OCZ PC4200 Performance Series and the K8N Neo Platinum

I'm going to be building a new PC soon and i've decided on the Neo Platinum but i don't know if the memory i've decided on will work or not (i've been hearing a lot of mixed opinions): OCZ PC4200 Performance Series
Can anyone help?

I have no first hand experience on whether or not that particular ram will work or not. However, I believe somewhere OCZ tech states that their EB line of ram is more suited for the AMD 64 line.
That being said I would find ram with tight timings. I have used OCZ Tech 3700 gold Rev 2 with no problems. Right now I am using Kingmax Hardcore DDR 500. Im using timings of 2.5-3-3-5 1T @ 2.8V. I found that enabling 1T timing had a pretty good impact on how the system performed.
There is a noticible difference (for me anyways) between 3-4-4-8 2T and 2.5-3-3-5 1T timings. Benchmarks, UD grid, etc all improved with the tighter timings. The A64 likes low latency ram, I suggest you cater to its needs.
Quite a few people have had good luck with Crucial Ballistix ram also. But for the money the kingmax was a great deal to me. Good luck with whatever you decide.

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Question about S-ATA and MSI K8N Neo platinum

I'm thinking of buying a Plextor S-ATA DVD-burner but I'm not sure if my mainboard supports it? I have an K8N Neo Platinum board. Cause on the webstore that I'm going to buy it from it says "Check if your S-ATA controller has support for optical storage drives". Does anyone know if the K8N Neo board supports it?

I'd be very weary of using SATA optical drives unless you can find out FOR SURE whether or not it will work on this mobo - they can be finicky things at the best of times...

Major problems I am having with the K8N neo platinum:(:(

Hiya all,
I bought this K8N motherboard two weeks ago and at first I seemed very happy with it, but when fulfilling the final steps in the installation of my PC(being installing of all my important games, voice over IP software, firewalls, security etc)I started noticing some very very disturbing things.
First of all, my onboard sound is totally unusable for online gaming, my microphone cannot be set up no matter what combinations of options I use. The sound is just messed up. When i and my friend enter our ventrilo server and he starts speaking he hears himself 10 times in an echo, and its not him thats causing this its me. When another friend joins and i leave all is just fine(hence i am the cause). Also to try and fix this problem i bought a soundblaster live 5.1. I can install it under windows XP but for the life of me I cannot get my microphone to lit up my ventrilo voicechat thus my voice is not recognized and not processed, so this then also does not work, 2 methods to get voice over IP working and none of them work??? I will award MSI the nobel price of irony for that.
Secondly, all punkbuster related online games have become totally unplayable. At first I got very annoying freezes every 2-3 minutes, it lasts a few secs and then i can play on for 2-3 more minutes until it happens again, and again and again....... Now I fixed that particular problem by downloading specially modified Call of Duty 3.9 ATI catalyst drivers but the fun doesn't stop there. Now when I play games I get strokes of extreme choppyness in an online game like Enemy Territory. When setting my fps to a steady 76fps and seeing it stay that way and knowing it can easily stay stable even at 100fps is what I find very very weird. So my comp runs very smooth, but lo and behold there is still choppy performance, other players struttling ahead as if all of them have major lag(while all sport pings of ~20-40).
