Motherboard issue w/K9A Platinum MS-7280

I been having problems with this Motherboard due to installing external USB devices in it and then within seconds/minutes if freezes the machine so i would have to reboot. Anyone else having this issue? I have a updates on the machine and looked into it and it is not a USB driver issue, its more a Motherboard issue, but can not find anywhere to resolve it....Please advise.....
The other issue is and i am not sure if it is a motherboard problem or something deeper but the PC has been freezing on me without warning, wether i am on it and using it or if i have it just idiling...Please advise on this too if you know . THanks

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Help with GeForce 8400 GS on K9A Platinum

Hello,
I changed my video card to PNY GeForce 8400 GS, the machine boots up fine but doesn't look like the video card is being recognized properly. I get only 800x600 and the colors are all messed up. In Device Manager, when I click on the video card it says "Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device. ... (Code 35)". I have the latest drivers from NVIDIA, I just updated my BIOS to the latest version (1.9), but still the same problem.
Machine Specs:
MSI K9A Platinum (MS-7280)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2GHz
Corsair 2GB DDR2
Samsung DVD RW Drive
Antec Truepower Trio PSU 550W
Windows 7 x64
Old video card:
Sapphire Radeon X1900 GT 256MB
New video card:
PNY GeForce 8400 GS 512MB
Can someone please help?
Thanks,
Sunil.

Sounds like there could be a conflict with the old driver fragments from the X1900 GT. Uninstall all graphics drivers, run >>Driver Sweeper<< and this time install the graphics drivers supplied by MSI.

MSI K9A Platinum and VIA drivers issue? XP 0x0000007B stop error.

