MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R support booting from USB devices?

I am building a super computer using the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R. I would like to either get a USB pen drive, or an external Floppy Disk Drive in place of an internal Floppy Disk Drive.
Does anyone know if this board supports booting from a USB device?

I ordered my board as well, however, they were out of stock and it may be as long as 2 weeks before they get more in. If you don't mind me asking, where did you get yours from? I am VERY much excited about getting this board as I only await the MB and CPU. What all are you putting in yours??
Mine:
MB- Obvious
CPU- 2.4 800Mhz
RAM- 2 sticks, 256 PC 3200 XMS Corsair using dual channel, at first I think I will use the 512 pc3200 I already have though.
HDD- 80GIG W/D 7200 RPM ( May get another to run RAID 0)
VGU- Chaintech TI4200 at 8x w/ 128 DDR
CD#1- 52x cd rom
CD#2- dvd 16x, cdr 48 cdrw24 cdrom 48
500W raidmax Pwr Sup
Koolcases Panther case w/ window and 3 80MM/ 1 60MM fans
For now I will even use the old 3.5 A drive. Just in case.
Red light internaly
Digidoc 5 for thermal monitoring on:
1.cpu 2.ram 3.VGU 4.case 5.HDD 6.other ram 7.chipset 8.dvd for curiousity sake. just curious of the temps they produce. but always able to move it to a more vital area if the need arises.
Will be upgrading to liquid cooling in the future, that way when I am deployed the temps stay in the blue. (HOPEFULLY)

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Probems with msi 875p neo Fis2r and network controller driver

Hi guys just wondering if anyone could help me with my msi 875p neo FIS2R and problems with the network controller driver/network card.
I'm running xp on a computer my nextdoor neighbour gave me. I got it working fine with service pack 3 installed but then installed a bunch of windows updates last night and the computer would switch itself off before windows could start. Now I reinstalled xp and unfortunately it does not recognise the network controller/card at all now. I tried installing the intel network controller drivers but it stopped because it said no intel adapter/card was installed/present. Could anyone please help with suggestions? I tried running everest and under newtwork it doesnt list intel network adapters but I'm pretty certain it is. Again any suggestions?
--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (14 x 200)
Motherboard Name MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R (MS-6758) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Canterwood i875P
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (10/11/04)
Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 238464 MB (200326 MB free)
--------[ DMI ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ BIOS ]
BIOS Properties:
Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
Version V2.4
Release Date 10/11/2004
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB
[ System ]
System Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INC.
Product MS-6758
Version 00C
Serial Number 00000000
Wake-Up Type Modem Ring
[ Motherboard ]
Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INC.
Product MS-6758
Version 00C
Serial Number 00000000
[ Processors / Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor ]
Processor Properties:
Manufacturer Intel
Version Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor
External Clock 200 MHz
Maximum Clock 4000 MHz
Current Clock 2800 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 3.3 V, 2.9 V
Status Enabled
Socket Designation FC-478
Network adapters:
Direct Parallel 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (L2TP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPPOE) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPTP) 5.1.2535.0

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 14-November-09, 08:00:05
Clear CMOS with your PSU unplugged from A/C power. Then load "Optimized Defaults" in BIOS and retest.
thanks jimi... jack
will try that and post later if it worked... ive never cleared cmos, this sort of thing is relatively new to me but thanks again

VooDoo uses the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R Motherboard

Hello All,
Just check at voodoo.com computers and they are offering the MSI™ 875P Neo-FIS2R as the motherboard in their top of the line PC.
Starting price $4,274.25.
From the postings they seem to have resolved the Bios flashing problem. How was never clear in their postings, but they are pretty confident that it was fixed.
Quote from the main Dude there
“The board is still our #1 choice for the i875 platform.”
I know the…….
“The Truth is Out there”

well just out of interest i punched a few selections
now they dont stop emailing me
Hi Steve,
Thank you for taking the time to submit your latest Luxury F-Class Tower configuration to us on our website. You have made some great choices regarding your next PC purchase, the system you put together looks great. Our next step if you are interested is to fine tune your configuration further with one of our technical experts once we have a better idea of what your needs are. Please do not hesitate to contact my VoodooPC Technical Expert Rahul toll-free at 1-888-708-6636 at your earliest convenience.
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40 hrs to screw together a pc and load windows
wonder if they have any vacancies
one think they still will not give is what i asked for
a final price
nice work and profits if you can get it

