KT3 Ultra2---BSOD

SUP...
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.  I'm upgrading my old Soyo Slot 1 PIII mobo to a KT3 Ultra2.  I'm also upgrading my processor to an AMD Athlon XP1700+ and going from regular SDRAM to DDR266.  I have a nVidia GeForce2 MX 200 vid card w/32MB RAM.  Running a Soundblaster plain jane sound card.
Every time I start the system with the new board, proc, and RAM, I get a BSOD telling me that Windows was shut down to prevent damage to the OS and that I should remove any new hard drives/ hard drive controllers and then run chkdsk /f.
At first I thought that there was a conflict between the Intel 82371AB/EB IDE controllers and the VIA chipset on the new board so I unstalled the Intel controllers and then switched mobos.  Still getting the same error.
Any ideas, tips, hints, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Format the harddisk and install the OS from scratch....

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    manager in safe mode.  I then removed from the device
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    that their host controllers.  I then booted to VGA
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    IRQ 11   RADEON 8500 SERIES    OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
    Controller   OK   
    IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
    IRQ 0   System timer   OK   
    IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK   
    IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK   
    IRQ 12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse   OK   
    IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2
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    IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK   
    IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK   
    IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK   
    Next I attempt to (already plugged into D-Bracket
    port) power on my buslink USB 2.0 hard drive.  As soon
    as I do the machine immediately goes to a blue screen.
    No messages given but numbers are shown. I have screen
    shots taking with my digital camera.  I then returned
    to safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before,
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    restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
    this time plugged into the onboard legacy ports.  I
    can I get another blue screen this time including a
    message "IRQL not less or equal", again I have taken
    screen shots with my digital camera.I then returned to
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    boot to VGA mode.  Once the USB drivers have been
    restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
    this time plugged into the front panel USB ports
    (4&6).  When I power it on Windows XP warns me that I
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    computer". I go through the add hardware wizard to try
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    working properly.  Still I do not see the drive.
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    after the above steps. I then returned to safe mode,
    remove the USB drivers as I did before, and boot to
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    attempt to power on the bus link hard drive this time
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    letter) not being recognizable".
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    Next I disable USB ports in BIOS and install USB PCI card. Then power on the USB HD plugged into card. Same result. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable."
    Next I remove the USB card. I enter BIOS and set to "2" ports. Presumably this turns on the USB1.1 ports on the mobo. I return to windows xp. It now seems to install the drivers, but just as it finishes I get a "a problem has been encountered instaaling this device (it has done this before but after finishing I get the blue screen most times). Next I goto the device manager, and in my USB devices I have a USB mass storage device w/ a yellow flag. I goto properties and see a:
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    Finally I reboot, and set 4 ports in BIOS, making my JUSB3 FRONT PANEL usb1.1? ports active. Interestingly these respond like the PCI card. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable." As soon as I power off the USB HD things are normal...
    I will take this USB HD to work tomorrow just to ensure its integrity. Any other ideas? What kinds of BIOS settings might F up USB?
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    3COM Ethernet card
    Corsair XMS PC2700 512MB (Silver heatspreader)
    Turbolink 420W PS
    Lite-On CDRW
    PS: Sorry for the length...

    Have you tried with another CPU ? If not, please do so ; or return the CPU for RMA.

  • Lack of Ghz KT3 Ultra2 Barton 3000+

    Dont want to sound like a broken record but I aswell am having problems with my newly purchased Barton 3000+ (400 fsb) with my MSI KT3 Ultra2. The problem is that whenever I try to set the FSB to the correct level, the computer fails to boot and I have to jump the cmos. I updated my bios to ver 5.7, and the highest i can get is to a 2400+
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    I've tried flashing with 3 different versions of 5.7 drivers, and even gave the 5.6 a go (highest i could get was 2200+) The highest I could get the FSB is to 199, but as soon as i try for 200 it zonks out on me. I've got 768 megs of no name ram that has served me well, and so thats not the problem... (hope not) I've also read a buncho topics and tried various things from them.
    If I missed anything lemme know....
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  • BIOS Settings Problem on KT3 Ultra2 MS-6380E with Barton 3000+(FSB333)

