K9N2 SLI Platinum audio issues

I cannot get my sound working. I've installed both of the Nforce audio codecs, and the Realtek HD audio codecs. I cant figure this out

My default sound device is set to Realtek HD Audio output. My video card is a XFX Geforce 8600GTS, I'm not too sure on the HDMI thing. Also, I've turned my sound up quite loudly now to see if I can hear anything when I turn it on, and there is a slight " Buzzing " sound that is played when it is going through the windows loading screen. It does this every time when I turn on my pc. That is the only time it plays any sound.

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K9N2 SLi Platinum - Raid Issues

Components:
Enermax Pro82+ 525W
MSI K9N2 SLi Platinum
AMD 5400+ Black Edition
2x2Gb SUPER*TALENT DDRII 800Mhz CL4
MSI 8800GT 512mb
1 X WD Blue 500Gb Sata2
2 x WD Blue 320GB Sata2 (NEW SET)
Basically, I've had only the 500Gb HD as the main disk, Now I've got a set of 320GB's for Raid, which i'd like to add to my current setup without Re-installing OS coz the main drive contains necessary Data etc. So I Enable the Raid settings in Bios as outlined in the Manual. Setup the raid in the Mediashield Raid Bios. Windows Vista 32 simply Bsods at the Windows loading screen, with latest MB RAID drivers from MSI & Nvidia tested, still the same.
I've discovered in other threads, people experiencing something similar. According to what I've learnt is the best is going to have to Set the single 500Gb Drive into a stripe and re-install. I've tried other alternatives, like leaving the the 320's as single drives and setting up the raid through windows Mediashield, same problem after rebooting. Compared to My older rig, RAID seems to not work so starightforward on the K9N2. MSI should be more Specific with instructions and limitations to implementing a Raid.
That's not my biggest problem here though, I've disconnected the 500Gb due to critical data, I've only got the 320's in Ports 1 & 2. Setup Stripe raid in Bios. I cannot succesfully install Windows Vista or XP to the raid, Vista install remains stuck @ the decompressing files window. XP loads until it's about to boot the OS for the first time then Bsods. Using latest Floppy Raid Drivers too. Has anyone with this board got a Raid with OS installed? Am i missing something here? what am I doing wrong?
I'm still Testing, gonna pull out my Aged and beloved Hitachi 80Gb Sata1 Drive from the dead, install OS and then get this baby to work in Raid as I want it to, Hopefully......
Will report back..

The RAID implementation on this board is really obnoxious, if you have installed windows (XP/VISTA) prior to enabling RAID in the motherboard bios, windows will keep restarting itself at the windows load screen. Not an OS problem but the way the RAID controllers work on this motherboard.
My raid setup:
1 X WD 500GB BLUE (System C:\)(Single Stripe)(HAS TO BE IN IT'S OWN ARRAY IN MEDIASHIELD ROM for windows to work if RAID IS ENABLED)
2 X WD 320GB BLUE (Raid 0)(Stripe)
1 X LG Optical Drive (Also shows up in Mediashield post screen when Raid controller is ensbled)
Make sure to back up all data before setting up an array, setting up a array on a single HDD and selecting NOT to delete the MBR should keep your data intact. Booting up the system with the previous installation not deleted but now with the system HDD in it's own array you will continue to get BSOD and auto reboots.
V3.3 Bios Settings:
1) Set 'RAID MODE' to 'RAID" within the Integrated Peripherals Menu.
2)Enable 'RAID' in the Sub-Menu "ON-CHIP ATA DEVICES" --> RIAD MODE set to RAID then enable the ports you want Raid enabled on. SATA 1.2.3.4 are NV raid 5.6 are JMICRON. I have have ports 1,2,3 & 4 enabled as all 4 of my drives are connected to those ports. Optical drives will automatically show up in Mediashield ROM post screen even if port is disabled, and once windows is reinstalled other HDD'S can be connected without having to enable raid or arrays and all will be seen as normal.
Now to install windows, had an issue with the Floppy raid drivers from MSI site so I used the MCP78 floppy from gigabyte
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2819. Windows working and Raid 0 on 2X 320GB HDD. Once windows is installed to a single disk in this manner windows will work fine with sata raid disabled (deleting array in mediashield will delete MBR) and in IDE mode as but when raid is re-enabled it will detect the disk and work fine too. Another issue unresolved is that I couldn't successfully install to the Raid 0-2X WD 320gb blue stripe, anybody got windows installed successfully to a Raid 0-2X hdd stripe? Note, If installing to Jmicron you will need JM drivers.
Another issue I have since using Raid is that S3 mode is not working well at all. S3 is enabled in Bios power management and definitely worked previously when raid was disabled. Now I cannot get S3 suspend. When i choose sleep it goes into Hibernation, checked all vista settings in power management and it should go to sleep not hibernate. Any Help? When it comes out of sleep all the lights are red and I have to power it down, turn power supply off/on then post-> 'windows resuming' then only does it come out of hibernation, strange... Whether I choose sleep or hibernate this is what I'm getting. Using Vista 32, Nvidia driver version 15.24, display driver version 180.48. Jmicron drivers installed as well.
Components:
Enermax Pro82+ 525W
MSI K9N2 SLi Platinum
AMD 5400+ Black Edition
2x2Gb SUPER*TALENT DDRII 800Mhz CL4
2x1Gb SUPER*TALENT DDRII 800Mhz CL4
MSI 8800GT OC 512mb
1 X WD Blue 500Gb Sata2
2 x WD Blue 320GB Sata2 (NEW SET)
1 X LG Dvd-Rw
Hope this helps & thanks in advance.

