MSI - Admit it!

Be kind and release a 'Known Issues' memo. Especially with XP and various mobos. At least get it out in the open so we know that somehow they are acknowledged and perhaps will be addressed.
That way, I can finally 'give up' ;(
1. VBIOS.DLL issue.. Workaround?
2. Vid Capture (Feature incompatibilities with mobos?)
3. etc..

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Originally posted by elzie
I agree with you beware430!
I'm waiting to see how long it takes for some "expert" to come by and tell you that you need another power supply. Or maybe even three daisy-chained together
VBIOS.dll with Live update installed fine on my A7V board. (but it still says I don't have an MSI board)
Vid Capture works on my A7V.
And. it all works on 300 W PS.
250W PS is probably fine, too unless you have LOTS of stuff hooked up to it, like fans and additional drives and OC'ing, but the +- Voltage can make cause odd failures and that goes for any PS rating. So recommending MORE watts is not necessarily an answer, asking what the +- voltage may give a better indication of a unreliable PS. Perhaps someone can post a few monitoring utilities.
Maybe I should go out and get a 800W PW.. hmm.

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MSI Admits to FSB Overclocking

MSI Admits to FSB Overclocking
They said in there next bios release, but maybe this is what messed us up with bios 1.3. Their cheating for the benchmarks and were getting screwwed in the end.
MSI still hasnt answered any of my emails nor have they refunded shipping costs of my 875 neo mobo that had to go back cause they killed it with bios 1.3 :O

set FSB:CPU in 5:4
increase cpu vcore with small step
increase FSB to 250,260,280.. you must testing if you put FSB to 250Mhz RAM will working at 200Mhz
set CPU interface to default(not aggresive)
thats mine thinks about that.
expert will reply hope soon to corecting me if im wrong
see user experience and configuration here:
memory benchmark scores

Msi admits secret overclocking.. ?

Anyone read this? Was just wondering, how the board would perform without the dynamic overclocking.. any tests out there?
http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030522/index.html
http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030522/fsb_overclocking-01.html

I read this on a neoseeker review of the eclipse. Granted it's a different version of the msi x58 but some of the info might be useful.
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To get to the maximum stable overclock, 4.095GHz, all I had to do was:
* Set the memory multiplier to "3" (actually 6)
* Set memory timing to 7-7-7-20-1T
* Fix PCI at 37.3MHz
* disable spread spectrum
* Enable EIST
* disable C-state
* Enable "Turbo" boost
* set base clock to 195MHz
* set QPI to Full-Speed
* leave it at 4.8GT
* use a Noctua NH-U12P with their new Socket 1366 adapter
I did not have to change the voltages at all!
Full review here: http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/msi_x58_eclipse/
I have no idea why setting the pci freq to 37 would help... maybe to disable auto clocking? Well, at any rate..
Hope it helps!

SCCM issue - "LANG_LIST has some locales which does not match with the locale of serial number"

I have a problem with the error "LANG_LIST has some locales which does not match with the locale of serial number" recurring.
I am trying to install Acrobat XI Std silently by SCCM.
I've used the Adobe Customisation Wizard to create a mst which include the volume serial number we have with our licence purchases. Note that I am in Australia. I use the command line in SCCM for the install as "msiexec /i "AcroStan.msi" TRANSFORMS="D&B_AcroStd.mst" /qn" which fails silently. If I install on a local machine using an admin command prompt and changing to /qb at the end, I get the aforementioned error.
I have a few things to try and resolve, having searched the adobe forums and other forums for the solution. The mst is only trying to install US English & I have even gone so far as to use the direct editor in the customisation wizard and change some values in the property table to resolve this. In the property table I can confirm that LANG_SEL_DEFAULT = ENU, REGIONAL_LIST = ENU, LANG_LIST = en_US, ProductLanguage = 1033
Is there a way to check the language specified for ym serial number?
Bryndon

Update on a couple of details:
@Sabian,
Thanks for the location, I've downloaded and then when I tried an install of the newly extracted msi (admittedly on the same computer) I got exactly the same issue. Of note though is that running /qf automatically brought up the same serial number and the same incorrectly spelled company name. Installing on another computer (freshly imaged) doesn't have those inputs already present under /qf. Next when I try using the transfrom (a new one) with /qr it gives an error of the serial number, displaying the entire serial.
@Sebastian
I've had a look through yours and it seems our issues could have the same origin. Looks like I may have to call customer support regarding the serial number as Sabian suggested in your thread.
The bit that gets me is when the same serial number is used in a manual install (or /qf) then it installs ok without any errors.

