K9N2 Diamond - DVI-D connector on MB

Hi,
I was wondering what the purpose of the motherboard DVI-D connector was ? If I have a graphics card inserted in one of the PCI-E slots, can I plug my monitor in this connector or do I have to use the GC connector ?
Thanks !

It is probably disabled with a discrete card inserted. But you should try it, one never knows... Naturally you take the discrete card out first. - No, first you power off.
The DVI port is next to the PS2 mouse port.

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K9N2 Diamond - Can't Disable Onboard Graphics

Hello all,
I have a peculiar problem (or maybe it isn't problem at all):
If I select to disable the onboard graphic chip in BIOS, the system halts (complete freeze) after memory check, only way out is to force shutdown and BIOS reset.
On board, there are four little status leds, when the onboard graphics is disabled, they are (looking from the "back" of board) from left to right: green-red-green-red. I haven't been able to find out what the sequence means, looks to me like MSI has never published the codes.
The freeze happens whether I have quickboot enabled or not.
My system specs are:
MSI K9N2 Diamond
AMD Phenom 9850 BE
XFX GeForce 8800 GT Alpha Dog 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI
8 GB Corsair DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 DHX
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB S300 RAID 1
CoolerMaster 700W REAL POWER PRO MODULAR PSU
Lian-Li SILVER CLASSICAL SERIES
Philips Brilliance 200W 20.1"
BIOS version is 2.0 (not flashed).
The XFX card works perfectly and when both cards are active, I have no issues with system at all (all works perfectly). Also RAM has passed Memtest++ several times and is correctly detected and configured by BIOS (800MHz).
All BIOS settings affecting performance are in their defaults (no overclocking, no voltage tweaking etc).
The problem is that I can't set these two cards to SLi nor MultiGPU because they are not identical (please correct me if I'm wrong in that).
The problem is that both cards now want to run separate monitor (I only got one I can use permanently) meaning that I either won't see boot messages or I won't see desktop depending on which card I have the monitor connected on.
So, in brief, here's my questions are:
Do you know why disabling the onboard chip freezes POST?
Do you know a solution to this problem?
If you answer "yes" to either or both above, please tell me too what is the reason and what is the solution

Hi and thanks for the reply.
Just to be sure what you mean:
Quote from: Fredrik on 02-November-08, 20:54:10
You should be able to disable onboard while monitor cable is connected to the 8800, should even be automatically disabled.
You mean having monitor connected to both cards and then disable the onboard chip?
Quote from: Fredrik on 02-November-08, 20:54:10
Could have to do with the Hybrid SLI feature . Disable if you don't want it.
That's disabled currently (you can't disable onboard chip if it's enabled).
Quote from: Fredrik on 02-November-08, 20:54:10
As BIOS seems to be involved, what BIOS version do you have?
Original 2.0 (shipped with board).

K9N2 Diamond Hangs pre-POST PCI-Bus not working

Hello,
I've had a happily working system for over a eyar, but the other day I discovered that the display no longer worked. So I rebooted and noted the diagnostic leds were RED-RED-GREEN-RED. After digging around and looking at page 2-26 of the K9N2 SLI Platinum's manual, it informed me that I was hanging at Bad memory. So I tried without ram and with new 800 speed ram, and still the same leds. Tried new ram in diffrent slots, no change. Tried only 1 stick, no change. Tried with no ram, mo change. Tried removing all PCI-X & PCI cards and still nothing. Removed all drive cables and still no change. In the end, I only have my processor installed and it still hangs at start.
I reinstalled everything and tried another approach. I used the onboard DVI graphics port and just bided my time. Got the usual R-R-G-R lights and waited a few minutes. Eventually I reached the BIOS. I checked all the settings, it was detecting processor, ram, drives, all were fine. So I let the system eventually boot into win7 and arrived at the desktop. I then discovered that the sound card was not operating either. This led me to believe that the entire PCI bus had failed.
Has anyone else come across this? I take it that at this point that my only avenue for fix if to RMA the motherboard.
Here's machine specs for anyone interested.
MSI K9N2 Diamond
AMD Phenom x4 940 Black Edition
OCZ 2x2GB Reaper HPC PC2-1066 RAM
Geforce 9800 GTX 512mb
SB X-Fi sound card
200GB Maxtor sata2
320GB Seagate sata2
750GB Seagate sata2

