MSI Pt880 Neo

Hi i am making my own computer... so i bought a X_Dreamer II computer case and then i bought the MSI PT880 Neo and installed it on the case and then i was reading the mother board manual.. and it said that the mother board supports Pentium 4 and upto 3Ghz so does that mean i have to BUY the pentium 4 chipset separate?
This is what it says exactlyon the box :
MSI
VIA PT880 Chipset based
PT880 Neo
Corcell Chip
Designed for Intel Pentium Northwood/prescott (socket 478) processors

Hi,
2.8 or 3.0 Northwood CPU..........
Nvidia 5700 series and above or ATI 9600 series and above, both I consider min for high end GAMER system.......
ALSO, choose PSU carefully......
Del

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    On a newly built system using the MSI PT880 NEO-FSR I am experiencing intermittent and frequent disconnects from my LAN.  I have tested with both Win2000 and WinXP.  When the system boots, I generrally get an IP address and gateway address.  If I start a continuous ping on another host, after a short while I start receiving "Hardware Error"messages, and Destination host unreachable.  Ny IP in most cases is still good, however sometimes it reverts to autonet.  If I do ping successfully for a while and start IE, it fails immediately.  I have the link with another system, and it works fine...Any ideas?
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    I have removed components from the system to simplify troubleshooting...the current configuration (still fails) is as follows:
    Power Supply  - PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 300
    Processor-Intel Pentium4 Socket478 3.20 GHz 800MHz System Bus 512kb L2 Cache BX80532PG3200D HyperThread
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    AGP-Video-PNY-nVIDIA Verto GeFORCE FX 5200 AGP-8 128MB DDR
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  • [VIA Series] Can't get dual channel on P4 3.2 HT MSI PT880 Neo ?????

    When I boot up it says 64 bit single channel, this is confirmed by CPU-Z.
    I bought  2 PQI 3200 512 DAH Dual channel memory sticks (Identical) bought in a single package ($159.00) when I got this Mobo and  machine ,  originally Fry's installed them in slot 1 and 2,javascript:void(0);
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    Memory Capacity : 512MB
    Memory BankLabel : RAS 2 & 3
    Memory DeviceLocator : DIMM2
    Memory Type : 3DRAM
    Name : Physical Memory
    Memory Capacity : 512MB
    Memory BankLabel : RAS 4 & 5
    Memory DeviceLocator : DIMM3
    Memory Type : 3DRAM
     I wondered why Sandra said my memory was choking my processor. Its 800 FSB and HT is enabled. In addition, I have frequent BSOD issues, IRQ less or not equal, pagefile in non paged area, I just want to play some battlefield without getting kicked to desk top or boot.....
    Other question, sitting here typing this and my CPU temp is 46 C.
    Any help would be appreciated, I'm not sure what I've missed and I'm a noob at this stuff, would increasing the voltaqe help????

    The online manual for the PT880 NEO-FSR says slots 1 and 3 are used for dual channel.
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  • Problems w/ MSI PT880 Neo-LSR

    I built my sysytem last February and it ran great right out of the box with the current hardware I am still using( See Sig block). about a month ago I started getting a few windows crashes and lock-ups(win XP Pro). I wiped both my hard drives and re-installed, got the same problem. Windows loads VERY S...L...O...W...L...Y . I am also getting the blue screen of death from both hard drives, error messages from both DVD Drives, Cmos errors Floppy disk drive errors and VGA Controller errors.
    I checked my PC health and saw that my Proc. was up to 130 deg F, sys was at 90 deg F and my 3.3 volt was bouncing between 2.8 and 3.0
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    Any Help or troubleshooting I could get would be appreciated

    Hi,
    Add on to Danny's post.......
    How big is case? Increasing fans will not help, unless you have a case to support this........ Try leaving side off case and see if this helps......
    Have you checked for Viruses? Boot Sector only go on FDISK and format............
    Set :
    AGP > 1.6V
    DDR > 2.7V
    Oh and check fans are in correct direction.........air-flow........the fans should have an arrow that is the air-flow.........
    Del

