed, that my SATA RAID controller is working?
Tomorrow, I shall return the SATA drive to the store I bought it and get a replacement, so that I can set up my RAID 1.
The plan is to have Linux boot from the IDE (I've never managed to set up a Linux disk to boot from RAID) where Windows Server 2003 will boot from RAID.
Will keep you posted about the progress I make.
BTW Bas, I'm sorry I couldn't make out much of your brainstorming
Regarding the Promise controller: the board has a Promise chip right above the SATA ports, which has the number 42819 on it. I can also verify that both SB600 RAID and Promise T3 RAID have EXACTLY the same BIOS menu interface (the only differences are the texts "ATi SB600" and "Promise T3" on the menus, plus that the SB600 has also an option to securely erase the drives which Promise does not have). Are you suggesting that the SB600 RAID is actually the Promise T3? I do not know if it would be possible to have BOTH RAID controllers (SB600 and T3) working at the same time (I do not have enough disks to try...).

K9A2 Platinum Memory/RAID config Prob.

I have an MSI K9A2 Plat mobo and a phenom 9500 processor. I bought Mushkin 8500 DDR2 memory. In Bios it sets it at 800 mhz. What do I need to do to get it to run at the advertised speed? This is my first MSI mobo. What are the optimal settings for this set up in bios? HT speed? its at auto but im sure its not at the clocking it should be. Also the memory has a timing of 5-5-4-12 at 2.2-2.35v. When i go into the bios and try to select timing it has about 15 different fields to input. Thats the first problem....
The second issue is that I have 2 raptor HDD's. I initially set them up in a RAID 0 configuration. when the computer restarted after the config it gets to the screen where it detects the two hard drives in raid 0 and says FUNCTIONAL... Thats were it freezes..... I have to do ctrl+alt+del to restart and go back in the BIOS and select IDE under the sata menu. I can format both hard drives and both are working correctly. I was going to try and set up the raid again by hitting ctrl+f but I cannot access the SB600 RAID bios on the board anymore, It just sticks at FUNCTIONAL. Any Ideas? BTW i have bios vers 1.1 850w coolermaster ps and 2 radeon 3870s.

Quote from: venomceli on 21-December-07, 03:30:40
I connected both raptors to the PROMISE controller and I get the same thing FUNCTIONAL, then it stops!
Also whats the best HT speed and how can I get my memory to run dual channel?
everytime I boot up it says single channel.
K9A2 Platinum
2 x 1 GIG DDR 2 8500 MUSHKIN
Phenom 9500
coolermax 850 true power ps
2 x Sapphire radeon 3870's
2 x 74gig WD Raptors
Coolermaster 830 case
"and how can I get my memory to run dual channel?
everytime I boot up it says single channel."
Its already in dual CH(since you have placed memory sticks in correct slots DIMM1 & DIMM2):
AMD's OverDrive Utility, note that it reads the memory controller as single channel because Phenom actually has two independent 64-bit memory controllers instead of a single 128-bit one. Current BIOSes and the AMD utility incorrectly report this as being single-channel.
* A single-channel mode, when only one of the 64-bit controllers is active (occupied with memory modules)
* Dual-channel ganged mode, the integrated memory controller is detected by a processor as a single 128-bit controller
* Dual-channel unganged mode, the integrated memory controller is detected by a processor as two independent 64-bit controllers.
Read this one as well:
Quote from: Mr_Raider on 12-December-07, 11:57:32
Regarding the dual channel thing, I found the following on the OCZ memory forums:
Just some info for you guys.
ganged mode is 1x128bit dual channel
unganged is 2x64 bit dual channel
Some motherboards are reporting unganged as single channel at boot, this is not true, if you see anyone saying they have defective memory please point them to this post.
Ganged will give higher sandra bandwidth at this time than unganged, this is because sandra does not fully support phenom and is working in 1 thread mode. Once sandra supports Phenom unganged 2x64bit will take the lead
If you are running multi threaded benchmarks you need to be in unganged mode, this is the fastest way of running the system.
CPUID also reports my 9500 as single channel.
You can change it from "advanced dram configuration" locate "Unganged Mode".
Do a memcheck with Memtest86 as well.
Another note about RAID problems, according to promise SS above, you have running BIOS 1.1 or 113, in 1.0,112,P0C Promise version is different(2.8.10.30.0012) you may try to flash back to one of those.
But since problem persist when you connect them to SB600 RAID, probably problem is not there...
Can you retry with different brand HDD's(not Raptors, but with hitachi or seagate for example)?

