MSI k9a Platinum + PowerColor 1950 pro extreme + bios v1.6

Hello! At motherboard stood version firmware v1.4 Run test 3DMark2005 and received 10,444 importance to my configuration (which is a good figure). Then Live Update pointed out that there are newer BIOS v1.6, I flash. Then began receiving in 7048 3DMark2005 :( Tried to reinvent the windows XP, set new driver, not helped, Clear CMOS. ReFlash to version v1.3 (why not found on the website version v1.4), and miracle! 3DMark2005 shows 10456 . It can be concluded to reduce speed blame new BIOS. So do not recommend placing Edition v1.4 above.
Sorry for my English. I used a translator from GOOGLE
AMD 5200+ windsor
MSI k9a platinum
PowerColor X1950 PRO Extreme 256MB
DDR-2 1Gb 800 Elixir *2
Western Digital Serial ATA II (WD3200AAJS) - 8Mb, 7200rpm
Chieftec LBX-02BBSL 450W

Here we go AGAIN, I will explain this AGAIN .......
Do not flash the bios if there aren't any problems!
Flashing the bios is only usefull if you experience compatibility problems between certain hardware devices in your pc. So, leave the bios alone!
A BIOS IS NOT A DRIVER!
And, like it is with drivers, newer is not always better! Some driver/bios are meant only for newer hardwaremodels.
LEAVE IT ALONE, UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MESS WITH IT.
So, Foxyrus, lesser points in 3DMark was completely your own fault, not MSI's. Telling people not to use the 1.6 bios is nonsense. In your case it did not work, but for some folks it probably will work.

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I have an MSI K9A Platinum board

I am showing very low scores on 3dmark with my new 8800gts, I have been told its some settings in my bios, I need some advice to get the potential from this card,,, not lookig to oc. here are links to my cpu-z info...
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=fdwzvc&s=3
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=141tfma&s=3
Ive been told I need to change the ht link to 1000mhz or 1gz.. any help from someone who knows this board well?
OS: Win XP Pro SP2 64 Bit
Board: MSI K9A Platinum Crossfire ATI 3200 Chipset Bios ver 1.8
RAM: 4GIG Patriot Extreme DDR2 800MHz
CPU: AMD Athlon 6400+ 64x2 3.2 GHz
Hard drives: (2) WD Caviar 250 GB
Graphics cards: (1) XFX 8800GTS (G92) 512mb
PSU: Antec TruePower Quattro 850 watt
Burners: (2) Sony/Nec 7170A
Chassis Gigabyte 3D Aurora Tower
Sound Card: Creative labs X-Fi SoundBlaster Xtreme Gamer

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 31-May-08, 22:07:32
Go to BIOS, "Cell Menu", locate "HT Link Speed" and change it from "Auto" to "1GHz"
hey BOSSKILLER been awhile, does everything else look in order? ( from the screen shot links I posted)

MSI K9A Platinum and VIA drivers issue? XP 0x0000007B stop error.