Quote from: PsyBeats on 19-February-10, 14:38:02
Hyper Type R 2 - 680w
18amps for +12v1, +12v2, +12v3, +12v4
I had some middle range Hyper ,it died after one year ,got a replacement with a defect which i fixed -bad soldering one cap bridged.
Sugestion -> get a proper PSU to test ,thats vaporware.They look nice ,but they "stink" inside soldering and components wise.Not to say that the PSU is multirailed.I bet that the wires are also under gauged .

K9N2 Diamond dead??

I have a computer with K9N2 Diamond installed. Yesterday my computer refused to boot. It does not show any messages on the monitor and and no "diagnostic beeps". I have tried to remove all HW and started without RAM and CPU. Same problem.
There are two rows with diagnostic LEDs on the board. All are red. And they light up at once at statup.
The board is one year and a few weeks old. I'm pretty sure that my board is the porblem and not the CPU. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Is it worth trying to buy another board and take a chance that my CPU is still working??
Any ideas??
Olbra

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I have tried to remove all HW and started without RAM and CPU.
Well, that kind of test does not make any sense. You need to have a CPU and at least one stick of memory installed. Otherwise you will never see anything on the screen.
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Same problem.
You mean: Same symptoms. But that does not tell you much. When there is no output to the screen this could mean anything from bad board, bad memory, bad video card, bad CPU or bad PSU. When you remove CPU, Video Card and memory, there will never be any output to the memory, because the system will halt when it tries to initialize the CPU, the memory or the video card (in that order and depending on what you actually removed).
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I'm pretty sure that my board is the porblem and not the CPU. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Whether you are wrong or not is impossible to determine without further test that confirm or disprove what is now merely a hypothesis. This could also mean that there is a problem with the PSU (not supplying enough power to the board and/or processor).
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Is it worth trying to buy another board and take a chance that my CPU is still working??
Well, you would need to test your components somehow to determine the cause of the problem. If it would be worth for you to buy other components for that, is something you may have to decide on your own.
What you should do first, ist to remove the A/C power cable from your PSU and >>Clear CMOS << and then test the system outside the case on a non-conducting surface in barebone configuration (CPU, one stick of memory, video card (if there is no onboard video), power connectors and keyboard).
Also, please provide FULL system specifications. --> >>Posting Guide<<

K9N2 Diamond and Radeon HD 4890 Crossfire

Hey guys. Just your general noob question here. My mobo is a K9N2 Diamond SLI. It has support for 3-way SLI and as far as I can tell, the Nvida based chipsets don't support Radeon XFire. I was just wondering, though, does the board support the use of, say, a Radeon HD 4870x2 card? I was hoping maybe it would since it's one card with 2 onboard GPUs, but just wanted to make sure it does. I'm using an Nvidia GPU right now, but I've always like the ATIs better.

OK, this is back to what Bas said. He informed me that Crossfire works on any board. I've installed two 4890s on my K9N2 Diamond and connected the appropriate power connectors and crossfire ribbons. When my computer loads up, it sees both cards, but it does not recognize it as crossfire. Neither does CCC. Is it possible that the K9N2 won't run Crossfire setups (I mean, it is an SLI board and not AMD).

K9N2 Diamond & Gigabyte 8800 GT SLI (Mb Problem!!)

