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hello Colin,
What you are seeing when your screen goes black with the cursor flashing at the top is a legacy from the old DOS booting days. If you had an older motherboard that still offerred ISA slots, you could put in an old ISA video card and see what the system BIOS is trying to tel you. If I remember right it's message would be the same as your D bracket.
Can't help you much except suggest that you keep asking MSI tech support for assitance. They should be able to seng you a new CMOS chip to insert in your board at no cost since you use their recommended procedures. They have done so for others. Just make sure you are not overly aggressive when dealing with them.
If this does not work then see theis web site and consider bying a new chip for your board. http://www.flashbios.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=22&language=en&osCsid=975ee1b8be41cdf61aa2feba67385bb2
Good luck,

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Cool and Quiet problem on K8N Neo2 Platinum v1.3 bios

Hello
I have a problem with the Cool and Quiet feature on the K8N Neo2 Platinum (v1.3 bios).
As soon and I boot the Core Center v1.7.0.0 will instantly overclock my A64 3500+ CPU to 3000+ Mhz. Of course this reboots my PC.
I have Cool and Quiet enabled in the bios, Automatic overclocking disabled in the bios and the Core Center softwares overclocking is (well it was) disabled? How can I install it or get it to stop overclocking the system.
I want to run the Core Center to enable the Cool and Quiet fan controlling stuff.
Thanks

Strange that Corecenter would overclock your cpu to 3ghz. It's known to be unreliable software, but not that unreliable.
Are you running a stock 3500+, or are you overclocking the HTT/FSB beyond 200?
Previous posted was right about cool and quiet software. You don't need corecenter to run it. Just stay away from corecenter and even uninstall it
Cool and quiet software (a device driver that you download from AMD, or that comes pre-installed with XP SP2) simply works as follows. It introduces the notion of several p-states (processor states) that it switches between based on its reading of cpu load. A p-state is a pairing of cpu voltage and cpu multiplier. On my 3200+ newcastle, the p-states are:
1.5V, 11x
1.4V, 10x
1.3V, 9x
1.1V, 5x
Your 3500+ might be similar. Anyway, just run cpu-z instead of corecenter to watch your cpu speed changing on the fly.
As far as fan speeds go: the cool and quiet driver doesn't affect fan speeds. That means to get the "quiet" part of "cool and quiet" you need either
(a) a fan that has a temperature sensor and which automatically changes its speed based on that, or
(b) just use the motherboard BIOS setting to do the same via bios software.
(c) use speedfan to do the same via windows software.
I myself prefer (b) but it depends on the bios accurately reporting temperature, which can vary wildly between bios releases (e.g. newcastles didn't start getting accurate temp reports until bios 1.4).

MOVED: K8N Neo2 Platinum resets overclock....

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K8N Neo2 Platinum resets overclock....

Sorry about asking a stupid question.
Quote from: the_cultie on 25-May-05, 17:50:12
Are you using CoreCenter to overclock? What version is your BIOS? Post system specs.
Quote from: tahuru on 25-May-05, 14:24:45
the overclocking is done solely in bios.
Anyway, there seems to be different problems relating to waking up from sleep, I know that Cool'n'Quiet would stop working when I would wake up from sleep. I'll try overclocking mine a bit and I'll get back to you.
Also, check that the Save/Clear CMOS jumper is in the right position.

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K8N Neo2 Platinum overclocking problem

Quote from: Sharp on 24-April-05, 06:04:48
Hello,
In the BIOS you must set the FSB:DRAM ratio to 1:1.
Set the HTT (hypertransport Ratio to x4)
Set the CPU ratio to x4 (just too see if it will work.)
Set the FSB to 250Mhz
Set the Vcore to 1.45v.
Set the memory timings to SPD (or default values for DDR500)
Set the memory voltage to 2.7v, 2.75v or 2.8v.
Save and exit
Then let it boot from the memtest bootdisk.
Use memtest to see if it is ok, test for a long time, over 1 hour.
http://www.memtest.org/download/1.55.1/memtest86+-1.55.1.floppy.zip
Tight timings and high FSB is even better
I have the same problem I can go as high as fsb 219 without tweaking anything but the FSB. My system is about the same only my ram is ddr 400 so what should my mem volt and timg should be set to?

