KT4 Ultra USB boot problems

My old floppy crapped out on me a while back so I thought I could use my USB hard drive or my keychain flash drive to boot the system (for BIOS flashes and such) When I go into the BIOS, I can see my USB HD and Flash drive, but no matter what order I put the boot sequence in, it never boots to either drive. I've even tried a USB floppy drive and that didn't work either. If the BIOS sees the USB drive and the drive is bootable, should the system boot to them?
KT4 Ultra SR
Athlon XP 2400+
512 MB Kingston 333 DDR
128 MB GF4 Ti4600
SB Live
Intel Etherexpress 10/100

try setting main three boot options to none
will it go for it from boot up other device

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KT4 Ultra - SCSI boot problem

Hi,
I have installed a Tekram DC390U2W LVD SCSI adapter on my KT4 Ultra. My problem is that I cannot select any of the five connected SCSI disks as a boot device in the BIOS (BBS-n), nor can I select 'Legacy SCSI' as a boot device, they simply don't exist as options in the Boot Sequence menu. I've used this card (and were able to boot) without problem using a MSI KT266 motherboard, so I don't think the problem is the SCSI adapter. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I've disabled all motherboard options (Serial ATA Raid/1394/USB 2.0/GBLAN/Audio controllers), remove all PCI cards exept the Tekram card and tried it in all PCI slots without success. Also tried to assign different IRQs to the SCSI card in the BIOS. Tekram support responded that the SCSI card is fully PnP/BBS/PCI 2.1 specification compliant and they're unaware of any KT400 issues. There are issues (and work arounds) with this SCSI card when using it on motherboards with an on-board SCSI controller and older Award BIOS versions, but that's not applicable here.
Anyone out there using this SCSI card and motherboard got this combination to work as intended?

K8N Neo2 USB boot problem

Hi, I'm trying to fix my computer (it freezes on every operating system all of a sudden), and I need to use the USB boot to load Linux Live and Windows installation (both froze as well). The problem is that it'll take the USB just once in a while, and that is causing me a big loss of time to make the tests and a headache. First thing I did was memtest and I found corrupt memory, thus I replaced the DIMM. But the freezing is still there.
Do you have any hint? I know it's a double question but at least if the USB boot was working all the time it'd be a lot faster to load stuff and try to fix the problem.
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Quote from: Henry on 04-October-11, 07:26:40
First thing tell us what the rest of the PC consists of.
I didn't think the rest of my hardware would matter with the USB boot problem, anyway:
1.D BIOS
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512 mb ddr PC3200
Geforce4 MX 440 AGP
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Thanks for your attention.

KT4 Ultra-BSR - Drive problems?

Yesterday I purchased a KT4 Ultra-BSR. I am doing a clean install.
I have an Athlon XP200+, 2 x 512MB DDR Ram (PC2100).
On IDE1 I have put 2 x 20GB Western Digital HDs.
On IDE2 I have put a Pioneer DVR-A04 as Master, and a 100GB Western Digital HD as the Slave.
On IDE3 I want a 30GB Western Digital HD as Master, and a 40x Liteon CD-R/W as Slave.
I have installed Windows XP Pro (SP1) from new, and I have installed all of the drivers and utilities from the Drivers CD. My motherboard was shipped with BIOS Version 1.1
When I boot into Windows, I do NOT see the CD-R/W at all.
Also, the only way ro see the HD that's on IDE3 is when it's configured as an array (even though there's only one HD).
I would have preferred to have two HD's on IDE3 but NOT with any form of RAID configuration - is there a way of doing this?
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Originally posted by Mastiff
[QUOTE[size=15]Also dudes, how did you get the Bluetooth to work on the KT4 Ultra-BSR??!? I'm desperate for help on this!![/SIZE]
I did it the simple way: Used Fujitsu-Siemens' Plugfree setup instead of the incredibly buggy MSI drivers. Then it worked perfectly with my PocketLoox and Ericsson T39. The hardware is the same. But still the range stinks (max 20 feet on my system), so I bought a full WLan setup instead.
Here's the URL (I belive it says it's only for Fujitsu-Siemens' computers, but that's just standard manufacturer's bull. 8)
Bluetoot-drivers
And an explanation concerning pocket pc's and the installation:
FirstLoox-forum
[/QUOTE]
You've misunderstood my problem. I have the MSI KT4 Ultra-BSR motherboard which has a bluetooth module which needs to be connected to the motherboard, however, I don't know how to connect it (PHYSICALLY).
Therefore I need someone with the same board to tell me how they did it.

KT4-Ultra-BSR Video problem

My PC was running fine. I have the KT4 Ultra BSR with XP2200+. I WAS running a TNT2/Riva 32MB GFX Card, and all was OK. I then bought a new graphics card - a 64MB Triplex Xabre-Pro (AGP 8X). I installed the card, but with it installed, the PC would not even attempt boot.
I took the card out and put my old TNT back in, and the PC worked OK.
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OK, well it IS a 3.3V and 5V PSU.
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KT4 ULTRA FISR SATA Problem

I really need some help here. I have a KT4 Ultra board with SATA Interface and a brand new Seagate Barracuda 120 GB. On to the problem .. when i booted up the computer for the first time, it detected my disc. After that .. i was testing som different settings in the BIOS .. and had to clear the CMOS Now .. it won´t detect the drive at all. It says something about "No drive attached to the FastTrak controller. Bios not installed/loaded" I have installed all drivers and stuff that came with the board but no luck. Is the driver loaded into the BIOS from the beginning or? How do i get the d*amn board to detect it again? I can´t even enter the bios setup (for the SATA controller.. ctrl+f) So .. i can´t really do .
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It says jumper (Factory only) so i don´t think u are supposed to jumper it. It´s master by default. At least that´s what seagate claims =) Or?

