MSI K7N420 PRO & Philips CDRW1208

I can't get this philips burner working properly with this mobo. anyone got any ideas how to fix that problem?
I've dl-ed all latest drives for mobo and cdrwdrivers.
Nothing helps...the philips only get's into PIO mode (UDMA isn't possible) and when i burn a cd or transfer files from that cdrw to my Harddisc my machine get's ultra slow. So when i burn a cd i can't do anything else X(
I've got a Athlon XP 1800+, 786MB DDR-RAM, 2x 40gig IBM 7200, 1x 80gig maxtor 5400, and ofcoarse this MSI K7N420 PRO mobo.
Hope anyone knows what to do with this...
ps: i also mailed Philips bout this and they told me to get all latest drivers for all this hardware and stuff blalba the usual they say....

I had a similar problem with a cheap CD (read-only) that wouldn't copy my Dungeon siege files properly. I bought a CDRW (only slightly more expensive) of a different make and it works perfectly.
The Nforce board has performed flawlessly throughtout, but I had either a bad drive or just a cheap one. Go figure.
I'd say, try another drive and see how it works. There's an old saying (please excuse the epithet): "Ya can't make chicken salad outta chicken sh*t." Quality does play a part is making a system work.
Best of luck,
Rocket

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MSI K7N420 Pro continous reboots while starting up

I have a computer with the following specs:
MSI-K7N420 Pro
AMD Athalon 1800
Crucial 256MB Ram PC2100
ON board Video
Quantum 40GB HD
Windows XP Pro
Codegen Power Supply 400 W
+5V - 40 Amps = 200W
+3.3V - 20 Amps = 66 W
+12 V - 12 Amps = 144 W
When the system is started up it will show the Windows XP Pro Screen loading, it will then flash a Blue Screen with some error text ~ 200ms and then the computer monitor will show a No Signal Message. The computer will reboot like it is in a loop. Randomly it will make it through the boot and go to safe mode, sometimes it will say the windows had a serious error and when it reports it to microsoft, the response from Microsoft is that the VGA Driver was hung up in a infinite thread. Please check video drivers. After it makes it through the boot sequence, it will run normally sometimes for days before it starts this routine over again. I have the latest bios, drivers and windows updates currently installed. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, it seemed to start having most of the problems when Windows XP Service Pack 2 was installed. Six months ago, I had to reformat my harddrive due to missing system files (i.e. ntldr.dll, and others). No problems where found on the Hard drive.
Thanks in advance,
David Thomas

this has been discussed on this forum, a search will reveal all the info you want to know.
there was a batch of bad capacitors in the taiwanese market to put it short.
A google search will also reveal more
http://badcaps.net/

No onboard sound- MSI k7n420 Pro after installing ATiI 9700 pro

I'm not sure if this has been answered previously.
I just installed an ATI 9700 pro on my MSI K7N420 Pro. Video card works great, but sound is absent after installing vid card.
In device manager shows yellow marks on nforce audio codec interface and nforce midi Uart. The former says: NtKern.vxd device loader for this device could not load the device driver. THe latter says: This device is either not present,, not working properly, or does not have all drivers installed.
I tried reinstalling the drivers using the windows files present in system, but nothing changed.
I'm not sure what to do next.
Any help would be appreciated.
System hardware:
MSI K7n420 MB with onboard sound & video, ver 1.05
ATI 9700 Pro video card
512 MB ram pc2100
40 GB western HD
win98

Hi,
Win98 - SE? Although this board (K7N420) works fine with Win 98 it can have driver issues (although, it's that long since I installed it - I can't remember what they were!). An upgrade to XP (Pro if possible) should be at the top of your Xmas list - then issues such as the one you're having should be a thing of the past
The card will work with DirectX 8 but as far as I know the 9700 is fully DirectX 9 compatible - so you should really install it as it enables more features.
You can find your BIOS version on the initial boot screen!
Have you any IRQ conflicts? - Check device manager.
Is PNP OS enabled in your BIOS? if so disable it and see what happens. Also Enable APIC! (BIOS)
Axel

MSI K7N420 Pro 200GB Atapi

Hi,
I have a MSI K7N420 Pro motherboard, and I just bought a 200GB Atapi MAXTOR harddisk, but I don't think it supports this large harddisks, what can I do about this ?
EDIT: The maximum I can get is 128GB !!!

