MSI K7D Master-L & 3ware 7506-4LP boot hang

I recently purchased a 3ware Escalade 7506-4LP RAID Controller (IDE, 4 ports - see product info here) for use with my MSI K7D Master-L (MSI-6501-030 - see product info here) to replace my Promise FastTrak100 TX4. On boot, the system POSTs fine, and then freezes solid at the point at which it should load the BIOS for the 3ware controller. I get nothing but a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the top left hand corner, and a hard reset (CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work) is required to to reset the machine. The diagnostic LEDs on the motherboard indicate it's freezing at the point where it is "Initializing IDE controller".
What I have tried:
- Verified BIOS on RAID card was latest version (1.08.00.048)
- Removed all PCI cards (except for RAID controller and video card)
- Adding 33 MHz PCI cards to 64/66 PCI slot to slow down bus
- Tried RAID controller in each PCI slot
- Flashed the motherboard BIOS to 3 different versions, 1.91, 1.82, and 1.5 (which the motherboard was validated for use with this card on - see here)
- Tried various BIOS settings (ACPI on/off, PCI Latency, etc)
- Disabled all onboard devices (sound, ide, fdc, serial, parallel, etc.)
- Detached all drives from card
- Tested card in another computer to verify it works - it does.
I have noticed some people on this forum have had similar problems with SCSI or RAID cards:
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=39696 The first post in this thread describes the problem I'm having almost exactly.
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=37755
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=46450
http://forums.2cpu.com/showindex.php?threadid=41381
Here's my sistem configuration as I'm attempting to troubleshoot:
MSI K7D Master-L
2x Athlon MP 2200+
512 MB Samsung PC2700 CL2 ECC DDR SDRAM
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128 MB
3ware Escalade 7506-4LP
KDS Avitron AV-195TF Monitor
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
If you have any suggestions, questions, etc, please let me know. I'm desperate on this one.
MSI K7D Master-L w/ Dual AMD Athlon MP 2200+'s - 512 MB Samsung PC2700 CL2 ECC Registered DDR SDRAM - ATI Radeon 9000 128 MB - ATI Radeon 9000 PCI 64 MB - Hauppauge WinTV-PVR - 3ware Escalade 7506-4LP - 4x Western Digital WD1200JB (RAID 5) - Hitachi GD-2500 BV+ 5x DVD - LG GSA-4040B DVD-RW - Sound Blaster 5.1 DE - Addtronics 7896A Case - Enermax EG465P-VE PSU - 3x KDS Avitron AV-195TF Monitor - Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro - Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - fUnc sUrface 1030 Mouse Pad

Any luck with this issue yet, I have been trying to get some help from MSI tech support, but no replies to my email.

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K7D Master L & Promise FastTrak SX4000 boot hang

