KT3 Ultra2-R no boot/no beep D-Bracket 1&2 Red

I assembled a system with a KT3 Ultra2-R and an AMD XP 2100+ with 300W CodeGen-PSU.
The system ran well for 4 weeks without any crashes. Because i had the noisy AMD-boxed CPU-cooler, i installed a very silent noiseblocker-CPU-cooler. The first power-on bootet up to initialization of raid-controller an then the system hang.
The next boot, nothing happened: black screen, no beep, nothing. Only the fans are running. I reassembled the hole system x-times now, all with the same result.
I even changed the mobo to a brand new one -> same problem. I changed PSU to a 420 W -> same problem.
The D-Bracket says: 1 & 2 red, 3 & 4 green ("Initializing Hard Drive Controller"). The same result when i deattach everything from the board except PSU (yes: everything). No beep at all...
How can a brand new mobo and a brand new PSU with nothing else attached the same problem as the first mobo with my old PSU?
I have not changed the CPU or Ram yet, but how can the problem be there, when the error occurs when these parts are not attached.
What should the D-Bracket show, when I power on an empty mobo with PSU?
thanks in advance
(ps: i assembled all my pcs for the past 12 years by myself; so its no beginners problem for sure...)

a new cpu (now only a XP 1800+) took me one step ahead: windows xp is now coming up with a message (white on black) saying that the system tried starting unsuccessfully last time. then there is a choice how to boot now. but even if i choose "safe mode", the pc is booting again...
also, i cant get the floppy to work. in bios, the mobo says, its an 1,44 flopp (correct) but i dont get it in the boot order or boot menu.
so i cant install windows new, because raid-drivers are on the boot disk X(
another hard disk with installed windows xp also comes up the the scrren mentioned above and then hangs with a cursor blinking in the left top cursor of the screen.
i tried another graphic-card: an old "Interactive 3dfx Magix Twin Power": the pc beeps once long an then 3 times short on power on but keeps on booting.
the result is the same as above (pc hangs).
very, very strange

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KT3 Ultra2 + Heavy AGP usage = crash & beeps on reboot

PROBLEM: (story has 2 very exciting parts)
Part 1: When start using apps with intencive accellerated graphics, the computer gives a blank screen and hangs there forewer. After a while, monitor goes into powersaving mode.
Ex.: After passing the 1st, low-res (truck) test on Sysmark2001 successfully, sysmark happily and consistently hangs on the hi-res (truck) test.
Part 2 (More Interesting part): After the computer goes into blank screen (explained above), I push "reset" button and get:
- no picture
- several beeps (8 or 9). It is hard to say how many beeps; they all a short and first one is Very abrupt.
- The "D-"-whatever lights show code for "Testing RTC (Real Time Clock)"
- same thing happening no matter how many times I press reset. I have to unplug the computer for a while to make it boot normally.
SYSTEM INFO:
MSI KT3 Ultra2 mobo
Athlon 1800+ CPU
PowerColor Radeon 8500 based 128meg AGP video card.
No-name manufacturer 256mb PC2100 DDR RAM sticks
No-name manufacturer 400W PSU
all my other cards were removed for/while troubleshooting.
THINGS TRIED:
Since the "issue" continues after reboot, I immediately rule out the software problems. (though I did reinstall windows and tried other/newer chipset and video drivers for the heck of it)
- used 1 other memory chip (different brand) (no help)
- Used the Video card and memory in other computers (work fine)
- used other mobo (asus A7V133) and parts with the case and PSU (works fine)
- updated bios (no help)
- changed AGP Driving vale, AGP speed (1x,2x,4x), memory timing, disabling/enambling anything possible in BIOS. (none helped)
THINGS DID NOT TRY:
(I do not have unlimited budget, you know..)
- Another brand of accellerated video card (what is the point? I like my Radeon8500-128mb and it works with other boards. If KT3 is incompatible, screw KT3)
- Did not try another PSU (Do not have any better than the one I have.) If it is a problem, I do not mind buying a new one. But, is IT the problem?
- What else did I not try? You tell me.
WHAT I SUSPECT:
- Motherboard has electrical problems, or
- My PSU may be underpowered (but why the problem continues during the low-power bootup?)