I get a Windows Stop error when trying to boot into Windows XP with new components. The SATA hard drive (and Windows XP installation) is from the old computer.
The new computer components are:
MB: MSI K9A Platinum, chipset: RD580 (North Bridge), SB600 (South Bridge)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+, boxed (the cooler and fan came with the CPU).
Video: MSI Radeon 1950 XTX
The old (and working) computer setup is:
OS: XP Professional
MB: Abit AV8-3rd Eye, chipset: VIA K8T800Pro + VT8237
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Video: Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro All-in-Wonder, videodriver: atidvag.dll version 6.14.10.6542
HD: Maxtor 6B200M0 SCSI Disk Device
BIOS: Phoenix 6.00PG 20.04.2005
System drivers with "via" in the name: VIAAGP1.SYS, viaide.sys, viasride.sys
VIA 4in1 (Hyperion) version: 4.55 (that can be found at HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Via4in1Driver).
VIA 2.20e SATA/RAID driver was used when installing this computer setup.
The precise stop error is:
0x0000007B (0xba4c3528, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
From many sites I have gathered that the error is related to Windows XP not being able to access a critical system drive. Most probably the SATA hard drive issue.
The problem probably is the VIA drivers of the old motherboard and/or the SATA driver.
First I should mention, that MSI K9A Platinum does not have a hard disk SATA driver. If it does, I have been unable to find one. Certainly no such floppy disk included, and no such driver in the MSI's Web page for this motherboard.
Second important point: I never used RAID. I did use VIA 2.20e SATA/RAID driver disk when installing Windows XP to the old computer.
Strange that the hard drive model is reported as a "SCSI Disk Device". It's not a SCSI drive however: it's a SATA disk.
I have tried to uninstal the motherboard chipset drivers (Hyperion v4.55), but there seems to be a bug here: the drivers should be uninstalled using the installation program, and select the uninstall option. However, I do not get the uninstallation option to choose at all! Yes, I'm using the normal installation mode, not the quick installation (although tried that, too). The Hyperion setup program just installs, and asks to reboot the computer. After rebooting and trying again, it still does not offer me an uninstallation choise.
I know how to install hard drive VIA SATA driver, but I have no idea how to uninstall it. And I'm afraid to do that without certainty that it IS the solution, since I could not access the hard drive any more in the old computer setup (and return to read this forum). Also, I do not have a floppy drive any more. Anyone know if there is an issue with K9A and XP having VIA SATA driver installed?
When I tried the new computer setup, I first tried the simplest possible hardware combination: there were no CD/DVD-drives, no (parallel)IDE hard drives, and no PCI cards, except the MSI video adapter.
My BIOS Setup experiments. None of these helped: got the same stop error each time.
1) I didn't much touch the BIOS setting first. Just tried to boot with the settings BIOS came with.
2) Next I disabled the integrated audio, LAN and IEE1394 devices and floppy drive and disabled all other choises except the SATA drive as a boot device.
3) Next I tried with the fail-safe BIOS defaults.
4) Cleared CMOS.
5) Changed OnChip SATA type from Native IDE to Legacy IDE. (Only one boot attempt with the setting as Legacy.)
6) Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster.
7) Never touched anything in the Cell Menu: so the settings are in minimum.
A step I have taken after the last attempt: run Windows XP hard drive error-checking tool to every logical drive with the fix option selected, and the system drive also with scan the bad sectors option selected.
My plans next are:
1) to install a newer Hyperion driver. If that would correct the no-unistallation-choice-bug,
2) to disable USB-devices in the BIOS (desperate),
3) to choose the Windows general video display driver (although I seriously doubt this is a display driver problem!).
4) to uninstall the Anti-Virus software (Avira Antivir).
I've read a numerous Web pages so far about the 0x0000007B stop error. Here are some links:
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http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/knowledge_base/
Stop 0x0000007B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
This Stop message, also known as Stop 0x7B, indicates that Windows XP Professional lost access to the system volume or boot volume during the startup process. This error always occurs while the system is starting and is often caused by one of the following:
* Hardware problems
* Corrupted or incompatible storage drivers
* File system problems
* Boot sector viruses
* Outdated firmware
During I/O system initialization, this error can occur when:
* The controller or driver for the startup device (typically the hard disk) failed to initialize the necessary hardware.
* File system initialization failed because the system did not recognize the data on the boot device.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082
You receive a Stop 0x0000007B error after you move the Windows XP system disk to another computer
SYMPTOMS
After you move the Microsoft Windows XP system (boot) disk to a backup computer, you may receive the following Stop error when you try to start the Windows XP-based backup computer:
STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF741B84C,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)
CAUSE
This error may occur if the registry entries and the drivers for the mass storage controller hardware in the backup computer are not installed in Windows XP.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this error, use the same hardware for the backup computer.
Heh, heh! Very nice Microsoft, but I plan to update my computer, so I NEED to use different components
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103
Device Driver Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message in the following scenarios:
•   A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is not configured to start during the startup process.
•   A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is corrupted.
•   Information in the Windows XP registry (information related to how the device drivers load during startup) is corrupted.
Hardware Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message if there is a resource conflict between the boot controller and another controller or between SCSI devices. You may also receive this Stop error message if drive translation is not being performed or if drive translation was changed. To troubleshoot this issue:
1.   If an IRQ or I/O port address conflict exists between the boot controller and another controller, Windows XP either stops responding (hangs) or displays a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message. If you recently added new hardware, remove the new hardware or reconfigure it so that it does not conflict with the resources of any other installed controllers.
2.   If you are using a SCSI hard disk, check the SCSI chain for correct termination. Remove any unused SCSI devices or make sure that each SCSI ID is unique.
3.   Make sure that drive translation is turned on (if it is required) and that it has not been changed. For example, if you recently switched controllers, this issue may occur. For additional information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 314082.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316401/
SYMPTOMS
When you start your Microsoft Windows XP-based computer after you replace the motherboard on the computer, you may receive a Stop error message that is similar to the following:
STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE
CAUSE
This issue may occur if the new motherboard contains an embedded IDE controller that has a different chipset than the original motherboard.
RESOLUTION
Method 1: Perform an in-place upgrade of Windows XP [<- That means repair installation of Windows XP]
•   Do not use a repair or in-place upgrade if you suspect disk problems.
Method 2: Repartition and format your hard disk and reinstall Windows XP

