MSI K7N2 No longer able to boot up (Thinking PSU problem)

I have a computer that was a hand-me-down from my husband that he originally built 12 years ago. Recently I've been having trouble turning on the computer. I will hit the power button, hear the fans running, but nothing else will power on. There are no hard-drive beeps, the keyboard and screen won't respond. The mouse lights up, but is useless.
Before yesterday I could hit the restart button, or use the power button to turn it back off and back on to get the computer to boot up. I would have to do this up to 8 times before it would catch, but eventually it would turn on. Yesterday the computer was on when it reverted to just the fans running and nothing else. I tried restarting it multiple times, but it never booted. I opened it up, cleaned the mountain of dust, checked all the connections and tried again. After many restart attempts with no response aside from running fans I figured it was time to ask for help.
I think it is a power supply issue
Enlight Corporation HPC-340-101
+5V - 30A
+12V - 15A
+3.3V - 28A
340W
The power supply has never been replaced so it is 12 years old.
I have been considering building a new computer and was looking at this power supply:
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC
Would this fry my old motherboard? My husband said that was possible, so I'm hesitant to try.
Please let me know if I've done something wrong, or not provided enough information. I will keep my computer opened up until I hear from someone so I can answer any questions if need be. I've put my other computer specs in my signature. Let's see if they actually post

So I tried my Mother-In-Law's PSU since my husband is over-protective of his computer. No luck. I took out the graphics card and it was pure luck that my husband remembered one of his siblings left an old computer in the spare room. It had an old GeForce FX 5200 128Mb, so I salvaged it and it worked! My computer booted up on the first try! I had to switch back to my PSU as my Mother-In-Law is still using hers, but it still started up perfectly! I am so excited! Of course this means I don't have a valid reason to push for my new computer, and I probably can't play the Sims 3 anymore, but I still have a working computer
Thank you guys so much!

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Complete error log:
SMART Error Log Version: 1
Warning: ATA error count 21 inconsistent with error log pointer 5
ATA Error Count: 21 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
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ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
84 51 00 00 00 00 e0 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x00000000 = 0
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CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
c8 00 08 00 00 00 e0 08 01:12:12.224 READ DMA
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 08 01:12:12.224 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 0a 01:12:12.224 IDENTIFY DEVICE
ef 03 45 00 00 00 a0 0a 01:12:12.224 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 08 01:12:12.224 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
Error 20 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10341 hours (430 days + 21 hours)
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ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
84 51 00 00 00 00 e0 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x00000000 = 0
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CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
c8 00 08 00 00 00 e0 08 01:11:26.048 READ DMA
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 08 01:11:26.048 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 0a 01:11:26.048 IDENTIFY DEVICE
ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 0a 01:11:26.048 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 08 01:11:26.048 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
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When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was in an unknown state.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
84 51 00 00 00 00 e0 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x00000000 = 0
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c8 00 08 00 00 00 e0 08 01:10:16.816 READ DMA
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ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 0a 01:08:51.584 IDENTIFY DEVICE
ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 0a 01:08:51.584 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 08 01:08:51.568 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
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ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
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c6 00 10 00 00 00 e0 08 00:04:28.384 SET MULTIPLE MODE
91 00 3f 00 00 00 a0 08 00:04:28.384 INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS [OBS-6]
10 00 00 00 00 00 a0 08 00:04:28.352 RECALIBRATE [OBS-4]
25 00 01 00 00 00 e0 04 00:04:28.352 READ DMA EXT
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My Mac Mini will only boot to Windows XP (I realise this situation is not without some degree of irony).
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Today I booted up from a shutdown and found that my Mac Mini booted into XP. I wasn't too worried so went into the Boot Camp control panel and selected "Restart in OSX". As Windows was shutting down, I noticed that it was installing several updates. My Mac Mini proceeded to boot back into XP and continued to install the remaining components of whatever updates it had previously been installing.
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Darren