Thenk you guys for such a prompt response
Let me address your questions/comments
> (maesus) Did you try - Load BIOS Setup Default
Yeah, I tried that.
> (maesus) do not overclock, everything goes default
I am a heat, noise and temperature control freak. I never overclock. I am more likely to underclock than overclock. Incidentally, I did try to underclock the FSB and memory to 100Mhz in order to see if the problem goes away. - It does not go away.
> (maesus) Update VIA 4-in-1 drivers to 4.43v and ATI Catalyst to 2.3
I tried Via 4-in-1 v 4.43, 4.41. I tried Catalyst 2.3 and 2.2. As for trying older drivers, my philosophy is the following: If the board makes me downgrade drivers and features in order to be functional, I get rid of the board, not the features. Downgrading Via 4-in-1 does not make much of a difference. Downgrading Catalyst further brings performance and features down significantly enough.
> (maesus) My suggestion to the AGP Driving signals is EA.
Thanks for the suggested value. It is so hard to find things like this. I looked all over the net and PowerColor groups to find values that work, and found none that match my system. I did try this value, though. I keep a list of values that usually work for me, and EA is one of them. Nothing from my list worked.
As a side-note, setting AGP to bellow 4x usually makes Driving Value setting irrelevant. On my previous boards, I would set AGP to 2x and Driv Value to Auto - the board would usually work OK. With KT3 though, The problem consistently happens even at AGP 1x.
> (maesus) Please try another more powerful PSU, borrow first before you buy
I will try this later in the week.
> (hjongste) You may need to clear CMOS first. Sometimes there is more to it than just shorting the jumpers. Read my page on this.
That is a neat site you have! I will try your suggestion later in the week. Right now the board is back in the box.

KT3 Ultra2 won't POST D-Bracket RRGG

Greetings.
I have read many similar posts but nothing I have done works so far. I have a new KT3 Ultra 2 that I have never been able to get to boot. The D-Bracket ~always~ shows Red Red Green Green, regardless of what is in the board: nothing, just RAM, just CPU, Ram+CPU, Ram+CPU+Video. I have tried swapping out processors, ram, video.
Background - I had an Asus A7M-266D dual MP 1600 machine that just gave out last week. I was in the middle of using it and it shutdown After switching some dip switches on the board to force a 133mhz bus I was able to get back up and into the BIOS. It died a couple minutes later and I was never abe to revive it. I figured it was the motherboard, as I have heard about troubles with them, so I ordered the KT3 Ultra 2.
When I got the mobo it wouldn't POST. I went and got new RAM and a new CPU (after the new RAM didn't help.) I have essentially replaced my entire computer and I haven't gotten the new config to boot. I would love to hear any suggestions you might have.
Here are the detailed specs:
Mobo: KT3 Ultra2 (6380E) - w/audio, no LAN or RAID
CPU: Either one of 2 MP1600+ (dual machine) or a brand new XP2000+
Heatsink: one of 2 Thermalright AX-7 w/Vantec Stealth 80mm fans
RAM: 256mb K-Byte PC2100 (new) or 512mb Kingston PC2100 (from dual machine)
Video: Either AGP ATI Radeon 64mb DDR VIVO (7200) or PCI Matrox MY220 (and others tried)
Power Supply: SkyHawk SH-400A8H 400W +5DC 40A 3.3VDC 28A no combined wattage but calculated ~195W combined from the ((5x40A+3.3x28A)/3)x2 formula listed in one of the threads.
I have switched out parts and reseated everything multiple times. The D-bracket always shows R R G G as soon as the power comes on. I have tried clearing the CMOS but it doesn't seem to help.
I know that other people had similar problems and solved them by replacing parts - but I have pretty much replaced everything at this point (with the exception of the power supply.)
Any ideas?
Thanks for any help.
hippo

And the power supply folks win again. I didn't have another power supply rated for this machine - only some old 200 and 235 W power supplies that rate 10-14A on 3.3 and 20 A on +5. But when I tried to use it I at least got different results - I powered up until I hit R G G G (Boot Attempt) when I got some BIOS beeps (not sure which ones right now - but most likely related to having way too little power).
Sorry I didn't try that earlier before posting - I figured the PS was very unlikely to have gone bad in such a short period (new with case in May).
After I get a properly rated PS I'll post again (hopefully with all problems solved).
Thanks
hippo