MSI 875P NEO FIS2R AGP problems

I have just purchased an MSI 875P NEO FIS2R motherboard and there is a sticker covering the AGP slot which says "Please use only 1.5V AGP cards to avoid pernament damage to this mainboard". However, on the website it says here http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=434
"One AGP slot supports 8x/4x at 0.8V (AGP 3.0) or 4x at 1.5V
(3.3V is not supported)." I want to use 8x agp @ 0.8v and the website says this ok but the sticker on the AGP slot on the motherboard says only 1.5V. Is this a mistake on the website or on the Motherboard and is it possible for me to use 8x AGP @ 0.8V without damaging the motherboard?
I want to use an ATI radeon 9800pro.
Anybody using 8x agp @ 0.8V and have they have any problems?

Assaf IS THE MAN!! His answers are NEVER WRONG.. WORRY NO MORE about the voltage...

New MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R, WinXP BSOD

I just got and installed the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R. I have Libranet linux 2.8.1 which I can boot into (fast as heck too). When I try to boot into window, I get a BSOD with nothing very descriptive in it except to try chkdsk /f. I have tried playing with the various bios settings with no luck. Is this an instance where I need to reinstall XP? :(
System:
P4 2.4 533
Kingston PC2700 (DDR333)
Nvidia TI4600
Creative Audigy
Lite-On 52-24-52 cd-rw
Nothing OC'd
Ed

Hopefully you DONT have both OS'S on the same partition? Do you. #2 Do you have BIOS option BOOT TO OTHER OS ENABLED? #3 There has been a lot of people having problems with FRESH WINDOWS XP INSTALL and CREATIVE AUDIGY CARDS! If you HAVE REINSTALL WINDOWS XP REMOVE SOUND CARD FIRST!! After you are done PLUG IN CARD, DO NOT USE NEW HARDWARE WIZARD. INSTALL DRIVERS MANUALLY. Then go to creative website and DOWNLOAD PCI LATENCY PATCH!! Other then that WE need more INFO!..Sean REILLY875

MSI 875P Neo FIS2R + 3.4 Ghz Prescott / Northwood?

Hello.
I looked a little around on these pages, but I couldn't find answers to my question.
I have a MSI 875P NEO FIS2R, and BIOS version 1.8. Right now I'm using a 3.0 Ghz Processor, but I would like to upgrade to a slightly faster one. Can I upgrade to either a 3.4 Ghz Prescott or a Northwood 3.4 Ghz without updating my BIOS?
I have seen so many on this forum failing to upgrade the BIOS and thus having a ruined MB
I know there used to be a schematic that showed which processors the diferent BIOS'es could handle.
-I hope someone can help me out.
Thank you in advance for your time

Thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate it.
I can see that my signature hasn't been completly updated, but now I have 2048 MB Kingston memory.
The reason I ask about the processor is, that I would like my PC to perform better in Microsoft Flightsimulator X, and they recommend a 3.6 Ghz processor or higher. But you don't think I'll notice the difference from a 3.0 Ghz to a 3.4 Ghz?
I'm definately not upgrading to just 3.2 GHz, that would be foolish as you say.
I have an additional question, if you don't mind:
I'm also upgrading my GFX to a X1950 pro. But again, Microsoft recommends a 512 MB graphics card, but do you think that I should just go for a 256 MB, or should I get the 512 MB card? Will I notice the difference?

How to disable AGP Fast Write with MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R ??

How can I disable AGP Fast Write with the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R ? I can't find an option for this in the BIOS !

You wont usually find this option in most MB BIOSES , as the only Option that SOME BIOSES Have is the Option to enable, disable SBA (Side Band Addressing) for the AGP Bus....In order for you to Disable or Enable the FW, You Must have the Option in your Vidio Drivers Controll Panel.....If you have a NVIDIA Card, you Must go to http://www.guru3d.com And Download the program "NVHardpage" and then Open the Program and you wil have the Choice to Enable these options and they will then appear in your Vidio driver CP >> "Activate "Coolbitts" (this is NVIDIAS Overclocking Utility) Activate "Harware Options", and then Activate "AGP Options" and finally Activate "Performance Options"........If you have a ATI Card then you must Download one of thier "Tweeking Utilities".......I will Post the Direct "Link" for NVHardpage in a Minute, just say yes to the Lic. Agree. and download......Here>> http://download.guru3d.com/nvhardpage/ ...........Sean REILLY875

Can Solaris 10 boot from USB devices like USB thumb?

