Msi k9n Platinum owner

I would like to know for those of you who flash the latest bios 1.3 and end up having problems. This new bios cause more problems than what its fixing. The memory divider and htt change setting wont save even you save it and it will force to run your memory at 1T even it set on 2T that will make your computer run stability issue. 1.2 bios is so much better and I don't know if MSI knows about this issue. Post your experience!

had this board a few days now and all seems stable, updated the bios from 1.2 to 1.3 and all went ok untill reboot when i got the cmos bad checksum error, so used rescue disk and all ok now (dunno what happend, but bios version showing 1.3), and the geil 6400 memory seems to be ok (not officially supported)
Quote from: Broncowolf on 26-August-06, 18:33:17
Everything works fine (as far as I've noticed...) with 1.3 except that the CoreCenter program will not recognize the CPU Fan and lists the CPU fan speed as 0. Am I the only one that has this problem, minor though it seems.
mine doesn't show the cpu fan speed either, so you're not the only one. i'm sure some of the monitoring stuff isn't correct or accurate, the nvidia monitor reports that the chipset is around 160 C (not right as it'd be affecting/melting the gfx card by now) , best thing at the moment is my fps rate in farcry has gone up 100+ fps , makes a change for me to be able to poon others for a change instead of me getting bagged. but it's early days yet so will see how things go on.

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Planning To buy MSI K9N Platinum + AMD X2 3800+

Hello everyone,
as the title as Iam planning to buy a MSI K9N Platinum board with an AMD X2 3800+ for a new system build. Ive been out of the game for a while, the last time I was really up to date on computer technology is when the AMD XP 2500+ Barton was the hottest thing on the market, some what of a new comer to dual core technology. I have a few questions, mainly about the board it self. I did a little searching and that answered some of my question but I have a few more.
Ive read a lot about the shutdown problems from the board when transferring large files or burning DVDs. I have a few questions about that.
From what I see so far, this is a very informative forum and I appreciate any and all information. So here goes:
1) It says on the MSI website that the ram slot for this motherboard is at 1.8 volts. The ram Iam planning to get is OCZ Platinum EL XTC PC2-6400 1GB 2X512 DDR2 CL4-5-4-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit. On the OCZ website it says that the ram modules run at 2.1 volts. My Question is if I stick this ram in the mother board will it boot long enough for me to go into the bios and change the ram voltage to 2.1 volts?
2) Now Ive read about the shutdown problems with this board. Ive seen a lot of people up the VCore to 1.35V. If I do this along with a bios flash, will this take care of the problems?
3) Now the dealer that Iam buying my PC from didn't have this board in stock for the last week. He just got them in 2 days ago this week. Therefore Iam assuming he has the lastest version of these boards. Now are these problems taken care of on the new version of these boards? If not what can I do to get rid of them?
4) Is there anything else I should know about this motherboard?
Thanks for the the help.
Ron

1) It says on the MSI website that the ram slot for this motherboard is at 1.8 volts. The ram Iam planning to get is OCZ Platinum EL XTC PC2-6400 1GB 2X512 DDR2 CL4-5-4-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit. On the OCZ website it says that the ram modules run at 2.1 volts. My Question is if I stick this ram in the mother board will it boot long enough for me to go into the bios and change the ram voltage to 2.1 volts?
Yes, you could set up manually the voltage to 2.1v perfectly I've got one k9nsli p, with an amdx2 3800+ whit 2gb ddr2 (512x4 twins pack corsair xms2 ddr2 800) that works at 1,9v
2) Now Ive read about the shutdown problems with this board. Ive seen a lot of people up the VCore to 1.35V. If I do this along with a bios flash, will this take care of the problems?
My shutdowns problems was resolved by unnistallin' nvidia IDE controller, nothing about vcore or flashin bios... I keep original bios version 1.0 & Core center shows vcore at 1.33v
3) Now the dealer that Iam buying my PC from didn't have this board in stock for the last week. He just got them in 2 days ago this week. Therefore Iam assuming he has the lastest version of these boards. Now are these problems taken care of on the new version of these boards? If not what can I do to get rid of them?
Good question... 2morrow I'll check on the box of my k9 the part number and will post it
4) Is there anything else I should know about this motherboard?
The first week, I was desire burn my k9 shutdowns... shutdowns.... shutdowns... after I find the cause of that ShiX$/#(! (nvidi IDesuxs controller) my life is happy!
good luck
Thanks for the the help.
Ron

Can you expand a RAID 5 on an MSI K9N Platinum mainboard?

