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.

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K9N2 Diamond - not working with 4x 1Gb Corsair PC2-6400 modules

Hi !
I've just discovered that my K9N2 Diamond will not accept my 4x 1Gb Corsair PC2-6400 modules with my new GTX275, although they seemed ok with my temporary 7950GT card.
The only noticeable difference is that one pair is 5-5-5-18 (installed now alone and working) and the other pair is 5-5-5-12 (removed).
Is this normal ? I also noticed that the actual installed pair is working in "Unganged 128Bit mode" compared to the previous "Unganged 64bit mode".
Would it therefore be wise for me to purchase 2x 2Gb modules instead ? I read that the Athlon x2 6000+ processor only works with DDR2 800Mhz memory ... Is this correct ?
Thanks in advance for your help !

Quote from: GEC on 28-May-10, 01:40:03
Hi,
Just a quick update : I set the DRAM frequency to 667Mhz using the FSB/DRAM ratio = 1:1.6 but to no avail : the system hangs at post. Would it be better for me then to buy 2x 2gGb sticks ?
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Just a quick update : I set the DRAM frequency to 667Mhz using the FSB/DRAM ratio = 1:1.6 but to no avail : the system hangs at post.
Also make sure that 2T is used
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Would it be better for me then to buy 2x 2gGb sticks ?
Yes, that's best option. For best performance and troubles free use 2x matched memory sticks only.

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 - 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 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 having trouble with more than one stick of ram

Hi there. Thanks for reading. My setup is as follows
WIN-500xspx 500W PSU
Geforce 9600 GSO
7750 BE Kuma
XP 64bit
k9n2 diamond w/ BIOS 2.3
2GB Mushkin HP2-6400 (2x1GB)
I just got the board two days ago and got everything set up, but I've been having some trouble with my ram. Whenever I have more than one stick of ram, it fails to post, unless I clear the cmos before I power on. Then, it will give me the option to load the bios or run on default settings. If I run on default, it will boot up fine and work well for about 5 minutes. Then it will shut off and not post until I've cleared the cmos again. So, I figured I had an incompatibility issue with the ram. So I tried another set, the Crucial Ballistix BL1286AA1065.8FEF with the same results. Next I went with the Rendition RM12864AA800 with the same results. I tested each stick individually and they're all good. Each slot works fine as well. I switched the old mobo back and all was well. The only thing left is the PSU but I don't think thats the problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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. If I run on default, it will boot up fine and work well for about 5 minutes. Then it will shut off and not post until I've cleared the cmos again.
Its the PSU, go for better one with strong single rail like Corsair VX,TX Series.

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 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.

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

K9N2 Diamond graphics drivers

Hello, I've bought a PC with the following configuration:
AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition
MSI K9N2 Diamond Board
2x2GB OCZ DDR 1066 ram
1x 9800GTX Video card
900 watt PSU - Tagan
Win Vista Ultimate 64bit
And I have a big problem with the chipset graphic card drivers - everytime I try to update the drivers, after restarting the system, my LCD goes to "Power saving mode". I have to uninstall the drivers (I tried 4 versions) and use the default one (7.15.11.7540).
And other one, don't know if it's problem - the chipset video card has always the same drivers, as the 9800 GTX graphic card - is it OK?
Thanks in advance for all your answers...

Use drivers from Nvidia 178.13 {September 25, 2008}
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_178.13_whql.html

K9N2 Diamond Mobo temperature

Hey everybody, I was just wondering what your experience with the K9N2 Diamond was on motherboard temperatures ??? According to everest and the bios, I am always getting around high 80's celcius!!! I have always felt that this is way TOO HOT! Correct me if I am wrong or I am getting bad readings I hope! Please let me know your expereinces, thanks!

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If you have such CPU temp you will be noticed with stability issues.
Check those:
•    Verify that CPU is not exceeding recommended temperature by checking the CPU temperature in the BIOS under PC Health status
•    Check CPU heatsink/fan is properly installed
•    Verify that any cover over the thermal interface on the bottom of the CPU HSF is removed
•    Verify that CPU HSF is recommended for your CPU
•    Check for CPU overclocking which may cause overheating
•    Check CPU Vcore voltage
•    Check computer case for proper ventilation

K9N2 Diamond & X2 6400+

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