Alright I got the situation over.
Quote from: Roskaposti on 19-May-07, 04:44:59
My plans next are:
1) to install a newer Hyperion driver. If that would correct the no-unistallation-choice-bug,
2) to disable USB-devices in the BIOS (desperate),
3) to choose the Windows general video display driver (although I seriously doubt this is a display driver problem!).
4) to uninstall the Anti-Virus software (Avira Antivir).
I did try all all the above, and none of them helped.
And by the way: after installing the new Hyperion (VIA chipset drivers), I was finally able to also uninstall. It also uninstalled the IDE SATA (I think) and PATA drivers.
But what I had to do, was to make a REPAIR installation of Windows XP.
So, I was wondering now afterwards: this is really, really silly. Why the hell we need to re-install Windows if we move the SYSTEM SATA drive to another computer? We don't have similar problem with parallel IDE drives. Whom should we thank here??
The issue is to insert the driver files and the information of the ide drivers Windows should use with the next boot. How can it be this difficult?
What you basically need is..
- the information about the new chipset's PCIIDE.SYS/[VENDOR_PROVIDED_FILE].SYS and ATAPIIDE.SYS inserted into the values in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSetXXX\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase
- and the vendor's IDE drivers to the %SYSTEMROOT%/System32/drivers folder.
Maybe something else, I don't know. But the problem was, Windows didn't know how, or what drivers to use. That can't be so big problem you need to install the whole OS anew!

K9A Platinum - Not seeing RAID Array on restart...

Hello again guys...
Here's the deal...
The computer will not recognize the RAID array when I choose to restart from inside Windows. If I press the reset on the computer or I do a shutdown then reboot, it works fine. Also, this morning I finished a clean install of Vista 64 and forgot to turn off sleep mode like I normally do, and when I came back home I got a tasty blue screen. When I tired to restart I got a message stating that the RAID driver was corrupt or missing. I reloaded Vista again, but I still have the issue of the machine not seeing the RAID array upon restart, and I have tried this about 10 times with the same results.
Restart = No Recognized RAID Array.
Cold Boot, Reset Switch or CTRL+ALT+DEL = No problems.
My system specs are in my sig below.
There was one other tidbit, I had a problem with this motherboard failing to load Windows with 4GB of RAM installed when I first got her, and thru this forum and the MSI help center, it was suggested I update my BIOS to a beta version that was out at the time. I see now that the version is now a standard release v1.6, should I go to the release BIOS or just stay with the current one?
Thanks for your time!

Yes I can. I first installed XP Pro since I was testing system stability with my new 6000+. Every soft reboot results in the array being undefined. I have to wait until the controller scans and says there is no array, then I can reset it to make it see the arrays. If I reset before the controller scans, it still shows no arrays.
Vista 64 Ultimate will only install on my K9A platinum if the following is true:
1) The SATA controller is in RAID mode, I have 4 SATA HD's, none are striped, and my DVD is external
2) The desired HD/array must be the first boot device, if the DVD is first it will refuse to recognize the partition as valid to use
If I use Native IDE or AHCI mode, Vista doesn't see any partitions. If I use Legacy IDE mode, Vista will start the install, but on reboot the motherboard pauses for 5 minutes and tells me the HD has an error and I have to hit F1 to continue.
I only recently got Vista 64 Ultimate stable again. I was having a problem where the system would power off instantly when it reached the desktop. I replaced the power supply. I then had trouble getting the drivers installed without crashing the OS. One thing I noticed while reinstalling Vista is that Microsoft automatically updates the driver for the RAID Controller. The driver version is 2.5.1540.41 and the version that the ATI 7.6. and 7.7 want to install in 2.5.1540.36. That would put it out of sync with the ATI RAID Console driver. The next reboot would result in crashing. Can't prove that is why though.

