KT3 Ultra2 Overclock Problem.

I recently upgraded from a KT3 Ultra to a KT3 Ultra2.
On the KT3 Ultra i changed the FSB to 140, overclocking my 2000+ to 2200+ @ 1.76, stable. But on the KT3 Ultra2, changing the FSB to 140 equals 1.75 not 1.76Ghz, so the post displays 2000+ not 2200+. Does anyone know why?

I don't see why you're so fascinated with the 2200+ figure. Having a 10MHz jump to make it say 2200 instead of 2000 isn't going to make it gain the actual performance difference between the two(133MHz) . The 2200+ is 1.8GHz btw. You're closer to 2100 speed. If it's possible(dunno if you're limited by 12.5MHz from the cpu, one from the memory, or what) just bump it up to 141fsb and you're set.

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KT3 ultra2 BR problem

I have already read Bas' post about the common problems but still, my own problem can't be solved. I hope you guys could help me. Here's the problem:
Specs: KT3 Ultra2 BR/2 x Kingmax 256 MB DDR333 RAM/AthlonXP 2000+
I know that the default fsb is 100. The system reaches POST at 100 fsb. Now, if I use that fsb, my athlon xp is almost worthless. Everytime I try to set the fsb at 133 and saves the CMOS setup, the system couldn't even initialize the VGA card and won't even reach POST. The LEDs tell me that the problems are with the memory modules. I hope you people can help me because I can't use my system until this is solved. Thank you and more power to you.

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Originally posted by larryj
I bought a stick from auib which I will never do again said it was 2700 turned out ot be 2100 which is prob why it come with a free heatsink caused all kinds of probs for me so I ordered Crucial ram & all is well. http://www.crucial.com if you have another ddr system try it in there but it prob is bad ram.
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.

KT3 Ultra2 mobo problem or others problems

My PC as below;
AMD Athlon XP 1500+ @ 1333 MHz (with box)
MSI KT3 Ultra2-R Ver 1.3 (Bios-Ver5.6)
256 MB Kingmax PC2700
Leadtek WinFast A170 SDR
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy DE Special Edition
40 GB Maxtor D540X Hard Disk Drive (5400RPM)
40*12*48 AOpen CDRW Drive
300 watt Enlight EN-8304946 (Model:HPC-300-101) PSU
+5V= 25A +5V;+ 3.3V=180W max
+3.3V =20A
+12V=13A = 156W
-5V=0.3A = 1.5W
-12V=0.8A = 9.6W
+5VSB =1.5A =7.5W
Blower Fan: 6 Fans (Using other cheap ATX PSU modify by myself)
P/S: no include CPU Fan ,VGA Fan ,Chipset Fan
Drivers & Software:-
Windows XP Pro + SP1
Nvidia 40.72 Driver
VIA 4.43
Power DVD XP
My problem like this; yesterday I playing Audio CD using Power DVD XP, then suddenly the application not respond , so I reset the computer . After booting ,the hard disk can not detect. So turn off the system without do any thing ,let rest 10 minutes & turn on, the hard disk can detect ,so go to windows again, try play cd again, but after this the system was not respond same like above problem .so reset the pc ,after booting the computer can not detect the hard disk again. So I turn off and until today in morning .I turn on my pc,after booting the hardisk can detect.but can’t go to window anymore, because all inside my hdd
was lose, my D Drive data also missing (I got 2 partition-1st partition-C Drive: OS+ Software; 2nd partition -D Drive :MP3 song +My document).But I go to FDISK ,can’t access drive.
This problem I not sure is hard disk problem or power supply problem or mainboard problem. But can’t be the power supply not enough power, because I just have 1 HDD , 1 CDRW Drive,1 Floppy, Mainboard with 1 chipset fan ,AMD Athlon XP1500+ c/w original fan ,VGA+VGA fan & sound card only. But my cousin using P4 2.4 GHz using cheaper & no name PSU with 300watt only and have more drive&may cards:1HDD(7200rpm)+HDD Fan,1CDRW Drive,1 DVD ROM ,1 Geforce2 display +FAN ,1 creative sound card, internal modem & network card. So I think the PSU is no problem and this PSU ,I have check from AMD site ,this PSU recommended by AMD and can support AMD Athlon XP 1500+ to 1700+ only.
But got one time, my pc have usb keyboard problem ,during system restart with press reset, after booting ,the pc can’t detect the keyboard ,and I have enable the legacy usb support , the problem I solve just change PS/2 keyboard only ,after this was working fine. look like same problem but how solve?????
But until today this problem happen .So I need to you help & your good suggestion &good way .please.
Thanks.