K9N2 SLI Platinum S3 issues

Ok, so I have been trying to solve this problem every which way.
I cannot resume from S3 sleep/Stand By/Suspend in Vista sp1 or XP sp2.
When I wake up the system, the lights are on but nobody's home. Also, group 1-4 of the status LEDs are red. I've seen a similar post, but no solutions. I have tried just about everything I could think of as far as BIOS settings and drivers to no avail. I have even physically removed all hardware but mobo, PSU, and RAM. S1 works fine.
mobo: K9N2 SLI Platinum
CPU: 9850 Black
RAM: OCZ PC2-8500
PSU: TruePower Quattro 850
Video: XFX 8800 GT
HDD: sata WD 1tb

Well, so far I have tried every driver I could find. I Started with the version on the CD, then downloaded from MSI, then tried M$ update, then nvidia. So, I really doubt it is a driver. I found a similar issue here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=120233.0
same processor and mobo. Thanx BOSSKILLER for the link. Filled out my info, I hope they get back to me soon.
I filled out a support request earlier and got this as a reply
Quote from: MSI Tech.
Please refer to Microsoft for possible fixes on this issue: http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=does+not+resume+from+s3&spid=11732&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&res=20
none of those have anything to do with my problem and of course my first thought was that it was a M$ problem but had to rule that out after installing XP too... way to pass the blame
EDIT: After contacting MSI using BOSSKILLER's link, I got the real solution! A new BIOS just as he said Very quick response too
Thanx All

K9N2 SLI Platinum RAID Issue

The system is brand new.
XP is installed on the SSD (nice and fast)
Drivers are all up-to-date according to LiveUpdate.
I installed the 2 1Tb drives on SATA 3 and 4.
I changed the BIOS:
Extra RAID/IDE Controller Disabled
On-Chip ATA Devices
RAID Mode = RAID
SATA 3 Enabled
SATA 4 Enabled
F10 to save
F10 to enter RAID Setup
Chose the 2 Tb drives and get Healthy Array
After boot I get the dreaded faint Windows loading sequence, and a reboot (a vicious cycle)
OK, back into the BIOS, undo all the RAID stuff, and XP launches
Open up the box, change the SATA cables from 3 and 4 to 5 and 6
Back into BIOS, enabled the extra RAID controller, enable RAID and the SATA 5 and 6, then f10 to save.
Hit CTRL-J to get the raid setup - ignored - Windows fails to launch.
It's got to be a driver issue, but MSI Live Update reports drivers are up-to-date, and MSI website
refuses to let me find the driver I want (I don't know what I want, but don't get the choice).
I read the thread about using the gigabyte drivers, but the link given no longer works.
There must be something else I can try OK, apart from that.
There must be someone out there who can help. Oh did I mention I have no floppy drive,
but there again I have a working system without RAID, so should be able to load a driver
from the C drive if only I could get one that worked. I'm a little frustrated. I'm also a Brit,
which changes that last statement!
Help!

>> Danr1: So the RAID array is now connected to the 'Extra RAID Controller', leaving just your boot SSD drive on the onboard SATA ports?
The manual is ambivalent about where to connect the drives for use by the J-Micron RAID controller.
Perhaps only the external SATA ports on the backplance? Perhaps only SATA5 and 6?
I have connected them on the external ports, on SATA 5 and 6, and on SATA 3 and 4.
I have had the external RAID/IDE Controller enabled and disabled
I had have RAID mode in On-Chip ATA Devices set to IDE and RAID
With RAID mode in RAID, I have had SATA 3 and 4 enabled and disabled,
and SATA5 and 6 enabled and disabled.
That's a lot a reboots (48 choices, each requiring a reboot)
Each time I change a raid setting, I go back into BIOS to make sure the boot sequence hasn't been change (it often is)
CTRL-J does nothing during POST. I have yet to see the JMicron Utility menu.
Oh yes, I have also had the array bootable and not bootable, but I don't think I've been through the full 96 choices.
>> Danr1: Extra RAID/IDE Controller Disabled
On-Chip ATA Devices
RAID Mode = RAID
SATA 3 Enabled
SATA 4 Enabled
This is my configuration of choice, I keep going back to it hoping it will work.
>> (Danr1) If you're not using the rear esata ports or the secondary IDE port that setup is correct...
I am not using IDE1 or IDE2.
I'm not using the rear esata ports (tried and failed, as you can see above).
>> (Danr1) I take it you have the SSD and CD drives connected to the primary IDE?
Nope. The SSD drive containing XP is SATA 1, the DVD drive (not CD) is SATA 2.
>> (Danr1) I'm looking but not seeing where you stated what type of SSD drive it is you have?
It's an OCZ ($209.00) SSD 60Gb SSD2-1VTX60G connected to SATA 1.
>> Stu: Extra RAID/IDE Controller [Enabled]
On-Chip ATA Devices
RAID Mode = [IDE]
SATA 3 Enabled
SATA 4 Enabled
Been there (see above), done that and it fails.
I seem to have four choices:
a) Reinstall Windows using a slipstreamed CD. Don't want to do this, what a waste of time, and no guarantee that it'll work.
b) Request technical assistance from MSI
c) RMA the board to MSI. I can't RMA to Newegg as I have had it for 3 months.
d) Use the 2 1Tb drives in a RAID 1- (negative 1). That's separate drives, with nightly backups.
Bummer!

