Kt4 ultra bios 1.3 ati problem

I updated my bios a while ago and when i did i noticed pixels in weird places. I updated from 1.2 i was having problems with crc errors, after that i couldnt run any driver verision on my ati 8500le above 2.5 so i couldnt run 3.0a 3.1. i was just checking if anyone else had these problems when updating to 1.3 on there kt4 ultra. and i flahed twice the first time i thought it was a bad flash or something. i was running 3.0 and downgraded. i am hoping msi will fix this issue but who knows. overclocked or under clocked i still have the problem.
i am running 2.13GHz overclocked from 1.73
kt4ultra
768 ddr400 running at 333MHz
ati 8500le

I've done that, but the problem still exist.
I think it's more like a BIOS problem since there's no problem when I'm runnign 1.1 instead of 1.3

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Kt4 ultra bios

have a strange paradox regarding disturbing message at boot up.
when i boot my system i recieve a message:
"no drive attached to fast track controller. no bios detected.."
i love msi boards and have used this forum in past very sucessfully with the assistance of BAS.
I donated my old system to a freind in need. It was all of 11 months old and was a very stable system built on a k7t pro 2-ru. It had all the bells and whistles. what a mistake.
my new system is as follows:
kt4 ultra fisr
256 mb ddr3200 samsung (as recommended by msi)
m-audio revolution 7.1
ati all in one wonder radeon 8500 64mb
2-80gb western digital special edition hard drives
dvd/cd combo lg electronics gcc-4320b
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550 watt antec tru-power psu
lian li case with 4 fans (of which only 3 work with the power supply while allowing fan monitoring)
klipsch pro-media 5.1 speakers
winxp pro
how i got there to the afore mentioned msge regarding controller and no bios detected...
I was experiencing a lot of problems with the new set up
such as:
1. system crashes while viewing tv
2. unexplained boot up of system in the middle of the
night (that was freaky and kind of humorous)
3. other system reboots and difficulty of system
shutdown
4. device driver failure messages regarding the ati card
such as "atimmc.exe driver failure"
all system crashes revolved around the ati card and after recoveries many registeries were messed with as expected.
all in all I got by with the system as long as i remained off applications involving the radeon card.
last week I checked into the forum here and noticed issues with this motherboard and radeon cards.
i went to the ati site noticed updated drivers, and at the msi site, updated bios for the kt4 ultra boards.
i did not have a floppy so i backed off flashing the new bios onto the board. I currently have the first version (1.00 or something), the screen flashes so briefly these days.
i decided to reformat the drives and reload xp onto the new system and then retreive the newer drivers for ati card. upon installation while reading my neurophysiology book upon boot up is when xp informed me that no bios was detected. xp asked me if i wanted to continue. so i did continue with sucessfull installation of xp.
being quite surprised that i could still get system on board, i am wondering how to get the bios to be detected and if I should try and flash new bios, if this will correct this. I am also with fresh install of xp having no difficulties shutting down system now and i am no longer having mystery unassisted boots of the system.
all in all, before the bios problem i was just wondering about the stability of the board with the ati radeon card.
Now I am very concerned with the message, "no driver attached to fast track controller... no bois detected"
any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Boy, do i miss that k7t board...
thank you,
Eric

Do NOT worry about the fasttrack controller message!!
It just says you don't have any serial-ATA disk attached. This is how to get rid of the message:
In BIOS:
=> Integrated Peripherals
=> OnBoard PCI Controller
=> Serial ATA ---> set this to "Disabled"
Can't say I experience any of your other problems, although I had some problems with the sound card the first time I installed.
Seems as if the problems are fewer the more times you install/format the system.....actually experienced that on a couple of MSI-cards. In the end, everything has worked fine for me, so I'm happy with them (except design and layout of the new nForce K7N2G-cards!! ridiculous!)