Boot up Delay with KT3 Ultra2

My configuration:
Windows XP
MSI KT3 Ultra2 (Non Raid) MB
AMD XP 2100+
256meg PC2600 Ram
Advansys ABP940UW Ultrawide SCSI card
Intel 10/100 Network card
Using Onboard sound
Matrox Millinium PCI Graphics card (Temporary)
3x Ultra wide scsi Hard drives
Plextor Ultraplex40 Wide cdrom
Panasonic 7502B CDR
During bootup the machine goes thropugh the post screen 100% after which the scsi bios screen appears as usual. After this I hear another beep followed by 30sec to 1 minute of black screen after which the PC boots normally. I am thinking it may be some incompatability with the scsi card but can't be sure. The 4 green indicator lights are glowing indicating a good startup but why the pause??? Windows then boots and runs normally.

I'm assuming this is a raid board right? the raid bios initialization is REALLY slow, so that's my best guess, or possibly a driver causing it, I loaded the via raid patch fix and it slowed down my boot process but not by 5-10 seconds.

KT3 ultra2 going BEEP BEEP BEEEEP BEEP!

I dont know if anyone looked at my other thread or not about memory problems, but i think its something else now.
its a hit and miss when i turn my computer on, it will turn on properly or go BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEP BEEP BEEP till i turn it off in the back.
weird thing is after i reset the power in the back, it works again.
Once in windows though, everything is perfect. no errors in memtest, can loop 3dmark, can do 3 hours of burn in test and play all sorts of games. I can even leave the computer on all day and night with ZERO problems.
the problem only happens when i first turn the computer on.
any ideas?
My sig: KT3 ultra2, 2x512meg pc3200 shikaram, 9700pro, 160gig maxtor, 56k modem, Lan card, SBlive5.1,

i wrote my new sig below my problem.. ignore the sig in my profile pls.
to add to this problem, sometimes when it boots up, there is a blank screen and the HDD led stays on with no beeps at all.
seems like my computer doesnt like cold boots anymore. I have to cycle the power in the back and reset a few times in order to get it to work.
i wonder if its the motherboard?
also sometimes when i boot up, all i see is the AMI bios picture and nothing else. other times when i boot up, all i see is the bios screen for the video card. go figure
anyone else think its the motherboard or the power supply? PS is about 3 yrs old and mobo is about 3 yrs old as well.. everything else in system is pretty much new

KT3 Ultra2 AMD 2800+ won't boot at 166 fsb

Hello guys / girls,
I've searched the database multiple times for this, but couldn't find anyone with the same problem:
My computer won't boot into windows or linux at fsb 166, it crashes during starting of the OS. When I reduce the fsb to 160, everything runs fine. First I thought it was the processor which would get too hot, but it's not getting too hot, only 27 C idle!!! The proc is designed to run at 333 / 2 = 166 mhz fsb so I don't see what's going wrong...
My specs:
KT3 Ultra2 mainboard
AMD 2800+ proc
noname psu: +3.3 28 A, +5 30 A, +12 15 A
Thermaltake volcano 7+ fan at low speed, gives proc temp of 27 deg. C idle
Kingston DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
CPU-Z info: http://bootje.servebeer.com/transfer/cpuz.htm

But why is it working at an fsb of 160 mhz?? I am using that configuration now, and no problem. The problems start when I increase the fsb to 162 or higher...
Also, according to the guy who sold me the memory, the memory should also work at 333 mhz.
Before I had an XP2800+ proc, I had a XP1700+ proc, which ran at a default fsb of 133 (tweaked to 140 (of course)), with the same configuration as I have now, and no problems at all... So the memory then ran at 266 mhz, thats even lower than 333... But i'll give it a go with different memory, but I can only do that after the weekend (roommate with other memory is gone for the weekend...)
Anyone other suggestions what the problem could be??

KT3 Ultra2-R won't boot with XP2200+

I recently bought some new hardware:
- KT3 Ultra2-R
- AMD XP2200+
- 2× 256MB PC2700
When I put my AMD Thunderbird 1200 on the KT3 everything works fine (like right now ). When I replace the TB1200 with the XP2200+, clear the CMOS and boot, the PC shuts down automatically after 1 second.
Anybody any idea how to fix this problem?
Specs:
KT3 Ultra-2 R (MS 6380E) ver 1.0
AMD XP 2200+
Enermax 433W
Gainward GF4 Ti4600
2× 256MB PC2700 Samsung/Samsung 333Mhz
Bios:
FSB 133
Updated with latest bios

Getting rid of the shim did the trick. Now I "only" have a stop at the initialisation of the HD controller. I've read some threads on that problem here, so I think I will be OK very soon .
Thanks all!

