MSI K7N2G-ILSR memory issues

I can't run the memory I want. I had a GIG of Intel certified ram in a KT4 Ultra and it ran fine....but in my K7N2G neither stick will run in any slot in any config, tried several other Sticks from my Local PC shop....the only memory that booted was ANY 266 memory. So I
ordered 2 sticks of Mushkin 512 PC3200 BLUE. Man...
only one stick works and only in Dimm 3 (Green) the other stick won't work at all. Tried each stick individually
in each slot, then together.....CMOS cleared each time.
So I feel this isn't a memory issue but a BIOS or Board issue, oh by the way this is my second board that acted identical!!!
Ned X(

Sorry the D Bracket colors are:
Green on the top and red on the bottom, manual saids " Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting "
I forgot to mention that I'm using memory Samsung PC3200 400 MHZ and Tried Kingstone 2100 266MHZ and Generic Brand 2100 266MHZ.
Thank you in advance for any help you good people can provide.
Jesus

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Need help with MSI K7N2G-ILSR

This is probably a really easy problem to fix, but my internet time is limited since my old system is in pieces, and I have to do this from work.
My new MSI K7N2G-ILSR, running with a Barton XP2800 and 2 DIMMs of Geil 512MB DDR PC3200 , doesn't seem to be happy with things. When I tried to turn things on, I got no video output, and there was a regular series of beeps.
I believed this is just a memory issue, and I intended to look into it when I get home...however, it seems things are a little more complicated than I may have thought.
After failing to get any results with the pc3200 512 dimms, I switched to my old 2700 256 meg DIMMS, which I knew worked fine. To my surprise, the system then worked...almost. It got to a certain point, and then gave the message "no drive is connected to fastrack", or something to that effect, and then froze.
The system also worked with combinations of my old 256meg and one of the new 512s, but not with both 512s at once. The 256s, in combination, powered up every time; however, they didn't allow me to install anything. The combination of 2 256s and 1 512 worked most of the time, but would occasionally fail to detect the the RAM - resulting in the same steady beeping as earlier.
For the sake of curiousity, I removed the IDE cable from the DVD drive. To my surprise, Windows (the drive was not formatted) tried to load...which would not happen when the DVD was connected. I then reconected the DVD, and removed the IDE connection from the hard drive. XP tried to install, and then crashed...in fact, the whole system powered down. And now will not restart again. It's dead, and I can't seem to get a single response from it.
This made me wonder if the problem lies with my PSU. Does this sound like something which would happen if the PSU was playing up? I have a 450 watt unit, which I thought would be ok. But the only thing I can think is that the PSU doesn't have enough power to deal with the demands of my new system. I imagine the 3200 DIMMs require a lot more power than the 2700, which might explain why the system can't power up using two of them - the PSU can't handle it.
Any ideas at all? I'm getting more than a little frustrated now. Any advice gratefully received...

Remove all devices from your setup except the CD-ROM (or DVD device) and the hard drive, and connect each to the end connector on different IDE cable, making sure each device is set to "cable select" (preferred) or "master" (2nd choice). Plug the CD-ROM (or DVD device) into IDE2; Plug the hard drive cable into IDE1. For now, don't plug anything into IDE3.
Your power supply is probably adequate, but beware. While many PS'es are "high wattage," many don't deliver enough power to the critical 3.3V bus. Check to make sure that your PS is rated for AT LEAST 28 Amps for the 3.3VDC supply. If not, get a new ANTEC TRUE PS that is. Don't skimp on power; it's like you skimping on food, then running a marathon.
Only install (1) 256MB module in one of the two slots that are together. I recommend the slot closest to the CPU.
If you are running a video card, remove it and use the IGP for now.
Now, power up, and when you get the logo screen, go into your BIOS by pressing the delete key. If your screen is blank and just sits there, then power off, unplug the computer, and set the "clear CMOS jumper." Wait 30 seconds, replace jumper, plug in power cord, and restart computer.
When you get to BIOS, make certain that it sees both drives in the first BIOS screen. Set your time and day (if you like) and then go to the second screen and set your CD-ROM/DVD as the first boot device, set the HD0 as the second (it should already be that way), hit and save and exit, but don't set anything else. Your computer should now boot from the CD-ROM and try to install Windows (I assume XP.) When it asks for you to press F6 to load RAID drivers, don't.
Choose to format your drive using NTFS, don't choose the quick format.
Report back!

