P35 Neo Mainboard Driver Disk Problem

Hi All,
I’m in the process of building my first PC and have a problem with the Windows XP Driver Disk that is supplied with the P35 Neo mainboard I am using. I have just installed windows xp without any problems. I am now trying to install the mainboard drivers. There seems to be a problem with the driver cd. My computer is unable to read the cd. I have also tried the cd in a friend’s pc without any success.
I would really appreciate it if someone were able to point me in the right direction for all of the drivers I will need to install. If you could list all of the drivers that I will need it would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Paul

Hello,
you don't need the CD to get a hold of all relevant drivers. You can download them here:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1215

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E8400 Processor + P35 Neo Mainboard = Not Working.

PROBLEM:
Basically I have a MSI P35 Neo Mainboard and an E8400 3.0GhZ Core2Duo Processor.
I have the E0 model of the chip (SLB9J)
I have updated the BIOS to 1.8 (used the Flasher tool provided from this forum) as it is said to fix the compatability issues between the two components.
However, whenever I boot I get get stuck at a POST screen.. I think... not sure if its a POST screen but comes up every few times I power up the PC with the E8400 in it.
It says something like press Y to run BIOS settings or N for default settings.
I have tried both Y and N
Then it reads what's in the PC..
4096MB RAM
USB Keyboard....
and freezes.
However, I got this screen again when I reinstalled the Pentium D 820, and it recognised everything after I pressed Y (including USB components), and the PC booted up normally.
If anybody has had any similar problem and/or can offer any advice on what do do it would be much appreciated.
Apart from updating the BIOS version, I have also tried using a PS/2 keyboard instead of a USB.
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Processor: Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Socket LGA775, 6MB, 1333Mhz
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RAM: DDR2: 4GB OCZ PC2-6400 Vista Performance Platinum Dual Channel kit
Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream Powersupply ATX/EPS, 500W, 120mm Fan, 20/24pin
Harddrive: Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA2 32MB 7200RPM

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I have updated the BIOS to 1.8 (used the Flasher tool) as it is said to fix the compatability issues between the two components.
BIOS v1.8 does not support the E0-Stepping 45nm processors yet. You need to upgrade your BIOS to the latest Version for your board version (v1.10 [.ten] a.k.a A7360IMS.1A0). I will upload it for you in this post.

P35 Neo 2 network adapter problem

Hi, recently Ive experieced some problem with my integrated network adapter and Im no able to solve it on my own
My system is as follows
XP SP3
C2D E6750 @ 2.6 GHZ
MSI P35 Neo 2
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All was working fine but yesterday after updating to the new 185.85 Nvidia drivers and PhysX, my network adapter desappeared fron the network connection list. I tried to go back to the old 182.5 drivers but the SO didnt recognize the adapter. Also I looked into the BIOS but all seems OK
Now Im connected throw my Motorola SB5101i USB cablemodem as the Realtek 8111B adapter is not working anymore
Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Quote from: Hans on 10-May-09, 23:02:25
when a device is removed, the driver is stll installed. It will then show as hidden in Device Manager.
Uninstall the old driver:
- goto device manager and show hidden devices;
- point to the Realtek NIC -> right click and then Uninstall.
- Reboot. Two possibilities:
a. Windows will reinstall the driver after finding new hardware;
b. you will need to manually install the Realtek driver.
Either way, after this, you should have the NIC back.
Things have worsen I suppose. Something is badly screwed up here.
I tried to follow your advice but when I went into the devices manager I couldn't see the adapter even showing up hidden devices any more. I didn't change any settings, just turn off and start the PC a couple of times.
So I removed the drivers from add/remove programs but cant unistall the hardware as i cannot see it..
What should I do? thanks.

MSI P35 NEO & dual core center problem

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right, but i like to use msi dual core center, because i dont like to have the pc overclocked all the time, anyother suggestion for this?
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EIST Problem P35 Neo Q6600