When I then start shooting its even more difficult to get a good aim cuz they lag and one time they are here, the next they are in an entirely diff spot and my shooting certainly doesn't help to decrease the choppyness:) Its not allways this bad but every game I play has these bad spells, sometimes the entire game, sometimes only half the time depending on whats happening onscreen I guess.
Now with my Pentium 4 2.8Ghz and my exact same radeon I did not have any of these problems, its a slower comp but it still runs these online games 10x smoother??? I have noticed however that it is indeed mainly related to punkbuster or opengl related games. And as far as I can tell, only ATI suffers from it, since my friend who has exactly the same setup as me runs supersmooth with no lag whatsoever. All he has diff from me is his graphics card, which is nvidia???
Am I now forced to shell out another 300$ for an nvidia based card that matches the speed of my 9800 pro?? This whole buying of the MSI has grown into quite the ordeal.
Thirdly, I am also noticing some strange temps on my CPU, i have a zalman CPS7000A-alcu and it should cool better than stock, but after 4 reseats and applying of AS5(applied according to their instructions on site)it still gives me temps of 59°C at full load????? I find this really really high, and I do know i applied the paste very very good. I can tell cuz after I reseated it a few times each time you can clearly see how good it has spread towards all the edges. And its a fine thin layer, so no probs on my end. I am doing all this by the book and with greatest care.
As I am a clanbase player, and a very good one at that, I am seriously hampered in my gaming experience. While I used to get killed/deaths ratios of on average K:60-90+ /D:11-20 on my P4 for Enemy Territory I now have a very hard time even getting on K:50 D:32 each level. This is a serious dent in my budget as well since now for sanctioned events I will have to buy a new comp just to be able to play to my old standards:(:(:(
I have reached a point where I cannot do anything anymore, I have asked many questions already(ATI, Punkbuster, Nvidia, MSI), and all i get is standard set up mailing lists with what I could do. If this is customer support then plz crown me Sultan of Brunei, cuz I can do it like this too. Is this adressing a problem, eeerm I think mr Spock after looking at it logically would not even deem this worthy to an answer, since its that obvious.
So basically noone is willing to help, they are very willing to grab your money but when it comes to support all you get is a cheap script saying, when mail sent to [email protected] send "Standard mailing list A" back, when mail sent to [email protected] reply with "standard mailing list Ç", etc etc.
Sad very sad how they treat us poor dumb customers these days,
Regards,
A disgruntled MSI buyer
PS : I said above this problem is mainly related to ATI based cards but when you try to tell me i should try new drivers then plz don't go there cuz I tried everything from omega to iota and nothing works, the only thing that even stops the freezing is the specially modded drivers some dude fixed up. But it still leave me with crappy performance.