Z87-G43 Can't control PWM fans, wth?

Here's the build:
MSI Z87-G43 (BIOS v1.6 updated hoping this would fix problem, no go)
Corsair H80 watercooler (dual PWM fans push/pull config on radiator, these are what I cannot control)
Intel i5-4670K
16GB DDR3-1600
GTX550Ti 1GB
The H80 fans, I disconnect them from the cooler and connect them to the motherboard for control by software, rather than letting the H80 handle them itself so I can control the water temperature and let the pump run at full speed (like a custom water cooling circuit). I've had PWM control of these fans before on an old AM3+ build without a single problem, but plugging them into CPU1 or CPU2, I get 0 control at all. I'm at a loss as to how to fix this, I've tried plugging the fans into SYSFAN ports, and nada. My 3-pin V-Control fan works on SYSFAN1 port without a problem, full control. CPUFAN ports have no PWM control it seems, and I've tried Control Center and other 3rd party applications to enable it, without success. HALP, my computer sounds like a jet engine for no reason!
Trying to adjust the PWM fans in BIOS doesn't work either, they just keep running at 100%... I'm really getting tired of the jet engine sound.

Quote from: Sea Dog on 03-February-14, 05:59:15
USA will often allow a cross ship, but not usually in other parts of the world. Here is the contact;
> Contact MSI <
Do you not understand this is a user to user forum? Non official MSI support? Even the admin and mods are non MSI employees. All volunteers here, not at beck and call to wait hand and foot on somebody that 'demands' anything.
I understand that this is a user forum, but when I see "MSI HQ" as their title, that's quite misleading as that reads (when you break down the acronyms): Micro-Star International HeadQuarters.
I'm only 'demanding' because I just got this and set it up. I have been without a primary computer for months now and otherwise lost access to TERABYTES of data that I can only access with the keys on the primary drive. I lost money on those projects not being delivered on time, and now that I'm back in business, I don't wish to lose any more waiting for a replacement. If they can cross-ship, that's fantastic, and I'll be so happy because I won't lose a single day to downtime waiting for replacements.
I have used MSI boards in the past, in fact my "backup" computer (missing all my tools and code) is running an old MSI board, and my router's motherboard is also MSI. It's usually solid products that I have no problem with, so something as tiny and otherwise trivial as this, just rubs me the wrong way. I understand there's manufacturing defects that will come up, one of those MSI boards, when I got it had a bug where you couldn't burn a CD because if you had the IDE port configured for a certain speed in BIOS (by default), it would crash the entire board when pushed. This was due to a capacitor mix-up back at the factory (that MSI admitted to and offered free replacements to anyone with an affected board), and while I never bothered to request a replacement (I just applied a tweak in the BIOS to avoid using that capacitor like many others), it continued to work flawlessly otherwise. Though, this machine is gated for many many tasks, and getting a headache while using it because of the loud fans, just won't do, especially when I'm going to spend the majority of the time using this machine.

MSI Big Bang XPOWER II - Protools

Hello Everyone!
Looking for some quick advice, I am looking into the MSI Big Bang Xpower II motherboard for its rich features, solid CAPS (Very important to me), Admittedly, I wont be doing ALOT of Overclocking, but want the stability. I am building an Audio Workstation, I was looking at the workstation "ws" board of another "Company" for LGA2011 but noticed it lacked any sort of detail for if it had solid caps (the "company's dept, couldn't verify if it did either)
I am thinking of maxing it out at 64 GB of Gskill standard memory, but this will primarily be a Protools/MBox audio system, Many people told me to go with LGA2011 for this, they also recommended another brand/board, but with no validation from even the head office, I want to stick to a reliable brand, MSI, and a stable solid cap system.
Any MSI Users out there using protools with the above Motherboard, or similar? I want to verify as this software is Incredibly specific when it comes to specs.
Thanks all,

Well, that board has the best of components available. It features Super Ferrite Chokes and Solid Caps. The best you can get at least.
Concerning Protools I have no idea.

