MSI 845PE Max2 RAM Problems

I have some problems with putting in the 2nd RAM stick.
I m running on a
P4 2,4 GHz
1x 256MB DDR333 RAM pc2700 (from nanya or whatever)
BIOS 1.2 AMI
When i put the 2nd RAM stick in, (also 1x256 MB DDR 333 RAM pc2700 but from Twinmos) it boots up but shuts down in 3 seconds, and sometimes it just boots up but the screen stays undetected.
I have tried a Dane-Elec (256 MB DDR 333 RAM pc2700) and the problem kept occuring.
I have tried several slot combinations and the Twinmos ram stick doesnt work ny itself (?...so didnt the Dane Elec stick)
What could be my problem?
Thanks in advance for the help,
Ron

If you have a module that won't work by itself, I would (suspect) a bad module. May not be seated all the way?
Another thing with this board.....Slot one supports two banks and slots two and three share two banks.

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Msi 845PE max2 bluetooth problem

i have a msi 845PE max2 BFIR, intel 2,4/533 , 512 DDR 2700 and im running w2k pro.
on the other system i also have w2k pro running.
my problem i have bought an extra msi bluetooth usb key so i could connect wireless to my p4 system.
after installing the software (ver:1.2.2.15) i can do : receive business cards,make a serial port connection do file transfers.
the problem that i have is making a network access connection.
when i try it i get a dail-in screen, i enter admin + password , the bluetooth is then telling me
"bezig met het registreren van deze computer in het netwerk"
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after a couple of seconds there is an error.
(busy with checking of the networkprotocolconnection)
"TCP/IP heeft fout 718 gerapporteerd : er is een time-out opgetreden van de verbinding tijdens het wachten op een geldig antwoord van de externe computer"
(TCP/IP has reported error 718 : there has been a time-out for the connection during the waiting on a approved answer of the external computer)
does anybody know how i can fix this ?
thanks in forward
Pascal Pielage

Hi,
You're using the "Network access" service of the desktop box I guess? That gives you access to the Bluetooth LAN adapter being installed with the Widcomm software. If you want to make some connections out you have to configure Internet connection sharing on the desktop box as well - and ofcourse make sure that the two devices are correctly paired with sufficient permissions in the security config. I have been running about the same setup on a slightly older 845E Max2-BLR MB using XP with virtually zero issues...
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Got the following problem.
I've just purchased an MSI 845PE MAX2 (MS-6704) with a PIV 2,4ghz 533 processor and 512mb DDR PC2700.
Onboard USB/FIREWIRE/LAN and ATA133raid are enabled. My graphics card is a Matrox G400 which is using IRQ10.
I have 3 HDD's installed together with 1 DVD-ROM and 1 3,5" diskdrive.
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When I boot my system, everythings goes fine. I see the XP bootscreen and so. After the bootscreen, the pc normally goes to the sign-in screen. Well not for me.
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thx

Yeah, strange isn't?!
I've installed the RAID drivers during installation (HIT F6 if you want to install a third party driver)
Finished installation, restarted the pc and it gave this problem.
So for short:
Builded a new pc.
Everything worked.
Installed WinXP on a new HDD (80gb WD)
Made 1 partition of 8gb NTFS, the rest is unallocated.
Installed WinXP without any service packs
XP installed the drivers for:
USB/FIREWIRE/LAN/RAID/SOUND and also for some PCIcards: SCSIcard without bios, SB Live.
I had also a Pinnacle TVcard placed in the system but XP doesn't have any drivers included for it.
After finishing installation, rebooted.
XP wouldn't start.
Removed all pci cards.
same problem
disabled USB/FIREWIRE/LAN/SOUND
still the same problem.
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MSI 845PE Max2 (MS-6580 v2.0) Help Please!