K9A Platinum Startup problem

Hi All,
I have just got the K9A Platinum motherboard and am having trouble getting it started.
I have installed the CPU Athlon X2 6000+ and 2 Gb RAM in DIMM 1 and DIMM 3. And plugged the Graphics Card (Club 3D Radeon 2900XT) in. But the diagnostic LED's do the following sequence then stop.
1,2,1&2,3,4,1&3
It just stays on 1 & 3 lit "Testing VGA BIOS".
What could be causing this problem, I have taken the MB out of the box and only have the key components plugged in.
My only issue I can think of it my PSU is 550W, it has the extra CPUP connector and a PCIe 6 pin connector, but my Gfx card box recommend 650W PSU.
Could it be a PSU issue or a faulty GFx Card or Motherboard
Thanks in advance
Dave

Your PSU is most suspected at this time... Your VGA is very power hungry.. You need a PSU with at least +35A in +12V.
Get a single rail PSU with high amperes on +12V over 35A
good suggestions:
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 with 49A on a single +12V rail.
or
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 with 60A on a single +12V rail.

MSI K9A Platinum, X580 and Xtreme Ga

So, me just as basicly everyone else who has this problem (which seems to be extremely common) is very tired having such lacking effort from Creative fixing the problems that do excist with the card range to fully corporate with about any modern motherboard. I got the SB9000, Xtreme Gamer - once I installed it in my K9A Platinum motherboard it found itself as BC00, worked fine but gave extremely messed up playback in Battlefield 242 once the Orbital Strike was raping the ground just as some other distant audio playbacks became very crackling which just ruins the experience and especially my faith in Creative as a company. After I updated to latest BIOS, v..6.0, the card wanted to find itself as a E800 and sometimes the audio card didn't want to be detected at all in Battlefield, forcing me to use Software sound which is outragous. I didn't pay to play with motherboard audio, but you guys on Creative just don't give a **bleep**, do you?Drivers are worthless... come on, seriously, it's the most lazy attitude I've ever seen... One update on about a year? And something like three updates, top, on a entire product range? Take atleast fi've minutes and fix this problem, I read the sticky but it didn't tell me anything but "We're Creative, go away from our forum spam down your Motherboard manufactors and hope for the best... losers" and I won't accept it. Either Creative gives us the exact fixes or nobody cares - Creative have the resources to fix this problem right now, it can't be so freaking hard to update the software when it's so easy making products that just won't work with any equipment from the 2th centuary in corporation with that audio chipset... Shame on you Creative. I sent a message to the Support about this half a week ago, still nothing, thanks alot for beeing bad at everything.

BorkaBonum,
Tone down the bad language.
If the card isn't always being detected properly then that could be causing an issue. Have you tried uninstalling it, and then reinstalling it in another PCI slot? That'll force the card onto other resources (like another IRQ).
Did you send a message to support through the website? Did you get an auto response? A response always automatically goes out when a request arri'ves so you know we got your e-mail, if you didn't get that, check your spam filter first in case it got stuck there.
Cat

K9A Platinum and 4GB DDR2-800

I'm a major MSI fan and have been for a long time. My computers (even my customer's) are MSI boards.
Recently, I upgraded my motherboard, ram and processor to the new AM2 core (ok, not really new, but w/e). I have the following items:
MSI K9A Platinum
4GB DDR2 800 (2x2GB) G.Skill 5-5-5-15
Athlon X2 5200+ Windsor 65w w/2x1MB cache
2x ATI Radeon x1650 256 DDR2 (Crossfire'd)
1x 200GB SATA2
1x 300GB SATA2
2x 500GB SATA2
My previous system had:
MSI K8N Neo-4F
4x 1GB Kingston DDR 400
Athlon X2 4800+
Ok. So heres my problem:
I installed each 2GB stick into slot 1 to verify they work and I got all 2GB. Shut down and installed each 2GB at each channel (DIMM1 and DIMM3) and BIOS reports 2544MB total. I look in BIOS and it says Physical Memory = 4096MB, Usable Memory = 2544MB. (This is before I even installed windows.) So, I tried to see if windows would report differently and after installing, it reported the same 2.48GB of ram. Now I know that Windows 32-bit can only go up to 3.2GB and I have no problem with that. My previous setup reported all 4GB of ram... so whats different about this board that it doesn't use all the memory available?
If this is an issue with the Processor, then let me know. I paid for 4GB, not 2.5GB. I expected at most 3.2GB.
And no. I won't go Vista. And Windows x64 has little to no support for a lot of what I do/have. So I won't use it either.
Thanks for your help in advance.