OpenGL games fps going down after install Windows on RAID 0 on K9A2 Platinum

Hello .
Description of problem :
The problem was showed right after installations Windows on RAID 0.
When I had one HDD, the problem was not.
The problem was showed on both integrated RAID controllers (both on SB600 and on Promise T3).
When I play games (just games in OpenGL!!! for example conter-strike 1.6, Quake3, on Direct3D such problem is not present), and simultaneously I copy (or other users on FTP:)) a plenty of small files, game frames per second going down.
If to stop copying in current of minute, frames per seconds goung up.
If in 2-3 minutes, will help only restart game.
Processor type: "AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (Brisbane)"
Motherboard: "MSI K9A2 Platinum, AMD® 790FX and SB600 (+ Promise T3) Chipset, AMI BIOS v1.3"
RAM: "Samsung 1GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC"
HDD: 2x in RAID 0: "Samsung HD501LJ 500GB 7200rpm 16MB with NCQ Serial ATA II-300"
Video: "XpertVision NVidia 8800GT 512Mb"
Power supply: "FSP ATX-400PNR 400W ATX 12V v 2.01 20+4 pin passive PFC 12cm fan Noise Killer"
Operating System:
Windows 2003 server 32bit
Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit
I have established last version Dual Core Optimizer.
Tried to clean in boot.ini a key /usepmtimer and reboot has helped nothing.
The similar problem was on absolutely another motherboard (Biostar nForce570SLI) and hdd (Hitachi 80GB) with the same processor and Windows. But , installation Dual Сore Optimizer and a key/userpmtimer has helped.
What reasons of a problem?
How to eliminate a problem?
In advance thanks for the answer.

Oops, missed the PSU....
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But why when copying to stop in 3-4 minutes, game fps not going up.
In fact after copying files system resources are not used, also reading and writing from a disk does not occur.
I understand that at copying Soft-RAID use some system resources. But when system resources not use game fps not going up.
Will help only restart game!!!
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The problem was showed right after installations Windows on RAID 0.
When I had one HDD, the problem was not.
See that? You went from single disk to RAID and then the problem started...... I guess it's not very hard to conclude that one is related to the other. Just try to use single disk again an and see what happens.
Then: did you have two disks installed before going to RAID-0? Or did you add one disk for that? If so, then your PSU may be the troublemaker, not providing enough juice to feed all devices.
About your English: it is fine, don't worry. We do not mind, as long as it looks like English and we can understand it and as long as there's no MSN-crap in it... so, you are doing fine.

