MSI DKA790GX Platinum & AHCI

Friends...
I wanna use AHCI to MSI DKA790GX Platinum Motherboard.
How should i do.
aung khaing

Hello!
You need a lot of components to be able to use AHCI. PSU, processor, memory, etc. etc.
Have a look in BIOS under Integrated Peripherals. If you run XP I suggest you do not change to AHCI.

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MSI DKA790GX Platinum and AM3 CPU - BIOS Update

Hi,
I am going to upgrade my current computer from an older AMD socket 939 setup to an AMD Phenom II based system
I am thinking of the MSI DKA790GX Platinum motherboard and AMD Phenom II X3 720 (Black edition) CPU (AM2+ Motherboard and AM3 CPU), but I need to clear up the BIOS update for AM3 issue before buying the components.
The motherboard advertisement states that the BIOS has to be upgraded to support AM3 CPU
My issue is this: I do not have an AM2/AM2+ CPU, and I am looking to jump right into buying an AM3 CPU - so will the unit power-up/POST with the combination of the newer AM3 CPU and older BIOS to allow me to update the BIOS using either FDD or Bootable USB Pen in a DOS environment?
Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of this? Any help on this would be appreciated
Thanks

Quote from: Scottike on 12-April-09, 00:18:13
The 1.74 Bios is one I got from MSI tech support. We're trying to work through a problem with my new board. nothing major, but we're not quite there yet.
I know that Nvidia was The chipset to have for several years, but I think AMD has upset that applecart a bit with the 780 & now 790 chipsets, and with Intel
getting into the chipset game as well, Nvidia could see some rough times ahead. They may even end up dropping out of the chipset game, since Intel's new CPUs have the memory controller built on die. Hence, Intel has no real need for NVidia any more, Nvidia may end up just focusing on the video card market, unless?
My board defaults to 800mhz as well and I'm running a 720. You have to keep in mind that they have to make the boards default to the lowest common denominator as not everyone runs 1066 capable memory on their board (even though Manufacturers may spec the memory so). I also have to manually bump up the voltage, as well as timings and ratio for 1066. But, my Mushkin ram plugged in and booted with no problems, but I did have to bump up the voltage and tighten up the timings even at 800.
Interesting (Abut BIOS version 1.74). I guess it is not yet available for downloads.
So now Intel CPU's have the memory controller on the die (just like AMD). So does this prove as an advantageous concept? I expect Intel to implement better memory management than AMD. AMD drops speed when all 4 memory banks are occupied... what is the use of utilizing max RAM capability if memory controller cannot sustain the max RAM speed?
I may agree with you on the concept that motherboard should support the lowest (RAM) denominator...
However if someone uses lower than 1066 MHz sticks, system should detect accordingly, and when 1066 sticks are used, auto-detect as 1066... I still do not see the issue here. On former nVidia based boards like my MSI K9A Platinum SLI (with an AMD X2 CPU), 800 MHz modules are detected as 800 on auto, no need to manually tweak anything in BIOS. I still have to see an nVidia EPP profile enabled board which is claimed to auto detect 1066 MHz capable memory sticks by default.
On my system it is also the same... I have to up the RAM voltage to 2.2V (otherwise system is not stable), as well as setting up the timings and of course the RAM/FSB speed ratio to 1:2.66.
I am running currently 4 chips of OCZ platinum 2 GHZ (for a total of 8 GB RAM, for 64 bit Vista and Linux). Also with mine (as we know Phenom II does not support 4 sticks of 1066 MHz) it drops to 800 MHz. As well as, I needed to bump the voltage to 2.2 V... otherwise in the middle of operation, system reboots. We know what this is about, dont we ?

MSI DKA790GX - Platinum + Raid 5

Hi all, I'm new to this in the forums:), my name is Marcos Luburic, and hope to have a good experience with all of you who are part of this forum in its entirety.
I would like to share with you a case, I've been dragging about 2 years ago from my computer que arme me. We at the beginning, I assemble a PC, and I put the Mother-DKA790GX Platinum MSI, AMD Phenom X3 8650, MSI ATI Radeon HD 4850 heat pipes, 2x2 GB RAM ocz ...
The question is never, even today, I was clear, and able to do RAID 5 on my system, taking into account ke I have 4 hard disks of 500GB each ...
elsewhere, appears ke I can use pen drives, a floppy drive, I have to update the BIOS ... many things, and not to do, and 2 years ago that I have a PC, and honestly I'm not making full use as you see ... and the machine was assembled, almost with the thought of him RAID 5 ...
I hope answers about this, I am aware, and already, THANK YOU!!
Im From Argentina, Buenos Aires.