1. Any live CD build for Solaris 10? That's the one which can boot up from CD and run immediately.
No installation requirement.
2. Can Solaris 10 boot from USB devices like USB thumb?

You can find "live" CD and DVD images at OpenSolaris site: www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site. This OSolaris version is booted from CD/DVD drive and can be permanently installed on HD drive. Moreover You can find at this site suitable script for USB thumb preparation. However You should remember that the number of read/writes on USB thumb is limited (ca 400 and slightly more in more expensive versions).
Good luck.

875P Neo FIS2R-Slow boot with Raid on Intel + Raid on Promise

Hello all.
Here is the configuration I'm trying to set up (and almost did)
SI 875P Neo FIS2R,MS-6758 BIOS v2.4
P4 2.6 GHz HT
500W 6fan total
2x1G Kit DDR 400
2x74 G WD Raptor Raid0 (Intel S1-2) Win XP inst
2x36 G WD Raptor Raid0 (Promise S3-4)
GeCube X1600Pro
DVD-RW (IDE 2 )
Win XP SP2 (All latest updates installed)
I followed the instructions as they are listed in the sticky (great job btw) and configured the 2 SATA 74G WD Raptor on Intel Raid controller(serial1&2) as Raid0 and install WindowsXP Prof sp 2 on it.
Then I configured the 2 SATA 36G WD Raptor on Promise controller(serial3&4) as Raid0 and added this Raid to the existing WindowsXP installation.
This set up is working very good once I'm logged into Windows with no problems at all.
The glitch is that I need 3 min waiting time till I see the windows loading logo.
I have all the latest drivers installed also IAA and INFs and my bios is as the default values except the changes mentioned in the sticky
Onboard Promise IDE - as Raid
ON-Chip IDE Configuration:
Native Mode
SATA Only
Keep SATA Active - Yes
Keep PATA Active - Yes
PATA Channel selection - Both
Configure SATA as Raid - Yes
I did the Win XP installation twice till now, taking care to install INFs and drivers in the right order but the result is the same...3-5 mins till I have a fully operational windows environment and after that all is running like a dream.
Now, I've searched in the forum and saw that many more people have the same problem but never read the solution to it, so if someone has ever found the way to solve this or has the same configuration please tell me how he did it. Even if someone knows that it can't be solved just drop me a line telling me so. Altough the system is running smoothly I find the 3 min waiting time unacceptable and frustrating. I've run out of ideas so please help me.
Thanks in advance

Hello Blazer and thank you for replying.
Answering one at a time...
are both raid arrays setup with the same stripe size?--> Yes Both arrays are configured at 16k stripes
do you see both the intel and the promise bios setup screens?-->Yes both screens (Intel(R) RAID... and Fast Built (tm) ...)appear almost instantly after MSI's logo screen showing my Raid arrays in Normal status. The delay starts after the Promise's screen till the Windows Loading logo screen.
how is the raid bootable drive identified in the boot from menu?-->
Boot Device Priority:
1st BBS-0 (Raid): Intel <name> (---> this is the OS drive on Intel controller)
2nd Disabled
3rd Disabled
Try other boot devices NO
I have also the option to select the the Drive on Promise which shows as BBS-1 (Raid) FT 378 Ary 1 but I have left it out cause it doesn't have the OS on it.
is the OS drive labeled as C: and seen as 200GB drive [as one] from the four drive array]--> No as it shouldn't cause these are two different Raid Arrays. The first Raid on Intel's controller with the 2x74G WD Disks indeed shows as one C: 137 G and has the OS on it. The second on Promise controller with 2x36G WD Disks also shows as one D: 70G.These are two separate Arrays with 2 disks each and they show as indented.
is network boot enabled causing a delayed boot?--> I don't quit understand what you mean. In case you mean what happens if I unplug the 2 disks from the promise controller then yes if I do that the system boots fast in the Windows even if I leave the Bios setting "configure promise as raid"!!!
My problem is similar with this post: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=69994.0
other posts that have reported the same trouble:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=94944.msg683258#msg683258
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=81901.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=66662.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=98005.0 ---> I wish it was that simple, I did it as with all other drivers
I hope that info helps you helping me.

