New Msi Neo2 Platinum....many problems

Here`s my setup:
A64 3200 939 winny watercooled
Msi Neo2 Platinum bios ver 1.4 vcore 1.50 HTT x4
2x512 corsair xmspc3200xlpt timings 2.5-3-3-7 1T vdimm 2.85 235x10 fsb 1:1 in the first 2 slots next to the cpu and tried the last 2 also
BFG 6800 GT OC 256mb 1.65 volts
SB Audigy 2 zs in the third pci slot
80 gig Maxtor
80 gig WD SE
Truepower 550 about 2 yrs old 12v amps are rated at 24a
6 case fans
waterpump is on the 12 volt rail
VC is on its own rail or leg
hdd`s and floppy are on thier own rails or leg
Fans and water pump is on its own rails or leg
Cd rom and burner is on its own rail or leg
i ran memtest on my on my sticks seperate and together and passed at 250 fsb 1:1 for 5 hrs and they are a matched set
im getting random errors,device driver errors and crashes in HL2 and in 3dmark05 and in 03 i get as high as 2500mhz and my rig reboots itself tried changing ram timings to 3-3-3-8 and no change
curious my psu not enough for the job amp wise ? i checked my 12v5v and 3.3v rails with a dvom and im getting 11.96 on the 12v rail under load, 4.98 under load and 3.28 under load but the bios reads about .20 to .27 under what my meter says
this psu ran flawless with a NF7-S ver2 ,barton xp2500 mobile@2477mhz and a 9800 pro
im new to the board but not new to o/cing and this board has me baffled any ideas would be helpful

Sounds like you are suffering from the NF3 + 6800 combination problem.
Theese things that gives troubles are dx9 it seems.
Interesting thread:
NF3 & 6800(series) compatibility ???

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Quote from: Lorex on 10-March-05, 21:43:00
Nope.. And I hardly believe it's a software issue. Will try a fresh install of XP today, nut the reason of such strange behaviour escapes me :] Cmon people, any ideas ?
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I´ve recently bought and neo2 platinum and a a64 venice, but I´m having problems with the boot up.
problem: when a turn on the psu swith, (without presing the power botton of the case), the sistem turns on for itself. It doesn´t boot, just turns on, so I have to press the case botton to do so.
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psu antec true control 550, or topower 400w.
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Quote from: hull01 on 15-August-05, 09:46:20
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Link to MOBO owner's guide on MSI, http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=do...1&prod_no=1332
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Boombox,
Good morning and thanks for putting my concerns to rest, like I said before, I have to upgrade a part at time. Next piece is AMD Phenom II X4 955 (hopefully gets here NLT Tuesday) with RAM I purchased last month and did not want to fry them first time I boot up the system. Plus I am on Day 2 since switch out of my K9A and still no issues
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Hey.. i reg for this forum just for this screw up prob.. heres my spec.
SilverStone:
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there is only 1 combination that seems to work with that board ( i have same board) fried but,,
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Quote from: Wonkanoby on 25-February-05, 16:05:09
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and post stop code and any driver etc it blames
Memtest86
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Plz help 915P Neo2 Platinum temperature problem

Hi All
i have 915P Neo2 Platinum (V1.0B) main board
one day my computer stop working and when i press power button nothing happen
i change power supply and it work but when i log into windows it freez and stop responed
when i press restart button the computer didn`t work i had to remove power cable and put it again to work
i try linux it work for some time and stop respond and i had to remove power cable and put it again
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i updated bios version
from this page
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=626&kind=1
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some time the cpu temp say`s 104 c !!! put when i toutch the fan i didn`t find that it`s hot like that
some times when i press restart button it make shutdown not restart
i can`t install windows because it freez when i try to do that
i didn`t know why the computer work for some time and freez
and some times it didn`t work and i had to leave it for some time and try again
can any one help me to find why this happen is the problem in power supply that i replace it or what plz help
sorry for my language i speak english littel
Regards

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what is your newest PSU? can you provide PSU details(can be found into PSU sticker), and remaining parts of your hardware e.g. what VGA you got?
"some time the cpu temp say`s 104 c !!! put when i toutch the fan i didn`t find that it`s hot like that "
seems your CPU heatsink is not making good contact with CPU surface, or there is too much thermal paste or CPU cooler is going down.
power down PC, remove power cord from the PSU and re seat CPU cooler, clean CPU socket from any dust, clean CPU surface from existing paste and apply a new one. then mount CPU cooler (ensure its mounted property, ensure CPU FAN is spinning at expected RPM). re-test, if no go, change your CPU cooler with new better one which gonna do the job.
thank you very much for your response
i change the PSU again with other and the computer work fine now
and use new cooler and the temp between 40-55 is this good ? new fan speed 3000 -4000 rpm
and sys temp is between 30-40
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I have posted to a couple of forums and still can't get this problem resolved, hope you guys can help.
I put together a new system last Friday night and spent all weekend trying to fix it. I ended up with 2 bad power supplies, one fresh from the store was dead, but got that resolved. Got the system up and running, got online, surfing and FREEZE..everything stopped. Rebooted, 5 minutes later, same thing, over and over again.
Tried checking memory, it's fine, both sticks, power supply is fine, everything seems to be running fine except it keeps freezing after about 5 minutes.
I wonder if it's a bad board, so I tried to RMA it with the vendor and they want me to try outside the case to see if it won't freeze there, haven't had the time yet cause I'm working, will try that tonight.
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Thank you both for your posts, they are both informative and I will be using your information Friday night. I'm just so tired after work, I don't want to get part way into it and have to leave it for the next day, I have to get up at 3am everyday and get home around 6-7pm and I'm beat!
So, Friday after work, I'm going to start with just the basics and go from there, using all the information I've been getting from this board and a couple of others. Seems like the best thing to do is, start with barebones, reset cmos, reset battery and install fresh windows os.
I will post Friday after I start and hopfully I will get this problem fixed.
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Ok thanks for trying to help me but its not the HDD's. Its the motherboard or the cpu. I just dont know which one.
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