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

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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:
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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).
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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?
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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.
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Stop 0x0000007E on the next line
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also: http://i44.tinypic.com/120pix4.jpg
The readings of Temperatures the TMPIN0 and TMPIN1, north and south bridge are ok. The TMPIN2 127°C is a dead sensor, it allways was like that from the beginning. Don´t pay attention to it.
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My best regards,
Florin
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum
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I'm confused. You say to ignore the 127° reading, but then state you are concerned and talk about a false reading. What reading and what exactly are you concerned with, the CPU temps? If your system were getting that hot(127°C), you'd shut down or blow something. I'm sure it's a false reading.
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You are most welcome! Ever so kind!
No performace lost, instead higher efficiency like you noticed.
Think of it like this:
A pipe with a big diameter can transport a lot of fluid.
A pipe with high pressure, where things have a high speed, can transport a lot of fluid.
A pipe where the diameter is not the same in both ends. Well, you can't say how much fluid will come out the other end, at least not without a lot of calculating and testing. (Like you also noticed. :D )
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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/

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# 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 with Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283V Mounted - w/ Pictures

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So.
I had some Credit available at a local Micro Center after returning a couple items to there that didn't work.
I decided to apply this credit to a new Cooler for my Phenom II 940 BE; and I settled on a Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283V. It is basically the same thing as Xigmatek's HDT-S1283; just with black nickle over its aluminum fins and copper heat pipes. Read a lot of reviews that seemed to put Xigamtek's HDT model Coolers "on par" with both the TRue120 and OCZ Vendetta. I settled on the Black Knight primarily because I didn't want one that was all shiny and flashy; and this one supported the "snap on" lever set up of the AM2+ socket; rather then having to removemy Mob and bolting it on.
Got it mounted; though it didn't quite mount the way I had wanted it to; was hoping to have vertical, it so the fan blew through it and out the back of the case, via the case fan on the back. But it mounts horizontal the AM2 Socket. So the Fan is flat and blowing downwards.
Anyway.
I am thus far not as impressed as I had hoped. It does not seem any better then my Stock Cooler; with my Phenom II 940BE on stock settings at 3.0ghz..
Idle temps around 44c.
Running Prime95 and it immediately jumped to 55c as soon as the "Torture Test" started, and gradually rose to 64c where its been holding there. I get the same results from my Stock Cooler.
This, is with Arctic Silver 5 applied to the base of the block as opposed to the thermal compound that came included with it.
Anyway, here are some pictures of it mounted on my K9N2 SLI Platinum.
Dark Knights Fan is blowing air DOWNwards.
Case Fan immediately to the left of the Dark Knight here, is blowing air out the back of the case.
The Case fan just above that, is blowing air into the case, as my HDD used to be there but no longer is.
The Case fan at the roof, of the case, is also blowing air into the case.
There is a large 120mm fan on the front of the case which is not shown, that is also blowing air into the case.
Left side of the Dark Knight; just barely touches the CIRCU PIPE Heat sink.
Right Side of the Dark Knight, just barely covers DIMM Slot 1. It pushed my Ram to the side by a couple Milimeters, so I moved them into Dimms slots 3-4.
Perhaps, the rest of my Fans need to be adjusted to work best with this; I am not sure.
But I expected to see at least a difference of 5 - 10 degrees celsius when compared with my stock cooler. I was, hoping to use this thing to push my chip into a higher Overclock. As it is, with my stock cooler, I can not overclock much higher then 3.4ghz. But if this Xigmatek is preforming about the same as my stock cooler, then I am afraid it just won't do for a suitable cooler for overclocking...

The Stock vCore for the chip is 1.350v.
I was able to go as high as 3.5gz with that. When I pushed to 3.6ghz, I had to push the vCore up to 1.375v.
At 3.7ghz, I had to push the vCore up to 1.4v.. and am now running at 1.450v for 3.8ghz.
This particular chip is claimed to be able to push 4.0ghz at 1.5v; though most people haven't been able to achieve this without Liquid Cooling. Infact, AMD set a Worlds Record with this chip, pushing it to 6.5ghz under Liquid Nitrogen... They did the same with the PhenomII x3 720BE.
Also; I was using the Stock Cooler on mine at 3.5ghz and was getting similar Temps to what you're getting. The Stock AMD cooler can't take that chip much pasted the 3.5/3.6 marks, depending on Chip, as bare in mind, not every chip of the same model is the same. Your 940BE may run differently from mine...
You're also using a different motherboard; so your Heat Pipes layout and configuration is different from mine; nt sure if this would have much effect on your CPU heat, don't think it should.... But it looks like your Mobo has more room to mount that V1 in a vertical position, with the fan blowing out the rear. Coolers like mine, can't mount that way.
I honestly believe though, if Xigmatek were able to supply their S1283 series coolers with a mounting bracket that would allow it to mount vertically like that, then it would dramatically improve its performance.
At present, mine is blowing air up, from the Video Cards, through the Cooler, and up towards the fans at the top which pulls it out the case. My video Cards are pushing 70c under load so I'm already pulling hot air. I also have two Thermaltake iCage's now, with 120mm Fans on the front, blowing air out the back. One of those is blowing air directly over the Cooler, and out the rear case fan.... which is why I think if I were able to mount a cooler in a vertical position, the CPU would probably run even cooler.

K9N2 SLI Platinum Brick

So I recently replaced a faulty ASUS Crosshair with what I was led to believe was a better board, the MSI K9N2. I had a little trouble getting it installed, but I managed to work around that with nLite and reinstalling windows with the RAID drivers. So I got it to boot to windows once, installed all the drivers, and restarted. I went into the BIOS to save the settings in the "USER SETTINGS" menu, and the BIOS froze up and crashed. I gave it a while in case it was going to do something, and then restarted. Nothing happened. The diagnostic LEDs were going between "Testing base and extended memory" and "Boot Attempt". I shut down, disconnected power, reset BIOS, and tried again. Now it's only showing "Boot Attempt" on the LEDs, and still nothing.
So tell me, is there anything I can do, or am I in for more of the same? And is there another motherboard that would be more appropriate for my system?
Also important: hardware I'm using now.
K9N2 SLI Platinum (MS-7374 VER 1.2)
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition
Corsair Gaming memory 2x2GB (CGM2X2G800)
BFG 8800 GTX OC X2
SeaSonic SS-650HT +3.3V@24A,+5V@30A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,+12V3@18A, +12V4@18A,[email protected],[email protected]
Seagate 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive X4
Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW and a Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW
Creative X-Fi 7.1 Sound Card
Windows XP SP2 (without themes, or sample pictures, music, etc.)

Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 07-July-08, 06:03:51
From first post of yours I would have guessed at a processor problem. Hard to imagine you used that Phenom in the ASUS system too, but did you?
ModificatioNNNNN:
- "Agena 9850 (B3, 125W) 200 12.5 SINCE 3.1 "
- http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1443
No, the ASUS was an AM2, not an AM2+, and didn't support the Phenom. I figured I'd pick up a new processor while I was getting a new motherboard. I can say it's not a processor problem, unless both the new Phenom and the old FX were bad, as I tried to boot with the board on a board, and tried both processors.

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 - 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 Powers down.

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