I am having major trouble getting a Promise FastTrak SX4000 RAID controller to work with a K7D Master-L (MSI-6501-030). I would appreciate any and all input, especially from those of you who have similar or identical hardware (same motherboard/chipset, same RAID controller or similar Promise card) and are able to get them working.
Brief description :
The SX4000 controller will hang at the IDE drive detection stage when installed on this board alone (plus an AGP video card) or alongside various combinations of PCI adapters, in various PCI slots available, and using various BIOS settings. The SX4000 appears to work fine in another Intel chipset system with the same AGP video cards. Both the motherboard and the SX4000 controller appear to have the latest BIOSes available.
Symptoms :
When the system is turned on with the SX4000 controller installed, it completes POST successfully, then loads the Promise FastTrak BIOS from the SX4000, and stalls after displaying "Scanning for IDE drives". Waiting for extended periods of time verifies the system is just 'stuck' here. It appears to be a 'hang' rather than a 'freeze', since the keyboard continues to operate and Ctrl-Alt-Del will still reboot the system at this point. The D-LED diagnostic LED bracket indicates (according to the included user manual), the system is at the "Initializing Hard Drive Controller" stage at this point.
The system continues to boot fine if the SX4000 controller is not installed.
The SX4000 controller functions fine on another system, a Dell OptiPlex GX400--a Pentium 4-based system built around the Intel i850 chipset. This OptiPlex GX400 has only a TNT RIVA 128 AGP video card installed, but has built-in audio and NIC. The SX4000 controller also works in this system using a GeForce2 MX TwinView AGP video card as well as a GeForce FX5600 AGP video card. It does not work on the K7D Master-L with either card, with the following exception. With only the TNT RIVA 128 AGP video card, it will in fact scan for IDE drives (indicated by ~10 - 15 dots/periods, ".", displayed after the "Scanning for IDE drives" message), but then will also hang as soon as the scan is complete without additional messages.
All of the above is true whether hard disks are connected to the SX4000 controller or not.
Disclaimer : I am not a newbie. I've built hundreds of systems over the past 10 years and know what I am talking about. :)
What I have tried so far, and what I've been able to determine :
I have gone through quite a bit of research about this. I've tried both Promise and MSI Web sites (both US and Taiwan), the Web at large through Google, as well as various newsgroups including alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar through Google, the MSI forums on their Web site, the AMDMB Forums, 2CPU forums, HardForum, AnandTech Forums, SysOpt forums, and Tom's Hardware Community. While there are many posts about the AMD 760MPX chipsets and various Promise RAID and non-RAID IDE controller cards, none describes my problem exactly. Hence my posting here.
o There isn't a problem with the DIMM I am using on the SX4000. It's a 256 MB PC133 DIMM, with 8 HT33S328256K (32Mx8) DRAM chips on it. I am certain it's not a problem because the card works as expected in the Dell OptiPlex GX400 with the same DIMM. I have also tried a 64 MB PC100 DIMM (Crucial) and there is no difference--the SX4000 controller hangs the K7D Master-L, but works with the OptiPlex GX400.
o Moving the card around to different PCI slots on the K7D Master-L doesn't make a difference, if only so to avoid a problem with a shared interrupt. I have tried the board in all 5 available PCI slots--the upper two 66MHz/64-bit PCI slots as well as the lower three 33MHz/32-bit PCI slots. I have looked at the IRQ assignment scheme for this board, and tried putting the SX4000 (alone or with other PCI cards--see configuration info at the end) in the first PCI slot, next to the AGP slot such that it doesn't share an IRQ with the video card. No luck. I have also tried the lowest PCI slot (#5), which should have a distinct IRQ ideally, based on the above scheme, but that also makes no difference.
o Disabling various components, including all on-board peripherals (audio, LAN, serial, parallel, and USB ports, legacy USB emulation, ACPI), disabling all caching/shadowing (video/system BIOS) makes no difference.
