K9N2 Diamond Motherboard Hangs

i have a K9N2 Diamond Mobo but for some unknown reason it hangs in a certain time i try to rebbot it do the same thing any ideas what's the coz of it?

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    I have a question about the different versions of the K9N2 Diamond motherboard. There are two different versions that I am aware of, version 1.0 and version 1.1. Now this might of been asked in the forums already but, I could not find it. I personally own version 1.0 and have had no problems with the board what so ever. I was just wondering if anybody knew what the differences were (except the obvious, like enhancements, relayout of components, and updated features). Will version 1.1 have better power distribution so it will be able to support more processors in the future than version 1.0 ? If anybody knows please let me know thanks.

    Where is 1.1?
    http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1438
    http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodpage2&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&cat3_no=537

  • K9N2 Diamond Not Recognizing SATA DVD Rom

    I just though I would try to post here to see if anyone had any ideas as to what might be the cause or if I should just RMA the board and hope it gets resolved.
    To sum it up I have a PC that doesn't always like to reboot (not a problem really as I don't like to reboot it except for when getting updates) and will not recognize the DVD drive plugged into the SATA ports.  Originally I thought it may have just been a flaky optical drive as it worked long enough for me to get the OS installed and everything set up back in late June early July.  However for some reason Windows XP Pro x64 and the BIOS stopped recognizing the optical drive.  Since I thought it might have just been a flaky drive I didn't worry about it too much as I had everything set up - was just annoying that I couldn't watch DVDs (but I could just go to the other room to do that so not biggie).  On Saturday I bought a new DVD drive (one that could play Blue Ray disks figuring since I have my monitor hooked up through an HDMI cable why not also have the capability to play Blue Ray disks) and the same problem exists.  The BIOS will on a rare occasion actually recognize the DVD drive however as soon as it reboots again it will not and even when it did recognize the DVD drive by the time Windows loaded up it didn't pick up on it.
    I have tried all four SATA ports in combination with my SATA hard drive (and alternating between six different SATA cables too) but a vast majority of the time if I have both the hard drive and DVD drive plugged in the PC will not boot up - it just seems to hang (and sometimes doesn't want to let me into the BIOS). 
    PC Specs (included links from original orders):
    Power Supply:  ZALMAN ZM850-HP 850W Continuous @ 45°C (Maximum Continuous Peak: 1050W) ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Modular Heatpipe-Cooled SLI ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817379007 )
    Mother board:  MSI K9N2 Diamond Motherboard on BIOS version 2.3 ( http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3975888&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals )
    Processor:  AMD Phenom II x4 920 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103472 )
    Memory:  8 GB Corsair 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (4x 2 GB strips) (2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 )
    Video Card:  Galaxy 96GGF6HMFEXX GeForce 9600 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162020 )
    Hard Drive:  WD VelociRaptor 150GB SATA HD 10K/16MB/SATA-3 ( http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4164551&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals )
    Latest DVD Drive:  LG - 8x Internal Blu-ray Disc Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive ( http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9402265&type=product&id=1218099651419 ) (before that it was just a generic OEM Sony DVD Drive)
    Keyboard:  basic usb lenovo keyboard - nothing special about it (got this one because it is the same keyboard I use at work)
    Mouse:  Old Logitech USB mouse from something like 5 years ago
    Gamepad:  Logitech Rumblepad 2
    OS:  Currently Win XP Pro x64 (have Win 7 x64 disk but cannot install due to said problem with DVD drive recognition)