MSI K8N Neo Platinum (MS-7030) Performance on 3000+ (socket 754)

I want to thank many guys for their help on various posts on these forums. I found out many useful tips on my newly built system but seems I have missed something somewhere...
The problem is that my system seems to perform a bit low. On the following I will provide my system configuration as it is generated by 'cpuz' program:
CPU-Z Report
CPU-Z version 1.28.6.
CPU(s)
Number of CPUs: 1
Name : AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Code Name : NewCastle
Specification : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Family / Model / Stepping : F C 0
Extended Family / Model : F C
Brand ID : 4
Package : Socket 754
Core Stepping : DH7-CG
Technology : 0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets: MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, x86-64
CPU Clock Speed : 2009.8 MHz
Clock multiplier : x 10.0
HTT Bus Frequency : 201.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache : 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache : 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache : 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed : 2009.8 MHz (Full)
L2 Location : On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic : yes
L2 Bus Width : 128 bits
Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer: -- (Doesn't say MSI)
Motherboard model : MS-7030,
BIOS vendor : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS revision : 6.00 PG
BIOS release date : 08/26/2004
Chipset : nVidia nForce3 250 rev. A1
Southbridge : nVidia nForce3 MCP rev. A2
Sensor chip : Winbond W83627THF
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Status : enabled, rev. 3.0
AGP Data Transfer Rate : 8x
AGP Max Rate : -1x
AGP Side Band Addressing: supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size : 128 MBytes
Memory
DRAM Type : DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size : 512 MBytes
DRAM Frequency : 201.0 MHz
FSB:DRAM : CPU/10
CAS# Latency : 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# : 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge : 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) : 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (TRC) : 11 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer : 16 clocks
# of memory modules : 1
Module 0 : DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
Software
Windows version : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version : 9.0c
Now that the cpuz report is complete, let me inform you about my HD and Graphics Card:
Hard Drive : Maxtor DiamondMax 9 Plus 80 GB @ 133MHz
Graphics Card: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 5200 with 256 MB of memory
So here is my first question, which is relevant to all the above:
? What seems to be the problem and my CPU clock is limited to 2GHz? I've tried many different things on BIOS but unfortunately my Clock Multiplier can not be more than 10x? Is this a problem with my mainboard? Should I try to flash the BIOS?
Some more thoughts:
If I try to increase the FSB Frequency, then I get the expected speedups on my programs as long as the change is small. For example, if I set the FSB Frequency on 210 MHz I actually encounter a 5% (about) speedup in my performance. The problem is that on execution time, this FSB frequency changes (actually increases) and that can be onserved from CoreCenter. So as a result, I can not change the frequency that much since system hangs if it exceeds 240Mhz on FSB on execution time (I have reached 239 MHz at most without stability problems on execution time) - this value was obtained (if I remember correctly) by setting the FSB on 215 MHz, when my next step on 220 MHz caused a system crash soon afterwards...
Can you please help me so that I can have a 3000+ performance?
I know for sure that this is a problematic system setup, since my pc behaves more or less on execution times like one of a friend of mine which uses a plain AMD Athlon XP @ 2400 MHz. Needless to say, If I try to make a comparison of the current setup with a Pentium Processor, my system is equivalent to that of a Pentium @ 1,4 GHz (about) which is really irritating.
Thank you in advance for all your help on that one.
Test Beds: I use some programs I 've written in order to have a comperative analysis of my CPU. Hopefully, when this problem is fixed I will provide you with some useful feedback. This is the least I can do for your help.
Did you think that was it all about? Wrong! I have one more question:
? I have a Microsoft Intelli Wheel Mouse which doesn't close whenever I close my system. Why this thing happens? Is there a way of making that PS-2 mouse close whenever my system shutsdown?
Thank you in advance fo your help on all the above,
- Dimis -

Quote from: Supershanks on 16-May-05, 22:50:21
the memory settings in cpu-z looked like the timings used by corsair memory modules, which is why i suggested the memory voltage of 2.7v as a lot of people have problems from running memory @ auto voltage.(2.5v) it's a common oversight.
Very impressive must admit i pulled a homer, eyes started glazing over towards the end of the theory
Have tried running your hurdles cubic perm17.in in a command prompt window but it doesn't work for me sorry.
you might like to try Super Pi which performs a similar function to your program. Unfortunately the link seems to be broken at the minute Super Pi, Post Your Times
You might find it here Kanada Laboratory home page - See FTP Link If you can get it run it & hopefully you can then find some comparisons
luck
I want to thank you all guys for your feedback. Especially you Shanks for your links. At least these showed me that things were not as bad as I initially thought of on my machine!
So I had more guidance on the investigation of my initial problem (hurdles). I 've updated the page which now consists of new information. Perhaps you would all like to have a look again and observe something reaaaaallly strange. I would like to hear your explanations since I am only speculating ...
For your convenience I provide you the link once again:
AMD Processors - Comperative Analysis
Finally, I would like to remind you that if anyone has a solution to the problem I have with my mouse (refer to my initial post), I would be happy if you could share the solution with me!
Regards,
- Dimis -

