NEO3-FR and NEO-F

What are the differences between these 2 boards?

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NEO3-FR and NEO-F
It would be nice to know which boards you are actually referring to.
This is a list of Neo3-FR Boards:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=searchresult&keywords=neo3-fr
This is a list of NEO(-F) boards:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=searchresult&keywords=neo

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RAM and NEO-FIS2R

Hello,
My first time here, and i've read through a large portion of the already available posts, but nothing so far have i found to solve my problem.
I recently bought the MSI NEO-FIS2R board along with an Athlon64 3200+. I also purchased 1gig (2x512) Kingston HyperX PC3200, ECC Registered. I cant for the life of me, get it to boot with both DIMMs installed, either work, but not both.
I've toyed with timeing and bus ect per the posts on this board, but nothing so far. Anyone with some specific advice?
Thanks in advance for the help =)

hi
i havent got an msi motherboard but an asus.
I recently bought 2x 512 400 ddr from Corsair and the system only loads up with one stick and not the other. Tied to do lot of combination by putting in slot 2 and 3 etc put with no further sucess.
In fact some motherboard like mine do not recommend these types or ram memory so i had to get a refund.
is this ram is supported by msi motherboard?
see you

E8400 and neo-fr

hey i have a e8400 and a neo-fr with bios 1.1......
xp hangs forever at setup windows (xp install)
i am right by saying bios update if so great the task of making it work is fanily over... yes the disks are fine and also using 250GB ide hard drive but some people have said SATA is a problem wtich i have got but not using becuase people say is bad and cant install with xp need drivers
what i want to no is how to flash bios and how to install xp on a sata hard drive (i have a flopy drive) or is this not the problem?
thanks this will stop loads of steress :D and thanks to the great board you have sold me truly amazing :D

You can still use a a floppy disk to boot and flash the BIOS as long as you don't read directly from the floppy disk during the flash process.
In DOS there is something called ramdrive, it uses a small portion of your memory to create a virtual drive.
You can copy the BIOS files from the disk to the virtual ram drive.
Then run the bios flash program from the ramdrive and this removes the floppy disk flash risk as it will not be used during the flash procedure.
Download this to create the RAMDRIVE boot disk.
http://www.nerdlabs.org/bootdisks/diskimages/wboot98se.exe
Run the file and it will create a floppy boot disk.
Download the MSI BIOS (version 1.8) and extract the files to a folder.
Copy the 2 files (A7345IMS.180 & Afud408.exe) to another disk.
Boot from the floppy RAMDRIVE boot disk.
- Start computer without CD-ROM support
- Once it has finished loading take out the disk.
- Insert the 2nd disk with the 2 files (A7345IMS.180 & Afud408.exe).
# Type (notice the space bars)
copy a:\*.* c:
# Press enter
# Type
c:
# Press enter
# Type
afud408 A7345IMS.180
# Press enter
It should flash the BIOS.
- Once done turn the PC off.
- Remove the PSU mains cable for the back
- Press the front case switch power button (should help to discharge any remaining power)
- And clear the CMOS, press and hold down the CMOS clear switch for at least 30 seconds.
And your done.
Make sure you run memtest for a while before the BIOS flash. (if you have never run memtest, go for 3 hours)
- This will create a memtest boot disk.
http://www.memtest.org/download/2.01/memtest86+-2.01.floppy.zip
- Extract the files to a folder and run the install file. (requires another floppy disk)
Once the disk has been created it cannot be read in windows, so do not try to read it as you will get a message saying "disk not formatted..."

Audigy and NEO

I bought the NEO K8T, 3200 CPU, ATi 9800XT, and tried to use my audigy MP3+ card from my other computer. I updated the bios to 1.13. When I install the card into the computer, the computer freezes up or boots with sound then no sound and windows says I don't have a sound card installed. The audigy drivers will not install cause windows does not see my sound card!!
Now what!

try this link
it is on audugy troubles has a few recomendations, https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=31525&sid=&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=2
look around you might find the answer.

