K9N2 SLI Plat and 630 Propus

My wife just bought the 630 for me (early Christmas) and I was wondering if anyone has tried it in the K9N2 SLI Plat. I see the 600e and the 605e, but not the 620 or 630. Do I now need to get another mobo? Any thoughts? Thanks for the help.

Re seat the CPU and make sure its properly installed, also remove power cord from the PSU and do >>Clear CMOS Guide<< then retry

Similar Messages

K9N2 SLI Plat AM Bios

I think I'm having a problem with the BIOS settings. When I plug two DVD burners into SATA ports 5 & 6 they are not seen by the OS. Is there a BIOS setting I need to change to fix this?
K9N2 SLI Plat MS 7374 Version 1.2
AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE (Dened), ~3.5G
American Megatrends Inc. V3.5, 5/6/2009
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 6.1 (build 7600)
Thank You!
Billy Mantooth

So I enabled AHCI mode made a registry change to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci was set to 0. set BIOS to AHCI and rebooted twice I move my two CDs to to sata 3 4. I connected my two secondary hard drives to on SATA 5 & 6. Know I cannot see my two hard drives. You saying SATA 5&6 are useless unless your are running RAID drives?
http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7-rc-after-installation/

K9N2 SLI Plat. showing 2 HD Audio's in device manager

quick basic system setup.
MSI K9N2 SLI Plat
Athlon 64 X2 6000 (65nm)
2 x 1gb OCZ Platinum DDR2-800
EVGA 9800GT
320gb WD SATA 3.0
500w PC Power&Cooling
Samsung IDE DVD-R/W
22" Acer LCD
Installed Windows MCE 2005 w/SP3 and everything up to date driver wise. Problem is HD Audio device is showing up twice in device manager. One shows installed, one shows that no drivers are loaded. I have uninstalled the device and uninstalled the drivers, and reloaded everything. Used drivers from CD and from download, but not luck. Any ideas on what could cause 2 of the same audio devices to show up and only one to actually load, besides a general hardware failure on the motherboard?

That would make sense, if either the 9800GT or the K9N2 had and HDMI port. Sorry guys that's a no go. This is the first time I have ever run into this issue. 2 of the same audio devices showing up in device manager. One has drivers and loads, other shows unknown HD audio device and will not install drivers at all....

K9N2 SLI Platinum and Phenom II 940

I have a K9N2 SLI Platinum and have a Phenom 940 on the way. Are there still issues with bios 3.4? what is the proper way to flash to 3.4 so the volatge is normal ? I just flashed via the usb meathod but dont i have to reset and clear cmos? also what is the stock proper voltage for the phenom 940? is it 1.375 or 1.350?
K9N2 SLI
Phenom 9750
8GB OZC SLI 6400
XFX 9800GT SLI
OCZ 550W

Quote from: digitabc123 on 08-April-09, 06:59:12
have you tried uping the voltage, the black dragon works perfect at 1066 from 2.2v to 2.4v, however the gskill requires 2.3v to work perfect at 1066 (so my setup its 2x1gb geil and 2x1gb gskill (total 4gb) voltage set to 2.3v) if i dont set 2.3v i get completely random restarts (could be after afew hours or afew days), all passed with prime and occt.
just in case, after bios reset ddr is set to 800 as default ,go into bios and set divider to 1066, then set timings to 5-5-5-15 (dont use auto/sli ready) bios sets strange timings by default at 1066 then set voltage and save.
I've tried everything and even chatted with MSI Techs over it all, been back and forth between MSI and OCZ for about a month now.. bottom line, MSI told me was that they don't certify or support OCZ ddr1066 on the K9N2 SLI Plat; which OCZ Techs told me, basically. B.S! ...claiming they tested the Board themselves when it came out. However OCZ doesn't even have the Board listed on their RAM Configurator on their website; which they claim is MSI's fault... and so on, and so on...
Anyway, OCZ is offering to swap my Reaper Set for a different Model set which they claim is more reliable on AMD processors. Probably their Gold or SLI model set I'd guess; they don't even advertise on their website any difference in their sticks being "Intel Certified" or "AMD Certified" ... and so on.
Worse case scenario; if in the end whatever they give me still doesn't work, I'll EBAY it and try a set of those geIL Black Dragons.

