K9N2 Diamond Problems

I was going to buy this board (MSI K9N2 Diamond) but it seems there are way too many issue's with it. Sound Drivers, 9950be compatibility using shipped bios, SLi, different video cards etc and other compatibility issue's. Problems going back to release and there is only one bios update! People using having to use Beta Bios? :huh:Have all these problems been fixed by MSI? Or will I have the same issue's if I buy the K9N2 Diamond now with a 9950be, Corsair Twinx 2x4096-8500c5df? I have had MSI's in the past wilt np but it sounds horrible if you buy this board. I don't care about SLi. Just want this board for all the other reason. Mainly can I use it with an Nvidia main card in 1st PCI-e x16, and an ATI AIW in the 2nd or 3rd PCI-e x16. Hope someone can help me. Has anyone bought this board and installed with this setup with no problems...... Out of box and no problems??? Everything working correctly? I'm scared to buy it!

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1438&maincat_no=1#menu
The 9950 is supported.
Other then that, I don't see that many issues here in the forum with that board.
But if you are that worried, why not go with an MSI ATI chipset board?

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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

MSI K9N2 Diamond problem with GPU

I get into BIOS (mine is v2.3) and my CPU is recognized and my RAM is also at 4gb @ 800 but my BFG 9800 GT 1gb somehow isnt right. I get video and I can get my 1920X1200 resolution. But its only 8 bit and no memory ???? This card is less than 2 months old. Also once I start loading my drivers (Vista Home Premium 32bit loaded no problem) my system shuts down-instantly. Any attempts to restart are another instant shut down. Then a clear CMOS and pop the battery to start all over. I would like to know if there are any BIOS settings I need to know about that could help. I have got Vista loaded and setup . When I start loading all my drivers is when the troublr begins. My CPU isnt overheating. Any advice will be appreciated. These instant shut-downs are so depressing ! Thanks , jwill58

Quote from: Fredrik on 16-April-09, 21:01:25
Have you got another card, preferably older, less power hungry and sure to work to try?
That it is only 2 months old does that mean it works in another system?
Thermaltake make a lot of PSUs, please list the max. ampères it can provide.
Model
Brand Thermaltake
Model W0106RU
Spec
Type Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version
Maximum Power 700W
Fans Silent 140mm Fan
PFC Active
Main Connector 20+4Pin
+12V Rails 4
PCI-E Connectors 2 x 6Pin
SLI Certified
Modular Yes
Power Good Signal 100-500ms
Hold-up Time 16ms min.
Efficiency up to 85%
Energy-Efficient 80 PLUS Certified
Over Voltage Protection Yes
Input Voltage 100 - 240 V
Input Frequency Range 47 - 63 Hz
Input Current 10A @ 115V, 5A @ 230V
Output +3.3@30A,+5V@28A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,+12V3@18A,+ 12V4@18A,[email protected],[email protected]
MTBF >120,000 hours
Approvals CE, CB, TUV, FCC, UL, CUL, and BSMI certified
Features
Connectors 1 x Main connector (20+4 pin)
1 x 12V(4+4-pin)
7 x peripheral
6 x SATA
1 x Floppy
2 x PCI-E
Features Mirror Finish
Modularized Cable Management to eliminate clutter and improve airflow inside the case
Next generation four +12V rails(12V1, 12V2, 12V3, 12V4) supports high-end graphic card and PC system (combined loading of 56A)
Independent Voltage Circuit: offers unflappable current delivery under heavy load and makes voltage output more stable
Extremely good voltage regulation (±3%): provides steady voltage for system
Industrial grade components (capacitor, transformer, etc)
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts 5 years limited
Labor 5 years limited
I just changed my GPU to a weaker but new MSI 9500 GT and did a clear CMOS and fresh (format) install of Vista...everything was so smooth with no problems then , as soon as I loaded the LAN driver from the MSI K9N2 m/b disc, to connect to the internet...BAM...it turns off. My motherboard LED's are still lit but its as though I pushed and held the power button. Before you ask...there is no overheating whatsoever...I made sure of this early in the process. Im sure if I hadnt loaded the LAN driver my PC would still be humming along right now.All my parts and pieces are recognized -the GPU is the only problem I've had and while it didnt seem to work properly I was getting monitor input...I even had the resolution set at 1920x1200. I didnt set the resolution on this new card...didnt want to change too much so I could figure out whats causing my problems. Im open to suggestions.
Thanks , jwill58

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.

K9N2 Diamond X-FI Problems

PC: Windows 7 32 bit, Phenom II x6 1090T, 4g corsair xms2, 9800gt, corsair psu tx650W
Can't change Mode, it stays always on Entertainment, can't change speaker configuration, it's on auto detect always. In XP everything worked fine. Recently tried with some realtek(!!!!) drivers, and can only switch between 5.1 and output for headphones. If I plug something to the extra jack (on the case, with the extra output cable from the x-fi card) my OS crashes for about 1 minute until it realizes what happens, then adds a extra 'headphone' button in my console cu launcher.
3D works on windows first run, but if i change it once (remove the tick) a restart is needed to work again.
I've seen other threads for those problems here and in creative labs forums and no one seems to care about those end-user problems.