  • MSI PT880 + Prescott 2.4G can't boot into Redhat Linux

    Title said it all. BIOS is updated to the newest version 1.5.  No problem with Windows XP sp1a, but I got stucked after installation of Redhat 9 --- the installation was smooth, but I couldn't boot after installation.  It displays "kernel panic". I haven't tried other linux distributions (still in the process of downloading knoppix ISO) I didn't overclock. Any one notice the issue before?  Thanks!
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    Kernel version: 2.4.20-8
    CPU: Intel Pentium 4 "Prescott" 2.4G 1M cache
    Mobo: MSI PT880 Neo
    BIOS: v1.5
    Memory: 512M*2, PC2700

    Hi,
    I play with Mandrake versions, install has not had problem (Touch wood)
    I do know that code is still being compiled for the latest TECH...... it might be best to take an hour to search World Wide Wait........
    I have not had the Kernel Panic, so I have not looked into it before....
    Sorry, I could not help more than a LINK......
    Del

  • PT880 Neo-FSR not booting from SATA device

    Hi everybody!
    MSI PT880 Neo-FSR http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=608
    As read on the topic subject, I'm having trouble trying to boot up using my new SATA DVD-RW. This device works perfect while running Windows XP on my PC, but when I try to boot from it, I simply can't.
    My PT880 Neo-FSR mobo is running the latest avalaible BIOS version (2.0) and Internal SATA controller and SATA boot ROM function are enabled. Looking inside the booting options, I just can't set my SATA DVD-RW as a valid device for booting up (I only see my IDE HDDs, FDD and LAN as booting options).
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    If you're asking yourselves how I installed Win XP on this PC with no CD/DVD booting: My former IDE DVD-RW is now my sister's, so I kept previously instalation and just changed devices.
    I need to run some utlities from a boot-CD and re-install Windows on this PC real soon, so I'd appreciate some help.
    P.S. I tried to do my best with my 'rusty' English, so I hope you could fully understad what I've written above.

    Quote from: Henry on 03-September-08, 14:26:24
    Are you saying it does work but you simply can't boot from it? Have you tried by using the F11 boot menu?
    Yes! This device has been working great, but the only problem I get is when I try to use it for booting.
    I alredy tried using the F11 boot menu and nothing happened... It's so weird!

  • P4 2,4GHZ + PT880 Neo

    Hey!
    I bought the PT880 Neo for my P4 2,4 (The old one without HT!). But my Performance is Bad!
        Motherboard Properties:
          Motherboard ID                                    63-1125-009999-00101111-040201-VIA_P6$PT800MSIA7008VMS V1.1 112503
          Motherboard Name                                  MSI PT880 Neo-SR (MS-7008)
        Front Side Bus Properties:
          Bus Type                                          Intel NetBurst
          Bus Width                                         64-bit
          Real Clock                                        133 MHz (QDR)
          Effective Clock                                   533 MHz
          Bandwidth                                         4267 MB/s
        Memory Bus Properties:
          Bus Type                                          DDR SDRAM
          Bus Width                                         64-bit
          Real Clock                                        200 MHz (DDR)
          Effective Clock                                   400 MHz
          Bandwidth                                         3200 MB/s
        Chipset Bus Properties:
          Bus Type                                          VIA V-Link
          Bus Width                                         8-bit
          Real Clock                                        67 MHz (ODR)
          Effective Clock                                   533 MHz
          Bandwidth                                         533 MB/s
        Motherboard Physical Info:
          CPU Sockets/Slots                                 1
          Expansion Slots                                   5 PCI, 1 AGP
          RAM Slots                                         4 DIMM
          Integrated Devices                                Audio
          Form Factor                                       ATX
          Motherboard Size                                  240 mm x 300 mm
          Motherboard Chipset                               PT880
          Extra Features                                    CoreCell
    Are those results correct? I got the newest drivers and Updates, does the Processor match with the Motherboard?
    Please Help me, even Age of Mythology Lags!!