K9N2 SLI Plat MS7374 Plat - Setup Raid 1 on SATA 5 & 6 Ports

Hello again,
It has been quite some since I was on the board, but you really helped me out last time.
I have 2 Seagate 500GB 2.5" drives I would like to setup a Raid 1 configuration on SATA 5 & 6. Currently one is my boot drive (SATA 1) and the other drive (SATA 2) has not been partitioned or formated. I say this because, Diskpart can see both drives but Disk Manager cannot see the new drive on SATA 2. I am guessing I will have to partition it and make it a primary & active partition then NTFS format the second drive.
I am not understanding the manual that came with my board. I have never set up a raid configuration before. Can I get a blow by blow or pointed to a good manual on how to get this done? At what point do I move the drives to the SATA 5 & 6 ports?
Thanks so much!
Regards,
ManDown
Manufacturer:   Custom Built
Motherboard:   MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard MS-7374-010 nForce 750a SLI Chipset, Supports Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 CPUs
BIOS V/Date:   American Megatrends Inc. V3.5, 5/6/2009
Processor:    AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor (Dened), OC 3.5GHz
Memory:      8.00GB G.Skill 4X2GB DDR2 1066, Dual Channel, PC2 8500, OC 1066
SATA Ports:   1 IDE to 2 SATA Internal Adapter, 6 SATA II ports by NVIDIA® nForce 750a SLI, 2 eSATA II ports by JMicron JMB363, Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s
PCI-E Slots:   2 x16 Express, 1 Express x1, 2 PCI 3.3/5V bus interface
USB 2.0:     3 Internal, 8 External, 4 Ext 1 Int PCI Card Port Connectors
IEEE1394:     Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6308P
NIC: Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8211BL
Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked 1053 MHz 1GB AGEIA PhysX
Sound:      Realtek ALC888 HDA On-Board 8-channel audio with jack sensing]
Hard Drive: 2 x 500GB 2.5 Seagates, 1 x 300GB WD VelociRaptor, 1 x 250GB, 1 x 1TB E-SATA
CD/DVD: 1 Plextor PX- L890SA 24x, 1 LG GH22LS30 22x DVD±RW With LightScribe
Monitor: 2 Acer 22", 1 Samsung 22” Widescreens
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
Headset: Fatal1ty (Creative USB Headset)
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: Logitech G500
Case:     Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Full Tower
OS:     Windows 7 Professional 64-bit V6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)

Hello again,
It has been quite some since I was on the board, but you really helped me out last time.
I have 2 Seagate 500GB 2.5" drives I would like to setup a Raid 1 configuration on SATA 5 & 6. Currently one is my boot drive (SATA 1) and the other drive (SATA 2) has not been partitioned or formated. I say this because, Diskpart can see both drives but Disk Manager cannot see the new drive on SATA 2. I am guessing I will have to partition it and make it a primary & active partition then NTFS format the second drive.
I am not understanding the manual that came with my board. I have never set up a raid configuration before. Can I get a blow by blow or pointed to a good manual on how to get this done? At what point do I move the drives to the SATA 5 & 6 ports?
Thanks so much!
Regards,
ManDown
Manufacturer:   Custom Built
Motherboard:   MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard MS-7374-010 nForce 750a SLI Chipset, Supports Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 CPUs
BIOS V/Date:   American Megatrends Inc. V3.5, 5/6/2009
Processor:    AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor (Dened), OC 3.5GHz
Memory:      8.00GB G.Skill 4X2GB DDR2 1066, Dual Channel, PC2 8500, OC 1066
SATA Ports:   1 IDE to 2 SATA Internal Adapter, 6 SATA II ports by NVIDIA® nForce 750a SLI, 2 eSATA II ports by JMicron JMB363, Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s
PCI-E Slots:   2 x16 Express, 1 Express x1, 2 PCI 3.3/5V bus interface
USB 2.0:     3 Internal, 8 External, 4 Ext 1 Int PCI Card Port Connectors
IEEE1394:     Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6308P
NIC: Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8211BL
Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked 1053 MHz 1GB AGEIA PhysX
Sound:      Realtek ALC888 HDA On-Board 8-channel audio with jack sensing]
Hard Drive: 2 x 500GB 2.5 Seagates, 1 x 300GB WD VelociRaptor, 1 x 250GB, 1 x 1TB E-SATA
CD/DVD: 1 Plextor PX- L890SA 24x, 1 LG GH22LS30 22x DVD±RW With LightScribe
Monitor: 2 Acer 22", 1 Samsung 22” Widescreens
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
Headset: Fatal1ty (Creative USB Headset)
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: Logitech G500
Case:     Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Full Tower
OS:     Windows 7 Professional 64-bit V6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)

Integrated SB Live 24 bit on K8N Neo4 SLI Plat and custom EAX

I want to be able to create some custom EAX settings but I can't seem to find any way to do that on the SB Live 24 bit that's integrated on the K8N Neo4 SLI Plat board. Is anyone able to do this or is it a limitation of the integrated SB Live 24 bit? I hope it's not the latter... Thanks.