Hi all.
I have overclocked my Q6600 (G0) to 3.28GHz (411 FSB x8 Multiplier) on MSI P35 Neo (BIOS v1.10/1.A). Problem is that if I enable EIST in BIOS and set the CPU multiplier at 8x the multiplier will not remain at 8x when booting. It will try to boot with 9x and as a result will hang/freeze the computer during boot. Only way to stop it from going higher than 8x is to disable EIST. I would have kept EIST disabled if MSI motherboards didn't have problem of feeding a lot more vcore when CPU is idle. CPU VID is 1.28v and in BIOS I have set it at 1.33. At idle it hovers around 1.35v +/- 0.01 and under load it drops to 1.31 +/- 0.01. At 3.33GHz (370 FSB x9 Multiplier) EIST works as intended but I have to set RAM at 740MHz (at next mem divider it goes to 888MHz unstable).
My computer specs are:
CPU: Intel C2Q Q6600 G0
MB: MSI P35-Neo
RAM: Corsair XMS 2 3GB DDR2 800MHz (2GB+1GB)
PSU: Corsair HX620
VGA: HIS Radeon HD4870 1GB
HDD: Seagate 500GB SATAII ST3500418AS
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Does some one know of a method to enable EIST successfully at 8x multiplier or some BIOS for MSI P35 Neo that fixes this problem? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards

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I am guessing you have your Q6600 at 400x9?
No, I have an E6600.
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Your signature says EIST enabled...
Yes, but what does that have to do with your system running @x8? If I wanted to make my system operate at a lower multiplier, I would have to disable EIST as well.
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At idle it hovers around 1.35v +/- 0.01 and under load it drops to 1.31 +/- 0.01.
The idea that the voltage has to stay put at the same level when the system is IDLE and under full load is somewhat of a misconception. Voltage Droops are not necessarely caused by poor power regulation but have to do (at least in the first degree) with the Intel Processor Power Delivery Design
Guidelines and Specifications.
Please have a look here:
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=126
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Load line droop (or Vdroop) is an inherent part of any Intel power delivery design. A current proportional to the average current of all active channels flows through load line regulation resistor RFB. The resulting voltage drop across RFB is proportional to the output current, effectively creating an output voltage droop with a steady-state value. Equation 2 dictates the value for RFB that should be choosen to satisfy the Intel VRD specification (the source of RLL) based on a) the number of power delivery phases (N) and b) the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the inductor used, effectively known as DCR.
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I only want to enable EIST so that CPU vcore voltage doesn't go higher than 1.33v
What happens if you adjust the voltage downward somewhat? Is the 1.33V setting really the lowest possible setting for your current clock speed?

P35 Neo, no sound

Hey,
I'm using P35 Neo mainboard and got into a frustrating issue yesterday.
So yesterday I unplugged everything from the back of the computer (USB, power cable, headphones etc) and when I plugged it back in and started the computer again, I had no sound. At first I just thought I had put the cables into the wrong jack (which I had but irrelevant xD). I'm newbi when it comes to stuff like this but I tried all the jacks eventually and none of them worked. Skype said that it couldn't find my sound card. I once had the problem before when I had a friend helping me, we dealt with it for about an hour uninstalling/installing drivers back and forth and finally got it to work. However yesterday I wasn't as lucky. I fought with this problem for more than 6 hours unable to fix the issue.
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I don't know if this is a common thing or if I'm just stupid enough to realize the problem. I really hope I can find some help here. If you need more information regarding my gear, just ask.
Thanks in advance!
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you most probably need to have the Microsoft HDA Bus Driver installed in the first place before you can install the realtek driver.
but... I can't find the link to show you where you can download this driver. At the mean time, do you mind to try google for it first, while I'm doing the same thing here...
good luck

Ordered a P35 Neo, where do I get the SATA drivers?

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I ordered a computer with a MSI P35 Neo mainboard yesterday. It is going to be assembled by the company that I bought it from, so I was going to download the SATA drivers and put them on a floppy, since I'm not sure if the company that assembles the computer will send me the floppy with the drivers on it. However, when I looked at the driver page for the P35 Neo, http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1215 , there are no SATA drivers. Does this mean that I don't need any SATA drivers for Windows XP or Vista, or do I have to get them elsewhere?

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Is MSI P35 Neo compatible with new USB3 PCI-E adapters?

