P35 neo2-fr & raid drivers at initial install of xp pro

I have a neo2-fr mobo and when I go to install xp pro with a raid setup I get a blue screen of death after initial setup files are loaded b/c the raid drivers and sata drivers will not install at setup, it will load the drivers at the F6 screen of install the os but not at the install of the setup files for win xp pro. Can anyone help me on this, it is not my floppy or floppy drive, i have made 10 different floppies and tried 6 different floppy drives. it will not load the intel drivers at the setup screen of the install..
thanks for all replies

steeda1974, don't get me wrong, I am trying to help you and in order to do that, I need as much information from you as possible. That is why I am asking you questions. Please answer them and help me to help you. It is no fun to ask every question twice and to repeat suggestions. One last try:
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Please also provide PSU Specs (brand, model, amperage limits on all power rails (+12V, 5V, 3.3V).
-> What is the error message (STOP ERROR) that appears on the bluescreen?
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4. ICH9 sata raid controller (intels driver for the new chipsets, downloaded the one from intel and the one from msi)
-> Your board has an ICH9R SATA RAID Controller. Please triple check, that you choose the right driver. Make sure you have really scrolled down the list you get during Windows Setup because, as I said, none of the three drivers that are listed on top of the list (without scrolling) are the correct drivers for your board.
Please try this and post back results:
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If you can't get XP to install by using a floppy disk to load controller drivers, download NLite and integrate the drivers into a custon install CD. That way you do not need a floppy disk. If you decide to do that, use the driver package I attached to my first reply in this thread.

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The operating system has to switch the driver when you change the controllers operating mode. The Generic Drivers that come with Vista are not the best. The Intel ICH9R RAID Drivers cannot be installed until the controller is switched to RAID mode as until then there is nothing they can work with.
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Alright first off, this is my first post. :D Hello MSI forums!
I have put this issue on a couple sites so far, and no one has provided anything close to help, so I'm hoping people here will be more knowledgeable.
The steps I take:
1. I am doing a fresh and full install of Windows XP Media 2005. I have made a RAID0 out of two IDE (not SATA) drives. I have set it to boot.
2. Upon loading Windows Install, I press F6 at the appropriate time, and everything is smooth with loading the two (2) drivers needed.
3. Windows finished loading and get to the screen where you see the list of your drives. I take a look and everything is normal. It sees my RAID0, and it is the size it should be.
4. I select it, do a quick format of it. It does this and continues.
5. Now here is the problem; Immediately after step #4, like it should, it access the floppy to load everything it needs for XP. Except it wont load anything. It damned refuses to load anything at all. It doesnt even try to really access the floppy! Meaning the floppy itself doesn't give a read error, it simply gives me a screen telling me "cannot be read" when it didnt even try and read the floppy.
I hope Im explaining this well, some people think that perhaps the floppy is damages or something. I assure you it aint the floppy or the drive. I have used several different disks, I have tested each one to make sure they work and there are no errors whatsoever. The issue is literally Windows Install for whatever reason is refusing to take the files off the floppy, thus I have to 'skip' them all, yet remember, the initial two (2) drivers loaded perfectly fine without fuss in Step #2. ???
I have been at this for two (2) days now. I have used the nVidia RAID drivers as well as the RAID drivers provided by MSI on their site for my motherboard. But I do noth think that makes a difference, because even if I had teh wrong drivers on the floppy, Windows wont load them to even find that out.
My Mobo is an nForce4 ... 7125-60.
Anyone have any idea? I DID get the drivers to load properly with an old Win XP Pro CD, but I want Media edition, and there seems to be no logical reason why the Media instal would simply refuse the files on the floppy while they were accessed without trouble just fine (in the same day same floppy) by XP Pro. :(
Any help is appreciated!