K9N2 SLI Platinum Boot Issue...

This is more of a do I need to RMA whether a boot question. I had my MOBO since March. Installed, in computer everything went fine, playing TF2 and so on, but about 2 weeks ago my computer basically said I'm going on strike. Went off, and never came back on period.
So I went to troubleshoot, check everything and thought it was a PSU problem. I had thought the CPU rails on the PSU went bad, because all other lights would come on. Example, if I had all the plugs in except the CPU power on the MOBO, the board would light up, with the 4 red LEDS. However once I plugged the CPU, the board only has the Orange light and would not power on showing any lights. PSU fan didn't come on either. Thought it was a PSU problem, so I RMA'd my OCZ 600W. Just got it back today, and that wasn't the problem. I even tested all other parts to see if they were faulty and no, just the MOBO is left. Its weird because she was working fine and then went off, no BSOD no nothing.
AMD Phenom 9850 B.E
600W OCZ Stealth PSU
320 GB Seagate HD

I agree with Stu on this because I have been through this too.
If you live in an area that is prone to power surge like I do then this can happen. A good quality surge protector can help.
Possibly a burned Mosfet (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) or what I would call a Transistor. I have to look up big words like Semiconductor.
Often those that are associated with the boards power regulator are located near to where you plug your ATX power in. Some times you can actually see when they have burned but most often not.
Good Luck
Oh and one more thing. Where was Stu the last time I was trying to trouble shoot this problem?
Do you guys keep him hidden some where in a back room?

K9n2 sli platinum driver issues

well was pleased to get my mobo and set it up, seeing my old junk biostar mobo went to crap.
here's the prob: all seems to work fine but...
driver will not take for ethernet, coprocessor, or the SM Bus
I've read dozens of posts in all kinds of groups, downloaded drivers left and right,,, NO LUCK!
running a Phenom quad 4 w/ 2- 2GB patriot 1066 and a xfx 9600 gso. and the OS is xp pro x64..
other than no way to connect to the internet, so far i see no probs with it... but i need it to connect, I am at a loss and looking at requesting an rma
anyone???

err thanks but wont wanting to hear all that...... ..... hope one of my older puters will take a 1000gb so i can copy the info................................... .........
thanks TeddyB

Nemesis Elite case front Audio & MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum

Issue/dilemma I'm having:
I recently purchased a K9N2 SLI Platinum motherboard and Nemesis Elite case. Here is my dilemma: the naming conventions used for the audio connectors from case and motherboard pins are different.
ie. case connectors are labeled; mic in, mic pwr, R-Ret, L-Ret, R-out, L-out and Ground. The motherboard pins Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD1
This connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compliant with
Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
HD Audio Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION
1 MIC_L Microphone - Left channel
2 GND Ground
3 MIC_R Microphone - Right channel
4 NC
5 LINE out_R Analog Port - Right channel
6 MIC_JD Jack detection return from front panel microphone JACK1
7 Front_JD Jack detection sense line from the High Definition Audio CODEC
jack detection resistor network
8 NC No control
9 LINE out_L Analog Port - Left channel
10 LINEout_JD Jack detection return from front panel JACK2
This motherboard is based off of Intel HD audio. The case doesn't support HD audio! Can anyone give me a mapping of the case to the pin head that will work?
Thanks

Try this:
If you want connect an AC’97 front panel audio system to HD onboard headers, try these steps:
Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L.
Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R
Connect Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L.
MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio only; you don't need to connect them for AC'97 audio.

K9N2 SLI Platinum issues

Ok, this is what I have.....
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Brisbane 2.8GHz AM2 65W Black Edition Processor
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
XFX GeForce 8800 GT XXX Edition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
COOLMAX 700W SLI Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
I have 2 issues and have called and wrote to MSI tech support and have gotten no where.
I will try here, now.
This board, regardless of Bios version (3.1/3.2/3.3) it will not allow me to adjust the multiplier.
It is a Black Edition processor and does have the unlocked multiplier. However, regardless of what ratio (x14.5/x15/x15.5) you set it at, the bios refuses to set it at that. (Stays at 14x200)
It won't even allow be to adjust the FSB regardless of what you set it at in the Bios.
MSI's response: MSI does not support overclocking, we cannot assist you with this issue.
While attempting to overclock, I noticed that my memory is only running at a frequency of 400. I wrote to MSI and explained the situation.
MSI's response: The memory you are using requires a voltage of 2.1v, the K9N2 SLI Platinum only supports up to 1.9v. We cannot assist you with this situation any further.
This board is supposed to support AM2+ processors and all 1066 memory runs at a voltage of 2.0 or higher. So is this MSI's way of copping out of providing any kind of support for this board?
On another note, I used to buy nothing but ASUS boards in the past, but do to their lack of Quality Control (recieved 6 boards IN A ROW that were DOA) I have chosen to switch to a different brand.
I have heard nothing but good things in the past about MSI boards, but if I cannot get this issue resolved, I guess I will be forced to switch to yet another brand.