Need to boot from USB device with my Portege 7020ct

hi!
i need help!!!
situation: me and my girlfriend go for a long trip on tuesday. we have to work, so we bought a second hand portege 7020ct.
it has no cd or floppy drive. win98 is installed but without drivers for the modem. the infra-red can locate other computers, but is not able to connect.
so the onliest thing i have is one usb slot.
i want to install win2000 or at least put some data on the hard drive.
so i need to use my external cd drive or a usb stick. the problem is, the system (usb slot) found the external drive and the usb sticks, but i need to install some drivers to get them ready! but how???? --> no internet, no floppy, no internal cd, no infra red....
what can i do????
i tried to get into the bios to find out, if it is possible to boot from the usb slot, to perhaps get the external drive runnin and then install win2000.
but i can´t find out how to enter the bios!!!! ...but i´m not sure if this will work.
how can i get into the bios?
do anybody has an idea what i can do? how can i get drivers into the system?
how can i get the external drive runnin or the usb sticks`??
please! i need very quick help, cause tomorrow is my last day...
thanks to everybody in advance,
deko

Hi Deko,
Pressing the <esc> button on power up takes you to the BIOS settings.
Installing the drivers could be difficult. I have a 7010CT and there's no option to boot from USB (just floppy - hard disk - cdrom - lan). I don't think Windows98 supports USB sticks without extra drivers. I upgraded from Windows98 to Windows2000 by using an external PCMCIA cdrom and starting the installer from Windows98. Maybe you could try a PCMCIA network card of try to find a floppy disk for the Portege.

W520: Unable to boot from USB - device does not show up in boot menu

I have a W520, and I am trying to boot from a USB key. The USB key is bootable, my old T61p boots just fine from it, and so does another computer I tried.
The W520, after pressing F12 on power on, immediately shows the Intel PXE agent and then some blue boot menu, which only shows hard drive and LAN as available boot options.
I have tried all three USB ports but the results are always the same - the USB device does not show up. Is there any trick or BIOS setting to enable boot from USB?
Thanks,
CS

Hello Neil
Thanks for getting back to me
The issue was that the usb drives were disabled in the bios from the Startup menu.
To enable
1. Enter bios
2. Select boot
3. If you do not see the boot device you require use the down cursor key until the "Excluded from boot priority order" becomes visible.
4. Select the device you require (in my case USB HDD)
5. Save and exit.
You can now boot from a usb stick and install the Linux distro of your choice :-)
Cheers

Boot from usb device on hp elitepad 900

Hello, how can I boot from USB flash device on the hp tablet elitepad 900?

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875P NEO-FIS2R no boot with memory problems

I just got a NEO FIS2R board, a P4 2.6C, and two 512MB sticks of OCZ PC3200 Premier DDR. I installed the board and connected only my hard drive, video card (GeForce4 Ti4200), both sticks of memory, and CPU (on a 300W PSU). At first, the board would eventually make it to the "booting OS" stage, after spending a little time on "initializing video" (normal) and "assigning ISA" or something like that (don't know what that is, since the board has no ISA slot). Unfortunately, although my monitor's light changed from yellow to green, meaning it was getting a signal, the screen remained blank. I gave it a few minutes and finally turned off the computer. After reseating the video card and memory and disconnecting the hard drive, the same problem occurred. Finally, I took out one of the sticks. After this, the computer hung on that ISA thing for about ten seconds, and then went back to "detecting memory" and gave a 2-1 error beep. I switched between the two OCZ sticks and also two sticks slow generic PC2100 memory that I had in my old computer and I know work fine. Eventually the computer stopped pausing at the ISA stage and went to the memory detection after only a second or so. Since the video was obviously acting strange, I disconnected the video card so the computer contained only CPU and memory. The bootup sequence was the same, except that in place of the single beep during video intialization, it gave me a 2-8 error code. Finally, I took the board out of my case and laid it flat on the wooden table and tried again. Still no boot. I also cleared CMOS several times throughout this procedure, so that shouldn't be the problem.
Can anyone figure out what's going on here? It's especially confusing to me that the computer booted all the way (sans video) at first, then started having memory problems, and that the system passes the initial memory test but then goes back to it after that ISA thing (this is all according to the D-Bracket).