KT4 Ultra crashing/rebooting problems

Hi all, I've been having computer crashing/rebooting problems when I play 3d games since I got this board. It can happen between 1-40 minutes during a game session and when the computer crashes, the screen would garble up and reboot along with the garbled screen until I cold boot it. I thought it was a heat problem at first but the cpu heat displays at between 34C-39C. Also, when I tried switching out the video card with an older one, the computer works fine during gameplay, and my newer video card ran fine on a friend's computer. Does anyone know of a way to fix this?
System specs are:
Motherboard: MSI KT4 Ultra
CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2400
Power: 300watt
Ram: PC 2700 333mhz DDR 256MB
Video: Gainward Geforce4 Ti4200 Power Pack Plus! Ultra 650 64MB
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by the sound of it try a bigger psu,antec enermax over 400 watts
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Another KT4 Ultra + 9700 Pro problem

Having invested nearly 300 quid on a Radeon 9700 PRo (Powercolor Evil commando 2) I decided to buy a new mobo with 8X AGP. I opted for the MSI KT4 Ultra, cos I already had a MS-6340 V5.0 it seemed a good/reliable choice. I went ahead and bought a KT4 Ultra. This arrived a couple of weeks ago.
I was awaiting a new CPU/fan (2200+) and new PSU so, I hadnt been able to build my new system up. In the meantime I had been keenly watching the forums re: KT4 /9700 problems.
When i came to put my system together, this is what i found:
1. System wouldnt boot up at all.
- So I took out the 9700 and put in a GF2, and the machine booted ok.
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2. Im using a trial version of XP, which had 13 days (IRONIC) before activation was required. When I rebooted after BIOS upgrade, Windows insisted on instant activation of the product key and wouldnt load Arrrrghhhh!
After a re-install of XP I still was left with the same problem. The 9700 wouldnt work at all.
I checked the bios settings, and changed the FSB from 100 to 166 ( i have 512Mb DDR333 ) - no change.
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I had seen other with problems getting the 8X AGP to work with this mobo, but i cant get anything to work with it!!!
What else can I do? Is there someting fundamental I have missed?
I am thinking of sending the KT4 Ultra back to the shop and getting a mobo which works with the 9700! Any Ideas ?
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Thanx maesus
1. v1.1
2. 400w psu vtec - Not sure how well known they are!
I bought it from a computer fair from a guy selling ANTECH psu's . He had no Antech left, and suggested that these were good units. Having got it home and run it i believe him. In SANDRA all voltage levels looked stable and v close to nominal.
3. MS-6590 arrived on 18th Oct 2002 , so its almost ten days old.
Both items were bought on the net.
RMAing the boards maybe my only option now if i want to stick with th eboards ive got, but do u think i would be better to swap for a different KT4 board? since i believe other models of the KT4 dont have the 9700 problem, or is this not the case?
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KT4 Ultra, amd 3000+ problem !!

Hi All,
Am having problems getting my system to recognise that i have a 3000+ athlon installed, have set the FSB as 166 mhz.
But system is still showing it as a 2700+, will a bios update solve my problem ?
My board is a KT4 Ultra (MS-6590).
Hope someone can help, would appreciate all advice !!!!
Cheers thesicillian

AXDA3000DKV4E 3000+ 2100MHz 10.5x 200
AXDA3000DKV4D 3000+ 2167MHz 13x 166
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512 Corsair PC3500 XMS
3 Western Digital HD (2) 100Gb and (1) 30Gb
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Promise Ultra 133 TX2 card
Intel Pro/1000 MT desktop adapter
Plextor 40x12x40 CDRW
Toshiba DVD
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CoolerMaster HHC-001 Heatpipe HS

The D-Led bracket had all 4 leds green when the XP logo screen goes blank and the mouse pointer should appear. I have installed XP a few times and swapped most of the hardware with same problem.
I also have a KT3 Ultra 2 before the KT4 Ultra and never had those cold boot problems and I was using alot of the same haredware.
Anybody with any suggestions

Satellite A660 - USB boot problems after BIOS update

Hello,
I own a Toshiba Satellite A660 and recently have update the BIOS to the latest version (1.80). Since then the notebook will freeze on the boot screen (the one with the Toshiba logo) whenever a USB flash memory is attached.
It works without the flash memory connected and also if I connect it after I enter the boot menu or the BIOS setup. I can even boot from it like this.
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Regards,
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Ubuntu USB Boot Problem

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Kt4 ultra windows install problems

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KT4-Ultra-Onboard sound problems

I bought my KT4 Ultra in September and I've heard some talk about being defective. Just to start off by saying that for it may be my problem.... Anyways, I'm having problems with my onboard sound. When I play music, my sound kinda stutters. To best describe it, my sound doesnt skip or anything, but every now and then i hear an extra "drum beat" in my music where there shouldn't be. Please post if you know anyhing about it. Thanks.

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KT4 Ultra Promise Raid Problem

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abit make them and sig do as well
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