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Thanks in advance
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If it is an add-on card, it should work if the drivers are properly installed.
However, if you need more information on compatibility results, I suggest that you log a technical support ticket with MSI.
>>How to contact MSI.<<

P35 Neo Combo crash problem

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Recently my computer has started to crash with a BSOD (Stop 0x00000124), it happens almost every day but I haven't been able to reproduce the crash, it seems to occur completely randomly. It even crashed when I was away for a day and didn't use the computer - I left it running to see if the crash would happen without me running any programs.
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Mainboard: MSI P35 Neo Combo, Bios version 1.7
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3 hard drives
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Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Pro
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- disk checks return no errors
- memtest86 returns no errors
Not sure what to try, googling the problem leads me to believe the problem is with the mainboard. I'd like to know if there's something I could try before replacing the board. I have never overclocked anything on this system, mainboard and CPU are about three years old, memory about two, graphics card a year, hard disks 0-3 years. Before this problem happened everything was stable.
Some more info I can think of below. Any ideas/suggestions/assistance welcomed. Thank you!
Mainboard info:
CPU info:
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070110-25546-01.dmp   1.7.2010 15:25:17       0x00000124   00000000`00000000   fffffa80`04b7f038   00000000`b2000018   00000000`06000e0f   hal.dll   hal.dll+12903
070110-25171-01.dmp   1.7.2010 0:25:05       0x00000124   00000000`00000000   fffffa80`04b90038   00000000`b2000040   00000000`00000800   hal.dll   hal.dll+12903
063010-24921-01.dmp   30.6.2010 10:59:54       0x00000124   00000000`00000000   fffffa80`04b64038   00000000`00000000   00000000`00000000   ntoskrnl.exe   ntoskrnl.exe+4a5f3c   NT Kernel & System
062910-25765-01.dmp   29.6.2010 20:21:40       0x00000124   00000000`00000000   fffffa80`04b96038   00000000`b2000040   00000000`00000800   hal.dll   hal.dll+12903
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I might get DDR3 as replacement, as I'll be buying a new system towards the end of the year - my current board supports DDR3 as well and then I could use the memory in the new system. Or I'll just run with 3GB and no dual channel for the time being (the board has 2xDDR2 and 2xDDR3 slots, so can't use more than two sticks).
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Problem with my MSI P35 Neo MotherBoard [Cannot find harddrive]

Hi guys.
So, I've been trying to install Archlinux for a while now, and I've been trying to figure out what problem Is by myself, and I've been asking a bunch of people, but it seems that it's going to a dead end.
What we figured out, and what we "think" it is, is that the controller on my motherboard does not support the system, and my SATA disk that I am trying to install on.
What i have tried is that.. I've followed the "beginners guide" to install arch linux, and when i noticed that i got a big problem with my harddrive i asked some people for help, tough we cannot figure out what the problem is..
Firstly i boot up with my ArchLinux CD.. Then i write km, to change the keyboard layout. Then /arch/setup ofcourse . After that when i try to partitionate and set mountpoints for filsystem it does not show any kind of hardware at all. So i tried to partitionate with gparted and then boot up with Archlinux again to install all my packages etc etc. But it seems like it does not write the information to anything.
This is a big problem for me cause i really want my Arch distribution to work, so please guys.. Help me!
EDIT
Just in case you wanted to know.. My motherboard is a MSI P35 Neo
Last edited by rahanjam (2008-10-07 14:03:35)

pointone wrote:*snip*
I don't have this AHCI option. So i don't know what to do else. Do you know?
AD28 wrote:*snip*
Do you mean, that my mobo doesent support linux, and that i cannot have it?

Problems with msi p35 neo 2

Default problems with msi p35 neo 2
pc works fine when using windows and the net and emails
only when using 3d mark or games do i ever get problems
just help in getting the hole story 6 months ago got a msi neo2 install all my old components core 2 duo 4 gig ram form a diffrent board works fine but never used it playing games just used for the net and email shoping seamed to work fine but
tryed playing a game 2 months later command and conquer 3 pc was some times freeze or graphics artefacts on screen assumed vga card faulty got another graphics card geforce 8600gts installed still the same in the last month got round to playing with the pc again and installed new g7 780 watt power supply and ati hd 4870 graphics card
now i can use 3d mark some times it will go through once or just freeze or 3d mark stops the test
temps on the board (from msi dual core center temps cpu 33oc system 47oc)
memory voltage 2.1
any one know the settings for the ram
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System Details
MotherboardEdit Value
msi p35 neo2 fr
Motherboard BIOSEdit Value
latest
CPUEdit Value
core 2 quad 6600
CPU Overclock SpeedEdit Value
none
CPU HeatsinkEdit Value
standard intel that come with cpu
CPU Idle TempEdit Value
N/A
CPU Load TempEdit Value
N/A
MemoryEdit Value
******* xms2 2x2 gb ddr2 part no cm2x2048 6400c4dmx
Memory VoltageEdit Value
N/A
Video Card(s)Edit Value
ati hd4870
Video Card SpeedEdit Value
N/A
Sound CardEdit Value
onboard
PSUEdit Value
g7 780 watt power extreme
Hard Drive(s)Edit Value
mator dimondmax 21
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******* xms2 2x2 gb ddr2 part no cm2x2048 6400c4dmx
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memory voltage 2.1
Make sure that the memory timings are not set to 4-4-4-x but that they are set to the defaults values (5-5-5-x). Also ensure, that the memory clock speed is not set to anything higher than 400 MHz (=DDR2-800). The voltage at these settings should not need to exceed 1.95V. So please lower it accordingly. In case the freezes still occure, please run memtest86+ to check your memory for errors.
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msi dual core center
Please get rid of that tool for all further tests. Uninstall it completely from your system as it is known to cause crashes and freezes on its own terms when running.