Quote from: MarkitoX on 02-February-11, 22:24:54
of course, did everything but 1in First, I have the full 64-bit capable system, ie, memory, video card, motherboard, processor, all that is ready for 64 bits, so I should put Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit?
It's like I said in my last post. So long as you have 64-bit software to run then go ahead.
Quote from: MarkitoX on 02-February-11, 22:24:54
the second, before I bore the logo of the MSI motherboard, the logo of the monster that ... is like now, it takes much longer to load than before, no power to make the sign that says "press Ctrl + F to go Raid options?
I would say it's normal to take longer now you have RAID enabled.
Quote from: MarkitoX on 02-February-11, 22:24:54
and another thing, when the bios environments, there appears no hard drive recognized, only the floppy, the dvd player, and another that says "Raid: Raid Ary 1" and then the other 3 discs rigid or appear, I hope answers, I hope I know how to respond because there is something strange
I would imagine that because it says, 'RAID: RAID Ary 1', it has combined the drives rather than listed them individually.
Quote from: MarkitoX on 02-February-11, 22:24:54
ahh, and to install the windows drivers over raid called "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller" do not know if this good ... and then when we had to press "next" to install windows would not let me, then I did remove the pen drive, and if I let myself go there with installation ... things that do not understand lol
I'm struggling to understand quite what you mean here.

DKA790GX Platinum No POST

I just put everything back together from not using it for a few months. The system turned on and booted into windows. I restarted and went into bios, and now when I try to start the computer it doesn't POST. The video card fan just spins at full speed. I have a PCI diagnostics card and it gives me error E6- "To enable floppy and timer IRQ, enable internal cache." I have tried to clear CMOS multiple times with the same result. I will rebuild and try different ram sticks now, but would like to know if anyone has any input...
System is:
MSI DKA790GX Platinum bios 1.8
Phenom II x3 720
OCZ Platinum 2 x 2gb 1066mhz
Sapphire 4870 1gb
Corsair TX850W
Fixed- I think the video card was not properly seated, sorry

That would cause the system not to boot. Good troubleshooting and no need to be sorry.

DKA790GX Platinum BIOS-settings?

I´ve recently upgraded my previous AMD X2 +4200 processor to a +6000. Everything seems to be working fine except Cubase 5 which now crackles, stutters and the ASIO-meter shoots through the roof. I know I maybe should be posting this in a Cubase-related forum, but I don´t think the problem is with Cubase itself. Before the CPU-switch everything was working just fine. After failing to find a solution I then opted to exchange my mainboard (from a MSI K9N platinum to a MSI DKA790GX Platinum) in hope that this would solve the problem. It did not.
I´ve gotten suggestions for problems with cpu, memory, graphicscard, harddrives and god knows what.
I´m a little confused as to where to start changing things?
Are there any general suggestions for BIOS-settings for this mobo that any of you have to share?
I´m now running it in fail-safe mode.

Quote from: Fredrik on 07-May-09, 20:45:35
Since the sound problems was not connected to processor or motherboard... Speaker, interfering signals (cell and cordless phones!!), CuBase/Windows (but crackle whatever that is is not easily associated to software).
Will check, but it seems unlikely since nothing´s changed regarding cables, power or physical position of hardware (speakers, interface or otherwise).
I should say that I previously used Windows XP Pro SP3 and recently switched to XP Home SP3, but since I´ve used the older processor with both OS´s and have had no problems that shouldn´t be the problem either. Besides, I´ve never heard of any problems/differences with audiointerfaces when switching from XP Pro to XP Home or vice versa as long as all drivers updated properly.

MSI MB DKA790GX PLATINUM SOCK AM2 PLUS 790GX VGA DDR2 1066 ATX

Hello everyone,
I bought this mb: MSI MB DKA790GX PLATINUM 790GX VGA PLUS Sock AM2 DDR2 1066 ATX. Until yesterday, the site was reported msi official support to the new six-core AMD, including the model 1055T-125watt, but now it seems no longer so?
Can you tell me why?
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http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=999
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MSI x48c platinum - does not detect SATA HDDs

