MSI Neo 875P Mobo monitor blank....

Hi,
I'm running TwinMos DDR 400Mhz with 2 pairs of 512MB.
Each time it reboots or switch on my system....the intermittency problem appears that my monitor screen blank while the CPU is working.
Sometimes it work by resetting or switching off & on....to get it solve tempoarily.
Running a P4 800FSB 2.8C Ghz.
SBLive! Soundcard.
seagate sATA HDD 80GB
Yamaha SW1000XG soundcard.
Matrox G400 display card
300Watts HEC PSU.

Hello.
This board doesn't works well, or in some cases like mine, won't even start with twinmos memorie modules.
I sugest you get another memory stick, from another manufacturer, and try it out. It worked for me.
I bought OCZ and my system is working rock and stable, even in agressive overclock.
good luck and, let me know. 8)

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MSI Neo 875P Bios

Hello everybody.
I have an MSI mother board ( Neo 875P ) . windows XP Soon will be going to Windows 7
I have been using IDE for years on this now and back when i bought it hardly anything used SATA.
I’m trying to get the SATA working on this.
When the computer boots up it quickly comes up on the screen top left ( bios not installed ) .
I’d like to fix this and get my SATA working as all the new hard drives and Drives are SATA and IDE is really hard to find. How do i Fix this ? How do I install the Bios ? and get my SATA working.
Thanks a lot for any help – John.

bios not installed is a message from promise controller
your getting it as it detects no drives connected
your problem will be both the intel and promise are sata 1
and may well not work with later sata 2 or 3 drives
early sata 2 drives had jumpers to force sata 1 you might be able to find one

People with msi neo 2 mobo's and audigy 2 cards please read

I was wondering what pci slot you have your sound card in as mine is in the orange slot and have noticed pauses in games for no reason. The on board ethernet is sharing the same irq as the gfx card within windows and was wondering if i moved the sound card to another slot it may free up an irq for the ethernet. Or am i wrong, does it share with the agp anyway?

Even though mine is Neo Vanilla, the IRQ landscape shouldn't be that much different. With the nForce chipset, slot 3 has always been the sweetspot.
Just putting it in any slot is asking for trouble. What you need to be looking at is IRQ allocation in either the Device Manager, or System Info.
That will give you a good idea what is going on.
For instance, here's mine...
IRQ 0   System timer   OK
IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard   OK
IRQ 4   Communications Port (COM1)   OK
IRQ 5   WinFast TV2000 XP WDM Audio Capture   OK
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK
IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK
IRQ 11   NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management   OK
IRQ 12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse   OK
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK
IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 16   RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition   OK
IRQ 17   WinFast TV2000 XP WDM Video Capture   OK
IRQ 18   Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)   OK
IRQ 19   OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK
IRQ 20   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 21   NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator   OK
IRQ 22   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 23   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK
If you have anything sharing then you have a "Less than Optimal" configuration. If you haven't had problems, great! Creatives drivers have actually improved, as has the hardware these days in being more tolerant of the many configurations that can take place, but you are asking for problems or selling your system short as far as optimal performance goes if you have a sharing situation.

Msi Neo 875p Fis2r Pcb 1.0 Bios 1.7

trying to overclock with this bios, got to 240 mhz FSB with 400 mhz RAM, system would boot but crash after playing UT2k4. Tried upping Core voltage to 1.700volts, system would not boot at all. I had to clear the CMOS. I'm now running at 205 mhz. Is there a problem with this bios that you can't make your core voltage 1.7? I hear 1.8,1.9 and 2.0 are not good for overclocking or running your comp in general.

Could be that the power supply to the RAM is also a bit scarce, try upping that to 2.7V -2.8V (depending on what your RAM can handle), and as Kingfisher said - post your system specs (or alternatively have it as a signature).

