MSI 915P Combo FR problems

Hello people! I have problems with my mobo , my mobo is :
"Motherboard ID   63-0100-000001-00101111-022306-GrantsD$0AAAA000_915P/G COMBO A7058IMS V1.9 02/23/06" ( everest copy/paste) . Now i have updated my bios to the 1.9 version, the latest available, before that, the mobo would not accept double sided DDR1, and after the update the problem persists, and i think one of the ram slots is not working properly , beacause it won't accept DDR1 single or double sided.
Does the latest bios-update contain previous versions?
Please help me , i want to upgrade my RAM and i can't find single sided memorys anywhere . Thank you in advance.
My configuration is:
CPU Type   Intel Pentium 4 531, 3000 MHz
Motherboard Name   MSI 915P Combo-FR (MS-7058)
Module Name   Corsair VS512MB400C3 ( single sided )
Video Adapter   NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Audio Adapter   C-Media CMI9880 @ Intel 82801FB ICH6 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-1]
Disk Drive   HDS722525VLAT80 ATA Device (7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive   HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4165B ATA Device
Network Adapter   Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

What's the exact problem ?
you have one stick of ram and the system fails to boot with it ?
or you added ram and the system fails to boot ? or does not detect the extra ram ? ...

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915P Combo POST problems

Hi All,
First i would like to say great site and wonderful info provided. my problem has to do with starting up the computer. When turned on the computer doesn't POST and I have to press the reset few times to get to POST. here is how it goes: When turned on "CPU fan makes throaty sound 'too much for just starting up'". then the mouse + keyboard light check, either lights up indicating a POST in progress or they don't during all of that the monitor is still not POSTING.
Out of 10 start ups 9 require pressing the reset button 5-10 times to get it to post. could anyone please give some feedback on this problem. Also if it is not too much does anybody know why a computer with a SATA master HD and a Third primary ATA133 HD won't let me add any more drive and will ask for RAID to be installed? having problems connecting my CDRW ROM with 2 HDs and a DVD drive installed i have to manually open the case and unplug the DVD drive and swap it with the CD writer if i want to burn something on CD. Thanks again for the help.
MSI 915P Combo AMI BIOS v 1.6
Intel P4 530J 3.0GHz 1MB L2
2 x 512MB 'Generic' PC4200 DDR2 533MHz Unbuffered
420W Generic PSU
RADEON X700 Pro 256MB GDDR3
1x 80GB S-ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 8MB Buffer
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2x LG Flatron L1950 LCD
LG GDR8163 DVD-ROM
SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS
WinXP Pro SP2
DirectX 9.0c
MS Wireless Key+Mouse
ATI Catalyst Suite5.5

Dude i'm telling you I'm having the exact same problem.......
after hours of troubleshooting and reading these forums and whatnot I've found out I am not the only one having this problem.....these MSI boards are pieces of i'd return it if I were you
this is the response I got from MSI's technical support via email
Dear Customer,
Since have tried a known good power supply then try with board outside of case with minimal components if same have board replaced with reseller if just received if had been working and issue occurred the can rma through us Thanks
Technical Support Division
MSI Computer Corp.
with such good english you can tell that MSI really puts alot of effort into customer support........The guy on the phone was foreign and hard to understand also and he said the same thing....Send it back!
I'm not getting a replacement either i'm getting an exchange because it is ridiculously evident through the 15-20 posts both here and on the online help section that this model of board is indeed a pile of and has many similar problems with no real answers. We got wtfpwnd, cut your losses and send it back

MSI X52P Combo Drive Problem...

Hello all
I recently purchased the MSI X52P Combo CD-RW / DVD-ROM drive to replace my old CD-ROM drive. Installation went well, XP Pro booted up, installed it's own ATAPI COMBO52XMAX driver and the drive appears as DVD/CD-RW Drive in my drive listing as expected. The only problem is, it will not read any disc in a normal XP Pro boot.
After investigating, the drive reads discs perfectly using my old Win98 boot disk which uses a different ATAPI driver (the drive flew through a dir *.* /s on the bundled 600MB odd Nero CD in seconds) and also works perfectly in Safe Mode.
As it worked perfectly in Safe Mode I took that opportunity to install Nero. I then rebooted and discovered that I can use the drive to burn a CD with Nero in normal mode (which reads perfectly in another drive) but again in normal mode won't read any discs including the one I burnt. I'm just trying to remember what the differences between Normal and Safe Mode are. They both use the same driver but doesn't SM use Real Mode Drivers?
Anyway, so far I've tried...
Every combination of IDE channel / master slave setup possible.
Updating the firmware, it's now the 1.40 version.
Checking this forum, seems other people have had similar problems.
A bucket load of things that perhaps only mad people would try.
For the record, there are no device conflicts and AMIBIOS reports it as VER 1.40 ATAPI COMBO52XMAX on boot up. Note, I have been building / tinkering / playing with PC's practically all my life but this is really the first time that I have been stumped with a hardware problem.
Any help / suggestions / ideas would be greatly appreciated. I know the drive works perfectly, just not in normal mode