Quote from: Bigglesw0rth on 16-December-07, 09:48:28
The system stats are irrelevant. The mobo is in the subject. 7125-60 is the exact model.
Windows install (the whole XP line) only needs two files in the initial phase of install (after F6). This is simply so the installer itself can see the RAID. After that (directly after the format if you choose to format) and right before the install starts loading all the files it needs before the first restart, it will access teh floppy to get the rest of what it needs for XP itself to be able to see the RAID. That is what is not happening.
In Xp Pro (non Media Center Edition), the second access of the floppy after the format goes though perfectly fine. In Media Center Edition it tried to access teh floppy, then simply refuses to load the files off teh floppy.
Its pissing me off at this point. Right now my theory is that some sort of asinine protection Microsoft "protection" (possibly driver sig) is blocking the drivers from loading, and XP MCE is loading its own non-working retarded drivers.
Ive tried slipstreaming and it didnt work the first time. I dont have vmware to test it on and I dont want to screw up too many DVDs, and simply using XP Pro is not a solution, its a 'i give up' stage.
Hi,
A couple of thoughts:
1) When you load the initial driver floppy (F6), does it give you a choice of which drivers to load? Typically, when I've had to do the F6 thing, there'd be multiple sets of drivers, and I'd get a menu and have to select the correct one. If so, was there a menu item specifically for XP Media Edition (or whatever it's called)?
2) Are you by any chance using a USB floppy drive? There's a reference here to an MS KB article (916916) about compatible USB floppies:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.intel/msg/df7b2411c347566f
but, I searched the MS KB, and couldn't find that article.
Jim

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Hello,
I hope someone can help me with a PCI card issue. I have a Netgear WG311T wireless card that I want to use with my new PC which has an MSI P35 Neo2-FIR motherboard. When I install the card after installing the drivers the LED next to the PCI slot does not light up and the card isnt recognised my the board. I have tried disabling most of the onboard devices such as the LAN controller and Extra IDE controller but its still not working. The card works perfectly i have tried it in another pc and in both of the PCI slots on the motherboard.
Hope someone can help me out.
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When I install the card after installing the drivers the LED next to the PCI slot does not light up
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Here's my situation:
Same hardware, MB, etc. I originally set up the system with a 20gb IDE and two 320gb SATA drives. I put the OS on the 20gb, and set the two 320's up as a RAID. I partitioned the 320's into 200gb + 120gb sections on each drive. The 200gb partitions were mirrored between the two drives, and the remaining 120gb on each drive was used as non-RAID storage space.
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Disk Management now shows one dynamic disk as 'Online', but still shows two as 'Foreign'. If I right click on them, and chose import, I get the same window showing my partitions and logical drives, but if I click OK, I get a warning message that: "Some of the volumes you are importing will lose data because you have not moved all of your disks to the system."
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A 200gb partition is restored, but the 120gb is not, which is confusing. ALso, when I look at the logical drives in the partition, I'm beginning to think I had the 200gb mirror /120 gb storage backwards. The data restored is not something I would be concerned with losing. It's installed applications, and multimedia files that I could lose without worry.
There is also 70gb dynamic drive labeled Missing. I know I left a small portion of all three of the drives unallocated as a reserve, so that must be what this is. It's like the RAID info is incomplete which leads me to the next piece of info.
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I could back each up to the online service and then just rebuild them. Not my first choice, but it would reduce my stress level if I thought I could do it.
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I am doing a new install of XP Pro as Raid 1 on this system
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Intel Core 2 Quad 6600
2 - WD 500gb SATA2 16mb 7200rpm WD50000AAKS hard drives
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GeForce 8800GTS Video Card
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Lian Li V2100 case
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"txtsetup.oem caused an unexpected error (512) at line 1747 in d;\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c."
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here is that file txtsetup.oem
[Disks]
disk1 = "Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver", iaStor.sys, \
[Defaults]
scsi = iaStor_ICH8M
;----------- Component Section -----------
[scsi]
iaAHCI_ICH9R = "Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop/Server/Workstation)"
[Files.scsi.iaAHCI_ICH9R]
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inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf
catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat
[Config.iaStor]
value = "", tag, REG_DWORD, 1b
value = "", ErrorControl, REG_DWORD, 1
value = "", Group, REG_SZ, "SCSI miniport"
value = "", Start, REG_DWORD, 0
value = "", Type, REG_DWORD, 1
[HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_ICH9R]
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My friend has the same mainboard as yours, so I just refer him for the information you need.