@ BOSSKILLER:
I've done the single and dual vga test. I even placed the ram in single channel mode and it did the same.
@ Bas:
Its default. I'll paste it here.
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
Thanks for your responses so far.
Just for record, here is the RAM information taken from PC Wizard 2007 (From the makers of CPU-Z):
FYI: In the ram size, 2 ranks, 8 banks means its a double sided chip. 2 sides (1 rank per side), 8 chips (1 bank per chip) per side.
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Information SPD EEPROM (DIMM0) :
Manufacturer : G Skill
Part Number : F2-6400CL5-2GBPQ
Serial Number : Unspecified
Type : DDR2-SDRAM PC2-6400 (399 MHz)
Format : Regular UDIMM (133.35 x 3)
Size : 2048 MB (2 ranks, 8 banks)
Module Buffered : No
Module Registered : No
Module EPP : No
Width : 64-bit
Error Correction Capability : No
Max. Burst Length : 0
Refresh : Reduced (.5x)7.8 µs, Self Refresh
Voltage : SSTL 1.8v
Prefetch Buffer : 4-bit
Manufacture : Week 0 of 2000
Supported Frequencies : 266 MHz, 400 MHz
CAS Latency (tCL) : 4 clocks @266 MHz, 5 clocks @400 MHz
RAS to CAS (tRCD) : 4 clocks @266 MHz, 5 clocks @400 MHz
RAS Precharge (tRP) : 4 clocks @266 MHz, 5 clocks @400 MHz
Cycle Time (tRAS) : 10 clocks @266 MHz, 15 clocks @400 MHz
Min TRC : 16 clocks @266 MHz, 23 clocks @400 MHz

K9A Platinum - Periodic lock up

Hey folks,
New to this forum and MSI boards in general. Having an issue where my PC is locking up periodically in XP (32 bit) that I can't quite figure out. Initially after performing a fresh install of XP my machine locked up occasionally while unattended. Basically it seemed that if I walked away for 5-15 minutes, when i'd come back it would have locked up (while running windows update, for example).
After being sure I had installed all the drivers (and updating to the latest bios) I could find for the motherboard, including AMD's dual core optimizer, this problem seemed to have been resolved - until last evening. I ran a torrent program and again, after leaving the PC unattended for a few minutes, it locked up. This happens like clockwork when using either Burst! or uTorrent.
Any suggestions?
Here's my hardware spec:
MSI K9A Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz AM2
OCZ Gold 2GB (1 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3320620NS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA
PHILIPS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM
HIS Hightech H190GT256DVN Radeon X1900GT 256MB
Okia 450W Power Supply
Thanks!

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edit: Is it the number of 12V rails thats most important, or the number of amps per rail? For instance, if you have 50A, over 3 rails is that considered better than 33A over one rail?
ONLY thing important is amps per rail! 3 rails with each 18a doesn't mean you have 54a total! They can't be simply added as the component using one rail can't use another when the used one doesn't provide enough power. That's why a strong single rail is the best to have.
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As far as memory goes, what exactly is the 2T command rate?
Memory setting to be found in bios "dram settings". The CMD Rate is the chipset latency, the time the chipset needs to select the ram chips.
2T is the slower but safer setting as many AM2 systems have problems with 1T.
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I do use the Cool 'n quiet feature and haven't tried disabling
Well try it, if it locks up when not used this could be the source of trouble.
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I'm running the HD in whatever default mode the SATA controller is set at
deaden asked for raid mode as you're not using a raid setup you don't have to set anything to use SATA. Just plug and play.