    Well, I finally got my Barton 3000+ with 333 MHz FSB and installed it yesterday in my MSI KT3 Ultra2 Mainboard....
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    +12 V / 15 A
    -5 V / 0.5 A
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    Then I exited and watched the restart...but it didn't start-up it only got me 3 long beeps at the HOST.
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    CPU: AMD XP 3000+  FSB 100 MHz
    RAM: 1x512 MB Infineon PC3200 CL 2-3-3-7 (BIOS setting CAS Latency by "SPD")
    Storage: Western Digital WD800BB (80 GB) (Firmware 17.07W17)
    Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 172T with Driver Version 1.0
    OS: Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
    With all Default settings, the Computer boots up, and is correctly Recognized as a Barton 1300 MHz.
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    NOW...
    ...after adding one BIOS setting after another I narrowed the problem down to the "CPU Fast Command (decode)" Function...if set to Ultra it does not boot-up when running 166 MHz FSB, it does not even let me into BIOS. I have to clear CMOS and restart from scratch again...
    Is this normal and expectable with a Barton 3000+ running at the native 166 MHz FSB or not ?
    Since my system before was running on "Ultra" with my old AMD XP 2100+.
    There is only one more thing I noticed, the CPU V-Core is shown to be only 1.616 V (setting on "Auto" but it should be 1.65 V ? Should I increase the V-Core to 1.675 V in order to get closer to 1.65 V or shouldn't I worry about ?
    Thanks for any Input you can give me on the problem.
    Iscaran

    Iscaran, you are indeed correct in the statement which you made
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    ...after adding one BIOS setting after another I narrowed the problem down to the "CPU Fast Command (decode)" Function...if set to Ultra it does not boot-up when running 166 MHz FSB, it does not even let me into BIOS. I have to clear CMOS and restart from scratch again...
    This setting can be set to fast/ultra on the KT3 Ultra2 when using PC2100 ram running at 266. However, when using PC2700 ram running at 333, this setting MUST be set to normal for the satisfactory operation of the board. I know that you have PC3200 ram actually installed but it is only running at 333.
    Quote
    Is this normal and expectable with a Barton 3000+ running at the native 166 MHz FSB or not ?
    Yes, absolutely normal
    Quote
    There is only one more thing I noticed, the CPU V-Core is shown to be only 1.616 V (setting on "Auto" but it should be 1.65 V ? Should I increase the V-Core to 1.675 V in order to get closer to 1.65 V or shouldn't I worry about ?
    How are you measuring this ie Bios or o/s utility? Not unknown that these are incorrect. However, if you feel unhappy about this, try setting the V-core manually to 1.65v and check what this gives.
    Quote
    So 3.3 V x 22 A gives 72.6 W, that could be really a little cutting the edge. Could that cause the board to not respond when setting the "CPU Fast Command" to "Ultra" ?
    Getting a more powerful psu will not likely cure this well documented problem.
    However, this board mostly draws power from the 3.3 & 5v rails. The 12v is mostly used to power HDD, optical and fans. When you consider that 128Mb of ram draws about 8-10w from the 5v rail and you have a total of 1.5Gb that adds up to 96-120W of juice just for the memory alone. This board will beep at you at o/s level when it's running underpowered but my opinion is the same as osnavi's your 3.3v & 5v rails are too low. Also what is combined 3.3v & 5v wattage. What kind of reading do you get on monitoring utilities.
    By the way I have as you can see from my dets below the same board and cpu as you and when I changed from a XP2000 Palomino with PC2100 ram to XP3000 Barton and PC3200, I changed the 'Fast Command' setting from 'Fast' to 'Normal'
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  • Help please-USB 2.0 drive only working at USB 1.1 speed (KT3 Ultra2-C, MS-6593)

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    Go Here: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_detail.php?UID=357&kind=1 and download the Drivers and the Update. Then go into your device manager and click on the host controller of the USB devices and update driver, then select the drivers that you downloaded and restart your computer. once restarted go back into device manager and make sure that what was once "standard host" controller now shows "Enhanced USB 2.0" controller. Hope that helps.

  • KT3 ultra2 BR problem

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    Quote
    Originally posted by larryj
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    Could you prove it was 2100? If so, I would have taken it back and shoved it up........ Sorry, got carried away. I would have dobbed the retailer in to the authorities for misrepresentation or fraud.

  • Working KT3-Ultra2 System suddenly will not post!

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    Quote
    Originally posted by maesus
    You have to clear the CMOS, and 100% make sure it's really cleared. ie, removing battery, discharge all capacitors on the board (with power off and power cord attached for 5 minutes), unplug power cord, set the CMOS jumper to reset for couple of minutes... etc
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  • KT3 Ultra2 & FSB

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