MOVED: K8N SLI Platinum - BIOS Update

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K8N SLI Platinum - BIOS Update

Sorry, I'm dozzy...     I've since discovered that it's a 219 Mhz problem, there's a sticky in the overclocking section on how to overcome it, and it doesn't apply to me anyway, 'cause I've got a Venice...

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  • MOVED: K8N NEO Platinum Bios Update - Memory Downgrade

    This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia Based board.
    K8N NEO Platinum Bios Update - Memory Downgrade

    just switch back to bios 1.7

  • K8N SLI Platinum - BIOS Update

    A while ago, whilst I was still busy setting up my PC, I kept noticing threads about a 209 Mhz FSB issue (yet kept focussed on my own, more basic problems). Now that my PC is running okay, I was hoping that someone could update me on the situation - is BIOS v3.6 the solution to the 209 Mhz issue?

    Sorry, I'm dozzy...     I've since discovered that it's a 219 Mhz problem, there's a sticky in the overclocking section on how to overcome it, and it doesn't apply to me anyway, 'cause I've got a Venice...

  • MOVED: K8N SLI PLATINUM QUESTIONS

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
    K8N SLI PLATINUM QUESTIONS

    Okay  finally i overclocked a bit (i am not really in the overclocking business)
    With Bios defaults settings without touching anything else i raised FSB to 220 MHz resulting to a 2.2 GHz CPU operating frequency a nice 10% overclock    (of course  i have disabled spread spectrum in bios) reaching that way the Athlon 64 3500+ .
    Every thing seemed rock - stable!!..
    However, when i tried to shut down the machine,  i got a nice BSOD (Black screen of death) HDD light remained on . As far as i know the board is locking PCI-E , so graphics card and SATA drive should not causing the problem here.
    So i raised the CPU core voltage up to 5% and oualla!! Rock stable ( 3 Hours Prime 95)
    ... did not try to rise chipset voltage or memory voltage (is set to 2.7 volts by memory SPD) since this was not necessary in my case. Might try some more overclocking in the future but right now i am happy with it and just will sit back and enjoy     
    There is a guy who succeeded in rising FSB to 358!!! Mhz with this board (well almost) he advices just not to enable Aggressive memory timings...
    here
    Anyway, Thanks for the tips guys 
    Best Regards,
    Markoul

  • P6N SLI Platinum Bios update in Vista x64

    Just wondering how I update the bios for my P6N SLI Platinum in Vista x64?  When I d/l the bios all the stuff is for 2000/me/xp.  Why is there no vista support under anything?

    Use the USB flashing tool developed here at the forums.
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  • K8N NEO Platinum Bios Update - Memory Downgrade

    I have a K8N NEO Platinum MOBO, 2 GIG Ram with 1G in Each Dimm 1 and Dimm 2, Dimm 3 is empty.  I have updated my bios from 1.7 to 2.1... With 1.7 my RAM runs at DDR400 no problem just like manual says.  With 1.8, 1.9 or 2.1 I can only get DDR333???? What gives, anyone have the same problem.
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    just switch back to bios 1.7

  • K8N Neo4 Platinum Bios Update - Best Procedure?

    I have built a new system:
    K8N Neo4 Platinum Award Bios Version 1.3
    ATHLON XP64 X2 4200+ E4 Stepping
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    Floppy
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    System is running but  my BIOS version does not support dual core. I have installed all NForce 6.66 drivers and VGA drivers, and all Windows updates. What is the best procedure to flash bios, Winflash or MSI floppy method? What version of BIOS should i try,  1.6 or 1.8?
    Thanks.