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Originally posted by Capcom
Hiya all,
I bought this K8N motherboard two weeks ago and at first I seemed very happy with it, but when fulfilling the final steps in the installation of my PC(being installing of all my important games, voice over IP software, firewalls, security etc)I started noticing some very very disturbing things.
First of all, my onboard sound is totally unusable for online gaming, my microphone cannot be set up no matter what combinations of options I use. The sound is just messed up. When i and my friend enter our ventrilo server and he starts speaking he hears himself 10 times in an echo, and its not him thats causing this its me. When another friend joins and i leave all is just fine(hence i am the cause). Also to try and fix this problem i bought a soundblaster live 5.1. I can install it under windows XP but for the life of me I cannot get my microphone to lit up my ventrilo voicechat thus my voice is not recognized and not processed, so this then also does not work, 2 methods to get voice over IP working and none of them work??? I will award MSI the nobel price of irony for that.
Secondly, all punkbuster related online games have become totally unplayable. At first I got very annoying freezes every 2-3 minutes, it lasts a few secs and then i can play on for 2-3 more minutes until it happens again, and again and again....... Now I fixed that particular problem by downloading specially modified Call of Duty 3.9 ATI catalyst drivers but the fun doesn't stop there. Now when I play games I get strokes of extreme choppyness in an online game like Enemy Territory. When setting my fps to a steady 76fps and seeing it stay that way and knowing it can easily stay stable even at 100fps is what I find very very weird. So my comp runs very smooth, but lo and behold there is still choppy performance, other players struttling ahead as if all of them have major lag(while all sport pings of ~20-40).
When I then start shooting its even more difficult to get a good aim cuz they lag and one time they are here, the next they are in an entirely diff spot and my shooting certainly doesn't help to decrease the choppyness:) Its not allways this bad but every game I play has these bad spells, sometimes the entire game, sometimes only half the time depending on whats happening onscreen I guess.
Now with my Pentium 4 2.8Ghz and my exact same radeon I did not have any of these problems, its a slower comp but it still runs these online games 10x smoother??? I have noticed however that it is indeed mainly related to punkbuster or opengl related games. And as far as I can tell, only ATI suffers from it, since my friend who has exactly the same setup as me runs supersmooth with no lag whatsoever. All he has diff from me is his graphics card, which is nvidia???
Am I now forced to shell out another 300$ for an nvidia based card that matches the speed of my 9800 pro?? This whole buying of the MSI has grown into quite the ordeal.
Thirdly, I am also noticing some strange temps on my CPU, i have a zalman CPS7000A-alcu and it should cool better than stock, but after 4 reseats and applying of AS5(applied according to their instructions on site)it still gives me temps of 59°C at full load????? I find this really really high, and I do know i applied the paste very very good. I can tell cuz after I reseated it a few times each time you can clearly see how good it has spread towards all the edges. And its a fine thin layer, so no probs on my end. I am doing all this by the book and with greatest care.
As I am a clanbase player, and a very good one at that, I am seriously hampered in my gaming experience. While I used to get killed/deaths ratios of on average K:60-90+ /D:11-20 on my P4 for Enemy Territory I now have a very hard time even getting on K:50 D:32 each level. This is a serious dent in my budget as well since now for sanctioned events I will have to buy a new comp just to be able to play to my old standards:(:(:(
I have reached a point where I cannot do anything anymore, I have asked many questions already(ATI, Punkbuster, Nvidia, MSI), and all i get is standard set up mailing lists with what I could do. If this is customer support then plz crown me Sultan of Brunei, cuz I can do it like this too. Is this adressing a problem, eeerm I think mr Spock after looking at it logically would not even deem this worthy to an answer, since its that obvious.
So basically noone is willing to help, they are very willing to grab your money but when it comes to support all you get is a cheap script saying, when mail sent to [email protected] send "Standard mailing list A" back, when mail sent to [email protected] reply with "standard mailing list Ç", etc etc.
Sad very sad how they treat us poor dumb customers these days,
Regards,
A disgruntled MSI buyer
If you would like to submit a list, numbered (1, 2, 3, 4) with problems and your complete configuration, I'd be happy (along with others) to go through and find the problems for you.
If you just want to post a rant with "MSI Sucks" and admit your a chump for doing a stupid thing like buying an MSI boar: Then just return it please. Save others the trouble and get your money back.
That way you are happy, and don't have such a high stress level.