Neo 875P Onboard Sound Problem

I'm having problems getting surround sound to work on my MSI Neo 875P with my Logitech Z-640 speakers. It only works in Morrowind and the during the SoundMAX control panel tests. Not with media in Windows, and not in other games.
In other games it just seems like the output to the rear channels is really weak. If you put your ear to it you can hear it, but it's not working as it should.
If I plug my front speakers into the rear channel port on my mobo, and then put the rear speakers in the front channel port (that is, switch their places), the front ones are all quiet and the back speakers play loud.
Thus, it is not the speakers which are messed up, it's the output coming from my mobo. But it's configured to run in surround sound! And surround sound does work in Morrowind!
Any ideas?

I have a 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (MS-6728) with version 1.3 BIOS and I'm having the same problem. I get sound from the rear speakers only from the Speaker Test in the C-Media 3D Audio Configuration program.
All other audio output only comes through the front speakers. Winamp set to output to Direct Sound does not produce rear speaker sound either.
When doing the speaker test, there is also a crackle noise as it switches between speakers.
Speaker setting is 4CH; speakers are plugged into the on-board audio jacks; I've verified that everything is connected properly. The speakers work fine as they work in the Speaker Test (and they worked fine with my previous machine and audio card).
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the audio drivers, both from the CD and from the website, with no change.
Any suggestions? :-)
Thanks,

Anyone with a Neo 875P FISR (not FIS2R)

Does anyone here own a MSI Neo 875P FISR mobo? I have one, but get the feeling that it aint as good for OCing as the FIS2R. The BIOS does not have CPU:DRAM ratio setting. Any comments??
P IV 2.8c with HTT Enabled
MSI 875P Neo-FISR (BIOS ver 3.2)
512Mb x 2 Kingmax (MPXC22D-383) PC-3200 CL2.5184 pin DDR DIMMs Running in DUAL CHANNEL
ATI 9500 Pro 128 Mb DDR (AGP 8x / Fast Writes Enabled)
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
Pioneer 16x DVD ROM / Sony 52x CD-RW
80 Gb Seagate HDD 7200 RPM
Codegen 350Watt PSU

Neither did the FIS2R. Read P4 Neo Unofficial Guide for an explanation on how to set the ratios.

Newbie - memory advice with Neo 875P

Hi,
Sorry if this is a stupid question but I have just bought a new MSI Neo 875P motherboard and an intel pentium 4 2.6C processor. The question i have is i no longer have the funds to buy some DDR400 memory this month so i am forced to use my existing samsung DDR 266 memory for at least a further 4 weeks.
Does anyone know what sort of impact the use of DDR266 will have on my new system (basically will it seem any faster in photoshop / games) than my existing athlon 1.4 on a KT333 motherboard. Or wether this combination of board and memory will actually work and with wnat settings?
Thanks is advance
John

AnandTech has posted a memory article that includes a comparison between DDR 266 and DDR 400 performance here:-
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=1849&p=4
Full article (Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2)starts here:-
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=1849
and the previous article (Searching for the Memory Holy Grail: Part 1) here:-
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=1839
Lots of interesting info ...though i would check other users have had good results with any brand and your board before you buy anything
Users with first-hand experience > Hardware sites and review samples

MSI Neo-FIS2R 875P + Thermaltake Xaser3 V2000a

Anyone have any issues when connecting the RESET connector from the Xaser3 V2000a case to the MSI Neo-FIS2R 875P Mobo? When I do the board will not even POST. Could it be a faulty plug on the case as I doubt its the Mobo?
Btw.. only OCed the processor to 233/466 at default Vcore resulting in 3.26Ghz. Will be going much higher as well as OCed the Ram.
Mind you.. curious why WinXP+SP1 only shows the Processor at 2.80Ghz and not the new speed (3.26Ghz)? SiSandra also shows this but when I use MSI's InfoView it shows at 3.26Ghz. Probably nothing to worry about.. just wondering..
System Specs:
o Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz 800FSB (Oced to 3.26Ghz)
o Swiftech MCW4000/Sunon 50.6cfm Cooler/Fan
o MSI Intel 875P Neo-FIS2R Motherboard (v1.2 Bios)
o OCZ Enhanced Latency Dual-Channel Series 2x512MB PC3500 DDR 433MHz RAM
o Asus GF3 V8200 Pure 64mb (Oced to 235Mhz Core/520Mhz Memory) but acquiring Gainward FX/5900 Ultra 256mb AGP8x card soon!
o Tekram U3D U-160 SCSI Controller
o IBM 15K Rpm 18gb U-160 SCSI
o IBM 10K Rpm 9gb U-160 SCSI
o Creative Sound Blaster Value
o Thermaltake® Xaser III V2000A Aluminum ATX Case w/ Window
o Antec AN-TRUE550 ATX Power Supply True 550W
o WinXP + SP1 + Direct/X 9.0a