OK... I'm confused ?(
Well... I got the MSI 845PE Max2 - L (MS-6580 v2.0) on
order. Now I'm reading that alot of peeps having so
many problems with it! 8o
I just read a reply from Assaf saying that the board was SUED?
First off, what does this mean?
Should I return this board when it arrives or keep it?
Also, Im a little unclear of the difference between the
845PE Max2 (MS-6704) & the 845PE Max2 (MS-6580 v2.0)
Why are there 2 Different models that both say 845PE Max2?
NOTE:
I plan on using my Crucial DDR 333 (2 x 256MB) & a PIV 2.40 (533MHz FSB).
My other Specs are below.....
Any help will be appreciated.
I rather not even open the box if this board has MAJOR problems.[/color]

Uhmm i think you are mixing boards
There is no such board (at least not yet) as a 845pe-max2 version 2.0 there is a 845pe-max version 2. There is some difference between the max and the max2 board. The max version only has room for two dimms, no bluetooth/raid and gigabit support. So you are talking about two completely different boards but with very similar names I'm not a motherboard expert but i have tried the max2 version (6704) and i wasn't completely satisfied, cpu temp is way off, bios upgrade caused wierd problems, when using my adaptec 2940uw controller raid bios disappers. I think this is a result of the companies releasing their products to soon, as far as i can tell (and i have been reading a bit ) all 845pe based motherboards have their problems. When you ask what to buy everyone is saying asus p4pe, i for one think that asus is overpriced and i really don't wanna waste money on a serial ata solution which has no future. Their onboard audio isn't suported by freebsd. I have not decided quite yet, i was actually rather satisfied with my msi 845pe max2, it has a lot of nice features and i like msi liveupdate, the board runs perfectly with other os's than windows, but i will see some response from msi regarding those problems there is,
and currently i'm awating to see if msi will release a bios that perhaps will fix those problems i (and alot others) had with this board.
Regards
Maynard

MSI 845PE MAX2 FSB 800???

I've got the MSI 845pe max2, and have been trying to find out if it's possible to get FSB 800 of this board like the MSI 845PE MAX3?

Hi,
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MSI 845E Max2 - Wierd Problems....

Hi
Recently, i made a "little" upgrade in my computer and i decided to buy this:
MSI 845E Max2 MS-6566E
512MB DDR 266
P4 2,4 MHz 400
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro128 64
HDD 40GB Seagate Barracuda 7200
DVD 16/40 Panasonic
... and a cheap SB LIve 5.1 ( not enought money :D )
Well.. my nightmare begins when i started put all together except ATI, cause it will arrive at next friday, so, i put my old Riva TNT64 32..
Result... nothing!
No boot, signal or else.
I thought was graphic card and i put an older ATI All in wonder pro pci .. nothing again..
I contact my dealer and he replaced my msi by an Asus P4S333 ;( until the new msi come and replace again ).
This problem was a msi defected board or maybe an anoying conflict?
Will be my new ATI radeon 9700 pro accepted by MSI 845E Max2 MS-6566E?
I really need help ?(
Best regards
Korgh

Korgh
whilst i understand your frustration but this is a user to user support forum and the only people you will get dirrect answers from in here are other users who have both your board and the 9700 video card,they appear to be thin on the ground at the momment
i do hope you saved some of your money for a descent psu as that will be a power hungry system you have their
you could try here see if any test revues were done with the 9700,the boards i know have problems are 400 via chipsets and early 9700 pcb models below 1.3link

Problems with my msi 845pe max2 bfir

right 2 problems first which is quiet annoying,
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on to second problem
overclocking
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MaLicE
please help me answer my questions