Hi. I recently had a K9N Diamond with 2 Gigabyte 8800 GT (GV-NX88T512HP TypeB) in SLi, worked perfectly. One fo them fried and sent it to rma. In this time, changed motherboard (to K9N2 Diamond) and PSU (NOX Urano 600w to Corsair TX750). Worked all ok, but with only one Gigabyte VGA. Gigabyte rma gave me an identical card, but Type A. Tried SLI with the other one and it didn't worked. Both cards in solo work fine. Together, the monitor power led flashes but no image, I even hear the music of windows starting, but no image. Tried it with another motherboard and it worked. The board was a MSI K8N SLI Platinum. Not a vga problem. I read the manual, and it says that i need to connect the two 3way SLI connectors for a dual sli config. Rather confusing. It also refers to "SLI Drivers" ?. Never heard of it. Please help!!

No. But i achieved sli yesterday. I disabled the onboard graphics card (this board has Hybrid SLI) on the driver settings. The sli is running but only when windows starts. I can't see post, so i can't enter bios.

Where to find a VGA DE-15 to DVI-I connector/adapter ?

Well, I receive my new Mac Pro (Apple Mac Pro Desktop 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Quad) When I tried to hook up my Samsung SyncMaster 910T
the connectors don't match.
Mine has 15 pins (3 row of 5, with the middle one out of sync with the two others. I found out it is called a VGA Male connector DE-15
It look like this : (the male connector on the right)
http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml
My computer has a DVI-I (dual link) port (3 row of 8 in a perfect rectangle. (24 pins)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigitalVisualInterface (under connector second drawing)
Here is what the Samsung manual says:
Input Signal, Terminated
RGB Analog , DVI (Digital Visual Interface) Compliant Digital RGB
0.7Vp-p Positive at 75 ohms
Separate H/V sync, Composite sync, SOG, TTL level positive or negative.
15pin-to-15pin D-sub cable, detachable
DVI-D to DVI-D connector, detachable
Where can I find a cable, male to male, that has the VGA Male connector DE-15 on one end and the DVI-I connector at the other end ?
Or perhaps an adapter ?

LCD does not mean digital, right?
LCDs use digital internally but some will accept analog input.
I thought that a CRT monitor (remember those?) is analog and a LCD is digital.
Yes but some LCDs (not Apple's) will accept analog.
When I turn on my Monitor from sleep it shows Analog then digital then analog.
It has both analog and digital inputs. It is trying to find which input has a video signal.
When I shut it then turn it on it shows Analog. What does that mean ? It's a flat LCD monitor not a CRT is it still analog?
It is digital, but also has analog input, and will convert it to digital internally.
I believe it's digital, so why does it say Analog?
In addition to digital, it has analog input so it can be used with computers that don't jave digital.>
Now, I guess it says so about the connection ( I use the VGA connection).
I can imagine people here shaking their head (blush, shame) but I never felt the need to think about this.
Now I believe that a LCD monitor in general is analog (and I guess some digital ?)
Some LCDs have only analog input. (Rare now, but was common when most computers were only analog video output.)
Some LCDs, such as Apple's, are digital only. This saves money when it will be used only with computers that have digital video output.
Some LCDs have both digital and analog video inputs, so they can be used with any computer. This costs a bit more to make, but they have to make only one model to work with any computer.
So what is a digital monitor?
A LCD with digital input.
As I said before my monitor came with 2 cables
15pin-to-15pin D-sub cable, (VGA Male/Male DE-15) and a
DVI-D to DVI-D connector.
My monitor has 2 socket/port one digital , one analog. I can use any of them?
Yes, but digital may give a slightly sharper picture.
If my monitor is not digital how come it has a digital port?
It is digital.
I read here (in the middle of the article, below the drawing of the Color coded female DVI connector)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigitalVisualInterface>
"The long flat pin.....It is possible, however, to connect a male DVI-D cable to a female DVI-I connector. Many flat panel LCD monitors have only the DVI-D connection so that a DVI-D male to DVI-D male cable will suffice when connecting the monitor to a computer's DVI-I female connector."
Although DVI-D stands for Digital only. Me confused !
I put this DVI-D Male to Male cable into the DVI-I port of my new computer and it fit. I was about to put the other end into the monitor but stopped because I don't want to connect if I'm not supposed to do so. I don't want to damage anything. So before I connect, I like to ask here :
is it safe? is it OK?
Yes. Yes. Apple computers use DVI-I which has both analog and digital video signals. You can use a DVI-D cable for digital video, or use the DVI to VGA adapter that came with the computer, and a VGA cable for analog video. Digital should give a shaper picture. There shout be a switch or setting on the display to select which input is used. If possible, set it to use just the digital input.

