KT4 Ultra switching off

I have a really strange problem, Recently purchased a KT4 ULTRA Board and xp2700 (333Mhz) processor, 500w silent HIPER psu, 1.5Gb 2700 Ram, Gf4mx64mb, Sony DRU500 DVD-RW, CDRW, DVD.. etc
This was for a friends multimedia system in his front room.
All was built and worked well until the multimedia started eg- DVD editing, Scanning Pictures etc.. The PC justs Switches off. The power supply needs unplugging and replugging before it will restart.
I have flashed the new 1.4 bios but to no avail.. Even in DOS it will still switch off and the only way i can get the pc to run without crashes is to set the bios from 166Mhz to 133mhz so the chip runs as a 2100..
AnyBody got any ideas on this subject?? The chip was running at under 50°C so it has not been overheated or undercooled..
Plz need Ideas..

Thanks for the advice..
Already done Memtest.. OK
Temperature does not go over 45C even at full 2700.
I am going to order the Coolermaster Silent Heatpipe just because the whisper one on at the moment isnt very "Whispery "
This should eliminate any bad HSF problems..
If this does not cure problem do you think i should up the voltage to allow more to the processor?
Bad Mobo?
Bad Chip?
Thanks for your time...

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KT4 Ultra Powers Off within Seconds of Power Up

Ok, here's the situation... this board powers down everytime within seconds of powering up, usually even before the video card can POST, although I have seen it POST a couple times.
I believe I've ruled out every possibility but the board... I've got the board out of the case on it's box, and the only thing connected is the CPU, the video card, the power switch cable. and a CPU fan, which is using the power supply for power, not the board.
I have tried 2 different power supplies, 2 different video cards, 2 different processors, 2 different power cords, 2 different outlets, and using the reset button to power the board up (in case the pickup in the power switch was sticky). I've tried 2 different RAM modules, as well as removing the RAM entirely, and clearing the CMOS... everytime, it's the same result, it powers itself off right away.
I know everything points the board being bad, but I had an ASUS board that was doing this identical thing because of the thermal protection circuitry, I could clear the CMOS to get to the BIOS, and then disable thermal protection. It doesn't look like that's going to work here, but I thought I'd post this anyway, and see if anyone has any suggestions...

Ok... well, I feel a little dumb admitting this, but I suppose if it helps someone else down the road, it's worth it.
Problem solved... and the resolution was so simple I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't just seen it. I cleaned off my heatsink, and the cpu core, and reapplied new thermal grease to both, then made sure the heatsink was fit as tightly as I possibly could... and voila... no more problem.
I will admit, that the heatsink I was a Swiftech unit off an old Duron CPU, and in my haste, I didn't clean it before using it again. I never imagined that these things could overheat so quickly, but let that be a lesson to those of you like me who haven't built a machine in the last 2 years or so. I guess the heatsink working was just something I took somewhat for granted.
Thanks to those of you who took time to try and help... hopefully my lesson will help one of you.

KT4 Ultra - Monitor shuts off

Hey guys...i posted a while back with my problem regarding errors within windows, even after reformatting, and also it just randomly powering down..i solved those errors by replacing the memory chip and also replacing the HSF as the proc. was running rather hot...now, however, i'm faced with another problem...I'm using the PC and then all of a sudden the screen goes blank, says its not recieving a signal...so it seems the Vid.Card is just shutting down and not outputting anything..and it happens randomly, just during regular use, not gaming or anything, so i highly doubt the vid card is overheating...i then have to do a cold reboot and the screen works again for another 10 minutes or so and then just goes blank..its gotten to the point where the computer is barely usable with this screen problem so does anyone know what or have any ideas on what i could do to rectify this? Thanks!
COMP. Specs:
MSI KT4 Ultra - Athlon XP 2200+
256mb Ram
64mb GeForce4 MX440 8xAGP
300W Allied Power Supply
WD 60gb hdd
Thanks!

yep, i surely tested the cpu temps and memory and it was working without a hitch, now this monitor issue came into play...the monitor is rather old, could it just be shot? the PSU AMPS to the rails are as follows "Output: +3.3V@28A;+5V@30A;[email protected];+12V@15A;[email protected];+5VSB@2A". Is that my weakness? or perhaps the vid card is just dying? What is most probable? Thanks for the help!