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MaLicE

MSI Z77A-G43 RAM Problems

Hi everybody,
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Hi flobelix and thank you very much for your response. I tried your solution and on the next powerup, my pc didn't crash at all and I ran a couple of games and memory intensive programs.
However, unfortunatelly, after I closed the PC for a while and restarted it again, the problems came back. The ram timings don't change anymore in BIOS but the system constantly restarts. I ran memtest for 6 hours last night with both sticks of ram in and it did not find any errors so I can't figure out what's wrong.
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On Sun 2/24/2013 7:08:04 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022413-9204-02.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x71F00)
Bugcheck code: 0x3B (0xC0000005, 0xFFFFF80002CEF09D, 0xFFFFF88002A11C10, 0x0)
Error: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that an exception happened while executing a routine that transitions from non-privileged code to privileged code.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
On Sun 2/24/2013 7:08:04 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: win32k.sys (win32k!XLATEOBJ_iXlate+0xF104)
Bugcheck code: 0x3B (0xC0000005, 0xFFFFF80002CEF09D, 0xFFFFF88002A11C10, 0x0)
Error: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
file path: C:\Windows\system32\win32k.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Multi-User Win32 Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that an exception happened while executing a routine that transitions from non-privileged code to privileged code.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
On Sun 2/24/2013 7:06:31 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022413-9126-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: iusb3xhc.sys (iusb3xhc+0xC0D8)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88003AEA0D8, 0x1, 0x17C)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\iusb3xhc.sys
product: USB 3.0 Device Driver
company: Intel Corporation
description: Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: iusb3xhc.sys (Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver, Intel Corporation).
Google query: Intel Corporation KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
On Sun 2/24/2013 12:55:57 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022413-9188-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntfs.sys (Ntfs+0x48AB)
Bugcheck code: 0x1000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF880012598AB, 0xFFFFF88002FCB938, 0xFFFFF88002FCB190)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT File System Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
On Sun 2/24/2013 12:55:51 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022413-8829-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: Unknown ()
Bugcheck code: 0x0 (0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: CUSTOM_ERROR
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error.
Google query: CUSTOM_ERROR
On Sun 2/24/2013 12:47:27 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022413-10842-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x71F00)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88002F2DEA0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
On Sun 2/24/2013 12:40:16 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022413-9516-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x71ED0)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
On Sat 2/23/2013 10:32:27 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022313-10030-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x71F00)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88002F26C30, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
On Sat 2/23/2013 10:29:40 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022313-9516-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x71F00)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF80000B9A850, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
On Sat 2/23/2013 10:09:46 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022313-9438-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0xB2C22)
Bugcheck code: 0x1000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF80002D0EC22, 0xFFFFF88006DDA6C8, 0xFFFFF88006DD9F20)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
Since I'm desperate, I'm just gonna go ahead and reinstall windows again. During the last successful pc run (after I took your advice), I ran MSI live update and installed the rest of the utility software. Maybe this did something to my drivers.... I'm really reaching the end of my possibilities :(

MSI 745 Ultra RAM Problem!!!

Hello,
I currently have a MSI 745 Ultra Motherboard with the latest installed firmware.
Ok here is my problem.
I bought 2 sticks of ram from http://www.crucial.com/uk, the memory was 512MB 333Mhz. I instantly started getting errors within windows, something like "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" and "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA", the error occurred totally at random, the computer can be running for 5 mins or 5 hours before the error occurs and I can be doing anything from playing a game or browsing the internet.
First thing I did was run memtest to see if there was a fault with the memory, It found no errors at all.
Second thing I tried was to reinstall windows, This didnt solve the error ethier.
Third thing I tried was to only use one memory module, This is the odd thing, Both memory modules work fine on there own with no errors at all.
Can you please help?
Barry

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Which Windows (e.g. 9x, ME, 2K/XP)?
Windows XP
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Are all DRAM timings set to default or auto detect in BIOS?
They are all set to the motherboards default
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Have you tried moving the second module into the third DIMM socket?
Yes I have tried all three ram sockets, they all work fine when 1 ram stick is in and I have tried every combination of 2 ram sticks.
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post some system specs like mine in my sig down there, cpu what fsb,
try fsb/dram ratio at 1:1 in bios.
Athlon XP 2400+ 266fsb
MSI 745 Ultra Bio Version 1.7
2x512MB 333Mhz Crucial DDR
Radeon 9800 pro 128MB
Soundblaster Live
2x120GB Maxtor Harddisks 7200RPM
Pioneer 105 DVD-R(W)
Liteon 16x DVD Drive
Nexus NX-3500 350W 3.3v - 28A / 5v - 30A / 12v - 18A
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I'm running into a really strange problem. Twice now, when I go to turn on my PC, it goes into an infinite boot cycle, with the computer staying on for only 2 seconds. The only way to fix it is to remove one of the RAM sticks. After I do that the PC boots fine. I can then reinsert the RAM and it recognizes 6GB total. But in the MSI Control Center, it's recognizing the RAM sticks in the wrong DIMM slots. I'm only using DIMM slots 1-3 (The first 3 closest to the CPU). But in the MSI Control Center, it says that I'm using slots 1, 3, and 4. I haven't overclocked the RAM at all. I'm pretty perplexed as to what is happening. Also, when the computer does boot, I don't hear any beeps. Not sure what that means. Help?
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3 stick of ram is never a good idea. Best to run with 2. One installed into DIMM 2 & one in DIMM 4.
When you get the 4th stick, I would recommended trying to RMA them for a matched set. Often times even memory of the same model bought at different time is different enough to cause problems.
The 2nd from the CPU and the last from the CPU are the primary DIMMS. (DIMM 1 & DIMM2)