I get a Windows Stop error when trying to boot into Windows XP with new components. The SATA hard drive (and Windows XP installation) is from the old computer.
The new computer components are:
MB: MSI K9A Platinum, chipset: RD580 (North Bridge), SB600 (South Bridge)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+, boxed (the cooler and fan came with the CPU).
Video: MSI Radeon 1950 XTX
The old (and working) computer setup is:
OS: XP Professional
MB: Abit AV8-3rd Eye, chipset: VIA K8T800Pro + VT8237
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Video: Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro All-in-Wonder, videodriver: atidvag.dll version 6.14.10.6542
HD: Maxtor 6B200M0 SCSI Disk Device
BIOS: Phoenix 6.00PG 20.04.2005
System drivers with "via" in the name: VIAAGP1.SYS, viaide.sys, viasride.sys
VIA 4in1 (Hyperion) version: 4.55 (that can be found at HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Via4in1Driver).
VIA 2.20e SATA/RAID driver was used when installing this computer setup.
The precise stop error is:
0x0000007B (0xba4c3528, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
From many sites I have gathered that the error is related to Windows XP not being able to access a critical system drive. Most probably the SATA hard drive issue.
The problem probably is the VIA drivers of the old motherboard and/or the SATA driver.
First I should mention, that MSI K9A Platinum does not have a hard disk SATA driver. If it does, I have been unable to find one. Certainly no such floppy disk included, and no such driver in the MSI's Web page for this motherboard.
Second important point: I never used RAID. I did use VIA 2.20e SATA/RAID driver disk when installing Windows XP to the old computer.
Strange that the hard drive model is reported as a "SCSI Disk Device". It's not a SCSI drive however: it's a SATA disk.
I have tried to uninstal the motherboard chipset drivers (Hyperion v4.55), but there seems to be a bug here: the drivers should be uninstalled using the installation program, and select the uninstall option. However, I do not get the uninstallation option to choose at all! Yes, I'm using the normal installation mode, not the quick installation (although tried that, too). The Hyperion setup program just installs, and asks to reboot the computer. After rebooting and trying again, it still does not offer me an uninstallation choise.
I know how to install hard drive VIA SATA driver, but I have no idea how to uninstall it. And I'm afraid to do that without certainty that it IS the solution, since I could not access the hard drive any more in the old computer setup (and return to read this forum). Also, I do not have a floppy drive any more. Anyone know if there is an issue with K9A and XP having VIA SATA driver installed?
When I tried the new computer setup, I first tried the simplest possible hardware combination: there were no CD/DVD-drives, no (parallel)IDE hard drives, and no PCI cards, except the MSI video adapter.
My BIOS Setup experiments. None of these helped: got the same stop error each time.
1) I didn't much touch the BIOS setting first. Just tried to boot with the settings BIOS came with.
2) Next I disabled the integrated audio, LAN and IEE1394 devices and floppy drive and disabled all other choises except the SATA drive as a boot device.
3) Next I tried with the fail-safe BIOS defaults.
4) Cleared CMOS.
5) Changed OnChip SATA type from Native IDE to Legacy IDE. (Only one boot attempt with the setting as Legacy.)
6) Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster.
7) Never touched anything in the Cell Menu: so the settings are in minimum.
A step I have taken after the last attempt: run Windows XP hard drive error-checking tool to every logical drive with the fix option selected, and the system drive also with scan the bad sectors option selected.
My plans next are:
1) to install a newer Hyperion driver. If that would correct the no-unistallation-choice-bug,
2) to disable USB-devices in the BIOS (desperate),
3) to choose the Windows general video display driver (although I seriously doubt this is a display driver problem!).
4) to uninstall the Anti-Virus software (Avira Antivir).
I've read a numerous Web pages so far about the 0x0000007B stop error. Here are some links:
Quote
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/knowledge_base/
Stop 0x0000007B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
This Stop message, also known as Stop 0x7B, indicates that Windows XP Professional lost access to the system volume or boot volume during the startup process. This error always occurs while the system is starting and is often caused by one of the following:
* Hardware problems
* Corrupted or incompatible storage drivers
* File system problems
* Boot sector viruses
* Outdated firmware
During I/O system initialization, this error can occur when:
* The controller or driver for the startup device (typically the hard disk) failed to initialize the necessary hardware.
* File system initialization failed because the system did not recognize the data on the boot device.
Quote
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082
You receive a Stop 0x0000007B error after you move the Windows XP system disk to another computer
SYMPTOMS
After you move the Microsoft Windows XP system (boot) disk to a backup computer, you may receive the following Stop error when you try to start the Windows XP-based backup computer:
STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF741B84C,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)
CAUSE
This error may occur if the registry entries and the drivers for the mass storage controller hardware in the backup computer are not installed in Windows XP.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this error, use the same hardware for the backup computer.
Heh, heh! Very nice Microsoft, but I plan to update my computer, so I NEED to use different components
Quote
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103
Device Driver Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message in the following scenarios:
•   A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is not configured to start during the startup process.
•   A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is corrupted.
•   Information in the Windows XP registry (information related to how the device drivers load during startup) is corrupted.
Hardware Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message if there is a resource conflict between the boot controller and another controller or between SCSI devices. You may also receive this Stop error message if drive translation is not being performed or if drive translation was changed. To troubleshoot this issue:
1.   If an IRQ or I/O port address conflict exists between the boot controller and another controller, Windows XP either stops responding (hangs) or displays a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message. If you recently added new hardware, remove the new hardware or reconfigure it so that it does not conflict with the resources of any other installed controllers.
2.   If you are using a SCSI hard disk, check the SCSI chain for correct termination. Remove any unused SCSI devices or make sure that each SCSI ID is unique.
3.   Make sure that drive translation is turned on (if it is required) and that it has not been changed. For example, if you recently switched controllers, this issue may occur. For additional information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 314082.
Quote
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316401/
SYMPTOMS
When you start your Microsoft Windows XP-based computer after you replace the motherboard on the computer, you may receive a Stop error message that is similar to the following:
STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE
CAUSE
This issue may occur if the new motherboard contains an embedded IDE controller that has a different chipset than the original motherboard.
RESOLUTION
Method 1: Perform an in-place upgrade of Windows XP [<- That means repair installation of Windows XP]
•   Do not use a repair or in-place upgrade if you suspect disk problems.
Method 2: Repartition and format your hard disk and reinstall Windows XP

