[nforce] K7N2 Delta, having massive lock-ups / random reboots.

Hi all, it's been a while since I last needed your wisdom. Anyway, a couple of days ago my machine began to randomly reboot on me, so I went about trying to figure out what is causing the problem. I've cycled out my PSU, my drives, changed BIOS settings, so on and so forth, and it's still happening. System Specs follow:
MSI K7N2 Delta Mobo
Athlon 2800+ Processor
512 x 2 Kingston ValuRAM PC3200
Generic PSU : 3.3v : 28a, 5v: 30a
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 5950 Ultra 256 MB
Seagate 200GB 7200 RPM Hard drive
Lite-on DVD/CDRW Combo burner
Any ideas? I've been dismantling this thing and rebuilding it over and over for about a week now, and nothing has changed. I get the reboots all the time, graphic-intensive and not. I've even had the machine freeze up in the BIOS menu before. Help me please!!!

Quote from: sickfallout on 19-May-05, 02:38:49
Alright, thanks a lot guys for all your help!
Hi there..
I'm not sure if you have fixed the problem or not.....but i have the same board and my pc reboot maybe one or two times a day...
and i'm sure it is my Ram, and i also use 2x512mb Kingston Value pc3200
i have tried with 2x512mb crucial pc3200 from my other pc and then there is no problem...
ps. I haven't been writing in english for a long time.

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[nForce] K7N2 Delta-ILSR ...did i kill my motherboard??????

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Do you have a different power supply you can test?
You did unplug the power supply before clearing the CMOS right?
Have you checked the stickies? Especially this one? https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=64248.0

[nForce] K7N2 Delta ILSR - Do i have to have raid with sata drive

Hi guys,
Probably a really stupid question, but here goes
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The only way i could get the SATA HDD recognised by windows, was to set up a raid array with just the 1 disk.
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[nForce] K7N2 Delta 2 LSR boot/power up issues

I installed the K7N2 Delta LSR mb with an Athlon XP socket A 3000+ cpu. The computer turns on but won't boot. Nothing appears on the monitor screen and there are no beeps. The harddrive spins, the board has power but nothing happens. When I put my old mother board back (MSI K7T Pro266A) in with the Athlon 2000+, everything works fine.
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A few things to check:
Do you have any unused stand offs in the case touching the motherboard
The XP3000 CPU is a barton core and comes in two variants, a 333FSB and a 400FSB version. Your RAM is PC2100 which with an Nforce chipset is a recipie for problems. The NForce chipset is picky about RAM and PC2100 running on a PC2700/PC3200 processor FSB probably won't work.
Also post your PSU max amps, as a +12V rail below 16A could cause problems.
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[nForce] K7N2 Delta Premium stuck at Chipset Initialisation

Hi there, I'm new to these boards, how do you all do?
As stated in the subject I'm having trouble with a new K7N2 Delta Premium which is stuck at Chipset Initialisation. I'm not going to write out a long explenation here as I have been battling with this for a week and I have a thread in another forum where lots has already been discussed. Hopefully it will save time in people suggesting stuff that's already been tried etc. Here's the link.
Thanks in Advance,
Matt