I am having some problems with a pc build with motherboard not detecting SATA HDDs (MIS x48c Platinum).
I believe I have exhausted all other avenues, and I would appreciate some help if I have missed something obvious.
(details of other components are listed at end of mail).
When I built pc using these components, and went into BIOS settings, the SATA HDD's were not detected. I tried changing BIOS settings, but no difference if SATA, AHCI, or IDE settings.
I removed the HDDs and successfully tested them in another machine (also formatted them while had them istalled in other pc).
IDE optial drives are detected. I have tried to boot with these disconnected to ensure no isues with both IDE and SATA drives connected, but this did not resolve issues.
I have also tried connecting HDD to different onboard SATA ports, and connecting just one drive with no success.
Resetting BIOS defaults, and using clear CMOS reset did not resolve issues either.
Sometimes on boot, it takes a few attempts to boot correctly, and on these occassions I receive an error message "Warning !!! The previous performance of overclocking is failed, and the system is restored to the default settings, Press any key except "DEL" to enter setup ......." I haven't tried to set any over clocking.
I read about a number of issues on MSI forum related to SATA drives which were resolved by BIOS upgrade (mobo was shipped with v.7.0 released 20 March 08). I managed to install an old IDE HDD and flash BIOS, but still no resolution of issues detecting SATA drives (BIOS V.7.2 released 29 July 08).
I've tried everything I can think of at this stage. Is there anything else I should try, or is there something wrong with this motherboard?
Spec:
Motherboard:
343949 MSI X48C Platinum, X48, Socket-775,
DDR2/DDR3, ATX, GbLAN, 2xPCI-Ex(2.0)x1
Other components in build:
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Graphics Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
HDD 2 x Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB
RAM 4GB (2x2GB) GeIL DDR3 1333MHz Value Dual Channel (7-7-7-24) PC3-10660
PSU 700W X-Power ATX SLI PSU
ODD DVD & CDR drives from an old pc - IDE connections.

i just remember i had once similar problem with a sata driver. the issue is this you can not adjust everything in bios in one go and expect mobo to know about it. what i mean is this for instance you disable the raid then you save it and exit and then when it reboot you go back to bios and reset another another parameter, you save and exit and on reboot you go back to bios and reset another parameter. i got round the prob that way and it worked and mobo saw the sata HDD. give this a shoot good luck and finally make sure raid is disabled
this is what i would do
1- make sure the jumper setting on your IDE Hdd is correct (Y may have to try this twice as there are two different setting on jumper setting for Master)
2- connect the sata HDD
3-click on power
4-go to bios and disable raid save exit
5-on reboot go back to bios
6--on first option click on it then you should see all devices that can be seen by mobo if you do not see sata HDD you have to click on enable for the auto to see the device once it sees the device save and exit. REMEMBER THE JUMPER SETTING ON IDE HDD CAN CAUSE PROB . SO try the other jumper setting for master, repeat this procedure once more hopefully you get it right

MSI X48C Platinum Long Boot Time

Hi,
When i start my computer it take about a minute and a half to TWO minutes until it moves on and start to boot the OS.
in the Bios i set "quick boot" but its the same.
What can i do?
MOBO: MSI X48C Platinum
CPU: [email protected]
MEM: 2GB Corsair Dominator 8500 @ 999Mhz
HDD: 2x80gb SATA @ RAID 0
GFX: BFG 8800GTX OC2
Thanks
Komar

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 01-August-08, 20:14:29
Any other storages?
Have you done >>Clear CMOS Guide<<? {With power cord removed}
What is written on the screen when you have to wait 2 minutes?
Have you tried to disconnect all storages{hdd, optical} and any USB devices?
I already made couple of CMOS clear in order to get my OC :D
And i have a SATA DVD Burner.
What is written on the screen is "Detecting AHCI on port 0" then it finds an IDE hdd ?! which is the RAID device. Then it writes "Detecting AHCI on port 1" which is the DVD burner.
I made couple of checks and found out that when disconnecting the RAID array the boot sequence is fast.
So the problem is with this "auto detection". is there way to disable this, cause the RAID controller is allready doing some detection on its own...
Thanks,
Komar
When disconnecting the storage devices i found