Any problem with Gainward 6800GT & K8N Neo Platinum? (sock754)

Hi all! I want to buy the k8n neo p., was reading this review:
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=6&id=1247&pg=12
The author write:
"One of the problem we encountered was the transistor positioning near the AGP slot. With extremely lengthy AGP cards, one of the capacitors located in that area may obstruct certain components on the graphics card. As such, users with large graphics cards might want to first test the installation of a graphics card before purchasing this motherboard."
I have a Gainward 6800GT Powerpack Ultra/2400 Golden Sample, the red model with double red fans, visible here http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gainward-ultra2400.html
Approx 21 cm lenght. There is any mounting problem with this graphic card and the K8N NEO Platinum?

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Originally posted by ozzimark
currently all 6800gt's and ultras are based off the same reference boards, so they're the same exact length as the one you linked to in your first post, however, i also have the stock cooler.. the gainward has one that is significantly larger, but i feel that there isn't anything in the way of mounting that card.
In fact this is my fear
The cooler on my card is very big, but i don't want to eventually modify it in the future because it's in warranty. Someone know what is the height of the three damned capacitors? If i know the height, i can estabilsh if this gfx card can fit without troubles in the motherboard. I want an MSI don't want to buy an Asus

Which bios savior for the k8n neo chip???

I'm not sure which chip is in the k8n neo platinum so I hope someone knows....here's the link to the bios saviors http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/scan/se=Electronics/se=IOSS%20BIOS%20Savior/mp=menu_search.html

i have an ioss rd1-pmc4 bios saviour so i popt the bios chip out of my board and the chips look identical. i did not try it in though as i only got my cpu and motherboard the other day.will try soon

K8N NEO PLATINUM Nvidia nforce 3 250 GB Chipset rebooting - hanging !@$%@#$@

Hi folks,
I am working on the K8N NEO platinum motherboard based on the Nvidia nforce 3 250 GB Chipset.
A couple of days ago I lost my internet connection (broadband). After a couple of minutes it ok again. But suddenly the computer frooze.
After rebooting (button on case) I found out that lots of things couldn't be closed anymore once they were opened. I needed to use CTRL-ALT-DEL to go the the active Tasks. But then that started to freeze too so I decided to wipe everything of the system.
I repartioned and reformated the computer with the win XP PRO CD and reinstalled the OS. I saw immediatly that the system was slower then before and that it did not found the internet connection anymore. I checked the LAN connection and there it sayed that the LAN card was working well but that no cables were connected. This was not true because I dubbel checked them twice. I even replace the cable. It was not my Internet provider neighter because the computer is in a local network and others had no problem to access the internet. So I decided to reinstall and reinstall it again. I reinstalled the system (partioning, formatting) it 4 times. The last time suddenly it found my connection back. Then I installed all updates of windows and I used my live update from MSI to update my components.
I am using live update 3 and updated the BIOS and all other parts who needed to be updated. This was done without the presence of a AV and so on. Everything went well and no errors occured. I received everytime a message with success.
Today my computer suddenly hanged itself again. This already 3 times. Nothing is possible anymore except the boot button on the case.
I also encountered 3 times the while surfing the computer suddenly reboots itself without any warning or message.
What the hell is going wrong here ???
Can aynone give me a clue please ?
Is the motherboard dying ?
MSI live bios Version 3.7.000
MS-7030(K8N Neo Series / K8N Neo platinum)
BIOS version 1.7 (latest version)
Award bios release
2005/05/10

Charly.P
Russ_xp was asking about the Max amps on your power supply should be on label like this:-
Need yours - 3.3v= ??A.5v=??A,12v=??A
luck

K8n neo platinum restarts or freezes :(

ok, hopefully you guys can help me, you seem to be pretty good at helping poeple on this forum. i want to say first that i have gone through this forum countless times during my time with this motherboard. I've searched and read alot on this problem, but i need help diagnosing my computer. My problem is this. I've had this computer for a little over a year, and it's ran fine up until about 2 months ago. I had a problem where i went to turn it on and it started but then shut off after about 4 seconds. i then had to flip the switch onthe psu for another chance. Then it worked, and worked for about a month without ever sseeing this happen again in that time. then recently it happend again only this time it never started up. eventually it would sometimes turn on and stay on, but wouldn't boot. i would have to use the psu to turn it off. i tried then the cmos and battery to no help. I rma'ed the board and when i recieved the new one i put it in. Now, my computer works as far as booting and everything. Everyting installed fine as far as os and drivers, games, ect.. Only it restarts or freezes randamly. I say that cause it doesn't necissarly mean when playing games or intense programs. it happend while i was typing this 2 times for example. I've done things like checked temps on cpu which show in the 30s idle. i've ran virus and spyware programs. I've flashed bios back to 1.4 which is what i had before and worked fine sept the temps readings, which i didn't mind. i flashed because i thought maybe 1.7 was my problem. I've also, what's making this hard to tell for me, ran stuff like 3dmark 05 without a crash, or full rounds of games fine. But other times durijng a game or just a webpage it'll crash. What i need is help finding the component that is causing this problem. I'm not sure what tests to use, but will try anything and tell yous results. I can buy a new piece to replace something, or rma something possibly, but i'd rather not just buy peices without any reason. Any help would be appreciated greatly. My build is
amd athlon 64 3400+
Ati radeon x800pro
ocz pc3200 400mhz ddram 1024mb
msi k8n neo platinum 1.4
wd 10,000 rpm 8mb ws740gd
sound blaster audigy 2
antec neo power 480w