Sorry Richard but it had been a long day and I just wanted to get a quick post in before going to bed and hopefully some answers by morning.
I'll hold back on the sig for the moment if you don't mind as I haven't yet got a working PC with an MSI board and am using components swapped, borrowed and thieved from other PCs so to list it all probably wouldn't fit
Here's a list of everything I've used so far.
AMD Athlon XP-M 2200+
AMD Athlon 800
ASRock K7-Upgrade
MSI K7N2-Delta Premium
2*256MB PC2700 (Generic)
2*512MB PC2700 Kingston Value RAM (Sourced from an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe based PC with an AMD Sempron 2800+)
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Radeon 9600Pro 256MB (Sourced from an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe based PC with an AMD Sempron 2800+)
120GB IDE HDD
Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM
Lite-On 32x CD-RW
Asus TV FM Card
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350W PSU (Original)
350W TaurusX PSU (3.3v = 20A, 5V = 33A, 12V = 18A) (Sourced from an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe based PC with an AMD Sempron 2800+)
Any combination of all the above components produces the same result, all items power up and the motherboard stays in Chipset Initialisation mode. All components have been tested and are known to work in other PCs (namely the ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe based one) except the 2 motherboards and CPUs.
Now for a slightly condensed version of all my posts from the other Forum:
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On monday I turned the PC (configured using the ASRock mobo, Athlon XP-M, Ti4200, Generic RAM and 350W PSU) and it booted to the welcome screen fine except I had no response from my keyboard and mouse. Being wireless models I scanned for a different channel but no luck so I tried the reset switch on my case. The computer began to boot and nothing happened. The monitor wouldn't come on and the PC just sat there with the HD light stuck on.
I left it and took the PC to work the next day (I work in an IT department so could 'borrow' a few spares to try out). At work I swaped out the graphics card (it's hadn't been initialising properly when I used drivers other than those that came with windows, stuck at 4 colours at 640*480) for an FX 5200, no change. I swapped the graphics cards back and took out a stick of RAM, no change. I swapped the two RAM sticks around and the PC booted, great, I thought, faulty memory, at least it works I'll buy a replacement the weekend.
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Today I go to the local computer fair and buythe MSI mobo. I reinstall everything and turn the PC on, same as before, only the diagnostic LEDs tell me the board is stuck in 'chipset initialisation mode'. I try chopping and changing the RAM again and try the Radeon from one of my other PCs, no change. Wonderful, I now have the feeling that my lovely 2 week old XP-M 2200+ that I hadn't had a chance to play with yet has broken so I swap it out for the Athlon 800. Hallelujah the PC boots first time and I go straight into the BIOS. I check all the settings and enable/disable the onboard peripherals I do/don't want/need. Restart the PC and it's back into Chipset Initialisation mode again. Doh! So I know think I messed up on the BIOS settings somewhere so I reset it, no change. I reset it again (this time removing the battery from the board as well as unplugging the mains and setting the jumper), no change. I try swapping out the RAM and graphics card again, still no luck.
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All my testing is performed on the desk for my second PC which uses a standard MS wired desktop.
I've tried pairing the PC down to just CPU, RAM, graphics card. When the PC was first tried with the XP-M 2200+ and the MSI board I even tried it with just a Graphics card and with just RAM, same result.
All components apart from the CPUs and TV Tuner have been swapped out with components in another PC and that PC booted with each one of them in and is still booting now.
Tommorrow I'll try the TaurusX PSU and try the board layed out on the table and see how it goes.
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I've tried swapping the power supply and it still wouldn't boot. On a whim I removed a memory stick, yes it booted. I left the pc for a while sat in the BIOS and all was good. I took the risk and swapped the CPU for the better XP-M 2200+. This booted first time too, infact it booted with both memory sticks in. Great, it was a dodgy power supply, except that power supply is now in the ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe PC I was robbing parts from and working fine.
After leaving the PC sat in the BIOS HW monitor for a while watching CPU temps I decided to restart and get on with installing windows. Doh! back to chipset initialisation mode again
Next step..... try it out of the case on my dining room table.
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I've now tried the MSI motherboard on my desk (wooden) with just the XP-M 2200+, Ti4200, Kingston Memory, hard drive and Diagnostic LED bracket connected. It results in the same problem (and this is with yet another power supply to the previous two being used, the 300W one) as well as the TaurusX PSU, the PC sits at Chipset initialisation stage.
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I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel here and am simply running out of ideas. All that I can think to do now is try both the XP-M 2200+ and Athlon 800 CPUs in one of my working nForce2 PCs (which I am reluctant to do cos I'm idle).
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OK, another update. Got home about quarter to 2 and the second 256MB DIMM had gone through 50 tests without errors so the memory is fine (and is fine with nForce2 mobos as that's what I tested in).
I've used two different keyboard and mouse sets, the wired one on my second PC and the wireless one (which also works conected up to my second PC). No difference, the system is barely getting far enough to even think about keyboard and mouse. Hell it's not even getting far enough to complain about missing memory or graphics card.
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I haven't tried the 'cracked' XP 2800+ yet and I'm about to try the ASRock motherboard with the Athlon 800 again. As I've said in the quotes above, I'm completely dry when it comes to ideas now and am hoping an MSI specific forum might be able to help me more.

USB Prob. MSI Nforce K7n2 Delta-IL part# 6729

hello people,
first of all what the hell is the K7n2 Delta-IL part# 6729???
it seems that my dealer gave an oem product. is this right?
i cant find that motherboard on the msi site at all.
second: i am not able to install usb since there is no usb driver on the cd which came with the board. there is only a english version but i need the german version.
i installed msi live monitor and updatet the latest nvidia driver version with no luck. i am downloaded the driver from the nvidia site with no luck.
so i guess the usb is from a 3. party company and i just need to know what it is.
i find this really really strange especialy i bought 6 boards!!!
please help
thanx alot

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Originally posted by wonkanoby
if xp or 2000 they are in service packs
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[nForce] K7N2 Delta ILSR? is my computer specs outta date as today? or should I build a..

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Hi!
My english is not perfect .
I have a problem, could anyone help me please?
I have a mobo: k7n2 delta-l, and a bought 2 pairs of Corsair 256 3200c2 ram, whis came with cl2.
But CL2 don't work in my mobo. CL2.5 works.
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Hi, welcome to the fourm.
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Now you should check your memory.
The best advice in the world and you choose to ignore it.

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look in your other topic where i have answered, it is probably your PSU that has gone.
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