Thanks Stefan.
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Understanding how to use the repair features of the OSX DVD was useful but unfortunately I am still looking for a solution.
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Symptoms have been like this so far:
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I chose the latter, bought a ATI Radeon 5770 from the apple online store for $275 and installed it.
Problem persists.Exactly the same as before. Got initial chime, then next time no chime, optical drives clicking and graphics card fan whirring up and down rhythmically.
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The improvement in chiming seemed to be when I unseated one ram riser ( I have to with 2 x 2g ram modules each).
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MSI K7N2 DELTA -L (601-6570-020) nFORCE 2 DUAL 400 , RANDOM RESTART PROBLEM (WinXP,Win98)

Machine Specs:
- AMD Athlon XP 2600+ With L2 512 KB (Model 10)
- MSI K7N2 Delta -L nFORCE 2 Ultra 400 (601-670-020) (My AwardBios is updated to v5.7, Using nVIDIA`s O/B Audio and Ethernet Controllers)
- TwinMOS PC3200(CL2.5) 512 MB DDR400 RAM (Desktop Series)
- Samsung SpinPoint (SP0411N) 40 GB 7200 Rpm HDD
- GeForce2 MX400 64MB AGP 4x (Oem Manufacturer)
- Samsung SyncMaster 753s 17" Monitor
- Sony 52x Cd-Rom
- Philips Stereo Headphones
- Windows XP Home Edition Turkish (Service Pack 1 Turkish) , I did all of critical and other updates ,Totally up to date.Device drivers are too...(nForce 3.13 whql International,Forceware 56.72 whql International)
Problem :
- ERROR EVENT : 1003 ERROR NAME : IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Original Error Texts:
A problem has been detected & Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart the computer. If this screen appears again follow these steps.
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need. If the problem continues, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software.
Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components restart your computer, Press F8 to select Advanced Start-up options & select Safe Mode.
Technical Information :
*** STOP: 0x0000000A (0x00000004, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x804F1473)
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete. Contact your system Administrator or technical support group for further assistance.
After restarting manually from the PC. I get the following message
The system has recovered from a serious error.
BCCode : a BCP1 : 00000004 BCP2 : 00000002 BCP3 : 00000000
BCP4 : 804F1ADA OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 0_0 Product : 256_1
C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini042202-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\DANIEL~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER3.tmp.dir00\sysdata.xml
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 22/04/2002
Time: 5:55:03 PM
User: N/A
Computer: XXX-BOX
Description:
Error code 0000000a, parameter1 00000004, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 804f1ada.
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Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 0000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 34 2c 20 000004,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 38 30 34 66 00, 804f
0050: 31 61 64 61 1ada
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It worked smoothly on my system till i noticed my second MEM bank of my mobo broke (Asus A7N8X-E)..so i had to change it quickly (and went to the store with my warranty to fix this board..it was only 3 months old) ..since I've seen/had enough Asus mobo's in my life I went this time for an MSI which looks better in my opinion...so now i have an MSI K7N2 Delta 2 Platinum..it works fine...except that HD issue mentioned above
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cheers!

Hi,
I've done that already several times...it doesnt work..any other suggestions?
Now I can boot normally when I disconnect the power of the 2nd HD (or just any HD)...when the os is loaded...I turn back on the power of the 2nd drive and reboot...than it will run/boot/restart etc..normally...this is the only workaround I have at the moment...this only works when the system is turned a long time...
My power supply is 400W..so I don't think Ive any prob with that
cheers