    Quote from: hansh on 27-September-05, 16:34:38
    Hi, when you ask 10 people about the best method to flash BIOS, you will probably get 10 different answers 
    Some observations:
    1. Flashing under Windows has become "normal procedure" for boards of most other manufacturers; (I will not use this method for my MSI boards, though, because of the negative opinion on it in this forum. If the comments are correct, then the only conclusion can be that MSI software engineers are at present not able to deliver a Window-based flashing program with which MSI-BIOSes can be flashed into MSI boards in a safe way. I'd rather not find out the exact reason for this  . I have used Windows-based flashing programs numerous times with boards from other manufacturers - Abit, Asus, Soltek, ECS, etc. without any problem).
    2. If the procedure as described by Syar really has significant advantages over "plain flashing", then it means that either the BIOSes are flaky, or the boards are instable. Such precautions have never been necessary and should not be necessary! I can only recommend - just to be on the safe side - that, while flashing, you dance around the computer, carrying two carrots, an onion and chanting "Flash! Flash! Flash! 
    3. There is something to say for not flashing from a floppy. Floppies are the oldest part of nowadays computers and the medium is probably the least failsafe part ... Therefore I have reserved a small (100 MB) FAT32 partition on a HDD, BIOS files and most recent flashing program will be copied to that partition. I will start the PC with a W98SE bootflop, go to that partition and flash from there. I have used this method a great number of times over the years, I will never add any switch when running the program.
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    Hans
    Hi hansh,
    thanks for that. I'll boot with a Win98 bootCD (NTFS support included) and thinking about flashing with an Iomega USB pen drive (FAT32). Any comments here?
    And, blazing storm, thanks again for your valuable reply.

  • K8N SLI Platinum Bios 3.6 removed from MSI website

    So, It looks like it was really buggy.
    Check here:
    http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=641&kind=1
    The non-sli 1.8 is away as well.
    wpr.

    Hi,
    well it depends on what you think the definition of supported is.
    Only thing that has changed since I updated the bios from the original to the 3.8 one is that on POST there's no longer stated AMD Hammer Family CPU (or something similar, I have seen this just once because I updated the same day I bought the board) but it now states
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2 CPUs
    ....but, in windows dispite formatting and reinstalling after bios update, there is only one core used. At least according to task manager, but in device manager there are two processors visible hence Windows sees two cores???
    And by the way, according to the msi support site the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (E6) is under testing, so not officially supported in version 3.8.
    (Sorry for spelling mistakes but I'm Dutch so....)
    (edit: added last line)

  • P6N SLI Platinum Bios Update

    I have XP 64-bit edition
    and I want to be able to update my bios i just got the board and the bios update is need...how do i update it? When i install Live Update tells me service wasn't started and flash_mimo device control error ...not really sure where to get the bios flash utility to do it from a floppy disk...

    Quote from: harmanoff on 19-July-07, 23:52:06
    Alright I will try those things...do i have to put the newest bios on the USB key or is that done for me to?
    no just execute tool from windows 1st and point to the bios file or bios .zip archive when asked, choice your USB letter and wait a tool to finish. then reboot and boot from it. no need to copy anythink to the usb key.
    look for steps here:
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=109082.msg809672#msg809672

  • K8N SLI Platinum BIOS problems

    For a long time now i have been unable to enter my BIOS Screen at all.
    Its quite annoying as im using it as my file server and since i cant change the settings i cant stop it from complaining about the absense of a floppy drive.
    All it does when i attempt to enter the BIOS it displays a Black screen with a flashing cursor.
    i have tried reflashing to an earlier BIOS but none from 3.3 and above have worked at all to change this.
    I tried looking thru the forums for a similar problem but the only ones i managed to find was for the K8N Neo4 where they saidit had something to do with CPU temperature readings being on the negative side of 0. i can confirm my motherboard is doing the same thing since i use both Motherboard Monitor 5 and MSI's Core Centre, both read around -38°c.
    Could this be the same issue and if so how on earth do i fix it.
    As i said i tried using a BIOS flash and also tried flashing all parts of the BIOS including the Boot block.

    Unlucky to you that you may need either to RMA the mobo if there is a warranty in your country or else you can used the Modded bios this can solve you -temperatures. How did you flashed your bios? Using liveupdates or manual? It seems that you're using the liveupdates to updates. Am I right? When was the last time ou flashed the bios? GD luck.