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html
im sure the bios sees all 200 gb so its your o/s

MSI K7N420 Pro + Adaptec DuoConnect + Maxtor 5000DV = USB 2.0 & FireWi

I've had my MSI K7N420 Pro for about a year and apart from initial teething problems it's been rock solid (BIOS v2.2). After much deliberation I decided not to upgrade the motherboard and purchased the Adaptec DuoConnect PCI card to add USB 2.0 & FireWire ports along with an external Maxtor 5000DV USB 2.0 / FireWire combo HDD.
A couple of frustrating days later I've concluded this motherboard does not like the DuoConnect and in fact it may be related to this nForce PCI write issue referred to elsewhere. Some tests I did include:
(1) the HDD works fine attached to the built-in USB 2.0 & FireWire ports in a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP
(2) the HDD works fine attached to the DuoConnect USB 2.0 & FireWire ports in a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP
(3) the HDD works fine attached to the built-in USB 1.1 ports in the MSI K7N420 Pro
(4) the HDD fails miserably attached to the DuoConnect USB 2.0 & FireWire ports in the MSI K7N420 Pro
In last case I would always get dialog boxes popup about a "Delayed Write Failure" and / or errors like the following in the event log:
Event Type:   Error
Event Source:   sbp2port
Event Category:   None
Event ID:   9
Date:      11/01/2003
Time:      22:39:21
User:      N/A
Computer:   HAL
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 9 ) in Source ( sbp2port ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: .
Event Type:   Warning
Event Source:   Disk
Event Category:   None
Event ID:   51
Date:      11/01/2003
Time:      22:39:21
User:      N/A
Computer:   HAL
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\DR2 during a paging operation.
I have updated all software drivers etc to be the latest version. The only thing left is the BIOS, which I am very reluctant to flash unless others think it will help.
Has anyone else had these problems? Does anyone else think it is related to the nForce PCI write issue and will this ever get fixed in a new BIOS??
MSI K7N420 Pro (BIOS v2.2)
Windows 2000 SP 3
nVidia nForce drivers v2.0

Well I flashed to 2.7 without any problems... used /CC /LD switches to clear CMOS and load defaults afterwards.
The results are a mixed bag... the HDD works fine attached to the USB 2.0 ports! However attached to the FireWire ports it either fails to detect, or if I boot with the drive connected it detects but has an error in the event log and fails to show the HDD in the file explorer.
I did't expect different slots to make a difference as I'm using ACPI / IPCA (APIC disabled), but I tried 3 different slots anyway to no avail... the IRQs were always assigned to shared IRQ 11 as expected.

MSI K7N420 Pro SoundMax CNR Card

I have recently purchased a computer that uses the Msi K7N420 Pro
motherboard. It came with a CNR card made by Soundmax, which has
no documentation. When I plugged my Klipsch Promedia 5.1 speakers
into it I ended up with only the front two speakers working. (I tested on Star
Wars Episode I, and Shrek. Both use Dolby Digital 5.1) I have all my WindowsXP
home settings at 5.1 sound, and I have refitted the card multiple times
with no luck, as well as updating all the drivers and the bios to the
latest. When I run the setup program for the card (found my browsing
the MSI CD) I get a message that says something to the extent of
"Driver not detected, please reboot and try again." I decided to
search Windows to see if it is detecting the card and I came up with
no results. I dont think that the plug and play is picking it up.
I am wondering if this CNR card has a jumper setting on it, or something
I can do to it to get it work. I'm pretty sure the problem lies either
in the card or in the slot that it fits into. Please Help!!!

I switched the output to Stereo instead of dolby surround (Like I had done a thousand times before) and this time it worked!! On that 6channel audio file all six channels were working. I then tested it in Shrek (the only DVD sitting near my CD right now) and the center didnt seem to be firing but the rears were working so i'm sure its just the movie. Thanks a lot!!
I'm also wondering about the SPDIF. My speakers do not have an SPDIF in on them, but if I connect my motherboard to my CNR with the SPDIF will it improve at all? Thanks again!!