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i bought a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ & MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR.
unfortuntly i can't boot it. it wont show anything on screen.
i have tried anything i red in this forum (clear cmos... safe mode jumper...strip all parts...)
all i get is :
blank black display, no beeps and keyboard lights flashes over and over (when connected to a KVM hub), when conected directly to keboard the lights flashes only once but stil black display and no beeps (i hear on speake,when powering up PSU, a silent short noise, no beep).
power suply turns on (new one 500w), i tried agp video card and replaced with pci video card.
memory is kingstone 512mb pc3200 400MHz x2, i tried only one of them and both in diferent sockets.
cpu: AMD xp 3200+ 400fsb.
i did succed to go into bios only once, after lots of resets and shutdowns and bios clear (after ouers)
i choosed in the bios: load bios defaults, and thats it. i hoped it starts up but nothing.
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all parts are brand new (except motherbord. it's seconds hand from eBay. i've bean talled that it works fine)
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hi guys
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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
30A 50A 15A 1.0A 1.0A 2.5A COM P-ON PG
connectors:
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ATX-12V Connector: 1
CD-Rom/HD 4 Pin connector: 6
Floppy 4 Pin Connector: 2
Serial ATA Connector : 1
cpu: AMD Athlon XP 3200+
MotherBoard: MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR More: http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K7N2_Delta-ILSR&class=mb
Memory: kingstone 512mb pc3200 400MHz x2 More: http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/PartsInfo.asp?ktcpartno=KVR400X64C3A/512
i have other brand of memory moduls (micron pc2300) i tried them too. no go.
i tried other PSU, i pulled from my brothers pc (amd xp 1400+).
as i said before, i have pci POST diagnostic card so it could tell me any problem. iguss it's the mobo, posibly bios upgrade.
but if mobo not showing bios, i can't update bios from floppy.
and the tested the mobo out side the case on a antistatic mat and i useed an antistatic strip.
as i said i could get into the bios once, after many resets....choosed 'load bios defaults..', restarted and.....no go.

MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum + Boot problems.

System Setup, so far:
MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum
Athlon XP 3000+ Barton, 333FSB
Thermal Take Volcano7+ Fan
PowerColor Radeon 9800Pro, 128MB
GeiL 1x512MB, PC3200, DDR400
Antec True Blue 480W
Max: +5V=38A | -5V=0.5A | +12V=28A | -12V=1.0A | +3.3V=30A | +5V SB=2A
Min: +5V=0A | -5V=0A | +12V=0.8A| -12V=0A | +3.3V=0A | +5V SB=0A
The problem is, that the screen is blank and there's no error beeps, when I fire up the system.
The D-bracket keeps giving me the 1-0-0-0 (Early Chipset Initialization)
So far I have tried:
Reseat the CPU, didnt help. (This is the 2nd (or 3rd) CPU on this board)
Tried diffence slot, for the memory.
Tried another memory type.
Tried another GFX.
In every case, the D-bracket gives me the 1-0-0-0.
Just tried to fire up the system, without the CPU/MEMORY/GFX, and still I get the 1-0-0-0 (Early Chipset Initialization)
Is the mainboard dead then?
Does anybody know of a solution, to this problem? Or any ideers at all?
Thanks
Gismo1, Denmark.

Hi there ...
I have more or less the same problem here
I have an old trusty K7t Pro V1 motherboard . I installed an IBM Deskstar drive ,
The mother board started to boot but hang on the IDE part .
re-booted and all I get now is the system beeping all the time , with red green red red ... (looking from top to bottom)
I got anothe board from ebay , installed it . all ok untill I connected my IBM Drive again , Now the same
Just beeps fast , and red green red red .. (looking from top top bottom)
Looks like some bhow this crap disk has blown something on my board ,
I think I have tried everything .
Anything I should try before binning it .
Yes the cpu is ok
Memory is ok
Thanks lads
Just wished my first post could have been a happier one

I guess I didn't explaine that I have a healthy operating Windows 8 Boot camp partition on my hard drive. When I upgraded to Mavericks I am no long able to access the bootcamp partition from the disk icon in system preferences; the Windows 8 works fine.

On both Mini Mac and iMac 27" I am no longer able to utalize the Startup Disk icon in System Preferences; the Windows 8 on Bootcamp partition works fine if I close the Mavericks OX and select the Windows partition at bootup from the hard drive. My question is why don't the icon in System Prederences work anymore since I upgraded to Mavericks. Also, Users & Groups, Printers & Scanners icons no longer work either.

On both Mini Mac and iMac 27" I am no longer able to utalize the Startup Disk icon in System Preferences; the Windows 8 on Bootcamp partition works fine if I close the Mavericks OX and select the Windows partition at bootup from the hard drive. My question is why don't the icon in System Prederences work anymore since I upgraded to Mavericks. Also, Users & Groups, Printers & Scanners icons no longer work either.