No optical-out sound on MSI KT4-Ultra!!

Hi, I have recently set up a system based on the MSI KT4-Ultra board. I'm using an Athlon XP 1700+, a Radeon 9000 video card, and I've installed Windows 98.
Although all the drivers and audio applications which MSI provided installed fine, and 2-channel audio from the on-board sound chip works great both for music and for the 3-4 games I've installed so far, I can't seem to get the optical SPDIF port to work! I bought a cable and connected the computer to my Sony MD-player and attempted to copy my CDs onto MD. I go into the MSI control panel and check the box to enable SPDIF-out, removing the speaker cable from the analog line-out just for good measure. When I plug the optical cable into my MD it recognises digital input and prepares for recording. I press record on the MD and play on the computer's CD-player app, but the MD LED shows "no signal". I'm pretty sure both the MD recorder and cable are OK since I've used them to copy CDs from a Kenwood portable CD-player quite recently, so it must be the MB that's giving me problems. Indeed, when I've stopped playback in the CD-player app and went back into the audio control panel, I found that the SPDIF box had been unchecked of its own accord. I've tried this several times, and I've unplugged the S-bracket and reinstalled it all over again just to make sure it was plugged in properly, and I still get the same problem. All audio works fine except optical out! Haven't got a coaxial cable or recorder so I can't check if the coaxial port is equally buggered or if it's just the optical, but I'm getting really annoyed here: this was the one feature I liked best about this board and the only one which isn't working! Any ideas, anyone?

dude, i think i can get u ur signal, but currently i can only get silent recordings, u may have better luck.
on the minidisc, there should be a switch or button that will toggle synchronised recording on and off, turning it off should get u a signal, but it wont be in sync wiv the cd, ie u cant trust it to form track gaps.
hope that helps, done flame me if it dont, if i manage to get substance to my recording, i will send u the info just in case.
take it easy

KT4 Ultra MS-6590 - Win XP Home boots with 2GB DDR333 installed but not 3GB

Spec...
KT4 Ultra MS-6590
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (FSB set to 166MHz in BIOS)
BIOS MS-6590v1.4
Win XP Home 2002, SP3
Problem...
Previously, had 768MB RAM installed, and XP strangely identified CPU as a 2200+.
Recently upgraded the RAM to 3GB DDR333 (3 sticks of 1GB 184-pin unbuff DIMM 128MX64 DDR PC2700), and changed BIOS settings for CPU and DRAM.
In the DOS boot screen, Win XP progress indicator fills completely from left to right, then stops with a half-blinking cursor in the top left of the screen.
Removed 1GB stick and Win XP successfully loaded, also now recognising the Athlon XP 3000+, and running a heck of a lot faster.
Tried adding the /3GB switch to the boot.ini file, which didn't do anything, and after reading more forum advice, guessed this might be irrelevant. I don't think this is a 4GT and PAE issue, as I'm not trying to install above 4GB (if I've correctly understood).
Also, forum advice (various sites) conflicts on whether Win XP 32-bit is limited to 2GB or 4GB, and I can't find any workarounds for my current setup.
Any ideas?