MSI K7N420 Pro: no 5.1 sound

hi everyone,
it's been two years that i bought my MSI K7N420 Pro mobo. I spent lotz of hours to search for a sollution to get 5.1 sound by the onboard soundcard. I have a Desktop Theater 5.1 from creative, but i never heard the middle speaker, not even when playing dvd .
I'm very disappointed in my mobo, and i'm thinking of getting an other soundcard, like the live 5.1. Can anyone help me getting the onboard card to work
Whoever who has a hint, plz let me know.
Thanks.

you can use it with digital out via spidif
to get analogue 3 channel out you needed to buy a seperate cnr riser card they did not send with it but was avaidable seperate to get the other 2 connections
but ive not seen one in ages

MSI K7N420 Pro PROBLEM 1280x1024@85Hz

Hi! I purchased K7N420Pro and i like it.. BUT with my Philips 19" 109B20 i can't adjust to 1280x1024@85Hz! The picture is not sharp (It looks like I've drunken too much beer )! @75Hz it is OK!!!! With my 'old' ATI Xpert 2000 card it was no problem... I have latest BIOS and latest MSI drivers. PLEASE HELP....

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You can't be serious! I was using a G400 before the onboard vid & yes the onboard looked like crap, but the Ti4200 looking just as good? I have a Ti4600 (pretty much the same card), and I am still not satisfied. Matrox rules on crisp 2D display.
Paazel,
I'm running 1280x960 on a "higher mid-end" Trinitron monitor. I've used the G400 on this monitor, then the nForce onboard GPU for about two months (to be able to play GTA3), and now the GF4. I can't directly compare the G400 to the Ti4200 cause there's two months in between, but I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to tell them apart in a blind test.
It took nVidia three years, but they have caught up to the image quality standards set by the G400. Parhelia raises the bar to a whole new level, but if you're not in the graphics/print industry, I think it's not cost-effective enough to be a viable choice.
In short, I really think the GF4 Ti is as good as the G400 in desktop image quality, and I really think I'm not nuts. I don't use TV-out or dual-display, so I can't comment there. Obviously, it's my opinion based on my standards for what's good image quality and you need not agree.
I just want you to know that I have given the matter a lot of attention before I drew this conclusion.
Regards,
Doc OC
On an amusing sidenote: it was the Parhelia press release (specifically: the paper comparing signal quality in oscilloscope graphs) that convinced me the GF4 was good enough to meet my standards . Better than the R8500, in fact.

K7N420 Pro v.1.0 - No support for anything over 100Mhz FSB

I have the MSI K7N420 Pro v.1.0 and I've tried 3 different known good CPUs in this board. (2 Athlon XP 1700+ and 1 Athlon 1.2ghz). Both Athlon XPs are designated: AX1700DMT3C, while the 1.2Ghz is designated A1200AMS3C. I tried several different memory modules from 128MB to 512MB individually and in pairs / and in one memory slot at a time or side-by-side slots. And two PSUs: 1 250W Enlight and a 500W "off brand". I have 1 IDE hard drive and 1 CD ROM. I was able to install Windows once, using one of the 1700+, but then realized that it only registered as a 1100Ghz. Went into the BIOS and changed it to the proper setting (133/266/66) and it registered as the 1700+. But soon after the boot the system just goes black and halts. After a long diagnosis (and updating the BIOS), I've found that when I raise the FSB setting to anything over 100Mhz, the motherboard can't handle it. What is that all about? Is this motherboard FUBAR or what?