Alright I got the situation over.
Quote from: Roskaposti on 19-May-07, 04:44:59
My plans next are:
1) to install a newer Hyperion driver. If that would correct the no-unistallation-choice-bug,
2) to disable USB-devices in the BIOS (desperate),
3) to choose the Windows general video display driver (although I seriously doubt this is a display driver problem!).
4) to uninstall the Anti-Virus software (Avira Antivir).
I did try all all the above, and none of them helped.
And by the way: after installing the new Hyperion (VIA chipset drivers), I was finally able to also uninstall. It also uninstalled the IDE SATA (I think) and PATA drivers.
But what I had to do, was to make a REPAIR installation of Windows XP.
So, I was wondering now afterwards: this is really, really silly. Why the hell we need to re-install Windows if we move the SYSTEM SATA drive to another computer? We don't have similar problem with parallel IDE drives. Whom should we thank here??
The issue is to insert the driver files and the information of the ide drivers Windows should use with the next boot. How can it be this difficult?
What you basically need is..
- the information about the new chipset's PCIIDE.SYS/[VENDOR_PROVIDED_FILE].SYS and ATAPIIDE.SYS inserted into the values in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSetXXX\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase
- and the vendor's IDE drivers to the %SYSTEMROOT%/System32/drivers folder.
Maybe something else, I don't know. But the problem was, Windows didn't know how, or what drivers to use. That can't be so big problem you need to install the whole OS anew!

MSI K9A Platinum, X580 and Xtreme Ga

So, me just as basicly everyone else who has this problem (which seems to be extremely common) is very tired having such lacking effort from Creative fixing the problems that do excist with the card range to fully corporate with about any modern motherboard. I got the SB9000, Xtreme Gamer - once I installed it in my K9A Platinum motherboard it found itself as BC00, worked fine but gave extremely messed up playback in Battlefield 242 once the Orbital Strike was raping the ground just as some other distant audio playbacks became very crackling which just ruins the experience and especially my faith in Creative as a company. After I updated to latest BIOS, v..6.0, the card wanted to find itself as a E800 and sometimes the audio card didn't want to be detected at all in Battlefield, forcing me to use Software sound which is outragous. I didn't pay to play with motherboard audio, but you guys on Creative just don't give a **bleep**, do you?Drivers are worthless... come on, seriously, it's the most lazy attitude I've ever seen... One update on about a year? And something like three updates, top, on a entire product range? Take atleast fi've minutes and fix this problem, I read the sticky but it didn't tell me anything but "We're Creative, go away from our forum spam down your Motherboard manufactors and hope for the best... losers" and I won't accept it. Either Creative gives us the exact fixes or nobody cares - Creative have the resources to fix this problem right now, it can't be so freaking hard to update the software when it's so easy making products that just won't work with any equipment from the 2th centuary in corporation with that audio chipset... Shame on you Creative. I sent a message to the Support about this half a week ago, still nothing, thanks alot for beeing bad at everything.