What should I think for 865PE Neo3-F and 3.0 ghz?

with this mobo
MSI "865PE Neo3-F" i865PE Chipset Motherboard For Intel LGA 775 CPU
and this CPU
Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 540J 3.2 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache
what should I exspect for a super stable overclock? Does the motherboard have tons of options?
Im going to be de clocking the memory so I can get a higher clock speed. Let me know if you know how well the options are. Thanks.
I hope at least 3.6 (It will have extra cooling 40 degree datacenter)

There's not only MSI make 775 with old chipset.
DFI even make 775 with 875 chipset. And in my country (in a mag), they complain it's faster than 915. -yes, I think it's right, no surprise-
I think it's not about OC but more about price. As the chipset is cheaper, and use AGP + DDR1, so you can still use most -expensive- part of your previous system.

Adobe Captivate 5.5 and Neo Speech: issue to use Paul voice

Hello,
I have installed succesfully Adobe Captivate 5.5 and then Neo speech Add-on. But unfortunately, when using Speech management function, I can't find Paul and Kate voice. These voices are not proposed in the voice list while the installation has suceeded.
A Kate and Paul directories have been install under Adobe Captivate 5.5 but I don't know why these voices seems to be not installed.
My PC uses Windows XP, default language = french. Adobe Captivate has been installed in English.
Thanks for your support,
Odile

Hi,
First I have installed Adobe Captivate 5.5.
Then I have installed Neo spech.
I have restarted my PC, then launch Captivate: Paul and Kate voices are not present in Speech Manager. And I have no special error message, only voices missing.
After that I have installed Loquendo speechs.
Launch again Captivate and see that Loquendo voices are pesent in Speech Manager.
Now I will show you Neo Speech install report, installation done after an Captivate application stop:
The installation has succeeded in the good directory.
When installing Loquendo the report is not really the same, it seems that some additional execution are done:
Following other discussions on the forum, I have looked at my Windows Control Panel Voice and see that 3 voices are proposed. I assume that these are Windows voice. I didn't find Stefan, Simon, Kate or Paul voices and I'm not ablle to add or configure something.
If someone has an idea of the issue

Liveupdate2 crashes in WinXp pro and Neo-fis2r

When I install liveMonitor with liveupdate 2 it will crash after the reboot, stating that the hardware monitor cannot be initialized and that there are errors. After I click these error messages away it just reboots.
I tried admin account, still same error message, but no reboot! And when I deinstall Liveupdate 2 again, the corecenter won't work anymore either!
NOTE: at this point all other drivers are already installed (ie. Soundblaster etc.), including MSI corecenter and the infoviewer.
I have a brand new PIV 2.8 ghz, msi Neo-fis2r, SB Audigy 2, 120 Gig HDD, Toshiba DVD SD-1502, 512 ddr ram.
Is anyone familiar with WIN XP or this problem? Could use it... THNX!!!

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Originally posted by zcbtv02
When I install liveMonitor with liveupdate 2 it will crash after the reboot, stating that the hardware monitor cannot be initialized and that there are errors. After I click these error messages away it just reboots.
I tried admin account, still same error message, but no reboot! And when I deinstall Liveupdate 2 again, the corecenter won't work anymore either!
NOTE: at this point all other drivers are already installed (ie. Soundblaster etc.), including MSI corecenter and the infoviewer.
I have a brand new PIV 2.8 ghz, msi Neo-fis2r, SB Audigy 2, 120 Gig HDD, Toshiba DVD SD-1502, 512 ddr ram.
Is anyone familiar with WIN XP or this problem? Could use it... THNX!!!
Well, I have the problems like yours. After long time researching. I find out that both programs (corecenter and life update) have services that need to be started before loading the corecenter program and life monitor.
So what i did was just remove it to be auto load at windows startup. but instate, wait till all the windows fully loaded then only load those program.
Good luck.