    I haven't tested with a third DVD drive simply because I don't have a third :(
    The original DVD drive (an OEM Sony Optiarc Beige 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118033) was what was being used while I was installing everything and was the drive that I was noticing wasn't always showing up in Windows Explorer (well more often than not wasn't appearing, but it seemed to last long enough to get all the initial installations done and I really don't used the ROMs much past that).  At the time I thought it might have been that the drive just went flaky and ignored it because I didn't use it. 
    The odd thing was it was also causing headaches when restarts were required for the same reason - the PC would freeze up on the motherboard splash screen (lack of a better term presently) where it normally does the POST tests (I think I am remembering that correctly .... when all the beeps takes place) so I unhooked the SATA connection to the motherboard for the drive and then the PC would actually reboot normally without the hanging.  This made me also think it was the drive causing problems.
    I've been running without any optical drive hooked up for a couple months now, but with getting my copy of Windows 7 I was getting ready to install that and picked up what I thought was the needed fix in a new DVD drive however when hooking it up the same problem started up again.  This time when trying to figure out a setting that actually worked I rotated through all six of my SATA cables (motherboard came with extras ) and rotated them through all four normal SATA slots.  Well actually I tied all six slots but it didn't seem like the BIOS wanted to pick up on slots five or six (the E-SATA if I recall correctly) as having devices (when I had the HDD and DVD Drive in slots five and six it said it couldn't find a bootable device).
    I'm at work now so I can't double check in the BIOS but I am pretty sure it is just set for SATA since I don't use RAID or AHCI - I'll check again on this when I get home though.
    The oddest thing about the whole thing (to me at least) is the lack of consistency with the BIOS recognizing the devices (well the DVD drive anyways).  I would have thought that if it recognized the device (which it has from time to time) that it would keep on recognizing it, but it seems to want to forget that it did recognize it even after it did by the time Windows loads up. 
    It does not seem to have any problems when only the SATA HDD is hooked up though. 
    If it really is the MB being flaky I think I would only have four options:
    1)  Buy a SATA PCI controller card and see if I can get things up and running that way - though this wouldn't solve the problem if the motherboard is flaking out and not 100% sure what it would do for installing new OS quite yet .... not to mention be a little odd when there are 5 other open SATA ports on the motherboard)
    2)  RMA the motherboard and hope a replacement/fix can be made and be without a PC for the duration
    3)  Not upgrade to Windows 7 and sit on that upgrade till whenever and also have a new expensive paperweight (if I take the ROM out of the PC)
    4)  Get a new MB .... really don't want to pick this one since I built the thing tail end of June/beginning of July (just was slowly ordering the parts for longer than that .... I really need to stop doing that - kills possible return chances)
    Of course I can also hope it is something else that I am just missing and that none of those are needed.  I actually built my setup based on what a friend of mine has since his is/was pretty solid.

  • K9N2 Diamond problems installing Vista 64bit Raid Drivers

    Hello everyone I have been having problems installing Raid Drivers during Vista 64 Install.  The 32-bit drivers work fine and I can also set up Windows Vista 32 in Raid 0.  But the same place where the " No CD/DVD drivers..." clause is will not let me use 64-bit Drivers.  I have tried MCP72 and MCP73 raid drivers and neither is recognized.  This is my setup.....
    AMD Athlon 64 x 2 (3.2ghz)  Black Edition
    LiteOn Blu-Ray Player/Burner
    LiteOn DVD/CD Burner
    2 x 640 GB WD HDD
    8gb (4 x 2gb Sticks) OCZ PC 6400 (DDR2 800) Ram
    2 x Nvidia GeForce 9800 GSOs SLI
    Xion 850w Modular Power Supply
    K9N2 Diamond Motherboard
    I am not using IDE at all,  everything is Sata. So in BIOS I have IDE Controller off.   I have the SATA port Set to RAID.  I have no idea what I am doing wrong.  I had this same setup on my K9N SLI Platinum board and it all worked fine. However every since I "upgraded" to this board I havent been able to install Vista 64 on my Array.  I also have tried formatting the HDDs and I have tried setting up the Raid all over. Plz help me.  This is my first post ever in a forum so if you need any info that I did not post here pls just let me know :D

    By the way Here is my BIOS Settings:
    - Standard CMOS Features
    (None of my Hardware is Listed)
    - Advanced BIOS Features
    Full Screen Logo Display                       Enabled
    Quick Booting                                     Enabled
    Hybrid SLI Support                              Disabled
    Primary Graphics Adapter                      PCI-E
    Boot Up  Num-Lock LED                        On
    IOAPIC Function                                  Enabled
    MPS Table Version                               1.4
    PCI Latency Timer                               64
    * CPU Functions                               
       (None Available)
    * Chipset Features
       HPET                                             Disabled
       On-Chip VGA                                   Disabled
    *  Boot Sequence
        1st Boot Device                              BD Player
        2nd Boot Device                             Raid Array
        3rd Boot Device                              None
    *  Trusted Computing
        TCG/TPM Support                           No
    -Integrated Peripherals
    USB Controller                                    Enabled
    USB Legacy Support                            Enabled
    Onboard LAN Controller                        Enabled
    LAN Option ROM                                 Disabled
    Onboard IEEE1394 Controller                 Disabled
    Extra Raid/IDE Controller                      Enabled
    Raid Mode                                         RAID
    HD Audio Codec                                  Internal Codec
    *On-Chip ATA Devices
       On-Chip IDE Controller                       Disabled
       PCI IDE BusMaster                            Disabled
       On-Chip SATA Controller                    Enabled
       RAID Mode                                      RAID
    - I/O Devices
      COM Port 1                                      3F8/IRQ4
    Not sure if this helps any but I just thought I would post it anyways :D

  • K9N2 Diamond + AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition: BIOS too old?