Greetings,
I'm planning on buying a MSI K9N Platinum mainboard for the purpose of a HTPC with plenty of storage. I was planning on buying either 3 500GB drives or 3 750 GB drives as budget allows. Since this board holds 6 SATA II connections it is ideal for adding more disks later when prices drop a bit. I would like to use RAID5 for data protection and am wondering if I can expand the raid partition later when I add more drives to the PC.
Thanks!
Best,
Glenn

D/L and print out the nvidia mediashield 5.0 user guide.
All your options should be documented in this:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/9.53/NVMediaShield_UGv5.pdf

MSI K9N Platinum Beeps at bios?

I've recently built my own PC, with a MSI K9N Platinum motherboard. Everything works fine, but everytime at the MSI Boot screen (Press del to enter bios blabla etc.), i hear 3 beeps.. I was wondering if this is normal or not?
Everything works fine though.
And another thing: Are there any options inside the BIOS i just have to enable/disable for better performance? I heard some stuff about 'spectrum' or something? And the memory command rate, i heard it's better to put it on 1T instead of 2T?
Any suggestions are welcome

Some boards have the habit of beeping more then once when USB-devices are connected. If you want to check your system for this, disconnect all USB-devices and boot your system.
About settings: yes, 1T's slightly better then 2T. However, your system may not boot if you set 1T command rate. If it won't boot, simply reset cmos to set it back to 2T.
Leave Spread Spectrum to Disabled, unless you start OC'ing.

MSI K9N PLATINUM FRONT PANEL AUDIO

Hi everybody
I recently mounted an MSI K9N Platinum mainboard. When connecting front panel audio from case connectors on JAUD1, case connectors are marked as follows:
MIC POWER
MIC IN
GROUND
R-RET
L-RET
R-OUT
L-OUT
which does not match with those written on mainboard user manual for JAUD1 which are FRO PIN 1 TO 9 as follows:
PORT1L
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PORT 2R
SENSE1_RETURN
SENSE_SEND
KEY
PORT2L
SENSE2_RETURN
.I´ve tried to connect it on many combinations but yet it is not working.
Could someone tell me the right way to do it?
Thanks in advance.

I think you better ask this question to the manufacturer of the frontpanel stuff, as I have no clue.

Msi k9n platinum fixed

hi, i have an msi k9n platinum with the shutdown problem, because i unistall the nvidia ide controller actually the system is stable, running programs like superpi, prime95, sandra 2007 without problem. now, my questios is if i will have problem in the future, because the RMA in my country is a very big problem. thank and sorry for my bad english.

I have the same mobo and am experiencing the same problem (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=105390.0) and have sent my computer in to the company I bought it from for them to fix it, but they couldn't reproduce the problem (they testet with 3 burnings, but since this is a very random problem, they didn't encounter it) so I'm getting the computer back tomorrow.
So, I'm going to try uninstalling the driver...
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Hi
Here my configuration
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Can help me? Thanks

Quote from: Maesus on 13-August-07, 21:02:58
hi Timo, welcome to the forum.
Yes, this sounds like a compatibility issue. However, you can try doing this:
Get into the BIOS, set the boot sequence priority, put your OS HDD as the 1st boot device;
or reinstall XP, hit F6 for 3rd party driver, and install the RAID driver, even though you don't plan to install the OS to the RAID drives;
Also, file a ticket to MSI - support.msi.com.tw, ask them to take a look at this issue.
Hi Maesus, thanks for the welcome and your reply
Primary boot device was already set to the OS HDD, and I disabled the others (including "Boot from other devices").
I can try the reinstall of XP, but can only do so without the PCI RAID-controller plugged in, otherwise I'm not able to get beyond the motherboard POST. (Giving me reason to believe that reinstalling XP will not solve the problem, but couldn't hurt to try).
As for the ticket, I'm not a USA/Canada customer, so I'd have to go by my local European website (in this case via the Dutch support site http://support.msi-computer.nl/). They have this "ingenious" system where I have to select my MSI product, but their list is a bit outdated :( The P35 Platinum isn't listed, with the nice remark "If your product isn't listed, it's probably OEM and MSI doesn't support that"
So any suggestions there? Go for the USA support, but with bogus personal information (regarding address), or send a support request via the Dutch support site, but for another motherboard (Perhaps the 975X Platinum?) with a big heading of **** WARNING: ACTUAL QUESTION ABOUT THE MSI P35 PLATINUM BUT YOUR SUPPORT LIST OF MOTHERBOARDS IS OUTDATED **** ?
Thanks in advance,
Timo

Msi k9n platinum

hi, i have a k9n platinum ms-7250 ver 1.1 S/N:601-7250-070k0607006891
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thanks and sorry for my bad english

Quote from: jackson123 on 18-October-06, 10:03:08
i dont know, my mb is still is the box im waiting for my 3800 x2, so i wanna know if my mb have the shutdown problem, thanks
How could you be sure about that? Unless you've latest Bios version as some people say bios 1.2 is stabile or maybe you could tried to borrow from your friends if they've the AM2 CPU. From there you can verified whther it has shut down problem or not? GD luck.