Sapphire Theatrix 550 Pro and Neo 2 Platinum problem

Anyone manged to install and get a Sapphire Theatrix 550 (ATi Theater 550) TV Capture card to work on a MSI NEO 2 Platinum motherboard? I have two computers using the NEO 2 and the Theatrix does not work on either. The "ATI Unified AVStream" device has a conflict with the "PCI Standard PCI-to-PCI bridge". The resources section is greyed out on the "PCI Standard PCI-toPCI bridge" device. I have installed and tried both Windows Media Center and Windows XP
I have no idea how to correct this. Anyone have any ideas or better still solutions?
Thanks
Dal

Richard
I have returned the original motherboard as It would only post to the "Platinum logo" 4 time out of 10 starts! I have now installed the Theatrix card into my other machine which also supports a MSI Neo2 Platinum MB.
Unfortunately I can not try all the PCI slots on this machine as it is water cooled and the GFX and chipset waterblocks prevent access to slots 1 and 2
I did try slot 3 and when I attempt to install the drivers the computer resest it's self consistantly towards the end of the installation! I have tried running the ATI Catalyst Driver setup program and installing manually and the machine resets it's self at the end without warning!
The card is now in slot 4 and the drivers installed. However I am getting "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)" like before.
Here are the details you requested
Hardware IRQ Settings
SiSoftware Sandra
IRQ Number : Device
0 : System timer
4 : COM1
4 : Communications Port (COM2)
5 : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
6 : Standard floppy disk controller
8 : System CMOS/real time clock
9 : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
11 : ATI Unified AVStream Driver
13 : Numeric data processor
14 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
15 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
16 : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
19 : VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
20 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
20 : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
21 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
21 : Realtek AC'97 Audio
22 : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
23 : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
I/O Settings
SiSoftware Sandra
I/O Range : Device
00000000 - 0000000F : Direct memory access controller
00000000 - 00000CF7 : PCI bus
00000000 - FFFFFFFF : ISAPNP Read Data Port
00000010 - 0000001F : Motherboard resources
00000020 - 00000021 : Programmable interrupt controller
00000022 - 0000003F : Motherboard resources
00000040 - 00000043 : System timer
00000044 - 0000005F : Motherboard resources
00000061 - 00000061 : System speaker
00000062 - 00000063 : Motherboard resources
00000065 - 0000006F : Motherboard resources
00000070 - 00000073 : System CMOS/real time clock
00000074 - 0000007F : Motherboard resources
00000080 - 00000090 : Direct memory access controller
00000091 - 00000093 : Motherboard resources
00000094 - 0000009F : Direct memory access controller
000000A0 - 000000A1 : Programmable interrupt controller
000000A2 - 000000BF : Motherboard resources
000000C0 - 000000DF : Direct memory access controller
000000E0 - 000000EF : Motherboard resources
000000F0 - 000000FF : Numeric data processor
00000170 - 00000177 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
000001F0 - 000001F7 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000274 - 00000277 : ISAPNP Read Data Port
00000279 - 00000279 : ISAPNP Read Data Port
00000290 - 00000297 : Motherboard resources
00000376 - 00000376 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000378 - 0000037F : Printer Port (LPT1)
000003B0 - 000003BB : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
000003B0 - 000003BB : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
000003C0 - 000003DF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
000003C0 - 000003DF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
000003F0 - 000003F5 : Standard floppy disk controller
