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K8N Neo2 - WinXP and Raid driver problem

Quote from: SillySider03 on 18-June-05, 22:18:50
Try This.
Yes it worked... I did it a bunch of mins ago, ty a lot anyway

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K8N Neo2 - WinXP and Raid driver problem

I've K8n Neo2 Platinum version.
Tried to build up an array. But I cannot load the Nvidia storage controller (from floppy with F6 key) cause this file makes windows installer freeze after loaded all drivers (black screen with blinking underscore). What could I do? I've tried all solutions here with no luck at all

Quote from: SillySider03 on 18-June-05, 22:18:50
Try This.
Yes it worked... I did it a bunch of mins ago, ty a lot anyway

Few question above the k8n neo2 platinum and raid

hi
i have for now intel 3.4ghz and asus p4c800dlux and 4 sata drives :
2x36giga wd 10000 raptors in raid 0 (connected to the on board promise sata controller)
2x200giga wd 7200 jd sata that (connected to on bard sata ports)
i order a athlon fx-55 and k8n neo2 platinum for a oc (a have 2x512 corsiar pc4000pro and hydro cool 200 ) and its look that its going to be problem
"SATA ports 1+2 will not maintain a lock and you can and will corrupt hard drives placed on these channels if you raise the HTT above 220mhz."
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=ge...890&articID=228
so im in a problem, if i wont to do nice oc (and i will) i need to leave sata ports 1 and 2 not connected and buy a sata-pci controller for my 2x200giga , im right ?
in that case i need to connect the raptors in raid 0 in the sata 3-4 prots (near the agp) but:
the raid on the noe2 is "NV RAID (Software)" it means that there is no a controller like promise and the cpu need to replace the controller work, so its doing a lower performance.

If you had 4 huge drives I would be more sympathetic. To me every board is a compromise, resulting in me having to abandon something I might have done previoulsy. In you case ditch the two 36gb drives, and slum it with the 200gb drives. Remember that "overclocking" is not a right. There will be many users oblivious of the SATA 1/2 overclocking problems running 4 sata drives in RAID without a problem.

MS-7025 MoBo (K8N Neo2 Platinum) and RAID 5

Hi-
I would like to use this Motherboard to make a home data server with a terabyte or more of storage, and build a new gaming machine, which is its current use. . Will this MoBo support RAID 5? I think it uses the NForce 3 Ultra chipset, and the docs that I have read so far say that SOME MoBos with this chipset support RAID 5, and "some do not"-- it says to check with the vendor for the specific board.
If RAID 5 is not supported, could I get it by buying an add-on card?
Right now the board has 1 Gb of RAM.
Would a server benefit from more RAM than this (Say, another GB-- for 2 Gb total?)... I'm thinking that, for a server, more than a Gb of RAM may not improve performance, but I'm not sure.
Thank You!
Best,
Walter.

I have looked again at my Neo2 (nf3) and Neo4 (nf4) but both show only:
NV RAID (Software)
• Support up to 4 SATA & 4 ATA133 Hard drives
- RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, JBOD is supported
- RAID function work w/ATA133 + SATA H/D
Don't see any reference to RAID 5. You could buy a SATA RAID 5 PCI card and use it, just disable all nVidia RAID in the BIOS, but I would look at the RAID 0+1 using 4 disks first. I would use a dedicated IDE boot disk for the OS.
What OS are you planning to use for the server? Vista or Windows Server would need 2gb but XP should be okay with 1gb unless you plan to serve loads of music / video, as HD speed plus memory is more important than CPU speed/power.

K8n neo Platinum and Optical Drive problem?

I need some help figuring this out. I've been searching for awhile but can't find any more information so I figured I'd ask here.
I have a Lite on LDW 411s dvd writer that is on the same ide channel as a lite on dvd player (labled as JLMS SJ-HD1665 in the device manager.
The problem is on the 411S where it will read the DVD/CD disk but when I try to use Cyberlink PowerDVD or Nero Recode to play or read the DVD it will just hang. If I don't try to play these files and just open them in explorer then I can access them.
I'm trying to see if there are some conflict issues with the nforce drivers but am still looking.
My setup is this.
AMD 64 3000+
K8n Neo Platinum nforce 3 250 Bios 1.4
Western Digital 120 gb hd
PQI 3200 1 gig memory
PNY 6800 GT
Audigy 2
Antec Trupower 420
Any help would be great as I'm totally stuck. Thanks.
Also to note I can play DVDs and use recode fine off the DVD rom drive but just not off the DVD writer (411s).