but the prices expensive or no. can u give me the model no ,please? but i think the my psu now i'm using is no problem & today i go back i need try POWERMAx to low level format my hdd, see how
But last time i have this psu problem (using pentium MMX with many blower fan with one PSU only),during booting,the HDD can't detect ,but now can detect HDD at booting,then system hang on windows,after restart can't detect HDD,very funny

KT3 Ultra2 Raid Problems

when the raid is enabled and hd attached the boot sequence stops after the raid harddrives have been found and ctrl-f to enter setup has been displayed.
the drives are ok, they work fine on the standard ide connectors.
if someone can help, i would be very greatful.
system ;
kt3 ultra2-r
amd athlon 2000xp+
ati radion 9200 pro
herculese muse 5.1
3com network card
300w power supply

drives are 2xhitachi deskstar and 1xsegate baracuda, all 80gig, all are used as individual drives and the driversfor raid were installed while installing xp.
don know max amps, it just says
+3.3v - 20A
+5v - 30A
+12V - 15A
-12v - 0.8A
-5V - 0.3A
but the system doesnt even get chance to load the drivers because it hangs

Kt3 ultra2-6380 problem

sorry my bad english
I have a problems with integrated chips, sound, usb y modem
I instaled all new drivers,and do not work.
I have winxp, and the software recognized all hardware, but the periferic conected to usb port do not recognized like joystick(nostromo belkin n45, and generic card reader for compact flask card.).
I have not install the drivers for these.Not recognized like drivers for the periferic conected, but this are the correct.
Please help me

Hi Hector! Sorry pero tengo que contestarte en inglés.
Did you enable all the integrated peripherals in Setup ? Did you enable USB ports in Setup ? If you have done it, try to install them manually and give Windows XP the drivers. (I had to load the drivers for XP of my Digital Genius Joystick). About the card reader is internal or external? I had the same problem with an internal card reader. Did the installation by setup of the drivers, even got recognized as 4 different card reader but never get my Memory Stick readed, so returned it to the store.- Good Luck ! 8)

KT3 Ultra2 USB Problem

I've just upgraded from WIN ME to WIN XP Home. I did a clean install.
I have two problems:
1. XP Home boots up very slowly (~2 minutes....very painful to watch X( ). Once at the desk top there is no speed problem.
2. My Logitech MX-700 USB Optical mouse will not auto-connect to the USB port. I've tried all 6. (two on back of board, two in front of PC, and two on the D-Bracket).
My troubleshooting:
- I've uninstalled and reinstall the Mouse drivers.
- I've uninstalled ALL USB hubs and controllers in Device Manager.
My system boot up problem went away after I uninstalled the USB hubs and controllers.....and came right back again after rebooting with them installed.
SO....my problem is with the USB ports....
Please help.

I've spoken to a Logitech Rep and MSI Rep.
The problem is with the USB hub/controllers.
None of my USB devices work properly. They all hang the system at startup (very slow startup). They all do not auto-connect.
Please help.