BorkaBonum,
Tone down the bad language.
If the card isn't always being detected properly then that could be causing an issue. Have you tried uninstalling it, and then reinstalling it in another PCI slot? That'll force the card onto other resources (like another IRQ).
Did you send a message to support through the website? Did you get an auto response? A response always automatically goes out when a request arri'ves so you know we got your e-mail, if you didn't get that, check your spam filter first in case it got stuck there.
Cat

K9A Platinum no longer posting after bios update

I recently upgraded my computer to the specs below, and vista ultimate wouldn't start up (In safe mode it would freeze on checkdisk). I tried some of the solutions I found here (unplugging IDEs, etc) to no avail, and finally I decided to flash the BIOS and upgrade it to the most recent version (1.5). It worked once after restart (sor of, it froze on checkdisk again) but on subsiquent boots it no longer posts! Help please, I need my desktop!
Athlon X2 6000+
8 gb (4x2gb) DDR2 800
K9A Platinum
ATI 1800 Crossfire
650 Watt power supply
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Quote from: Piuro on 16-May-07, 11:25:02
Okay, i'm able to get into vista with four gigs, six gigs causes it to reset at crcdisk.sys, and it seems to boot with 8. It seems that some setting got tripped in the BIOS update, Looks like this was some spirit of spontaneity prevalent in so many computers. Thanks for the help!
you are welcome, next time please do not touch the BIOS when everythink is working fine. and don't update BIOS only because its a new one.. read here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103441.0
also 1.5 are known as problematic one for most of K9A owners...
"Okay, i'm able to get into vista with four gigs, six gigs causes it to reset at crcdisk.sys, and it seems to boot with 8."
that is normal, issues can be expected when using 3 memory sticks. recommended are 2 memory sticks, other working combination 1 or 4 memory sticks.(but 3 memory sticks are not recommended.)
also its a good idea to check memory for errors with Memtest86, to ensure that they are working correctly without errors.

MSI K9A Platinum BIOS fails to post after inserting Radeon HD 5750

Ok so I'm Giving one of the ageing rigs in my house a little boost for my sons birthday by grabbing him an XFX Radeon HD 5750 to put into his system, at the same time I upgraded the PSU (OCZ Steath 650W), however the machine failed to post at all so took the card out and checked for a new BIOS version, happily I saw version 1.9 on the download site which is said to resolve VGA issues so grabbed it burnt to a CD which took a bit of reading since mainboard manufacturers don't seem to realise that floppy drives died out years ago in the home PC sector and flashed the new BIOS, then once I was sure tha machine was fine after that shut down and put the new card in only for the exact same thing to happen.
I Hope someone can point me in the right direction on this, I have heard of people getting this card to work on this board with a beta BIOS but I'm not sure where to go for that.

Quote from: UncertainGod on 23-September-10, 03:53:11
Already have but no reply, also that site is a complete to use trying to get that number on the sticker without removing everything from my pc.
If you're referring to the serial number, it can also be found on the motherboard box.
A reply may not be instant so just be patient.

MSI K9a platinum

Hi, i'm italian and i'm the owner of the mainboard in the subject.
If i set the bios option "Onchip sata type" in the controllere SATA section as " Native ide" then
a bang appears in the windows "system" section for the "secondary ide channel"!!!!
If i set the "legacy ide" option instead of "native ide" the bang disappear but it seems the speed system decrease....
I'd like to know what is the correct option for my sistem and if it is "native ide" how to correct the bang.
CASE Thermaltake Mozart, Ram Crucial 1gb, DVD-Burner Optiarc, Graphic card Nvidia 7300 Gs Fanless, Am2 x2 4200, HD seagate barracuda 250 Gb
Thanks in advance
Fabrizio C.

Quote from: XanaduServers on 17-November-06, 22:42:03
What Bios version are you running?
I Have flashed with the file 7280v12.zip 28/09/2006 found in the bios section of the mainboard.
I have flashed from a bootable-cd with ramdrive yesterday night (Italian time)
I really don't know what else i can do...
I have downloaded all the drivers from the Msi homepage section K9a and i have tried to install in different ways several times to solve the problems.
I have solved a "floppy disk" bang (i have no floppy in my system...and it was disabled in the bios...) but i haven't been able to solve the Ide Channel bang.
P.S.
Amd away driver option "El" installed several tmes...to be sure....
I really hope you can help me!
It is the second Msi mainboard in a week i change...the other one was the K9n platinum and i had really a lot of compatibility problems...
Fabrizio C.