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Originally posted by BluddSimple
I have a Lite on LDW 411s dvd writer that is on the same ide channel as a lite on dvd player (labled as JLMS SJ-HD1665 in the device manager.
You might have better luck making the reader the slave on the channel your HD is on. I had both a burner/writer on the same channel and while it worked, the performance was very poor.
Man, I need to get around to posting my specs someday, but I have the same MB and BIOS as you. I'm also using the nForce unified drivers including IDE.

K8n neo platinum and hard drive problem...

greetings...
well, I have K8n neo platinum mobo with SATA1 controller, and I bought WD 250 GB sata2. I did set up jumper to limit transfer to SATA1 mode on my new drive (although I tried it without jumper, it is the same). Hard disk is working but, I have varying trasfer rate when I copy files from WD250 on other drives, and when copying on that drive. Transfer is going fine, and then it goes very very slow, then again fast, then again slow...And, sometimes, when I am copying large amount of data on that drive, my computer freezes. When I test sustained speed, it is different almost every time (goes from 14 to 65)...
I searched thru internet - with no sucess. I have very good power for my PC. I changed sata cables, and power cables. I updated all drivers. I tried installing XP IDE drivers for that new SATA2 hard disk. I tried almost everything, and with no sucess. WD250 is working fine for, let's say, a couple of hours, and then it again goes slow with varying transfer rate when copying. I also have a very good cooling system, so it's not because of overheating. I contacted WD, they told me to run their diagnostic tool, and the disk was healthy. They said that drive is ok then, and that it is probably my mobo that is causing problems.
anyone have a clue what is going on?
thanx in advance

damn...
can't believe no one ever had similar problem...

K8N Neo2-F and Floppy

Hi All,
Just install a new mobo (K8N Neo2-F) and all is good, but I want to update the bios to fix the USB 2.0 problems. I just ordered a new Sony floppy drive and installed it. When I turn on the computer the green light stays on the floppy and it never gets detected (WinXP x64). I checked the power and it's in right and the cable is installed correctly. I did notice that the floppy connector on the mobo is missing pins. Is this by design on this board? Also, I tried booting from a usb floppy to no avail. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks for your help.
Matt

floppy cable always missing some pins but make sure that pin 1 (red) is on the correct side (see instructions that came with the floppy). You may need to enable FDC (floppy drive controller) in bios. You may need to enable USB boot in bios also if that is what you want to use, but this could create other issues I think. Good luck.

New K8N NEO2 PLAT. and SC-939 3200+ help needed...

Hello,
I have just upgraded my system with K8N Neo2 Plat. and sc-939 3200+ A64 Cpu.
There are several issues I need to resolve which are:
1- Although I change from BIOS the settings for AGP to 4x8x and enable fast writes, I still cant see them turned on from the Catalyst Control Center. Everything is greyed out what can I do? They all used to be on and agp was 8x with my K7N2 Delta board....
2- Although I installed the original drivers from the MSI CD, I couldn't get one of the network prts to install. Realtek installed OK. But other one is defined by the device manager as standart network adapter. What can I do?
3- I am brand new to A64 system so I do not know what setting to use from BIOS can you help me out, for instance there are values for HT such as x3 x4 x5 mine is set to x5? what is this? should I enable cool and quiet, I am not intended to do overclocking. Can you give me some tips for best performance?
My best regards.

Make sure your bios is up to date: version 1.5. Look at the sticky threads and use the information to enable hidden bios features. Disable ATI/NV speedup in the bios. Uninstall your drivers and reinstall. If the information is still greyed out, download the free version of Sandra here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/ and check the module under video system information. This will tell you if fast writes are enabled and your AGP setting. Leave the HT(hyper-transport) set to 5X unless you plan on oc'ing, if you do oc then may find you'll need to reduce it to 4X or 3X. Try downloading the latest driver for your network from the MSI website. Right click the device in device manager and select update, select specific location then "don't look...I'll choose", direct it to the file where you've unpacked the correct driver and then update.