MSI X58 boards bad chipset cooling - with proof and fix proposed for high IOH

Hello,
First of all I like MSI boards this is not an anti marketing thread. I own one and with a FIX I don't regret buying it.
I will go straight to the point, the cooling of chipsets on the MSI Eclipse/PRO is totally disastrous. Here is the proof :
Since we see this problem all around, and never "good" response from tech support, here it is - in color. You can't deny it.
I will stay with constructive remarks - the TIM or thermal paste violet is dry and hard as rock ! The bolts are not strong enough also, and doesn't center the heatsink firmly on the north bridge. So if for everyone with high temps of IOH this is why. Please stop telling us that from Intel spec it is OK since it's specified to go up to 100°C. Mine was about >85°C and after a replacement it is under 50°C. Heat causes instabilities and long term wear damage to any chip.
It is a problem of engineering. Bad TIM was selected. MSI will not admit it since it will cost too much to take back all theese boards.
Heat dissipation is so bad as if there were no heatsink on the chip.
Nothing is perfect, if it was MSI would send me a free tube of MX2
MSI Eclipse SLI FIX - will work for other models certainly
Needed :
Thermal Paste - Arctic Cooling MX2 (Non conductive, long run, one of the best)
Optional :
Heatsink - Thermalright HR-05 / IFX
Tighter bolts, plastic screws.
How to:
-You need to take off the heatsink that cover both northbridge aka IOH and southbridge.
-The heatsink "DrMOS" over VRMs doesn't get that hot. The TIM on it is like straps and doesn't really require replacement.
If you don't have tighter bolts or screws, you can use existing and add some rings on it to heighten the pressure that will need the heatsink. Warning : If you use metal screws be sure to use a spring or it may do serious damage to the chip.
-Apply a small amount but enough of thermal paste to cover the violet rectangle of both heatsinks. Replace them on the board.
How to (with heatsink replacement) :
Your IOH will go down 40°C. Yes you've read right.
-With this method either you need A) to loose one part of the heatsink, B) or loose two SATA ports and will not be able to use SLI with long cards but for majority of people it will be fine and provide tremendous cooling performance to south bridge also. You can also buy a second heatsink if you wish to keep original untouched but I couldn't find any that would suits the board dimensions or provide improvements for the southbridge.
A)If you don't care about the original heatsink, you will need to cut the two heatpipes. Cut it near the southbridge. It doesn't need high cooling as IOH. Apply thermal paste to it and install the new Thermalright heatsink on the northbridge chipset.
B)You will need to bend the heatsink ! It seems extreme but well works in fact. Bend it towards you and try doing it gentle so it is exactly at 90° angle :
-Before installing it, clean the small heatsink of the old violet "thermal paste". Apply the new thermal paste on the chipset. Now we can install the heatsink but upside down. It seems extreme again but it exactly fits. It won't apply weight pressure on the board since it touch the plastic IDE connector. Warning : be sure, absolutely sure that the heatsink doesn't touch any electrical components.
-Mount the Thermalright IFX and your done.
Here are picture of the final board, and with a mounted system :
(Clic on pics if you need high resolution picture)
The case is an Antec 1200. With modified +5V voltage on fans and with lowspeed enermax fan on processor it is whisper quiet.
Temperatures with overclocked BCLK at 175 MHz :
Idle/Load : IOH : 45°C / 50°C
Idle/Load : System : 35°C / 39°C
Idle/Load : CPU avg : 38°C / 67°C
Now this board is a jewel - impressive low power consumption, very high overclocking capability, stability.
Please MSI, fix your TIM and retention system. Maybe for the new eclipse will it be good ?
I hope this thread has cleared some questions and helped.

hi guys , just an add on to evr999 thread, ive also now changed both n/s bridge heatsinks, with excellant results some pictures for you all to look at.
temps before