Quote
On the compatability list, it says
"Kingston KVR400X64C25/512
W942508BH-5 (Winbond)"
Since the memory I am looking at is CL2, does that mean it might not be compatible after all?
If you're wondering whether the Kingston HyperX RAM you're looking at is the same as the Kingston RAM you've found on the compatibililty list, the answer is NO. The RAM from the list that you're referring to has a model number that starts with "KVR", which stands for "Kingston Value RAM". HyperX RAM has model numbers that start with the letters "KHX".
You might also note that there is no listing for any of the HyperX stuff on that compatibility chart. However, I have seen posts from several people on this forum who seem to be using HyperX RAM with no problem. I suspect that MSI hasn't updated that list in awhile, because there are no listings for many of the newer PC 3500, 3700, and 4000 RAM models.
I personally went 512mb (2x256) of OCZ PC3200EL DDR RAM, it is listed as 'OCZ (PN- OCZ400256EL ) PN- OCZ400256EL' on the compatibility chart. I had plenty of problems trying to run a set of Corsair TwinX 3200PCT ver. 1.2 on my 875P NEO board, and I settled them by switching over to the OCZ RAM only because it was listed. While it wasn't my first choice I'm pretty happy with it because so far it's been running stable at CAS 2,2,3,6, with the voltage at 2.65.

MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R/P4 2.4C/Corsair XMS 3200 Overclock Settings?

Sorry to bother everyone. I'm going to be switching out my Intel 865PERL cause it only offers a 4% overclock, so I'm barerely scratching 2.5Ghz.
Plus, the funky lights on the MSI board will go nice with my all-red lit case. Anyway, back to the matter at hand:
All I've really been able to find online is information geared towards the 865 Neo-FIS2R model and overclocking, plus the stuff on the Corsair XMS PC3200 seems to all be posted prior to JEDEC approving the 3200 standard. So all the overclock info is back when they were using the XMS 3200 with AMD processors and overclocking to reach 400FSB or a bit higher.
I was hoping to get my 2.4C Ghz w/800mhz FSB up to a good 2.7Ghz, maybe even 3.0Ghz. And I want to bump up my DDR as well (I assume I'll have to anyway, and lock my multipliers on the PCI and AGP ports?) I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro All-In-Wonder.
I wasn't sure what I should set the DDR to (I have 2x256MB modules that will run in dual-channel)
I use Artic Silver III or 5 Thermal Paste, and I have six case fans (one top blowhole, one side window, two front intake, two rear pushing air out, plus PSU, CPU, northbridge, etc.)
While I've built systems for quite a few years now, I'm fairly new to overclocking and wasn't sure where I should begin? Thanks for any help with settings advice!

Alright, while I wait for the new memory to arrive, I decided to get a headstart on my first overclocking attempts.
I installed the new PSU and set to work. Here is where I ended up:
BIOS SETTINGS
DRAM=333mhz (underclocked 400mhz DDR)
Spread Spectrum=Disabled
CPU Clock=224
AGP/PCI= 67.01/33.50
CPU VCore = 1.5250V
DDR Voltage= 2.50V
AGP Voltage = 1.60V
This setup is stable insofar as it gets my system to boot into windows. I haven't done much else with it as of yet.
If I try a 225 CPU Clock then my system won't boot and I have to clear the CMOS. I tried this with my DDR at 266 and 333 (and it's 400mhz rated and has worked at the speed just fine before, so I don't think it's the Corsair XMS stuff)
Do I need to increase the Voltage to my CPU in order for this to work or is there something else I'm missing? I figured I should be able to get this 2.6 up to 3.0 easy, and was hoping to shoot for somewhere between 3.2 and 3.7 if possible.
My CPU is labeled Malaysia, and I've heard those tend to overclock pretty well. Inside my case the heatsink is cool to the touch, as are my hard drives. Sound Card is a bit warm, but nothing crazy. My ATI card is pretty hot though, although the increase from 66 to 67.01 on the AGP port shouldn't be too bad, and from what I recall this sucker was always hot anyway.