KT4 Ultra and PC3200 speed detect problem

Hi all,
I am new to the forum, having just bought a KT4 Ultra for my new system. It features the following components:
KT4 Ultra (sorry not sure of model number as I'm posting from work, but I checked for BIOS updates and there's only one which looks like a USB2 compatibility fix)
1 stick of 512Mb PC3200 memory
AMD 2700XP+ (333FSB) CPU
ATI Radeon 9000 128Mb (this will do until DX9 cards available
Intel 100 Pro network card for my ADSL hub (my KT4 did not come with onboard network socket)
350W power supply
Win2K Pro SP3
I have two problems. One is that the machine won't ever shutdown - it always reboots. Having done a search of this forum, I will check the "Wake on LAN" settings in the BIOS as of course, plugged into an ADSL router, the LAN+WAN is constantly live... so I'm hoping that will be fixed later today....
But, the second problem is one of performance - in that with the initial auto detect settings, the BIOS found a 1500+ CPU and 400Mhz memory. When I manually change the bus speed to 166, the CPU is recognised correctly as a 2700, but the memory dropped down to 333Mhz speed. If I then disable the autodetect for the memory and manualyl set 400Mhz and CAS2 speed, I can't even get to the BIOS screen on bootup. I get 4 or 5 short beeps, nothing on the display and need to short pins 2+3 of JCAT1 to reset to factory defaults.
Any idea how I can get my PC to boot with the correct speed memory (ie PC3200@400)?
Thanks for any tips,
Mike.

Hi
I have the same problem when I set FSB to 200Mhz - DDR to 400Mhz and on boot screen i always see DDR 333.
I make a test and when I use 152Mhz FSB (or up) DDR Always is 333Mhz no maters than in Bios is saved DDR400.
My system is
t-bred 1700+ (133x10.5) fabrique unlocked
MSK kt4 ultra (6590)
bios v1.1
256mb ddr 400 samsung c3
msi g4200td 128mb
60gb maxtor diamond max
I make some tests
CPU on 200Mhz FSB x 8.5 multiplier, or 8 or 7.5 or 7 (1.575V)
MEM always show DDR333
WHY ?
It is possible to run FSB/MEM sincrhony on 200Mhz ?
I also make a mem tests with Sandra 2003 when
I use 200Fsb x 8.5 and Bios DDR 333 and
200Fsb x 8.5 and Bios DDR 400
the results is the same .
I'm sure that On boot Screen DDR information is right.
and always DDR is on 333 mhz wneh FSB is more than 152mhz No mather what you set in Bios ( 266 or 333 or 400)
And other strange thing is:
with my previous locked XP 1600+ (10.5 x 133) I can run on 166FSB / MEM with this DDR (samsung) on max aggressive settings 2.5 2-5-2 1 Ultra
now with my new CPU i can't run on 166FSB less tnah 3 3-6-3 2 Normal ?
Thanks in advance.

KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) and Ati Radeon 8500

Hello. First of all excuse me for my english, but I'm italian
After upgrading from 1.2 to 1.3 bios I had visualization errors in Windows XP (vertical black lines, font corruptions, ecc), so I decided to downgrade bios to version 1.2. Now MSI released 1.4 bios and I upgraded to this new version with the hope they had solved these problems, but they hadn't. Then I tried to disable AGP Fast Write and now Windows looks fine even if sometimes there are some black screens for few milliseconds during gaming.
There is someone that have my same problems? Any suggestion? I don't want to leave 1.2 bios forever
Thanks for replies.
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512Mb DDR Geil @ 333MHz
ATI Radeon 8500 BBA Retail
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP1
Latest VIA 4in1
Latest ATI Catalyst

KT400 6590 v1.0 (BIOS 1.4)
AthlonXP 1800+ (Palomino 1.53 GHz)
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ManLi ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
Maxtor 80GB ATA133
AverTV Studio (model 203)
I have the newest BIOS for my RADEON, but it doesn't work! ;(
Why??? ?(
I don't want FastWrite OFF forever! X(
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KT4 Ultra Bios 1.2 Doesnt Work

I have just updated my Bios to verison 1.2 and the computer wont go into windows.
Infact I have found the problem to be the USB Via chipset thats at fault. I have Windows Me and the the computer freezes every time it tries to load USB.
I have put version 1.1 back on an no problems.
I have reloaded windows and the following error appears.
Windows has had to disable the USB function due to a internal problem.
I try to reload the drivers and it freezes.
I have just spent 8 hours to find the problem was the usb chipset.
Does anyone else have the problem ??
Thanks

I am running a KT4 Ultra with XP2000 Cpu. I updated my bios from 1.1 to 1.2 over the weekend, and now my once stable system is giving me no end of problems.
1, It would not recognise my primary hard drive and I had to clear the bios with the jumper four time before it would let me boot up.
2, Once I booted up and ran 3dmark, it was okay the first time but the second time the machine crashed and totally corrupted my hard drive. I had to reformat my hard drive and load a backup (two weeks old).
3, I have now re-flashed my bios back to 1.1 but although the system is working I keep getting CRC errors when trying to backup my hard drive to my secondary drive. This did not happen before.
This 1.2 bios seems more like a rushed beta version than a real bios update, it has given me loads of problems and I now have a system which is still not working properly. Bios upgrades are supposed to fix problems not create them!!
I would NOT touch this 1.2 with a long barge pole !!!

