MSI K7N2 Delta RAID question

Hi guys,
Again with the stupid questions. At least my questions are easy.
I've been dieing to hook up a couple o' SATA drives and run RAID, striping, on my MSI K7N2 Delta. I ordered a couple 200Giger Seagate Barracuda's tonight. Couldn't pass up the deal even though I shouldn't have spent the $.
OK, here's my stupid question: Can you partition a drive(s) in RAID 0? I would like to partition like 10GB for the OS and the rest for like apps and download storage. If I ever have to reformat the OS I only have to redo the 10GB partition. Thanks for bearing through my stupid questions, I'm just excited to do this and can't wait to find out.

Ok guys, thanks again.
I kinda figured it would be business as usual, but I wasn't sure.
I am very curious about speed performance. I'm not sure it would be worth it from what I've read about RAID 0. Apparently it will be good for like video editing operations which I will be doing a little bit of for my web site. I will find out for myself though, and I do need more room. So, regardless the space is needed and I wouldn't mind a bit more performance.
I have the RAID drivers on floppy disk that came with the mobo. I think I'm all set except for drives that will arrive this week some time.

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Can MSI K7N2 DELTA use SATA harddrive without using RAID??
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Just got my new MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR up and running.
Got some issues with the memory running at 200mhz while the Barton core of my Athlon Xp 2600+ was running 166mhz, this had to be 1:1 (thx forum )
While running the default bios settings with cpu/mem at 166/166 fsb everything is stable as hell. I have been running Prime95 for 2 days now and using the system for dvd ripping/encoding, UT2004 gaming etc.
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The stupid thing is when I'm not overclocking I don't have the data corruption problems, but I'm still using the same crappy Q-Tec 550w PSU.
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gr,
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Hmmm, that's curious. On the MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR product page Kingston memory is recommended
Ok, did a Memtest86 v1.11 pass at cpu/dimm 166/166 - no problems whatsoever. I think using Prime95 would have revealed memory problems...but will do another pass with cpu/dimm at 190/190.
Can overclocking affect the Promise Raid Controller?? It should be locked like the PCI/AGP but who knows...
Well, I still have to replace my PSU but I'm not 100% sure that this is the problem. What PSU would you recommend? ...and I'm also thinking about replacing the standard CPU cooler, any advice is welcome
gr,
Remco

MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR Wont boot up (no display no bios)

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i bought a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ & MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR.
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hi guys
here is my PSU specs:
Colors-It 500w-Max Silent ATX Power Supply
Voltage 115/230V
Current 10A/5A
Frequency 60/50Hz
+3.3 +5 +12 -12 -5 +5SB BLK GRN GRY
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connectors:
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ATX-12V Connector: 1
CD-Rom/HD 4 Pin connector: 6
Floppy 4 Pin Connector: 2
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MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR Help Please.

Hi all
I have a MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR motherboard that im putting together and I have a question.
In the middle of the socket where the CPU sits is a small CPU thermal protection sensor, my question is that the sensor is higher than the socket and will be touching the CPU when it is inserted is this normal or should sensor be bent downward so not to be in direct contact with the CPU?
I would not be asking this question if not for someone telling me not to put any external case sensor on the CPU direct only on the heat sink but in this case its built into the motherboard itself. Best to be safe than sorry I thought.
Many thanks

Hi Andy
I too have just bought an MSI K7N2-ILSR. On mine the sensor is bent down so as not to contact the cpu. Was like this when I bought it so I would suggest that it is not supposed to touch processor

MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR and Serial ATA Drive

I've got a very strange problem....
Yesterday i have installed my new motherboard (MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR) but i have a problem with the SATA feature.
I've got two drives : one 40GB ATA (Western Digital) and one 160GB SATA also from Western Digital.
My SATA drive is recognized by the FastTrak BIOS (v2) but i'm unable to reinstall Windows XP Professional (with SP2 Slipstreamed) because Windows Setup didn't recognize the SATA disk. I have loaded the Promise Serial ATA Drivers at the begin of the installation (F6)...
I have also tried 2 different versions of the Promise SATA Drivers; the one that cames with my motherboard CD, and the most recent from the MSI website. But with both drivers the same result. How can i get my Serial ATA Harddisk get work with this motherboard?
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Thanks,
Computerfreakje.
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MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR (Rev. 7.4)
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
2x 256MB Kingston PC3200 Dual Channel
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb (R360)
Western Digital 40GB ATA
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Thanks for your reply Richard,
My motherboard didn't came with a floppy (I have bought an bulk version..) I have created a SATA floppy by myself. (I have got the drivers from the motherboard cd..) These drivers are also good, right?
Which type of RAID Array should i create? Because i have only one SATA drive.....
I think the "auto" feature is the easiest way?
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MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR (MS 6570) trouble With ATA card