K8n Neo2 Plat Sata Raid 0 and IDE drive - Board won't detect IDE

I have my K8n Neo2 Platinum board configured just fine for 2 WD raptor sata drives in raid 0. However, I need to add more space so I went out and got a Seagate 180gb IDE drive. I plug it into the primary IDE slot and the board won't detect the new hard drive. I have 2 DVD-ROM drives working fine in the Secondary IDE slot. Why won't the K8n detect what is plugged into the primary IDE slot?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Jeff

Okay...
First, remove both of your DVD Drives and try connecting the new HD to the Secondary IDE Interface as master. Use 'cable-select'. If the drive then works, leave everything set to cable-select, and try installing the HD as master, and one DVD drive as slave, on the primary channel. Next, set the other DVD drive to cable select, and install it on the secondary interface as a slave.
If the drive is still not detected after removing both DVD Drives, then try installing the DVD Drives onto the primary interface. If they work, then you've most likely got a bad HDD. If they don't... your mainboard may be bad.

K8N Neo2 nforce3 and Promise RAID boot problems

Using MSI K8N Neo2 with the nForce3 chipset and the Promise SX4100 SATA RAID5 controller...
On post the system displays the following 2 messages and does not initialize the RAID card, also newest bios v1.B does not show anything other than "bootable add in cards" under boot priority.
"WARNING: have option ROM can not be invoke: Vendor ID(10DEh), Device ID(00DFh)"
"WARNING: have option ROM can not be invoke: Vendor ID(105Ah), Device ID(6624h)"
i think the last message is the RAID controller because the system only displayed the first one until i inserted the SX4100 card.
any help appreciated
thanks
kris

datascan,
This thread should answer your question. Pay particular attention to posts made by syar2003: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=87736.0
Good luck,

Reboot problem with MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum and 250 GB SATA HDD

I'm having a "reboot" problem with my MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. After turning my system on it will run without any problems, until I reboot. After a reboot it will always hang after the initial windows-bootscreen. The HDD-light will remain on. If, instead of going into Windows XP SP2, I try to enter the BIOS after a reboot (DEL) the system will also hang (blank screen with blinking cursor).
It started doing this after I installed the Maxtor 250 GB SATA disk. Before, I didn't have problems rebooting. If I disconnect the Maxtor drive I can reboot and enter BIOS and Windows each and every time. Reconnecting the Maxtor 250 GB SATA drive will return the reboot problem. I always have to use the power swith to get a working system again. It's not enough to do a hard reset (this has the same effect as rebooting).
Here are the details of my system:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (BIOS 1.B)
Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester, 2 Ghz, 512 KB cache, stepping DH-D0)
2 x Kingston KVR400X64C25/512, 512 MB, DDR, PC3200 (2,5-3-3-8 T1)
Asus Radeon AX800 Pro (256 MB)
PSU Antec Sonata 380W
HDD Maxtor 80Gb ATA (6Y080P0, Pri Master)
HDD Seagate 250Gb SATA (ST3200822AS)
HDD Maxtor 250Gb SATA (6V250F0 - jumpered in SATA150 mode, the mobo wouldn't work with the drive in SATA300-mode)
Aopen COM5232/AAH Pro CD-Writer ATA (Sec Master)
BenQ DW1640 DVD-Writer ATA (Sec Slave)
P.S. The NVidia IDE-drivers are NOT installed. System is not overclocked.

Thank you for all the replies. Upgrading to the latest Nvidia IDE-drivers did not fix my problem. Moving to other SATA-ports did not help either. Upgrading the mobo's BIOS is not really an option (I'm using one version before the most recent and there isn't anything in the fixlist of the latest BIOS).
Now I've contacted Maxtor for (hopefully) a new firmware.
Quote from: rogueUK on 31-July-06, 16:55:42
insego please use the SEARCH BUTTON
I did use the search function to find other people with similar problems. The reason I started a topic of my own was because of the text you get while joining:
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Do not hijack another persons topic. If you have a similar problem, start your own thread anyway.
Maybe in retrospect I should first have tried the solutions in other topics.