Pogona,
I had the same problem with the multiplier setting. I could set it in the BIOS to lets say 15.5 but when I booted into windows, CPUz always showed the multiplier to be 14. I found the problem was that I had installed the AMD processor driver which is an energy saving device and resets the multiplier to 14 regardless of the BIOS setting. After I uninstalled the AMD driver I could set the multiplier and it showed in CPUz correctly.

Strange K9N2 SLi Platinum issue getting progressively worse

Quickspec:
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ ADV60000DOBOX
K9N2 SLI Platinum
G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
2x BFG Tech GeForce 8600 GT OC2 w/SLI bridge installed
Western Digital Caviar Black SATA 1TB
No additional cards
Microsoft Windows 7 x64
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 -- 750W Continuous @ 40C (825W Peak) +12VDC @ 60A (Single Rail)
I put together my system (http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=628222) in April of '09 and everything has been rock solid. About 3 weeks ago, I started seeing strange graphical glitches, which can only be remedied by a system reboot. See below:
Initially, I thought that the issue may have been software related, as I could screenshot the problem, and noticed that the problem would occur only after waking from sleep mode, and only while playing fullscreen games. Before assuming anything, I ran diagnostics and checked my temps, all of which were in spec, so I decided, maybe I had lost my primary video card. I tried each of my SLi cards independently with the same result. I've also tried using each PCI-E slot with similar results.
I moved on to test memory with Memtest86, which would lockup @ 5% through its first test. So I started sequentially removing RAM sticks until it ran. After pulling out two sticks of ram, I thought I had nailed down the issue, things were stable again, but the system would periodically not POST, no VGA, nothing. Diagnostic LEDs would be RED|GREEN|GREEN|GREEN but would boot normally after a power cycle.
After a couple days of stability, the video glitches came back. At this point, I'm thinking it could be the Mobo itself. Upon boot my LED Diags go RED|GREEN|RED|GREEN and don't change. The system is failing to POST most of the time, and when it does boot, just completely dies under any stress whatsoever.
Obviously, I would imagine, it could be a power issue, but I have a solid PCP&C Silencer 750 which I would find hard to believe is causing the issue. I could test voltages, but I'm doubtful this is the issue.
Any thoughts on what I might try next?

Quote from: Stu on 04-February-10, 03:18:53
The graphics corruption your screnshot shows would seem to be symptomatic of a failing VGA card.
Yes, but not only. I doubt that's VGA failure for this case.[He got 2 VGA's, tested each one alone with no change, Both VGA to be failing sound not much realistic]
Unstable system memory can cause the same artifacting/visual corruption
Quote
I moved on to test memory with Memtest86, which would lockup @ 5% through its first test. So I started sequentially removing RAM sticks until it ran. After pulling out two sticks of ram, I thought I had nailed down the issue, things were stable again, but the system would periodically not POST, no VGA, nothing. Diagnostic LEDs would be RED|GREEN|GREEN|GREEN but would boot normally after a power cycle.
One more pointer to exclude the VGA{s}
Quote
# G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Can you provide exact models? or link to manufacturer?
Quote
# G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Quote
# AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ ADV60000DOBOX
Quote
which I linked in my OP http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=628222,
RAM : 8192 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 387.6 MHz (Unknown) @ 5-5-5-15
Slot 1 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : G.Skill
Slot 2 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : G.Skill
Slot 3 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 3 Manufacturer : G.Skill
Slot 4 : 2048MB (6400)
Slot 4 Manufacturer : G.Skill
With all four memory sticks installed drop memory divider to 667.
[current in use is default 800, you can do that from BIOS Setup,
Cell Menu adjust option named "FSB/DRAM Ratio", apply to either "333", "667", "1:1.67", "5/3" {all mean the same}]
The CPU's [AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ ADV60000DOBOX] memory controller, can't handle them at full speed.
[For more details refer to this topics:
==> https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=130043.0
==> https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=120827.0
Other tips:
* Test each one memory stick alone with >>Memtest86<<,
use the 1st DIMM close to CPU socket to isolate if you have an defective stick.
* You can apply memory voltage in BIOS Setup recommended by memory vendor if need[2.0 - 2.1V, check specifications at memory vendor for your sticks]