MSI K7N2G-ILSR onboard video initialization problems

Hi, today I replaced my wife's trusty Abit KT7 motherboard with a MSI K7N2G-ILSR. I used the onboard video since she doesn't play games. Everything seemed to be working fine until I went to boot it up. The computer started up as usual, but the monitor did not intialize like it should. The message on the monitor said that " the monitor was working correctly and to check the cord or the computer." I rechecked all of the connections and everything seemed to be installed correctly. I thought that maybe there was something wrong with the onboard video, so I decided to install the Radeon 9000 that was in the old system. To my suprise I received the same message when I started the computer up the second time. I have built several systems and have never encountered a problem like this before. I read the thread about problems with the Radeon cards, but no one mentions anything about problems with the onboard video. I am using a Duron 750, Antec 330 watt PSU and 512 megs of Kingston Value Ram. I know that several posters have recommended that nforce 2 users need a more pwerful PSU and better ram, but I have a hard time beleiving that those things would cause the video not to intilaize. I would appreciate any feedback and/or suggestions because I need to make a desision about hwat to do with this board. Thx.

Well I appreciate the replys. I formated the harddrive before I installed the motherboard because I was worried that the via drivers would cause problems when I booted it up and installed Win XP. Bonz, you are right, I am just guessing that everything is OK since I can hear the system start up, but I can't see anything since the video never intializes. I rechecked all of the connections and even took the motherboard out and reinstalled the cpu, memory and motherboard and the same thing happened. I started thinking something was wrong with the monitor so I unplugged the monitor from my system, which I know works, and it did the same thing. I just wish I could get the video to intialize so I could see to get into the bios to look around. I will check the jumpers on the board and continue to mess around with it. I would appreciate any feedback I can get. Thx again.

MSI K7N2G-ILSR will not boot from CD!!!

Specs:
MSI K7N2G-ILSR
40 GB Maxtor HD (IDE1 Master)
HP 9100i CDRW (IDE2 Master)
AMD XP 1800+
512 Megs PC2100 DDR
I cannot get this thing to boot from a CD for the life of me. I have tried using 4 different CD drives. I have tried both IDE channels. I have ran both drives jumperless.
Bios recognises the drive. I have Floppy, CDROM, HDD1 as the boot sequence. I have tried switching the boot sequence around.
I am completely stumped and extremely frustrated. Somebody, please help me. ANY advice would be appreciated, let's get this problem solved!

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another issue i haven't mentioned is that even when I put the FSB to 133 it says my XP 1800+ is running at 1150 Mhz
this sounds like mb jumpers are misfigured....set jumper j10 to pins 1-2 and make sure j11 is inplace......boot the system and set fsb to 133....fsb/dram to 1.1 all timings manual..6/3/3/2.5.....everything else at defaults....see if it will run.
thanks for pointing that out!
the jumpers were in the wrong place. i should have read the manual more in depth instead of being in a hurry. i feel like such an idiot!
everything seems to be running fine. time will tell i guess.
thanks everybody!

MSI K7N2G-ILSR Problem! Need help!

Hi,i bought a K7N2G-ILSR last year when i was in Germany. This mainboard never worked as well... I wanted to work with Athlon XP 2500+ and Dual Channel 256MB+256MB=512MB 400 Mhz DDR-Ram. It hasn't worked when i first wanted to use and i changed the jumper to the securit mode than it worked but it has never opened with one button pushing.I was always trying to get screen vision with 3-5 closing and opening.One day i tried to get the jumper back and i tried to open but it never worked. I got the jumper securit again but again never worked. I tried everything but it never worked after that event. Normally i had to inform it at first and give it back or give it to the repairing but i couldn't have time. Now i have to do it this time. Now i want to change this or something else but in Turkey. I am living in Turkey and does MSI Support Centre change it or repair it? What can i do to get rid of this problem. Need help!
Thanks for your helps from now!

MSI K7N2G-ILSR Mainboard 11X166
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
2X256 MB PC 3200 Twinmos
OnBoard Graphic Card
Samsung 40 GB 5400rpm HDD
300 Watt Power Supply
I dont have more infos but i can find out if you want...

MSI K7N2G-ILSR chipset fan stopped working. Help please.