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum 1.9 Bios & Dual Core Procs?

Just curious and I hope some can answer this question for me. I just sold my trusty K8N Neo2 Platinum to a lucky m8 on eBay. It is sporting the bios revision 1.9 I know that he is going to be running a dual core proc, but I am unsure if he has a single core proc handy to get it up and running so he can flash to one of the latest bioses that supports dual core procs. If he doesn't have a single core proc to get started, will the board at least crank up with a dual core proc so he can get the bios flashed to BIOS Rev. 1.B? Geesh I do hope so because I am leaving town for 10 days on Thursday and will have no time to gut my new setup to reinstall the board and flash it for him. Here is hoping for some good news.

Quote from: Quazi on 19-July-06, 18:07:35
Thank you Stick, very much for the answer and the time. I appreciate it! If they had a virual beer can smilely, I would buy you a virtual beer, or beverage of your choice.
<- you mean like that one?

K8N Neo2 Platinum 939 -new bios

Hey,
I wonder if there is any newer bios then the one on the homepage (msi) some beti bios or so for the K8N Neo2 Platinum 939 mobo ? If so please post link as well, thanx!

There is a beta bios floating around here 1.25 i think, i tried it but Cpuz didnt work properly afterwards

MOVED: K8N Neo2 Platinum, wich cpucooler?

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K8N Neo2 Platinum, wich cpucooler?

Quote from: hansh on 02-January-06, 18:43:45
Yes, it will fit and it is working very good
The only problem I could think of is that higher memory modules, like the Corsair Pro with leds) might not fit ... with "normal" modules there is no problem.
thanks!
now I'm a happy boy
I have "normal memory modules" so thats cool :p

K8N Neo2 Platinum unrecoverably borked bios

Last week, I decided it was time to upgrade my PC. I decided I was going to get an X2 processor, but knew that S939 motherboards of the age of mine won't support them without a Bios upgrade.
I had used Live Update before so that my Winchester processor was recognised correctly, but also know that updating the bios carries with it a risk of rendering a PC inoperable (at work we have to flash the bioses on a number of different PCs and must've done hundreds in my time).
Used Live Update to flash the bios (as is recommended all over the support site) from version 1.5 to 1.B. As is sensible, I created a repair disk to go back if there is trouble.
Everything appeared to go okay during the process (there were no errors or other cause for concern). Unfortunately, at the end of the process Live Update asks if you want to reboot. I clicked on Yes, expecting it to reboot.
I waited, and waited, not wanting to provoke an error. It didn't look like it was going to reboot, and I was getting impatient, so did the sensible thing, and walked away.
20 minutes later, I came back and it still had not rebooted, so crossed my fingers, and switched the PC off.
I cleared the CMOS jumper as is customary, and switched back on.
The machine ran through it's POST sequence, detecting processor, memory and drives. It then reported that the "CMOS checksum was invalid, Defaults loaded" (as expected as I'd cleared the CMOS via jumper). It said "Press F1 ro continue, DEL to enter setup". I had to enter the setup to set the clock and other options, so pressed Del. This caused the PC to reboot. Oh dear.
I then tried to use the repair disk I made earlier, but when I pressed F1 at the same point, the PC just switched to a black screen with a flashing cursor in the top left.
I had a look at the D-Bracket, and found there was a red LED showing, looking it up in the manual, it says "Initializing Floppy Drive Controller". This is strange, as the PC had been working fine since Christmas, and I'd just used the floppy drive to create the repair disk.
At this point I stripped all extra hardware from the PC (Wifi card, all but one strip of RAM all hard disks and DVD drive) to try and get a different response and breathe some life back into the PC, but nothing worked.
I came here and discovered this post by Syar2003:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=86257.0
which states that you CANNOT use Live Update to upgrade the BIOS to upgrade to BIOS version 1.B (due to Live Update not flashing the boot block).
To add insult to injury, I've sent this enquiry to MSI using their online support form, and am yet to receive a response (this was sent on Saturday, and it's now Thursday).
Any ideas, guys?