ok, first, thanks for being patient with me richard and for taking time to help
2 things before the list. 1: other lan is in there cause i originally a year ago had trouble using the onboard one and there was a brand new lan card a friend had laying around. Then recently i was able to use the onboard to connect to net and the lan card to allow my girlfriend to go online through me on her laptop.
2. i just noticed in my computer it's showing i have a floppy drive, which i don't, but i suspect this is from the other night the cmos error and it reset my bios i think, so i just have to redue that.
interrupt request:
(isa)
0 system timer
1 standard 101\102 key or microsof natural ps/2 keyboard
4 communications port (com1)
6 standard floppy disk controller
8 system cmos\real time clock
9 microsof acpi-compliant system
12 ps\2 compatible mouse
13 numeric data processor
(pci)
5 nvidia nforce pci system management
14 nvidia nforce 3 250 parallel ata controller (v2.6)
15 nvidia nforce 3 250 parallel ata controller (v2.6)
16 radeon x800 pro
19 linksys lne100tx fast ethernet adapter(lne100tx v4)
19 via ohci complaint ieee 1394 host controller
20 nvidia nforce 3 250 serial ata controller (v2.6)
20 standard enhanced pci to usb host controller
21 nvidia network bus enumerator
21 nvidia nforce3 250 serial ata controller (v2.6)
22 standard openhcd usb host controller
23 standard openhcd usb host controller
i should say also, if this shows my drivers are not updated, i didn't because i never did before and it worked fine for a year, and i'm one of those that has the motto "if your computer is fine, don't tweak or upgrade stuff, don't touch or do anything"

K8N Neo Platinum: Will future BIOS enhance GeForce performence boost?

I read that the Nforce3 250GB reference boards showed a performance boost when paired with a GeForce FX video card. The K8N Neo Platinum does not take advantage of this now, but will it ever in the future?

Don't know if you have tried this things but heres my list of things .
BIOS:
-First load bios optimized defaults , then ..
-Set the cpu vcore voltage up by + 0.025v (don't use auto)
-Increase the memory voltage vdimm to 2.7v (or the vendors max defined voltage)
-Disable fsb spread spectrum
-Disable dynamic overclocking
-Disable cool n quiet
-Change the multiplier from startup to 11
-Turn off auto on memory timings in cell menu/dram and set all values manually
and the max mem frequency to 200.
-Turn off AGP fatwrites
CASE:
USB connectors
-Disconnect case front usb from usb header on motherboard.
-Disconnect the d-bracket from usb header on motherboard.
-Change the red MSI ide cable if used.
-Check all stand offs/spacers under the motherboard .
-If using PS2 kb and mouse some board have mislabeled color code
making people connect mouse in kb and vice versa .
Correct is keyboard in the bottom mouse top.
STABILITY TEST:
Outside windows and windows drivers:
Download and test with memtest86 v 3.1
http://www.memtest.com
Inside windows:
Test stability with prime95 and/or hotcputester

No post! 4 Red LEDS on Dbracket! K8N Neo Platinum.

I put together a brand new computer back in August with the K8N Neo Platinum as my motherboard. Here's a list of my components.
Athlon64 3000+
1GB OCZ 3500 DDR
Sapphire 9800 Pro Radeon
160GB Seagate SATA drive
NEC DVD-RW
ComproPVR TV tuner
Vantec 400W PS
Anyway, the computer worked great until just after Hurricane Ivan came through. After our power came back on, the computer booted a couple of times, and then for no reason started giving me problems.
The computer would start up for about 3 to 5 seconds with 4 red LEDs appearing on the Dbracket. Then power would then shut off automatically. I have not changed any hardware or software. I do not believe it is PS related, as I have tried my current one in another computer without problems. Also, I doubt the processor is faulty. I can't think of a reason it would just stop working. Please let me know if you've experienced anything similar and if you know of a solution.

probably a powerspike during the hurricane killed or almost killed a part of the pc, and it completely died right after.
you could have a pc store test the mobo, cpu and sorts....