K9A Platinum Burnin Boards

Hey all;
Just got back my HIS Radeon X1650 PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16
CrossFire Supported Video Card, from RMA. New board, not repaired checked S/N. Installed
it into second PCIE slot and nothing. Tried to enable crossfire and received an error, Crossfire
is Currently Unavailable. I reinstalled my ATI southbridge drivers, and switched slots with my cards.
The new card is now in the first PCIE slot, I enabled crossfire and it worked. I logged into Crysis
to check my FPS, about 60 so i logged out to check my settings and black screen.
DEAD CARD! I installed card in one of my other machines,K9N Neo Motherboard, got nothing
it's toast.
So am I just unlucky enough to get 2 bad cards, first lasted 2 hrs, second ran about 30 minutes.
Or can there be something with my motherboard that's toasting them?
MSI K9A Platinum ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache
(2X) HIS Radeon X1650PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Supported
(4 x 1GB) G.SKILL DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Antec True Power Trio 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails CrossFireReady
Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100
"SATA RAID to be installed"

It's easy to have a kind tone when everyone is so helpful.
I got all my parts from Newegg.com, and they have been really great with the RMAs.
MSI, AMD/ATI, have been really helpful with support on my problem.
HIS support did reply,after I emailed them at a feedback address asking why they didn't reply to my support issue, they said sorry . Am still waiting for reply to my answers of their support questions and comments.
Did a 24 hour test on latest card, did all the fixes outlined here and in another post.
Installed new card but didn't enable crossfire, running a monitor on each card, when I
do anything that puts a load on GPU, the system hangs, got to reset.
Got RMA # from Newegg, motherboard goes back in morning.
Still have 2 working graphics cards, didn't try the crossfire.
Will post later on results after i get my new Motherboard.
Thanks Guys for all the help.

MSI k9a Platinum + PowerColor 1950 pro extreme + bios v1.6

Hello! At motherboard stood version firmware v1.4 Run test 3DMark2005 and received 10,444 importance to my configuration (which is a good figure). Then Live Update pointed out that there are newer BIOS v1.6, I flash. Then began receiving in 7048 3DMark2005 :( Tried to reinvent the windows XP, set new driver, not helped, Clear CMOS. ReFlash to version v1.3 (why not found on the website version v1.4), and miracle! 3DMark2005 shows 10456 . It can be concluded to reduce speed blame new BIOS. So do not recommend placing Edition v1.4 above.
Sorry for my English. I used a translator from GOOGLE
AMD 5200+ windsor
MSI k9a platinum
PowerColor X1950 PRO Extreme 256MB
DDR-2 1Gb 800 Elixir *2
Western Digital Serial ATA II (WD3200AAJS) - 8Mb, 7200rpm
Chieftec LBX-02BBSL 450W

Here we go AGAIN, I will explain this AGAIN .......
Do not flash the bios if there aren't any problems!
Flashing the bios is only usefull if you experience compatibility problems between certain hardware devices in your pc. So, leave the bios alone!
A BIOS IS NOT A DRIVER!
And, like it is with drivers, newer is not always better! Some driver/bios are meant only for newer hardwaremodels.
LEAVE IT ALONE, UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MESS WITH IT.
So, Foxyrus, lesser points in 3DMark was completely your own fault, not MSI's. Telling people not to use the 1.6 bios is nonsense. In your case it did not work, but for some folks it probably will work.