The high temp. is partly because of the fast memory. It can however get bettered with a reseating of the processor, or rather a better processor heat sink & fan (HSF).
Before you give up, try this:
Reseating time
You need:
a star shaped, Philips screwdriver, and an ordinary flat one
strong, preferably chemical alcohole and/or Acetonic
a tuss of cotton
clean, preferably dust free cloths
thermal grease, preferably Arctic Silver
good light and a large kitchen table
some patience
a vacuum cleaner, preferably reversible, or a can of compressed air is not bad.
Pull the power cable out, and disconnect mouse, keyboard and such cables from the rear.
Put the case with the open side up on the kitchen table or similar. Have a newspaper under to prevent scratches.
Disconnect all cabling and possible AGP- and PCI-cards from the motherboard. It isn't absolutely necessary, but you might as well take the memory out too, as it will give you more freedom later.
With a philips screwdriver /star shaped/ unfasten the motherboard. When lifting it out I normally use the heat sink. Lift slowly.
Put the motherboard beside the case on something a bit soft, a cloth or a thick newspaper. Use an ordinary, flat, screwdriver to unfasten the heat sink. You push a clip down, and when that is loose it's easy to lift the heat sink off.
Clean both the bottom of the heat sink and the processor chip from old thermal grease. This is important! Strong alcohole and oil free Acetonic and a tuss(?) of cotton are good for this. After the cleaning, dry with a clean cloth.
If it is possible, use high-pressure air to blow the heat sink fins free of dust.
Make a note of the model no. on the processor.
Put the processor back on. Add a small drop of new thermal grease on the very chip of the processor. The drop might be half the size of a corn of rice. Spread it out with a plastic card: American Express Gold.
Make a virtual seating of the heat sink, so you are sure where to finally fasten the clip.
This might sound like a major task, but when prepared you'll do it in about fifteen minutes.
Before putting the motherboard back, you might have a look to see if the case needs some dry cleaning. Also have a look at the PSU and the cards. Don't use anything than air.
Here is some additional, illustrated, guidance:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/23986.pdf

K7N420 Pro drivers unknown

Good Evening,
Hello, I had to reinstall my OS recently. Upon reinstall, 5 drivers
were not found. They are:
PCI Device
Ethernet Controller
Multimedia AudioController
Multimedia Audio Controller
Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
Video Controller
One is the Radeon 9500, however, the one that is the most
important is the Ethernet Controller. I attempted to reinstall this driver
using the i386 directory on the Windows 2000 CD. It did not find a device
driver. I tried the same with the CD that came with this motherboard. It
also did not find a driver. The 6373 manual did not tell me which device
driver I would need to get these devices to function. I would like to get
all of these to function except one of the Video drivers, I'll handle that
myself later.
Where can I get these drivers? What am I missing?
Galen
AMD Athlon XP 1800
MSI K7N420 Pro
Video chipset unknown
HD Seagate Barracuda
Audio Driver unknown
SPI 350W PS
Win 2000 Pro w/no SP

short answer: the nvidia nforce platform driver is indicated nowhere.
Long answer: The nvidia drivers are "reference drivers". Theoretically, the system integrators test and release them under their own name for their own platform (you can find those under the driver tab in the MSI description). However, this process takes time and is done unfrequently. Moreover, they are just rebadged reference drivers.
So, just grab the latest nvidia drivers and all will be OK.

Need help setting up a new k7n420 pro

I just purchase the following for a budget computer and would like to know what procedures I should use to install the hardware with special attention to software and drivers. I plan on using Windows XP Home + SP1 and the following:
MSI K7N420 Pro ($67)
Codegen Case with AMD approved 400 Watt PS ($63)
1 x 256 Crucial PC2100 ($56)
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Retail ($74)
Onboard graphics and sound for setup
Sony CD-RW 48 x 24 x 48 CDU215A1 ($46)
32X CD-ROM from old computer
1.44 Floppy from old computer
6.4 GB HD from old computer
I plan on getting the following in the next week or two:
AGP CARD
-Geforce4 TI4200
-Geforce3 TI200 or TI500
-ATI Radeon 8500LE
-ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
and a
40 or 60GB Maxtor 7200 RPM Drive
any suggestions we the following requirements:
The most value for the littlest amount of money. Must support DX8.1. I have $310.00 in the parts right now and don't really want to go over $450.00.
Back to setup. I need help with the order to install drivers and software and versions. In addition, were can I get these versions. Emphasis on stable computer, I don't game very much but will venture into a few flight simulators soon.
Any help greatly appreciated
David Thomas

David,
The only change would be the Power Supply. Get if you can an Antec TruePower. You can get a True330W for around $55.00 and it is well worth it if you are going to upgrade from onboard graphics in the next week or so.
The GeForce4 Ti4200 is the best bang for the buck at them moment, and they are getting hard to find in the 64Mb 4X Version. If you can get one for $125.00 you are doing very well and will be very happy with your computer.
Good Luck,
Richard

K7N420 Pro: amd processor speed?