[nForce] Help with another booting problem with the MSI K7N2

Ok, I've been reading the threads and tried almost all of the solutions to no avail. Here is the issue...
While adjusting speed in bios, Upon reboot the system would not display video. Steps taken to solve:
*Betwwen all changes I unpluged all power from system
1. Cleared CMOS VIA Jumper, Turned system on, no change
2. set J10 Jumper to default then restarted, Still no video.
3. Checked & reseated memory & CPU. Still nothing.
4. Removed battery for about 30 seconds (Am going to try to remove it for 30 mins when i get a chance tomorrow) still nothing
At this point i assum the motherboard was bad. I tested botting up with no memory in an attempt to get the warming/error beeps but nothing the system just idles.
Am i missing something? Any help suggestions or links to solutions would be greatly appretiated.
Badtaste2k
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Sorry, I wasn;t trying to be vague, Was messing with the comp for a couple hours and got fed up. You were right, it was the k7n2. It's not mine it's a friends and wasn't around so i was going by memory. It had been running descent but was never properly installed (software) and was poorly cooled (hardware) so it had overheating restart issues. This is where I come in. I told my friend i would take a look at his computer. It was home built by one of his friends. Te system is fairly basic and the only plug in card used is a agp video card. The computer was working great after i reinstalled the CPU with proper thermal conducting when in BIOS his Athlon 2.6 was set for 1.8 I adjusted it up to the proper setting and he asked if i could bump it further. I attempted but it was unsuccessful and didn't boot. I cleared cmos with the jumper and it booted up again no problem. I stupidly went back in a fiddled around some more with something i shouldn't have because i don't remeber what it was. I belive it was the FSB Speed, but i'm not positive what change cause this particular shutdown. I'm no computer technichian, just a hobbiest. I cleared the Jumper again but this time it dodn't come back and boot. I then looked in the book and found out about jumper 10 (i think) for the SAFE MODE 100mhz boot. I set it as well with no response. I then disconnected the power cable from the PSU and unluged the battery for about half a min or so. cleared teh cmos jumper again, kept the safe mode jumper in safe mode and tried to reboot. It still just hangs. No screen, so Bios check or wrning beeps. It just idles. It revs the hard drive up for about 20sec or so but that is it. I'm going to try the suggestion earlier in the eact oprder giving by osnavi for the reseting cmos. I tried those steps in vvaroius orders 5 or 6 times before giving up.
Any help is appretiated. Thanks for your responses.
Badtaste2k

MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR Memory problems

I'm trying to burn in a system in a 50 deg C (122 deg F) room for a minimum of 12 hours. The main system components are as follows:
Motherboard: MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2800+
Memory: 2x512 OCZ PC3200 EL
My problem is that the burn-in software continues to freeze up during the memory test. I've already contacted the software manufacturers and the software is stable. It's a problem with the way the motherboard handles the memory. I've tried putting the memory in dual channel configuration and changing the timing settings in the BIOS. The SPD settings are 2.5-3-3-7. Right now I have them at 3-4-3-8. It's a lot more stable than it was under the default settings but it still freezes up sometime after 7 hours. Unfortunately, I wasn't around when it froze so I don't know exactly how long it lasted. I can say that after 7 hours, it wasn't showing any slowdown in performance. If anyone could think of anything else I might be able to do to get the system stable, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for the suggestions. The CPU FSB is 200, so it's already matched up there. And we have a ton of fans already. There are two in the front, 4 inside and 1 on the back. It's a custom case, 2u high. The power supply is oversized and more than adequate to provide the required power. I have four of these units running right now. Two with 2x512 sticks and two with 1x1024 sticks. For each combination, the memory clock speed for one is 166 and 200 for the other. I have been loosening up the memory timings trying to get the system stable, but it still isn't. If the power supply is good, and I'm unable to cool the system anymore due to limititions within the case, is there anything you can think of to stabilize the system. Maybe other settings in the BIOS or suggestions on how to go about getting good timings for the memory. Thanks.

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