K9n2 SLI Platinum continuously powers on & powers off

Hey! I just recently bought a K9N2 SLI Platinum motherboard with an Athlon 64 x2 5600+ and when I thought I connected everything properly, the system simply powers up for a couple of seconds and then powers off and then on again continuously when I initially turn on the power. The D-LEDs on the board also are all red.
I'm thinking it might be that I put only a 4-pin power connector in the 8-pin CPU Power slot, since the PSU I have only has a 4-pin connection, but I heard that the CPU I have should really only require that 4-pin connection since it doesn't draw that much power. Does anyone have any definite ideas what might be the cause? Thanks!!

Quote from: Svet on 16-August-09, 18:18:16
Try with barabone setup and mainboard out of PC case.
If no change try with better and decent PSU
I just took it out of the case, but it did the same thing, but when I replaced the processor with another one, (an Athlon 64 X2 3800+) everything ran smoothly. Now I'm thinking about getting a new PSU and a new processor. Hopefully that will do the trick.

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K9N2 SLI Platinum Powers down.

Big Problem starting! I purchased the K9N2 SLI Platinum board a couple months ago. For the first month everything went well except that my games would freeze such as Everquest. Never made any sense could freeze with in 5 minutes or, could be fine for over 5 days. Either way it was annoying so going through some information online I loaded optimal defaults on the Mobo BIOS and stopped loading the NVidia control panel at start up and it was great for a couple weeks no freezing. Now lately the computer just turns off. Like if you just pulled the power plug out. BOOM and its off. Could last 5 minutes or 5 days again. Very random. Nothing is over heating. Board is cool and CPU never goes higher then 49C. Most of the time I can hit the power button and turn the PC right back on again and its fine. Could blow again in 5 minutes or 5 days whether the PC is idle or I am playing a game. Now sometimes when it powers off. I can't turn it back on for a while. Ussually when this happenes there are no LEDs on in the Mobo. If I pull the power plug, let it sit for a min then plug it back in, it so far has powered back up ok. Another wierd thing is when I access the BIOS on start up now it seems to be shutting off. I want to say Power Supply may be? Prolly would be the first to try but would it explain the freezing games also int he beggining? It's 650watt and I am ussing the 8 pin rail since I have a pwoerfull CPU. May be there is a better recommended one for this type of Mobo. I tried the research the best one. My video card and ram worked great in my last PC but I had gotten the XFX 750 board and it was just horrible so I got rid of it. Rather of stayed with MSI which has been running better except for these issues. Any help would be greatly appriciated!
**** UPDATES ARE IN MY REPLIES UNDER THIS. DIDN'T KNOW I COULD UPDATE IN THE SAME POST ****
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Socket AM2+ Motherboard with Nvidia 750a SLI Chipset, PCI Express 2.0
Logisys 650 Watt 24 Pin Green Gamer Power Supply w/ SATA and PCI-E
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Quad
OCZ Platinum XTC 4GB Dual Channel PC6400 Memory - DDR2-800MHz
XFX GeForce 9600 GSO Video Card - 768MB DDR2, PCI Express 2.0, Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300

Ok i want to buy with my same company I bought the PSU from so I bought Prudent Way True One 1000watt nVidia Certified Quad SLI PCI-E w/ Six +12V Rails and Lifetime Warranty. They dont have the Corsair. I figure this one is beefy and solid. If it does power down too we should be able to rule out the PSU hopefully. If you think it's a bad choice please just say so. Should I be using 2 4pin rails or just the 8pin rail??? The manuals say you need an 8pin rail for my processor. I've seen some issues with using two 4 pins together saying it messes with the voltage or something?? What is a better way 2 four pins or just one 8 pin?? I've have checked for loose or frayed wires. No loose metal or screws in the case. Remember also it didn't do this for one whole month. Just some freezing with my everquest game. The only thing I don't like is how my pci-e video card sits in the mobo with this case. Looks like it can't go down all the way but if that were the problem, i figure it wouldn't work at all. I will take a day and rebuild this again in the case just to be safe like you said. I did take my time with mounting holes. Was very careful with this board. The power connections to the mobo seem a little wiggly but it just may be me. They seem to be making good contact. And also it just powered down again as i was typing this. Had to retype it. No shaking or bumping of the case. Plain aggravating this is!
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Socket AM2+ Motherboard with Nvidia 750a SLI Chipset, PCI Express 2.0
Logisys 650 Watt 24 Pin Green Gamer Power Supply w/ SATA and PCI-E
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Quad
OCZ Platinum XTC 4GB Dual Channel PC6400 Memory - DDR2-800MHz
XFX GeForce 9600 GSO Video Card - 768MB DDR2, PCI Express 2.0, Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300

Re: K9N2 SLI Platinum Powers halt on boot w/2 mem. modules.