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Hello
I'm installing Q6600 on my MSI P35 Neo2-FR mainboard. In the user guide it says (2-3, 2-4):
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What would happen if I did not apply the paste?
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Ok this is gonna be long so bear with me...
I recently purchased a new board, CPU and RAM for a long overdue upgrade. I installed all the components and the machine booted up fine, other than the dreaded dual boot. The problem I am having is a freeze or reboot during OS install. At first it was freezing during copy of system files, usually at the same spot of around 47%, but I have seen it all over the place. It won't let me do a regular format of disk without freeze or reboot, only a quick. After many tries and 3 different Win Pro disks, the other 2 with SP2 instead of 3, I have gotten as far as the 2nd copy of files in the XP GUI. Now I have tried to install IDE to IDE, SATA to IDE, IDE to SATA and SATA to SATA. One of either sticks of RAM in all slots. Purchased new PSU thinking that my old one wasn't powerful enough. Reseated CPU and cooler, added extra thermal grease. Reset BIOS settings to default. Cleared CMOS. I even tried installing Vista and Ubuntu just for kicks and got notta. The reboot comes out of nowhere and I have even had the thing freeze on me in BIOS once. I figured before I packed up the new items for RMA to Newegg I would ask here, after many searches, to see if anyone had any input.
Rig is as follows-
MSI P35 Neo2-FR LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboardwith 1.8 Bios
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
G Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
SAPPHIRE 100162L Radeon X1300XT 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16
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COM Port 1 3F8/IRQ4
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hello
i have some problems with MSI P35 Neo2-F mb...
I can't make it work with 2 sata2 Hard Drives in RAID1 mode
Last BIOS update done,
The install of the OS (win xp prof sp2/sp3) is ok, but if you want to format last partition of RAID drive it cames with blue screen and restart - after restart it said that the Raid Matrix is demaged - and won't boot... "please select PROPER BOOT DEVICE"
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0 VOLUME0 RAID1 (MIRROR) N/A 149GB FAILED NO
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2 ST3160813AS 149.1GB ERROR OCCURED(0)
3 ST3160813AS 149.1GB ERROR OCCURED(0)
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Hello,
How old are the drives?
Try a full write 0 on both drives and see what happens after.
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.12-HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
You will need a working pc to do this.
Take both drives out and run HDDGURU LLF tool on them, this will do the write 0.

P35 Neo2/FR and Nostromo n52

I recently built a new system (x-mas present to myself)...
P35 Neo2 / FR
core2 duo E6850
corsair xms2 2gig (twin2x2048-6400c4)
western digital caviar HD 250gig
lite on DVD burner
XFX 8800gt
XP pro with SP2C OEM
and I stuck it all in a coolermaster CM690 with extreme power duo 650W PS. I'm reusing my current input devices and monitor. I am not overclocking.
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I though of trying to flash the BIOS to v1.6 since my mobo has v1.4, but I'm a bit reluctant to risk screwing it up being the bios descriptions of what was changed don't appear as though it would help my problem.
Any one run into a similar problem? I can live without my n52 if I have to, but after several years it feels odd not having it under my left hand. Any help/tips/tricks are welcome.