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Hi. I bought 2 OCZ PC2-6400 512MB DIMM (OCZ2P8001GK) and I am thinking of buying the MSI K9N Platinum (non-SLI) board to run with AMD Athlon X2 3800+. Will it be any compatibility problems running the system with those memory modules? [Running at stock speed (at least), both CPU and RAM (800)].
thnx for any info.

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K9N Platinum onboard ethernet resource problem

I am having a problem getting my onboard ethernet to work on the MSI K9N Platinum motherboard.
The device manager is giving me Error Code 12 which stands for Not enough available resources.
I have tried everything short of reinstalling Windows to get this resolved. This is a fresh windows install. Right after the install I installed the chipset drivers. Since then I have reinstalled the drivers, disabled anything that I am not using in the device manager, and even disabled everything but the onboard lan and IDE controller in the bios. Nothing has worked.
Does anybody know what I could do to get the onboard ethernet to work?
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AMD AM2 3800X2
MSI K9N Platinum (non-SLI)
Old Nvidia PCI graphics card (X1800XT is not working)
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Quote from: syar2003 on 08-July-06, 15:19:54
Did you use the "Load Optimized Defaults" in cmos settings before win-install.
Sounds to me windows didn't install the correct HAL ,meaning you may have had wrong bios settings for ACPI & MPS.
This worked. I just did a repair install of windows after loading optimized defaults in bios. Thanks for the help.

K9n platinum ?

hey can any1 put me out of my misery
i just bought the msi k9n platinum board,and the
ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHZ PIB SOCKET AM2
2MB CACHE FSB1000 NS
and then i also got the
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400
now my concerns is that when i read about the board it says that the ram is 1.8v and the ram i got is 2.1v,will that be a prob?
and when i looked on the website it didnt say that the board supported the 6000+ cpu,will it work on this board or do i hav to get a new 1?

thnx,well i got the ram and i got me cpu,im just waiting 4 the mobo now and then il c if it works,il post the result
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K9N Platinum: CPU upgrade = Random shutdowns..

I just installed a new AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ EE in my MSI K9N Platinum motherboard (MS-7250 v1.0, the 070 model according to the box). I had updated the BIOS to version 1.7 before installing the CPU. Anyhow, I got the CPU installed and it seemed to be running fine. Until I started playing my games. Upon playing fifteen (!!!) minutes of Day of Defeat, the system completely turned off. COMPLETELY. No error messages. I check core temp's log to make sure the CPU wasnt overheating; it wasnt. The max temp was 38C on one of the cores. Just to make sure the CPU wasnt the problem, I ran two instances of prime95 for 5 hours and there were no calculation errors whatsoever. I also ran 3-4 loops of SuperPi, using the 32M test. No errors.
I have come to the conclusion that it must be the motherboard, and possibly it does not like the CPU. Or else it is having the same random shutdown problems as many other K9N Platinum/Ultra boards are experiencing. From what i have read, this issue only relates to boards that are 040, 050, or 060 models. I have a 070 model, and I AM GETTING THIS PROBLEM!!
Help!!!
Full specs:
MSI K9N Platinum MS7250 V1.0, BIOS 1.7, model 070
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ EE (old CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+; had no issues with the 3500+) vcore: 1.225
1 GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-800, 5-5-5-15, 2.1v
eVGA GeForce 7800GT videocard with Zalman VF900, 490/1220
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 SATA HDD
LITE-ON DVD-ROM drive
Floppy drive
3x 80mm fans, 1 cold cathode
Antec Truepower 430 watt PSU, dual +12v @ 17A a piece.
Any ideas?

well, i know that ACPI has to do with power saving features.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACPI
and HPET also has something to do with CPUs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPET
and MCP55 is the nortbridge.
so i suppose i can conclude that it protects from overvoltage or promotes more power-saving? i dunno i really dont care as long as my PC works now,

K9N Platinum Supported CPU's

Hi everyone,
My question is fairly straightforward. I currently have a MSI K9N Platinum AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP in my HTPC. Long story short I found out that my CPU was not powerful enough to decode 1080p content so I have purchased a new CPU, a AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103228
According to the CPU support list here:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=252&maincat_no=1
I should be able to use this processor with my motherboard with BIOS 1.A, so I downloaded Live Update and flashed the BIOS to 1.A (I believe it now shows it as 1.10, though I am not sure where that is noted in POST) in preparation for the new CPU (the flash went fine).
I am wondering if anyone has any experience using this motherboard with this CPU? Is it truly compatible or the CPU simply too new an edition for my motherboard? I can probably still cancel my order and get a 5600+ or equivalent if necessary.
I appreciate any feedback/responses.