K9n2 diamond

can anyone help me. I finally got my K9n2 diamond working. and im trying to adjust the dram setting so I can set it at 1066. I am not used to the bios for an MSI board. it boots just fine if i leave everything in auto but I have 1066 ram that this board can use and i cant seem to get it to set correctly. I did go to the timings and tried to adjust that but my board recognizes it as 800 MGHS. I need to know how i manually set those important features so i can get this going. IF anyone has a guide or something I would really be appreciative.
K9n2 diamond
Amd 9750
patriot 1066 ddr 2/ 2 gbs
msi 9600 gso
windows xp 32 bit

Remove power cord from the PSU, then leave one memory stick in 1st DIMM.
Once done proceed with >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Then try to boot.
P.S: Topics merged.
Quote from: archangel27149 on 06-November-08, 09:40:43
Resolved. Thanks boss killer for the earlier reply on the timing now what is your suggestion for my final operating system xp 32 or vista 32 any hints im a big gamer
So have you fixed it ?

K9N2 Diamond refuses to P.O.S.T...

Greetings,
I'm in a bit of a predicament and was wondering if anybody has some ideas as to the solution to the problem I am about to present.
Let me start with a little background:
I built this system around 2 years ago and haven't had many problems with it. I've reformatted numerous times, the most recent being last month. About a week or two ago
I tried to play a .wmv file via Windows Media Player. My system hung during program execution and I was forced to manually power off my computer (in other words, I held
the power button for five seconds). When I powered the system back on it failed to P.O.S.T.
Now, during a normal start-up a number of things happen:
A.) The computer powers on, fans start whurring, lights from the K9N2's on-board LED's will flash between green and red (this is important), and finally power is fed to my I/O devices.
B.) The mainboard then beeps (I cannot remember the beep pattern), all the on-board LED's are green, my display shows my BIO's screen, and the system then continues it operations before loading the Operating System.
C.) Windows is then loaded and I have an operational computer. Hurray.
Here is what happens as of now:
A.) The computer powers on, fans star whurring, lights from the K9N2'S on-board LED's will flash for what appears to be two cycles (basically the LED's go through two patterns) and then I hear a long beep followed by two short beeps. (Beeeeeeepp.... Beep. Beep.) The LED pattern stays as follows: RED, RED, RED, GREEN.
No power is fed to my I/O devices and I receive no display. The computer basically hangs. One thing I feel I should mention is that I was able to get the computer to start again by clearing the CMOS but this strategy will not work anymore. Note: this process involved restarting the computer countless times, clearing the CMOS, starting the computer and seeing if it would P.O.S.T, if it did not, I repeated the process. It was not as if I simply cleared the CMOS and the computer worked instantly. I had to do it several times.
Now it seems no matter what I do the system refuses to P.O.S.T. My computer specs are listed at the bottom of this thread. If you felt something was not clear or you feel you need more information, please let me know and I will be glad to explain. I look forward to working with anyone who is willing to help me tackle this problem.
Take care,
pr3ddd
COMPUTER SPECS:
-MSI K9N2 DIAMOND AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA NFORCE 780A SLI ATX MAINBOARD
-ABS TAGAN BZ SERIES 900W PSU
-AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6400+ @3.2GHZ PROCESSOR
-4GB OF CORSAIR DOMINATOR DDR2 1066 RAM
-NVIDIA 9800GX2 DUAL-GPU GRAPHICS CARD
-SEAGATE BARRACUDA 500GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
-CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER X-FI ELITE PRO SOUND CARD
-MICROSOFT'S WINDOWS X64 PROFESSIONAL