        Integer iSSE2:                 14918it/s
        Float iSSE2:                   18662it/s
        Run ID:                        LUKAS on Montag, 1. März 1999 at 18:25:18
        NUMA Support:                  No
        SMP Test:                      No
        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
        Rendered Image Size:           640x480
        Model:                         Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
        Speed:                         2.41GHz
        Performance Rating:            PR2651 (estimated)
        Type:                          Standard
        L2 On-board Cache:             512kB ECC Synchronous ATC (8-way sectored, 64
                                       byte line size)
        Model:                         VIA Technologies Inc PT880 CPU to PCI Bridge
        Front Side Bus Speed:          4x 134MHz (536MHz data rate)
        MMX Technology:                Yes
        SSE Technology:                Yes
        SSE2 Technology:               Yes
        SSE3 Technology:               No
        HTT - Hyper-Threading Technolo:No
        Notice 5008:                   To change benchmarks, click Options.
        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
                                       life' performance.
        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
                                       using the same version!
    >>
    >
        Combined Index:                78562 operation(s)/min
        Endurance Factor:              8.8
        512B Files Test:               178674 operation(s)/min
        32kB Files Test:               8336 operation(s)/min
        256kB Files Test:              3353 operation(s)/min
        2MB Files Test:                1160 operation(s)/min
        Run ID:                        LUKAS on Montag, 1. März 1999 at 18:25:38
        SMP Test:                      No
        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
        Read Performance:              1036698 operation(s)/min (8639 kb/sec, 49x)
        Write Performance:             62069 operation(s)/min (517 kb/sec, 2x)
        Delete Performance:            541494 operation(s)/min
        Combined Index:                178674 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              7351 operation(s)/min (3921 kb/sec, 22x)
        Write Performance:             7867 operation(s)/min (4196 kb/sec, 23x)
        Delete Performance:            492451 operation(s)/min
        Combined Index:                8336 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              3119 operation(s)/min (13308 kb/sec, 75x)
        Write Performance:             2839 operation(s)/min (12113 kb/sec, 68x)
        Delete Performance:            449099 operation(s)/min
        Combined Index:                3353 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              1129 operation(s)/min (38537 kb/sec, 218x)
        Write Performance:             907 operation(s)/min (30959 kb/sec, 175x)
        Delete Performance:            578653 operation(s)/min
        Combined Index:                1160 operation(s)/min
        Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
        Use Overlapped I/O:            No
        Test File Size:                32MB
        Repeated Sector ReWrite:       2391 kB/s
        Sequential Sector Write:       1871 kB/s
        Random Sector Write:           168 kB/s
        Total Size:                    38GB
        Free Space:                    25GB, 100%
        Cluster Size:                  4kB
        Notice 5008:                   To change benchmarks, click Options.
        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
                                       life' performance.
        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
                                       using the same version!
        Notice 5207:                   Consider using the File System Benchmark for
                                       non-Flash devices.
        Notice 5900:                   Endurance factor can only be used on the same
                                       type of device (SLC or MLC).
        Tip 11:                        Use the 'Switch Chart Type' button to switch
                                       between Detailed and Combined charts.
        Tip 5202:                      Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
    >
        Combined Index:                23531 operation(s)/min
        Endurance Factor:              7.1
        512B Files Test:               8160 operation(s)/min
        32kB Files Test:               51754 operation(s)/min
        256kB Files Test:              10981 operation(s)/min
        2MB Files Test:                1549 operation(s)/min
        Run ID:                        LUKAS on Montag, 1. März 1999 at 18:25:52
        SMP Test:                      No
        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
        Read Performance:              5810 operation(s)/min (48 kb/sec, 0x)
        Write Performance:             20752 operation(s)/min (173 kb/sec, 0x)
        Combined Index:                8160 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              81687 operation(s)/min (43566 kb/sec, 247x)
        Write Performance:             33398 operation(s)/min (17812 kb/sec, 101x)
        Combined Index:                51754 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              12906 operation(s)/min (55066 kb/sec, 312x)
        Write Performance:             8974 operation(s)/min (38289 kb/sec, 217x)
        Combined Index:                10981 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              1645 operation(s)/min (56149 kb/sec, 319x)
        Write Performance:             1423 operation(s)/min (48572 kb/sec, 275x)