K9N2 SLI Platinum - Testing

Ok so since I built this PC in February I have tested it with Windows XP SP3 Pro and Windows 7 Beta. Only issues I've had is with the HD Audio from Realtek. I read posts here about people having problems with their K9N2 SLI Platinum boards and maybe you're trying too hard.
My system specs are below, my PSU from Ultra is the 2nd Ultra PSU that I have owned, the first generation X-Connect 500W I had lasted from February 2005 to February 2009 and probably still has 5-10 years left on it. I upgraded to the 3rd Generation X-Connect 600W PSU, it's sufficient for single graphics card and powers everything just fine. Modular to keep airflow awesome.
I would only trust these PSU manufacturers:
Ultra
Corsair
Thermaltake
Enermax
Antec
I have only good reviews for Ultra and Enermax since I've owned them and they have never failed.
Back to the motherboard though, so my findings is that Windows XP Pro SP3 still has a few issues with this motherboard, mostly due to audio drivers, but not MSI's fault. Windows 7 Beta runs like a top, absolutely will be buying Windows 7 when it becomes available.
I had a red LED on my board for the longest time, then I figured out the issue, no floppy drive installed, after turning off the FDD controller, the red light went away.
CPU Idle Temps 23C with an Ambient Temp of about 70F, Load 30-32C same ambient temp. Stock HSF, 5 Case fans, no thermal compound, and excellent cable management.
Basically I completely love this board, but Realtek needs some better drivers for Windows XP.
I think I will be testing OpenSUSE on this after Windows 7 beta expires.
For those having troubles with this board I really don't know what to say, maybe try paying for the name when you buy PSU, Memory, Video. I went with Ultra, Corsair, and MSI and I did my research and I actually read many bad reviews of this board and still bought it. 2nd MSI board I've owned, love them both.
Anyway, thought I'd write something positive here, instead of seeing all the negativity towards MSI.

I have had bad experiences with Ultra as well.
PSU's: RAM: HDD: Mobo:
Thermaltake Corsair WD MSI
Apevia OCZ Hitachi Asus
Kingwin PNY Seagate Gigabyte
Corsair Kingston
Crucial

K9N2 SLI Platinum video won't initialize with monitor connected

Hi,
I've gone through the RMA process with my vendor and I am on my third motherboard right now and I am still having an issue (so, basically, nightmare scenario here ). The first and second motherboard failures seemed slightly different but the failure seems to be the same for the second and third and it is making me think that another factor may be at play other than the motherboard. All of the failures have been with the integrated video (which is all I plan to use at the moment --I don't even own a PCI-E video card right now nor have any plans to get one in the near future).
In the first motherboard, everything seemed to work (as far as I could tell --4 green diagnostic LED's and all that) but no video signal was produced. Testing with an antediluvian Virge DX based PCI card (some of you kiddies may be too young to remember such things) did show normal booting with that video card (as far as I allowed it to go) and I suspect, from the pattern of hard drive activity, that with the integrated video the boot process was also normal (I just couldn't see it because of no video signal being produced). But that is past and has been RMA'd.
The replacement motherboard and the motherboard replacing the replacement motherboard, on the other hand, have seemed unable to initialize video whenever my monitor is connected but if the monitor is not connected, they work fine (but then video defaults to a 1028x768 mode and I cannot run my monitor at native resolution). Curiously enough, my second motherboard worked correctly twice before exhibiting the described behavior making me think, at the time, that I just got really unlucky and simply had had it fail shortly after testing it those two initial times.
Not being able to initialize video while the monitor is plugged in means that if I try to start it while the monitor is attached, the motherboard will not even POST and that the diagnostic LED's will be stuck at the video initialization stage (three reds, and one green at group 4).
Furthermore, if I start it with no monitor attached and plug the monitor in after I get 4 green LED's, it will start booting the OS (Windows XP) but the screen will go black when the Windows XP logo should be appearing. I can also leave it unplugged until it should be at the Windows XP logo stage (or plug it after the 4 green LED's and unplug it again before the video mode switch happens) and when I plug it back in I can see the Windows XP logo. However, as soon as it switches to the Windows XP desktop, I get a black screen.
And again, if I leave the monitor unplugged until the Desktop should be showing up and I plug it in at that point (or go through the process of plugging and unplugging the monitor while avoiding having video mode switches happen with the monitor plugged in) I do get a Windows desktop at the 1024x768 resolution. Once in the desktop, as far as I can tell, I can do anything there that I normally would be able to do (so I mostly have a working system, as far as I can tell). I have even installed drivers, verified that the sound works, etc.. I will still do a repair install at some point because I am not doing this the "right way" and I probably needed to do it anyway (though I think it's using the right kernel and everything --showing 3 CPU's, etc.) but I am not looking for answers with that as my issue shows up before the system even goes through POST. Again, note that I cannot even take advantage of my monitor's native resolution with the current kludge.
Curiously enough, if I try to switch to my native resolution of 1920x1200 it will do it but only by switching me to a virtual 1920x1200 desktop on a 1024x768 display (so there's no actual video mode switch involved and the desktop becomes bigger than what my monitor can show). It's as if part of the subsystem is reading the monitor and "knows" that it supports 1920x1200 but another part of the subsystem is just assuming some sort of 1024x768 default common lowest denominator for digital displays. I attribute this to the fact that video has been initialized with no monitor connected.
I originally had a 350W Enermax power supply (which worked as long as the monitor was not plugged in) supplying 32A on the +3.3V rail, 32A on the +5V rail and 26A on the +12V rail but I replaced it with the power supply shown on my profile (which was probably totally unnecessary as I'm only using the integrated video --but hey, I now have a blue light coming from my power supply so that makes it all worth it ). I suppose both power supplies could work badly with this motherboard model but it seems exceedingly unlikely that that would be the case (specially since everything works as long as there is no monitor plugged in during video mode switches).
I currently am running it, on cardboard, with a single stick of RAM (on the slot next to the CPU) and nothing else connected to it except the power supply (including JPW3 & JPW4), the CPU, a hard disk with a working Windows XP install, a mouse on the mouse port and a keyboard on the keyboard port (specification as on my profile minus one RAM module). I did play with RAM timings at the request of tech support but I can't imagine how it could be a RAM problem when everything works as long as a monitor isn't plugged in during video mode switches.
I did update the BIOS from 3.4 to 3.5. 3.5 did not seem to be available at the time of my previous motherboard and I knew it was a real long shot for this to be a BIOS issue that would be fixed with the 3.5 update (specially since the update mentions only CPU support stuff and nothing about video) but I am desperate. Yes, I have done the whole resetting the CMOS thing.
I am even considering the possibility that there may be some weird incompatibility between the video on this board and my monitor (under the assumption that, quoting Holmes, once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth). I don't even know how that would work. Note that my monitor worked in my previous system with the digital input (my previous system is no longer available to me for testing --but I did get a chance to test it, after having problems with my first K9N2 SLI Platinum motherboard which I returned, and it worked). Note that my monitor works with the system in question (I simply cannot have it connected while there's a video mode switch under way). Note that the lack of a picture seems to be related to the motherboard as evidenced by it being stuck at the video initialization stage if I attempt to start it with the monitor connected.
Any wild ideas? I do not want to return this motherboard a third time and I specially do not want to return this motherboard a third time if it's something that can be easily fixed.