I have an MSI K7N2G-ILSR motherboard. A couple days ago I started hearing a fluttering/groaning noise coming from inside the machine. I finally discovered it was coming from the small fan on the chipset.
Well, today I decided to try and take the fan off and fix it. After I blew some dust off of it, I put it back on the chipset heatsink and it failed to work at all. It's now broken.
Here are some questions I have.
1. Are these fans easy to replace? Where can I get one? Any brand suggestions?
2. I'm currently running my computer without this fan (but the heatsink is still affixed to the chipset). Is this bad? Will it kill my computer?
3. If it won't "kill" my computer what are the downsides to having no fan on the chipset?
4. My temperatures are now 10 degrees lower than when the fan was actually working. Have any idea why the temperatures are lower?

i also used the vantec one (copper like Flatblader) i got it at fry's for $10, it seems to be quieter and i used the smaller extra heatsink on the southbridge (just because it fits, i don't think it really gets all that hot) and i haven't found anywhere to put the other extra heatsink (bigger than the southbridge)
as for the hsf assembly, it comes off pretty easy, but you have to take the mobo out of the case (there are two little pegs you have to squeeze and push out from the bottom of the board) the heatsink is kinda sharp, i cut my finger pretty good trying to get it off
other than that, $10 for a copper hsf plus two extra heatsinks isn't bad in my book, and it looks kinda nice

MSI K7N2G-ILSR missing d-bracket

I bought a MSI K7N2G-ILSR Skt A board from ebuyer in the UK. :]
On opening the box, I noted that the D-Bracket2 was missing from the box (but listed on the contents list on the side). :(
I am having no luck getting the component from the company I bought it from, and I then find all the MSI email and phone numbers are for distributors only ! ?(
How do I get the missing part now, as I am missing 2 USB sockets I was counting on when purchasing this board. ?(
Brummieman

I too bought my mobo from ebuyer and it was also missing the D- Bracket. After a number of e-notes I finally got this response from them:-
The brackets never actually shipped out with this motherboard though they should have. We will be getting these brackets in shortly so i will have the brackets forwarded on ASAP.
Regards
Rick
Ebuyer Support
I originally reported this to them on 10th Feb and finally got the reply on 19th Feb, however, I am still waiting for the D-Bracket..

Memory clock on Msi-K7n2G-ILSR

I was using Fuzzy logic 4 and and on the MSI info it could tell that my memory clock was on 100 mhz
i am using 2x 512ddr pc 2100 that should be on 133mhz?
can some one tell me what i should do ?(

the same thing on my system,, ,when the computer boots it says ddr 333,,,, but fussy is showing memory clock at 100 mhz.... i dont see in the bios where you can clock this other than the normal 166 thing for cpu voltage...
just curious,,, i mean the system is running great, just want to get all that i am suspose too....
later

RAM and other Q's for MSI k7n2g-ilsr

I had a friend buy this board and he got kingston ram and the kingston ram failed on him so he got CERTified samsung ram and i thought IM not paying :O $150 for 512 RAM. X(
I saw the Article about ram recommendations for this board but im paranoid you could say. I want to buy either cosiar 2 sticks of 256(Model#: CMX256A-2700C2 ) or could i get 2 sticks of 512 coaisar ram (Model#: CMX512-2700C2 ) and I want to be able to use onboard video for a while then pick myself up a radeon 9700 or a 9800 pro and have no conflicts ? PLease email me or post a reply . Oh and is this board come with IDE 100 or 133 ?
THe only thing wrong with this board is that the audio connector is in the way if you wanted to put a pci card in that slot. )
:P BY the way Im upgrading from a kt266 msi motherboard with 512 RAM, Amd 1700 and aN Ati 9000. :P

You can read the specs of this board on MSI's website directly to answer those types of questions...
Reagarding your memory, don't take my post lightly as most ppl have had major problems when buying cheaper memory for this board...it's up to you what direction you want to go in regards to this...have problems or don't...Mushkin is a great buy for it's stability and O/Cing ability if that's what you're into...
Most of the ppl are rolling the dice with any of the nForce2 boards out there right now being that they're new on the market, if you want assured no problems go with something a bit older and that should be cool...
I wouldn't rely on using the onboard video if you plan on gaming...most are having issues with it...
MSI and ATI are working on a known issue with Radeons and this board right now and hopefully will release a new BIOS to fix it soon...only have problems on the 1.3/3.4 ILSR/IL versions tho...
There are other issues regarding this board, do a search on this forum and you'll read for days heheheh
I did like this board when I had it working tho (I haven't tried to fix it yet so...) it was fast and the sound was great!! Overall I like the board, but you can't skrimp on memory costs or PSU cause this board is power hungry..
Cheers!! 8)