Multiple problems with P35 Neo Combo-F based system

Friend of mine, after returning from a trip, complained that he couldn't power up his computer. After analysis it was found that his (no-name) PSU was dead. Unfortunately replacing the PSU was not end to the problems. Here are the configuration details:
Mobo: MSI P35 Neo Combo-F v1.0 with v1.7 BIOS
CPU: Intel Celeron 420
RAM: single Transcend JM800QLJ-1G 1GB DDR2-800 module
Video Card: Gigabyte nVidia GV-NX84G256H
HDD: 1xMaxtor STM3250310AS DiamondMax 21 SATA
OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP3
PSU: LC-Power LC7380 PowerSilent Taurus 380W (3,3V: 20A, 5V: 20A, 12V1: 14A, 12V2: 8A)
Other: Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-212D SATA
Problem(s) description:
When powering up, system turns on for a second or two, then like it powers down for roughly the same time, and then turns itself on again and then boots. Not sure if this is double/fake boot "feature", but for single system power up I don't like having HDD powered up twice. This happens for every power up. BIOS has been upgraded to latest 1.7 using MSI Windows utility, after update system has been turned off, power cord removed, BIOS jumper set to clear for couple of minutes, then returned to normal position, returned power, started up the system, loaded optimized defaults, in power management setup's wake up event setup I have disabled "resume by pci device" and "resume by pci-e device" options which were only by default enabled "resume by ..." items.
System is very unresponsive, even after clean install with only motherboard drivers installed (Intel INF). I've checked with Sysinternals Process Explorer, Deferred Procedure Calls process is occupying most (50% - 70%) of the CPU, making "System" (and not "System Idle Process") occupying CPU 100%. I've checked with Spybot 1.6.2 and with Kaspersky AV 2010, there is no malware on the system. Odd thing is that while I'm running latest Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool "System" process falls down to 3% of CPU load and system becomes responsive more than ever.
When restarting system, after clean install and before installing any drivers, system would freeze at "Windows is shutting down" screen. Once I install Intel inf motherboard drivers, since then system kind of restarts, screen goes black, but it doesn't boot up again - I have to do a hardware reset.
When shutting down the system, similarly to restart scenario, system kind of shuts down, I can hear HDD is stopped, but system power LED remains on, and both CPU and PSU fans remain on.
Not sure if it is related but I'll mention it anyway, even though I can browse internet and download files with no problem, Windows update and Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 updates barely move from 0% after hours and hours of running (Kaspersky never moves off of the 0%, while Windows Update takes ages to get additional percent of a single ~900KB update)
I've tried replacing that single Transcend memory stick with single Kingston KVR800D2N5/2G DDR2 stick, and replacing graphics card with MSI's R4350-D512H, but in vain. I've also tried putting in 2 Kingston DDR2 sticks, but then system wouldn't boot at all. I've also tried replacing PSU with LC-Power's LC-6550 V2.0 (+3,3V: 30A, +5V: 28A, +12V1: 14A, +12V1: 14A) but it didn't solve anything.
I'm running out of options, any advice would be welcome.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Stevo.

