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

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Hi, excuseme
the leds 4-6-8-10 in RED, not video what is´t?
help me please°!!!

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K9N2 SLI Platinum: LED Codes and System Freezes

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K9N2 SLI Platinum LED Status Lights

System Info
9950BE
4x2 GB 1066 DDR2
GTX 260
OCZ 600W Stealth X Stream PSU
I just purchased the MB, CPU, and Ram last week and have been reinstalling Vista the last couple days (had to do it a couple times due to my personal screwups). I haven't had time to really test out stability and all of that, but 3D Mark Vantage runs fine, and any games I have briefly tested do well too. I noticed, though, that the LED Status Lights are dancing around.
Group 4 - Flashing Between Red and Green
Group 5 - Red
Group 6 - Red
Group 7 - Flashing twice as fast between Red and Green than Group 4.
Does anyone know what this configuration of lights means? It does it as soon as I turn on the system, and stays like this. I can not find any info online to help me out, and the manual doesn't give info on "flashing" lights either. I know my PSU isn't ideal, but since everything else I have done works, I'm wondering if it truly is the problem or not.
I just basically want to know if this is something I should be genuinely worried about? And if I should, does it mean the board has a problem or another component?
Thanks for your time!

I have lowered the memory down to 800, no difference. I haven't done anything with the processor FSB and don't plan to (just spent a lot of money on this system and I'm not going to kill it now).
I'm beginning to think I just shouldn't worry about it. I just got through the FEAR 2 demo on this PC with all visual settings maxed (Res 2048x1536, 4xAA) and it ran beautifully.
I am still going to run to Microcenter now and get a better PSU just to be safe, but at this point, I'm going to write it off as a bad status LED. Of course, if anyone has any other ideas or worries, please pass them on.

K9N2 Sli Platinum led and hibernate problem

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K9N2 SLI Platinum: LED's not 4 greens but system appears to work

I'm getting an LED error code but my system works. The error is reds on groups 1 & 2 and greens on groups 3 & 4 which the manual describes as "Initializing Hard Drive Controller. This will initialize IDE drive and controller.". I would have guessed that once the OS is starting to load everything should be green (I know that's how it used to be).
What does this mean?
Thanks in advance.

Quote from: cosmicaug on 19-June-09, 04:31:26
I realized later that it has also been unstable. That is, I have had instances of it running with two red lights and instances of it crashing (4 red lights and perhaps other LED codes). I think that I might have enabled something in the Green Power Center. Perhaps it's been undervolting something or doing something else which is producing instability? Just wild speculation on my part as I can't even tell what is actually happening when it's crashed because I don't have a monitor at the moment* (I've been running it remotely).
I'll see if I have green lights when I get home (I left it on --I have it running some sort of program now called Stress Prime 2004).
* I've sent it for RMA service.
4 greens after 4 hours with a cpu load after uninstalling Dual Core vs. unstable without a load a short time after booting or stable but with 2 red lights also unloaded. Let's see if the trend continues after a few reboots.
Also unmentioned is the fact that Green Power Center crashes on program close for me. This happened with the version on the cd as well as with the newest version.

K9N2 SLI Platinum - JPW2 connection essential? Also, question about diagLEDs

I've been running a K9N2 SLI Platinum with a Phenom 9950BE and 2 Geforce 9800GT video cards for half a year now, running as stable as any computer could and I couldn't be happier. However, there's one thing that I've always had a question about - the molex connection on the board labeled JPW2. The manual says that JPW2 is "used to provide power to stable the operation of graphics card", but using the PCI-E connectors on the card appears to be adqeuate to running a stable system.
In regards to this though, am I running the risk of an underpowering my motherboard not having JPW2 plugged in? The 24-pin and 8-pin power connectors on the board are of course plugged in and my concern is merely (hopefully!) academic at this point, but I'm just curious if not having power running through JPW2 would cause any problems down the line. My components are power hogs and I believe my power supply is up to it, but I'd love it if someone wiser than I could indulge my curiousity.
Also, my diagnostic LEDS are reading something other than four green solid lights in normal operation (successful POST, Windows loaded and running). If you were to view the motherboard correctly mounted in the case, the order of the lights are: [G][R][R][G]. The manual refers to this as "BIOS Sign On - This will start showing information about logo, processor brand name, etc..." which is as incredibly unhelpful as it can be when it comes to this sort of thing. I state again that this doesn't effect normal operation - it's just another thing that I'm curious about.
Thank you for helping me put my mind to rest!
SPECS
K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD Phenom 9950BE
8GB G.Skill 800MHz DDR2 RAM
2x Geforce 9800GT 1GB
Seagate Barracuda ST3320620AS 320GB HDD
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB HDD
LITE-ON DH-20A4P-04 20x DVD-DL Writer
Thermaltake W0116RU 750W ATX Power Supply
CM Storm Sniper ATX Case
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