Not sure if this is the right forum for this but here goes...
I Just recently bought and put together a kit yesterday and i must say ive had a heck of a time trying to get it stable. it constantly hang on boot and i thought it was the mobo but decided to investigate further just to be sure. So i systematically disconnect everything and installed items one by one. first, mobo - cpu only - reboot - , then added one ram - reboot -, then video card and monitor - reboot -, each time always listening to any beep patterns. added mouse keyboard - reboot -, then check cmos disabled internal graphic to prevent conflict with pcie card. at this point i left it running for 2 hours browsing around net, playing videos, updating and installing software, at this point there were no hiccups so i shutdown and restarted the computer several times...so far so good...so i decided to install another stick of ram and rebooted....system hang on boot....hmmm. removed the extra stick and the system was back to being stable. I realized now at this point that its not the mobo. After reading the trouble you went through and it turned out to be your PSU, Perhaps that might be my issue too.
anyways, here are my specs
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum motherboard (MS7374 rev1.2)
AMD Phenom 9500 2.2GHz Quad Core HT 3.0
500Gb Seagate Sata HD 7200rpm
2x XFX GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB Graphic Cards
4x 2Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2
LiteOn Blu-Ray Drive
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope OS
ULTRA LSP 650W PSU 38Amps +12Volts
currently my system is running stable with 1 stick of Ram and 1 Graphic Card but i would like to use all of them (Linux support for SLI is spotty last i heard but it might have changed). If anyone here got suggestion i could try before i splurged more dough for a bigger PSU let me know. Else, ill go ahead and let you know how it turn out.

Well, look like my problem may have been solved. Fredrik got me wondering too whether one of the RAM might be faulty. I cycled my Ram sticks by installing them into the motherboard one at a time then rebooting. The third stick that i put wont POST but all the other three does. So i installed all three good sticks back and the computer booted just find. Also, I found out how to change the Voltage in the BIOS by simply pressing + or - keys (perhaps would have helped if I read the BIOS help file earlier DUH...). As suggested by Bas, (and for insurance, just in case stick need more juice) I set the voltage to 2.05v although sticks runs find at default of 1.95v (BIOS voltage setting has a MIN = 1.95v MAX = 2.40v). Its in the safe setting range so hopefully they dont overheat. Apart from the voltage and the 2T, All others are put back to AUTO.
Anyways, Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it, I would not have been able to solve this on my own.
CHEERS and God Bless.

Macbook Pro continually powers off during start up process.

My daughter's 13" MacBook Pro (late 2011 - MD313B/A) is not completing it's startup process and continually powers off approximately a 1/5th of the way along the startup "process bar". Unfortunately, I can't obtain any further info regarding the Operating System etc but am assured that all Apple software is up-to-date. Both basic and enhanced hardware diagnostic checks show no apparent problems. Apparently, my daughter was downloading an original music CD to her collection last night when the system froze. She forced a power shut off and are now unable to power the machine up. Unfortunately we are about 6 weeks outside the extended AppleCare Protection Plan period! Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.

First try SMC and NVRAM resets:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
If there is no change, boot into the recovery partition.
From the 4 option menu select Disk Utility.
Run Disk Utility>First Aid, Verify and Repair.
If the disk cannot be repaired, it will have to be replaced.
Ciao.

K9N2 SLI Platinum Fails Boot In Morning

System:
# AMD Phenom X4 9550
# MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
# 2x2GB G Skil DDR2-1066 ( Bios DDR2 800/2.1 Volts )
# GeForce 8500GT
# 1x Seagate 500GB Sata
# 1x Maxtor 60GB ATA 133
# 650W PSU
Having Boot problems: Failed Boot this morning, System Shutdown 10 Hours ( PS AC On , LEDs Lite )
Failed at 2nd Green Light ( memory size check ), Reset and system Booted normal..
Previous: Overnight AC OFF , No Leds, System Failed Boot at 2nd Green LED and kept Recycling.
Several Power sw On/Off, system Posted with Bios Check sum, Booted defaults, System ok.
Ran OK all day..
Note: system Memory passes Memtst+ at 1066, 6 hours , no fails......
& Sandra Hardware tests ok
Question, Is Bios powered by PS when Power is off ( Leds are Lighted ) or could Battery be bad,
( I know, I will get another, But I don't think it is the problem )