000003F6 - 000003F6 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
000003F7 - 000003F7 : Standard floppy disk controller
000003F8 - 000003FE : COM1
000003F8 - 000003FF : Communications Port (COM2)
000004D0 - 000004D1 : Motherboard resources
00000778 - 0000077B : Printer Port (LPT1)
00000960 - 00000967 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000970 - 00000977 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
000009E0 - 000009E7 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
000009F0 - 000009F7 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000A78 - 00000A7B : Motherboard resources
00000B60 - 00000B63 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000B70 - 00000B73 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000B78 - 00000B7B : Motherboard resources
00000BBC - 00000BBF : Motherboard resources
00000BE0 - 00000BE3 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000BF0 - 00000BF3 : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
00000D00 - 0000FFFF : PCI bus
00000E78 - 00000E7B : Motherboard resources
00000F78 - 00000F7B : Motherboard resources
00000FBC - 00000FBF : Motherboard resources
00004000 - 0000407F : Motherboard resources
00004080 - 000040FF : Motherboard resources
00004400 - 0000447F : Motherboard resources
00004480 - 000044FF : Motherboard resources
00004800 - 0000487F : Motherboard resources
00004880 - 000048FF : Motherboard resources
00004C00 - 00004C3F : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
00004C40 - 00004C7F : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
00009000 - 0000907F : VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
00009000 - 00009FFF : PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
0000A800 - 0000A8FF : Realtek AC'97 Audio
0000AC00 - 0000AC7F : Realtek AC'97 Audio
0000C800 - 0000C80F : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
0000CC00 - 0000CC7F : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
0000E000 - 0000E00F : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
0000E400 - 0000E47F : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)
0000E800 - 0000E81F : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
0000F000 - 0000F00F : NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
Memory Resources
SiSoftware Sandra
Memory Range : Device
00000000 - 0009FFFF : System board
000A0000 - 000BFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
000A0000 - 000BFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
000A0000 - 000BFFFF : PCI bus
000C0000 - 000DFFFF : PCI bus
000F0000 - 000F3FFF : System board
000F4000 - 000F7FFF : System board
000F8000 - 000FBFFF : System board
000FC000 - 000FFFFF : System board
00100000 - 3FFEFFFF : System board
3FFF0000 - 3FFFFFFF : System board
40000000 - FEBFFFFF : PCI bus
D0000000 - DFFFFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
D0000000 - DFFFFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
E0000000 - E7FFFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
E8000000 - E8FFFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
E8000000 - EAFFFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
E9000000 - E9FFFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
EA000000 - EBFFFFFF : ATI Unified AVStream Driver
EB000000 - ECFFFFFF : PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
ED000000 - ED0FFFFF : ATI Unified AVStream Driver
ED000000 - EDFFFFFF : PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
ED100000 - ED1007FF : VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
EE001000 - EE001FFF : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
EE002000 - EE002FFF : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
EE003000 - EE0030FF : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
EE004000 - EE004FFF : Realtek AC'97 Audio
FEC00000 - FEC00FFF : System board
FEE00000 - FEEFFFFF : System board
FEFFF000 - FEFFFFFF : System board
FFF80000 - FFF80FFF : System board
FFF90000 - FFFBFFFF : System board
FFFED000 - FFFEFFFF : System board
FFFF0000 - FFFFFFFF : System board
Thanks again for your help