Hi, just helped a friend with his new Xaser case and also had a very difficult time getting it to boot. We discovered that the chasis intrusion switch wasn't fully engaging. Cleared cmos and everything worked after that. Don't know if this will help or not. Good luck, it's a great case.

MSI NEO-FISR2 875 lockup issues

I've just built a new system on the MSI NEO FISR2 875P motherboard. Here are the specs:
2.8GHz Intel Pentium 4
2x512MB Kingston 434mhz HyperX modules
2x120GB Seagate SATA drives
1x200GB Western Digital drive
Plextor DVD-RW
Creative 6x DVD-ROM
SoundBlaster Audigy2 Platinum
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
The system seems rock solid, until I run any kind of game, at which point the system will lock up within 10 minutes (usually much less) of play. I've tried the following:
Cooling: I have five case fans, a processor fan, a power supply fan, and a video card fan. This ATI card was in my last system as well (Athlon 1.4ghz, 512MB RAM), and would lock up only if the case was closed; I concluded that it was a heat problem. However, this lockup occurs no matter if the case is open or closed, and due to the case fan on the side, I imagine it's cooler if the case is closed anyway.
Disabling sound: I've disabled the Audigy2 in the hardware manager, and got the same problem.
Underclocking the video card: I underclocked the ATI basically as far as it would go; same problem.
Updating drivers: I have the latest BIOS (I guess I should consider myself lucky considering the amount of unsuccessful BIOS flashers in this forum), sound drivers, video drivers, DirectX (9.0a), chipset drivers, and HDD controller drivers.
I guess when I get home today I'm going to try swapping out the ATI in exchange for an old Geforce2 GTS. Even if it does "fix" the problem, though, I'm concerned that it may not be the video card; MSI's "stealth" overclocking whenever the system gets taxed might be stressing the AGP bus to the point where the ATI can't handle it and the Geforce2 can.
Is there something I'm missing? Any way to disable this ridiculous "technology" that MSI has implemented? Do you think I could convince them this is a reason for an RMA?
*sigh*
-Paul

Ah yes. Sorry I didn't mention that. It's an Antec TruePower 430W power supply.
It might also be worth mentioning that after one of the aforementioned game crashes:
- I'm pretty sure things crash back to the desktop, but the display is so corrupted that I cannot be sure; the system seems to respond somewhat to keyboard events.
- Most of the time, after the crash, if I press the ATX power switch, the system will shutdown properly (or as far as I can tell; the shutdown sound plays and the system turns off, but the display remains corrupted so I don't really know).
- After such a crash, when I power back on, the CMOS has been cleared.
- After such a crash, sometimes, the ICH5R fails to detect one or both SATA drives, but when ctrl-alt-deleted, everything's fine (I replaced both serial ATA and serial ATA power cables).
- After such a crash, sometimes, the system boots such that both monitors are displaying the same thing, and I have to manually select "Extend my windows desktop" onto the second monitor, change its resolution, and *reboot* (which is odd; I can change this without a reboot if the system did not just crash) before the settings are applied.
Any ideas appreciated.

Neo 875P has no extra fan or USB on-board slots?

I have bought a case with case fans and USB... yet the MSI Neo 875 board gives me no extra power points for fans (one of them wants a board connection), nor any additional positions for USB.
Is this usual practice, or unusual? I bought a board a year or two ago without this problem (using the same case), so I didn't give it a second thought till the board arrived.
Actually, I could steal the northbridge fan point, but then I'd need a passive cooling solution that would fit on that tiny chip.
I would also use the USB slots provided for the USB silver thing... but the connectors are different (it uses a 10 pin connector with one missing, where as the case uses two five pin connectors).