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MSI K7N2 DELTA Motherboard

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Yes, you can overclock the processor and ram but the best combination is running the ram at the same speed as the processor.
Go into the profile section at the top of the page and list all of your system info like I have mine listed.
Your questions would receive a lot more answers in our overclocking and modding section since there is a lot more info that is needed to help you achieve a good stable overclock.

Win ME vs. K7N2 Delta raid drivers

I am seriously wondering if there is such a thing called "no conflict PC".
After an enormous headache concerning s-ata hdd and smart/temp readings....which I gave up, a new problem arises today, well, it must have been there from the day 1.
Running Win ME (dual boot, don’t ask why) I tried copying a few big files on s-ata drive (K7N2 Delta ILSR mobo) connected via raid. And everything stops??!?! Mouse pointer freezes, winamp stops, everything is dead for a few seconds than it reverts back to normal, copy s a few second, and freezes everything again.
So I look in system properties, s-ata drive is using ms-dos compatibility mode, ? I tried adding a P-ata drive on raid controller and removing a s-ata drive, same thing. Great, drivers are at "IT" again. And normally, raid controller is disabled saying "windows stopped responding while attempting to start this device, and will never try to start them again". So I tried to reinstall drivers, and after rebooting I got a "windows protection error, system halted" BSOD. Rebooted again, windows up and running, but the RAID is disabled again, ms-dos compatibility mode welcome back.
Interesting thing is, while watching movies, playing games...and stuff form s-ata drive I have no problems and no freezes, copying a DVD on a same drive makes no problems, but as soon as I try to copy a file from a hdd, freezing is back. Go figure.
Any ideas?

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ms-dos compatibility mode
If I remember correctly, that is, or was a BIOS option on the K7N pre Delta and Delta boards, and should not be enabled, might wanna look into that. I inquired about that to MSI engineers back when the Delta was released, and was told not to enable it.
Oh,.. and WinME will lose every time Win ME vs. K7N2 Delta raid drivers

MSI K7N2 DELTA Motherboard

hi i just got a msi k7n2 delta motherboard from a good friend of mine few days ago and got me 2 sticks of Corsair XMS Twinx 1024-3200Pro ram and a amd xp 2400 + processor and i was wondering if it would be safe to over clock the ram and processor i have on this board.

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Yes, you can overclock the processor and ram but the best combination is running the ram at the same speed as the processor.
Go into the profile section at the top of the page and list all of your system info like I have mine listed.
Your questions would receive a lot more answers in our overclocking and modding section since there is a lot more info that is needed to help you achieve a good stable overclock.

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Hi, I have been searching in everyplace and still I havent find a solution.
I have the XFX GeForce 7600GS 512mb AGP card.
I use the MSI K7N2 Delta.
My Processor its the AMD 2600+ XP
my PSU its a 420watt
my RAM its 2gb DDR 400
I made everything in the bios, didnt work.
I updated the lastest drivers and bios, didnt work.
I went to a friend house, he use a P4 motherboard with 500watts. Worked, PERFECTLY.
I changed the card once (the first one didnt worked at all) but this one worked...
now the question is:
HOW I MAKE IT WORK IN MY PC ?????????
Can anyone help me? I dont wanna sell it to a friend for only 60$ (that the only costumer I have found for the card in Panama)

Heh I had problems with trying to see again was what happening in my PC but yesterday....
Ok I went to my friend house, we used the card with his 350 watts 15A in the 12V+ and it worked.
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I NEED BIOS MODDED MSI K7N2 DELTA 2 LSR

I HAVE A i have a MSI K7N2 DELTA 2 LSR V1 0C --and i want to mod my bios to some version that i can overclock my motherboard can you send the bios please..thanks U
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