Adding mSATA/mSSd to a MSI GT70 2OD-407US

Hi,
I'm a new owner of an MSI GT70 (wife finally let me buy one). I'm not at all new to modding computers of varies calipers. I honestly haven't been in the game in 3 years and coming back up the ladder because the technology has changed. I've kinda been in a geeks purgatory(married and in the ARMY), so life's been really busy for me and has not allowed me to keep up with current tech.
My Question. Modding my GT70 2OD-497US:
MAXing RAM to 16GBs, Easy. that's a no brainer.
where I need help is adding mSata/mSSD to my MSI to use it as a boot drive for the Window 7 Home Premium it comes with.. Thinking about add 128/256GB as boot and recovery as well as other important files and using the 1 TB 7200RPM HDD as pure storage to run programs, videos, movies, and music off of. (I'm not a big gamer)
I have not received my MSI yet and won't touch it for another month or so. I have plenty of time to figure it out. This question been raking my brain for a week, so that's why I'm post for some help.
Any information no matter if you're "talking above my head or not" is highly appreciative. If I think I don't know what you're talking about I will ask questions and do tons of research.. I used to be at the top of the GEEK food chain, but starting at the bottom now. I don't mind admitting that. The Army and marriage takes a lot of my time.
Add-on to message: I do not know if the GT70 2OD-407US comes with the msata slot board, it should, but can't seem to verify. If not I can buy one.

Quote from: GEEK1731 on 17-December-13, 21:13:35
Hi,
I'm a new owner of an MSI GT70 (wife finally let me buy one). I'm not at all new to modding computers of varies calipers. I honestly haven't been in the game in 3 years and coming back up the ladder because the technology has changed. I've kinda been in a geeks purgatory(married and in the ARMY), so life's been really busy for me and has not allowed me to keep up with current tech.
My Question. Modding my GT70 2OD-497US:
MAXing RAM to 16GBs, Easy. that's a no brainer.
where I need help is adding mSata/mSSD to my MSI to use it as a boot drive for the Window 7 Home Premium it comes with.. Thinking about add 128/256GB as boot and recovery as well as other important files and using the 1 TB 7200RPM HDD as pure storage to run programs, videos, movies, and music off of. (I'm not a big gamer)
I have not received my MSI yet and won't touch it for another month or so. I have plenty of time to figure it out. This question been raking my brain for a week, so that's why I'm post for some help.
Any information no matter if you're "talking above my head or not" is highly appreciative. If I think I don't know what you're talking about I will ask questions and do tons of research.. I used to be at the top of the GEEK food chain, but starting at the bottom now. I don't mind admitting that. The Army and marriage takes a lot of my time.
Add-on to message: I do not know if the GT70 2OD-407US comes with the msata slot board, it should, but can't seem to verify. If not I can buy one.
So lets back this up with a number of facts.
I can't find any information about the GT70 2OD-497US so....
Does the notebook come with an SSD?
If it does, then you will have the "Super Raid" adapter that lets you put mSATA drives into the laptop.
If it does NOT, then you will NOT have the "Super Raid" adapter, and you will not be able to put mSATA drives into the laptop.....without attaining a Super Raid adapter. This is difficult. MSI will NOT sell them. If you are LUCKY, you might be able to talk to a distributor or company that offers customized MSI notebooks into selling you just the adapter, but I'm not sure they will. If they will not, you're pretty much SoL. Supposedly there was a chinese company selling the adapters, but I don't recall the name or if they still are.
In all honesty, if you don't have the adapter, I would just order a regular 2.5" SSD drive instead and live with it.
A couple of other things I can suggest.
Get at a minimum a 240/256GB SSD. You'll find that after installing Windows and such you only have roughly 75 gigs maybe left on your 128GB SSD. And I just don't think that's enough. The 240/256GB drives are cheap enough now that you shouldn't have any problems getting it.
When you partition your SSD, only partition it for about 85% of the total space (so 85% of 256GB = 215 GB). Leave the rest of it unpartitioned. This is called over-provisioning, and will help to maintain the overall speed of the SSD (read/write speed) during the entire life of the SSD. The reason it does this is because it provides more space for TRIM to work, even if you completely fill the partition you created. If you had fully partitioned the drive, and almost filled it, the speed would start to deteriorate because there isn't enough 'space' to do TRIM anymore and it has to work harder to do it, causing your overall read/write speed to decrease. This is especially bad on Samsung drives. (for more information, go search around on www.anandtech.com, plenty of good information and benchmarks to backup my statements)
Other than those tips, you should be good to go.....BUT!
The VERY FIRST THING YOU DO AFTER LOGGING INTO YOUR NEW NOTEBOOK? Please please please create the backup DVD's! MSI does not provide backup media inside the box. You need to make these on your own using the included MSI Burn Recovery software.