Question about Raid set up with (SB600) K9A2 Platinum V 1.0

I am having trouble setting up my raid. I am using Windows XP Pro and go through the usual set up procedures using F6 command then installing the drivers etc. Once I get everything up and running installed on Raid 0 the computer works very well for a few days. Then later BSOD. The first was a 0000007b stop error, then I got the system back up again only to have it a few days then another BSOD 00000024 stop error. This time I was not able to bring it back. I thought my problem was linked to a RAM issue as I was using OCZ PC2 6400 DDR2 OCZ2G8008GQ (2X2GB). The reason I thought this was when I went to the motherboard site for approved ram, this ram was not there, then on OCZ site it was also not tested, then I went to newegg and used thier motherboard ram compatability screener and it did not show up either. So I bought the Giel ram and am now trying to set it back up again though I could not get it back still. So I finally just reformatted the drives (using another computer and a hard drive enclosure)and am getting ready to reinstall everything. I want to make sure I am using the right SB600 drivers for my application. I should be selecting AHCI X86 or x64. This does pertain to the operating system (I am using Win XP 32 Bit) or the processor (I am using the Kuma Athlon X2 7750 2.7Ghz)
I believe I should be selecting the x86 drivers when installing windows. Am I right? I just want to make sure I do not screw anything up so as to bring on the horrible BSODs again. I realize this could be some driver issue as well that could have caused this. I did everything I could to make sure it was not the hard drives.
The last question I have is: In order to ensure proper operation of the dual channel ram, (I have read the book, still confused a bit), I must install the ram with one stick in the first slot nearest the CPU and the other in the first slot of the opposite color? In this case Green/Orange slots.
Mainboard: MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
CPU: Athlon X2 Kuma 7750 AM2+ 2.7Ghz Processor
CPU-Cooler: Factory Supplied
RAM: 4GB (2X2GB) G Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI DDR2-1066 Dual Channel
GPU: AMD790FX
VIDEO: PowerColor HD4830 512MB GDDR3
HDD: 2 Velociraptor 150 10000 rpm drives WD1500HLFS
DVD: ASUS DRW-22B1LT SATA Drive
Floppy: YES
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready
OS: Windows XP Pro SP1 (Updated to SP3)

I was just trying to obtain the fastest load times/install times. When the machine was first running it was very quick with no cpu temps running beyond 34C, no abnormal performance. This is my wifes computer though. Things began to go astray after she updated through windows update to SP3. I am now using a slipstreamed CD with SP3 already on it. She said she was clicking on the internet explorer "E" icon and it just shut off. THen when it rebooted (it was still set that way in windows recovery) it started loading windows then BSOD 0000007b error. I fixed it by finally getting into windows recovery and running fixboot, then fixmbr, then chkdsk /r /f. It started working fine again. Then later maybe two days later it happend again this time wihtout the restarting. She was working on something else this time and it shutdown again. This time when it tried ot reload windows I was getting the ntfs.sys issue with a 00000024 stop error. I could not do the same magic with windows recovery any longer. When I tried it indicated it repaired the boot, the mbr, but when I tried to run the chkdsk, it gave me disk read errors, such as "this disk has unrecoverable errors". I used Western Digital test programs on the drives by removing them and installing them into an enclosure and taking them to a good computer. One drive I could see in windows and it reflected 140G/B, the other would pick up but not in my computer. It also showed the drive as having the entire quantity as the RAID together had of 298G/B versus the real size of the drive 150G/B. I just figured that was the drive that was set up as LD 1 in the RAID setup (prior to windows) and possible was the drive with he boot sector on it??? I could get another drive and include it into the array, but then just figure I will have to worry about 3 drives versus 2. She keeps improtant backup stuff on an external drive. I will tone down the ram to 800. Should I set the latency in Bios though to the 5-5-5-15? or just leave everything at auto like I hade done before? Though this ram is new and was not in the computer when this happened. I had replaced the other OCZ Gold stuff and put in the G Skill stuff I have now. I had previously stated Giel, but it is G Skill, sorry about that. I may just do what you say, guess sleep on it and decide whether to just install the drives with OS/Programs on one and data on the other.