KT3-Ultra2 Raid problem

Just recently i've had a problem with my raid, when i go through post it tells me that i'm connected with a 40 ribbon cable and that it had downgraded the ATA from 133 to 66. Ive checked the cables and they are both in good condition and i don't seem to be able to get things back to ATA133. Has anyone else had the same problem andis there anyway of fixing it?
All help would be apreciated

i have an enermax 550 AND a 435 as the redundant back up, and they are both good. I get the same problem with my K7T266Pro2-RU. Its the AMIBIOS, plain and simple. You cant boot to a bootable cd in the scsi CDROM (or any other bootable scsi device) with the ide raid enabled, or something similar. I got through it but i have no idea how. What i documentd as working isnt working right now, cuz i just tried it :P. All i can say is fart around with it, make sure the host bus adapter is compatible and plug and PRAY, it'll work eventually and when it does it will go smooth from there (ie...i got mine workin fine, i just have n idea how)

KT3 Ultra2 boot problems

Ok my system was running fine for a long time now. I recently went out of town and I unplugged all cable going to my system(after a shutdown). Did this so no one would use my system while I was away. Anyway I came back and I am unable to get my system running again.
The DBracket is showing red lights for 1&2 and green lights for 3&4. According to the manual this means
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Initializing Hard Drive Controller
- This will initialize IDE drive and controller.
I can't get any video to come up on my system so i can't get into the bios.
Things I have done
- Unplugged EVERYTHING. Left CPU only, still same problem.
- Plugged in new hard drive
- Tried with just hard drive and cpu
- Tried new psu
I have tried almost everything possible. Any idea as to what is going on?

Wooow! This seems to be almost the exact identical thing that I have had happen to my computer. Everything was runnig great. You get up one morning to go do something and it starts to freeze up, then BLAM! nothing at all. No video, no HD rollover, no beep, no nothing to indicate what was wrong. And everything is pointing to a bad motherboard. Wooow! that seems to be exactly what I am dealing with. What I am being told is that it was my power suply. SUpposedly my Ppower Suply has gone bad. I was able to get my system up for a little while to monitor the voltages, and it was showing a drop in voltage on the 5V side, and is below a recomended level. But since you have a 400W power suply I would say that everything should be just fine.
But this is my second MSI motherboard that I have had this exact same problem with. And two other friends with the same model of board, are having the exact same problems, weirdly all of us at the same time. A big finger is pointing at something wrong with the manufacturing of the board, but since we all have had the board for over two years there goes the return policy out the window.
But I can't knock the maufacturer much, because there probably is something better out now. I still have to try and find $60 to replace my power suply and see if that is the problem. Hope for the best kiddo. I will try to keep everyone posted.

KT3 Ultra2 (6380) Problems after BIOS upgrade

Recently upgrade bios to 5.7 to work with the 2800+ I just got. The flashing process seemed to work without any problems. Upon rebooting of the machine I got the error CMOS\GPNV Bad Checksum. If I choose f2 (load defaults and continue booting) the machine will boot. If I reboot I get nothing....not even video. I have to clear the CMOS to get it to post but I receive the same error message. Im thinking its a memory issue. I have a pc2700 512 module in there currently which has worked fine. I have fiddled with the memory settings w/ no success. What should these settings be in my bios? Also have a geforce 4 video card if that is of any help?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
-Matt

oh anohter thing...
i got a two short beeps - pause and then another short beep for a mobo error code.
i find it very strange how if i clear the cmos settings...boot it...hit f2 to load defaults and continue it boots. however after that a cold boot or even a reboot the machine wont even post. I feel the answer lies in there somewheres.....
-Matt

Mobile 2500 overclocking problems with KT3 Ultra2

First off sorry for my poor english.. it's not my first language. Now here's my system:
CPU: Mobile 2500
HSF: Vantec Aeroflow with AS5
MB: MSI KT3 Ultra2
RAM: 2x512MB PC2700
VIDEO: Leadtek GeForce 4 TI4200
The temperature is about 43C cpu and 40C case when the system is idle and it can get to 50C cpu and 43C case when the system is on maximum use.
So here's the situation... I adjust the bus speed from 133 to 166 mhz.. I put the vcore voltage at 1.675 which is the maximum I can choose in the bios.. The multiplier is stuck on 14x.. When I try to run Prime95 or 3dmark03 my system is very unstable.. In prime95, one time it stopped after 10 minutes, the other time after 40 minutes. In 3dmark03, I tried it at least five times and it usually stops during the second run of the tests.
I'm very disappointed because I read a lot about this cpu before buying it and everyone was overclocking it easily so I had no doubt it would get to 166 mhz especially with proper cooling.. It sucks pretty bad!
I hope some of you have some advices or suggestions on what I could try to make it work.. You are my last hope! Thanks in advance!!