o The SX4000 controller came with the latest available BIOS according to the Promise Web site (http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productId=94&category=All&os=100), v1.02.0.5. Just for the hell of it, I copied the controller BIOS from the flash ROM to an image using Promise's own PFLASH.EXE utility and file-compared it with the latest BIOS on the Web site to ensure they are exactly the same.
o The K7D Master-L came with BIOS v1.6, which, according to MSI's US (search for the K7D Master L) or Taiwanese (lists a v1.82, but I am hesitant since it doesn't recommend or caution against using it on the -L model of the motherboard) Web sites is not available. These list either v1.3 or v1.5 (the latter for the K7D Master) as the latest available that I can verify for K7D Master-L.
o I tried downgrading the SX4000 controller BIOS to the other, earlier one available on the Promise Web site, to v1.01.0.15. No changes. The card still doesn't work in any slot on the K7D Master-L, and works fine in any slot on the OptiPlex GX400.
o There *are* people on these forums who have similar systems, some with the same motherboard and controller, others with the same motherboard and similar cards like the FastTrak SX6000 who apparently are able to make it work. I know this only because they have open threads on other issues and happen to provide their configuration info. For example:
--same mobo and controller card, apparently working as reported problems are other issues--
2CPU forum post #1
2CPU forum post #2
2CPU forum post #3
MSI forum post #1
newsgroup post #1
--same mobo, very similar controller card--this person first asked on MSI forums and then walked the AMDMB, Tom's Hardware forums, with no response except a supposed "will not work" from MSI; the last one is another person describing my exact problem I think--only one so far--but with an SX6000--
MSI forum post #2
AMDforums post #1
Tom's HW Community post #1
newsgroup post #2
--same chipset though different mobo--
2CPU forum post #4
2CPU forum post #5
2CPU forum post #6 (the K7D Master L has no "jumperless mode")
--people building similar/identical setups--
2CPU forum post #7
AMDforums post #2
AMDforums post #3
What I have not done :
o I have not tried downgrading the BIOS on the K7D Master-L to an earlier (pre-1.6) version. I don't know if this is wise, though, considering this appears to be a newer (with working USB 1.x) revision of the motherboard that might minimally need the BIOS currently on it.
o I have not tried another SX4000 controller card, which I do not have. However, the card working fine on the OptiPlex GX400 indicates to me clearly that there isn't a functional problem per se on the card itself.
o No components are overclocked.
What I suspect :
o The fact that the two GeForce-based cards behave slightly differently than the TNT RIVA 128 (see above about how the hang occurs slightly later with the latter card) indicates to me that the problem is some combination of the motherboard, RAID controller, and video card conflicting (conspiring?) together. I am looking for the plainest AGP video card I have around to further test this.
o There appears to be a resource conflict *or* a BIOS/handover problem going on. It's not likely an IRQ conflict/sharing issue, since on the OptiPlex GX400, the SX4000 happily shares an IRQ with the video card (verified through the BIOS). The resources the SX4000 uses when on the OptiPlex GX400, as seen through its own BIOS/array utility are:
Installed Memory Address FF1F8000 Size 256M
Controller IRQ9
ATA IO Address EC00
XOR and HDMA IO Address E800
Sequence Control IO Address E400
Flash and SRAM Memory Address FF200000
I do not know which of these are retained as is when in the K7D Master-L (the IRQ certainly isn't necessarily retained, but don't know about the rest). I also am not able to easily check for a conflict with these. I can verify that as Windows XP can see it (which does assign its own resources via ACPI, of course,) there are not system or motherboard resources overlapping with any of these.
Also note this older K7T issue that may be relevant
What I need help with :
If you have a K7D Master-L and an SX4000, SX6000, or other similar Promise controller, please let me know how your system is configured.
What other peripherals, particularly video card do you have?
Which slots are all the cards in, particularly the SX4000?
What BIOS version of the K7D Master-L are you using?
What BIOS version is the SX4000?
Many thanks in advance,
MacGyver