MSI neo2 platinum problem, forced to reset BIOS everytime I turn on the PSU

I just got my neo2 platinum mobo. Everytime I switch it ON all the led's at the back (diagnostic) turn red/orange and never turn green.
I have to reset the bios everytime to get it to post successfully. (bios is the original bios, no flashes done)
Processor: 3000+ (939)
Anyone else have this problem? what causes it?
[update] the bios version is 1.3 which is the latest on the msi website
System Specs..
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 90nm (socket 939)
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
1 GB Kingston HyperX DDR 400 CS2
SBlive
Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB MEM
Logitech MX510
1x80GB WD HDD with 8MB cache
1x120GB WD HDD with 8MB cache
Lite-On 48x CD-RW
NEC 16X DVD RW Drive
RAIDMAX Black Aluminum Gaming Case with 6 case fans and 420W PSU

I think the power supply may be the problem
Once you reset the bios you don't need the amps to spin up the drives, as they are already spinning, saving you about 3 amps I bet. If the newer bios doesn't help, try unplugging half those case fans, the non boot drive, and take the cd's out of you optical drives so they dont spin up, then try cold booting your box a couple times. If it works you know you need a new power supply.
If it doesn't perhaps you've got a grounding problem? Are you positive that nothing metal is touching your motherboard where it shouldn't? If that isn't it, Id assume the cmos never really clears, and then take the battery out of the motherboard for a good hour while the power supply is unplugged, then give it another shot. I've seen a bunch of DFI boards do weird stuff like that before, the exact same thing actually. Nvidia has a few odd issues with the nforce chipsets and the cmos.
Oh, since you asked, 3000+ is 1.8 ghz. It will probably run at 2.4ghz easy (1.4 volts), thats a 90nm chip

MSI K9A Platinum north bridge cooler options

Hi just got mt MSI board and wondering if any one has opinion on updateing northbridge south bridge coolers also planning to put board in a HTPC case any opinions on useing zalman 8000 cpu cooler and should i go crossfire with my x1650xt video card now or wait for the new ati cards

My suggestion to you: leave it as it is. This chipset doesn't get warm at all, so why go through all the hussle of changing the cooler?

Please recommend OC settings for MSI K9A Platinum and AM2 6000+

OS is Vista Ultimate x64. BIOS revision is 1.7.
Memory is Corsair XMS DDR2-800 5-5-5-18-2T. I have 2 Diamond HD2900XT's in crossfire default clocks 825/1075 using driver 7.10. At stock everything runs stable. No crashes in any games. I have a 92mm intake fan feeding the two video cards which exhaust out the back. PSU is the PC Power and Cooling 750 single rail. CPU heatsink is stock.
I am really only looking to OC the CPU. So does anyone with the same motherboard haven any recommendations? Or any of you skilled overclockers?

Holy mother of thread resurrections!
Open up a new topic if you have any problems, do not revive old ones.
Thank you.
Quote from: flobelix on 20-May-08, 21:35:17
Conclusion: Don't post in a dead thread! If you need help create your own one. Just to add: The easiest way to prevent guys from helping you is to offend 'em. Better keep that in mind when posting again.
I have to agree. Never bite the ass of the helping hand...

MSI DKA790GX Platinum and AM3 CPU - BIOS Update

Hi,
I am going to upgrade my current computer from an older AMD socket 939 setup to an AMD Phenom II based system
I am thinking of the MSI DKA790GX Platinum motherboard and AMD Phenom II X3 720 (Black edition) CPU (AM2+ Motherboard and AM3 CPU), but I need to clear up the BIOS update for AM3 issue before buying the components.
The motherboard advertisement states that the BIOS has to be upgraded to support AM3 CPU
My issue is this: I do not have an AM2/AM2+ CPU, and I am looking to jump right into buying an AM3 CPU - so will the unit power-up/POST with the combination of the newer AM3 CPU and older BIOS to allow me to update the BIOS using either FDD or Bootable USB Pen in a DOS environment?
Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of this? Any help on this would be appreciated
Thanks