MSI P965 Platinum, system won't boot only when ICH8R is in RAID

So I couldn't get my system to boot properly when I have the ICH8R in RAID 1 mode.
I have the boot drive on a single, non-raid Wester Digital 250gb Cavair HD on the ICH8R.
Installed XP Pro SP2 with the ICH8R in IDE mode. I installed in IDE mode beceause I was unable to install XP on my single drive when ICH8R was in RAID mode. I installed XP in IDE mode, did all driver updates, then put the ICH8R into RAID 1 mode for my other data drives and the system will post, start to boot and get to the Windows XP boot screen then the system just restarts before the boot completes. It does it in normal boot mode and safe mode as well.
With the ICH8R in IDE mode everything boots/runs fine.
The problem is, I need the 6 SATA RAID controllers on the ICH8R as I have 3 RAID1 arrays.
I've done all the updates to windows, motherboard bios, Highpoint RocketRaid bios update, tried every mode on the ICH8R, unplugged the Highpoint Rocket Raid, left it plugged in with no drives plugged in, disabled the Jmicron controller, everything I can think of.
Any help would be appreciated.
I did not do the windows floppy driver install for the ICH8R when I installed XP, but I have not had to do that in the past with the ICH7 on my old motherboard so I assumed I wouldn't here as I've been told it's just if you are installing windows on a RAID.
System:
MSI P965 Platinum
Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 CPU
(4) 1gb OCZ Gamer Extreme DDR2 PC6400 RAM
Windows XP SP2
High Point Rocket RAID 2300 PCI Express x1 RAID card
Asus nVIDIA GS7300 PCI Express Video card
Drives on ICH8R Controller:
Boot Drive: WD Cavair 250gb SATA2
DVD: Some sony 16x DVD - SATA
RAID1: (2) Seagate Barracuda 320gb SATA2 HD's (setup on previous motherboard on Intel ICH7 Controller)
(2) Seagate Barracuda 500gb SATA2 HD's
High Point Rocket RAID 2300 Controller:
(2) Seagate Barracuda 500gb SATA2 HD's

The problem that you are having has nothing to do with your mainboard.
Once you decide to install Windows XP SP2 when the ICH8R controller is in IDE mode, Windows will give you a bluescreen once you switch to RAID mode after the installation is done because it is to stupid to change to the proper driver. Consider this as normal behaviour.
You have basically three possibilities:
1. Reinstall XP with integrated SP2 and integrate the Intel ICH8R RAID drivers using a floppy disk
The latest drivers can be found here.
As I understand, you have already tried that. I if you don't feel like trying this again, have a look at this:
2. Slipstream Intel ICH8R SATA RAID drivers using NLITE or XP ISO BUILDER and try to install again with a self-made install CD that already includes the proper drivers (no floppy needed)
Use google to find one of the tools I mentioned. The procedure is free, perfectly legal and easy to do. Guides for this can be found all over the internet
3. Switching to RAID mode without having to re-install Windows XP
If you are still using your existing installation, that was done when the controller was in IDE mode, the follwing trick may work for you.
I posted a little guide on how to switch from IDE to AHCI mode without having to re-install XP. Have a look at the guide. The procedure is essentially the same for RAID. The only difference is the content of the REG-File that you have to make.
Guide: HOW TO switch from IDE to AHCI mode without having to reinstall Win XP (GUIDE)
Use the following content for the REG file instead of the one I put up in the above thread:
Quote
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_8086&dev_2822&cc_0104]
"Service"="iaStor"
"ClassGUID"="{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor]
"Type"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000000
"Group"="SCSI miniport"
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\iaStor.sys"
"tag"=dword:00000019
"DisplayName"="Intel RAID Controller"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters]
"queuePriorityEnable"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters\oromVersion]
"MajorVersion"=dword:00000006
"MinorVersion"=dword:00000000
"HotfixNumber"=dword:00000000
"BuildNumber"=dword:000003fe
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Enum]
"0"="PCI\\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&SUBSYS_B0001458&REV_02\\3&13c0b0c5&0&FA"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001
The procedure works perfectly well in most cases (but not always).
I hope one of these three "methods" will work for you.

Add a new 4tb hdd to msi p45 platinum ?

I'm planning to add a new 4TB western digital, caviar green HDD's for my msi p45 platinum motherboard ist work will or use 3 tb .
thank you

Just some notes regarding large drives on the older chipset boards.
The P45 Plat has
• SATAII controller integrated in ICH10R/JMicron® 363 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by ICH10R
- Supports two SATAII ports by JMicron 363, support SATA RAID 0/1/JBOD.
In principle the ICH10R allows amongst Raid capability also the ability(potentially) to handle up to 2TB in AHCI.
What other users with similar boards have however commented on is that they were able to use up to 3TB drives on the JMicron controller, obviously with the latest firmware for that controller and also AHCI. We all know that the JMicron ports are a bit slower than the Intel ports, but that is evident with Asmedia as well.
So when you do test, check both your Intel and JMicron ports and see what they report as the drive capacity in the BIOS.