You should have had early warnings if the battery was running low.
Could have been some kind of power problem during night, of course. If you mean by reset that you restarted the system, that would however suggest the PSU is on the limit.
There isn't much use in overclocking your memory, so I suggest you run it at 800.
And please specify your PSU a little better. Watts mean nothing substantial at all. It says mostly what profit the manufacturer wants.

K9N2 SLI Platinum: USB mouse works, other USB devices iffy or not at all.

I have a K9N2 SLI Platinum running now, and lately it's become rather flakey on me. Windows Mobile device center cut out on me last month when I tried to update the phone software, which I guess should have been the first clue. I notice that the flash drives I connect aren't showing up, and the new Ipod I bought last week doesn't show up at all, either.
Symptoms include:
1. When I connect my HTC Excalibur up, Windows 7 realizes this is a phone, and starts up or installs Windows Mobile Device Center for me. However, midway through installing the actual device, it stops and tells me the device is disconnected. The phone is plugged in, and I've been afraid to touch it during this process. On rare occasions, the phone actually is detected and installed, somewhere in the next dozen connections it reverts back to the drawing board, though.
2. I have a bunch of flash drives that never show up on the computer now. At least one of them showed up in the past, and transferred files just fine. When I plug them in, I don't get the new device connected noise, and they don't show up in the System screen.
3. I've managed to completely kill the batteries of two separate Ipods. (Which actually worked out for me when they let me upgrade the new nano to a new classic). It doesn't detect that anything is attached to the USB line. Doesn't matter if I hook it up in disk mode, run "the 5Rs" or what, these little buggers starve to death on the line.
4. Throughout all of these situations, two devices work no matter which rear USB slots I hook them to: the Microsoft Mouse, and my HP PSC 2700 printer. So long as I don't pull them out while the machine is running, I don't have to do anything special to get Windows 7 to find and use them. Unplugging the printer will get the device disconnected noise, but does not free up any resources to detect anything else attached.
5. The front two USB slots don't work at all. I don't think they've ever worked for me, so I'll deal with that mess sometime later. Turning the computer off, unplugging these, and restarting with just the 4 rear slots enabled does not help the problem.
What I've tried so far:
1. Reinstalling Windows 7 after formatting the partition.
2. Reinstalling the Nvidia nforce drivers from Nvidia's site using my board/processor specs.
3. Reinstalling the software that normally detects these devices: Itunes, Windows MDC, etc.
4. I've attempted to uninstall the USB drivers, but as the mouse connects here, that's been forcing a hard restart instead of shutting Windows7 down as normal. On restart, mouse is reinstalled but problem remains.
5. I've tried disabling Legacy USB drivers in the BIOS. No dice.
6. I can't get a BIOS flash to work from the Live Update tools, (perhaps for the better), and the USB sticks aren't working to flash from one of those. (Granted I can still boot and I'm otherwise stable).
All I can think of is that maybe prior to reinstallation I pulled off something with CCleaner that I actually needed, but the reinstallation should have fixed that if it was a registry error.

I'm sorry, I need to be a bit clearer, apparently. The devices on the list were not plugged in at the same time. Instead, I decided to see which if any devices would work by plugging them in one at a time. The printer was plugged in for all of them, as was the mouse, then I repeated the one at a time process with both the printer and the mouse unplugged to see if anything new happened. Results were posted line by line on the list above.
Now then, I have managed to get my hands on an x86 version of Windows 7. Surprise, surprise, it works. Phone not only detects, but also installs. When I plug in a Sandisk Cruiser, Windows 7 finds it, powers it up, installs drivers and assigns it a drive letter within about 5 seconds. I haven't gotten around to installing the iTunes yet and getting the iPod running, but I suspect it'll work if everything else is showing up now. Thus far, the only thing that hasn't worked when installed is the Logitec Gamepad, but then again I just plugged this one in to satisfy my curiousity. There are probably some drivers I need if I want to actually play games with it.
While this seems like it would solve the issue, the problem remains that I bought the board so I could eventually upgrade the RAM well beyond the 2GB I have installed. Since x86 seems to only go up to 3GB, that's going to kind of defeat my purpose there. Also, I've only got 30 days on this install, then I'm back to square one where I have to either use my x64 license/disc to get a legal, crippled copy going, or reinstall another x86 build. Pretty sure copy protection will start kicking in soon on that.
Any Ideas?