Hello, uninstall your sound drivers and go to creative site and get the lastest drivers with creative sound console, install both this sould work.. also clean out all the old sound drivers after uninstalling with driver cleaner. I think thats how i did it. good luck henry9

K9N2 SLI PLAT 1 vid card for PhysX only make both cards run at 8x?

Hi all. I'm on the fence here as to what to buy. My current setup is (hopefully) displayed
in my signature.
Here is my concern as copied from the K9N2 Sli Platinum Manual:
"• 1 mazarine PCI Express x16 slot with x16 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)
• 1 light-blue PCI Express x16 slot with x8 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)
• When 2 PCI Express x16 slots are all installed, the PCIE x 16 lanes will auto arrange form x16/ x0 to x8/ x8. Do not use the light-blue slot when only one PCI Express x16 card is installed."
Is this normal for most SLI mainboards? I was thinking of upgrading in one of two ways:
1) Just purchase a 9600GT for PhysX only and pop it in the other PCIE 16x slot
OR
2) Go all out and buy another GTX 260 Core216 SC card, new Power Supply, and new PCIE Sound Card
and SLI the 2 cards together.
With option 1, will my GTX 260 get slowed to 8x ?? That may defeat my whole purpose for getting
another vid card and dedicate it for PhysX; would it slow the main card down enough to impact it greatly?
With Option 2, the reason for a new sound card is a second "2 slot" vid card means I'll only be able to use
one of the 2 PCI slots. Currently, I have a Fax Modem and a SB Audigy SE in them.
I use the modem on a regular basis to send/receive faxes, so I will have to replace the sound card.
Anybody know if a Creative Labs SB X-FI Titanium PCIe can fit in the 1x slot between 2 SLI'd Vid cards?
The 1x PCIE slot on this board is between the 2 16x slots, not the ideal spot I fear.
If it won't fit between, my ONLY other choice would be to use the on board sound, which I am
not fond of doing.
My whole intention here is to play Cryostasis better than it does now, AND hopefully be ready
for any newer games that incorporate PhysX. As it is now, I got Cryostasis free when I bought
my new vid card, nice of eVGA to do that
If I do this, I want it to be pretty future proof:
I don't want to make EITHER investment solely for one game only. I'd prefer to
go with option 2, but I REALLY don't want to find out AFTER I buy everything that
I can't fit the new sound card between the 2 SLI'd cards :(
Any help on this will be GREATLY appreciated,
thank you.

Quote
Is this normal for most SLI mainboards?
Yes it is
Quote
With option 1, will my GTX 260 get slowed to 8x ?? That may defeat my whole purpose for getting
another vid card and dedicate it for PhysX; would it slow the main card down enough to impact it greatly?
Yes, but that's not really slowdown read here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=115732.0

K9N2 SLI Plat Overheating

First, I consider myself a novice when it comes to inner workings (BIOS, voltages and such), so I probably should not have tried to build a box from a barebones kit. Now that I am in that situation - problems are arising!
my specs:
K9n2 SLI Platinum nForce 750a
BIOS v 3.4
AMD Phenom X4 9500 4M 95W Socket AM2 CPU (CP1-AM2-9500 )
Ultra LSP550 550w Power Supply
HITACHI 1TB SERIAL ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G
Ultra XBlaster Mid-Tower Case Black
OCZ Blade PC6400 800MHz 8GB DDR2
Vista Home 64-bit
No floppy drive
EVGA GeForce 9400 GT 1GB PCIe - not installed yet
Everything was going great for about a week, but earlier today I installed the newer NVIDIA drivers v15.25 (I believe). Everything worked normal for several hours, but then I noticed that the CPU temps were skyrocketing from 37C to nearly 80C in just a few short minutes. I opened the case and ensured that the heatsink and fan were working properly, and all looked good. I went into the BIOS settings and looked through the hardware monitor and noticed that the temps were still rapidly rising and that the voltage was unstable bouncing around 1.6 to 1.7. I think that is the problem and the CPU fan is running about 1600 RPM, which may be normal, not sure. I looked at the Cell Menu and it said the CPU voltage was on auto.
So far I tried to Load Optimal Settings and Load Fail Safe Settings, both to no avail - temps are still skyrocketing within a matter of minutes. Only other change I made this week was buying a new heatsink and fan ('up'grade from the one that came with the CPU - to a Thermaltake TR2-R1. Again, the heatsink has been installed for several days, and have had no problems with overheating until tonight. Oh, yeah, and I do have 2 120mm fans, one front and one rear and the MB temp has been pretty steady at about 24 to 28 C.
Is there any hope?

