K9N2 Diamond question.

I have a problem with getting Sata port 5 and 6 to do any thing for me. I have been reading round on this forum and found that port 5 and 6 are only active in ACHI mode. This realy is a problem, as my SSD disk don't suport ACHI mode and my plextor dvd dreve will not boot from that mode as well.
Do I realy have to get a long sata cabel and connect the 2 last drive I have to the E-Sata connection outside my box to get the extra 2 sata drive working 

Yes my Seagate driver support ACHI mode, but my SSD disk don't. Also I can't use my DVD plextor to boot from when in ACHI mode

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  • 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
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    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.

  • 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
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    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 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

  • K9N2 Diamond motherboard versions

    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 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 Ram timings help.

    So I've got a k9n2 diamond, and GeIL Green Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500). The problem that I'm having is that after 2 weeks of owning the ram i realized it was running at 800mhz and not its advertised 1066mhz. So I went into the bios and set it to 1066, and upon the next boot it told me i had bad ram settings and I needed to go back and fix them. I assume its not working because I didn't set the recommended manufacturer timing which is 6-6-6-18. And I believe the ram is 2t because the system wont post at all if set to 1t. So my question is: How do I set the timings I assume in advance dram settings? although there are a lot of options in there which i don't understand. Oh and I'm also running the latest bios 2.61
    Link to the ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144347
    Any help would be appreciated.

    Actually I notice the difference in Battlefield bad company 2. You see I went from these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220334   (Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)) if you don't trust the link. I switched because I kinda destroyed 3/4 other sticks of the Patriot memory I had taking off the heat spreaders...
    Edit: So you're saying that I can get it to 1066 through adjusting the timings right? If so how?

  • K9N2 DIAMOND - Wrong DRIVER VERSION on CD and WEBSITE????

    The driver version found in CD and in MSI website for K9N2 Diamond are correct?
    That MOBO in 780a SLI and, as far as I know,  the correct driver version is the 15.26 found in nVidia driver site.
    MSI provide 18.11 in CD and in WEB site as well but those are referred to a different chipset, isn’t it? 
    Thank you!
    Marco

    That's the question ..... using the CD driver (18.11) I had a lot of problems (lack of performance and stability), now after the 15.26 installation everything seems working fine....
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    VISTA ULTIMATE 32
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    HYPER 580W
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  • K9N2 Diamond room occupied by sound card

    I am interested in buying this new MSI technological masterpiece, K9N2 Diamond.
    But one thing still bugs Me. The Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme H/W Audio Card (MS-4132) would
    be used underneath the VGA inside the PC case. My VGA is MSI NX8800GT Zilent 1G and as you know
    or as you can see from MSI's web site in case if you didn't knew, it has very big cooler, almost as
    big as another VGA. If the sound card is directly underneath the VGA in the PC case I think that it will be very difficult
    for the Zalman cooler to do its job. I am not the technical support's specialist and that is why I am
    posting the question :
    Will My VGA NX8800GT Zilent 1G work with no problems at all with the K9N2 Diamond,
    considering the fact that the sound card would be placed directly underneath the
    VGA in the PC case ?
    on this forum.
    I hope I will receive direct answer from MSI's Technical Support team.

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    Will My VGA NX8800GT Zilent 1G work with no problems at all with the K9N2 Diamond,
    considering the fact that the sound card would be placed directly underneath the
    VGA in the PC case ?
    Shouldn't be a problem

  • 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

    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.
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    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
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  • 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:
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    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.
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    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.
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    -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

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  • 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..
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    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:
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    OCZ XTC Ram Cooler
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    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.
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