Uninstall_flash_player.exe as an MSI ?

Hi,
First post over here but i admit i used this forum a few times already ... with success every time ;-)
I'm sorry in advance if the question was already asked but if so, i was not able to find it.
Well, i'm REALLY looking for an msi version of uninstall_flash_player.exe that you can download over here :
http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player.exe
Deploying succefully Flash player via GPO.
I do not have immediat problem with previous version nor update but when i was testing few thing, i found out that if i had version -for example- 11.4.402.265 and tried to deploy 11.4.402.287 with a brand new GPO (so without the previous "replace") the last version just did not install.
i had to first manually run the uninstaller to make the upgrade "doable".
my problem is : uninstaller is an .exe
-i do not really wish to run a batch to make it work.
-not running anything else than GPO (no PDQ / LUP / ... )
-got a mix of OS (XP / win7 x32 / Win7 x64) so using a that register the .exe action to make a .msi is not an really interesting solution (should make at least 3 of them ...but if i have to ... )
i tried to extract the uninstaller hoping for an MSI or an AIP ... without sucess (both 7zip and acrobat reader like)
so is there a way to get this uninstaller as an MSI ?
ty in advance !

checked the link and the link within the link didn't find anything related to an uninstaller in msi format either :-/
and yes Pat, i did not find anything about it either this is why i made this post, sadly it look like i didn't find it because it doesn't exist btw ...

Help needed in identifying MSI board

Hi gurus...
I recently bought a secondhand Micro-Star motherboard off eBay (yeah, stupid, I know, but you live and learn) in an effort to rectify a problem with my sister's PC - it's only really an email box so I didn't want to spend a fortune on it, but she wants to use floppies, and I suspect that her current FDD controller is faulty.
Trouble is, the board came with no identification, no driver/install CD or much else. I've tried contacting MSI tech support but the email bounced, so I've come to you guys.
Board is Micro-ATX form factor, based on a Green PCB, marked 'Micro-Star model 6506'; six mounting holes.
Serial number label on underside shows: 6853150100 and M65060111279503
Intel Pentium 4 CPU socket 478.
Serial number label by CPU socket shows 1800192029
Power connectors: CONN1, (20-pin) and JPW1 (4-pin)
Fan connectors CFAN1 and SFAN1;
Main peripheral connector slots are:
IDE x 2 (my guess is parallel ATA)
FDD x 1
AGP Graphics card slot
2 x PCI peripheral slots
1 x CNR modem slot
2 x DIMM 168-pin RAM slots
USB 2.0 on-board header.
Ports/peripheral connectors are:
PS2 Keyboard and mouse ports
2 x USB ports
D-9 COM1 and COM2, with parallel D-25 printer port stacked above;
D-15 Games/sound port above 3 x 3.5mm mini-jack sound connectors
Behind this stack are four connectors, three 4-pin labelled JPHN1 (green) JAUX1 (white) and JCD1 (black) and one 3-pin labelled JSP1 (black). All have latching sockets of the standard CD-Audio connector type.
There appears to be no on-board LAN or video/graphics.
BIOS chip is labelled 686 AMIBIOS (c)1999 BA44 7151
The board came with half-height Video card and LAN card, (with half-height metal mounting plates) suggesting a low-profile case though these cards are not easily identifiable. I doubt that would be much help anyway
Perusing the MSI support sites produces no useful information - Searching on the board number says it's not recognised. If anyone can at least point me in the direction of the 'marketing' name for this board so that I can identify essentials such as FSB bandwidth, RAM type and speed, AGP speed etc, I may be in with a fighting chance of making something useful out of it.
Of course, I acquired a P4 CPU with it, so I can at least improve on sis's Celeron, but that still won't get the floppy working....
Any suggestions gratefully received.
BarryH - thenudehamster

Quote from: thenudehamster on 22-February-07, 02:42:57
Thank you, Bosskiller;
I have to admit I hadn't considered an OEM possibility. Although my Czech isn't up to translating most of the extras on the site, I was able to retrieve (eventually - not the easiest sites to navigate) the equivalent information and download various drivers from the equivalent UK site.
All being well, I'll get to the rebuild tomorrow; any more problems and I'll repost here.
Thanks again
BarryH - thenudehamster
you are welcome, let we know if you need further help.