    I just put my system together and can't get it to boot. I've found out that it could be a bios problem , is there any way to tell what bios version it is without getting to the boot screen. Also is there anyway to change the bios with no boot screen.
    it's a k9n2 diamond motherboard with a phenom II x4 955 BE CPU
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    red
    green
    green
    red
    = Processor Initialization
    You have pretty much three options right now:
    1) Install a processor officially supported by BIOS Version 2.3 to start the system and then update your BIOS.
    2) Ask in a local computer shop or contact your reseller to do the same thing for you.
    3) Alternatively, you can try this (at your own risk, of course, and there is no guarantee that it will work):
    - Download the latest BIOS Archive: http://download1.msi.com/files/downloads/bos_exe/7375v24.zip
    - Unpack the BIOS File (A7375NMS.240) and rename it to AMIBOOT.ROM
    - Copy the AMIBOOT.ROM file to an empty floppy disk
    - hook up a floppy disk drive to your K9N2 Diamond and insert the floppy disk with AMIBOOT.ROM on it
    - hook up a PS/2 Keyboard and disconnect all hard drives, optical drives and USB Devices (and use one memory stick only)
    - Clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU
    - Start-up the system and press CTRL + Home on your PS/2 Keyboard multiple times after start-up
    - If you are lucky, the key command will trigger the AMI BIOS Recovery Routine which will attempt to read and program the AMIBOOT.ROM File on the floppy disk.
    If option number 3) does not work for you, go back to 1) or 2).

  • MSI K9N2 Diamond - DDRAM Frequency issue

    Hi,
    I have a MSI K9n2 Diamond motherboard with an AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition, and 4x2GB Kingston 1066Mhz DDR2 memory cards. The problem is that in BIOS the frequency shown for the RAM is 800Mhz and in Windows(8 64bit) 400Mhz  did someone encounter the same issue? What is there to do?

     You have no problem as it is reading RAM a bit different in both places. 800 MHz = DDR400 for RAM speed. Your RAM is rated to OC at 1066 MHz (DDR 533) but is running at SPD programmed default value of 800 MHz (DDR400)
     Do some research on the internet about DDR and such and get a better grip on the concept that way. There's plenty of info available to read.
     Anyway what you show is normal and no problem is there.

  • K9N2-DIAMOND 8gb at 1066 with Phenom II 955?

    Hi all, I know the K9N2-DIAMOND motherboard wont run 8gb of ram at 1066mhz with the Phenom 9950 cpu... previous issue of mine
    Will it run 8gb at 1066mhz with the new Phenom II 955 3.2, obv i have flashed latest bios to support cpu ??
    Many thanks.

    Quote from: danielshaw007 on 26-August-09, 23:35:10
    I contacted AMD directly today via, email regarding the 8gb 1066mhz double sided ram issue.
    My question: Hi. I have 8gb of Kingston HyperX 1066MHz ram, which is all double sided. My MSI K9N2-Diamond motherboard wont POST when ram is set to 1066MHZ with all 8gb installed, however it will with only 4gb installed. I have contacted MSI though their forum and they say its due to the AMD processors do not support 4 sticks of double sided ram at 1066mhz. Is this correct? Or is there something i can do to make it work correctly?
    AMDs response: Thank you for contacting AMD. The statement that MSI made is not correct. Although this was a problem with the first Phenom line, the problem has been solved with the new Phenom II line. The Phenom II 955 should have no problem running 4 populated slots of dual channel ram. Did you double check to make sure that the RAM is on the QVL (Qualified Vendor List)?
    tbh ive not actually tried the ram at 1066mhz with the 955 CPU so I will try it tonight and post what happens here!
    It does work, but with DDR3 it's the quad rank modules that can't be used in 4s, how do you tell it's quadrank?, CPU-z doesn't.
    Anyway, for DDR2 it's still the same, 1 module per channel for max speed.
    http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3-28_5-28-09.pdf (page 85 and 86)
    That AMD support guy should read their own techdocs.
    In short it still means, 1 stick per channel to be sure of proper operation at max speed, everything else is a gamble DDR2 or DDR3.