Quote from: Svet on 25-May-09, 02:21:06
Have you tried with just memory stick in 1st DIMM near to CPU socket and mainboard out of PC case?
Yes, I currently am running it, on cardboard outside the case, with a single DIMM (on the slot next to the CPU) and nothing else connected to it except for the power supply (including JPW3 & JPW4), the CPU, a hard disk with a working Windows XP install, a mouse on the mouse port and a keyboard on the keyboard port (specification as on my profile minus one RAM module). And it works,... as long as the monitor is not ever connected while video mode switches occur (including power on). And this is exactly how the previous motherboard which I returned also behaved.
Addendum: As an additional note, I have tried the other DIMM on the same socket by the CPU with the same results (everything works as long as there's no monitor connected during a video mode switch). I also managed to make a bootable Memtest86+ (is that what people use to test memory these days?) USB stick and I am running it right now. It has shown no errors right so far but it has only been running a few minutes. I do not really expect any memory errors to be at fault since they would have to be magical memory errors which only cause problems when there is a monitor connected while a video mode switch is happening but I'm desperate to try anything to find out what the issue is.

SPDIF on K9N2 SLI Platinum

Hello, I just started to use the Geforce GTX 280 for my monitor and 50" DLP TV for dual video.
I have one DVI to HDMI to my monitor and the same setup to my TV. The TV is working like it should as a monitor but I am not able to get any sound. how am I able to get the sound to go through the SPDIF to my Blu-ray speaker system as it to has an SPDIF port?
AMD Phenom 9600 Quad Core
K9N2 SLI Platinum Mainboard
Geforce GTX 280 Video Card
OCZ Reaper v3 4GB 1066MHz
OCZ 750 Watt Modular PSU
Windows Vista 32bit SP2

If you want to use HDMI w/ audio, you must have vista or supported OS, and have spdif cable going from the video card to the motherboard connected. If your using DVI, then you must setup a separate cable from your sound card to the tv or stereo; which is usually just a male 3.5mm phono jack on both ends. Depending on your receiver or TV you may need a phono to RCA converter. However you can go digital if you like, using the rear spdif's and go str8 from optical to optical.
Keep in mind if you don't have ext. spdif. you can only go out analog from your soundcard or internally through HDMI which requires Vista or other supported OS.

K9N2 Sli Platinum + SSD OCZ Vertex 3 = Slow Speed Problem [PARTIALLY SOLVED]