MSI p67A G45 memory issue

Link just for kicks:http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-G45--B3-.html
(ram for reference as well:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104239)
So initially when I purchased the board I failed to recognize that my ram's voltage was too high (1.65 V) and rated 1600 rather than the native 1333, 1.5 V
I still have an additional 8 GB of 1600 1.65 v Ram and I'd like to at least put 1 more stick in, which if I understand right, should still be achievable (as I understand the 4th stick is what puts the voltage level too high for the board to handle without entering bios and manually changing voltage/timing/etc of ram)
My current ram is set up in DIMM 1 and 3
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xxxxxxx
If I were to add 1 more stick, would I then move the dual channel to 1 and 2, and the 3rd stick into DIMM 3?
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Thanks for the help!

Quote from: Nv1sion on 21-August-12, 04:59:27
Ok, I just realized xmp was not enabled all this time, but before I go and try to install my second set of dual channel ram (I have 2 sets of 4gb x 2, only one 4gbx2 set in use right now) I want to confirm that everything is a-ok. I just enabled xmp and ran cpuid and it is showing my DRAM Frequency at 798.3 MHZ (which is obviously very close to 1600 when doubled). I'm not a computer whiz by any means, so my guess is that because the memory is dual channel that's why it appears with that frequency in cpu-id but clocked at 1600 in the bios?
Thanks for all your help - appreciate it!.
Everything is working fine now! Feels good to have that memory in the machine running, after sitting around 8 months. The issue must have been that xmp was disabled by default upon installation of the new ram, and this caused problems? Not really sure, in any case it is 100 % working with xmp enabled, and clocked @ 1600 mhz with 1.65 v.
Many thanks to all your help in solving this issue for me.
Hope you all have a great day!

MOVED: MSI 990FX-GD80 memory issues

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Undervolting & Modding Corner.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=151646.0

op, mods, admins, MSI staff - you can view the issue by:
1) flash bios .1 off the web site and clear cmos for good behaviour.
2) put sticks in for dual channel sockets.
3) select ddr3-1600, save and exit.
4) memtest (latest one) from a boot disk.
5) test reports (and so will windows) 64bit DC with a stick reserved and you will get through with no errors. windows will also boot but your 2nd stick won't be available.
6) reboot.
7) change memory to unganged for 128bit SC and the board will fail to post with a code of 54.
8) clear cmos back to defaults to get back in.
9) flash *any* other bios *after* version .1 (either .2 off the site - or one of the b3x betas from places), keep the sticks in the same sockets and run memtest again at 1600. you will find it hangs the *second* it tries to access the 2nd stick and if you can get into windows - you will find that you are in 64bit SC mode (even though you haven't touched the sticks) and still 1 stick will be reserved.
MSI STAFF, MODS, WHOEVER... on certain chips... this board doesn't use/initialise/work with/switch on half of the IMC. it's not an OC issue. it's not a 1600 issue. it's not a XMP issue. it's having a rubbish UEFI bios that was written by drunken chimpanzees and all you're doing by making your customers go round in circles is make us all buy another brand of product in the future.
OP - you've the same issue as me. my board'll be going back to the shop for a refund after the UK holiday I think. support have had my ticket in for 3 weeks. first they sent me a scan of the instruction book and 2 weeks later said they will get a engineer to look at it. 150GBP for 3 weeks downtime. bargain.

MSI 990FX-GD80 memory issues

just recently purchased the 990fx-gd80 and all i have had is issues with the ram.
i have been testing constantly for 2 days now and come to the conclusion the ram i have bought isnt supported at all
i can only achieve DDR3-1333Mhz 8-9-8-22, because if i take it any higher windows puts 2063mb of the ram into "hardware reserved" in resource monitor.
i have tried all the fixes in the world like msconfig boot options, DDR voltages, manual timings, memory remapping options and basically everything else!
i have the full 4GB running in windows now but i cant achieve the rated 1600mhz speed set by the manufacture.
i have attached the SPD information of the ram below.