  • K9n2 diamond issue

    Hi, i have a k9n2 diamond motherboard with latest bios and today it cannot recognize any hard disk....
    i tried all the settings (ide,raid,ahci modes), fail safe & optimal bios settings, reflash the bios from startup disk but didn't work...
    i have 4 disks and change the sata cables too
    so i guess its hardware fail...
    my cpu is phenom II x4 3.0Ghz 940
    newer motherboards from msi (am3 & am3+) support phenom II x4 3.0Ghz but in cpu support list have only 945 not 940....
    will these motherboards support my cpu or i need new one?

    "AM3 processors work on AM2+ motherboards due to the presence of both the DDR2 and DDR3 memory controllers on the processor
     AM2+ processors do not work on AM3 motherboards due to the processor's lack of a DDR3 memory controller
    The pin configuration of the AM2+ socket (940 pins)[2] is mechanically different from the AM3 socket (941 pins)"
    phenom II 945 is AM3 so no problems but phenom II 940 is AM2+ and will not work on AM3 & AM3+ mobos^^

  • K9N2 Diamond - bios does not recognise Intel SSD 520 series

    Hi,
    I have a K9N2 Diamond motherboard and BIOS v2.7. I recently bought an Intel SSD 520 Series and when I connect it, the BIOS does not recognise the HDD at all. When I try to install Windows 7, the HDD is shown at the list, but it says that I can not install Windows at the HDD.
    I have tried to connect the HDD at SATA port 5 and 6 and set the RAID mode to ACHI and also at ports 1 and 2 and set the RAID mode to IDE. Nothing works.
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    If the BSOD would not appear using the HDD, then a problem is realalted to the inserted SSD drive.
    In many cases firmware updates are released for SSD drives and in some cases this might be a solution.

  • 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
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    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 Hangs at post with 8GB of memory.

    Doing some upgrading here and running into problems.
    K9N2 Diamond V1.1 with an AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE.
    I've narrowed the problem down to my memory, I think.   I have 4 sticks of OCZ SLI Ready DDR2 PC26400 800s.  If I put two sticks in, it works fine...so far, but if I put all 4 in the system will sometimes not post (no beep codes) Sometimes it starts to but will hang quickly usually on the splash screen.  I've noticed in the manual it says the spec for DDR2 is 1.8v, but the DIMMS list [email protected]  I suspect this could be my problem?   Also, what are the freaking order of the DIMM slots?  There's no marking on the board and the manual doesn't tell you either!
    Regards,
    C.D.
     

    Just to let you know Bas, I would have loved to stick with Bios 2.4, but like I said I had to update so that my motherboard would work with my Phenom II x4 965c3. Now, after all the suggestions in this thread did not work for me, I contacted MSI customer service, like I do with all my unsolvable issues, and they have a beta bios that fixes a LOT of issues including the 4 sticks of ram issue with bios 2.5. Since I cannot just post the link due to (and I fully respect MSI's wishes) rules from customer service, but if you need the 4 stick of ram fix, contact MSI customer service and they will give you the link to the beta bios that solves this issue. I just wanted to follow up in case other K9N2 Diamond owners out there might be having the same issue!

  • MSI P45 Diamond motherboard..hang problem in xp 64 bit

    I bought a  MSI P45 Diamond motherboard.. graphics card GeForce NX8800GT-T2D1GE..processor Intel Core 2 Duo..4 gb ram..I m Installed xp 32 bit and 64 bit..32 bit running very well..but for 64 bit i download motherboard driver from msi site..and graphics card driver from nvidia site..but in 64 bit when i use my pc..after 5 or 10 minuites my computer just hang every time..i re-install everything 3 times..but i m facing the same problem every times in xp 64 bit...Is it driver promblem..or any thing??Pls help me..i want to use xp 64 bit...
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    Chinmay

    well my information..
    Ram: Transcend 2GB DDR-3 (1333bus)
    BIOS Version /Date : American Megatrends Inc.A7516IMS.110, 6/16/2008
    SM BIOS Version 2.5
    I cant Upload Image here so i give u link of my cpuz image please check this link : www.coroflot.com/chinmay/cpu-z_image
    My another questions i m not using • Circu-Pipe Liquid Cooling Solution in P45 diamond Motherboard.. is it any problem??
    (another information now i m using CPU core 2 duo [email protected].after one month i ll change my cpu any 12mb cash cpu it may
    Intel Core™2 Quad processor or Intel Core™2 Extreme processor)
    Thanks
    Chinmay