  • MOVED: neo4 sli/platinum 7100+ 3000+venice. OC HELP

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
    neo4 sli/platinum 7100+ 3000+venice. OC HELP

    3.6 should be fine, I think, as I have not heard of any problems with it.  I have not tried it because I don't have any problems with 3.5 that might be fixed by 3.6.
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    Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
    MSI K8N SLI Platinum (BIOS 3.5 - also worked with 3.2 and earlier)
    2 * 512mb DDR DIMM (Geil Value with 2.5 3 3 6 timings)
    I have photographed a few pages in my BIOS and uploaded them here: http://www.tentonine.fast24.co.uk/msi/bios.htm
    Some Geil Value RAM has worse timings than mine - if yours is not 2.5 3 3 6, then you will have to look up on the Geil website to see what all the other RAM timings should be.
    If you just set your RAM to 150MHz and leave the timings on auto, it will probably not work.  The BIOS detects the best timings at 150MHz, but your RAM is actually being over-clocked back to 200MHz or more, so you need to manually enter the correct settings for 200MHz.

  • K8N SLI Platinum - CD-TRAY auto opening on Each computer restart, reboot

    I've flasher my K8N SLI Platinum Bios to the last one and now on each reboot my CD-tray open itself anyone has the same problem ? I don't understand please Help

    Quote from: douglasp on 02-May-05, 18:51:33
    I've flasher my K8N SLI Platinum Bios to the last one and now on each reboot my CD-tray open itself anyone has the same problem ? I don't understand please Help
    Kinda sounds like what happens to my 2 machines (a Mac & PC) that share a monitor, USB keyboard & USB printer through a KVM switch....
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  • MOVED: MSI K8N SLI Platinum & Apacer PC3200 or PC4000 memory (Apacer chips)

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=97849.0

    Quote from: kakarocht on 11-June-06, 16:14:30
    List down all your rig including PSU and bios revision and put it in your signature so others can help you. Gd luck.
    Mobo: MSI K8N SLI Platinum.
    CPU: Athlon 64 Venice 3000(1800Mhz) upto 2520Mhz(280x9 or 315x8)
    PSU: Delta 400W.
    Bios: 3.9 or 3.A
    With Apacer memory (PC3200 or PC4000) i have not working memory dividers (150, 166, 183) except 200. Computer is not boot up (black screen).

  • MOVED: MSI K8N SLI PLATINUM OC problem

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers and Modding Corner
    MSI K8N SLI PLATINUM OC problem

    Quote from: filleCarpet on 25-April-05, 09:36:05
    Maybe i need to add more electric power for my memorys. The spec says 2.80 volt on 250 mhz but i start to suspect that this is just an minimum requirment, maybe i need more than 3.0 v to operate the memorys on high performance(beyond 230 fsb), but the thing is that BIOS allows me only too add 2.85v maximum.
    Im trying to find a newer version of BIOS version 3.1 if there is any....
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    v5.0 Beta 4 allows to give 3.10V to the memory but i don´t think it´s going to help you, you probably have the CBBID issue.

  • MOVED: MSI K8N SLI PLATINUM NOT OVERCLOCK FRIENDLY AS PROMISED

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    MSI K8N SLI PLATINUM NOT OVERCLOCK FRIENDLY AS PROMISED

    Quote from: ALFA on 25-April-05, 10:09:30
    This mobo is good but its false advertisment to call it overclock friendly.
    People are having problems getting ther FSB over 220 and this is a overclocking mobo.
    MSI K8N SLI PLATINUM (really disappointed over the mobo)
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    Dear Friend don't get angry too quickly. I also have a socket 939 Athlon 3000+ Winchester. In start MSI K8N SLI Platinum was not allowing me to OC more than 220FSB in BIOS. Although in Windows I can OC it to 2.16 GHZ with NVidia NTune. It's 240FSB. You are facing the same problem that I was facing. Its 219MHZ Bug for Winchester CPUs.
    All you need to do is when you are OC'ing more than 219 MHZ, just set you HT multiplier to 1x and you can go upto 260MHZ FSB via BIOS. When you get to the desktop of windows use any software to set the multiplier back to 4x or 5x (depends on how much you OC). Nvidia Ntune is a good software for this purpose. Plz keep in mind that Winchester cores are not too much overclocking friendly CPUs. They won't go beyond 2.4 GHZ and instability is bound to happen after 2.3 GHZ.

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