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1. Will not plugging in JPW2 will adversely affect system performance stability.
No, but its recommended to be connected.
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2. Diagnostic led is shoring GRRG during normal use. No apparent adverse effects. Manual quite unhelpful. Cause?
If the system works OK ignore it. Else ask here: http://ocss.msi.com/

Orange LED Power wont start on K9N2 SLI Platinum

on my new K9N2 SLI Platinum
i put every thing together all things needed plugged in the when i power it up nothing happens
and a LED turns on the Orange LED 15 or 16 i cant tell but i dont know what to do

Do >>Clear CMOS Guide<< also try with 1 memory stick in 1st DIMM near to CPU socket.
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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.

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 shows all green, but no video output

Ok, here goes - I hope you guys can help me...
I built a new setup last night, using the following components:
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition 2.5 Ghz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core
K9N2 SLI Platinum
OCZ Reaper HPC 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (2 x 2GB)
eVGA GeForce 9800 GTX (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready
Seagate IDE Hard Drive 120GB (not sure of model)
Windows XP Home Edition SP2 installed
Antec Earthwatts 650 - voltages follow:
Min Max
+5V 0.2A 25.0A ±5％
+12V1 0.5A 22.0A ±5％
+12V2 0.5A 22.0A ±5％
+12V3 0.5A 25.0A ±5％
-12V 0 A 0.5A ±10％
+5VSB 0 A 2.5A ±5％
+3.3V 0.1A 25.0A ±5％
I build the board, mount all components, then power on - board LEDs cycle through pattern, then land on all green. There is no video output at all during this process. I tried the PCI-E card, the onboard DVI, the onboard DVI without the video card installed.
During boot, I hear a beep that may be a long (sounds like a faint "power on" beep), and then two fainter beeps in quick succession. They don't seem to be in connection with one another.
During the boot, there is also little to no activity from the hard drive. The board reaches all green, then I hear the CPU fan spin faster, and the hard drive activates, then the board flashes to all red, and the reboot sequence begins again.
I've tried removing memory, seating just one stick, and swapping out for a second stick. The fact that the board reaches all green makes me think that everything is seated properly and functioning, but the fact that there is no video output (hence no way to access BIOS) is obviously troubling, plus the incapability of booting.
Questions - the 8-pin ATX power connection had a cover over four of the eight pins - why is that there? I connected an eight pin to the connector, should I have left the cover in place and just used a four?
I realize that using an older hard drive from a previous build is not the best idea, but I'm hoping it shouldn't be a factor this early in the boot process.
I have not flashed the CMOS yet - would that have any effect on the boot process? Again, getting to all green is promising, but the subsequent return to all red is... not.
I've looked through the forum as best I could, but didn't see any issue where the board got to all green, and then backtracked when starting up.
Any help you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated...

Hello!
Don't worry about the hard disk for now. You will need a new installation of Windows, but that would be next step.
9850 needs the latest BIOS version. http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1443&maincat_no=1
Use the MSI forum tool. https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=116721.0 Impossible of course! Ask the store to update BIOS for you, or find an earlier, simpler compatible processor friend.
The single beep is a power-good signal. The two fainter ones are probably USB things attached.