AHA!
Getting somewhere.
Device Manager - IDE ATA/ATAPI - Secondary IDE Channel - Properties - Advanced Settings
Changing Transfer Mode from 'DMA If Available' to 'PIO Only' caused the drive to immediately spring into action and read discs of all types. However, I'm not happy with that so will fiddle further. PIO mode is processor intensive whereas DMA mode uses the disk controller to transfer data to memory without lugging the proc.
So without looking I am guessing that the difference between Safe Mode and Normal Mode is that Normal Mode tries to use DMA first whereas Safe Mode just uses PIO to be safe. My hard drives are happy chugging along in DMA mode so I'm sure the X52P should too.
Hope this information is useful to anyone else having difficulty reading discs.

MSI 651 Combo / MS6769 Problem with Temperature

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What should i do? buy another mb? I don´t want to.
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Claudio

Well, i´m pretty sure that it is the mother board, because, i already changed all what´s possible to change: processor, RAM, hd, power supply, processor.
Din: I don´t know what´s "corecenter". I already upgraded BIOS (to v1.2 that supuestly fix my problem), and put thermal paste (grease? in spanish "pasta disipadora") between CPU cooler and CPU. And i do change the processor (i put a p4 1,8GHz), with other FAN processor (CPU cooler), and the same temperature.
Danny:Those details you ask me:
In a label on the power supply (lVoltage MAXAmpere): +5V 30A, +3.3V 20A, +12V 15A, -12V 0.8A, -5V 0.5A, +5Vsb 2.5A.
It is a Maxpower 300 Watts ATX, model PX300.
On BIOS PC Health: Sys Temp: 18ºC/66ºF, CPU Temp 66ºC/150ºF (up to 70ºC), CPU Fan speed 2909 RPM, Vcore 1.68V, 3.3V 3.26V, +5V 5.10V, +12V 12.03V, -12V -12.19V, VBAT(V) 3.26V, 5Vsb(V) 5.14V.
I have a Celeron 1,8 GHz, socket 478, a MSI 651 Combo MS6769 Motheboard, with nothing else. Hd Maxtor 30Gb, Rewriter MSI 52x24x52.
The problem: From one day to another, it wasn´t load XP. It resets itself after a few seconds (about 5 secs). On the BIOS PC Health section, i actived the CPU Temperature beep on "too much degrees" (i don´t remember the exact name, but that´s the idea). And that´s how i realize that the temperature is the problem. I think it is how the motherboard inform the temperature, and it is a nominal temperature, not real. If it´s real, i already had a burnt processor.
Anything else that can help to find a solution for me?
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Claudio

MSI 915P Combo

Hello.
I currently have this board on order but have just noticed that it has a 24 pin atx connector. My PSU has a 20 pin ATX connector.
Does the 915p combo come with a 20 pin to 24 pin converter?
or will i have to buy one?.
Thanks

Quote by : Maesus
You can plug in a 20-pin PSU to the 24-pin motherboard without issue. There is only 1 way to plug it in and you can never make mistake. The board will work just fine with 20-pin PSU.
Can anyone else confirm this. I dont want to take the risk of finding out the hard way
Thank
Edit : just downloaded the manual, it says you can.
THanks for pointing me to that thread bejon2000 .

915p combo ram problem still

ok I got a new PSU with my new case, Ive turned everything I dont use off on the board, theres more amps in this psu, it was tested on a p4 3.8Ghz and 6800Ultra system sucesfully (so much more power drain than my system), everythings fine, except the ram STILL wont run at 400Mhz DDR, after doing a test on Sisoft sandra I found out the rams only running at 200Mhz DDR. and it doesnt even seem too attempt too run at what I set in BIOS. is there a better bios? Im currently using 1.4.