Hi, I believe of having your same problem..sorry, I do not speak well English,
this is my system:
Mainboard Microstar MSI K7D MasterL chipset AMD 761MPX
CPU dual AMD MP2400+
RAM 2x512 Corsair pc2100 ECC Reg.
Primary Master DVD Rom Toshiba SD-M1712
1° slot PCI(66Mhz) controller FASTRACK SX4000
3° slot PCI controller USB
AGP 3Dlabs VP970
3 HD Western Digital WD0800JB 80Gb with 8Mb buffer (new)
AUDIO ONBOARD AC97
LAN ONBOARD INTEL
IRQ 11
RAID 5
BIOS FASTRACK SX4000 1.02.0.5
RAM Dimm 256Mb (test OK)
this is my problem:
1) the HD in master or slave the HD do not come recognized from the bios of the fastrack..HD not found..control cables ide or current
2) cable select or removing jumper from the HD the these they come recognized, it allows to make the Array (tried raid 5, 0 and the 1) ago boot of the fastrack but at the moment of the boot from floppy or cd rom (as from bios of the mainboard) remains the underscore that flashes. The PC is not of an all out..con ctrl+alt+del reboot.
3) tried to use also only 2 of aforesaid the HD, invert channel, user also channel 4, same problems
4) it recognizes the HD in master if I mount cables IDE to the contrary.. with the blue connector on the HD..ma remains problem of the boot from floppy or cd
5) I have tried to install others 2 not new HD (samsung 6,4 Gb + seagate4,6 Gb)..il fastrack recognizes them also in master..it allows the Array in raid 0 or raid1 but it remains the problem of the boot from floppy or cd.
6) tried to move fastrack on other slot Pci (also on one of those to 33Mhz) identical problems
7) bios mainboard all ok..also why if I do not make array..part the boot from floppy or cdrom..also if then to the fine ones it says nonexistent disc to me (lacks the Array..)
8) changed to cables courrent..do not creed is that one the problem..Enermax 460W..e then if septum in a determined way jumper the recognized HD
9) modernized bios..le tests son been made it is with that old one that with last (the 1.02.0.5)
10) tried to use other cable 80 pin connecting a single HD WD in master..l' HD it is not recognized!
11) tried also to detach controller USB
12) moved reader DVD in primary slave and also in secondary (it is master that slave)
13) mounted same fastrack SX4000 on other pc..same problems
14) I have modernized bios to version 1,3 (last the available on the site US..on the taiwanese site is version 1,82 but I do not trust myself)
15) I do not know what other to make!
I have read on the situated one that not there were problems of incompatible with my Mainboard and was compatible with HD Western WD0800BB (80 GB and 2 Digital Mb of buffer) and with WD1200JB (120Gb and 8 Mb of buffer)..i 8 WD0800JB are 80Gb and have Mb of buffer..but creed are not a problem of HD..inasmuch as the problems remain also changing discs (seagate and samsung).
I absolutely have need of this PC for job
if it finds one solution..please it makes to know me! ;( thanks