So.... Problem solved. Looks like it was the graphics card. When I got the almost normal boot I realized that the only reason I had: GREEN, RED, GREEN, GREEN LED's was because the system was waiting for me to load the default values for the CMOS but since I didn't have any display I couldn't see that. So I replaced my HDMI cable with a VGA cable and the system reverted to the previous RED, RED, RED, GREEN state. At that point, I took out the graphics card, used the onboard video and wa-la. Thank you Mike. I'd have never thought to reseat the graphics card. Looks like no games for a while... Oh well.

K9N2 Diamond works with X2 3800+ but not Phenomii 940 with updated BIOS

The system in question.
MSI K9N2 Diamond Current BIOS 7375v 2.6, have also tried 2.5, 2.4, 2.3, 2.2
AMD Phenom II 940
2X 2Gb Corsair CM2X2048-6400C5
Antec True Power 750 Watt P.S.
EVGA Nvidia GTX 260 GPU
W.D. 300Gb HDD
This system is about 6 months old. When I put this system together for my brother in law, he ordered the parts with the intention of using his old mobo but didn't realize it didnt support the phenom chip he ordered. SO rather than waiting for another ordered part we took a trip to our local Comp USA. K9N2 Diamond said it was phenom 2 ready, yeah ok. Anyway after a few hours of going crazy trying to figure this out for him I found out it wasn't phenom2 capable till you updated the BIOS with an older CPU. Lucky for us I use an X2 3800+ in my machine. So I popped my chip in and ipdated his BIOS with the USB drive tool. Everything seemed right with the world then.
Now he brought the PC over for me to install Windows 7 64 bit for him. Did the install and was tracking down the few drivers Windows 7 missed and ran across Live update 4 for drivers and utilities. Should have known better but I went ahead and let it update the BIOS to 2.6. Sure enough, the CPU and GPU fans cycle on and off with no post. Check this post as his issues are identical to the ones I am experiencing. https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133615.0 Now they never resolved this guys issue and it looks like he just RMA'd the board.
So I started narrowing down the possible issues. First thing I did was find the MSI USB Flash Tool again and put BIOS 2.2 back on with my 3800+ back in his machine. Machine worked with every BIOS version from 2.2 to 2.6 installed with USB tool with my 3800+ in his machine but would not post at all with all BIOS versions and his phenomII. Every time his CPU is in the machine, when the power is turned on the CPU and the GPU fans both go to max RPM then turn off over and over. Cleared CMOS multiple times. I know the clear was working when I put my 3800+ in it would state the time was reset in BIOS. Pulled everything out but one stick of RAM and same thing, posts with 3800+, nothing with phenomII. Tried the other stick of RAM although it passed both a memory test with USB tool and memtest with 3800+ installed. Same. Pulled CoolMax 750W PS from my machine and put it in his. Same issues. No post with PhenomII, posts with 3800+. Now this is with NOTHING but a stick of known good RAM, PS, Mobo, CPU and CPU fan. Using onboard video. All other drives, fans, pci devices, ect are disconnected.
So now I have 2 machines in my office all taken apart as I do not want to have to button my machine back up just to tear it back apart in case I have to do more to his Mobo with my CPU. I would rather not have to RMA the board if I do not have to like the guy in the link to the post I put up above.

