MOVED: K9A Platinum + Vista SATA Issues

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I have been having very similar issues with this board ever since they updated the MSI drivers in April. MSI says it cant be a driver/MoBo issue cause everyone would be calling in about it.
I think they are completely wrong and have a driver package that isn't working correctly...but thats just my opinion.
Anyway, have you tried installing in RAID 1?
This did not change the final outcome for me and I am stuck to Native IDE till I can pay for the shipping to have my board replaced. I spent way to long on the phone with agents blaming everything but the board (probably some new MSI policy cause they have never tried to pass this crap off on me b4), so I have tested everything else and still have dire issues when ever I am using a RAID set-up.
Question 2: What PSU are you running?
Make sure you are not overworking your PSU, as from what MSI told me, this can cause numerous errors and set-up issues.
Well, I hope some of this helped. Maybe it is a driver issue and just not enough people with this board have had to re-install since the new RAID driver was put up in April. Again, I never had problem one before then!!! Other than just basic help that is.

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MOVED: K9A Platinum Vista install problem - BIOS not ACPI compatible

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I have been having very similar issues with this board ever since they updated the MSI drivers in April. MSI says it cant be a driver/MoBo issue cause everyone would be calling in about it.
I think they are completely wrong and have a driver package that isn't working correctly...but thats just my opinion.
Anyway, have you tried installing in RAID 1?
This did not change the final outcome for me and I am stuck to Native IDE till I can pay for the shipping to have my board replaced. I spent way to long on the phone with agents blaming everything but the board (probably some new MSI policy cause they have never tried to pass this crap off on me b4), so I have tested everything else and still have dire issues when ever I am using a RAID set-up.
Question 2: What PSU are you running?
Make sure you are not overworking your PSU, as from what MSI told me, this can cause numerous errors and set-up issues.
Well, I hope some of this helped. Maybe it is a driver issue and just not enough people with this board have had to re-install since the new RAID driver was put up in April. Again, I never had problem one before then!!! Other than just basic help that is.

MOVED: K9A Platinum+Vista x64+4GB RAM=100% CPU on Startup

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Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 28-March-08, 08:23:35
Hello!
Please say what PSU you got, and what it can do on the +12V.
You ask a good question, but I was thinking one of the sticks is not recognised for some reason. That would leave 2048 kB + 512 kB = 2560 kB. As for the OS part that is pretty close.
So make sure both sticks are in good order and seated well, by testing them one at a time. Make sure the memory has the recommended voltage, as by the manufacturer.
I have an Enermax Noisetaker II 480W with Dual Rail +12V SLi/Crossfire PSU
Quote from: Bas on 28-March-08, 15:06:37
Turn on memory hole or memory remapping if you have one of those in the bios.
I've looked everywhere on the motherboard for such a function and there doesn't seem to be one. I tried using the overclocking feature once, and it just jams itself on the first try (boot/reboot forever). Maybe something wrong with the MB?

MOVED: K9A Platinum + X1950 = SLOW!

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I'm quite happy I have so fast responce. It's very hard to find info about that. I learned to trust people at this forum beucase they help me to solve my problem with 4GB RAM. Nothing against you personally but did you seens this somwhere running or some test. Two pcs of H3870 will be quite expensive and I don't want to have than one pcs lie at shelf. Thanks
AMD 5200+ X2
4GB
K9A Pla
Enermax 500W
Vista Ultimate
Quote from: flobelix on 22-November-07, 16:39:07
Well, from what I understood in your post you want to crossfire two 3870 in a K9A Platinum. That's possible because it is a crossfire board and running two 3870 is just normal crossfire.
Spider or crossfire X is the able to run three or four vgas in triple/quad crossfire. That's of course not supported by K9A Plat. You would need a K9A2 Platinum which supports Crossfire X and has the necessary four PCIE Graphic slots.

K9A Platinum and Sata Harddrive

Hi,
I recently upgraded from a K8n to a K9A Platinum and unfortunately my SATA drives no longer show up in the "safely remove hardware" icon in the taskbar.
I thought this might be a Windows problem with old boarddrivers and all, so i did a clean reinstall. Still not there. (In the disk policies tab under the drives property the "write caching and safe removal" is grayed out and set to "optimise for performance", the only thing can select is "enable write caching on the disk". I have no idea if this makes any difference, I just thought I'd mention it!)
Does anyone know how I could get the Sata drives to show up in the taskbar again??
I mostly found people wanting to get rid of the Sata drives in the taskbar, so call me weird! I want them back!!!
Thanks for your help!

Quote from: Ybeen on 29-August-07, 23:06:55
Yea, that's what i gather from all the post on the internet, I'm just not happy with what i have!
Is there anyone out there who can tell me why my "write caching and safe removal" policies under the harddrive properties is grayed out??
Thanks!!
"Yea, that's what i gather from all the post on the internet, I'm just not happy with what i have! "
"Is there anyone out there who can tell me why my "write caching and safe removal" policies under the harddrive properties is grayed out?? "
because those options are valid for removable storages only.
"Thanks!!"