MSI 845PE MAX2-FIR...6 USB Ports?

Okay, so I recently installed my MSI mobo. everything went exceptionally well. No major issues at all...except...
Well, here goes...
The manual states that this motherboard has 6 USB 2.0 compatability...2 Rear, and 4 Front.
Okay, obviously the 2 rear ones are integrated, but where are the pins for the 4 front USB ports?
I have a Lian Li aluminum case. It has 4 USB ports accessable on the front of the case.
Inside the case, coming from the front ports, there are a total of 16 wires, all single pin connectors, (4 per port). I can't seem to find where to connect these to on the mobo, so I can use my front ports.
Any help would be appreciated.
Fres

According the the manual the board has 4 rear and 2 front ports.
There are 2 rear ports under the PS/2 ports and another 2 above the audio ports.
The 2 front ports are connected to JUSB1 (page 2-27 of the manual).

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Need help on the following problem:
On my system I can play (media player) DivX with MP3 sound (stereo), but no AC3 sound.
I have registered the AC3 sound codecs (iviaudio.ax & mpegaudio.ax, but the media player crashes. With no codecs everything OK but no sound on AC3.
Seems to be a Realtek ALC650 cip non-compatibility.
In all other cases/apps sound OK.
I run Win2k SP3 on:
MS6580
512MB (DDR333)
PIV 2.53GHz/533
Leadtek A280 MyVIVO GForce4 128MB
Anyone can help, please?

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm#kazaa
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I've updated the BIOS and used the USB 2.0 drivers available from LiveUpdate(since there was no alternative way of getting them). After a fresh format and reinstall of windowsXP the problem would still persist. I've disabled DirectDraw to prevent the crashes but is there any way to fix this without disabling DirectDraw Acceleration?

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i have an abit nforce board with raid
i have a simple choice usb 2 or fast write speeds with the raid so usb2 is of,its the only via driver on the board
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Can any one tell me where I can find an update for the promise lite bios to the normal bios.
I have 4 harddisks attached and I can only create 1 raid array.
I would like to create a second on but the lite bios doesn't allow this.
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cartoen - no, that's not correct. You can create as many arrays as you wish.
The trick is, attach your drives one at a time. This allows the lite BIOS to define each drive as a separate array.
Or you can create 2 arrays of course, or 3 - just add the drives in the order you want.
So - for a 2 drive array, add 2 drives at the same time. Raid BIOS combines the two as a single array.
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Hello to everyone...
I am a fan of MSI's boards and recently i bought an MSI 845PE max2 m/b.
I have a problem with a device. In Windows Xp Prof wih service pack 1, a device called ''SM BUS Controller" cannot be installed and I can't find any driver that fix this problem. I tried to reinstall windows and to unplug any extra devices (such as usb devices, printers etc) but nothing happens.
Last but not least, when I try to install the INTEL chipset drivers that MSI provides us from the site, the PC reboots at 15% of the installation procedure and windows crash getting a message ''the file pci32.sys is missing or it is corrupt''.
Furthermore i have no complaints about my board. It is stable as a rock and has everything i need...
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