Here comes another update... Keep in mind that my cpu is currently at 14x166=2337 mhz. I did some benchmark today and the results are starting to give me hope.. first I ran Prime95 for 14 hours without errors on the custom test with 2048-4096. During this testing, the voltage went like this: 3.3V = 3.22V , 5V = 4.95V , 12V = 12.28V. Is it normal? Does it mean my power supply is good enough? The specifications of the Power supply are : 3.3V-20A , 5V-30A , 12V-15A. After that I ran all 3dmark03 tests three times without any glitches.. Then I played Far cry for about 20-30 minutes without any problems either.
Now what I'm wondering is if I run Prime95 without any problems but that 3dmark03 works sometimes and fail sometimes, can it help you guys to tell me what could be causing the instability?
Thank you again for all your help!

KT3 ultra2 with amd barton 3000+ problems

Ok so I upgraded from a 1800+ to a barton 3000+, and im having problems running the chip. Iv set the fsb to 166, the ram to HCLK, tried running with just one stick, it runs for about 5min then restarts. Any ideas?
System specs
Msi kt3 Ultra 2 (newest bios 5.7)
Msi GF fx 5900 not overclocked
2x 512 pc3200 ram, one stick is kingston other is OCZ
Sound blaster Audigy
Enermax 365 watt pws
20gb maxtor hd (lol)

Well if you purchased an Athlon XP 3000+ which is a 400mhz chip and are trying to run it at 333mhz instead of 400mhz that might be the issue aside from the fact that the KT3 Ultra2 does not support that chip so it could also be a bios issue.
I retract a little of that. There is an Athlon XP 3000+ 333mhz chip. But are you sure this is what you obtained? If not that is your problem.

Problems with KT3 Ultra2 and Barton 2500+

I have a very big problem.
I buy new Athlon XP2500+ ty my board.
KT3 Ultra2 support 166FBS, but AGP and PCI bus is overclock (83/42) and my system is very instabile. Now using 133FBS. Can I fix bus to 166/66/33???
My configuration:
Win98SE+WinXPSP1
MSI KT3 Ultra2 (bios version 5.7)
Athlon 2500+@1900+ (Barton 11*133, 1,65V)
+ Spire 5F271B1L3 FalconRock II™
256MB RAM DDR-400 Kingmax (CL2 at 333, 1.7V*)- sorry I mean 2.7V*
Daytona ATI Radeon 9000 64MB DDR
SB Live! Value
AMD 10/100 LAN adapter
40GB Seagate HDD
Lite-on combo
FDD teac
add: 4 april 2004 at 15:17
My PSU is Emko 300W ''JS-300 P4''parametres in:http://www.emko.cz/emko_cz/index.html
1900+ temps: CPU: Chipset:2500+ temps: CPU: Chipset:At 2500+
Stability configuration si withount SB Live! value and LAN.
result: Memtest86 - O.K.
3DMark2001SE build330 - O.K.
SiSoft Sandra 2003 - O.K.(burn-in: CPU and memory test 20time)

what sandra version did you use?
next to temps and psu, please tell us, what bios is installed. barton cpus require version 5.7
"(CL2 at 333, 1.7V)" did you mean 2.7V? cause 1.7V are llittle too low.
sj

KT3 Ultra2, XP2200+ lock up problems.