They are running at 200 MHZ, but its doubled because its DDR, so it is marked as 400 MHz. So 533 is 266 and so on........ Its compleeeetly normal for it to say 200 Mhz.
But is possible that that you have a FSB of 200, and if you do and theres some instabilty problems it could be because your FSB is rocking between 199-201 and going over the 200 MHz, and there for going over the memery spec. That can cause instabilty specially if you got lousy memory modules. But its really unpropable this is the problem this happens if you overclock with lousy memory modules.....
Try using a DDRII module to see if theres something wrong with the board or just a compatibilty problem between the memorymodule and the board....

[915 Series] 915P Combo Problems.. Can anyone help Please?

Hello everyone!
I'm pleasured to be in contact with you, I'm from Portugal, so any errors in my english, please excuse me
I've bought an MSI Motherbnoard 915P Combo and there is some questions that I need your help.
My system is:
MSI 915P Combo 8latest 1.6 Bios version)
Pentium 4 LGA775 3.0 GHZ
Zalman 7700 Al-CU
1GB Kingston PC3200 2x512 (Dual Channel, 3-3-3-7)
XFX Geforce Nx 6200 PCI-Express (with direct power alimentation from the PSU.. is this normal?)
Enermax 350w Noisetaker ATX 2.01 (with all stability since I've bought to my P4 Socket 478)
160GB Seagate Barracuda SATA NCQw/8MB Cache
Pioneer DVR-108 16x DVD+RW
Thermaltake Shark Aluminium Case
Integrated 5.1 Sound Solution (Azalia)
Ok... the problem is... my computer doesn't shut Off! I've installed the Windows Xp and SP2 from new, bu when I'm choosing the option "Shut Down" win windows, the pc shutt down only 3 seconds!!!
By the on/off button is everything ok...
Can anyone help me?
Thank's in advance.

Quote from: NovJoe on 21-March-05, 20:30:51
Check your power button connector to the mobo and see if it was fixed properly or you can try turning the connector 180 degrees around and fix it in and see if the same problem replicates.
Next you can also try to clear CMOS.
Check in your Power Management Options in Windows and check if there's any funny settings.
Thank you very much NovJoe for your kind attention and help.
Since I arrive home I'll try that.
i've tried the connector of the power in the board of the 2 possible way with no result.
How can I clear the CMOS? nly with Jumpers isn't?
And what do you mean to say with funny settings in windos? Can you be more specific please?
Regards

915P Combo Windows XP setup problem

hello all,
hoping someone can help me with this. I'm trying to install xp at the moment on a 200gb maxtor hard drive connected to my MSI 915p combo FR by IDE. i know to hit f6 during setup and then press S to select the raid driver from the floppy but my computer didn't ship with the floppy disk, only a cd with drivers on. does anyone know where i can find the drivers i need (are they on the cd?) that i should have on a floppy or if there is another way around this? I keep getting a blue screen and the xp setup cannot continue past this point.
this short thread from another forum explains the problem i have in more detail.
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=449498
any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated
thanks

Hi,
can you please try to explain what you are trying to do there in more detail?
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I'm trying to install xp
... does the Install-CD include at least Service Pack II? If not, please use an SP2 or SP3-Install CD. If you don't have one, use NLite or XP ISO BUILDER to make one. The integration is free, legal and easy to do.
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a 200gb maxtor hard drive connected to my MSI 915p combo FR by IDE
Okay. So we are looking at an IDE/PATA Drive, right? Not an S-ATA Drive, correct?
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i know to hit f6 during setup and then press S to select the raid driver from the floppy but my computer didn't ship with the floppy disk, only a cd with drivers on.
Actually, you don't need to do that. You are definately not using RAID anyway if you have just one Hard Drive. Make sure the hard drive is connected to the IDE Port hosted by the Intel ICH6 Chipset (the IDE Port that stands alone).

915P Combo not seeing optical drives in WinME- HELP!