Another test I've done is to enable boot logging with Win XP. This appends command lines to the file 'ntbtlog' in the windows directory, which mainly shows drivers being loaded as Win XP is launched. The log is normally date and time-stamped for every boot-logging session.
When all 3 sticks are installed, I cold boot, then press F8 and select 'enable boot logging' from the options menu. This is what appears on the screen as the system, attempts to load Win XP.
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\KDCOM.DLL
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\BOOTVID.dll
Loaded driver ACPI.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\WMILIB.SYS
Loaded driver pci.sys
Loaded driver isapnp.sys
Loaded driver viaide.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\PCIIDEX.SYS
Loaded driver MountMgr.sys
Loaded driver ftdisk.sys
Loaded driver PartMgr.sys
Loaded driver VolSnap.sys
Loaded driver atapi.sys
Loaded driver disk.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\CLASSPNP.SYS
Loaded driver fltmgr.sys
Loaded driver sr.sys
Loaded driver PxHelp20.sys
Loaded driver KSecDD.sys
Loaded driver Ntfs.sys
Loaded driver NDIS.sys
Loaded driver Mup.sys
Loaded driver BTHidMgr.sys
Then the process freezes and a solid white block appears in the top-left of the screen, with the top-right corner of the block blinking.
At this point, I turn off the PC using the main power switch, then remove the 3rd memory stick. After booting up again, with only 2 sticks installed, opening the text file 'ntbtlog' reveals that this boot event wasn't logged.
So, I reboot Win XP with only the 2 sticks installed, and select 'enable boot logging'. This time, the above list of loaded drivers is shown in the text file, plus a whole lot more. The potentially interesting observation is the next in the list after "Loaded driver BTHidMgr.sys" which is "Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\amdk7.sys".
'amdk7.sys' is a driver file which seems to come with one of the Win XP Service Packs, and which "is necessary to enable Windows XP support for AMD PowerNow! technology on computers that use a mobile Athlon 4 or mobile Duron processor." http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306458
Various other posts refer to it in relation to AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Mobile, whereas mine is a 3000+ in a desktop. Also, if 'amdk7.sys' isn't available, then Win XP will load the generic driver 'processr.sys'. In fact, my 'ntbtlog' includes the entry "Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\processr.sys" which would make sense.
However, my curiosity is that with the 3 sticks installed, Win XP fails to continue loading when reaching 'amdk7.sys' in the driver list.
Another test I did was to change the power management settings in the BIOS.
"IPCA Function: This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Management Interface) function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such
as Windows 98SE/2000/ME, select Yes. Available options: Yes, No."
This was normally set to Yes. When I set it to No and rebooted with 3 sticks installed, instead of a half-blinking white block (as described above), the screen went black and then the system rebooted itself...
The plot thickens!...
Maybe there's a clear explanation for this - however, I'm wary of doing something to the 'amdk7.sys' driver file (whether removing or disabling it somehow) in case it prevents Win XP from launching with just my 2 sticks installed. I'd guess there are precautions, but need further info on whether this is relevant, and what the implications might be.

New KT4 Ultra Won't boot

Still looking for an answer to my boot up problem. Computer starts and the lights on the dbracket stop at the first green light. I get no video,keyboard or mouse and I have to use the power supply switch to turn it off. I assembled the board with no problems. Rule out the stupid stuff like plugging stuff in with power on the board or misinstalling the cooling fan. I followed the instructions carefully. Did I break this thing, or should I buy a new power supply X( and try again? It would have been nice if the manual said something about the power supply so I could have planned that into my system. I really thought 300 watts was enough... it worked fine on my Shuttle system. If you have a recommended power supply in the $30-40 range, please let me know the make/model so I can go shopping.
I would greatly appreciate any help that will keep me from having to spend hours on the phone with the MSI Tech Support help desk.
KT4 Ultra MS 6590, Athlon 2200+, Kingston 512M 333 PC2700; 2 EIDE 7200 RPM HDD's running Win 2K Prof;2 EIDE CDROM's; Nvidia Riva TNT M64;Realtek PCI 10/100 Lan (RJ45) Antec Model PP 303x 300W PSU(3.3/14A;5/30A;12/10A Peak 160W)

I had this problem when I first got my KT4 Ultra and it was either one of two things I did and it works fine now.
Make sure that you don't have more of those spacers that seperates your MB from your case. There should only be like 6 that you need to put on. Any more than what you have screw holes for up top and you're potentially shorting out the board to the case. Luckily I didn't cause any damage and as soon as I put only the necessary spacers in, I had full boot up.
Another possibility is that your jumper pin that is used to clear the CMOS is in the wrong position. I contacted MSI tech support before and pointed out that what was shown in the diagram as the correct jumper position was different than what is said in the instructions. This caused me some confusion and luckily again, it didn't cause any damage.
Hopefully someone else will chime in on my response to your problem and either back me up or disprove it but it couldn't hurt to double check those things I've pointed out.