KT4 ultra and Randeon 8500 stability problem.

This is my pc:
Msi Kt4 Ultra (6590)
Athlon Xp 2000+
512 mb ddr pc 2700
Ati Radeon 8500 Ret.
maxtor diamondplus 8 80gb
Pioneer DVD 16x slot-in
Asus ISDN Adapter internal
Skystar 2 DVB sat Adapter
Power Supply 300 W 5v - 22 A
3,3V - 16 A
Ok, i see your FAQ and i know that my power Supply is too small in fact under games my system sometimes freeze, but there's another problem, sometimes i see a white jolt on my monitor ?( , can this problem depend on too small powersupply ??
my monitor and my video card is ok under another system works great !!!
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Originally posted by wonkanoby
you can have max on only one voltage at a time
True, IF the specs are presented that way. Some obviously are, some obviously are not, and others can't even be deduced with a decent degree of certainty. It definately does not apply to power supplies such as Antec's truepower models however, as +3.3 is not derived from +5, where the load of one doesn't effect on the other.
What I'm saying is that there are no standards that PSU manufacturer's stick to when presenting their specs. Its buyer beware. Without knowing the simultaneous load conditions they used, third party calculations are no more than educated guesses based on assumptions, and we both did that.

KT4 Ultra Bios 1.4 fixed?

There was an issue with the 1.4 bios update for the KT4 Ultra chipset and the temperature reading. I was misreading the temperature. Does anyone know if this issue has been fixed? I contacted MSI about it several times but haven't heard anything back.

Nope,still the same dated one as before.
Also when I installed v1.4 it sent Windows XP settings nuts with the HLT command enabled in bios.
So no matter if anyone says the bios is fixed,it aint yet.
There will be a different date on it anyway.

KT4 Ultra BIOS Update soon?

Has anyone got any info about the intended release date of the next BIOS update for the KT4 Ultra 6590? It seems the KT4V is getting a load of updates....

obviously not - lol

Kt4 ultra bios and raid function

i am using the kt4 ultra motherboard (bluetooth ready and SATA), when i go to the integrated peripherals, onboard pci controller i can only enable/disable the audio controller....
where am i supposed to enable/disable the raid controller?? is there a jumper i am missing on the board?
thanks in advance,
brian

Are you sure you have a KT4 ultra with the Serial ATA/RAID controller option? There are several versions of the motherboard, all doesn't include the PDC20376 SATA/RAID controller, please check if you can find the chip on your mobo. The controller is enabled/disabled under Integrated Peripherals->OnBoard PCI Controller
->Serial ATA controller.

KT4 Ultra and PNY 8x Ti4200 Problems!!

I am having alot of trouble getting these two to cooperate. I have installed the latest drivers, and the latest WHQL drivers, for the video card and updated DirectX. Unfortunately, nothing seems to work. I am not a gamer, so I don't have alot of experience with nicer video cards. Anyway, here's what is happening:
When doing certain tasks (one of which is accessing a Microsoft Outlook Web Access webpage with IE), the computer completely locks up. If I access that same webpage with Netscape, it's fine. Now, here's how I know it's the video card or the motherboard. When I go into display properties, advanced, troubleshooting, if I 'downselect' to disable 'DirectDraw and Direct3D hardware acceleration', everything works fine. Any ideas?

Ah, sorry about that. I was so frustrated last night that I completely forgot. My system is:
Athlon 2200+
MSI KT4 Ultra
Netgear Network Card
Onboard Sound (CMI)
Liteon 52x CD Writer
Western Digital 180 Gig HD
Antec 300 Watt True Power PS
I would've thought the Antec would be more than sufficient. I can try putting in a 400 or 450 to see what it does, I suppose... Before I shell out the money for that, I'll wait for other suggestions. I was hoping I had a setting fouled up somewhere. :(

Kt4 ultra BIOS pc health freezes

The title about says it all. Whenever I try to view the PC health menu in the BIOS the computer freezes needing a retstart as you cant move off the PC health menu - the arrow keys don't work. It happens immediatly on pressing enter when on this menu and I can get into all the other menu options without any problem.
It never used to do this maybe putting 1.4 bios on will put it right?
Has anybody seen this issue?