Hey folks,
I have a problem with my new SSD. I only get sequential reads of 140MB/s and writes of 114MB/s.
I think it is a driver related issue. I once got faster SATA2-like speeds but cannot reproduce the system settings again... Everything back to SATA1-like speeds after reboot.
First my pc specs:
MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum, BIOS v3.9
- 6 SATAII ports by nForce 750a SLI
- 2 ESATA (External-SATA) ports (back panel) by JMB363
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3 Gb/s
AMD Phenom II 965 Black
Patriot PV224G8500ELKB Viper II Series DDR2 4GB (2 x 2GB, CL5 PC-8500/1066MHz)
SSD SATAIII OCZ Vertex 3, 120GB, FW v2.11
LG Internal BlueRay BH10LS30
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I only get very slow speeds with the SSD. I tried so many things that I am getting very frustrated now, I am even thinking about getting a new board and ram just to get the SSD up to speed...
1)
I installed Win7 first with all the default settings in Windows Setup from DVD. Default "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" driver was "Standard AHCI1.0 Serial ATA Controller".
SSD was connected to SATA1-port, On-Chip Sata Controller AHCI enabled in BIOS, Extra RAID/IDE Controller disabled.
All fine, but whichever benchmark I used (AS SSD, HD Tune Pro, Atto Disk Benchmark, CrystalDiskMark; other tools used: DriveControllerInfo, AIDA64/Everest, CrystalDiskInfo ) I got e.g. 140MB/s Read and 114MB/s Write sequentially (CrystalDiskmark, similar with random data AND only zeros ).
Trim working (it seems) with AHCI driver. I also changed to nvstor64 driver (nforce driver setup 15.56), with is marginally faster but not what you would expect from a SATAIII drive on SATAII controller.
2)
I installed Win7 using "diskpart" (Shift-F10) during disk setup, setting a cluster size of 64k instead of default. No real change.
3)
After reinstall of Win7 x64 (again...), I changed from SATA1 port to SATA6 port, also enabled Extra Raid/IDE controller set to AHCI as well.
Nothing changed. With all settings to default in Windows (ahci default driver), I then manually updated the ahci to nvstore64 driver in Device Management, rebooted.
Then a minute later after reboot I got the following Sequential speeds with CrystalDiskMark:
273MB/s read and 137MB/s write (random data) + 274MB/s read and 220MB/s write (with zeros) !!!
While I ran this benchmark Windows came up with a message: "You must restart your computer to apply these changes - Restart Now/Restart Later".
After the previos reboot, when I changed manually from AHCI to NVSTORE, I had changed nothing in the current session, apart from running CrystalDiskMark.
I did reboot and I was back to the slow SSD speeds again = 140/114 MB/s...
4)
I have tried every possible combination of mainboard SATA ports, drivers changing with nvidia setup/manually, deleting and disabling controllers (incl BSOD and startup repair :D ), chaning bios settings around, but I just cannot get back the faster speeds
There is never any change in speed, whether I use ahci or nvstore64, whichever benchmark I use, whether random or zeros...
5)
Could the SSD be broken, something internally preventing it from faster speeds (with this one random exception)?
Could it be that my K9N2 SataPorts only allows for / reduced to SATA1 speeds?
Am I missing something with the driver setup?
Do I need additional drivers for the extra JMicron Controller when using SataPorts 5/6 ?
I have no other mainboard to test this with...
Please guys, I am going to jump out of the window if I can't fix it... :(
Thanks, Mike

Hey guys - problem 'solved':
I tested the OCZ SSD Vertex 3 120GB with following sata3 controller card http://www.lycom.com.tw/PE-115H.htm.
The card itself works immediately (needs at least PCIe x4 slot, will work slower otherwise but still faster than the OCZ SSD @sata1 with nvidia chipset).
There is some raid setup, doesn't apply to me, the boot even with the card is really only a few seconds longer and not annoying at all. Windows (7 x64) needed a driver, supplied on CD (which is cheap and making noise like h**l). The card works w/o the driver but doesn't harm to install it...
Also, just to clarify, this sata controller card did not need any specific setup at all. Just put it in, plug in sata cable (I use akasa sata3-rated), maybe change boot device in BIOS (I didn't even have to), done - booting Windows as usual.
Benchmark CDM with sata controller card Lycom PE-115H:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3845/cdmpe115hahci0x00.png
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/7549/cdmpe115hahcirand.png
Speed is much better than before with nvidia chipset 750a SLI controller: sata1 (sata2 whenever it randomly worked):
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/505/cdmahci0x0.png
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6258/cdmahci0x0sata6contnv64.png
Final thoughts:
Well, I am happy with the SSD speed now (PCIe limited to 5Gbps). However, I had to spent quite some time to get it working on my sata2-cabable mainboard. Finally, I had to buy a extra controller card to get it working reliably at speeds faster than sata1. There is hardly any useful information on why this problem occurs with (older) nvidia chipsets and OCZ (sata3) SSDs. I still think that OCZ must know about this problem, but regards this issue as low priority, while at the same time not planning on giving up on sales to people with nvidia chipsets. Maybe OCZ should just make a big sticker on the box the drives come in with something like "Does/Might not work with nvidia chipsets, please use third-party sata controller card or different SSD manufacturer". But then none of these potential customers would buy OCZ SSDs...
I will keep the sata3 controller, anyway handy to have, but return the OCZ Vertex 3 120GB and replace it with a SSD from a different manufacturer (Corsair Force GT, Patriot and OWC are not that great to get around here). The benchmarks for most people will not achieve the maximum advertised OCZ speeds anyway, so why not go with a brand that allows for some plug'n'play with some customer support.
Hope this post helps others like me with their nvidia chipset + sata1 speed problem
Cheers, Mike