        Combined Index:                1549 operation(s)/min
        Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
        Use Overlapped I/O:            No
        Test File Size:                32MB
        Repeated Sector ReWrite:       2914 kB/s
        Sequential Sector Write:       2356 kB/s
        Random Sector Write:           261 kB/s
        Total Size:                    20GB
        Free Space:                    12GB, 100%
        Cluster Size:                  16kB
        Notice 5008:                   To change benchmarks, click Options.
        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
                                       life' performance.
        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
                                       using the same version!
        Notice 5207:                   Consider using the File System Benchmark for
                                       non-Flash devices.
        Notice 5900:                   Endurance factor can only be used on the same
                                       type of device (SLC or MLC).
        Tip 11:                        Use the 'Switch Chart Type' button to switch
                                       between Detailed and Combined charts.
        Tip 5202:                      Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
    >
        Combined Index:                20375 operation(s)/min
        Endurance Factor:              7.9
        512B Files Test:               21172 operation(s)/min
        32kB Files Test:               28267 operation(s)/min
        256kB Files Test:              9737 operation(s)/min
        2MB Files Test:                1387 operation(s)/min
        Run ID:                        LUKAS on Montag, 1. März 1999 at 18:26:01
        SMP Test:                      No
        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
        Read Performance:              22702 operation(s)/min (189 kb/sec, 1x)
        Write Performance:             19229 operation(s)/min (160 kb/sec, 0x)
        Combined Index:                21172 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              25500 operation(s)/min (13600 kb/sec, 77x)
        Write Performance:             33763 operation(s)/min (18007 kb/sec, 102x)
        Combined Index:                28267 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              9124 operation(s)/min (38929 kb/sec, 221x)
        Write Performance:             10827 operation(s)/min (46195 kb/sec, 262x)
        Combined Index:                9737 operation(s)/min
        Read Performance:              1416 operation(s)/min (48333 kb/sec, 274x)
        Write Performance:             1345 operation(s)/min (45909 kb/sec, 260x)
        Combined Index:                1387 operation(s)/min
        Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
        Use Overlapped I/O:            No
        Test File Size:                32MB
        Repeated Sector ReWrite:       3074 kB/s
        Sequential Sector Write:       2291 kB/s
        Random Sector Write:           236 kB/s
        Total Size:                    19GB
        Free Space:                    14GB, 100%
        Cluster Size:                  16kB
        Notice 5008:                   To change benchmarks, click Options.
        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
                                       life' performance.
        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
                                       using the same version!
        Notice 5207:                   Consider using the File System Benchmark for
                                       non-Flash devices.
        Notice 5900:                   Endurance factor can only be used on the same
                                       type of device (SLC or MLC).
        Tip 11:                        Use the 'Switch Chart Type' button to switch
                                       between Detailed and Combined charts.
        Tip 5202:                      Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
    >>
    >
        Error:                         Cannot create/write to drive! Check
                                       permissions.
    >
        Drive Index:                   43MB/s
        Run ID:                        LUKAS on Montag, 1. März 1999 at 18:26:11
        SMP Test:                      No
        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
        Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
        Use Overlapped I/O:            Yes
        IO Queue Depth:                4 request(s)
        Test File Size:                511MB
        File Server Optimised:         No
        Buffered Read:                 40 MB/s
        Sequential Read:               52 MB/s
        Random Read:                   34 MB/s
        Buffered Write:                52 MB/s
        Sequential Write:              49 MB/s
        Random Write:                  30 MB/s
        Average Access Time:           10 ms (estimated)
        Drive Type:                    Hard Disk
        Total Size:                    38GB
        Free Space:                    25GB, 100%
        Notice 5008:                   To change benchmarks, click Options.
        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
                                       life' performance.
        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
                                       using the same version!
        Notice 5209:                   Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash
                                       Benchmark for Flash devices.
        Tip 5202:                      Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
    >
        Drive Index:                   49MB/s