KT4 Ultra in multi-zone audio system

If you want to see a MSI KT4 Ultra used in a home theater and multi-zone (whole house) sound system, have a look at this page! 8)

Well I got my DAC today and I'm happy to report that everything is going to work the way I hoped. So here is my setup:
1. Main zone - ATV connected to Denon 1909 with HDMI for both audio and video.
2. Zone 2 - ATV connected to DAC using optical audio and DAC connected to Denon using RCA composite.
3. Dolby digital setting on ATV set to "auto"
When I am watching in the main zone I get 2 channel audio when listening to music and Dolby digital with Netflix or iTunes tv shows.
When music is playing, if I switch on zone 2 the audio plays through my outdoor speakers just fine. My Denon display shows a 2 channel audio input.
If I leave zone 2 on and put some multi channel content on the ATV (like Netflix) the outdoor speakers give off a static feedback sound. This is the one glitch in the setup and was expected since the DAC can't process multi channel sound. But since I never plan to use the outside speakers for anything but music it shouldn't be a problem.
So it appears that the auto setting is not purely based on the capabilities of the HDMI device connected to the ATV but actually the programming that is running at the time. Makes sense.
Think I will keep the ATV 3.

KT4 Ultra reboot before booting

Ok, this is going to be long, but I'm hoping one of the details will give somebody a clue. I'm going to stick in details I don't think are relevant even.
The components relevent to this story:
KT4 Ultra Motherboard
Addtronics 300W power supply
Athlon XP 2400+ cpu
Windows XP SP1
2 seagate 120gig SATA drive in a mirrored RAID config
A cheap off brand UPS.
This machine had been up and running about 9-10 months on the current install. The machine was ROCK solid. I ran this machine 24/7 with reboots only for getting rid of adware or stuff like that. Never did I see a blue screen or any bad behaivor. And I never even bothered to cycle the power during this time. Sounds good right?
Well I'm doing some work on the carpeting in my office, so I shut it down and moved the machine to a different room. Well I got everything plugged in and powered it up, and to my surprise it started doing a chkdsk (the in boot chkdsk) since it wanted to, I let it go. Well as I watched I could see tons of errors coming as I'm watching this many of the files where clusters were being repaired were in the Windows/system32 directory. So I'm thinking to myself I'm screwed (which is true), as I see the names of vital system files going by.
So after completion it automatically reboots (chkdsk forced it), so I get to the screen where the login should be, but no press ctrl alt del to begin message but instead I get a box saying a service (lssas i think) specified invalid parameters. I click ok, and I having nothing but a solid blue screen. I press ctrl alt del and nothing, so I reboot again. This time I get the same error, but I also get the ctrl alt del to begin message, and I press, I then enter my login message. It does stuff for a second and then reboots.
So now I let it reboot again, and during the reboot it powers down. I was confused by this. I pressed the power switch, and I could see the power, hd leds blink for a sec and then blink off and the PS doesn't even start. So I press again a few times and get nothing. I leave it alone for awhile, come back and it powers up again. Same error, same login attempt, same power down.
I grab my laptop from the otherroom and plug it in to the same wall socket (directly not through the UPS) that my UPS is plugged into. At that instant, it goes in to power save mode (too quick to be normal power saving), so I quick unplug it, and plug it into the ups. As I plug it in, it it comes out of power save and operates normally (that's what I'm working with). So I'm thinking something is wrong with the power outlet (I will pursue that tomorrow), so I go and grab one of those indoor/outdoor orange heavy duty extension cords and plug everything into a different room, and all seems to be working fine.
So at this point i try my computer again, same thing. I decide its time to repair the winxp install, so I boot off of the XP cd and load the RAID drivers. Right at the screen where it says R to repair, something to install, something to exit, I choose repair, and it immediatly powers down. I did it again, and this time it powers down a second after this screen comes up.
So this is where I am now. I think I had bad power or something, and I now suspect that the PS or the motherboard might be bad. But since it really consisently powers down at the same point, im confused as to what the problem is.
Anybody have help to offer?

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.mspx
It may not be a virus but when you said Lsass
It may be the PSU.