K9A Platinum ~ Purchasing Questions and Setup

Hi, I'm trying to build a new system and I'm just having a TERRIBLE time getting a good motherboard to actually work.... I was running a Crossfire 939 AMD system and I wanted to upgrade it.
I had originally purchased a DFI Lanparty 3200 Crossfire Intel board and a core duo 2 chip. After the fact, I found out the board is very buggy and has a bad problem with memory post. It got stuck in a C1 error and I could not fix it and had to send it back.
I then decided to stick with AMD and I got a Asus M2R32-MVP board and a Athlon 64 FX-62 chip... again, I'm having problems as the motherboard will turn itself off within 2 seconds of turning it on.
I am considering running out to Microcenter this weekend and grabbing a K9A Platinum but I wanted to get some feedback before I bought it as to setting it up, if its compatible with my ram and power supply... I did read that the board is defaulted to 1.8v memory and the ram I have is 2.1v.
I'm kinda at my wits end about this and I'm really frustrated. I'll list the other components below:
Thermaltake toughpower W0105RU ATX12V / EPS12V 700W Power Supply - Retail
OCZ ATI CrossFire 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2A8002GK - Retail (4 sticks = 4 gigs)
NZXT Apollo BLACK NP Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
And the AMD 64 FX-62 AM2
Thanks!

Thank you for the input...
Also if you note... I do NOT have any components hooked up to the board except the cpu, 1 ram stick and the psu. I do not have my cards, my hard drives or my sound card hooked up.
Its turning off by itself with nothing but the ram, the cpu and the psu hooked up.
Can you recommend a higher wattage single rail than a 610?
You really think its my power supply?
These are the specs of the psu:
Model
Brand Thermaltake
Model W0105RU
Series toughpower
SPEC
Type ATX12V / EPS12V
Maximum Power 700W
Fans 1 x 14 cm Fan
PFC Active
Main Connector 20 + 4Pin
Dual +12V Yes
PCI-E Connectors 2 x 6Pin
SLI Support NVIDIA SLI Certified
Modular Cabling Support No
Power Good Signal 100-500ms
Hold-up Time 16ms min.
Efficiency up to 85%
Over Voltage Protection +5V 7.0 Vmax
+3.3V 4.5 Vmax
+12V 15.6 Vmax
Input Voltage 100 - 240 V
Input Frequency Range 47 - 63 Hz
Input Current 10A @ 115V, 5A @ 230V
Output +3.3V@30A,+5V@28A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,+12V3@18A,+12V4@18A,[email protected],+5VSB@3A
MTBF >120,000 hours
Approvals CE, CB, TUV, FCC, UL, CUL, and BSMI certified
Features
Connectors 1 x Main connector (20+4 pin)
1 x 12V (P4)
1 x 12V (8pin)
7 x peripheral
6 x SATA
2 x Floppy
2 x PCI-E
Features SLI, Cross-Fire, and Dual Core CPU ready
Protections: Over Current, Over Voltage, and Short-Circuit protection
Next generation four +12V rails(12V1, 12V2, 12V3, 12V4) supports high-end graphic card and PC system (combined loading of 48A)
Independent Voltage Circuit: offers unflappable current delivery under heavy load and makes voltage output more stable
Industrial grade components (capacitor, transformer, etc)

K9A Platinum memory question

I have just purchased 1 x (249621) MSI K9A Platinum Xpress 3200 Sempron/Athlon 64(FX)(X2) SktAM2 DDR2 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail mother board. My question is about the memory - On the MSI web it says this mother board supports Supports Dual DDR2 533/667/800 and 4 DDR2 DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V). What memory brands and models does this mother board support? Can I get memory what has higher volts than 1.8 like 2.0 or higher? I was looking on www.zipzoomfly.com for memory but I don't want to get the wrong memory please help. I want to get 2 gigs of memory can I just run one 2 gig sim by it self or do I need to have 2 1 gig sims and what is cheaper. I would like to get something around $200.00. please help.

vonbarter,
I did find two options which meet your criteria:
OCZ S.O.E 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $190 after MIR
OCZ Gold Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $200 after MIR
Take Care,
Richard

K9A Platinum Low Raid 0 Performance?