What version of 875P Neo board do you have?
There are 3 fan connectors supplied - CFAN and NBFAN are used and include speed monitoring and PWM control. SFAN is merely for providing power to your system/chassis fan - no speed moniotoring nor PWM control.
On the Neo FIS2R version, JUSB2 can accomodate additional 2 USB ports - either via a D-bracket towards the rear, or front case USB ports.
Be VERY CAREFUL with the wiring as +5V and Gnd are NOT PROTECTED and could result in severe damage if misconnected.
Generally, additional high-power fans would be manually controlled and have independent temp sensing (e.g. Thermaltake SmartFan2, etc...) These fans would come with a 3-pin connector and a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter that plugs to your other power supply connectors.
Others suggest that the NB fan is of minimal thermal value, so you may disconnect the NBFAN and just removing the lightshow/fan leaving the heatink.
In my case, as my NB fan and rear chassis exhaust fan were relatively quiet, I obtained 3-pin to 4-pin adapters and connected both to an AUX power connector.
For my front fan, I used the NBFAN connector and use SpeedFan 4.08 to control its speed by monitoring HD temp (via SMART) and NB temp.

Attention all Neo 875P FIS2R users!...Your opinion is needed!...

Hi...I recently purchased the Neo 875P FIS2R after reading some fantastic reviews on it. However, I was browsing the AnandTech forum last night and most of the replies in the topic were extremely negative towards the board and MSI...People sending them back etc. I have not built my new system yet with the Neo FIS2R so I was wondering what other people's opinions of this board are, how they are finding it's performance, stability etc before I build.
All input will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks from Colin.
P.S.- Overclocking for me is NOT a priority...stability I feel is most important to me.

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Originally posted by Danny
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MSI cut PAT off because of the problems that can occur while it is on with heavy overclocking.
If you are going to say something like this you should post a link to where it is. I have never seen MSI make any statements about cutting PAT off. If this is your guess say so, but don't quote it as fact unless you can prove it is true.
See this for someone else's guess:
"As far as I know, all i875 motherboards disable PAT after 210MHz.
It may be part of the Intel licensing agreement."
I didn't know. That is what I was I read on here.
I didn't know that all the mobos did. It is odd then because at 225FSB on my abit board, Sisoft Sandra and CPU-Z both report that PAT is still on. The same was not said with my MSI board. After 218 PAT was disabled and a took a loss in mem scores.
But don't get me wrong I recommend the MSI board to anyone except the extreme overclocker.
Sorry if I mislead you guys.

Unclocked NEO-875P FIS2R reliability

First of all let me say hellow to the boards, Ive alwayse been a fan of MSI but from what I've read so far about the CORE-CENTER and BIOS problems i plan on leaving my system untouched till i hear better...
CLIFFNOTES-How is the reliability and performance of an unclocked NEO-875P FIS2R????

I'm running un-oc'd too, and I haven't had any problems. Smooth sailing with Bios 1.2. Was smooth before I flashed to 1.2, too. I've resisted flashing to 1.3 or 1.4, even though I'm tempted, because everything runs fine as is. Things aren't perfect (the very very very occasional crash occurs, and things you wouldn't expect to be wonky sometimes are, such as occasional DVD-ROM drive problems, speaker problems, network problems, or vidcard problems, butI don't think that these are on account of the mobo). Really, though, everything pretty much works as expected, looks reasonable in SiSoft Sandra (in terms of performance), and is more stable than my previous Win 98 SE/ASUS A7V installation. Only unfixable problem I've had is the software that MSI provided w/ the board is all deadly. It doesn't work at all. The utilities disc won't run, and programs installed from it (through Windows Explorer) have bad hang and crash problems. Otherwise, all is well.
Nevertheless, I CAN'T WAIT for the day that MSI supplies a stable BIOS that everybody loves, that is 100% proven to make the board do what it's advertised as being able to do. The same goes for their CoreCenter software. It doesn't work for me now, but I'd love for it to be able to.
Anyway, I expect to live w/ the board as is for a while. I'll drop in a Prescott CPU next year, stick w/ my Audigy 2 and All in Wonder cards and my 1 Gig of Corsair PC3200 LL DDR DRAM for a while, and I don't expect to have to upgrade otherwise for at least 3 years from now. Hopefully, this setup will keep me running the latest and greatest software with above-acceptable performance through then.