op, mods, admins, MSI staff - you can view the issue by:
1) flash bios .1 off the web site and clear cmos for good behaviour.
2) put sticks in for dual channel sockets.
3) select ddr3-1600, save and exit.
4) memtest (latest one) from a boot disk.
5) test reports (and so will windows) 64bit DC with a stick reserved and you will get through with no errors. windows will also boot but your 2nd stick won't be available.
6) reboot.
7) change memory to unganged for 128bit SC and the board will fail to post with a code of 54.
8) clear cmos back to defaults to get back in.
9) flash *any* other bios *after* version .1 (either .2 off the site - or one of the b3x betas from places), keep the sticks in the same sockets and run memtest again at 1600. you will find it hangs the *second* it tries to access the 2nd stick and if you can get into windows - you will find that you are in 64bit SC mode (even though you haven't touched the sticks) and still 1 stick will be reserved.
MSI STAFF, MODS, WHOEVER... on certain chips... this board doesn't use/initialise/work with/switch on half of the IMC. it's not an OC issue. it's not a 1600 issue. it's not a XMP issue. it's having a rubbish UEFI bios that was written by drunken chimpanzees and all you're doing by making your customers go round in circles is make us all buy another brand of product in the future.
OP - you've the same issue as me. my board'll be going back to the shop for a refund after the UK holiday I think. support have had my ticket in for 3 weeks. first they sent me a scan of the instruction book and 2 weeks later said they will get a engineer to look at it. 150GBP for 3 weeks downtime. bargain.

MSI K7N2G-ILSR + MSI NX7600GS-TD256Z -- compatiblity

Hi
I tried to connect this video card to this mainboard but I couldnt get it working together.
I have 400W bequiet! PSU. Power connector was plugged-in to the card.
There is no signal on the monitor (LCD via DVI), no matter what I try.
AGP slot is working with other graphic card so its either some strange compatibility issue(?) or graphic card is faulty?
In specifications it says • Intel Pentium IV (and above), AMD K8 (and above) or compatible with AGP slot, does it matter this board is for AMD K7 processors?
I can change default 1.5V for AGP up to 1.8V in BIOS, but Im not sure it would do any good.
Thanks in advance.

First of all, you should try and test the card in another computer, as already suggested, before spending more money on this system.
Secondly, this concerns me:
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I have 400W bequiet! PSU.
BeQuiet PSUs are junk, not quite in the same league as Q-Tec, but as bad as Codegen. Test with another more powerful PSU (before buying another one), preferably with at least 20a on a single 12v rail.

MSI K8N NEO Memory Issue!! @200MHZ??

Well Im having Errors again.. Disappointment yet again Though Im pretty sure what the problem is but Dont really know how to fix it through bios with this Motherboard.. It says My Memory is @ 200.. and I get this Messege in windows ''PNF_LIST_CORRUPT'' ... happens occasionally not very often now.. it was the same problem i was having a while ago.. Now Im pretty sure its memory.. Is it because its at 200 and not 400? or am i wrong? LMK Thanks!

Formalentity, if your having to run the memory on CAS 3 and slow timings then it's really going to have a negative effect on your system. The ram could be faulty do as Tiresmoke suggested (if you haven't already) and run memtest86+. If there are no errors then it means your memory is.. well crap
Oh Pinochio, I wouldn't worry about your memory problem I had the EXACT same thing and had to put my 1 stick of 512 ram into dimm 3 in order for it to work right (originally tried Dimm 1). I got another 512 stick a few days back and put it into dimm 1 (with the other stick still in dimm 3) and my system is running flawlessly.
Seems you have to have memory in dimm 3 and then you can add more to dimm 1 without problems.

Msi x38 platinum memory issues

Hi theare. I have strange problem with my mobo. Some time ago my ocz 2x2Gb ocz platinum cl 7-7-7 (ocz3p16004gk) died, so send them back. Meanvile ive buyd 4Gb of patriot viper 2 llk xmp 1600Mhz 7-7-7. When my ocz mem came ive put them among with patriots. My post shows Cpu and reboots mobo. Ive tried both sets separately, and worked perfectly! Is theare anny way to use 2 sets of 2x2 stix at same time ? Plz help 8 gigs looks better than 4 ;-] Tnx for help mobo has latest bios

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And iff work how to set best timings without removing 2x2 ?
anny short way ?
See if the above settings work for all 4 sticks. If they don't you can either keep experimenting with different settings (and you may never find any), or use identical sticks of RAM.

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