        Run ID:                        LUKAS on Montag, 1. März 1999 at 18:27:38
        SMP Test:                      No
        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
        Operating System Disk Cache Us:No
        Use Overlapped I/O:            Yes
        IO Queue Depth:                4 request(s)
        Test File Size:                511MB
        File Server Optimised:         No
        Buffered Read:                 40 MB/s
        Sequential Read:               56 MB/s
        Random Read:                   39 MB/s
        Buffered Write:                55 MB/s
        Sequential Write:              56 MB/s
        Random Write:                  37 MB/s
        Average Access Time:           8 ms (estimated)
        Drive Type:                    Hard Disk
        Total Size:                    20GB
        Free Space:                    12GB, 100%
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        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
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        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
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        Notice 5209:                   Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash
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        Tip 5202:                      Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
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        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
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        File Server Optimised:         No
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        Sequential Read:               49 MB/s
        Random Read:                   35 MB/s
        Buffered Write:                55 MB/s
        Sequential Write:              49 MB/s
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        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
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        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
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        Notice 5209:                   Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash
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        Tip 5202:                      Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
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        RAM Bandwidth Float Buffered i:2929MB/s
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        Scaling:                       2893MB/s
        Addition:                      2935MB/s
        Triad:                         2932MB/s
        Data Item Size:                16-bytes
        Buffering Used:                Yes
        Offset Displacement Used:      Yes
        Bandwidth Efficiency:          91% (estimated)
        Assignment:                    2907MB/s
        Scaling:                       2911MB/s
        Addition:                      2952MB/s
        Triad:                         2947MB/s
        Data Item Size:                16-bytes
        Buffering Used:                Yes
        Offset Displacement Used:      Yes
        Bandwidth Efficiency:          91% (estimated)
        Run ID:                        LUKAS on Montag, 1. März 1999 at 18:30:19
        Memory Used by Test:           256MB
        NUMA Support:                  No
        SMP Test:                      No
        Total Test Threads:            1
        SMT Test:                      No
        Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance:    No
        Processor Affinity:            No
        Page Size:                     4kB
        Use Large Memory Pages:        No
        Model:                         VIA Technologies Inc PT880 CPU to PCI Bridge
        Front Side Bus Speed:          4x 134MHz (536MHz data rate)
        Width:                         64-bit
        Maximum Bus Bandwidth:         4288MB/s (estimated)
        Bank 0:                        16MB DDR-SDRAM 3.0-3-3-8CL 1CMD
        Bank Interleave:               4-way
        Speed:                         2x 201MHz (402MHz data rate)
        Width:                         64-bit
        Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth:  3216MB/s (estimated)
        MMX Technology:                Yes
        SSE Technology:                Yes
        SSE2 Technology:               Yes
        SSE3 Technology:               No
        HTT - Hyper-Threading Technolo:No
        Notice 5008:                   To change benchmarks, click Options.
        Notice 5004:                   Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-
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        Notice 5006:                   Only compare the results with ones obtained
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        Combined Index:                6911MB/s
        Speed Factor:                  14.7
        2kB Blocks:                    25777MB/s
        4kB Blocks:                    26261MB/s
        8kB Blocks:                    21176MB/s
        16kB Blocks:                   18821MB/s
        32kB Blocks:                   18894MB/s
        64kB Blocks:                   18973MB/s
        128kB Blocks:                  18988MB/s
        256kB Blocks:                  17590MB/s
        512kB Blocks:                  14235MB/s
        1MB Blocks:                    1788MB/s
        4MB Blocks:                    1805MB/s
        16MB Blocks:                   1791MB/s
        64MB Blocks:                   1789MB/s
        256MB Blocks:                  1786MB/s
        Data Item Size:                16-bytes
        Buffering Used:                No
        Offset Displacement Used:      Yes

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