MSI K9N2 series at launch

New MSI K9N2 series motherboard
Best Performance Gaming Solution on AM2+ Platform
Details: http://www.msi.eu/news/press/2008/PR_K9N2/PR_K9N2.html
and info from MSI Taiwan:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftaiwan.msi.com.tw%2Findex.php%3Ffunc%3Dnewsdesc%26news_no%3D635&langpair=zh%7Cen&hl=EN&ie=UTF-8

Quote from: kamalmawa on 19-April-08, 05:27:27
Released in Global site...
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1438&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171
Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 18-April-08, 14:31:51
>>>K9N2 Diamond<<< is now available

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    Hello. I have some strange behavior of the system since the last week. Processor´s fan speeds up and down. Usualy is 3400-3600rpm; now speeds up to 5400-5600rpm and stay accelerate for a good while. I thought it could be some dust; yesterday I made a general cleaning of the hardware and also replaced the Thermaltake fan with another one which I have for replacement. The heatsink is firm, deos not have movements. The thermal grase is OCZ Freeze etc, something good,  seems to be hardened because heatsink stay firm. This was assembled some 16 month ago.
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    Could be some bad or crazy sensor which send some erroneous signal and that´s could be the origin of this situation?
    Does it exist the possibility the mobo get fried?
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    Logitech 2.1 sound system (subwoffer + x2 three way speakers)
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    I'm confused.  You say to ignore the 127° reading, but then state you are concerned and talk about a false reading.  What reading and what exactly are you concerned with, the CPU temps?  If your system were getting that hot(127°C), you'd shut down or blow something.  I'm sure it's a false reading. 
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  • MSI Mega series girder plugin version 2.0 available

    Hallo
    EDIT:
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  • MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum - Help

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    Quote
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  • Get no video MSI K9N2 Platinum

    Hello, I need help with my MSI K9N2 Platinum system. My configuration is the following:
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    GREEN Group 2
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    GREEN Group 3
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    RED Group 1
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    RED Group 3
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    Quote from: Bas on 17-November-08, 05:09:15
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  • MSI K9N2 Diamond - Issues

    First off I would like to greet everyone.  Now on to the fun part.  I just recently upgraded my entire computer.  Despite the poor rating of the K9N2 Diamond on Newegg I ordered the board anyway.  I counted myself fortunate that the board wasn't DOA, however it seems to be the most finicky mainboard I have ever owned.  The following are the components currently installed.
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    Antec Earthwatts 500W PSU
    4GB (2x2GB) GSkill 1066 RAM
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    I decided since I was having so many problems that I should try and flash the BIOS to the current version.  That didn't work well either.  After successfully flashing in Windows with the MSI Live Update utility (which in hindsight may have been a poor choice) the board once again refused to POST.  I thought I had bricked it but fortunately after pulling the CMOS battery again for a few minutes solved the problem.
    Cutting to the chase I am now on my third fresh install of Windows and am too worried to change any BIOS settings or enable SLI.  I thought my power supply was the culprit but after getting several opinions I'm postive that the PSU is more than capable of handling the load.  So basically I have a $1600 machine that about 4 times out of ten refuses to POST.
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    Quote from: Fredrik on 05-March-09, 00:28:02
    You have noticed it does not run well with memory speed set at 1066, so change that. There lies very little if any performance in the vibration of the "silly" memory.
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  • MSI K9N2 Diamond problem with GPU

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    PFC Active
    Main Connector 20+4Pin
    +12V Rails 4
    PCI-E Connectors 2 x 6Pin
    SLI Certified
    Modular Yes
    Power Good Signal 100-500ms
    Hold-up Time 16ms min.
    Efficiency up to 85%
    Energy-Efficient 80 PLUS Certified
    Over Voltage Protection Yes
    Input Voltage 100 - 240 V
    Input Frequency Range 47 - 63 Hz
    Input Current 10A @ 115V, 5A @ 230V
    Output +3.3@30A,+5V@28A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,+12V3@18A,+ 12V4@18A,[email protected],[email protected]
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    Approvals CE, CB, TUV, FCC, UL, CUL, and BSMI certified
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    7 x peripheral
    6 x SATA
    1 x Floppy
    2 x PCI-E
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    Extremely good voltage regulation (±3%): provides steady voltage for system
    Industrial grade components (capacitor, transformer, etc)
    Manufacturer Warranty
    Parts 5 years limited
    Labor 5 years limited
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  • MSI K9N2 Plat - Weird boot issue

    When I hit the power button on my pc, fans power up, bios shows up on monitor, and I can hear drives spinning. After about 2 seconds, everything will stop (like it lost power or was reset), then after a second, it will reinitialize everything (fans start spinning, etc. - I call this the "2 boot") Then it will either bootup normally or bootup without video - the monitor never "wakes up" and the light on the monitor is amber. It seems like the pc stays up and running though. When the latter happens, I do a reset and it works fine without the "2 boot" process occurring. I can game for hours fine and my temps are great when it boots up and after playing BC2 for two hours. Sometimes this is every bootup, sometimes not as often.
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    My thoughts for the memory are to run memtest, but I'm not sure how to test the mobo, video, PS. Is this something in the bios? Some setting I need to check?
    Someone suggested there might be an auto voltage adjustment? When I built the rig, I believe I told it to just use optimized defaults. Since then, no changes to bios.
    MSI K9N2 Platinum
    AMD Phenom 9850
    BFG 8800GTS
    OCZ 700 Watt PS
    4 gigs ddr2 800
    Not OC'ing
    Thanks for any help.

    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=137105.0
    Didn't want to bump an old post.
    Symptoms: (maybe 3-5 times/10 boots)
    1. Hit power button on case
    2. Fans spin, lights come on, no post
    3. PC shuts off
    4. PC turns on
    5. PC either:
       5a. Boots up fine, no problems
       5b. no post, reset fixes this
    Symptoms: (maybe 1/10 boots)
    1. Hit power button
    2. Fans spin, lights come on no post
    3. Reset fixes this
    Troubleshooting:
    1. Set bios to load fail safe - still have the problem
    2. Removed PCI-E GPU and booted off onboard video - still had the problem
    3. Did the paperclip test with the PSU with 3 x 120mm fans, 1 x 200 mm fan, and one floppy. Tested fine with 10 tests
    4. Removed motherboard and ensured nothing was touching case, verified standoffs - same problems
    5. Redid/reseated all connections/cables except CPU
    6. Ran memtest for 4 hours - no problems with RAM
    Besides hardware, my only other thought was a bios update. I do have a Zalman CNPS 9700 CPU Cooler and perhaps I damaged the CPU when installing. I think I tossed the OEM fan so I can't test with that.
    MSI K9N2 SLI Plat
    AMD Phenom X4 Agena 9850
    BFG 8800 GTS 512(G92)
    2 x 2gb GSKILL DDR2800
    Corsair 750TX PSU
    At this point, I believe the problem is either the mother board or cpu. Does anyone have any other suggestions on testing or if I'm not diagnosing this properly/headed in the wrong direction?
    Thanks for any and all help.

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