Error beeps from KT3 Ultra2

I should probably know this but I am working on a KT3 Ultra2 mobo with an Athlon 2000XP processor. Whenever I power it on I get three long beeps then about a 20 sec pause and 3 more beeps. This pattern would continue endlessly I sure. What does that mean?
Thanks

Umpman,
as Bas says 3 beeps is a memory failure in the first 64k, but could be a mobo problem as well. If you have tried other sticks in all slots then it could point to that. Are your sticks different brands or all from the same maufacturer, the board maynot like the brand u are using.
Anyway here is a link to a BIOS Beep code page.
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index.htm

KT3-Ultra2 now slow to boot

Hello all: Something wierd has happened to my system. Last night I rebooted my workstation and for some reason it now hangs during post for approximately 3 minutes. This hang occurs after the ide devices are displayed. I have run memory tests and it has pasted. I have removed the ide drives and it still hangs on boot.
This just started happening out of the blue and I have not added/changed any hardware prior to this. The system will boot fine to either WinXP or Suse linux without trouble once the hang time has expired.
Here are my system specs (from memeory):
MSI KT3-Ultra2 - running latest BIOS (5.70??)
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (333Mhz)
256MB Crucial DDR2700 memory
ATI 9600
Hauppauge PVR-250
USRobotics V.90 modem
Netgear 10/100 NIC
400 Watt PS
Seagate Barracuta 120 GB, WD 20 GB
Pioneer DVD-Rom, Plextor PX-708 SVS burner
So, could this be a symptom of a bad card?? Should I try removing cards and reboot to see if this solves the problem??
All help greatly appreciated, Chris M.

Gave that a try, but no joy. It is now sure looking like a mobo problem. It looks like the mobo has to reinitialize all the attached devices on each boot, rather than remembering the hardware. I am going to try and reflash the bios just to be sure the bios is not somehow corrupted.
Chris

Can\'t boot without clearing cmos (kt3 ultra2)

Hi,
My kt3 ultra2 board won't boot up unless I clear the CMOS. I am using the following basic configuration:
Athlon 1800+ w/ alpha pal8045 heatsink
256 mb of samsung pc2700 ram
Radeon 8500LE graphics card
My psu is a 400W powmax. Here are the specs from the side of the unit:
3.3V 28A
5V 30A
12V 25A
my cpu temp peaks at 40C and the cmos battery is at 3.39V.
I am running at default settings w/ cpu fsb=100. Everytime I power up the computer (from cold start) I need to clear the CMOS. Otherwise, the D-Link lights hang on memory detection test.
Doing a soft reboot (ctrl - alt - del) once it starts up does not cause it to hang.
Either way once the thing boots it says:
CMOS/GPNV Checksum Bad
(does any one know if this could be why it's scewing up)
What could be causing this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

I bought one of these boards about 2 weeks ago and have had terrible problems with my geforce 4 concerning exactly the same issue. Now from the support forums i have been reading, everyone seems to say different things. Either change your ram, power supply, graphics card (how would you feel if someone told you to change your geforce 4 ti4600 that you paid £300 for?)
Now lets face it, motherboards shouldn't have to be picky about components should they? Power supplies are "power supplies" at the end of the day, and yes sometimes there are good and bad makes and models, but it shouldn't stop someone from using a regular bog standard power supply. My thoughts and concerns about the KT3 Ultra 2 is that the motherboard manufacturer is in the wrong here and do not seem to be doing anything about it.
I've worked with PC's for about 4-5 years and have used many makes and models of motherboard and been able to get them working successfully every time, however the MSI KT3 Ultra 2 board is plagued with problems and it's about time someone did something about it. How would you feel if i sold you a car that would only go 10 miles and then stop working?
Matthew