hello Colin,
What you are seeing when your screen goes black with the cursor flashing at the top is a legacy from the old DOS booting days. If you had an older motherboard that still offerred ISA slots, you could put in an old ISA video card and see what the system BIOS is trying to tel you. If I remember right it's message would be the same as your D bracket.
Can't help you much except suggest that you keep asking MSI tech support for assitance. They should be able to seng you a new CMOS chip to insert in your board at no cost since you use their recommended procedures. They have done so for others. Just make sure you are not overly aggressive when dealing with them.
If this does not work then see theis web site and consider bying a new chip for your board. http://www.flashbios.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=22&language=en&osCsid=975ee1b8be41cdf61aa2feba67385bb2
Good luck,

MOVED: K8N Neo2 Platinum, GFX recommendations please ?

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Hi,
Can you start from a floppy disk, or at least get into BIOS (you probably will need a new install of Windows)?
Try to start with a simple configuration: FDD, HDD, 1 stick of memory, video card - remove the rest for now ... reseat the components that you will use (starting with video card, then memory, finally CPU - check thermal grease) and check connections.
Try with the board out of the case (shortcircuiting may occur when the board is not placed correctly, check the stand-offs under the board)
Let us know how things are going!
Hans

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If you intall windows with only Hd Sata 200 Giga Seagate in Sata 3 connected
you dont need to F6
if you install XP With Both HD Connected then you need to F6 x 2 and load both Raid & Sata drivers.
the error you are getting Quote
Boot System Failed. Put Another disk and press Enter.
seems to be because you havnt got a bootable disc in the CD
This causes the boot process to halt
Try changing Quote
The priority to boot the devices is:
Floppy
Cd-Rom
Hard Disk (don't have scsi or sata to choose in bios)
to :-
Floppy
Hard Disk
Cd-Rom
and see if that works any differently
hope this is some help

Poor gaming performance K8N Neo2 Platinum

I recently installed a new video card - BFG 6800 Ultra and the fps during gaming has dropped drastically. I thought the problem might be the video card so I flashed it to a newer bios, this had no effect. Then I swapped in my old video card - 6800 GT and the problem still existed. I also tried turning off Fast Writes and there was no change. I had my CPU overclocked and tried setting everything to default values, but there was no change. I ran Sandra benchmarks and the CPU / Memory is performing as it should. I would like to figure out if the problem is with a bios setting or the motherboard itself. Here are some benchmarks:
FarCry River Demo:
Before 52.9fps
After 28.8fps
3DMark05
Before
3DMark Score   4425 3DMarks
GT1 - Return To Proxycon   19.6 FPS
GT2 - Firefly Forest   12.9 FPS
GT3 - Canyon Flight   21.9 FPS
CPU Score   4681 CPUMarks
CPU Test 1   2.3 FPS
CPU Test 2   4.2 FPS
After
3DMark Score   2543 3DMarks
GT1 - Return To Proxycon   14.1 FPS
GT2 - Firefly Forest   6.2 FPS
GT3 - Canyon Flight   12.0 FPS
CPU Score   791 CPUMarks
CPU Test 1   0.5 FPS
CPU Test 2   0.6 FPS
Here are my system specs:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum 1.4 bios
Athlon 64 3000+
BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra 71.25 drivers
WD 37GB Raptor SATA
WD 160GB SATA
512 x 2 OCZ Platinum Rev. 2 PC3200
Koolance EXOS watercooling (video, CPU)
OCZ Powerstream 520W power supply

Quote from: s4eric on 17-February-05, 02:07:01
I didn't reinstall Windows, but restored to an earlier image. Everything is back to normal.
Crap....I was going to say it was certianly broke and send it to me ;-)
Glad you got it fixed.
BTW-Why did you go from 6800 GT to an ultra??? So much money sittin' around? I feel your pain.

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum cant upgrade to BIOS 1.4, Windows wont boot.