Set the timmings for the RAM and CPU to the lowest performance. (the FSB, latency, 1T command off, priority, quick boot off)
If this does not work, you must flash the bios - use the CTRL+HOME mode with the bios file named amiboot.rom on a floppy.
Usualy this is a RAM issue, happening when you overclock. Try also replacing it.

Mobo MSI KT4 Ultra, bios 1.30

?( Is this possible, if i connect two disks(master and slave) to ide3(raid)
slot and CDRW to ide1 slot, master(udma). Boot from master disk and reinstall windows xp
and Promise raid driver, so on......??!!
Disks are Seagate Barracuda IV 60Gb(identical). And is raid-0 any faster than typical ide100? Do i have to setup raid-1 if i wanna more speed(seektime etc)?
How to setup arroy?
And what is raid bios? What is newest and how to upgrade....?

In the beginning it is difficult. Take it slow. You can work out yourself by using the web as the medium to provide you more information about RAID. There are plenty of search engines to help you.
Here is one article you can read: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.html?i=1491 It is not idiot proof kind of article though. You need basic knowledge about storage devices.
There is a guide here to be able to help you. But DO NOT ATTEMPT if you don't understand it.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/forum/viewindex.php?threadid=292&boardid=16&styleid=1

KT4 Ultra bios update?

Does the new 1.2 bios allow you to unlock cpu's mutiplier ? if it don't will msi ever support it ?

Just go to a hobby (perferably somewhere taht deals with model trains) and get some silver nitrate varnish!! it's about 8 bucks and its just conductive nail polish!! igot it used a toothpick and unlocked my ship and if something goes wrong it rubs of with alchohol very easily!! Also make sure you fill the pits in with either crayon wax of epoxy !! :D good luck!

Overclocking KT4-Ultra & BIOS 1.4

Hy. I've overclocked my 2400+ to 2300Mhz(170FSB). I had also to upper the core voltage to 1.75v (1.74real) so because of this I get higher temps. The thing is that I use a RaptorCool silent cooler and a 12cm fan blowing cold air into the case. This is obvious not enought but is silent. And I use the PC mostly for "domestic" things like watching movies and listening music and just ocasionally for games. Now I would really need the CPU Halt Command enabled in bios to lower my temperatures, but this is available only in v1.4. And if I flash to 1.4 I loose my preseted 13.5 multiplyer (wire trick) that is changing into 11 there goes my overclock. The WPCREDIT method does not apply as I want to switch easy from Enabled/Disabled by just selecting in bios.
How could this be even possible? If this can happen (multiplyer from 13.5 to 11) why not also a bios to unlock the CPU?

The issue here is not why I want to overclock (doh) and also not the HDD performance. And I am among the users that flashed a lot the mobo and that reported the v1.4 temps issue wich is not solved and I think it will never be as the support stopped. I needed the CPU Halt because was a simple ON/OFF thing. Now I find it was because I would still need to enter the bios. So why not just lower the voltage? But yet is this strange thing - how can the multiplyer change from 13.5 to 11? This v1.4 bios is full of (unpleasent) surprises.
Anyone played the flash game Bubble Trouble? Well, that's a game that requires a lot of CPU. Even with Radeon9800 you will be in "trouble" if you don't have enought CPU )) And this is the main reason why I overclocked ) to play it while I run a movie on TV-out and listen to music on my usb earphones.

KT4 Ultra BIOS 1.4 Released

I've not tested it yet but here it is.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=356&NAME=MS-6590

I updated to 1.4. As always the update went off with out a hitch. I reconfigured all my bios settings after the new flash and everything seemed to be as it should be. When I got into windows (2000 SP3) I looked at my PC Alert4 Temps, they were incredible. 27C for CPU and around 30 for System. I was looking at the temps while benchmarking on PCMark 2002 so I closed the prog and right before my eyes the temps plumited and settled into 24C. that was 6 less than system. I'm air cooled and O/C by over 500 mhz so this is not possible. I rebooted thinking it was a glitch and when I got into the bios I looked at the CPU and the system temps and they were the same, at 30C. a little better but still not belivable. Before the flash I had system temps of mid 30s and CPU temps of around 39 or 40. Beware of this update, especially if you already have heat issues.

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