Quote from: Mark on 01-June-11, 16:42:55
Have you tried the drivers from the MSI website? --> http://www.msi.com/product/mb/K9N2-Diamond.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2032
Yes, I have, every possible version.

X-Fi Xtreme PCIe Card MSI Edition(MS-4132) problem XP PRO SP3 K9N2 Diamond

Hello,
Need help with installation of driver for the X-Fi XP is finding the card but will not install. I went to Creative Web site and updater stated not supported device found to update need help..
K9N2 Diamond
XP Pro SP 3 32bit
Rosewill 1000W PSU
MSI N9800 Series SLI
Seagate sata 500GB X2

Have you tried installing the drivers from the MSI website?
The drivers are available >>here<<.
Also, make sure your motherboard drivers are installed properly and that there are no yellow exclamation marks in device manager as that would also explain why the sound card drivers won't install.

K9N2 Diamond Win 7 sound problem

Hi, i have K9N2 Diamond + Creative X-Fi sound card, i have installed Win 7 32bit, and when i speeking at a skype, messenger, my frends dont hearing good, low sound.. I haved chenge my mic, driver,...same... at the xp was worked good. When i hearing music is working good...
Can somewon help me...??

Hi Tomween,
Based on the information posted, the Creative X-Fi Xtreme H/W Audio Card MSI Edition is an OEM product. These OEM sound cards are often customized for the motherboard manufacturer who ships or installs them, therefore the manufacturer in this case, MSI should be the primary contact for support and warranty issues.

K9n2 diamond boot up problems

hi all here we go
set up
k9n2 diamond
xilence quad sli 750 watt modular psu
4gb corsair
phenom 9850 black edition
hd3850 i know waiting for my gtx to come
ok switch on board lights up blue............... push power fans come on four lights glow red then it switches off no post
now i know the gpu works adn the memory is my board knackerd or the cpu

Quote from: Svet on 11-April-09, 22:24:56
Do >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed after the CPU swap.
Also try to boot with one memory stick only in 1st DIMM near to CPU socket.
Make sure that CPU is seated properly to the socket too.
allready tried all that still cant get it to do anything apart from that 4200+ thats the only cpu i have had it posting on

K9N2 Diamond, Hybrid SLi problem

I have built a new system and am wanting to try out the Hybrid SLi functionality, but everything that I can think of doing to get it to work fails.
Below is my setup
K9N2 Diamond Mobo
Ultra X3 1000W PSU
9800 GTX+ VPU
6 Gig DDR2 PC6400 RAM
2 500GB Seagate SATA drives
AMD X2 6000+ 3.1 Ghz Proc
Vista Ultimate 64bit
The following is what has been done:
1. Installed 1 drive, CPU, 1 stick of RAM, DVD/RW, and PCI sound card
2. Made adjustments to BIOS for initial install
3. Installed Vista
4. Installed drivers for onboard hardware and soundcard
5. Shut down
6. Installed Video card, 2nd hard drive and remaining RAM
7. Turned PC back on and went into BIOS and turned on Hybrid SLI with internal as primary adapter
8. Installed 9800 GTX+ drivers and software
9. Installed Hybrid Sli driver
10. Rebooted.
I still cannot get the Hybrid SLi program to start as it is not showing up in the system tray. I looked at the properties and see that it shows both adapters installed, which it does.
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?
Thanks!
~B~

Hybrid SLI, read the mainboard manual if need to apply properly BIOS options.
Also read guides:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/hsli/configurator/assets/pdf/NVIDIA_Hybrid_SLI_User_Guide.pdf
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ0NCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
Make sure that you use latest drivers from Nivida as well.

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.

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 - 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).

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.

K9N2 Diamond sata drives

I don't know if my problem is related to the original poster, but it's close...
I have the K9N2 Diamond board as well, and no matter which of my drives (several different HDs and Optical Drives) I plug into ports 5 and 6, nothing is recognized by BIOS or my Windows Vista Ult. x86 install.
Part of my confusion is that it doesn't seem that ports 5 and 6 are even mentioned in BIOS. The only progress I made is when I changed the Integrated Peripherals > RAID Mode option to AHCI, I get an after POST display similar to when you have a PCI controller, but it doesn't detect any drives. I have no idea if this is talking about ports 5&6, or possibly the rear eSATA ports though.
All drives in question work fine when plugged into ports 1-4.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Sata ports 5-6 are supported only in AHCI mode. {Check the manual}
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1438
- SATA II 1~4 support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 /5 or JBOD mode by NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI
- SATA II 5~6 only support AHCI Mode
- 2 eSATA ports support RAID 0/ 1 mode by JMicron JMB363

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