MSI P965 Platinum - Front Panel Audio u/s

Finally after managing to get XP Pro SP1 CD to install, I have a stable system, and thanks to those whom freely gave advice.
But we hit the next issue with this motherboard, the front panel audio.
Firstly the Realtek detection software doesn't detect anything plugged into the front panel.
Connected the cables as follows from my Coolermaster Stacker case;
mobo = case wires/colour
pin1 aud-mic = mic-in - yellow
pin2 aug-gnd = gnd - black
pin3 aud-mc-bas = mic-pwr - red
pin4 aud-vcc = empty
pin5 aud-fpout-R = R out - green
pin6 aud-ret-R = R ret - green
pin7 hp-on = empty
pin8 key
pin9 aud-fpout-L = L out - white
pin0 aud-ret-L = L ret - white
The above pin out gives nothing at all, but audio from rear ports on the computer motherboard is fine.
I also tried the following,
where the microphone wires were left disconnected, therefore just the speakers plugged into the front panel audio header
mobo = case wires/colour
pin1 aud-mic =
pin2 aug-gnd = gnd - black
pin3 aud-mc-bas =
pin4 aud-vcc = empty
pin5 aud-fpout-R = R out - green
pin6 aud-ret-R = R ret - green
pin7 hp-on = empty
pin8 key
pin9 aud-fpout-L = L out - white
pin0 aud-ret-L = L ret - white
The above still gave me no audio out from the front panel.
Intrestingly if I leave the front panel audio header blank, I still get rear audio fine, where I would have expected to have put jumpers across the L and R outputs as is the norm.
I have removed the front panel from the computer to ensure that the wires terminate OK, and have not been pulled out/off.
Have I plugged in the wires correctly?
Is there some hidden setting that I have missed, I admit that I do not like the Realtek audio software?
I cannot find any way to boost the microphone input since Realtek audio software has been installed.
One day case/mobo manufactures will use a standard for the front panel headers and front panel audio headers, and we will have a simple single plug to insert, rather than a group of single fiddly connectors that have to be attached to a header that was at the last minute attached to the motherboard as far away from the front of the case, and in the darkest most fiddle corner.
Oh well......
Cheers

AaronYuri - you're are so right there my friend. I just pity Joe User whom might attempt such a move themselves.
In the end my entire issue was software related, and that has to be blamed on Realteks software, far too many options approached from far too many different angles. Audio is really simple, plug your cables in, and it should just work, certainly in the simple case of 2-1 speakers and a microphone. Why exactly it took a couple of hours to figure out how to get the front panel microphone to be seen in the first place, let alone any signal, is beyond me.
So my cables were all connected correctly as per the MSI manual, confirmed by my Abit manual and other post here and on other forums.
In the Realtek MSI audio software, on the I/O Audio tab, connector settings, I had to select 'disable front panel jack detection' and 'mute rear panel output when front headphones plugged in'. The other option here 'enable auto pop up...' is unchecked.
After this the Realtek software mentioned something about a new profile had been set up?
I then went to Windows Control Panel, Sounds and Audio devices, and selected the voice tab, on this page I selected 'mic IN at front panel [pink]' from the drop down list for Voice Recording'. Proceeded to 'test hardware' and the microphone is now working. This option to select the input in the drop down list was not available before.
All a bit of POKE and HOPE.
But we seem to be there.

IRQ problems with 865PE Neo2V and MSI NX6600-VTD256 VGA

Hi All,
I thought I would try a posting here first for help before filling out the cumbersome service request form. I recently purchased the 865PE Neo2V motherboard with an intel 3.2Ghz processor, 1 Twinmos 1024MB DDr400 memory, 2 Maxtor Diamond 250GB S-ATA HDD's and the MSI NX6600 VTD 256 AGP VGA card. I am also running a Plextor 716a dvd burner and a Toshiba DVD Rom on the secondary IDE slot nothing on the primary for 2 S-ATA drives and 2 P-ATA for a total of 4. I have always had a very good experience with MSI products in the past, easy to install and for the most part problem free. That is until now. I am having a rough time with the VGA card and IRQ conflicts. In the past with all my MSI motherboards I was able to choose ( Reserve IRQ for VGA) Not so with the 865PE NEO 2V.( Unless I am missing something and doing it wrong) To make a long story short the MSI NX 6600 (NVIDIA GeForce 6600) VGA card is sharing IRQ 16 with Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2 and Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE. For the most part the system runs OK except every so often during startup the system loses the VGA Card and tries to reinstall the card and software. After reinstalling the software the first time it happened I subsequently tried choosing Cancel on the prompt to install and simply reboot the computer. To my surprise the system always seems to see the VGA card on the second boot! and works fine. I have been running the system for two days now with the USB disabled in the bios which gives the VGA card IRQ 16 by itself, so far the system has seen the VGA card each and every startup without problems. Since the USB and AGP are fixed I am unable to move anything. Unfortunately I need the USB for my printer and scanner. I would also like to add that I have the latest BIOS upgrade for the Motherboard and the latest MSI Drivers for the VGA card.
Any suggestions on how to get the VGA card on its own IRQ?
Thanks for any input
Mike
Edited to add that For an OS I have WinXP Pro service pack2