K9A2 Platinum SB600 RAID & SATA DVD

Quick question for you.
I have the K9A2 Platinum (V1) MS-7376 board.
Original setup has 2 drives on SATA ports 1/2 in a RAID 1/Mirror config - plus an additional HDD and DVD-Writer on PATA (Cable Select).
The original DVD-Writer has given it's all, and was removed and "buried with honor".
I'm replacing with a BluRAY SATA.
From what I've read, I can't fire up the PROMISE Controller (Ports 5/6) because that will conflict with the SB600 Raid.
I don't believe I can add the BluRAY to one of the SB600 ports (3/4) because it's expecting to add it to a RAID array....is that correct ??
If that is correct, it would appear that my only option is to backup everything, put the hard drives on the PROMISE controller in RAID (or just use software/OS raid), and set the SB600 to AHCI - and probably reinstall the OS from scratch.
Comments/confirmation greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately it does not appear to be as simple as plugging it in to one of the existing ports. I've tried both 3 and 4 (since the 2 hard drives are on 1 and 2).
OS is Vista Ultimate 64.
To make sure there is nothing else is at fault, I updated to BIOS last night to the latest. I also updated drivers. Unfortunately, using the ATI Catalyst Install Manager, I don't see a way to update the SB drivers.
The BIOS recognizes the BD and reports it correctly. In the RAID BIOS it is also visible. VISTA boots successfully, and runs fine (I'm using it while typing this). Completely stable as it always was. Until you put any kind of disk in the BD drive. After it senses the presence of the disk, the system immediately blue screens with a 'driver irql not less or equal' showing the culprit code being in ahcix64s.sys - the SB ahci raid driver.
PSU = Corsair HX620
MB = K9A2 Platinum V1 (MS-7376)
CPU = Phenom 9550 Agena AM2+ Quad Core
Memory = 2 x 2GB OCZ Reaper PC2 8500 (DDR2 Dual Channel Kit)
2 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB SataII in Raid 1 Mirror on SB600
Vista Ultimate 64 fully up to date with all updates.
I can see the AHCIx64s.sys on the latest driver package is more recent than what's installed, but can't find a way to install it (as described above).
Any ideas greatly appreciated.

K9A2 Platinum Raid problem

Hi i have 4 days trying to install my new system. And the mobo do not want to recognize the drives in sata 5 and 6, those controlled by promise.
My system specs:
Phenom 9600
MSI k9a2 platinum
6 samsung hard drives SATAII 7200 rpm
8gb ram Corsair Dominator 1066 MHZ
2 x Diamond ati HD3870 512 mb GDDR4
Thermal take toughpower 850W PSU
I want to run:
RAID 1+0 With 4 drives of 320GB each using sb600 controller
and two 320 GB single drives, NON RAID on the promise controller.
How can i run this config on my mobo? it is possible? i need detailed bios settings for this please.
Second alternative config:
Raid 0 on sb600 using 4 disk
Raid 1 on promise using 2 disks
I have 6 drives in total and want to use them all.
Right now if I enable additional raid config on BIOS my sb600 controller only detect disks on the 1 and 3 ports, but doesnt see the 2 and 4 ports. Also i cant see the 5 and 6 ports anywhere in the bios or in the ctrl-f raid utility.
My bios version is 1.3
Any help?

hi, you could use the promise controller for your raid array using the rear esata connectors (with a esata to sata cable) and in side ports 5-6, use the sb600 not in raid for the other drives, like bas was saying each controller has it own bios, so what that means is if promise raid is on (sb600 off) the drives would show up in the promise raid setup and the other way around (drives in the SB600 RAID set up) and also if both raid controllers are off the drives show up in the main board bios. once i did have both controllers run through their setup at the same time but i got "some memory ran out of room" message after post,..
anyway so you should be able to do what you want, but use the promise for raid and sb600 for not, that way only one raid controller is on.

Continuing K9A2 Platinum & Vista Install Problems - new variance

Hi All,
This is a contiunuation of my earlier post. https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113866.0
My full system specs are:
MSI K9A2 Platinum MB
OCZ Technology 2x2GB 240DIMM PC2-6400 Gold
AMD Phenom 9500
2 x Samsung SATA DVD Writer SH-203B/BEBN
GeForce 8800GTX 768MB PCIE DVI
Coolermaster Cosmos case
Seagate 320GB SATA2 HDD ST3320620AS
OCZ 1010 GameXstream PSU
Following the problems described in my earlier post (see above) - which I thought were HDD related - I have tonight bought the Seagate HDD listed above. Installed the HDD, attempted to install Vista Home Premium 64.
Installation seemed to go fine, towards the end - when you get the 'Windows will now start for the first time" screen - the system blue-screened (too quick to get the message, looked like a RAM issue) and crashed. Re-started and then the installation aborted itself.
Second installation try: The system went through the installation process, I passed the bit where you choose the partition to install (did a format), installation seemed to go fine, one re-start, system gets stuck in the 'Completing Installation' phase, I would say roughly around 70% installed according to the blue progress bar.
Interstingly, when I now attempt to perform a new installation attempt I do not even get to the screen where you choose the language and country settings, I just get stuck at the black screen with the Microsoft name written and the green, interrupted bar sliding from left to right.
Am I back at the same stage where I was in my previous post https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113866.0
This is crazy. I have built around five or six systems so far and never had problems like these...
Please help.
C.