ATI 9500 & KT4 Ultra - 2 installs, 2 different results

Ok this is weird.
i had a gf4 ti4200 on my msi kt4 ultra, worked really well. but i switched it for an ati 9500np 128mb. i tried it on and it worked fine.
i tried the softmod to 9700 and it worked fine.
everything was wonderfull till a couple of days ago
the computer wouldn't boot windows.
it would stop after the loading screen
so i put my winxp cd and installed xp in a different partition. after that was done, i installed the ati drivers and control panel (same as used in the previous install). i tried 3dmark. CRASH and reboot of computer. hummm let me check the properties... hey AGP is disabled! so i instaled 4.45 hyperion, the same i have in the other winxp setup. no good. same black screen and crash.
so i installed directx9...just like in the older winxp. no luck. still crashes.
i'm running out of ideas, the only thing that misses there is updating windows xp, but i checked the windows update logs and none of them mention anything to do with graphics system. just outlook problems and stuff like that.
i can't update that install of XP cause i exceeded my bandwith already, so i can't check that out.
i'm preety sure the problems will still go on.
its a terminal problem cause no d3d aplications will run AT ALL. one opelgl game worked ?( this is weird
thank god i was able to restore my previous winxp and it said the ATI drivers had gone bad. i reinstalled them and redid the softmod to 9700. its still working very well. but the other install just crashes immediatly.
any ideas?

ok i found the problem
both 3dmark ad DXdiag where reporting no agp transfers (agp texturing OFF)
i tried uninstalling via 4.45 agp drivers. no luck
then i installed 4.43 over the 45. it worked! no more crashes! i even got the softmod9700 working.
well, i don't understand why one install works with 4.45 and the other doesn't. but its the truth.

Kt4 ultra help please

helllo.
i have a kt4 ultra that keeps on shuting down for no reaseon. i can either run my pc alert and or chose not to and my comp still shuts down. here is what i have in the system.
os windows xp pro
amd athalon xp 2800/coolmaster flowtech
wd 40gig hdd
dvd liteon
tdk cdrw 40/12/48
home free network adapter {diamond}
56k kingston adapter
64 mgb pine fiberoptic video adapter
500 w powersupply. {wich i thought was the problem and replace my 250 w with this one and its still doing the same thing. please help}
the ohter weird thing is that when it shuts down i have to flip my master switch on the back of the power supply {off} and then hold my front pannel swich in the {on} position for thity seconds, after that i turn everything back on and it works. {for a few minutes and if i am lucky a half an hour}

" 500 w powersupply. {wich i thought was the problem and replace my 250 w with this one ..." What power supply brand and how many Amps. it gives to 3.3v. 5v. and 12v. ? Suppose your PC works with memory. What brand and how many modules ?

KT4 ultra (6590) and Randeon 8500 instability

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 Deer 350 W (amd certificaded)---- 5v/35A
3,3/24A
Monitor 19" Philps 109B.
S.O WinXP PRO SP1.
My systems runs great but when i play games sometimes my system crash and (very curios) before about 3-5 min of game play i see small interferences like small white orizzontal jolt similar the interference when a cellular phone ring near the monitor. the problem it persists with any resolution and any monitor refresh rate !!!!!
What i've tested:
I have the lasted KT4 ultra bios, test any Randeon Drivers (include the lasted 779 beta drivers) and lasted via's drivers
Near my monitor there isn't any interference source !!
Monitor is perfect (tested in other system )
it's not Radeon8500 problem because i play games perfectly in other system (a7v266 and same hardware)
KT4 are not damaged because i play game perfectly with another video card (geforce2 Mx400)
It's not a PSU problem because i replaced AMD athlon 2000 + with AMD Athlon 900 (the rest hardware is the same) and the problem it persists.
although i have 5 years experience under PC assemblage , I do not know that what to make!!!
is There an incompatibility with Radeon8500 and KT4 Ultra ??
Please someone can help me ??? ;( ;(