Quote from: Bas on 11-March-08, 00:59:10
I bet it's your videocard not handling it very well.
Somewhere rings a bell that nVidia is lacking hardware decoding with videocards, but can't remember exactly what it was.
Well that is the long story short part :D. In a nutshell yes it is my video card, I have a 7900GT and essentially nvidia's purevideo decoder for HD content has NEVER worked properly. This basically means that the CPU has to handle the entire decoding load, which my old CPU is incapable of doing (hence all the stuttering, audio/video out of sync issues I get). Basically I had two options:
A) Buy an ATI, one of the 3xxx series that actually does x264 decoding
B) Replace the CPU with a faster/better/dual core one (many codecs can now use dual-core CPU's for decoding HD content)
In the end I made the decision to replace the CPU to resolve the problem because while buying a 3xxx series card does appear to work WONDERS for HD content decodes (it reduces the CPU load to 5-10% in some cases) if the file is encoded in some non-standard way that the GPU decoder doesn't recognize the load is going straight back to the CPU (like my Nvidia 7900GT is doing). This way I figure I get a better CPU and it should be able to muscle it's way through decoding anything I throw at it. If I need to replace the GPU someday or want to do it in order to reduce the load on the CPU I can always look into one of the 3xxx series (I hear that the nvidia 8600's might actually do some HD decoding as well) though I have really become skeptical of ATI cards lately.

K9N Platinum, 7600GTOC, SLI, No Video Signal

Just built up my new system, specs as follows
MSI K9N Platinum
AMD 5200X2 AM2 CPU
2 Gigs Corsair XMS2 DDR800
2 BFG Tech 7600GT OC's in SLI
Thermaltake TR2-500 Watt PSU +12V(1) 14A +12V(2)15A
1 Maxtor 120 GB SATA 150
1 Maxtor 160 GB SATA 160
When i turned the computer on for the first time, the system boots up and there is one small beep, sounds like it is posting, but I get no video signal from my monitor, which I checked on my other computer and is working fine, I tried both video cards in the 1st slot, in non-sli mode and I get the same result each time, so I get no video signal with all ways tried? Do I not have enough power in this PSU to run what I have? The video manufacturer suggests a 450W PSU, which I meet, but do I not have enough juice the 12V rails? And would this cause the no signal? Any help would be much appreciated.

Hello, welcome to forum.
"When i turned the computer on for the first time, the system boots up and there is one small beep, sounds like it is posting, but I get no video signal from my monitor, which I checked on my other computer and is working fine, I tried both video cards in the 1st slot, in non-sli mode and I get the same result each time, so I get no video signal with all ways tried?"
have you tried with one of them only into 1st PCI-E? use 1st DVI output, when using SLI, ensure SLI bridge is configured property, connect monitor to VGA onto 1st PCI-E slot. also check monitor output is configured property(etc: Input 1, Input 2).
power down PC, remove power cord from the PSU and Clear CMOS Guide
re-test.
ensure all power cables are connected property. try to boot with one memory stick only into slot close to CPU socket.
what D-bracket shows?
"Do I not have enough power in this PSU to run what I have? The video manufacturer suggests a 450W PSU, which I meet, but do I not have enough juice the 12V rails? And would this cause the no signal?"
yes, think is too weak for your system
its recommended to get single rail with high amperes on +12V (over 30A)
read here:
PSU's---2 x 12v---The Dual Rail Myth
Is your problem caused by your PSU?
good suggestion can be found here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=105635.msg783148#msg783148
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103299.msg757739#msg757739

K9n Platinum fan speed control

Hi!
I have the following configuration:
-Motherboard: MSI K9N Platinum v1.1
-Bios: AMI v1.3
-CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core)
-CPU cooler: Artic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
-Memory: Kingmax 2*1 GB
-Video card: MSI NX7600 GT
-Power Supply: Antec NeoHE430 430W
-Hard Drive: Samsung 250 GB SP2504C
-Operating system: Win XP Pro SP2
I would like to control the speed of the CPU fan automatically, according to the temperature.
I tried
-the Dual CoreCenter utility from MSI, but it allows me only check the speed manually (If I did not miss anything)
-control from BIOS HW Monitor setting SmartFan but it does not work at all. ( Iam not sure but this can be because my cooler, it has 3 pin connector, and th MB user guide tells it works only if I use 4 pin connector. Can you confirm this?)
-Speedfan 4.31, it seemed working, but the system become instabile. I check the programmers site, and this MB did not supported.
Do you have any suggesions, experience about controlling the CPUfan?
Thank you in advance!
T.

Thank you for the answers.
Unfortunately the smartfan feature is not working in my case.( set to 3-pin in BIOS) I asked the MSI Technical Support and they said:
As this motherboard includes 4 pins connector for cpu fan, the 4th pin is used to controlled cpu fan speed, if you use 3 pins fan, fan speed will not be changed automatically and smart fan will not function.
I feel a small contradiction here
Do you have other ideas other than smartfan and speedfan?
T.

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