MOVED: K9A Platinum and Vista 64 issues

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Quote from: Paul B on 20-March-08, 23:05:39
Hi all,
Ok so I said I'd report back once all working and here i am (touches wood )
So my system is now Phenom less, I'm a bit gutted it's going back for RMA for refund. I have in the mean time replaced it with an x2 5000+ BE.
So just a recap on my spec
K9a2 Platinum
x2 5000+ BE Running stock 2.6Ghz
8GB OCZ DDR2 800 Platinum
2 x 3870x2 in crossfire X mode.
Windows Vista x64 OEM
This OS now installed no issues no BSOD for secondary clock interrupt. But i did have issues installing it on the Promise raid array. Though it was the old more than 2GB ram thing so did the install with one stick and then Patch vista install the other 6GB but no still got system rebooting after the progress bar 9 times out of 10.
So i have the HDDs on the standard SB600 sata ports as individual drives, installed x64 all 8GB still installed. Not knowing yet if it was driver related I let vista install all the drivers, the only other driver my system needed were the cat 8.3s and I only installed the graphics driver and CCC not the IDE or north bridge filter as the system is using vistas default drivers.
I have installed all updates and everything seems rock solid. (touches more wood!!) I have spent the last week relentlessly trying to get this OS installed, but hey I learnt a few things along the way..
Paul
But now it is and I have my 8GB and crossfire X I'm happy and when the good Phenoms arrive I'll get one but I'll read all the reviews on the web first....
Hi,
Right then resurecting an oldish thread, I have just purchased a Phenom 9750 and installed with the new 1.4 bios, and all is well. The same Vista x64 install is rock solid and damn quick now.
Buy the B3 Phenoms with confidence they (AMD) have pulled back some ground and in my case some confidence.
Paul

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Thanks for the compliment. This system cost me well over 4k. You can see why I am not amused as to why I cannot play COD4. HL2E2 was great. What I have been teased with in COD4 is amazing.
Anyway, the BSOD's I get in Vista 64 are the atikmdag.sys not responding. After a quick dump the system reboots. I have forgotten about trying things in Vista. Getting it to work in XP would make me very happy. In XP and Vista, when launching COD4, the freeze is a complete system lockup at the logos and not a crash back to the desktop. I have to manually reset the system. I am not overclocking anything. Although my Diamond Radeon 2900's are factory overclocked. I have lowered the clocks for the gpu and memory for both cards and still the same freezing persists when lanuching COD4. During my stripdown and rebuild, I have tried COD4 with no sound card and the onboard sound disabled in BIOS from a fresh XP install. No luck. I havent used CoreCenter or LiveUpdate in a long time. I manually download the chipset files from the MSI site, unzip and install them. I have tried the drivers included with the motherboard, video cards, ATI site, MSI site all to no avail. I have tried the CCC drivers all the way back to 7.10. I just cannot get COD4 to launch anymore.

MOVED: RD480 Neo2 VISTA SATA problems

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Hello Casinowilhelm:
Welcome to the forum.
When you reinstalled the Raid drivers did you reinitialize the disks?
A RAID array uses information stored on the disks to keep things orgainzed; this is often corrupted when the array is 'broken.' The initialization process can restore this information, albeit withour preserving the data that was formerly on the drive.
I'm not familiar with the specific RAID software on the RD480, but other RAID initialization routines involve initializing each drive by itself then assembling these initialized drives into an array.
Also, are your drives in the same order as they were in th original RAID configuration (i.e., each drive connected to the same SATA port as before)?
I have had problems with formerly RAID drives related to the boot sector - when I try to use these drives as boot drives they sometimes have problems initializing (even when boot sector protection is off in the BIOS). This implies that RAID arrays rely on this sector for configuration information, with an ID byte occupying the first position in the sector. Initializing this sector can be a problem without a sector editor, a piece of software that should be approached with all the care of a bomb - you can clobber your system very easily.
It is possible to do a low level format (different from the OS format) on some SATA drives, but this, too, can be dangerous - each vendor has their own process which can vary by drive type. It is possible to brick your drive using a low level formatter that is not specifically designed for the drive.
I hope this helps.
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Msi k8n neo 4 platinum sli sata issue?

hi i am planning to buy a new motherboard and i decided to buy k8n neo 4 platinum sli board. but recently i heard that it has an issue with
silicon image SIL3132 controller that If there was no drive connected to the controller, the system wouldn't complete the POST. does that issue resolved now? please tell me. any new bios update for that?

hi satya123 ,
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silicon image SIL3132 controller that If there was no drive connected to the controller, the system wouldn't complete the POST
not heard of that one.
But it's easily sorted :-
Bios - Onboard Devices
OnBoard Sil3132 RAID
This setting controls the onboard Sil3132 RAID chip. Setting options: [Enabled],
[Disabled].
OnBoard Sil3132 Mode
This setting allows you to select either SATA and RAID mode for the onboard
Sil3132 RAID chip. Setting options: [SATA], [RAID].
just set OnBoard Sil3132 RAID to disabled.
Sorted