MSI K7D Master

Hi!
I've a friend who has a MSI K7D Master and it doesn't boot.
Probably he give me that mother board.
Since he bought it as stock, he has no warranty.
Is it still possible to get RMA?
How much do I have to pay for replacement?
I'm from Italy.
Bye

You need to contact Tech Support via calling them in your region or emailing from the main website...
This forum isn't moderated or read by MSI employees, the moderators here don't work for MSI, we're just volunteers and don't get paid for our time...
GL on getting a replacement!
Bonz

Logitech cordless optical mouse & MSI k7D-master

Hi,
just wanted to know if someone is using a logitech cordless and optical mouse around and a MSI
K7D-MASTER???
I bought one last week and put it to work, pretty nice invention I said!!!!!
it was functioning pretty well, comfortable i´d say, until that moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;( :O X( 8o ?( X(
X( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;(
The moment i decided to install the st*pid software bundle it has!!!!
MOUSEWARE 9.41.1 (windows) for Microsoft Windows:
XP, Me, 2000, 98, 95, NT 4.0
this machine runs 2 processors (athlons MP)& Wxp PRO.
I installed the software like i always do it ( put it into my cdrw and appeared the install screen) i was prompted to install the mouse software & music match too, i did it.
My machine is as follows:
K7D MASTER-L
2 Athlons MP 1600+
1024 Mb ddr ecc registered Kingston
4-80 Gb IDE barracuda 7200 rpm UATA 100 (0+4)
1-19 gb SCSI barracuda 7200 rpm ultra 160
Adaptec SCSI card 29160
Pomise Fast track 100 RAID card,0,1,0+1,JBOD
Geforce 4 Ti 4400
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum (shuld listen how it sounds!)
Nec USB 2.0 card
Creative Encore dvd decoder card
2 Lite On cd rw 32*12*40
1 hp scsi 9600 cd rw 12*8*32 external
1 creative dvd 12 encore (reg 1 set)
Intel SC-5000 SERVER CASE (modified)
Pinnacle DV 500 DVD video capturer
Cirrus Logic serenum external modem
WinXP PRO
Linux Suse 8.0 (dual boot)
Then i was prompted to restart my machine....i did it.
then the post, the fasttrak bios, the scsi card bios, everything that my machine runs before starting..........finally the WINDOWS XP PRO screen booting up...........then suddenly a BSOD (blue screen of death), telling me that it was stopping due to new installed software or hardware, blah, blah blah stop at code 0x93c3487…. !!!....................................... ......................... 8o 8o 8o 8o 8o 8o ?( ?( ?( ?(
what the hell??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
restarted my system and entered in safe mode..........run uninstall mouseware and everything i installed.
again the post, the fasttrak bios, the scsi card bios......booted up and enter in windows like i normally do.
I wanted to restart my system once and did it, but when it restarted a small st*pid window suddenly appeared telling me i have lost my profile just like this:
"Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted. Contact your administrator. "
“Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off”
“seconds until you are logged into a temporary profile…………30,29,28,27,…..,2,1,0”
it logged in ……………………all my icons, where were them????????
My programs, my work ?????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!
I was insane, insane, insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;( ;( ;( ;( 8o 8o 8o 8o ;( ;( ;( ?( ?( 8o :O :O :O :O :O ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;( ;(
I decided to use system restore…..it functioned. I have everything back ) ) ) ) ) )
I think Wxp pro, 2 processors & mouseware from Logitech are not good combination!
Logitech: I won’t buy anything from them again, the box the mouse came in has a legend telling you: over 10 million Cordless mice Sold!! (Yeah, that´s right for uni processor machines, maybe)
I ´m still learning things about my dual processor machines: they do not like everything that is designed for uniprocessor machines!!!
A dual processor machine is something fast, more than one processor has to be better in many aspects. But again, not everything is designed for a dual processor machine.
Does anyone know how to back up your profile in Wxp pro????
Any comments are welcomed!!!

Before Installing CD drivers you should always check to see if later drivers are available. The 9.6x drivers have been out for ages so go and try them.
BIm2k

MSI K7D Master AMD Dual Athlon MP

OK so I've completed my first Dual Athlon and I'm getting some varied results. here's the specs:
MSI K7D Master AMD Dual Athlon MP Motherboard ATX
Dual 2400+
Antec 350W
various NVIDIA video cards
Kingston 266/512 64X64 DDR
I first tried a Wildcat 5110 but got no video, 3DLabs tells me this mobo has not been tested and cleared by them, so heads-up don't go with this mobo/video combo.
I went to NVIDIA and got video, I set the system jumper to 133MHz. I got a RAM error, change sticks (I have several of the same kind) but get the same result. After several attempts the machine boots and I install WinXP.
Now it is hit and miss sometimes I get the RAM error and the machine just sits there, sometimes it boots but the mouse doesn't work other times it seems to boot fine but the programs (3D Studio Max / Brazil) will just quit for no apparent reason. I set the BIOS to to check the RAM on start-up, it finds no errors.
I really appreciate hearing any ides or from anyone who has attempted this sort of thing before.
Liquidman

Very cool thank you.
Well I got a call back from MSI customer service, they said try going to 'Advanced chipset' and change the 'AGP Fastload' from whatever it is to the opposite state (enable vs disable) I think the default is enable. I tried that, but it was the same if not worse. I reset the BIOS, set the fsb to 100MHz flipped the 'AGP Fastload' and that, of all things worked. Giving credit to the cs department - it did not work without changeing the Fastload state.
I got the 3DS Max/serverrunning and here are some statistics:
Rendered with Brazil, tons pf polygons, reflection and refraction.
Athlon 2500XP (non-Barton) 1gig unbuffered MSI KM4M:
3 hours 15 minutes per frame.
Intel P4 2.4 533MHz fsb 1 gig unbuffered MSI 845GE (northwood)
2 hours 54 minutes minutes per frame.
K7D Master 100Mhz fsb (non-Barton) 1gig unbuffered value ram.
1 hour 15 minutes per frame.
I will try the ecc registered RAM next week. If the results are this good with the jumper set to 100MHz I really looking forward to checking out the 133MHz...
Any suggestions on brand/configuration ?
Liquidman

MSI K7D MAster and ram?