Pen drive as A: - K8N Neo Platinum?

Is it possible to make a pen drive appear as A: on the K8N Neo Platinum?
My floppy has failed, and I am thinking of replacing it with a pen drive. I'd like it to appear as A:, so that it can be used for the BIOS recovery procedure that looks to that drive.
Thanks in advance.
[EDIT] Now have the flash drive and it boots as A:

Is it possible to make a pen drive appear as A: on the K8N Neo Platinum?
My floppy has failed, and I am thinking of replacing it with a pen drive. I'd like it to appear as A:, so that it can be used for the BIOS recovery procedure that looks to that drive.
Thanks in advance.
[EDIT] Now have the flash drive and it boots as A:

Opinion of K8N Neo Platinum?

G'day:
I want to get upgrade my ASUS K8V Deluxe MB for something that will lock the PCI and be able to OC beyond 10x210. This system has been running for over a year with 2x512 Infineon RAM, 2-160Gb Wd SATA (RAID 0), 2x80 GB IDE, ATI 9200, LG 2x DVD RW+/-.
With my 3200+ clawhamer (+stock HS) my options after some reading are the K8N Neo Platinum or a DFI board which was rated well. I've noticed some issues throughout the board and I already have a K8N Neo2 Platinumso am aware of some of them. I know I'll have to redo the RAID and have some fun playing around with the IDE/SATA to get them all to work
What is your opinions of this board, is the change worth it?
TIA.

I have a pretty high opinion of it... I've only been into the 64 stuff for a couple of weeks. But I've gotten really terrific results with it as an OC'er
Partly because of some good parts & mostly by some good help & advice.
Check out this thread & see why - http://forum.abit-usa.com/showindex.php?s=&postid=462681#post462681
Look for the last screenshot towards the middle/bottom of the page. 2.61Ghz with a 3000+, 90nm on air bodes well for it's potential. I was shocked.

Turn on PC with keyboard [K8N Neo Platinum]

Is it possible to turn your pc on by pressing a button on your keyboard? I have a friend with an old pc (1,5 ghz P4), and he claims that he can turn his pc on that way.
So technically I'm asking you if you know how to do that. Is there a BIOS option in which you can configure the keyboard button on which your computer will respond and go on automatically? That would be very handy.
My motherboard is the K8N Neo Platinum with a 3000+ socket 754. He has an ASUS motherboard.
Thanks.

Check the manual. It should be an option in the bios. I have it in my bios for my board, but when I helped someone put together their machine with a K8N Platinum 2, I didn't see this as an option in that bios. It may be that power on by keyboard and/or mouse is not an option for your board.

Post problem with K8N Neo Platinum

I am assembling a system for a friend and it hangs according to D-Bracket2 on Processor initialization (Led 1:red, led 2:green, led 3: green led 4: red)
Specs
PSU: Codegen 350W ( 3,3V 14A
5V 30A
12V 15A )
VGA: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
CPU: AMD Athlon 3000+
HDD: Seagate 7200.7 120GB in SATA1-port
DVD: MSI DR8-A DVD Burner
RAM: M-Tec 512MB DDR400
If the problem is the processor it should hang on Power On (all leds red), right?
There's some damage done to CPU fan connector so the sensor wire from the CPU fan might have no connection to the mobo. How about ESD-damage, can it cause this?
Another thing I might have done wrong is connecting front panel connectors.
I am just hoping and praying that the processor is OK and the mobo causes this.