Here is the new situation which is actually the same old situation. I reformated my hard drive and reinstalled win XP pro (sp2). I then installed motherboard drivers and updated XP from windows update. Then I downloaded and installed the latest audio, ethernet, and INF drivers from the MSI website. I didn't install the raid drivers. I downloaded n52 drivers (3.2.4) from belkin website and installed them. I got the little blue icon installed in my system tray that I can use to open the loadout manager and launch editor for the n52. I then checked device manager for any new entries under HID/keyboard/mouse and there were none. I then plugged my n52 into a USB port and windows started giving me those little popup bubbles near the system tray stating new hardware is found. They pop up and disappear faster then i can write it all down, but the last one to popup was `nostromo n52 HID speed pad 2.0 mouse wheel` and then the system crashed to a blue screen BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER error. I then unplugged the n52 and rebooted. I booted to the desktop with the little blue icon still in the system tray. I plugged the n52 back in and DIDN"T crash. I checked device manager and under mouse I have `HID compliant mouse` listed twice, under keyboard I have `HID keyboard device` listed, and under HID I have `HID compliant game controler`, `nostromo n52 HID speed pad 2.0`, and ` nostromo n52 HID speed pad 2.0 mouse wheel` listed. Nothing was showing as being in conflict. I then loaded the game Lord of the Rings Online and played for 5 minutes with the nostromo seeming to work fine. I then logged out of the game and rebooted the computer. A few seconds after rebooting to the desktop the system crashed to BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER. Now the computer crashes the instant i plug in the n52 or upon reaching the desktop if its already plugged in. At the moment i still have the n52 drivers installed but i have the device unplugged.
Yes Maesus, I have reformated and reinstalled XP twice in the last 2 weeks. The computer is only 2 weeks old
NovJoe, the only other USB devices I have are my mouse and a headset/mic I use for ventrillo. I can plug and unplug either of them into any usb port with no problems.
On a side note I noticed something that seems a bit strange but didn't think much of it. Is it normal for device manager AND My Computer to show floppy disk drive A: even though I have NO FLOPPY INSTALLED? This is the first computer I ever had that didn't have a floppy drive so I never would have noticed this before. Both entries will vanish if I disable floppy in the BIOS.

Problems with Pioneer burners and AHCI mode on P35 Neo2-FR (ICH9R)

Well, I did my best to make my two Pioneer SATA DVR-215s work with ICH9R in AHCI mode (changed cables, ports, power supplies, rails, set AHCI SATA ports to none in BIOS, upgraded to latest BIOS and Intel drivers) but nothing seems to solve the issue that burners just do not work properly when Intel controller is in AHCI mode. If ICH9R is set to IDE mode, everything is working properly. If not - burns fail, randomly stop, burners disappear from explorer and device manager with: The device 'PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215 ATA Device (...) disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal. and The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort7, did not respond within the timeout period. Now my question is : is this a know issuse with ICH9R - or is this specific to Neo2-F(I)R (guess that it goes for Platinum as they share BIOS) or is it Pioneer fault? Firmware is updated tol atest...
My spec:
Intel Core2Duo 4600
MSI P35 Neo2-FR
4x1 GB DDR2 800 Geil Ultra 4-4-4-12@2V
Chieftec 450W
Seagate 320 GB
XFX 8600GT
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Someone?

Yes, the ICHxR series have had issues in the past. I thought they fixed that on the newer series by making ports 5-6 non-AHCI. I have had issues with it booting for installing windows, but once in windows, it seems to work fine for me. Luck me though, my board has the JMicron controller ports (usually blue or an off color). if you have an off color SATA port, that port will be for optical drives or other devices.
also, I see you only list one HD. are you runing RAID? if not I don't think you gain any advantage with AHCI. AHCI is more for RAID setups and you'll need drivers to run them. regular IDE mode needs no extra drivers and usually perform better as the AHCI driver overhead usually puts an extra load on the drives and slows it back down.
If you're unsure, re-check the owners manual. it often covers odd setup configurations in there.
-=Mark=-

Bios Update Problem P35 Neo2 - MS 7345 V 1.1

Hello
I've update my board bios because a "hard disk not present" problem and since it I was having several problems:
I'm running Windows XP SP2 and it takes a very long time to start (in bar and loading windows screen).
The major problem I have is when power on the computer it is alwayls showing the red font message that says it was a problem overclocking, so everytime I need to go into setup and to save changes whitout changing anything.
I suspect the bios I've installed is not the right one since the start screen says "MSI Neo Patinum" instead Neo2, but I've used Live Update ... so it should be the rigth one.
Can anybody help me please with this?