I have a MSI K7D Master motherboard, with dual athlon mp2200+, i had 2 sticks of unbuffered 256mb PC2100 ddr in the 1st two slots all thsi while, and last week i got 4 sticks of 256mb PC2100 DDR ECC-Registered ram, and when i put all four in, and boot up, i get a beep sound and the system wotnt boot. when i remove the sticks from slot 3 and 4, and boot up it works. anyone know the problem here? All the sticks work, i have put every single one in slots 1 and 2 to test. and help would be appreciated.
thanks

i se 2 things.
1.
psu 18a 12v is weak for 2 cpu's if it runs them from 12v line.
if it does i do not know.
2.
pc2100 memory.
i bet those cpu uses 166fsb so yuo cant run fsb / dram ratio 1:1.
can cause instability on atleast k7n2.
try to get some pc2700 memory to test with.
some stores will give you a refund if the memlry dont wornk so check first.

Problems with Promise SX6000 and MSI K7D Master

There is a problem with Promise SuperTrack SX6000 controller and motheboard MSI K7D Master.
We use most fresh bios for both products - version 1.5 for motheboard and build 77 for controller.
With previous controller's bios version it can't be initialize and now after initialisation the bios of controller does not show up.
It seems to be like one of problems wich are described in controller's manual, but this problem can't be decided by user's hand, but only new version of bios, we think.
What you can help ?

No ways ?

MSI K7D Master L - CRC Problem

Hey gang.
I've been having some CRC troubles with my MSI K7D Master L. On most occasions, I cannot perform an install from either of the cd drives--eventually a CRC error will pop up. In addition, data on the hard disks (i.e. registry settings) dissapear or are corrupted. Which sucks. ...and you can imagine how my slightly corrupted windows install is performing :(. ?(
Here's my specs:
-AMD MB 2800+ Barton (Only one CPU installed right now)
-1024 mb of Kensington ram
-ATI 9700 Pro
-Bios Version 1.3 (latest bios for Master L)
-Enermax 431watt power supply
-Creative Audigy Sound card (onboard sound disabled)
Just for reference, I've ran all the diagnostics (memtest86, and that IBM hard disk checker) and no problems show up. Only the motherboard and processor are new... all of the components, cables, drives, etc. were working well before I poped in the new MB. Of course, I started fresh with a clean formatted drive for my windows install.
I've heard that my Enermax 431 is about a 10 on the blows-O-meter. Could this be the problem? I realize that my new AMD 2800MP is prolly pulling out a bit more juice than before.
I love this motherboard, and I know that CRC errors are pretty rare on the K7D (cough, unlike some other MBs), I'd hate to have to RMA it.
Thanks in advance ,
JonnyLongTorso

Replaced the Enermax 431 supply with an Antec 550 watt unit. Still getting the errors.
Any ideas?

MSI K7D master L

Have just purchased K7D master L mobo + 2 x AMD 2800+ procs with 2 x 512mB reg memory.
The problem i am having is that if i completely shutdown ie: pull the power plug from the power supply, mobo will not boot, even the fan on the power supply will not work, but if i reset the cmos battery, everything boots with no probs.
Brand new power supply has been fitted, 520w Hyperpower.
Any ideas please!!!!