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or rather, the poorly installed drivers.
Frankenputer
I take umbrage with your statement. I installed the latest drivers from MSI correctly! I also chose not to install the very latest as they are a Beta version with the warning they may be unstable! Perhaps I was under the misguided impression that I would be better off with the latest drivers offered by MSI for the particular VGA card I paid my good money for! ( this is the main reason I thought the problem was not driver related!) It is not my fault that MSI dropped the ball in its offerings to its valued customers!
Just because I was being polite to Hans who offered so much good advice and showed such a genuine concern for my troubles doesn't mean I had not read the advice from Nvidia on how to uninstall and reinstall "their" drivers! I will admit though that from my read on Nvidias suggestions they did not go as far as to recommend uninstalling the norton works completely, only disabling it!
On another note My computer seems to be starting so far without the problem! On yet another note after installing Nvidias driver package Version: 91.31 You get a warning every time you start up that the SLI is disabled. (unless your sli equipped) I found a fix for it and have it stored on my web space if anyone wants it. It is a zip file and I guarantee that I've scanned it with Norton and it is virus free. After unzipping it and clicking on it it makes an entry into the system registry removing the warning.
It is here: http://home.casema.nl/mdybus/FixSLIBug.zip
Modified to add:
I just checked my email and have a reply from the service department. Here is what they said:
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Dear customer,
The latest BIOS can be installed using Live Update:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/software/swr/spt_swr_list.php?kind
=1
The latest driver for the VGA can be found on www.nvidia.com. We (and
other VGA vendors) do not make our own drivers, nVidia (and ATI) make
the drivers. So at the website from nVidia the latest drivers can be
found.
Best Regards,

MSI FX 5900 ultra or PowerColor 9800 Pro

Hi
I have the following system but I am stuck with the Graphic.
Intel Pentium 4 'Northwood' 3.0CGHz (800FSB)
MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3700 TwinX (2x512MB) Platinum CAS3
LiteON LTN-525(S) 52x CD-ROM
Sony CRX220A 52x24x52x CDRW IDE
Pioneer DVD-120 Tray Load
Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA V 120GB
Thermaltake Xaser III V2000A Aluminium Super Tower
Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU
Creative Audigy 2
WIN XP PRO
My ? is which graphic card shall i buy MSI 5900 ultra or PowerColor 9800 Pro with 256 MB???
Thanks. ?(

ATI is supposed to have better picture quality and better AA quality, but most reviews admit it's a pretty close call.

MSI GeForce GTX 760 Startup freeze.

Hi, first I'll start by listing specs:
-MSI geforce gtx 760, 4gb GDDR5
-Gigabyte H81.Amp-Up, LGA 1150
-Intel Core i5 4570 LGA 1150
-Corsair Vengeance LP, 2x4gb
-Seasonic S12II-620Bronze (620 watt)
-Windows 8.1 64-bit
I just recently attempted my first build, while putting the hardware together seemed like a breeze, the updating did not go so well. I booted up installed windows and went on as normal. When I opened a game it was extremely sluggish, so I decided to see if updating the drivers for the GTX 760, First I visited the official site for the drivers and once downloaded and installed was prompted to restart to finish the download. Once it restarted the entire system seemed to freeze just before windows started up. I had control of the mouse, but windows seemed to never start up. Since I couldn't access Windows I decided to re-install it. It booted as normal, so I decided to use the CD that came with the videocard. The exact same thing happened. I was thinking of updating BIOS, but that was a last resort sort of thing since I am admittedly not very tech savvy. Thank you ahead of time for your responses.

I actually found the problem late last night sorry I didn't post until now. The videocard wasn't getting enough power, I just switched leads. Thanks though.

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