@Russ_xp: No, not yet. I have been scouring the OCZ site to get an idea on compatibility and settings but have been disheartened when the advice for the K9A2 and my memory modules said: "Please call"
Sent an email to European support of OCZ and am awaiting their reply...
I had a look at the memory timings in the MB's BIOS, though and have to admit that I was baffled by the number of different settings that I could manipulate. On the MB's that I played with before there were less fields to manipulate so entering 5-5-5-15-2T was easier (don't laugh).
Cheers,
C.

Memory/Processor upgrade for my K9A2 Platinum V1 board

Hello everyone. I am considering jumping up to a Phenom II x4 940 and 8GB 4 x 2GB sticks of the following memory....
1. Geil Black Dragon GB28GB6400C5QC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144074
2. Geil Black Dragon GB28GB6400C4QC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144240
3. G.SKill F2-6400CL5Q-8GBPQ.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231151
4. G.Skill F2-8800CL5Q-8GBPI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231195
5. Or just getting a second set of Corsair XMS2 (TWIN2X4096-6400C5) for a total of 8GB.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184
I would just get a 2nd set of corsair memory.... but if I get a quad kit I know I am getting 4 matching modules ( Or at least should ). Instead of memory manufactured a year ago or longer (for original set) and up to this year (for 2nd set). I don't want problems between same type of memory using different chip sets. Oh btw, I would really prefer PC2 8500 or so.
Anyone out there had or have any of these combinations. Or is there other memory that you would recommend instead. Overclockability is a plus.
Oh ya I have also thought about upgrading motherboard as well and get something with the 790X or 790FX/SB750 chip sets instead of the 790FX/SB600. But not quite sure what to get on that end either.
My system specs are below.

Anyone of the above should work fine. I would consider Mushkin XP2-8500 modules, but with 4 x 2 GB modules you will probably have bad overclockability with any memory.
If you have a K9A2 Platinum now, it's not really useful upgrading to a 790FX + SB750 board. Granted, SATA and USB performance should be a bit better with the SB750 and it has RAID 5 support. For the rest, you will not notice the difference...

How to Setup RAID 0 on K9A2 Platinum using SATA 5&6 Promise Controller

Setup:
MSI K9A2 Platinum
2 x Sapphire 3870 HD in Crossfire Mode
2 x 500 GB WD Caviar Hard drives ( I want to put these in RAID 0)
Pioneer 115DBK DVD Burner
LITEON BD/DVD Player SATA
Phenom 9850
GSKILL 4 GB 1066
Antec P182 Case
Rosewill 850 W Power Supply
Windows Vista 64 bit
I am trying to set the RAID up on the PROMISE SATA ports 5&6. I have enabled the additional RAID controller in the BIOS and set the SATA controller to RAID. One drive shows up as JBOD and I can set the other to RAID 0 in the Fast Track utility. What do I need to do to change the JBOD to RAID? I'm sure its showing that I am a newbie at this and first RAID attempt. It's a new setup so I don't mind having to re-load VISTA.
Additionally - I cannot get the IDE DVD burner to work. If there is any obvious fix for this I'd appreciate input. The SATA BD Player works just fine.
Thanks for any advice!

Sorry, my explanation seems to be too short... some remarks:
- Yes, you need to go to the Promnise Setup prgram like you say;
- Yes, you have to delete the JBOD-array, but you also need to delete the RAID-0 array. Both drives become available now to setup RAID.
- Make a new striping (0) array and select both drives to use -> make array and reboot.
- go into bios and select the RAID-0 array as second boot device and your DVD/CD as first boot device (for now);
- reboot and boot off the Vista Setup CD/DVD.
- Wait until Vista asks to select the drive to install to. It will show you the RAID-array or it will show you nothing. If it shows you noting (and I bet it won't ), then choose to manually install a driver. Now, you can select the Promise driver to use. Vista will load it and recognize your RAID array. Select the array and tell Vista to install.
- Now start hoping that it will work out!
Good luck!!