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9331
the mp 2800 is a 266 fsb cpu,the 2800 thrbrd is a 166 fsb cpu
so you should be ok if the boards bios is up to date
im afraid i cannot get the msi site to load
and i see you now have ram speeds etc in your signature
this psu ,i can find nothing on it in goggle
how much was it as there are many junk 20 dollar so called 500 watt psu now
none of which i would trust to deliver

K7D Master wont install XP or Boot XP

Hi,
Im having a right nightmare this week with this K7D Master (red) motherboard running a single AMD 2000 MP CPU, 120GB Seagate IDE HDD,MSI FX5600 VGA Card and 2 x 512mb Branded memory chips.
I have tried installing XP onto a brandnew HDD, the setup runs through all the drivers etc, then the blue screen of death appears with all of its very usefull unkown jargin!! This happens everytime! ive also tried another XP Pro CD too.
So I took a HDD with a working version of XP and tried that, but with no suprise it never worked either. This time it reports that the OS was not shutdown properly (which it was) and lists all the option including Safemode. So first point of call I tried safe mode, it loads all the drivers in DOS then the blue screen flashes up for a split second then the computer restarts, trying to boot up in normal mode just doesnt happen.
Ive flashed the Bios with the latest version, but I have noticed an Intel Boot Agent 4.0.19 appearing after the BIOS IDE detection. Is this normal as im running AMD? or have just not noticed this before?
Has anyone got any ideas on this problem before I phone the supplier and sit listening to cheesy music for 2 hours in a long non existent Q?

it has an intel intergrated lan controller may be its that you see
whilst the say regular ram works with that board it seems to me most have best luck running it with the registered stuff
try this on what you have now
memtest86
a drive loaded on a different chipset with different ide drivers is not likley to boot
and having 2x cpu means you need a much bigger and better psu
most users of them view the likes of an antec 430 watt true power as the bare minimum to use

RAM type for MSI K7D Master?

Hello,
I am looking to purchase the K7D Master and I was wondering what kind of RAM to purchase for it. Can I use PC2700 DDR or will that just waste my money considering the clock speed of the board is 266MHz and the clock speed of PC2700 is 333MHz.
TIA
Axle

I just read in this thread that someone made the XMS memory work in the K7D Master L. Check out this thread:K7D Master L MPX boot issue
Too bad I did not know how to make it work 4 weeks ago... ;(
jim

MSI K7D master L and Linux

I just recently got a K7D master L and I have been doing some research on the mainboard while waiting for the ECC DDR memmory to arrive. During my research, I found a series of messages to the kernel.org mailing list that concerned a 'southbridge' problem with the K7D when using a USB/serial mouse instead of a PS/2 mouse ( I only have USB mice now, but i do have the little green adapter to make them PS/2 )
My question regards the progress in correcting the issue(s), which i understand is(are) an AMD 760 MPX problem.
Is there a patch or BIOS update that can work around or correct this issue in the works?
-sb

Looks like I may have found my answer here in the AMD errata.
clipped from: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/24472.pdf
Multiprocessor System May Hang While in FULL APIC Mode and IOAPIC Interrupt is Masked
Products Affected. B1, B2
Normal Specified Operation. The AMD-768 peripheral bus controller is designed to support FULL APIC mode in multiprocessor systems for system management events. If an interrupt is masked in the APIC controller of the AMD-768, then the corresponding interrupt message should not be sent to the processor via the 3-wire APIC bus.
Non-conformance. The AMD-768 peripheral bus controller will send an interrupt message via the 3-wire
APIC bus regardless if the interrupt is masked or not.
Potential Effect on System. Since the processor had previously masked the APIC interrupt, it is not
expecting to receive future APIC messages for the masked interrupt. The APIC controller will continuously send the interrupt message via the 3-wire bus until a processor accepts the message, causing the system to hang.
A system hang has been observed when executing a server shutdown command in Novell Netware versions 5.0 or 5.1 while using a serial mouse. During the server shutdown sequence, software writes an invalid CPU ID to the IOAPIC redirection table, and the system does not complete the shutdown.
Note:[/i] No failure has been observed when using a PS/2 mouse.
Suggested Workaround. None.
Resolution Status: No fix planned.
X(

PC Alert 3 on MSI K7D-Master

hi,
i am using a MSI K7DMaster motherboard with 2 Athlon MP 2400+ + 3GB RAM + 80GB Baracuda 7200 RPM IDE, + RIVA TNT2 in a primsource 300 Watts ATX 12 cabinet i am having problems with the -12V and -5V it goes to -14 and -5.8 respectivly. I have tried changing the powersupplies, putting lesser ram, powering down chasis fans etc. but no luck any ideas guys. do i need a higher watts powersupply ?