875P Neo FIS2R DRAMM / Boot Problems

After having significant difficulties with my new machine
I thought it may be helpful to others to know how I fixed the Mother Board problems. I have the following configuration:
875P Neo-FISR
P4 3.02 GHz 478P 800fsb
Two Geil PC 3200 400MHz 500mb DDR’s at positions 1 & 3
( CAS 2 6-3-3 1T; 2.6-2.9 V)
Two Seagate 120 Gb 7200rpm SATA drives on Promise Raid 0
Generic Cd Reader
Pioneer DVD Writer DVRA05
ATI 9700 Pro
Aquarius Liquid Cooler
Enermax Fan Monitor
( Addictions are bad )
Open all the boxes and put everything together. Boots up once and then starts active unstable.
Clear the CMOS and then it fails to post at all.
No monitor at all.
Looking at this web site I thought that putting the Aquarius Fan on the SFAN 1 slot may not be playing with CoreCell Chip well. Switched to the Enermax and it boots. Remains very unstable. Reading an email here I changed the DDR voltage to 2.7. System stable but I can’t get the Promise RAID to engage.
Looked at another email ( Thanks Mr. K. Keenan)
and set the BIOS as follows:
Frequency / Voltage Control:
CPU Ratio Selection: Locked
Dram Frequency : AUTO
Spread Spectrum : DISABLED
Adj. CPU BUS Clock: 230
DDR Clock: 460
Adj. AGP/PCI Clock: 67.1/33.50
CPU Vcore Adjust: YES
CPU Vcore: 1.5750V
DDR Power Voltage: 2.70 ( KK suggested 2.65)
AGP Power Voltage : 1.75
Everything stabilized.
Start adjusting the Promise RAID settings (following M. Johnson’s advice)
as follows in the BIOS:
ON CHIP IDE Configuration
ON Chip ATA Operate Mode: Native Mode
ATA Configuration : S-ATA Only
P-ATA Keep Enabled : YES
P-ATA Channel Select : BOTH
S-ATA Ports Definition: PO-1st/P1-2nd
Configure S-ATA as Raid : YES
Back to
INTEGRATED PHERIPHERALS
ONBOARD Promise IDE: as RAID
Run Windows 2000 prof and it finds the array but can’t format ( ???)
Tried formating with Millenium Boot disk ( Bad move).
Windows ME won’t let Win 2000 boot.
Clear CMOS and then the system dies.
Spent days trying to get at least the monitor to fire with no luck.
Reread web site and picked up on the Low Latency Memory issues noted
in a note ( Thanks Mr. K. Keenan again). Put in some Kingston cas2.5
333 DDR’s at 1 & 3 positions.
Fires up immediately.
Windows 2000 boots and loads. Totally stable.
Never to be one that leaves well enough alone…
Set the BIOS under
ADVANCED CHIP FEATURES as follows:
Under dram Timing Setting:
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD : Disabled
Cas Latency: 2
RAS # Precharge 3
RAS # to CAS# Delay: 3
Precharge Delay: 6
Burst Length : 8
AGP Aperture Size: 128 MB
Shut down and replaced the 1GB ( 2 x 500) Geil DDR 400’s.
Rock stable and faster.
Evidently when you clear the CMOS, the board resets
the DDR Power Voltage to 2.50 which is too low for
some of the faster DDR SDRAM’s. Unless you put
slower chips in you can’t adjust the bios to a higher voltage.
I would love to know why MSI did that.
Hope this trail helps somebody else.
Best RBC

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Originally posted by Undergrid
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Evidently when you clear the CMOS, the board resets
the DDR Power Voltage to 2.50 which is too low for
some of the faster DDR SDRAM’s. Unless you put
slower chips in you can’t adjust the bios to a higher voltage.
I would love to know why MSI did that.
Simply, when you use the jumpers to reset the BIOS all the settings, including the voltages, get reset to the default. The default power setting for RAM is 2.5v, and I would assume that its difficult to find RAM that doesn't run at that voltage at least well enough to get into the BIOS. What use would the jumper reset be if it only selectivly reset settings?
Hi all,
The system will reset the performance to Slow and the DDR ram timing to default by just 4 unsuccessful boot up.
Meaning just press reset button for about 4 times and the system will boot with the default setting for the performance and RAM Timing.
So I do not need to do jumper reseting or open the CPU casing.
Cheers.

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