I just purchased a new computer from Cyberpower with an MSI 915P Combo motherboard and no OS installed (though I'm on my old computer now, an 866MHz P3 running WinXP on an IDE HD). I have a SATA HD installed in the new machine and a DVD-ROM and DVD-RW drive. I installled WinME only because the WinXP install disk that I have will not run from the DOS prompt I get when booting with a Win98 startup floppy. It must be run from within Windows. Upon finishing up my installation of WinME, I received the following message:
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"Your multi-function device (Standard Dual PCI Controller) has some child devices using 32-bit drivers and others using compatibility-mode drivers. This configuration is not supported, so your computer has been halted to prevent corruption.
After you restart your computer, Windows will use compatibility-mode drivers for each child device attached to this multi-function device. If you want to use 32-bit drivers, you may be able to obtain an updated driver for the device that caused the problem by contacting your hardware manufactured, or you can disable the device.
Press any key to continue"
…and WinME doesn't recognize the DVD-ROM or RW drives (the IDE controllers are not functioning when I go to the device manager- the yellow ! appears). So my goal is to install WinXP. Booting from a startup floppy, I AM able to access the DVD-ROM and RW drives, but as I said, I cannot run my XP install CD from a DOS prompt. Is there a solution for me short of buying a full-install version of XP that will install from a DOS prompt?
Please, if someone can give a full explanation (I’m pretty good with computers, but I wouldn’t call myself a computer “expert”… though I DO know how to go into the BIOS to make changes, even if I don’t know everything I’m doing there), it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Thanks to those who wrote and helped me. I think I'm good for now :-)

915P Combo overclock Issue

hi all, any expert out there ? plse help me
I am using the P4 3.2Ghz (1MB L2)
MSI 915P Combo
I have try using the DDR1 and DDR2
it just cant be overclock, if I set any FSB
it cant be reboot
i am using the bios 1.4
help me plse

in DDR2, I already relax the timing to 4-4-4-12
I am using the DDR2 PC4200
even I increase the FSB to 215 Mhz only
it cant be boot
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915P Combo No Raid option please help

Hi everyone,
Recently I bought MSI 915P combo FR and 2 S-ATA HD and 1 ATA HD.
I want to use the two S-ATA HD as Raid but BIOS does not let me select the raid option under IDE/S-ATA configuration. I have tried to clear CMOS and use different BIOS version and checked all connection but nothing helps.
Any help, advice and suggestion is very welcomed
Thanks in advance

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Originally posted by Guci
The MB is packed with the software that can be used for SATA Raid configuration and in the manual it is explained how you have to configure your SATA controller as RAID in the BIOS (please download the manual for this mobo and look at chapter 5) as well as in WindowsXP environment.
Please take a look at page 1-2, under Chipset, u will c this "Serial ATA 150 RAID 0, RAID 1 and Matrix RAID (for ICH6R only)."
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Hi Darkslayer,
It is written at least on the pack that it does support both SATA and IDE RAID and the chip is ICH6 and ICH6R ready.
I have follow the instruct mentioned but I do not see the RAID option anymore since updating the BIOS
BTW, maybe u should call up ur local MSI distributor and ask the what the ICH6R ready mean. I wish to know as well

MSI 915P/G Combo (MS-7058) Boot Issues

We have two production MSI 915P/G Combo (MS-7058) boards that for every 100 cold boots there is at least one cold boot that the system will hang. We tried many ATI PCIE graphics cards and even an Nvidia board with the same results. We tried toggling many bios settings to see if it will help but the problem still exists.
We believe this issue is solely related to the motherboard.
We are wondering if there has been any other members in the community that have seen this boot problem with this PCIE motherboard?? ..and what you did to fix it?
Thanks.
Reply to thread only.

QTec PSU are well known craps around the hardware places. Imagine a 550watts with only 18A on +12v... Try placing it side by side with another 550watts like Antec or Enermax, even Thermaltake has better specs amps.
Current Prescotts CPUs are well known Power buggers and heat buggers even that ha applied to the Prescott based Celeron D CPUs. Around 18A on +12v is just entry for Northwood B and C, and for Prescotts, around 20A on +12v is just the bare minimum to run just stable.
My current system used to run good on a +12v @ 18A, +5v @ 40A, +3.3v @ 20A PSU but craps up after 18 months when I threw in a FX5950Ultra, so instead of buying back a similar PSU, I opt for a more poweful PSU(Enermax Noisetaker 470w PFC2.0) that can last me long even if I'm using the LGA 775s, Socket T CPUs.