K9N2 SLI platinum - another problem w/ Phenom II

I decided to upgrade my K9N2 SLI Platinum from Phenom 9850BE to Phenom II 940 3.0GHz. I switched the CPUs but I didn't update the bios from 3.2 to 3.3. When I powered up the bios 3.2 system with the Phenom II it posted and booted but then blue screened. I restarted and went into the bios settings and checked the hardware monitor and it showed the CPU temperature at 80C! I looked at the voltage and this bios was giving the Phenom II 1.8 volts. I immediately shut down and felt the CPU sink and it was quite warm after only 60 seconds or so. That wasn't a stock heatsink either - it was a CNPS9700 with AS5 - a lot of copper to heat up.
It seems that the 3.2 bios, if it didn't recognize the CPU, should not have set the VCORE to the maximum of 1.8 volts and continue to run.
Also, I replaced the Phenom II with a sempron to upgrade the bios and had a problem after successfully flashing 3.3. I spent the weekend back and forth with MSI support and they sent a beta bios 3.3.3 that did work. My problem with 3.3 was that the machine would freeze before POST with the Group 2 LED flashing green/red.
I'm waiting for a new CPU and wondering if I should also RMA the motherboard. How come so many people seem to have flashed 3.3 with no problem but mine didn't work?
# CPU: worked: 9850BE with 4 2Gb sticks of CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066 (worked at 1066 all four)
burned up by bios version 3.2 Phenom II 940
used to flash bios: Sempron 1800
# Motherboard model: K9N2 SLI Platnium
# Video card: MSI 8800GTS
# Hard drive(s) Seagate SATA 80Gb
# No other cards.
# Operating system: win32 XP
# Power Supply: New ANTEC Neoblue 650W.
Will

Quote from: hifi239 on 04-February-09, 00:37:10
Thanks for all the information. As I said, I have the MB working on a spare Sempron and I am waiting for a new 940, but here are some facts I'm still curious about:
1. With a plain vanilla Sempron 3400+ and a plain vanilla one stick of slow memory my K9N2 SLI Platinum will not boot correctly with bios 3.3, even after resetting cmos, unplugging, etc. MSI tech had to send me 3.3B3. Anyone know why that would be. Is there something wrong or different about my MB compared with everyone else that has 3.3? What bug in 3.3 is fixed with 3.3B3?
The sempron should boot correctly. (3.3Beta3 is a pre-3.30)
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2. I'm sorry but I think that with 3.2 or 3.3 or 3.3B3, before flashing, after flashing, with cmos reset, with cmos not reset, the bios should never put the red maximum 1.8 volts on a CPU it doesn't recognize. I never set that parameter. It is a bios bug for it to switch up to 1.8 Vcore. I had the 9850BE at Auto (about 1.1V I think).
You need 3.30 and after reset the cmos.
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3. "I doubt it burned the CPU" Really? The max case temp for 940 is 60C. Mine got to 80C. That's not good, even if it does still work. Fortunately I purchased from NE who will RMA it.
I doubt yours even got 80C as you where using the wrong BIOS...did you measure it with a digital temp-meter?
Did you burn your fingers on the heatsink?
It's not the first time a CPU temp is being read wrong in the BIOS.
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4. digit123abc said "i have the same board and 940BE, 3.3 sets the cpu voltage to 1.8volts even after bios reset and loading defaults" So, when I get the new 940, with 3.3B3 am I really going to have to rush into the bios and change the 1.8Volts to auto before I burn that CPU also? If so, that's a bad bios bug.
A BIOS default is Vcore at Auto, never seen anything else....not a BIOS-bug but he didn't reset the cmos after flashing.
And again 3.3Beta3 is older then 3.30 that is release version.
Same as with Windows7 Beta....thats prior to Windows7 Release.