Pny verto 6800 and neo platinum =( please help

Hi,
I have the following:
k8n neo plat
a64 3200+ newcastle
pny verto geforce 6800 128 mb w/ 66.93 drivers
512 mb pqi turbo memory
aspire 500w psu w/ 34A on 12V
maxtor 60 gb hd
microadvantage 5232 cdrw
microadvantage 8x dvdrw
floppy
I just got the 6800 and put it in today. Everything set up fine and the first game I ran was NBA LIVE 2005 which had jagged edges so I turned on the AA/AF to 4x and 16x, that solved the jagged problem but the team logos now appear blurry. The second game I tried was DOOM 3 and boy oh boy was it a disappointment, it was extremely laggy even on 1024 setting!! The third game was NFSU 2 which was smooth but I'm not quite sure that the sky and concrete are supposed to be blocky squares, any ideas? I am having lots of trouble.
I tried AGP fast writes off and auto in the bios, no difference.
Any solutions or suggestions? Thanks in advance.

may find some clues here 6800 cards-a no-no with nforce boards
hope this helps

K8N neo3 hangs and restarts

Hi, i have a problem with the k8n neo3 mainboard, it restarts and hangs randomly. These problems occur randomly with no visible pattern.
The pc is composed of a Sempron (palermo) 3000+, two pci cards (sound and network), a pair of Samsung ddr 400 memory, a radeon 9500 AGP card plugged into the AGR slot, and an outdated 300w atx1 power supply.
There is another problem too, some usb devices from the external ports when plugged at start don't work until they are re-plugged when the OS has been fully loaded.
What can be the cause of these problems?
I think that it can be some incompatibility with the agr slot or the power supply is not cappable to supply enough power.
Thanks

Quote from: fokker on 08-April-06, 05:57:44
The ram are OK, used it in a k7n2 for month without a single hang.
Just to be sure, run your system with just one stick at a time (try both sticks of course) and see if it still hangs. If it doesn't hang with just one stick, then it's a memory issue or your mobo doesn't like those RAMs in pairs for some reason.
If either stick alone still hangs like before, try swapping in RAM from another computer. And if using another computer's known-to-work RAM still hangs, then it's pretty conclusive that it's not a memory issue.
Costs you nothing to find out, so I'd check and make sure before exploring other options (like replacing the PSU).
Good luck.

K8N Neo3-F and high system temp.

Hello,
I just bought a new retail K8N Neo3-F (7135) from one of the closing CompUSA stores. The problem is that the System temp in both the bios and Core Center reports higher than my cpu temp. Right now my cpu temp is 32 deg c and my system temp is 42 deg c. I've seen it get as high as 50 deg c. Now the board came with the 1.6 bios. I have tried the 1.7 and currently running the 1.8 modded bios and still no change. Does anyone know if this is a known problem? If so is there a fix or does my board need to go back to MSI. Thanks
AMD64-3400 (2.4ghz Venice)
K8N Neo3-F (7135)
BFG 650W P/S
EVEA 8800 GTS
2 gig G.Skill PC3200
74 gig Raptor
160 gig Segate sata
Lite-On DVD

Ok the system temp refers to the nf4 chip. That makes sense now. I thought the system temp refered to the temp inside the case. The fan is spinning fine with a rpm of 6250 according to Core center.

P45 Neo3-FR and Pentium D 820

Hi. I'm going to upgrade my PC step-by-step and the first thing i wish to change is motherboard. I decided to buy something on p45 chipset, may be - p45 neo3-fr. But my processor is Pentium D 820 rev. B0, and i'm not sure will it work or not. Please help who knows surely! My processor is not in the list of compatible processors with this motherboards, but many people says 'sure, it will work!', because fsb 800mhz is supported and in p35 this processor was officially supported. i think the difference between p35 and p45 is not so big, and pentium D will work with p45...
p.s. i'm russian, but in official russian MSI forum nobody knows, so i hope here someone will help me)
p.p.s. sorry if there are mistakes in the text, my english is not perfect))

Hello,
Quote
and i'm not sure will it work or not. Please help who knows surely!
Here are the official CPU Support List for the two P45 Neo3-FR Mainboards (PCB v1.0 and PCB v2.0):
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1611&maincat_no=1&orderby=cpu_name%20ASC#menu
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1634&maincat_no=1&orderby=cpu_name%20ASC#menu
As you can see, none of them can support the Pentium D 820 processor.