Hello there, I am having a lock up problem with my PC.
System Info;
MSI KT3 Ultra2 (6380E) (Non RAID)
Athlon XP 2200+ (.013 micron TB)
Enermax 350 Watt PS
Samsung PC2700 DDR (512MB)
Thermaltake Volcano 7 CPU cooler
Nvidia Riva TNT2 Ultra
And I am running Windows 2000 PRO.
Bios shows to be version 1 (I don't know how to check the version correctly) FSB is set to 133mhz. The PC runns stabile when set to 100mhx FSB, but when swithed back to 133, It locks while trying to run programs such as Norton AV 2003 , or SETI@home. Have not tried gaming yet do to this problem. Note too that in WIndows system info, processor shows to be AMD 1800+. Any advice would be greatly appriciated!! Thanks!! Jeepin_247 ;(

Those temps are definitly getting high. I can loop 3dmark for an hour and still only get up to about 43 c. If I understand you correctly you are running your cooler without and gease or thermal pad between your cpu die and cooler. That can definitly cause problems with heat transfer. I imagine your temperatures are continuing to rise a little causing lock ups. Apply some grease when you get it and your temps should drop a bit. A lot of people swear by artic silver. I am just using the standard gease that came with my cooler and it is working fine. I would probally use the artic silver if I started overclocking though.
There is a good sticky for bios settings in the MSI section at http://www.amdforums.com There sight is down right now so I can't provide the link. The setting are for the KT3-aru but they are good for the KT3 Ultra2.
Good Luck.

Kt3 Ultra2, problems with 1700+ Thoro CPU at 166Mhz

hi,
Now i have a MSI KT3-Ultra2 mobo rev 1.0 ( 1.0A ) and a AMD XP 1700+ Thoro ( 0.13 ) unloked by defaulf by AMD.
My DDR is NANYA PC333.
My bios rev is 5.6
My CPU is setted at 166x9 and the DDR is not in overclock, but in SPD specifics.
My bios setting are that one in this help:
here
First time with my bad bios settings, during the windows2000 installation, i had a lot of read-cd rom errors, files don't found, found not certificated Ms ecc...
I changed the bios settings as the giude UP, and i had no more problems during the cd read durind installation, but after that the setup install the network ( 5 or 10 minutes after while finisching windows 2000 installation ) my sistem lock every time
why this ? Is the pcb 1.0A not good with fsb at 166Mhz ?
Please help me....
i heared that for fsb at 166Mhz i need the PCB 1.0a1 is it true ?

Hi,
Your CPU is only 133....
Overclocking the bus won't work with all 133FSB CPU's....

Problems w/ KT3 Ultra2 w/R

I think the best thing to do it's to explain the problem from the beginning.
A couple of months ago I bought my computer by components and put it togheter myself. Everything was fine, but there was a problem. Back then, my mobo was an ABIT KX7333R and it wouldn't boot if I changed the processor speed in the bios (it booted allright with the defalut -XP 1500- but when changed it to the real one -XP 2000- it didn't boot at all). So I used it for about 3 weeks with the default setting (I was too lazy at that moment to change the damn thing) and one night, the computer died while I was using it. Anyway, I assumed twas the mobo, so I requested a RMA from Abit, and had my motherboard replaced. The replacement worked fine for about 10 minutes, and when I was writing an email, puff, died again. At that time I was swearing and cursing, and blamed Abit. By then, I was tired of waiting and everything (just got stressed) so I ordered an MSI KT3 Ultra2 with raid. When I first booted the PC, the motherboard didn't recognized my HDD when I entered the Bios. I tried restarting, but the pc would not respond. So I checked the D-Bracket lights and they say that the problem was in the IDE controller or device. So I replaced my HDD with another one, but nothing happened.
So, my questions are:
1- Am I the guy with the worst luck in the world and got three defective motherboards in a row?
2- Could it be that something else in my PC is causing the problem?
If you have any questions, please post it here and I'll answer them. Here it's my computer components:
Athlon XP 2000
MSI KT3 Ultra2
Gainward GF4 TI4200
SB Audigy Gamer
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.

KT3 Ultra2 Overclock Problem.

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