K9A2 Platinum & Promise T3 Windows 7 Raid Drivers

Hello,
I first want to thank everyone for taking the time to read my post. Hopefully together we can make this work. I am currently running Vista 64BIT and purchased a Windows 7 64 BIT to upgrade. I need helping finding a stable driver for the installation.
Current Specs:
K9A2 Platinum (BIOS 1.0B LATEST VERSION)
Windows Vista 64BIT
4GB DDR2 RAM
Phenom 9500 2.2GHZ Quad Core
2X 250GB Sata hard drives (currently RAID 0) on Sata ports 5&6 Promise T3.
850WATT Antec Power Supply.
I already have the two 250GB hard drives in Raid 0 on sata ports 5 & 6 (Promise T3) which works perfect in Vista. MSI doesn't have Windows 7 drivers on their website. I did however find that Promise has on their website the FastTrak TX2650 Driver which supports Windows 2008/7 which I believe will work. I believe the model number is promise_PDC42819.
If anyone has any information on this that would be wonderful. I need to know which drivers to load up with Windows 7 when installing.
Thanks again for all the support everyone!

It looks to me that the fastTrak 2650 is for an installed internal card to run a RAID config so I see that as a NO.
You are right, that promise T3 Raid driver is tough to find.
Have you tried contacting MSI tech support?
http://www.msi.com/service/download/driver-2702.html
This is the only definite RAID I see at MSI's site, the one you found for ports 1-4.
Is One controller better than the other?
IDK.
If you don't get a reply here, again, contact MSI tech support.
I also, like you, found old threads here that never answered that question.

Houston, we have a problem.. My new K9A2 Platinum will not install an OS

I purchased a K9A2 Platinum (Version 1) and everything went fine with the hookup and install until I went to install the OS.
Here's the set up:
1) 9600 Phenom
2) 4 GB A-Data DDR2 800 RAM (2 2GB Sticks)
3) Diamond HD3870 Video Card.
4) 260 GB WD Caviar Sata Drive
5) LG 18x DVD
note I also Have a 160 GB PATA WD Caviar as well.. more about the in a minute.
I hooked everything up Sata drive as Sata 1 and DVD as Sata 2,
Checked BIOS to be sure everyone was recognized.
Tried to install Vista 64 bit.
Entered Location, activations etc..
and Install began
1) Copied files
2) Expanded files
3) Updated system
(no errors occured during these steps)
System rebooted and got the message Windows is booting for the first time etc...
Then to the finalizing Installation line, which... well.. never gets final (I've left it on that screen for 3+ hours).. Sometimes it locks up.
I tried installing Windows XP and I get through all of the installation, but when it reboots to WIndows from the DVD.. It can't find the OS..
I installed the PATA drive and tried installing Vista to it with no difference in the results. I suspect I am doing something stupid here (I have done this before.. it's my fifth build and never a problem before). A note that on the PATA if I use the Chip Select jumper (Out of the box settings) Everything's recognized but it sets it up as a slave. IF I set it as a lone master the BIOS recoginizes it, but windows doesn't. If I set it up as a master.. the system doesn't post. I am going to try to install XP on the PATA and see if that works, However I want to run Vista on this beast, so even if it does, well I still need help..
Yes I promise, this is all a cry for help... If anyone has any ideas I'd surely be apreciative.. In fact I'd be so appreciative I'd help you remove an garbage (viruses, spyware etc..) for free (ok I do that for free anyway.. I'm cajuntek everywhere I go on the net.. You can find me in the Security Cleanup forum at dslreports most often.. Thanks again for any help you guys can provide on this.