Dual Channel memory problems on Neo 875P

I am having considerable trouble getting the NEO 875P to work with dual channel DDR400 DIMMs. I have two Kingston KVR400X64C25 DDR400 256MB memory modules, each of which works correctly by itself. However, once I move one
of the modules to channel B, I cannot boot my operating system (currently Windows XP.) The problem also occurs in Windows 2000, which I also have on the system. I receive blue screen errors that indicate paging/memory problems. I have upgraded my BIOS to the latest version (1.3)* in the hope that it would solve my problems, but it has not. The POST screen detects that there is 512MB of memory working in Dual Channel mode, but even when it does get through the O/S booting process (rarely), it crashes within minutes. Putting just one of the chips in makes the system perfectly stable. If anyone has any information, please let me know!
Thanks,
Jim Keller
http://www.centerfuse.net
* My board was dead after trying to flash the 1.3 BIOS, but after about 10 attempts of using CTRL+HOME method to recover the BIOS, it finally worked with version 1.0. I then re-flashed with 1.3, and it rebooted fine. Are there any updates about all of the problems with v1.3 ?

>I can only answer based on what I've read on this forum
I figured as much, I was just wondering if you knew whether MSI themselves frequents the forums or answers emails sufficiently.
I've had an interesting development though. I stumbled upon Tom's Hardware Guide's article about 875P motherboards at http://www17.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20030519/i875p-01.html
They mentioned that they needed to increase the memory voltage from 2.5 to 2.6 in the BIOS to get some memory modules to work. I did this, and for the first time, I am running in Dual channel DDR mode. However, the article also mentions that "the system does not run completely stably", so I guess I'll have to wait and see if it crashes again. However, I'm far enough beyond the XP splash screen to post this message, so I guess we're getting somewhere!
-Jim Keller
http://www.centerfuse.net

Just ordered MSI Neo Platinum 250GB from dabs.co.uk, got a few Q's...

Well, first post at my future forum seeing as i've just ordered an MSI Neo Platinum from dabs.co.uk (never usually order from there, was the only place it was listed). By the looks of things, it's not going to be out for a week or so (keeps saying 3-4 days on site) so I might as well ask a bit about it to whet my appetite. Sorry if this stuff has been asked before...
Is it very possible that MSI will release a BIOS update to go higher on the ole FSB than 300Mhz... say 350Mhz?
Also, is 2.85 the max voltage that can ever be given to us without a volt-mod... could a BIOS update theoretically offer more or is that the limit? and i'm planning on running 10*245 at least with my watercooling, and it's just not enough for high FSB with BH-5...
And lastly, i'm thinking of trying a few different types of memory with the thing in search of best performance, is it tru that the NF3 and A64 performs well with higher latency PC4000+ memory, and also using a 5:4 divider like P4's?
That'll do for the mo, hope someone can get me up to speed. Oh and one last thing, and ETA on when the board will be released to suppliers in the UK? I've got the CPU but no mobo... arrrghh! :D
Regards,
Rich.

Well, I haven't had to mess with memory timings at all. I've tried four different brands of memory and they've all worked. Kingmax MPXC22D, Kingston KVR400X64C25, Infineon PC3200, and one other - Samsung I think. Right now I'm running 2~512 sticks of double-banked Infineon. The Athlon64 3000+ is an awesome CPU. I thought my Barton 2500+ was fast. This makes that one seem ssssllllllooooowwwww. I've had my system up and running for a couple months now, with only a BIOS flash problem to talk about. It is a very stable, fast machine. Anyhow, I'm also waiting for the MSI K8N Neo Platinum and the Athlon 3400+ w/512Mb Cache (Newcastle), or the newer 3700+.