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum - Help

Hi All
I'm new here and as I'm not sure where to look for help I thought posting a question might be best:-
I have 3 hot swap drive caddies only one of which is live. The internal fan became noisy so I simply swapped the connections (SATA, Power, HDD LED) for one of the unused caddies.
I now cannot boot although I clearly have power and the 4/8 boot LED's immediately show 2 green 2 red. According to my book it says that means ‘Initialising Hard Drive Controller' – that’s as far as it get's. I'm not getting anything on screen.
I did briefly reconnect the old Caddy but that made no difference. I have looked to see if I've accidentally disconnected something but thus far nothing appears to be wrong.
Whilst I built my machine there are some things I can't always work out so if anyone has any ideas it would be appreciated.
System Info:-
Gigabyte Aurora Case
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD 9850 Quadcore 64bit Black Series
2 x Nvidia GT9800 Graphics (Ones out for now)
8 Gb RAM
OS Windows 7 64 Ultimate (Demountable Drive 250Gb Partitioned)
Plus 1 x 759Gb & 1 x 1Tb internal HDD partitioned.
Barbara

I have solved the problem myself!!
For anybody that it may help:-
I had an old IDE CDR which I disconnected ages ago BUT the IDE cable was still connected to the mainboard without issue. The LED error code (2 Green 2 Red) states - ' Initialising Hard Drive Controller - This will initialise IDE Drive and controller'.
For reasons that make no sense I removed the IDE Cable....and the machine booted without issue. This cable as I said was not in use and had caused no issues before.
By the way 'BAS' - If you read my post properly you may notice clues... like 'I clearly have power and the 4/8 boot LED's immediately show 2 green 2 red'...unless of course you use Steam or Gas :(
Barbara

K9N2 SLI Platinum - new Phenom support and OC

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SUPPORTS
AMD PHENOM X2 965 BE CPU
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if it didn't I would be crying in a corner somewhere not posting this from my super fast PC
Thanks to all you guys
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Hi guys,
Had my lovely new M/B for a few months now and It has been a wonderful board.
despite one hiccup where the PCIE bus had a moment / died ( flashing the BIOS to latest fixed it )
My setup currently :
Jeantech Storm 700w Modular PSU
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD Phenom 9550
with Zalman silent fan
4GB crap ass RAM (that's a real brand .. honest)
2 x BFG 9800GTX+OC in SLI I likes these .. they make lovely noises in my dark room .. VrrrrUmmmmmmm mmm mmmm mmm
500 GB slow ass HDD (Again the marketing dept of this brand were out to lunch when they launched it)
Windows 7 RC. latest build
Nvidia Det's 190.xxx latest driver
mostly playing Fallout 3 (graphics are beautiful but notice the CPU is lagging behind now)
So to the Crux of my issues :-
I'm looking to upgrade a few things here though,
as you can see a few components are severely bottlenecking performance.
First off the RAM.
going to get some nice Kingston 1066 DDR2 (4GB or should I go for 8GB ?)
next .. a WD VelociRaptor 10k rpm HDD probably just a small 74GB or the 150GB drive
and finally the pies de resistance ( yes PIES ! .. I like PIES !!) shiny new AMD Phenom 965 CPU
SO... Will the 965 phenom work in this board ? I've logged on tech support but no answer,
latest BIOS is installed already 7374v35 i think.
I know it's a 140W CPU so okay there,
the Socket AM2+/AM3 is good
.. I just NEED to be sure before spending £200.00
if not .. is it worth getting the 945 or 955 BE and clocking them ... could the board handle clocking the 965 ??
and last of all, if any one has any opinions on the build .. let me know... have you built a similar rig ?
cheers all
PIES out ~!
OCD

WoW !!
Thanks for the replies guys, I really appreciate it...
and after a drunken bout of spontaneous cash wastage on the internet last night :
1) AMDOA06KNF PHENOM II X4 965 £151.07
2) WDGA060T2 WD VELOCI RAPT 150GB £99.07
3) KTEA069M4 4GB 1066MHZ DDR2 £41.70
... goods on the way...
So I guess in a few days I'll be able to update you all on the build and will more than likely be updating this post with my random moronic questions and queries when the next thing goes wrong
looking into Power requirements
9800GTX+ SLI requires a min 550w PSU .. and so far in top gaming and 3D benchs hasn't gone over 250w on the meter ( pretty good I think)
the Zalman CNPS9700 LED seems to keep everything cool without any power to the fan... but I leave power on low just for the pretty blue lights
I'm happy to listen to any advice though,
One thing I will need is any pointers you can give on the K9N2 built in OC facility in the BIOS .. is it any good .. can I TRUST it to not fry my CPU by running it on auto ? is there any recommended settings ? etc. your thoughts and experiences welcomed
OCD

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.

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