I understand the need for future proofing mainboards as much as possible. What I am not ok with is the labeling on the box stating the board is PhenomII ready when in fact it isn't ready unless you have an older CPU that you can use to flash the BIOS to make it ready. Plus, if Live Update is the POS that everyone makes it out to be on the forums, why is it the first option on MSI's website for driver and BIOS downloads? MSI's USB Flash Tool is probably one of the easiest things I have ever used to update a BIOS, why not have that as the first option?
Anyway, I managed to talk a buddy into bringing his rig over to help me figure this out. Replaced his 965 with the 940 in question and it fired right up in an ASUS M4A785-M mobo. Tried the memory and PS in his rig as well just to triple check them and they were also good. Put his 965 in the K9N2 Diamond after making sure the BIOS was version 2.6 with the 3800+ and did not fire up with his 965 in the socket.
So a quick recap.
940 and 965 PhenomII will not post in the K9N2 Diamond but the 3800+ will.
All three post in the M4A785
tested memory by using only the slot closest to CPU in K9N2 on stick at a time. Both sticks work in the K9 with the 3800+ and both sticks work in the M4A785 with all three CPU's.
have tried every BIOS version from 2.2 to 2.6 using the MSI USB Flash Tool with the 3800+ in the K9N2.
Have cleared CMOS multiple times with the power cord out and holding down the On/Off switch for 20 seconds to discharge the caps before clearing. After every clear the next successful post says that the BIOS time needs to be updated.
P.S. works on three different rigs.
Any ideas or suggestions? If I must RMA than I must. But it works with the 3800+ so there has to be something firmware wise that is causing this.

Boot with e-sata External HDD - K9N2 Diamond

Hello.
Installed Windows Vista Home Premium in one hdd, but want to put it in an external case and boot it from there. Does the K9N2 Diamond support boot with an external e-sata disk ? I know that with usb does, but e-sata can't fin out.

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Windows will refuse to boot from it (Microsoft does not want you to have a removable HD
This is somewhat true for external USB Hard Drive. However, it has nothing to do with Microsoft not wanting you to do anything. If Windows is installed on a USB Hard Drive, the problem is that when you try to boot from it, Windows will put out a BSOD. The reason is that during the early boot phase, Windows will fire up the USB Drivers. When that happens, there is a change of parameters which will cause a short shut-down of USB Functionality. Ultimately, Windows will not find the USB Drive it has just booted from and tell you that the whole drive or certain data cannot be found. This can be overcome by modifying parts of the Installation Routine that handles the Installation of the USB Drivers during boot-up phase.
In any case, the problem is related to USB Drives only. As eSATA-Ports are hosted directly by the SATA Controller, the operating system will basically just treat it as a normal hard drive (Windows would also not know the difference, when you install an eSATA Bracket connected to one or more of the internal SATA Ports.)
Also, AHCI it basically only needed for HotPlug Support. As long as the hard drive stays connected to the system, it will be treated like a normal SATA Drive.
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Microsoft does not want you to have a removable HD that you can carry all over the place and boot from
BTW: This will not work unless the different systems you want to use the installation with are the same or similar to the system configuration that Windows was installed on. A different video card and a differen chipset may render the installation pretty much useless. Also, when you change between a system that has AHCI Enabled for the SATA Controller to a System running in SATA/IDE Mode ---> and then back to an AHCI System, there is a high chance that the installation will not properly adapt to the hardware change and mess itself up trying to adapt to the situation in terms of driver intialization. You may run into to numerous BSODs.

Need some assistance k9n2 diamond

ok recieved my new mobo today. k9n2 diamond. installed proc, ram, 1 video card....yadda yadda.. installed new version of windows. my problem is that i can only use onboard video. i have a geforce 9800gt brand new plug it in no vid.. actually dont know what bios settings to turn on and off to disable onboard video.. hope to resolve asap..
thanx fellas

clipt,
Please read the >>Posting Guide<< as there is no detailed information for anyone to be able to assist you.