both are legacey voltages i dout a thing in your box uses them
if its stable just ignore them

I have problems with my K7D MAster board

I just have gotten hands on a new K7D master mobo (yeah i know it is not the newest board on the market but i had the cpus so why not). I have just installed Windows 2000 server on the machine. And everything was working fine until I was going to transfer some very large files over to my other computer (DVD isos 4,5 GB) and then the machine just locks up. And I have to reset it to get it up and running again.
I have changed the network adapter and reinstalled the whole system, but it doesnt help.
When i look under the device manager there is an unknown device called "unknown pci bridge" it seems its the AMD 768 chipset.
But here comes the real problem, I cant instal any AMD drivers?? When i try to instal the EIDE driver, the 768 chipset driver or any of the AMD drivers its just saying that there is no AMD components found.... And the driver wont instal.
Anyone heard of this before?
MSI K7D Master
2 X MP1900 CPUs
Adaptec 29160 scsi board
2 X Seagate U160 18GB SCSI disks
1 X Seagate 200GB IDE disk
1 X Samsung 250GB IDE disk
1,5 GB ram Crucial and Apacer
Edit: Problem solved, seems that I must have an PS2 mouse plugged in
When I tried copying with the PS2 mouse it all works
I found this topic in www.2cpu.com
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=e88a5eb9c52b6bf96d532faf85d626cf&threadid=42709&highlight=K7D+master+lock
Speaking of strange problem... lol

Juansebastianco,
you can try this, to see if it makes a difference: boot your MacBook Pro into Recovery mode by holding down a Command key and the R key as it starts up. Once the Mac OS X Utilities menu appears, select Disk Utility. On the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window, select your internal disk’s boot partition (typically called “Macintosh HD”). On the right-hand side, press the Verify Disk button if it’s not greyed out; if it is greyed out, or if it reports that errors were found, press the Repair Disk button. Once the verification/repair is completed, exit Disk Utility and select Restart from the Apple menu to restart in normal mode. Does it still crash after being on?

K7D Master Lock on memory test (even with corsair)

This has been a big problem and we're considering replacing the board with the Tyan 2466 which is rock-solid with a similar configuration. I've had good experience with MSI's consumer products but unfortunately this board is a nightmare.
It has the common lock-up on memory detection error. But i've tried just about every fix i've seen mentioned. Here's the specifications:
MSI K7D Master w/ BIOS 1.5
Athlon MP 2400+ (dual)
Intel PRO/1000 Server 64-bit 66MHz LAN
Corsair 512MB PC2100 DDR Reg ECC CM72SD512R-2100
Adaptec 2100S Ultra 160 SCSI RAID
3x IBM 7200RPM SCSI 18GB drives (RAID 5)
Antec TruePower 480W PSU
I've tried several video cards (nVidia, ATI, and Matrox), as well as a few different types of RAM (Corsair, and 2 types of Smart Modular Technologies with Samsung and Micron chips). Doesn't seem to be a power problem either, as it locks up just the same with no drives installed.
We've been having problems with this for weeks. I'd like to get it working but if i can't, i don't have much choice other than to replace the board with one i KNOW will work, as this server is being used as part of a web cluster. We originally had 2 but the other refused to detect any RAID cards so we sent it back right away.
Any thoughts on what solution there might be?

Intel is recommending that when installing new ram or changing the the ram, (moving from one memory slot to another).
That you not install your video card with DDR ram in it as the controlers or picking up info from the ram on the cards causing memory problems until after you have booted with the new memory to allow control to get it's settings.
I don't know if this is happing with the Nivida chip sets or not or even if it will help I installed mine with a ATI PCI with SDRAM video card and had no problems.
Also run memory 1 to 1.

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