MSI Neo-FIS2R build questions! & SATA RAID questions!

This is going to sound like a stupid question. And I'm not even sure that I know what I am asking.
I've built two computers so far. One with an MSI K7N2G-L and another with an MSI K7N2G-ILSR. Both nForce2 motherboards with AMD processors.
Here's what I'm getting at... I'm planning on building a new machine with either the Abit IC7-G or the MSI Neo-FIS2R (both 875P boards obviously).
Now, when I built the two nForce2 boards it was really easy. I put all of the components together, turned on the machine, the bios auto enabled settings, I put the windows xp pro cd in the cd drive and formatted the hard drive for NTFS, I then installed the OS and booted the system! Then I intstalled the drivers fromt the MSI CD. Ran Live BIOS and flashed to the most current motherboard BIOS. SIMPLE! Everything worked fine.
Here's my question. For the 875P system will everything pretty much happen the same way? Or do I need to do additional things? One of my main concerns (especially if I go with the Abit IC7-G over the MSI) is flashing the bios. Do I need a floppy drive or something? I've never flashed a BIOS outside of the Live BIOS utility. I don't want to put a floppy drive in my system! What are my options here?
Not that I want to do it, but if I needed to (say with the Abit board) HOW DO I FLASH THE BIOS WITHOUT USING THE LIVE BIOS UTILTY?
Bottom line is, I'm building this system for someone else and I want it all to be a painless experience (especially if they are looking over my shoulder).
One final question. This may sound even more stupid than the first question. I'm purchasing SATA drives ONLY. I'm not purchasing any IDE drives. So, here's my question...Can I boot from a SATA drive? What if it's in RAID 0? From the posts in the forums it appears that the SATA and RAID on these 875P motherboards either doesn't work or isn't very reliable (may potentially lose data). IS THIS AT ALL TRUE?! I'm stupid when it comes to RAID and SATA. Any help in this department would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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Originally posted by ZippyGaloo
1. If I only install one SATA drive I have to set it up as a RAID anyway right? Wrong?
2. If I install two SATA drives I have to set it up as a RAID as well right? Wrong?
3. If I install two SATA drives and set up a RAID
(either 0 or 1) which drive does the OS go on?
I have never built a raid array (as yet) and have never owned a SATA disk (as yet), but from what I have read...
RAID is a method of connecting several disks together so they perform as a single disk. That means, in response to your points above:
1) If you install only one drive (SATA or not), it will not be set up as RAID.
2) If you install two SATA drives, you have the option of using them as two individual drives OR setting them up in a RAID 0 or 1 configuration.
3) Ok, RAID 0 is known as "striping" - this method makes two disks look like one big disk, that works twice as fast as the individual drives. Every time the PC writes data to the drive, it sends the first bit of data to drive 1, the second to drive 2, then drive 1 again etc etc. This speeds up the disk read/write time, as the two disks can both work simultaneously. To the OS though, the two drives appear as one. The OS will be spread across both disks - it needs both of them connected to run, take either disk out and you'll be left with half an OS (that obviously won't work)
With RAID 1 (known as "mirroring"), you still use two disks. You will only have a useable capacity of the smallest disk however (using two 40gb drives only gives you a total of 40gb of space. with RAID 0, two 40gb disks will make one big one - nearly 80gb large {I think the RAID system itself uses a bit of space}). The advantage with mirroring, is the second disk holds an exact copy of the first. If one disk goes bang, you have a duplicate copy on the second - so, to answer your point above, the OS will reside on both disks.
To summarize, RAID 0 is good for increasing speed; RAID 1 is good for increasing protection of your data as you have two copies incase a drive gives up. To get the best of both worlds you need RAID 0+1 (this method needs 4 disks though, 2 striped - then 2 mirroring the striped).
There is a lot to RAID - just search the net for some manuals if you're interested, hope this gives you an idea though (providing I've got it right!)

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