KT3 dual video no boot

For no good reason I spent some time this morning trying to get a second monitor working on my main development system. I have a perfectly good Matrox Millenium PCI card, with the VGA disabled, that ought to work fine as the secondary display in a system with an AGP primary display. But, in fact, as soon as I put in the secondary card, the boot sequence hangs right after displaying the list of devices in the box. This is before Win2K even gets started, so it's got to be a hardware issue of some sort. I had thought maybe it depended on whether the card was on the primary or secondary PCI bus, but I tried both, and messed around with BIOS settings, to no avail.
Note that this isn't the "no video, just beeps" issue - the primary (AGP) card does initialize and show the boot sequence output, it just goes off into never-never land.
Some system specifics:
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 (not that I think the OS is involved)
Motherboard KT3 Ultra2 MS-6380
AMIBIOS
MB BIOS Version:   5.50
Total Physical Memory:   1536 MB
[CPU]
Name:         AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+
Current Clock Speed:   1733 MHz
[Video Controller]
Name:         NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200
Current Refresh Rate:   75 Hz
Installed Drivers:   nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version:      6.13.10.3082
Inf File name:      oem14.inf
Any ideas? I'd love to get this configuration running...otherwise I guess my next step is to yank the AGP video and put in two PCI cards instead.

Hello @SVJeff,
I understand that your Slimline computers do not display any video or boot properly when installing new RAM, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To further diagnose the issue with both computers, I recommend following the steps in this resource on Resolving Startup Problems (Windows XP, Me, and 98).
If the issue persists, please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-phone-assist.html
I hope this helps!
Regards
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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....
System Before changing anything:
PSU: DTK 400 W
+3.3 V / 22 A
+5 V / 35 A
+12 V / 15 A
-5 V / 0.5 A
-12 V / 0.8 A
+5 V VSB / 3 A
So that should make up 400 W as far as I know, my total System drain should be around 300-350 W so even if it would not suffice 400 W it should run the system ?
Mainboard: KT3 Ultra 2 (BIOS v5.7)
CPU: AMD XP 2100 FSB 133 MHz
RAM: 1.536 MB, 3x512 MB Infineon PC3200 (400MHz) CL 3-3-3-8 @400MHz, Cl2.5-3-3-7@333Mhz, 2-2-2-6@266MHz
VGA: MSI RX-9800 Pro 128 MB
DVD/CD-R/RW-Combo: Plextor PX-708 (Firmware 1.08)
CD-R/RW: TEAC CD-W540E (Firmware 1.0K)
Storage: Western Digital WD800BB (80 GB) (Firmware 17.07W17)
USB-Storage: Maxtor 4 K080 H4 (80 GB)
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 172T with Driver Version 1.0
Printer: HP Deskjet 970Cxi with Original HP Driver Version 4.3
OS: Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
BIOS Settings: SDRAM 1T Command: "Disabled" It won't work stable with 3 RAM's in it with that setting, but that I did know before.
CPU Fast Command: "Ultra"
System was running stable for nearly 2 years with this Configuration:
So now it goes:
First I changed the CPU form my old AMD XP 2100+ to the new Barton 3000 + with its new Arctic Cool Copper Silent 2TC.
Then I went into BIOS and raised the FSB to 166 MHz, which should be the correct one, or do I have to put 167 MHz in there (since 166.666666 MHz is rounded to 167)?
Then I exited and watched the restart...but it didn't start-up it only got me 3 long beeps at the HOST.
After some whining and beating I plugged out anything and cleared CMOS and started the whole thing again:
System after Clearing CMOS:
Mainboard: KT3 Ultra 2 (BIOS v5.7)
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.
When increasing FSB to 133 MHz it is correctly displayed as a Barton 2200+
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.
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Is this normal and expectable with a Barton 3000+ running at the native 166 MHz FSB or not ?
Yes, absolutely normal
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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.
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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'
Hope this helps, enjoy the board