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

MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum with 1090t Problem

If anyone can figure this out, they will help me alot.
I updated my bios from 3.8 to 3.9. and it didnt anything
Light indicator.
http://imageshack.us/f/691/bioch.jpg/
While mine is
Group4. Led 4
   Led 5 Blinking between eachother (red light)
Group3. Led 6 Red
   Led 7 off
Group2. Led 8 Off
   Led 9 Green
Group1. Led 10 Red
   Led 11 Off
My Conclusion is that the lights are messed.
I have both yellow and Green light at the bottom of my motherboard.
In the instructions it says
Green light means the computer is powered on
Yellow means computer is standby.
The yellow light is on 24/7 even if the computer is off
The green light is on when i turn the computer (which is right)
I installed DualCoreCenter From MSI and it causes bsod.
The computer was working fine until I ran Prime95. It shutdown. And than it shutdown twice a starting windows screen. It worked fine after a while, but it shutdown again now. I dont wonna turn it on again.
My problem is somewhat similar to this persons.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=126143.0
I previously had q9400 with asus p5qlpro. I didnt know how to reinstall the os. the only thing i had to was reinstall nvidia drivers for the 9600 gso.

Quote from: impossibledone on 11-August-11, 09:41:47
Recently installed a 1090T on N9N2 Diamond and did testing on K9N2 SLI Platinum. All good after I flashed to 2.8 (the correct BIOS for that CPU). I Had the same problem with CPU sticking to heatsink, It was not caused by heat, I suspect the socket is weak. I just carefully pried it off.
Did I miss something? How did everyone jump on the CPU cooler without knowing what sort of case it's installed in/# of fans/what size fans, etc...?
did you have the same problem with different bios?

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 led questions

Hello all, I have the K9N2 SLI Platinum, everything is working pretty well for me, I just have a couple questions about the motherboard LED lights..
from the manual>> "LED 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
These four LEDs allow users to identify system problems through 16 various combinations
of LED signals."
First question: All are leds in that group are "green" meaning "Operating System Booting".....these LEDS stay on the whole time though when running Windows, is that normal? Everything is running fine in Windows XP SP2
Second question: Also on the board near the bottem LED15 and LED16, now led15 lights whens the system is power on, I understand that, but LED16 constantly stays lit as well, a orange color, states it's for "standy mode", so basicly I don't get why it would stay on all the time, doesn't seem to be causing problems though.
my specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ AM2 125W, Thermaltake Toughpower 850W ATX12V / EPS12V, mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB)DDR2 800 1.8V, DIAMOND Viper Radeon HD 3870 PCI Express 2.0 x16, MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum (MS-7374) BIOS version 3.1

Everything you describe is perfectly normal for the LEDs.
1 - normal, will show all green after successful POST and loading OS and remain lit from there on untill shut down.
2 - LED 15 lit when PC is powered on, normal
LED 16 shows that PSU is on and providing stand by power to MB, basically shows that PSU is plugged in, turned on and ready to power PC and will stay lit as long as PSU is on, again normal.
If that's it then

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum problem

I just got my Corsair 650TX PSU from the mail today. Installed it and connected everything. When I turned the power on, nothing showed up. I did see red lights, and I thought "oh no...". So I went to check the manual and said if it red, then my old PSU must've taken out my CPU out at the same time. I did see my graphic card spinning, *relief* So I just wanted to double check with you guys if that's my CPU is totally gone/dead for good? I checked all connectors and made sure there was no problem. Everything was connected and well plugged.
My specs under sig as usual:
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD 64 X2 4000+ 2.8Ghz (OC'D)
Bios Version 3.1 (6/3/2008)
2X 2 GB Corsair RAM 5-5-5-18 468.8 MHZ
EVGA 8800GT 512MB DDR3
16X DVD+/- RW Dual Layer
Corsair 650TX Watts PSU
Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Quote from: Bas on 15-January-09, 15:56:44
I agree, probably other parts went up in smoke as well.
The first thing comes to mind it the board is damaged too, as it's the first part being connected to the PSU.
Quote from: a4m4d64 on 15-January-09, 22:25:39
Most likely, the board shorted and fried the PS, Board RMA ????
Oh no...I hope the board isn't dead. I am going to be getting a new CPU and I will find out if it works or not. *Keeping my fingers cross.*
Another thing, I doubt the board is dead, because when I turned it back on, all the light is still lit upon powering up. So its obviously still working. But no post screen, and like I said before, upon looking at the LED lights according to page 2-26 on my manual, I got the first box. It states "System PowerOn- The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly". So I know first thing come to mind is that I am certain the processor is installed properly when my original PSU died. I never took it out. Which left me the final choice, the CPU is officially dead/fried or however you want to call it.