Thanks to RacerX for answering but the problem wasn't the PSU.
Mobo caused it and I replaced it. I think it was the physical damage I mentioned in the first post. I also changed hdd from SATA1-port to SATA3-port but I don't think it matters.
Now everything works fine so +12V/15 Amps is enough.
Does the K8N Neo Platinum hang on Processor Init if it doesn't detect CPU Cooler?

D-bracket2 codes? (K8N Neo Platinum)

hey there, its like this.. i just bought a A64 and a K8N Neo Platinum motherboard.. all worked fine nice bench scores and all was happy indeed!
then i started playing the CSS beta.. 30 seconds later the system dies.. (!?) thinking what the heck now? so i checked the CPU sink it was HOT HOT HOT!! after this the mother board dont start not even a fans works.. if i remove the CPU the system "starts" fans works etc.. now i wounder if the CPU is dead? and where are the D bracked fail codes? cuz when system has no CPU 4 red LEDs are lith.. guessing that meens that a CPU is missing.
any one knows where i can get a fail code description.. have checked the manual, but no luck..
also is this coverd by any warranty? CPU just dont overheat lik that.. had mounted the CPU cooler corect etc..

K8N Neo Platinum D-Bracket LED Combinations
4-Red = system hang, processor damaged or not installed properly
1-Green (top left) all others Red = Early Chipset Initialization
1-Green (top right) all others Red = Memory module damaged or not compatible
2-Green at top/2-red at bottom = BIOS image to RAM for quick boot
1-Green lower left = Initializing Keyboard Controller
2-Green left side = Testing VGA BIOS
Red upper left and lower right = CPU Initialization
1-Red lower right = Testing Real Time Clock
1-Green lower right = Initializing Video Interface
Green upper left and lower right = BIOS Sign-On
2-Red left side 2-Green right side = Testing Base and Extended Memory
1-Red lower left = Resource Assignment
2-Red top 2-Green bottom = Initializing Hard Drive Controller
1-Red upper right = Initializing Floppy Drive Controller
1-Red upper left = Boot Attempt
and all GREEN = Operating System Booting

MSI K8N Neo Platinum Nforce3 250GB - PSU?

My sister in law have this board, MSI K8N Neo Platinum nforce3 250gb chipset, recently the power supply sounds noisy and a high frequency sound from the Antec Truepower 380W SP. Had maked an RMA to Antec and they had agreed to replace the 380W psu with SmartPower2.0 450W. But they asked me one question, that im not sure about:
"Make sure that your motherboard does not need the -5V. If you want more information on the power supply you can look at this link: http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=26450 "
So, do Antecs SmartPower 2.0 450W suits this board and what really is -5V for? As I read the manual, it said ATX 20 pin power connector: JWR1 and at pin 18: -5V
So does it mean this board need a psu that gives -5V on ATX 20 pin power connector and thos board can't use with Antecs SP 2.0 450W?

Quote from: syar2003 on 22-February-06, 05:10:37
Hi!
The K8N Neo Platinum (MS-7030) doesn't use -5v to anything.
So the -5v from the old atx spesification is not needed in your case.
WoW, thanks for fast reply!
So, it won't be any problem to use Antecs SmartPower 2.0 450W with this board then? Want to make sure about it, before accept Antecs offer for replacement and had spent over 4 days to find the problem with his computer. Really don't want to do it again.
This is his riggs:
Antec Sonata
AMD 64 3000+ S754
Corsair Value S. PC3200 DDR 512MB
Maxtor Diamondmax 9 250GB SATA
Maxtor Diamondmax 9 IDE 160GB
Sapphire Radeon 9550 Atlantis 128MB DDR
and
Accton ethernet card on PCI slot
MSI D-Bracket2
so
With the "new" Antec SmartPower 2.0 450W
Any problem with this rigg and PSU?
edit:
Dound this post that it said the board do need -5V and now Im confused?
http://www.archivaty.net/forums/about12964-30.html

OCZ PC4200 Performance Series and the K8N Neo Platinum

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