Can't enter bios on KT3 Ultra2

last night I did a succesful bios upgrade to V5.7 on my KT3 Ultra 2 board.
System rebooted into bios default with no problems and I reset all the parameters as per the previous version.
Unfortunately, I set the FSB to 166 instead of 133 ( Gawd knows what I was thinking of at the time!).
On reboot after saving and exiting the bios setup, I was met with a blank video screen - no beeps came from PC on reboot.
The LED display is showing 1&2 Red, 3&4 Green.
Subsequent reboots show the LED display goes straight to this configuration on power up.
I tried resetting the bios back to the default, but I still have the same symptoms.
DVD , CD-RW and HDD light up during boot up, but nothing seen on the Floppy. Hitting Del or F11 has no effect.
I don't have another PC that will allow me to check CPU, Memory or Video card.
I've tried changing the Memory round and reducing to just one stick. Even ran without memory and still got same symptoms without any beeps during bootup.
At the moment the PC has been powered down and the clear-bios jumper left in 2&3 overnightin an effort to clear the bios.
Where do I go from here?
Now if I've knackered the mobo/bios, how do I stand installing a new mobo/cpu under the existing Windows XP installation on the Master Hard drive ? My last back-up is out of date and having just come back off hols the HDD is full of images I desperately need to keep!
System:
MSI KT3 Ultra2 series mobo; Athlon XP1800+; Matrox G450 Video Card; 512Megs PC2100 DDRMemory; Amibios V5.7; 350W PSU; ample cooling by way of extra fans; Windows XP Home SP1.
All help gratefully received,
Upset of Wakefield
David

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The LED display is showing 1&2 Red, 3&4 Green.
I had exactly the same.
my 1900+ has always run at 166*10 with bios rev5.6
I flash to rev 5.7
I was trying 10.5*166 (the cpu has ever done this in the past) when the computer refuses to start.
the D-braket shows : LED 1&2 Red, 3&4 Green.
rest, unplung the bat, the card was dead
I've RMA the card the last week.
All my component works ok on my k7s5a
Is the reset not working with this bios or the bios has kill the card, I don't know !
PS : a friend of mine has a KT266A, the capacitors near the cpu break (the top was bounded). This trouble exist in MSI KT400 card too.

Unable to adjust voltage past 1.6v on KT3 Ultra2-R

currently i've got an XP1700+ AIUGA running at 2100+ on a KT3 Ultra2-R but for some wild reason cannot get the voltage to go beyond 1.475-1.6. the chip has the L11 bridges cut to 1.5 but that should not impede this. anyone with any ideas who could through in some info on this i'd really appreciate it.
Cen [rOB]

a new cpu (now only a XP 1800+) took me one step ahead: windows xp is now coming up with a message (white on black) saying that the system tried starting unsuccessfully last time. then there is a choice how to boot now. but even if i choose "safe mode", the pc is booting again...
also, i cant get the floppy to work. in bios, the mobo says, its an 1,44 flopp (correct) but i dont get it in the boot order or boot menu.
so i cant install windows new, because raid-drivers are on the boot disk X(
another hard disk with installed windows xp also comes up the the scrren mentioned above and then hangs with a cursor blinking in the left top cursor of the screen.
i tried another graphic-card: an old "Interactive 3dfx Magix Twin Power": the pc beeps once long an then 3 times short on power on but keeps on booting.
the result is the same as above (pc hangs).
very, very strange

KT3 ULTRA2 Trouble, please help me

I have a big problem with my new computer. I have purchased a new pc. And it won´t work. The D-bracket hangs on memory test. IT won´t lighten the monitor and if i press reset it will beep three long beeps.
I have got a new motherbord because the first was broken and i have tested another memory and that didn´t help. And my memory works in another computer. I have tested the harddrive and the graphic card and they work too. I have tested with my other power supply too but same problem and that is a 300W power supply. But i haven´t tested the CPU because i don´t have another computer to test it in.
Whats wrong the motherboard again? or the CPU? Please help me!!!!
HARDWARE:
Aopen 250W Power supply AMD OK
MSI KT3 Ultra2
AMD XP 1700+
2000+ Aproved CPU FAN
G-Force 3 Ti 200
256 MB DDR 333Mhz
40 Gb Maxtor HD
Floppy
Sony Cdrom

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Originally posted by wonkanoby
get a descent psu with 180 or better still over 200 watts 3.3 and 5v combined ,read sticky ,but it not likley to boot with that psu at all
cooler clip and step face psu?
thats BS
sorry but i have the same problem as this guy
on a cold boot i get the beeps and i gotta turn off the PSU from the back and turn it back on to get it too boot
i upgraded to enermax 350W PS, and it still does this
kt3ultra 2
duron 1200
radeon 1 ddr 32 meg
samsung 256 meg 2100
enermax 350W

KT3 Ultra2-R no boot/no beep D-Bracket 1&2 Red

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