Quote from: Scottike on 12-April-09, 00:18:13
The 1.74 Bios is one I got from MSI tech support. We're trying to work through a problem with my new board. nothing major, but we're not quite there yet.
I know that Nvidia was The chipset to have for several years, but I think AMD has upset that applecart a bit with the 780 & now 790 chipsets, and with Intel
getting into the chipset game as well, Nvidia could see some rough times ahead. They may even end up dropping out of the chipset game, since Intel's new CPUs have the memory controller built on die. Hence, Intel has no real need for NVidia any more, Nvidia may end up just focusing on the video card market, unless?
My board defaults to 800mhz as well and I'm running a 720. You have to keep in mind that they have to make the boards default to the lowest common denominator as not everyone runs 1066 capable memory on their board (even though Manufacturers may spec the memory so). I also have to manually bump up the voltage, as well as timings and ratio for 1066. But, my Mushkin ram plugged in and booted with no problems, but I did have to bump up the voltage and tighten up the timings even at 800.
Interesting (Abut BIOS version 1.74). I guess it is not yet available for downloads.
So now Intel CPU's have the memory controller on the die (just like AMD). So does this prove as an advantageous concept? I expect Intel to implement better memory management than AMD. AMD drops speed when all 4 memory banks are occupied... what is the use of utilizing max RAM capability if memory controller cannot sustain the max RAM speed?
I may agree with you on the concept that motherboard should support the lowest (RAM) denominator...
However if someone uses lower than 1066 MHz sticks, system should detect accordingly, and when 1066 sticks are used, auto-detect as 1066... I still do not see the issue here. On former nVidia based boards like my MSI K9A Platinum SLI (with an AMD X2 CPU), 800 MHz modules are detected as 800 on auto, no need to manually tweak anything in BIOS. I still have to see an nVidia EPP profile enabled board which is claimed to auto detect 1066 MHz capable memory sticks by default.
On my system it is also the same... I have to up the RAM voltage to 2.2V (otherwise system is not stable), as well as setting up the timings and of course the RAM/FSB speed ratio to 1:2.66.
I am running currently 4 chips of OCZ platinum 2 GHZ (for a total of 8 GB RAM, for 64 bit Vista and Linux). Also with mine (as we know Phenom II does not support 4 sticks of 1066 MHz) it drops to 800 MHz. As well as, I needed to bump the voltage to 2.2 V... otherwise in the middle of operation, system reboots. We know what this is about, dont we ?

K9A Platinum doesn't run 3D Apps

Ok, first than all.. Thnx 4 ur help.
This is my trouble:
Any time that I start a 3D App or activate the Windows Aero, my PC hangs up. Windows Basic and 2D apps runs just fine.This is my system:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+
4 GB RAM DDR2 800Mhz (2 VDATA and 2 Kingston Value)
Windows Vista Business 32Bits
MSI K9A Platinum Bios Ver. 1.8
1x PowerColor ATI x1600 Pro 512
1x PowerColor ATI x1650 Pro 512 (both in xfire mode)
1xHDD 160 Seagate SATAII
1xHDD 320 WesternDigital SATAII
1x DVD+/-RW LG H42N 18x
1x DVD+/-RW LiteON 20x
Power Supply: Cooler Master eXtremePower 550W
I had tried this:
1. Punt only the x1650 (new, I bought it 1 week ago), the system crash.
2. Reinstall Windows (yesterday), the system crash.
3. I had a Generic 500W power supply and I change it for the cooler master 2 days ago. No luck
4. Take out the memorys and put newones, no luck
Also, I had some problems installing Windows and have de SATA in AHCI mode, the installation time was around 3 hours, and the first reboot never happen, because the windows loading bar was showed around 4 hours and nothing. When I change it (the SATA config) to Native IDE the system starts normally. Could be a HDD Issue all of this trouble?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thnx