Yeah, I definitely took the plastic off, and the heatsink material was already applied. I suppose I put it on wrong, but there seems to really only be one way to put it on - over the clips and tighten...
Interstingly, after letting it sit overnight and rebooting this morning - it is holding steady again at around 38C (in fact, I'm using it now). The voltage at boot up read 1.55 instead of auto today, so I quickly adjusted it down to 1.3 to see if I could keep it from going out of control again -so far, so good. It is just a mystery as to why it (bios) is changing so frequently without me making any adjustments to it. I've read here and other places that there are possibly issues with this board and earlier bios versions. It came with v3.4, and I have never tried to flash to anything else. Should I try and re-install the heatsink? or does it sound more like a bios problem?

P6N Sli Plat. and Wolfdale

Hi...does anyone know for sure if the P6N Sli Plat. can use the E8400 or E8500? According to the compatibility list, either "stepping" version of either cpu is compatible if your board has Bios ver. 1.7. But still I am cautious about buying one of those cpu's since I can't seem to find on forums where somebody has done this successfully (with 1 exception where they played with voltages and all that). In fact even since bios 1.7 I still only read about people trying it without success.
Thanks
cas

Going sli with those gts will help when the going gets tough and deliver more frames per second for a smoother gaming expierence. Those new nvidia drivers havent made any difference as far as i can tell. I see youre using klipsch speakers good choice there is no better option in my mind for i own a set of chorus 2s for my stereo and a huge klipsch fan, nothing makes the neighbors hate you more than rattling knick knacks off thier shelves in the houses around me.

P7N SLI Plat. and memory settings

Hey guy! Again, great forums! Thanks for all the help. Noob question coming up.
I have a couple of questions about the P7N SLI Platinum and memory settings. Oh, before I begin, let me say that I bought this stuff as part of deal, and ended up with the 1066 ram.
I have a few options under my belt, and I don't know which would be the best. I'm also looking for some kind of software to test RAM speeds; test between MHZ and timings performance? Does Sandra do that? Anyone know of any other programs?
Some recommend that I run 1:1 FSB:RAM ratio (looks like the most favored), but some say some boards can do better if everything is running as fast as it can, and not to worry about the ratio.
So which is it with the P7N, which is a 750i chipset?
Here's the rest of the situation:
I have a set of 2x2GB DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15; 2T @2.1v.
I have a Q6600 2.4GHz @ 3.0Ghz (1333x9) OC-ed.
I have run this memory at 1066 on this board with no hitches (overclocking the board essentially, but it handles it like a champ)
I can also run it at 800; but I have not tried tighter timings on this.
I can run it at 667 and lower timings to 4-4-4-14; 1T with no problems (so far). This gives me a 1:1 ratio as well.
This is what I am running right now.
What should I do with this board and this CPU? Should I keep 1:1 and tighten timings? I don't know if I can go below 4-4-4-14; I haven't tried yet.
Or should I run at 1066 with the stock timings?
I have been reading, but I keep hearing conflicting information (though I will admit, it's hard to find info that is very recent; articles varied from '06-'08) Some say 1:1 is best, others say that it's not necessary these days, with modern boards?
The different performance preferences also seem to vary from chipset to chipset? Is that correct?
Thank You very much for helping a lost noob!

Remus this is no bulldash, i had two 1GB DDR2 1066 cl5 1.8 volt and i sold it on ebay a week ago for £21.00 . i used it on my p6 which would take only ddr2 800 (it ran at 800mhz 1.8 volt but these were not suitable at all in terms of stability) and also on my asus which would take ddr21066 but only after overclocking fsb but keeping the default voltage at 1.8volt. those who say ddr2 1066 1.8 volt does not exist should review their comments. i believe crucial does ddr2 1066 1.8 volt and also ddr2 1066 2.1 volt
here is the proof of ebay
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/kourosh22/?action=view&current=ScreenShot077.jpg
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff177/kourosh22/?action=view&current=ScreenShot076.jpg
a memory has an oscillator and we refer to them as 800mhz or 1066mhz. because memory sticks have 240 terminals or pins for transfer of data in order to be able to increase the rate of transfer not only the oscillator speed has to be increased other parameters has to change.
DDR2 1066 1.8 volt is a memory which it's oscillator oscillate at 1066mhz when 1.8 volt is applied to, it's terminals with cas latency 5 or Cl5.
DDR2 1066 2.1 or 2.2 volt is a memory which it's oscillator oscillate at 1066mhz when 2.1 or 2,2 voltage is applied to it's terminals otherwise it will oscillate at 800mhz. these kind of DDR2 1066 are referred to as DRR2 800 overclocked.