hi i just build this pc a few days ago and i did some tests on my raid using HD Tach (and on a website called pcpitstop.com)
both of these seem to be reporting my hard drives are doing no more than 80MB/s ... even though i have setup RAID 0 for 3 drives on the utility with the motherboard,
a friend of mine (who uses 4 drives in raid 0 of EXACTLY the same type of hard drive) gets more than 320MB/s on his drives ....
i fail to see how 3 of my drives = 80 MB/s, whilst 4 of his = 320MB/s
I installed the driver and took off the jumper at the back of the drive (to make them SATA II)
I checked the RAID config utility and all the settings seem to be perfect, however the drives seem to be failing to deliver the transfer speed i am looking for ...
My IDE drive is comparable to this setup, which kind of defies the point of me paying so much money for a RAID setup that's giving me the performance of only one of my drives
Windows recognises one drive, and says RAID 0 so i guess the RAID is working it's just not performing properly
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
thanks

Quote from: Hans on 14-June-07, 03:56:02
Hi!
Please read Moan Guide first.
In general: RAID-0 performance is often exaggerated, although your speed seems to be too low. RAID-0 speeds depend on many things: the way the RAID has been set up (block/chunk size, driver, disks, controller, etc). Furthermore, different bench tools will show you different speeds, so don't depend too much on what a tool tells you.
*Edit: don't confuse burst speed with average read/write speeds! The burst speed can exceed the read/write speeds by a factor more than 2!
Some tips you may want to try:
- enable/disable NCQ (Device Manager -> SCSI/RAID-devices);
- try a different block size;
- try a different/newer driver or try the driver that came with the board;
- use the manufacturer's disk tool to have all disks checked for any errors. You may need to connect them as if they are IDE's to make them being recognized properly.
Then this: As far as I'm aware, Windows will not show RAID-0, unless you set up the RAID through Windows disk manager (system tools). If you did setup through Windows disk manager, please setup RAID again using the RAID bios on you board.
hey thanks for the reply, i'll try and give you some more info on what's going on;
firstly some more computer specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 bit dual core 5000+
Graphics: ATI x1950XT-X Crossfire Edition (Single card at the moment)
Mobo: K9A Platinum (havent updated bios yet)
PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700W
RAM: Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator DHX PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
HDD: 3xSeagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - (Took the jumpers off the back to make them SATA II)
The motherboard uses the ATI XPRESS 3200 chipset, which supports up to 4x SATA II Drives, this is what i have used to connect the hard drives to. The Motherboard also offers a RAID utility for 0,1, and 0+1 RAID - i have used raid 0 with block size 128KB (it offered 64 or 128), FastInit was ON, and the other 2 settings i couldnt change, i activated all drives to the array and setup (in the BIOS) for the SATA's to be seen as a RAID configuration.
The latest drivers i used was catalyst 7.5 available from ATI website, the drivers on the CD dont work because i use Vista 64, and the CD says it doesnt support my OS, so i downloaded them.
In response to windows seeing the RAID .... i meant it see's one normal hard drive but the disk comes up as a RAID SCSI device in Propeties -> Hardware, that is the name the RAID utility (straight after POST) gives to the array i think, and so windows recognises it as one.

K9A platinum and USB power.

So, This Christmas I decided to give my HTPC a M-play 202 plus as a little nice extra feature.
It is a Display module with IR-receiver and remote, and it has the nice feature of Remote power-on. This of course achieved by routing the power-switch cable through it.
But, this of course requires that the M-play 202 has operating power in itself, through USB.
Now, I have 10 computers at home, including a few other MSI-boards, and while some of them do not by default provide USB-power when switched off, all of them either have BIOS-settings or a Motherboard jumperswitch for this. The K9A platinum has neither. The other motherboards that does not show settings for this all have power on USB as default.
So, What am I missing? Where is my USB-power when the computer are switched off?
I can solve this by changing the M-play 202 plus USB-cable from internal type to an external and simply route it through an powered USB2 hub. But this is a very ugly solution.
Anyway, just writing this in hopes that there is something obvious I am missing here that will solve this.
Best Regards
Bo Eriksson

Try sticky thread...power-on-usb keyboard....it might be what you need.

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