Hi,
i was wondering with the MSI K7N420 Pro, what's the fastest amd processor that can be installed, right now i have an athlon 1800+.
Where can this information be found by the way?
Thanks.

any thrbrd cpu with a 266fsb rating they make with uptodate bios
so xp 2600 is possible but most xp 2600 are 333 fsb not the 266 you need
so be carefull
dont get a thornton they dont work with it

K7N420 pro MSI 6952 TV-Out Riser Card troubles

just wondering if anyone has gotten the MSI 6952 TV-Out Riser Card to go with their K7N420 pro motherboard and if so how do you get it to work as ive tried for months on end and i still have many failed attempts at getting it to function

It is your drivers. You need to get the 29.XX series of detonator drivers and use those to get tv-out to function.
I had a K7N420 and a tv-out card... long dead, exploded caps. I recall that the last version of the detonators that worked for sure was the 29.20s. I experience the same difficulty with my geforce3 Ti500 and the new drivers... no tv-out signal as the drivers cannot seem to detect the presence of a tv on the other end of the svideo cable.
Try it out and see if it works

K7N420 pro boot problems?

my K7N420 pro has been working great for at least a year but has recently developed a problem...
I leave my PC always on most times and last week when i wiggled my mouse to wake it up nothing happened so i hit reset. It got to various stages of the boot up process but kept resting it self or sticking either at the bios msi splash screen and some times almost booted windows but said my c:/windows/system32/system file was corrupt and that I'd need to reload my recovery disk.
to make a long story shorter, I discovered that one of my case fans was not spinning, I pulled the power for it and then everything was fine again, for a week....
last night I loaded a new program and had to reset and the same boot issues happened, only somewhat worse, happened again. this time ocasionaly the splash screen was all distorted or it would prompt me that my bios checksum was invalid and asked to put my system floppy in. but on each power off or reset, it sometimes got past that but would hang saying my system file was corrupt again. I kept resetting it with different results and it eventualy booted and is now running fine though I am afraid to reset.
I have a suspicion my bios battery may be the cause? PC alert tells me my bios battery is at 3.10 volts? I went into my bios when it wasnt booting and everything looked in order there, even monitored my voltages in the system health section and all looked good with the excetion that my 3.3 voltage line seemed to fluctuate quite a bit. between 3.2 and 3.3 and is still shown to do the same in PC alert even though im up and running now.
could this be my bios battery? any help, or suggestions appreciated.
OdBall
3dmark2001 score = 8280
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=4104680
mobo = K7N420 pro
cpu = AMD 2000xp
ram = 2x 256k pc2100
vid = gforce 3 ti-500

Sorry, I don't know much about my PSU other then its a generic 350W that came with my case. as my sytem is still running now, its dificult to get at the label to tell you more.
The reason I think its my bios battery or the bios prom is that I only have trouble at boot up time when the system needs to read it. Is their a bios diagnostic I can run while my system is up and running?
As I said in my initial post, I rarely turn my system off so both times I had problems the system was warm inititaly. On both ocasions I let it cool down after several attempts to reboot but it made no differance. The first time, I was sure that my psu was the issue for it booted clean after unplugging the stuck case fan. but when it exibited the same symptems the next time I reset, a week later, I'm not so sure any more. thats why I posted my concerns here.
I know that the stuck case fan could not have been good for my PSU and am prepared to replace it, I just feel that if it were my PSU at fault it wouldn't only cause me problems at boot up... I have been up and running again for several days now since that last reset with out any issues.
I have everything I need backed up now and will attempt to reset it again this weekend when I have time to play with it. Actualy, I think I'll just shut down and replace the battery first, I suppose it would be prudant to replace the PSU as well before attempting to power back up but then I'll never know for sure what was at fault if it works.

K7N420 Pro Sound problems in Win98SE

When i do a clean install of Win98 SE and only install the nForce Drivers, on my K7N420 Pro BIOS v2.8 mainboard. (I tested the nVidia v2.41 drivers and the drivers from MSI v2.29) All media which is played with the Media Player is played too fast. I think this is a driver issue.
I tested with Windows XP, with the XP drivers from nVidia (v2.45) and there was played everything at the correct speed.
Is there a fix for the, I think, audio drivers or is there an other simple solution.

http://www.rm.com/docs/files/pc/q242937.exe
install that

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