K8N nForce 4 (CK804) and SATA drive problems

Hi,
I have a K8N Neo MB with a 4 port sata and RAID. It seems that it is not stable with sata drives at all.
I had at first 2 120G SEAGATE drives. I kept getting random hangups from windows AND linux. I thought it was a problem with one of the drives to I booted with one of them at a time and worked a bit... it seemed the problem went away.
but later, after a week or so, it seems everything comes back again. same problems with freezes and hangups.
when windows for example freezes, and i press reset. at the boot screen, the POST would hang up at the step which detects the SATA drives. it would stay like this foreever.
I would have to totally shut down power for a few seconds and boot again.
I tried working with pata drives and its totally great and stable. no problems. if i install a sata drive with the pata, i get the same hangup problems.
i bought another seagate 80gb sata drive just to make sure that the older 120gb were not a problem. it worked for me fine a t first, but started to do exactly the same afterwards
i tried to access the drive from linux in order to trace the access pattern of the drive and get a sense of what was going wrong. Here is the syslog from the kernel messages.
any help with that issue is highly appreciated. thanks
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201288] ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x1
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201297] ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201300] ata1: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201308] sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201310] sda: Current: sense key: Aborted Command
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201313] Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201318] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 39086208
Mar 8 22:01:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 715.201322] Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical block 0
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858112] ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x1
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858121] ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858124] ata1: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858132] sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858135] sda: Current: sense key: Aborted Command
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858137] Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858143] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 39086208
Mar 8 22:01:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 731.858147] Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical block 0
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515491] ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x1
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515501] ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515504] ata1: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515511] sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515514] sda: Current: sense key: Aborted Command
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515516] Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515523] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 39086208
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 748.515526] Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical block 0
Mar 8 22:02:15 ubuntu kernel: [ 750.227687] Losing some ticks... checking if CPU frequency changed.
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554638] ata1: command 0x25 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x1
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554651] ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554654] ata1: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554666] sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554669] sda: Current: sense key: Aborted Command
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554672] Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554681] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 39086208
Mar 8 22:02:45 ubuntu kernel: [ 765.554686] Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical block 0

the answer for this problem is very simple.. I was having EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM as you... I changed 3 hds sata 200gb because I wasnt finding out the cause... so I found this link:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/faq/esc_faq_answer.php?L_kind=1&Q_LIST=1141&NA=637
The problem is the NCQ technology... just disabled it and everything will be fine... i did this here and now is everything PERFECT! lol
regards!

MOVED: K8N Neo2 Platinum overclocking problem

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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?

K8N Neo2-FX and Promise Ultra133 TX2 problem

Hello there,
I got a couple of Promise Ultra133 TX2 IDE controllers that i want to use on my K8N Neo2-FX. However, when i try to boot windows, the system either hangs or just reboots, unless i disconnect the drivers from the Promise card(s). What can be wrong? Is it some kind of IRQ conflict? It all works perfectly in Linux, but Windows refuses to boot it. The installer won't start either if i got drives connected to the card. It boots however if i have the card connected, but no drivers connected to it.
I would imagine this is some kind of BIOS issue, but i haven't found anything about it anywhere.

Well, You´ve already got one link.......
http://www.swjka.com/neo2/view_thread.php?fid=39&tid=150
Other links for Neo2 Platinum :
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=59711.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=84865.msg606175#msg606175
http://www.msi.sploitz.com/
About Neo2 Platinum bios works with Neo2-F or Neo2-FX - I can´t say.
Basically it´s the same bios and chipset for Platinum and F model.
Official 1.B bios name is for all three models.
It will be on your own risk, unless you google around or search the forum for some info about it.

Problem with K8N neo2 plat. and ram

Hello everyone
Recently I had 2*512mo of PC3200 ( double side ), they hold all approximately 235mhz has 2.5/3/3/8 1T (tested separately)
But, when I puts them into dual they are stable under memtest always with 235 2.5/3/3/8 1T but are unstable under Windows, under xp they are stable until 207mhz maximum whereas they hold much higher under memtest
If I want to be stable A 235mhz under Windows it is necessary that I put them in 2T but y' has an enormous loss of perf
I tested different bios (1.37mod, 1.4 official, 1.41mod, 1.5 official, 1.8r3mod, 1.9 official and 1.B4mod) and always the same problem I also tested on port 1 and 3 (near to the CPU) and 2 and 4 but there it is still worse
Here if you have suggestion they are the welcomes
In advance thank you
Config
K8N neo2 platinium
Winchester 3200+
2*512mo chip infinéon
PS: sorry for my bad english

Hello, thanks for your answer
My ram is Apacer value here but in ship infineon
My power supply is a LC power 550w
My video card is an ATI 9600xt sapphire
The HTT/LDT is of 3x for a FSB of 235mhz ( ram synchro )
I have also tested desynchronized ram to 166 ( cpu stable: 283*8.5, ram: 218mhz ) but I have always this problem
Thanks

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