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When powering up, system turns on for a second or two, then like it powers down for roughly the same time, and then turns itself on again and then boots.
This is normal behaviour. Nothing to worry about:
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I don't like having HDD powered up twice.
Your HDD is going to be just fine. Todays hard drives are usually built to be able to take 50'000 power-on-Cycles. If you turn on your system once a day, it will take about 68.5 years until you reach that number with that double-boot behaviour. When you power on your system 8 times a day, you will still have to do that for about 8.5 years (each day) until you reach 50'000. That means if your hard drives breaks within the next 5 years (warranty period), it is highly unlikely that this has anything to do with the double-boot behaviour.
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# System is very unresponsive, even after clean install with only motherboard drivers installed (Intel INF). I've checked with Sysinternals Process Explorer, Deferred Procedure Calls process is occupying most (50% - 70%) of the CPU, making "System" (and not "System Idle Process") occupying CPU 100%. I've checked with Spybot 1.6.2 and with Kaspersky AV 2010, there is no malware on the system. Odd thing is that while I'm running latest Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool "System" process falls down to 3% of CPU load and system becomes responsive more than ever.
# When restarting system, after clean install and before installing any drivers, system would freeze at "Windows is shutting down" screen. Once I install Intel inf motherboard drivers, since then system kind of restarts, screen goes black, but it doesn't boot up again - I have to do a hardware reset.
# When shutting down the system, similarly to restart scenario, system kind of shuts down, I can hear HDD is stopped, but system power LED remains on, and both CPU and PSU fans remain on.
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OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP3
Did your install CD already include SP3?
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Not sure if it is related but I'll mention it anyway, even though I can browse internet and download files with no problem, Windows update and Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 updates barely move from 0% after hours and hours of running (Kaspersky never moves off of the 0%, while Windows Update takes ages to get additional percent of a single ~900KB update)
This is another indication that your problems is Windows related. There is something wrong with your OS installation. You are talking about a clean OS Installation with no drivers but AV Software and Anti-Spyware stuff installed. This does not sound very healthy.
My suggestion would be to clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU, load "Optimized Defaults" in BIOS after that, repartition and format your hard drive from Windows Setup and reinstall Windows XP SP3. When you done, start with installing the latest Intel Chipset drivers (nothing else before that) and then restart your system right after the installation is done. Then install all the other drivers step by step and see if that changes anything.

P35 NEO COMBO problem

I join the club. Have the same issue but realized that it mostly happens when the power was completely switched off.
If the pc was only shut down it reboots just fine.
MSI P35 NEO COMBO
Antec 350w psu

I read the other thread in BIOS forum and for sure it's not a BIOS issue. Putting together what you say there & here this what I come up with:
For what reason is the power shutting off? Error checking of HDD is normal if improper shutdown occurs because of power loss or being switched off and not shut down in Windows as it should be. When that happens the read/write heads are not going to proper park/rest position before the disk slows down and stops spinning. When this happens the heads make contact with disk surfaces and can corrupt data and even damage disk surface and therefor the reason for the error checking. The only fix for it is proper shutdown in Windows and eliminate the cause of power loss. If that can't be done then you need a battery backup/Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).
If you have other problems this one needs resolved 1st since more than likely this is the cause of some of them.

P35 Neo-fi Problem with ATA/100 HDD

Hi bought a new systems a few days ago and I cant get the harddrive to work properly.
When trying to install either linux or windows no HDD can be found. But my bios detects the drive
right after the biosgraphicscreen.
This is my System:
MB: MSI P35 NEO-FI
CPU: INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600 2.4GHZ 8MB
MEM: CORSAIR 2GB DDR2 PC6400 XMS2 XTREME (2X1GB)
GRA: XFX GEFORCE 8800GTS 512MB PCI-E
DVD: SAMSUNG DVD±R/RW/RAM SATA
HDD: WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR SE16 500GB ATA/100 16MB
Any suggestions?
So the problem is that I cant install any OS since the HDD cant be found by OS.
Thanks!

Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 29-January-08, 23:05:31
The IDE port belongs to the Marvell Controller. There are no special Marvell drivers available.
sjosidan, which drivers did you try to integrate at the beginning of Windows Setup (F6+Floppy). If you have a P35 Neo - board (MS-7360 PCB v1.0) there is no need to integrate any drivers during setup. In this sense, every driver you try to integrate is the wrong driver.
I know you said, that the problem is the same with Windows XP and Linux. However, let's focus on Windows XP for now when it comes to OS Installation.
Does the XP Install-CD you are using include Service Pack 2?
Which BIOS-Version are you currently using? (It should be displayed on the POST Screen (A7360IMS v1.??))
The Bios version is 1.1.0.
I dont have a sp2 disc Ive read some similar posts on the forum and I think it will work with the sp2 disc.
During my reading on this forum I've come to the conclusion that in order to install a linux system supporting IDE I first have to install Xp sp2 and then flash bios. Before installing a linux dist. Is this correct?
I ordered a new SATA disc yesterday it arrives tomorrow so then I won't have a problem, I'll be using the IDE disc in my server instead.

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