K9N2 Diamond & X2 6400+

Hi. I'm waiting for my K9N2 Diamond to arrive. Benn looking in MSI's web page, and first it said that for the X2 6400+ i had to update bios. Now, the first bios that appears in the download bios website is the one that says, in the cpu supporting site, that supports that cpu (7375v20) Is this bios that comes originally with the motherboard or an older one? My doubt is , do i need to update bios in order to work with X2 6400+ ?
My System:
MSI K9N2 Diamond
AMD Athlon X2 6400+
Gigabyte 8800 GT
OCZ 8gb (4x2) DDR2 PC6400 SLi Ready
Zalman CNPS 9500 AM2
OCZ XTC Ram Cooler
3x 160gb HDD SATA2
Canopus Analog Video Capture Card (ADVC1394)

Quote from: h.soeiro on 31-October-08, 23:33:59
What happens if i try and the bios that come with the board doesn't support that cpu ? Can i harm the board ?
No it can't harm the mainboard.
Also you don't need BIOS update, the CPU is supported since initial BIOS release{2.0} and above.
So in all the cases should be fine.

MSI K9N2 Diamond CPU FAN SPEED

It is not much of a problem, but, recently I changed my msi k9n platinum with k9n2 diamond and, of course, I transfered the old hardware to the new mainboard.
My CPU is x2 64 athlon 6000+ and my fan is Cooler Master Susurro (http://www.overclockersonline.net/?page=articles&num=354). On my platinum board my fan
acted quietly, around 1000-1100 rpms and the cpu temp. around 42-44 degrees celsius. As I changed the mainboard the cpu temp. fell on 34-36 BUT the cpu fan
is now cooling faster, around 1400-1600 rpms. I don't mind my cpu 8 degrees hotter and a better sleep at night :D. I've tried latest drivers, cool&quiet drivers, bios
cool&quiet, smart fan target.. nothing helps. It is the same. I run windows XP SP2. Updated to the last released bios. Tied speedfan, but it doesn't support that
mainboard. And my fan is now too loud, can someone help me

When changing motherboard you need to do at least a repair installation of Windows. Can't really be avoided.
That would mean you reinstall motherboard drivers. Maybe things work better this time.
You set Cooln'quiet to minimal savings, if I'm not mistaken.
Your Susurro got a few years. Are you sure it is up to the job? The test you link to was with a Socket 939 processor, at about half to 2/3 the power and heat output to the one you got.
Oh, and please mention your PSU, too.

Mac Pro has a DVI or a DVI-D connector? What is the difference?

First of all i am really happy with my Mac Pro, thanks Apple!
Until now i had a old 15 lcd screen, because i could not afford a new one after buying my new Mac Pro.
Now i have enough money to buy 2 17 or 19 inch screens! But i have some trouble with selecting the right one.
I the past i had bought a AGP graphic card (for my G4) with a DVI-D connector. After that i found that it was not possible to connect my "normal DVI" screen too it. So i have to get another graphic card.
So, what connector does my mac pro have? (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT)
The specs off the Mac Pro says it has only a DVI connector, not DVI-D, or is it just the same?
I was thinking of one off these models:
- Iiyama ProLite E1700S-B2
--> has a DVI-D connector
- LG Flatron L1752HM-SF
--> has a DVI-D connector
- Iiyama ProLite E481S-W3
--> has a DVI-D connector
Can i connect all these screens to my Mac Pro using DVI-D?
Are there any screens you would specially advice me? I like Samsung, Iiyama or LG. There is no need for really good screens, i am not a video editor or a graphic designer. The screens has te be "relax" for my eyes!
I know it is possible to connect all the screens by converting DVI to VGA, but if it is possible i would prefer to connect it direct by DVI.
Sorry for my quite bad english, and thanks in advance for all your help!

I just puchased a LG226WT and it too has a DVI-D
input. So what I understand I can go from the Mac Pro
2.66 to this monitor using simply a DVI-D cable,
right, therefore not having use of Analog. Newbie
question... What is the Analog part of it all?
The analog pins alow the use of a CRT, or other VGA display via a DVI to VGA adapter. ATI boards also use the analog pins for DVI to video adapters.

K9N2 Diamond - DVI-D connector on MB

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