Problems after BIOS update on DKA790GX Platinum

Hi,
I have set up a pc with the DKA790GX Platinum (MS7550). The config:
- Phenom 8750
- Silverstone 400W PSU (fanless)
- 2x2GB Crucial PC5300
- Pioneer Blu-ray
- Seagate Momentus 5400.4
(this is a HTPC setup...)
The pc started up fine and I installed the OS. I had the board connected to my monitor through HDMI.
After updating the BIOS the board went all black on me. I tried connecting a floppy-drive to recover to a older BIOS-version, but could get the board to do that. I then tried different monitor-connections, but nothing.
I then installed a Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870 1GB-board I had laying here, and board seems to boot somehow - all graphics are messed so I can't read whats on the screen, but at least I get some kind of image. A little unsure on how the PSU handle that videoboard.
Anyone know if the 1.2 BIOS-update maybe is set to <swearing removed> the integrated video by looking for a videoboard in the system? Have a Asus 9800GT Matrix-board in a another pc here - maybe I remove that and try it in the new pc, but... argh..
This ain't funny at all anymore. I had a P45 Platinum dying during a BIOS upgrade. I had a P45 Diamond that dosn't want to boot anymore, and now this... MSI-motherboards really don't want to be friends with me at the time :-|

Hi have exactly teh same problem,
On Dec/2008 I have set up a PC with DKA790GX Platinum (MS7550 ver 1.2), Phenom 9750, 1 120GB hd, 4 MB corsair xms2 ddr2 800mhz, psu 500w. I installed the win xp pro OS. I had the board connected to my monitor vga. After updating the BIOS (with live update utility) the board went all black on me (the fan, PSU, hd starts normal). I test the PSU, HD and the memory, but the problem still continue.
Two days after, the PC start normal, but I don't know what was the problem.
Aleatory when try to start the PC, sometimes I get exactly the same problem, but, Yesterday, I try again to work with me PC and now i have the same problem.
What can i do to fix this problem?

Dka790gx platinum

hello, I checked to see if there was any updates for my motherboard, it seems to have been removed from msi site (and never existed according to the search engine) I downloaded live update 5 which only recognised my 295 gtx (made by gainwood ) I am guessing this is not supported any longer so there will be no further updates? bios is 1G and i just updated network driver from realtek's site, is this what I need to do from now?
thanks.
also wanted to check cpu compatibilty to see if this is worth updating.
thanks again.

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hello, I checked to see if there was any updates for my motherboard, it seems to have been removed from msi site (and never existed according to the search engine)
It's here, maybe you were searching for the wrong thing...
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/DKA790GX-Platinum.html
Are you having any problems? If not, then there is no need to update drivers. And please uninstall LiveUpdate 5, it is not very useful, and potentially dangerous.

DKA790GX Platinum & USB +5V Standby Voltage.

Hi All,
Has anyone managed to get USB Standby +5V to work on a DKA790GX Platinum?
All my other MSI m/boards allow 5Volts to the USB, so that wireless mice can be charged whilst off etc, but this board does not do that.
I contacted MSI and they said
' This is the BIOS spec. And we will not supply the 5V standby voltage when the motherboards is powered off.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.'
Anyone know why the DKA790GX Platinum is the exception? Should I request a BIOS update?
Any help welcome.
Affable99

Many thanks Bas & Aramus8.
It works, thank you - but my users are asking 'How much power gets consumed in Standby?', to which I have no answer.
I guess things have moved on. All my boards are MSI, even my old KM2M Combo - and they all gave 5V at power off.
Looks like Standby is the future.
Any ideas how much power is being used? The standby obviously keeps the memory going, as the emergence from standby returns you to the same user instance!
Any thoughts welcome.
Affable99

DKA790GX Platinum will it work with AM3 CPU?

Hi all, Will the DKA790GX Platinum work with an AM3 cpu?
Thank you.

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1552&maincat_no=1

MOVED: MSI DKA790GX + Phenom II 720BE unlocking the 4th core?!

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=125228.0

Quote from: punkarn89 on 03-August-09, 23:00:42
I unlocked my 720BE with the latest official BIOS (1.8v), I have a DKA790GX Platinum. But when unlocked the HT link sets it´s self to 1600Mhz, when on AUTO. I´ll do some testing overnight.
So how did it go?
I actually meant whether anyone tried the bios for this board posted in a link from "prokie" but those were betas so I assume the official v1.8 that you tried is based on those beta's.
Pls let us know.
Thanks.
EDIT:
Okay, had some free time and tested this myself, works like a charm!
Both the beta and the official have the "EC firmware" option and they are both perfect!
The reason behind the HT link setting back itself to 1600mhz phenomenon is still unknown to me, but could easily be overcome by manually configuring it to higher speeds~
Congratulations to MSI for the splendid work, although it took a while.
I can count myself in to the satisfied customers list {again}, and will keep recommending MSI boards as I did in the past without any guilt!

MSI DKA790GX Platinum & AHCI

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