I don't trust [Auto] Vmem in the BIOS.
First, Cajuntek, I would try beta BIOS 1.33.
You can download it from http://www.magnaroute.com/deliver/
This BIOS has been very stable for me, MSI Tech Support gave it to me to attempt to solve memory stability I have had with 4x dual rank memory modules. It doesn't fix that problem but it does make the system more stable and compatible over the publicly released BIOSes as far as I can tell.
I would also suggest you put in a fixed voltage value in the BIOS for your memory. I use 2.3V because I am overclocking. You can probably use 2.0V or 2.1V. It is possible that the [Auto] setting may be giving your system too little voltage on the memory and that may be causing your lockup.

K9A2 Platinum - Cannot get win xp2 sp2 installed

Build Setup:
Thermaltake TR2-550 550W - 3.3v/30A - 5v/28A - 12v/14A - 12v2/15A
K9A2 Platinum (Bios 1.3)
AMD Phenom 9850
2gb Mushkin XP2-8500 (running at default 800mhz)
sapphire radeon 3870 in top pci-e slot
x2 sata seagate barricuda 500gb drives
x1 generic sata dvd burner (can plug in external usb drive when needed)
x1 floppy drive
I made a post on here a few weeks ago about getting a raid 0 setup going on a new build and after a few hours of tweeking around got one to work. Windows XP Home w/ SP2 installed fine the first time. Computer ran great for about 3 days. Then I noticed that whenever I tried to install anything using 2 or more install CDs, windows would crash when I opened the cd tray after it asked for the next CD. The cd rom was plugged into an SB600 controlled sata port so I thought maybe it was interfering with the raid setup. Switched the cd rom to a promise sata port and xp refused to boot anymore.
Its now been about 2 weeks since then. I've played around with this new computer everyday I'm off work and it will not let me install xp sp 2. RAID 0 setup on SB600 or Promise controller, standard IDE settings on SB600, no cdrom attached to internal sata ports (used an external usb one). No matter the configuration XP either freezes during the boot screen after the initial install restart or makes it into the second half of installation (after reboot) and gives a validation error of some sort.
I also have a copy of ubuntu 8.04 that I've tried installing with no success, though that may be my lack of experience with using linux.
The only OS i've installed successfully so far is Win2K on straight IDE, didn't bother trying on a RAID.
I've given up on trying to install on a RAID array. It requires the extra drivers and creates more problems, and from what I've read on other posts here won't give me much performance boost with just the two drives anyway.
As of posting this I'm running seatools on my harddrives and fully erasing the hard drive I've been trying to install on so many times.
Thanks for any input you may have for my problems and let me know if you need any more info!
~ Jerome

Alright, finally got the new PSU on Wed. Ended up going with the Corsair 750tx. Better to have extra power than not enough and maybe something to use in a future build.
Had to wait a few days before I had the time to put it in but it fit in the case just fine. Plenty of connectors with the nice shrink-net wrapping around the wires. Plugged it in and turned it on.. nothing. After messing around a few minutes I discovered the power cable that it shipped with was a dud. Luckily I have a few spare ones and used an old. Ok, now the power's running fine.
By this time I had stripped down the new build to the bare and basic essentials. IDE HD and cd rom drive, floppy and one of the nvidia cards from my last computer that had SLI running. Put in the XP install disc, formatted, first part of install went fine. After reboot to finish installs once again the computer crashed with BSOD. Multiple reboots did the same with various different BSOD stop messages.
After searching MS's website for the meanings of the errors I came across a post on another website telling of hitting F5 during install of XP. I'd heard of using F6 for installing third party drivers but not what F5 was for. Further searching on microsoft.com showed that hitting F5 at the start of an XP install allows you to force a Hardware Abstraction Layer. If you have an ACPI capable motherboard XP installer does not always detect this (or ever in my case) the F5 menu allows you to choose it, along with other types of systems. So I chose ACPI PC as my option, finished out setup and rebooted. Crossing my fingers once again as XP tries its first load and.. Wah Lah! I have a functional OS at last on this baby.
Thanks to all for your help in this trying time My slight headache of the last 3 weeks is now gone!
For anyone who has trouble getting xp to install and receives multiple different stop errors I'd suggest looking into the F5 function.

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