To BossKiller:
1. Do you use system stock parameters?
Yes, I use it... also, sometimes when I restart the PC, I get a message from the Bios Post that says somenthing like "The overclocking config was caused an error, the default parameters has been stablished" or something like that... and I had never made a Overclock to this PC.
2. Do a memory check whit Memtest86
I had already done, don't get any error.
3. Does it work in XP?
I don't know, I will try it tonight.
4. Have you tried a decen PSU?
Well, like this one is the best that I can get from less than 60 USD, I don't have tried other one because a better PSU here (Guadalajara, MX) are more than 120USD... sooo is too expensive for me at the time... but acording to my sys spechs this one has to be enought... or not?
To Bas:
1. Start with using 1 videocard
Done, the same thing.
2. Also Start with 1 memory sticj
Done, also I tried 2 memorys from the same brand, then the other 2 and nothing.
Well, something like I was noted in my search, is that in the MSI Miami Forum, all the other guys that have problems whit the same mainboard have installed an Athlon 6400+ "Black Edition" or an 6000+.... I was thinking that probably the MB doesn't have full support of the 125W procesors?... I think on this because in other post around here said that the K9A2 Platinum doesn't support them...
Thnx a lot...
ReGarDs

K9A Platinum RAID - Be careful if you're considering this MB

Unbeknownst to me when I purchased this board to replace my ASUS P4S8X which had a Promise FastTrak 376 SATA RAID controller, when you create a mirrorset on the K9A Platinum you *cannot* preserve data. In my wildest dreams I didn't think that would be that way so I never thought to ask before I bought it. A RAID controller that can't preserve that data on one of its members?? Mind boggling to say the least.
Yes folks and it's true, confirmed by MSI support:
"ATI Raid Controller does not support this feature which is the chipset limitation which you will need to create the raid array and have a fresh install."
That's real nice eh? Completely re-install everything from scratch? <<Removed>> I just did that a week and an a half ago when I lost the MBR after a failed disk and Windoze fixmbr clobbered the partition table. That took 16 hours not including the Windoze install time. Don't want to do that again.
Plan B: Boot a knoppix CD and use dd_rescue to duplicate the disks then create the mirrorset, sync them and cross my fingers.
But that's only the half of it. In playing around with changing the IDE setting from Native IDE to raid, XP blue screens after the Logo with a 7b error. Haven't looked into that yet but I suspect it's because it doesn't have the drivers for the now raid controller. I'll worry about that once I have a sync'd mirrorset created.
When the IDE chipset is set to RAID in the BOIS I tried booting Windoze install disk and adding in the drivers for the now RAID chipset, it fails every time. I think I'm using the right drivers, need to confirm that, ahci8086, but every time it tries to load the driver it tells me that ahci8086.sys is corrupt. I've downloaded it numerous times with the same result. Same thing with the one off the included CD. The ahci8086.sys file is dated 5/18/2006 and I've got the latest which is dated 7/27/2006 which I don't think I tried yet but plan too. If I'm using the wrong driver for when the IDE BOIS is in RAID mode, please let me know but that's what is delivered in the ATI SB600 IDE RAID download so I assume that would be correct. Or maybe I'm supposed to be using one of the Silicon Image driver sets, I couldn't find any information anywhere on what is the correct driver.