Dead k9n2 SLI Platinum after playing a game for 5 minutes

Ok, msi people
I purchased the k9n2 sli platinum, installed it with AMD athlon x2 6400+, 4gb Corsair gaming memory, an 8800gts(g92) gpu, and a zalman 750 watt psu.
The first motherboard died on me when I was playing GRID. So naturally I tried to start it back up, but instead it did nothing. The only thing that happens is a flicker of the blue pci led's and an attempt to power on followed by an instant shutoff. This all takes place in about 2 hundredths of a second.
As I try to diagnose the problem I naturally begin to remove things. It wasn't until I removed the dedicated cpu power (8-pin) until I got any different reaction from the board. Once that was removed, the board powers on, however the bios will not post because the CPU can't function without that power. I even removed the graphics card, memory, and cpu before I got to this step.
Just yesterday I received the second motherboard to replace this one (same exact model and version k9nw 1.2) and after running for 15 minutes, I opened up my game (GRID) and about 5 minutes into playing the game THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENS! The board is completely dead, same issue and absolutely no answers.
I tried contacting MSI's tech support but got no answer so I turned to this forum.
I have a good amount of experience building and working with computers so i know that both boards were properly installed.
My question is this, why does MSI market a gaming motherboard that blows when I am playing GRID? I have been a loyal MSI customer for the last 6 years, so I am very disheartened by the performance of this board and the lack of customer service.

Quote from: Bas on 10-July-08, 03:25:04
Make sure it's a case with metal spacers.
As for the PSU, I would send it back and get this one: >>Corsair 750W 60A @ 12V Single rail<<
It's cheaper too
We know that the Corsairs work for sure, nobody ever complained they didn't.
If it helps OP regarding a new PSU, I can confirm what's stated in the quote above. Using the same PSU, no problems whatsoever.

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.

K9N2 Sli Platinum - won't boot? Can't figure out problem.

Hey guys. My computer practically crapped itself the other day, and there were so many symptoms I'm not quite sure
what to even search for.
I've had this computer for about a year now. no problems since the day i built it.
specs:
Msi K9n2 Sli Platinum mobo
AMD Athlon 64x2 3.2 Ghz
2x BFG Nvidia Geforce 9800 GTX+
2x Cosair xms2 2gb ddr2
1000 watt BFG EX Series
Sony DvD drive
1tb western digital drive
So i was playing SC2 and my computer froze. So i restarted and it hung during windows loading.
I turned it off waited a few seconds and started... still hung. Cycled it and tried a couple more times.
Still nothing. Naturally i assumed it was a virus so i repaired my windows installation. After it finished it hung on
Windows has finished repairing your computer will now restart. I waited about an hour and decided to just restart
myself. Next time it booted asked me if i wanted to boot from cd and then it just shutdown like i pulled the plug.
Then i thought well i ruined my windows install. I tried booting again it did the same thing. So i just said screw it
ill reformat. But this time there was no signal from my graphics card. When i turn the computer on it will normally
be loud and then get quiet after everything has booted. But now it just turns on and stays loud because i suspect
it's still booting. So i took everything apart. Tried connecting and unconnecting everything. moving ram etc...
Ive got it to boot twice but after that it crashes before windows loads like a plug pull and it wont boot again.
I cant tell whats wrong it could be everything but nothing makes sense. I've built about 7 or 8 computers.
gotten rid of several viruses and bad hardware but I've never seen anything like this.
I tried checking the LED codes for the board. Leds 11 and 10 and 9 and 8 alternate red and green which means HDD and floppy drive are trying to boot.
but it does that even when my harddrive is not connected and it still wont show video. Ive even rotated the graphics cards and tried a 7900gs. nothing.
Edit: now led 6 and 7 are red.
please help me out. Thanks.

Yeah the case i have is the antec 1200. Never had a problem with heat before.
Ive tried it with just the ram and the cpu and it still gives me the lights so i
guess it must be the mobo or processor. I don't have another motherboard to test everything else on
all my other pcs are 5 to 7 years old.
I was thinking about keeping all my old parts and buying these as replacements:
MSI NF980-G65 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 140W Quad-Core Processor
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

K9n2 SLI Platinum continuously powers on & powers off

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