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 30-April-09, 06:32:24
Hi,
first of all, can you please provide full system specs for comparison? Read the >>Posting Guide<< to get an idea of what we need to know.
Hello Again, first of all I want to thank you for answering so fast. Also I have to apologize for my "not so good" english.
# CPU brand, model and speed (eg AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+ 'Brisbane' core)
DualCore Intel Pentium E2160, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
# Motherboard model (eg K9A2 Platinum, NOT just MS-7376!!)
P35 Neo2 - MS 7345 V 1.1
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1261
# Memory brand, type/speed, size, number of sticks (eg 2x1GB Crucial DDR2-800)
2x1GB Supertalent DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz)
# Video card brand, chipset type, memory size (eg Gainward Geforce 8800GT 512MB PCI-E)
XFX NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
# Hard drive(s) brand, size, type, speed (eg 2x Seagate 200gb SATA150)
WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0 (298 GB, SATAII)
# Any other peripheral cards and devices (eg MSI TV@nywhere Plus TV card, MSI PC54G2 Wireless LAN PCI card)
Multi Flash Reader USB Device
Realtek RTL8185 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Network Adapter   PCI
# Operating system and version (eg Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit)
MICROSOFT Windows XP Pro SP2 32bit
# Power Supply Unit brand and output in watts and DC output (amps)
Vistuba 550W Power Supply
+3.3 V   35A
+5 V     30A
+12 V   20A
Quote from: Jack t.N. on 30-April-09, 06:32:24
Three important questions:
1. Which BIOS Version were you using before the update.
2. Which Version did you update to?
3. Did you clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU after the Update?
1. I'm not sure what bios version come with the board (my misstake) but it was older than I've now.
2. I'm actually using AMI 1.10 Build Date: 11/10/2008
3. Yes I did
Quote from: Jack t.N. on 30-April-09, 06:32:24
Did that problem disappear after the update?
The hard disk problem didn't show any more
Quote from: Jack t.N. on 30-April-09, 06:32:24
What kind of hard drive are you using and what port is it connected to?
WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0 (298 GB, SATAII)
it is connected to SATA 5 port acording to Board manual diagram
I've checked hard disk SMART and health and it is ok
Quote from: Jack t.N. on 30-April-09, 06:32:24
- If you have an IDE/PATA Hard Drive:
.....What kind of cable are you using? (40 or 80 wire)
.....Is there any other drive connected to the IDE cable (how are the jumper settings for each drive (MASTER/SLAVE/CABLE Select)?
I Haven't IDE/PATA Hard Drive
I will tell you the story:
I bought the computer and I was using the Blue (Marvel) sata port for the hard disk.
Then a normal day I began to have a very low Windows start so I changed the sata plug to a purple one and the problem disappeared.
Then I began to have the same problem again so I changed the plug again but problem was there anyway so decide to update bios to 1.8 version.
The problem come back randomly and sometimes it disappeared just changing the sata port to wich the plug is connected to.
After that I began to have the "No hard disk present" error and I cleared the CMOS and tried several things until it come to work again.
Few time ago I noticed that was a newer bios version, so then I used Live Update to update bios and drivers again.
Now I'm having the "slow" problem again. I'have been trying several configurations and testing programs but I just didn't find anything wrong.
Edit:
I'm having the first post problem (overcloking message after power on)
I also had a very rare issue few time ago when shutdown the pc: few minutes later it power on by It self !! until I have disabled every wake up event from setup.
I hope you can understand, and thanks again for your help.
Gabriel.

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