MOVED: k9a platinum

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Quote from: Unknownforce on 14-August-07, 04:35:18
I am curious, what does this change/fix? does it add anything into the BIOS options or anything? perhaps keyboard power on
Thanks
doesn't matter this Beta is a old one... there is newest official version.
about keyboard power on look here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=105788.0

K9A Platinum Chipset Driver Issue in XP

hey, found an old copy of XP Pro in my CD's. Installed, but having some issues when I am trying to install chipset driver package. With chipset package it starts up, gets to where you choose 'Express' or 'Custom' (with custom brings up the available installs) then pops up a dialog box saying "Setup did not find a driver compatible with your current hardware or OS. Setup will now exit", then another saying "Setup was unable to complete the Installation. Try to set up your display adapter with a standard VGA driver before running setup"? My VGA driver package from Sapphire (specifically for my cards installed just fine.
Any clues as to why?
(OS is pre SP1, updated before and after trying to install chipset driver package) need help pleeeaase.

Quote from: Bas on 24-January-08, 21:42:41
Update to SP2 first.
Quote from: HyJaxLTD on 24-January-08, 14:53:57
(OS is pre SP1, updated before and after trying to install chipset driver package) need help pleeeaase.
Saying that I have tried to load the chipset package both before and after updating Windows.
Will add this to my signature just so all know that I have updated my Windows. That would probably be a great !
Mainly wondering if this will cause any problems being that I was able to get the VGA loaded for my two Sapphire cards, just don't know if that will also cover my chipset?

K9A Platinum BIOS ACPI issues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330054
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AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to create an illegal memory OpRegion, starting at address 0xffffffff, with a length of 0x1000. This region lies in the Operating system's protected memory address range (0x100000000 - 0x130000000). This could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.
There's the problem I am having. I have tried all BIOS updates and I still get these errors in my event viewer when using XP.
If I try to use Vista, I get a BSOD , BIOS is not Fully ACPI compliant.
So I have finally ruled out all hardware problems and this indeed appears to be a BIOS problem with this motherboard. I have contacted MSI Support and they say to check the FAQ, check the Manual, check the Forums. So here I am. Manual is no help, there is nothing in the FAQ and I have searched the forums. I think the only way this will be resolved is with another BIOS update from MSI for this Motherboard.
Anyone have any input?
Edit: Additional Info. I've tried every BIOS version. I have tried setting BIOS to defaults. I have removed all but necessary hardware. I have upped my PSU. I have tested all memory with Vista's memory checker and memtest and it passes everything. I have tried everything I can think of and the error still persists.

Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 23-January-08, 09:03:53
Yes, but I can't see your RAM from here. It might not run at the speed/timings the memory controller/processor would like.
Not sure I understand.
My RAM is GOOD. I have run it at every possible setting. I have run it at Auto, I have run it at factory recommended and everything in between. I still get ACPI error. Seeing my ram has nothing to do with it does it? Or am I missing what you are meaning?

MOVED: K9A Platinum and Gigabyte GTX460 Incompatibility?

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I tried those steps and still no dice. It seems that the existence of the video card is not recognized by windows, the nvidia driver download website, or the latest correct nvidia drivers once I download and install them. If this is a problem with windows being unhappy, would it be advisable for me to try a fresh installation of windows on my second hard drive and see if I can get it to recognize the card?
Yes, do a fresh new OS installation in such case.
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PS Thanks so much for the BIOS flashing utility that the guys on the forum wrote, it was easy to use and worked like a charm!

MOVED: K9A Platinum - few questions...

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"Also how do i set my HT link speed, all i've got is "overclocking" and "standard"? "
if you are OC, use/select "overclocking" HT setting. if you use stock parameters use "standard" HT setting.
"Also my 1T/2T option is greyed out, how do i change it?"
should be able to change it, you may need to apply memory config to manually 1st.(parrent menu)
"Lastly, how can i run 2 HDD's on raid and another non-raid."
enable raid(from BIOS) for channels where are connected your 2HDD which gonna be part of the RAID, then create an array(from RAID utility just after bios post), pickup desired RAID mode and assign your 2 HDDs(don't forget to make them active(bootable, with "B" key at the end of process).
for 3th drive, just use it like regular drive, disable RAID for the channel where it is connected.

MOVED: K9A PLATINUM---WEIRD SPEEDS WHILE OVERCLOCKING

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"its not the corecenter that gets it wrong boss its the bios!:) "
can be, but wanna dismiss the simples possibilities 1st.
have a try to Clear CMOS(remove power cord from the PSU before proceed). then "load bios optimized defaults", "save and exit". then back to BIOS and apply your OCed settings, get Memtest86 and compare the CPU freq. listed in memtest with CPU freq. reported by BIOS at the post. if no change, you can roll back to 1.2 BIOS version or to this one:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=105788.msg786475#msg786475
or can stuck at current situation since its wrong BIOS reading only.

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