Need help with drive installation for K9N2 SLI Platinum

Hi
I am new to the forum and to MSI
This is my 6th computer build and first time using SATA and PCIe
My hardware includes:
•   MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Motherboard
•   Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-6400C5
•   GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3
•   AMD Phenom X4 9850 Quad Core Processor, Black Edition 2.5GHz
4MB Cache 2000MHz [4000 MT/s] FSB
•   Thermaltake Ruby Orb Aluminum Core CPU Cooler
•   UltraX3 850 Watt ATX Modular Power Supply
•   [1] Western Digital 200MB7200 ATA133
•   [1] Maxtor 80MB ATA133 Drive [Not connected yet]
•   [1] Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II HARD DRIVE
•   [2] Seagate 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB SATA Hard Drives With 32 MB Cache
[Not connected]
•   LG DVD-RW
•   Toshiba DVD-ROM
•   AMI Bios
•   Antec Full Tower case
The board set up fine, but I can’t figure out how to install my drives. The MSI directions are the worse I’ve ever seen, or should I say non-existent. They don’t even describe the bios entries… I am familiar with the bios, but don’t know all the settings for the board. I set the time and date and had to rearrange my drive placement on the board to have my 2 DVD drives show up on the secondary IDE Channel instead of the primary IDE. The Western Digital 200MB7200 ATA133 is on the primary master IDE. I’m old fashioned so I still use FDISK to erase the old OS and partition the drive… I couldn’t see my SATA drive in FDISK even though I could see it in the bios. Now I want my Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II HARD DRIVE to be the system drive and the Western Digital 200MB7200 ATA133 to be a slave drive. My previous boards had raid but I just used them as additional slave drives.
My goals: I want to have redundancy for my personal audio/video and my work. I will use the 2 Seagate 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB SATA drives for that.
I also want 2 additional drives not purchased yet for my other data storage needs and for games
My questions are:
Can I use the SATA drive as the system drive if a drive is connected to the primary IDE?
How do I set up Raid on this board? I actually want to use its capabilities this time.
Does this board present any special problems with dual booting XP sp2 and Vista 64bit.
If I put another set of Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 in anticipation of installing Vista 64bit will this cause a problem other than windows XP not seeing the additional memory.
Is there additional documentation for this board somewhere?
Please help…I have been working on this thing for 4 days straight. My last build took 2 hours not including software installation. Hope I stated everything you need to know. Thanks in advance

Hello!
Advice no. 1 will be not to have everything connected at once. Have the chosen SATA and one of the DVD:s connected and install Windows. (Windows can only boot from bootable devices. It "jumps" all un-bootable.) Once you have a successful boot and happy with it, remove other things from the boot-sequence.
Eh, some of your questions suggest you don't have the full manual, but a multi-lingual one. Check this out, bottom of the list:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloadfile&dno=6745&type=manual

K9N2 SLI Platinum / Phenom II 940BE overvolting and buzzing at load

I have seen many posts related to this issue, but have found no solution. The only thread which seemed to be going somewhere went off topic and was closed before anything could be resolved
My Phenom II 940BE, at load, is constantly being overvolted between 1.37-.38 and 1.40v. In the BIOS, after a fresh CMOS reset, I see the processor is set to 1.80v in the cell menu. This is a false reading, though, since the hardware monitor still has it between the aforementioned 1.37-.38 and 1.40v. Regardless, the lowest setting I have available with the CPU voltage setting in the Cell Menu is 1.375v then AUTO.
I have tried using many BIOS images with freshly cleared CMOS (remove battery, power cables from motherboard, wait a few minutes etc.): 3.4 3.5 and a MSI tech provided 3.6B1 BIOS all produce the same behavior.
When my CPU is at load, a light buzzing sound can be heard from the CPU area of the motherboard. This is especially noticeable when cool n quiet is enabled and the system decides to go from 800MHz to 3GHz, the buzzing is for the duration of the up-clocking until clocked back to 800MHz. I had the same issue on Vista x64 as well as Win 7. After some time at 3GHz the buzzing seems to go away, but may be drowned out by a fan or two.
Has anyone found some sort of resolve for this issue?
System Specs:
K9N2 SLI Platinum
Phenom II 940BE stock
Stock AMD cooler
8 gig of OCZ DDR-II 800 RAM (OCZ2N800SR2G) at stock
BFG GeForce 9800GT 1gig stock
Windows 7 X64 RTM
EDIMAX Wireless card 802.11n
Enermax Liberty Power Supply 500W (link)
2x Samsung Ecogreen 500gig in RAID0
Pioneer DVD-RW (SATA)
Onboard sound

Problem 1: solved. The metal curly thing by the RAM was buzzing. Unfortunately I do not have a hot glue gun and pressing on it with an eraser from a pencil did not alleviate buzzing, so removing 2 sticks of ram did it. I had 4x 2gb sticks. Taking out 2 stopped almost all of the buzzing sound, but sadly now I am running with only 4 gig of ram vs my mighty 8
Problem 2 still remains, the mystery of my CPU being at 1.38 - 1.40V instead of 1.350 when set to AUTO in the BIOS.

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