It might be the AGP driving value problem. Set it to EA in BIOS. It works for most people with components like yours. If that does not help, switch to AGP 2x and see if the problem went away. If it did, look for other DGP Driving values and turn off some AGP related features (sideband, fastwrite etc)
If that did not help,
See this post and try to draw come conclusions. Sometimes the Power Supply is at fault not because of being underpowered (which you checked with Athlon 900) but because of the incorrectunstable voltages and other similar crap. With 266Mhz fsb and 333Mhz memory interface the boards now are too sensitive to cheep power supplies.
Good Luck
KT3 Ultra2
Athlon 1800+
PowerColor Radeon8500 128mb
No-name 512 memory
No-name 400W power supply

Follow up to 1.3 BIOS on KT4 Ultra

Cured my two problems
1) Extra mouse pointer in games
2) Stuttering in games
How?
By going back to BIOS 1.2
Can only assume that BIOS 1.3 was rushed out without sufficient testing. It MAY fix IDE transfer problems, but on my system which is SCSI anyway it introduced the two problems above.
Definately starting to wonder if I should go back to Abit, this is my first MSI board, and probably my last, the way things are going.
KT4 Ultra
XP2600+ 333fsb
512mb Corsair XMS DDR 400 running at 333
Adaptec U160 SCSI
SB Audigy

BIOS 1.25 is a BETA BIOS, meaning it's unsupported by MSI. AFAIK, it might fix the Optical mouse LED stays ON even PC has powered off.
For those have PS/2 Optical mouse, please test this beta BIOS against this issue.

How can I play music from the icloud using apple tv (2) controled by remote app on iphone so the TV is switched off but stereo on

I was blown away when I started using the new remote app with Apple tv to play music from my iMac on my best music speakers in the living room!!! However there are still 2 things required to make things ultra simple:
1 Not to have my iMac switched on to have to stream music to the Apple tv (I've now started using iTunes Match which has almost fixed this one)
2 Not have to have my TV switched on to control my amplifier through the apple tv. (I can do this using the remote app on the iphone but only for music streaming from my iMac it wont work for music I have in iCloud, apart from music now playing. I can't search/browse any other music)
If this is fixed it will be absolutely awesome!!! As my apple tv will replace all the HIFI separates apart form my amplifier and I can control what music my amp plays using the best user interface in the world my iphone/ipad
Dylan

Hi, I don't have this bug. I can play music through my apple tv with the TV switched off and use the apple remote app to control the apple tv.
My problem involves:
icloud music ----> broadband router ----> apple tv ---->music amplifier. Using the remote app on the iphone to control whats playing. This almost works but in the remote app you can only see the currently playing song, you can't search/browse your music in the icloud (itunes match).
What does work is:
iMac-itunes music ----> apple tv ---->music amplifier controlled by the remote app in the iphone with teh tv off. I can view my itunes library with the tv off using the iphone remote app. I would like to do this but using my music in iCloud. That would be awesome!!!

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME KT4 Ultra MS-6590

I have been get this UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME error all day. I been try to install XP Pro but it alway does this after I begin the install progress.
I have done fdisk, Partition Magic format, windows install format, and format but I keep get this error. I thought that it was was the hard drive but I try install XP on my ASUS K7V mobo and it work without a prob.
The reason I reinstall is to turn off the APIC and APCI so I can stop the infinite loop error I been getting. I have restore the default setting and still doesn't work.
System Config:
CPU: 2200+ XP
Motherboard: KT4 Ultra-SR
RAM Slot-1: Kingston 333 512 MB CL 2.5
RAM Slot-2: None
RAM Slot-3: None
display card: AIW Radeon 9700
IDE-1M: Western Digital 200 GB SE 8MB
IDE-1S: None
IDE-2M: Samsung 48x-16x-48x CD-R/RW SD-616Q
IDE-2S: Samsung 16X DVD SW-248B
IDE-3: None
SER-1: None
SER-2: None
PCI-1: None
PCI-2:None
PCI-3: None
PCI-4: None
PCI-5: None
PCI-6: None
PSU: (Antec AMD Approved 350W)
BIOS revision: 1.3
Operating System: WIN XP

This had happened to me a few months ago. What had happened on my system was that the Book Sector to the hard drive had been overwritten.
I loaded the recovery console from the XP CD and wrote a new one on there. Then the system loaded perfectly. No problems since.
Hope this may help
Andrew

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
athalon xp 2200
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!)

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