¿Could work together a MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum and a Radeon HD 4890-HD489XZSFC?

Hello. I know that nVidia and Ati chips are not the best friends. However, I have a very good price and opportunity to buy the XFX RadeonHD 4890 1 GB DDR5 HD489XZSFC. Should I try? Actually I`m running a MSI 9600GT-OC which is not bad at all. This 4890 seems to be really great, I`ve been reading a lot of customer reviews and all of them were delighted.
K9N2 use the DDR2 memory and this GPU has the DDR5.
What do you think about?
Regards,
Florin

We are not going to recommend other manufacturers competing products. ATI video cards and NVIDIA MOBOS should have no problem working together. So, an MSI Radeon 4890 should not have any issue with a K8N2 SLI Platinum.

P6N SLI Plat and g92 sli question

Do any of you guys with this mb run it in sli with the new g92 nvidia cards and if so what kind of results did you get? I'm very tempted to get another evga gts 512 and run it in sli however I'm concerned about the scaling in vista 64 and I'd like to hear from others who might have already done this. I really haven't seen any benchmarks using this mb so I'm looking for some personal experiences to use as a guide. I considered swapping mb's however if this one will yield good results I might try it first before spending more money. Thanks.
Edit: I looked at the sale ad one minute too long and have already ordered it with overnight shipping. I should get it tomorrow and once installed I'll let you guys know how it goes. I'm sure that it won't be long before a new sli mb finds its way into my pc.

Going sli with those gts will help when the going gets tough and deliver more frames per second for a smoother gaming expierence. Those new nvidia drivers havent made any difference as far as i can tell. I see youre using klipsch speakers good choice there is no better option in my mind for i own a set of chorus 2s for my stereo and a huge klipsch fan, nothing makes the neighbors hate you more than rattling knick knacks off thier shelves in the houses around me.

P6N SLI Plat and floppy drive not working

System says the floppy drive works fine, but I put in a disc and it doesn't recognize it. All I get is, "Please insert disc".
Windows says that drivers are up to date.
I really need to get it working so I can do a fresh OS install with raid drivers on the floppy.
I think im just retarded, or both my floppy drives are dead... or both my floppy discs are dead.
Any ideas?
Intel 6420 C2D
P6N SLI Platinum
2x1 G.Skill 800
2x1 seagate 320's

From what I'm reading it sounds like you are able to boot to Windows at the moment right?
If so, why not skip using a floppy disk to load driver, and just slipstream your RAID drivers into a Windows install CD?
There are tutorials all over the web to do this, here's a good one:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Slipstream-your-XP-installation
Regarding your floppy issue, it's very possible for your floppies to be dead. Almost all of mine that I have around are toast by the time I get around to using them.
If you're dead set on using a floppy to load your RAID drivers, go buy a couple new floppies and see if you still have the same problem. If so, then you're a new $14 floppy drive away from solving your problem...

K9N2 Sli Plat - HDD detection problem

[Split off from https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=127332.0, please don't hijack other topics! - Stu]
You are not alone..... I'm having simular issues
I flashed my bios hoping to fix the HD detection for installing windows.
now I get nothing detected in the bios. as SATA drives. IDE channels detect.
Ihave flashed the bios both ways USB and CD bootable image.
I get a NVIDIA HDCP: ROM HOLE 2 PROTECTED!
During the flash. Is that supposed to happen? everything else looks good during the flash. However now I can't even get drivers to see the SATA drives. I've tried 2 different makers.
BIOS is set to IDE on the SATA.
Note Same MB as original thread starter. 8GB OCZ memory, hitachi 1TB HD, 160 GB Maxtor HD.

I split off your post from the other topic, as it was unrelated, and you should always start a new topic anyway, >>Please read and comply with the Forum Rules.<<
Now, please read the >>Posting Guide<< and give us a bit more detailed info on the hardware in your system, and the exact problem you are having, so we can begin to assist you!

MOVED: K9N2 SLI Plat AM Bios

This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=138795.0

So I enabled AHCI mode made a registry change to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci was set to 0. set BIOS to AHCI and rebooted twice I move my two CDs to to sata 3 4. I connected my two secondary hard drives to on SATA 5 & 6. Know I cannot see my two hard drives. You saying SATA 5&6 are useless unless your are running RAID drives?
http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7-rc-after-installation/

K9N2 SLI Plat and 630 Propus

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for