MSI 6600 GPU and Neo 4 ultra problem ----- PLEASE HELP -----

I just got done building a beautiful system with the K8N Neo 4 platinum matched with a MSI 6600 PCIE video card. Everything went together perfectly. After many reboots and getting everything set up the way I want, I accidently moved the monitor, and the DVI cable was loose. I did this during a reboot.
Now the system will not boot up at all past the post screen. I can not get into BOIS at all. I tried unplugging, clearing CMOS, and reseating the video card. However, I am really out of options for what I can do.
Does anyone ave any suggestions, or perhaps has seenthis before?
Thanks,
Doug Heerema

Opps nevermind what I said. I misread your second paragraph. As you can't get past the post screen I have to ask if the HDD's are running like it would in a normal boot? If so then you may be set to some other scan frequency than the Monitor can handle. If so then you need to try it as Eddie suggested with a normal CRT so that you can reset to the panels native resoluition and frequency. Some Flat Panel displays don't like anything else. If that works then try to remember the last operation you did before this happened. As whatever that was likely changed the operating frequencies to somethiong the monitor did not liuke. You will need to review that before trying it again.

Artifact crash and reboot with 3D Games and Neo-F P965 7235

I´m having a lot of problem with artifacts, crash and reboot in 3D games, it seems to be a graphic problem but reading post i have a solucion with my x1900gt 256 Mb
when i disable de memory mappping all is ok with loose of performance.
How i disable it: Ati Tray Tool Advanced Microadjust---Compatibility Tweaks---Disable DMA Access
My question is if that´s a BIOS, graphic or mem issue and other possible solution without loose of performance.
Thank you very much

My system is:
M.B. Neo-F P965 BIOS 1.0A Award (7235)
PSU Corsair HX520 W crossfire certified
Samsung DDRII 533 Mhz 2 Gb 4,4,4,11 1,8v (BIOS 1.0A can´t put at 1,8 only 1,85) 2 sides and 2 x 1 Gb
ATI Gecube X1900GT 256 Mb Rev 2 PCI-E 1,5 v, core 513 Mhz, mem 657 Mhz GDDR3 Catalist 7.9
Monitor ACER AL1916W
CPU E6400 Dual Core 2,12 Mhz
O.S. Windows Vista 32 bits
I have solve the problem with loose of performance disabling DMA Access from my graphic card, why?
It may be a incompatibility between my X1900GT and my memory RAM or PCI-E 16x and X1900GT, i think so because when starting my system somes character looks in blue and magenta but when windows start no problem. May Be a synchronism problem of FSB (266 Mhz actual)
Never overclock and clean fan.
Thank you for your fast replie and sorry for my english:biggthumbsup:

MSI P45 Neo3-FR and MSI HD4850 signal loss

My computer:
MSI P45 Neo3-FR
MSI HD4850
E8400 E0
2x2Gb DDR2 800MHz (MDT)
Samsung F1 320Gb
Toughpower Qfan 500W PSU
Vista 64-bit
The problem:
The motherboard came with BIOS version 1.0 which didn't support the E8400 E0. To fix that I had to update to version 1.3, which solved the processor issue but now the graphics card loses the signal at random while playing just about any game and after restarting the computer sometimes keeps on rebooting a couple of times. I read at the german tomshardware forum of someone with a similar problem that solved the problem by using BIOS version 1.2 but that isn't really an option for me since it doesn't support my processor. So any ideas?

Quote from: Frankenputer on 20-August-08, 21:52:14
Your PSU is only capable of 18A on 12V1 and 12V2, and only 16A on 12V3. But, that doesn't mean that the rails can deliver all those amps at the same time, it's just the max. Try to borrow a better PSU, preferably a powerful single +12V rail one, or get one as yours is not that great.
A good one to get would be the Corsair VX 550 or the TX 650 Corsair. Both are quiet and have powerful single +12V lines.
According to the ati webpage the Toughpower Qfan 500W is on the supported list for HD4850/70 though. One strange thing I just noticed is that 3dmark06 and furmark seem to run stable but gaming causes random signal losses. Of course it might also be a driver issue or something else(using catalyst 8.7 with Catalyst Control Center).
edit: Just noticed there is a new bios v1.4 available so I'll try that out and report back.
edit2: Ok, 1.4 was a disaster and wouldn't even let me reinstall Vista without bluescreens so now I'm trying out 1.2 and it seems to be working ok so far although it doesn't officially support my cpu.

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