Hello
I have a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum and I cant upgrade to BIOS 1.4. I have tried everything and cannot get Windows XP to boot with BIOS 1.4.
I have reset the BIOS, set defaults, cleared the battery etc but when I load BIOS 1.4 (from a 98SE an ME boot dish and even from the Live Update?
The only solution is to rebuild Windows after loading BIOS 1.4???
Help

Hi !
Well, I have that problem, too. I think the reason is a new RAID-BIOS-Version built in the BIOS-Update. I´ve tried the beta-versions V1.51 and V1.5X, too - but they won´t run anyway.
My WinXp hangs while booting (before the WINDOWS-XP-Logo appears, or while fading in...). I cannot reinstall Windows completely because, when I install the 2 raid-drivers, the installation routine hangs before the licensetext - when I don´t install the drivers i cannont install on the raid-drive (beacuase the installation routine shows 2 hdds).
I think, a new driver will solve this problem, but I don´t know where to find it....
A.

MOVED: [Athlon64] Msi K8N Neo2 Platinum problems with Patriot Ram

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[Athlon64] Msi K8N Neo2 Platinum problems with Patriot Ram

First post, whoo hooo
So what version of BIOS are u running? I recently installed the two newest versions 2.0 and 2.1, and they both give me problems. With the latest (2.1) I'm getting the same error as you. Returning back to previous BIOS fixed my problems. Oh yeah, my RAM is Kingston Hyper-X, so i don't think thats your problem.
Let me know if you fix it, thats why im here, .

K8N Neo2 Platinum 54G BIOS problem

I recently bought a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum-54G mainboard with W7025NMS v1.3 092204 revision of BIOS.
AMD Athlon64 3000+ 939 is installed on the mainboard, with 2x512 GEIL PC3200 memory modules in dual channel configuration working on default frequency of 200MHz. CPU is recognized correctly as AMD Athlon64 3000+ on startup.
Mainboard’s BIOS seems to be corrupted. In Cell Menu options, in the upper left part of the screen (printed blue) are processor and DDR working timings:
Current CPU Clock 1810MHZ, Current DDR Clock 200MHz.
Aggressive Timings and Dynamic Overclocking values are [Disabled] (processor working on its defaulf settings); Spread Spectrum is [Disabled] while all DRAM Configuration settings are set to [Auto].
While entering HT frequency settings, (locked to [x5]) there are no other values to select – empty, and there is no way to leave it (ESC doesn’t help, the only thing possible to do is to reset the computer by pressing the Reset button on the chassis), but the HT frequency settings were enabled when I loaded Fail-Safe settings, offering [1x], [1.5x], [2x], [2.5x], [3x], [4x], [5x].
Adjust CPU Ratio settings offer only [StartUp], [x4]~[x9] values, but as I understood by reading the manual there should be [StartUp], [x4]~[x20].
CPU Voltage, Memory Voltage and AGP Voltage are set to default.
CPU-Z, as well as SiSoft Sandra 2004 and SiSoft Sandra 2005 and MSI CORE CELL show that processor works at a core speed ~1005MHz, showing multiplier locked on x5.0 and HTT locked at ~200MHz, while the voltage is ~1.05V!
I downloaded the latest BIOS revision (v1.4), did the BIOS flash, but the problem remains!
Anybody, help!

Quote
HT frequency
is a known fault in bios & is easily sorted Bas HT Bios Error
Quote
CPU Ratio settings
AMD64 CPOU's have a lock on CPU ratios which varies according to the specification of the chip. therefore the multiplier available in your bios stops at the max multiplier allowed by amd for your cpu.
As an example i'm running a 3200 754 which has a maximum muliplier of 11 so that is the max i see in bios.
this guide may help Bios Guide

BIOS for K8N Neo2 Platinum

Hi to all.
Just wanted to know what's the best and most stable bios for my K8N Neo2 Platinum. I'm currently running ver. 1.B, but I've read that ver. 1.9 is the best. Just wanted to know everyone's thought on this one.
In case ver. 1.8 is better,
¿can I flash my bios to ver. 1.9 from 1.B without having any problems?
¿Is ver. 1.9 better for overclocking?
Thanks.

Quote from: Stu on 20-May-06, 07:55:41
if you wanna OC, then Syar's BIOS is the best bet; its the one i use
I agreed with you Stu as I'm also using Syar's Bios 1C.

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