  • K9N2 Diamond RAM & Boot Issues

    Computer as of the current state it is being used:
    MSI K9N2 Diamond Tri-Sli AM2+ Motherboard
    AMD Athlon AM2 FX 4600+ 2.4GhZ (Asaka Bubblepump Heatsink+Fan)
    2GhZ PC26400 800mhz DDR2 Elixir RAM
    500GB WD SATAII HDD
    EVGA Nvidia GTX 280 1GB RAM
    24x HP DVDRW
    Latest Bios Ami 2.1
    That's the basics of the machine. I have been trying to use OCZ's SLI Ready RAM (1066), High Gold Performance RAM(800) and additional Elixir(800) DIMMS.
    The problem I encounter is one dimm of any 1GB or 2GB stick will work. If I add additional RAM modules the system will hang. The second light is green the other 3 are red.
    I have tried manual clock adjustments, voltage changes, swapping the Dimms in to various slots. I have tried mixed and unmixed combinations. Any ideas anyone?

    Quote from: Thaldarin on 06-July-08, 23:09:30
    Ram being used is 2kits (4x1gb) of : http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8500_sli_ready_edition_dual_channel
    Memory module setups as follows; Y=Dimm in slot. N=Slot empty.
    Dimm 1  // Dimm 2 // Dimm 3 // Dimm 4
    Y /N / Y/ N - System runs with Single Channel 800Mhz 2GB Memory
    Y /Y /N/N - System fails to boot. R/G/R/R LEDs.
    N/N/ Y/Y - System fails to boot. R/G/R/R LEDs.
    Y/Y Y/N - System boots, recognises 3GB of RAM. Vista loading screen fails. System does not run.
    N/N Y/Y - System fails to boot. R/G/R/R LEDs.
    Y/Y Y/Y - System fails to boot. R/G/R/R LEDs.
    I'm sure by now you see a pattern in using this? I've used another 2GB kit of OCZ Gold RAM and the same combination runs. The elixir kit runs exactly the same as the 4GB SLI combination.
    SLI Ready also causes the system not to boot in any combination on the SLI Ready EPP RAM.
    When the system boots with 2GB Ram, the beeps as follows are ... two beeps evenly spaced apart. Short while, Two beeps, shortly after a string of around 3 close beeps together.
    Anyone else experienced this or can help?
    "Ram being used is 2kits (4x1gb) of : http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8500_sli_ready_edition_dual_channel"
    Why you list Elexir in a 1st reply then? {2GhZ PC26400 800mhz DDR2 Elixir RAM}
    "When the system boots with 2GB Ram, the beeps as follows are ... two beeps evenly spaced apart. Short while, Two beeps, shortly after a string of around 3 close beeps together."
    That probably regular beeps when you have USB device attached.
    Test each two kits alone 1st, use 1st two DIMM's close to the CPU socket, with >>Memtest86<<
    Also bump memory vcore to OCZ recommendation 2.1V
    If you trying to use all four sticks together{2xkits}, reduce memory frequency{apply lower memory index in BIOS{667} and use 2T.

  • K9N2 Diamond SLI - How-to

    Hey there everyone: I decided to go a little nuts and try to build a hell of a rig. BUT I have come across some difficulties.
    First Here is what I have
    [EDIT: forgot the CPU]
    AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition
    Thermaltake V1 cooling [/Edit]
    Antec 900 Case
    MSI K9N2 Diamond Board
    4x2GB Mushkin DDR 1066 ram
    3x 750GB Samsung Sata 300 harddrives
    3x BFG 8800GTX 768MB Video cards
    1000 watt Antec Powersupply
    2x Samsung DVD burner
    The problem here, in SLI (2 or 3 way) I get no video. when I take out all but 1 card, I get video, can make changes, but cannot disable the integrated Graphics card (upon boot the system hangs after memory count and before harddrive detection) The Harddrives I intend to run in raid 5.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks James.

    Each time the system fails to boot; I reset(clear) the bios and load my known good values for a single card.
    SLI-Ready memory - disabled (Just because it is known good basic config - during SLI testing, I have tried both disabled and enabled)
    On-Chip VGA is enabled as with 1 card it will not boot with that disabled (this is tested repeatedly with the same results: Post OK, then when It should be detecting harddrives, it just sits there)
    Hybrid SLI - also enabled as a function of the above (or auto, cant remember right now)
    Primary Graphics adapter is set to PCI express slot.
    The power connections are all in place - 8 pin motherboard additional power, all 6 6pin video power, etc.
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