I got censored?!?! I don't know where this Forum is headquartered or based, but here in the United States of America we have a thing called "Free Speech" that protects the citizens of our Country from exactly what has just occurred here.
What was censored wasn't really that bad, no profane language or anything, just a reference to the shortsightedness of some engineers. I hope this isn't a Forum where you're only Welcome if you post "MSI is GREAT!" and are not allowed to even whisper anything even slightly negative about them...
As a background I've been in IT support roles for around 25 years. Managed Digital Equipment Corp. VAX's and Alpha's (VMS, ULTIRX, and Tru64 UNIX, started using VAX's in 1978), Sun's Enterprise large servers and assortment of other SPARC boxes (Solaris), IBM 6x0's, and a host of smaller systems running both UNIX and Linux. I cut my teeth on DEC's ULTRIX.
That said, to come across a RAID controller in the year 2006 that will not allow you to preserve the data on one of its members when creating a mirrorset is just unconscionable. So I made reference to the shortsightedness of the engineers by referring that they might be something, and that got censored. I was hoping that might be a wakeup call to these engineers, sort of like a 2x4 upside the head, so they don't make a mistake like this again.
And I learned something else about the ATI SB600 South Bridge RAID controller which once again is just unconscionable. If you take a disk with a filesystem on it, with data, and have the SB600 present it to the OS as a JBOD, it clears the partition table. What!?!? Yes. There is no warning that this is going to occur. Promise's FastTrak controllers *do not* wipe out the partition table. They just present any disk that is not part of a mirrorset to the OS. That seems like a really good idea, ya think? But the SB600 don't do that, it doesn't present the disk to the OS unless it is part of and LD so you have to assign it to one as a JBOD. Poof! Partition table gone!
I just cannot fathom the mindset of the engineers that created the ATI SB600 South Bridge RAID functionality. They just do not seem to be aware of what is expected of a RAID controller in this day and age. They must live their life very sheltered and not have any idea of what other vendors are doing and what the users of their products expect.
Bottom line: The MSI K9A Platinum seems to be a decent MB, but better suited for an full install from scratch then as a replacement MB for an existing, running, seasoned system, if the objective is to use the SB600 RAID controller and preserve existing data on existing disks. I know there's multiple ways to get around this, but that's jumping through hoops that I never had to jump through before.
If anyone is interested I was able to use my existing disk's mirrorset and preserve the OS and data on them.
The steps:
1. Know which is the disk you want to use and duplicate the data from, like Port 1 Master (this is related to SATA drives connected to the MB).
2. Using the FastBuild BIOS Utility create a mirrorset using the two drives. Set Gigabyte Boundary to OFF, set Fast Init to OFF. DO NOT SET Fast Init TO ON, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MBR!
NOTE! NOTE! NOTE! If you're so inclined to use the ATI SATA RAID Utility that you can get from MSI's website to initially create the mirrorset that comes along with WebPAM which you put and use on a bootable floppy, DO NOT "Initialize Array", DO NOT "Synchronize Array", NO, NO, NO!
3. Boot the OS if it will boot but I doubt it BUT DON'T LET IT BOOT INTO THE OS. With the OS only really on one of the disks I don't know what would happened and if the RAID controller uses the "Read Least Busy" algorithm who knows what will happened.
4. Power down the system and unplug the SATA drive that DOES NOT have the OS on it.
5. See if the system will boot. If so great, proceed to step 7.
6. Do what you have to do to get the system to boot with only the one, original drive connected and in the mirrorset. Ignore for now the FastBuild warnings on boot that mirrorset is CRITICAL. In my case I had to use the Windows XP install CD and Repair an existing installation.
7. Install from MSI ATI's WebPAM utility.
8. Power down the system.
9. Connect the SATA drive that is to be the second member of the mirrorset that you disconnected in step 4. Power up the system. When you get FastBuild's warning that your mirrorset is CRITICAL ignore it. DO NOT GO INTO THE FASTBUILD BIOS AND DO A REBUILD THERE. NO! NO! NO! I tried that once on a 500GB mirrorset and after 8 hours with the drive activity light blinking sort of dimly it's progress was still at 0%.
10. Once the OS is running (Windows I presume, XP Pro in my case), start WebPAM. if all went well you will see that WebPAM knew the mirrorset was missing a member, found the FREE drive you reconnected in step 9, and is already in the process of rebuilding the mirrorset. If not, you can manually start the rebuilding process in WebPAM.
Of note, WebPAM only took somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 to 3 hours to rebuild the 500GB mirrorset as opposed to the BIOS rebuild running for 8 hours and accomplishing nothing. (This wasn't a one time anomaly, I had tried it before letting it run a few hours and saw no progress. The 8 hour run was just to be sure.) While the WebPAM rebuild is running you are in Windows and it is running and you could do other things. I didn't though, I left it run until it finished.
There ya go, a rather unorthodox way to make a mirrorset on a MSI K9A Platinum preserving your OS and data and getting around the shortcomings of the ATI SB600 South Bridge RAID implementation.
And I know I could have used Ghost. But that is in hindsight. I would have had to know I needed to do that *before* removing and replacing the MB. But I didn't do that, because I didn't know I was dealing with a brain dead RAID controller.
<Added some more info in the steps.>

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Zalman CNPS9500 AM2
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Antec Truepower Trio PSU 550W
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