"915P Combo and PCI-Express problem"

Hello friends, I have a pc with the following configuration: mobo 915P Combo with a processor pentium 4 530 3.0 ghz, memory kingston 1GB Kit DDR 400 dual channel, psu 500w ATX with connector 20-pin, video card XFX Geforce 6600 256 MB PCI-EXPRESS, sound card audigy 2 zs, hard disk 120 GB seagate 7200 rpm SATA. And I have a problem with the port PCI-Express and my video card, if I install the video card the computer it doesn't start up well, that is to say, it start up and to the 3 seg this shut down automatically and 5 seg later this tries to start up but without success , after several intents this can start up perfect and everything works well . And if I don't install the video card pci-express and I intall my old video card port pci 16 mb Banshee the pc starts up perfect and doesn't have problems. what is the real problem? 1) the video card pci-express, 2) the port pci-express of the mobo, 3)that I have a psu with connector 20-pin? Thanks

dear moderator,
i got same problem as Calvido. My system specification MSI 915G Combo with the lastest bios v1.8 with a processor pentium 4 530 3.0 ghz, memory kingston 1GB DDR 533 dual channel, psu 350w True power, video card Leadtek Geforce 6600 256 MB PCI-EXPRESS, hard disk 120 GB maxtor 7200 rpm SATA. And I have a problem with the PCI-Express, if i use the intergrated graphic intel 900 it dun give me any problem n i used for more than 6mth.
It happen when i try to upgrade my intergrated graphic card to PCI-E. 1st i try with the Inno3D geforce 6600 256mb PCI-E n when my com start until windows it become blank screen for awhile the screen appear again for no more than 1 min became blank again. 2nd try i use Leadtek Geforce 6600 256MB PCI-E it seem alright but when i click on icon it start to delay ...until hang. 1st i thought my OS problem so i format my system, but problem still the same so i repeat format until 7 or 8 times. Problem not solve.
I try to send email to MSI but no reply
Pls help me to solve the problem
best regard

BIOS Problem with 915P Combo

Hi there...
I have one MB 915P Combo and i have problems in BIOS configuration.
I go to: Advanced BIOS Features / BOOT SEQUENCE
And have one option Boot from other Device, it have No.
I change to Yes, and reboot and now it is possible to use pen disks.
The problem:
If i install a program and at the end of installation (for example update IDE/Raid utility) it is necessary to reboot windows , i restart the windows and when go to windows, now is not possible to use pen disks...
To solve the problem temporaly:
It is necessary to go to the BIOS configuration and Change the Boot from other device to "No" and reboot... and Change again to "Yes" to work with Pen disk.
And sometimes appears a blue window in Windows with a Device Driver error.
How to solve the problem ?
I have the latest BIOS 1.6
Thanks.

What if you just normally reboot windows without any new installation? Does it happen the same way?

[915 Series] MSI 915P 7058 Power On Problems

We have 11 identical computers.
MSI 915P 3.0 GHz P4 530J
1GB DDR2 400 (2x512)
160 GB Seagate SATA
nVidia 6600 PCX 128 MB
Antec case w/ 350W PS
The PS is only a has a 20 pin ATX plug where the board accepts 20 or 24.
BIOS versions 1.6 - 1.8(latest version)
Latest chipset driver also.
We have been getting feedback from the users that when booting, especially in the morning, they fail. By this I mean the fans start, the power led is on and the hd led is on for a while. But there is no video, the boot sequence never happens, and the os does not load. To fix the problem, usually holding the power switch for >4sec, and then powering the computer on again works. The reset also works to get past the failure. Pushing the power button for <4 sec does not work.
We have tried the latest versions of the BIOS, no luck. We are currently collecting the 4 led POST message from the back of the computer each time there is a problem.
I checked for the USB open channel problem. The 10 pin connectors for the front and rear usb do not have the 10th pin grounded which has caused usb problems.
All other connections look OK. The only other alert is that the power supply is the 20 pin and the mobo support 20 or 24. Still it is an Antec 350W PS with 21A at +12V.
Any help would be great.
Thanks-
onesquin

A user is going to be gone tomorrow and we are going to try an antec 450W PSU in one of the machines. That was our next step too. I was hoping for something else as this fix is costly and time consuming.
We also tested the the gray wire on the power supply to make sure that it was always returning +5V. We were able to produce the failure and the gray was at +5V. We then grounded it and the computer would not start.
Maybe we just need a bigger PSU, but the manual only calls for a 350W, 18A on +12V.
Sorry for the double post... Composed the original message over 2 days and could not find it. Then it was there after my second post.
Thanks-
scott

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