PC Stopped at Platinum Splash Screen

My K8N Neo2 Platinum system stopped responding while reinstalling Win2K. I had finished installing Win2K from the CD and installed the drivers from the MSI CD. I connected to the Internet and had run Windows Update twice. Upon rebooting it stopped with the Platinum splash screen displayed. It doesn’t respond to the keyboard or mouse, only to the reset or power keys. I turned the system off and waited several minutes before turning it on, but it stopped in the same place. I don’t know what to suspect since system had been running OK for several weeks.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Glad it worked . Some older cd/cdrw drives are slow to initialize (don't know about yours) compared to hd's .
And it also seems this motherboard sometimes have problems with two atapi devices on the same ide port , perhaps cause by to short ide init wait time in the bios , and it hangs when a drive is not initialized fast enough.So a workaround
seems to be to spread them on seperate ports .

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this is a system that I built over 8 months ago. the only thing I
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There are three possible solutions to solve the situation:
1) Install a processor supported by the current BIOS Version to be able to properly turn on your system and then update the BIOS to the latest Version to be able to use your E8400/E0 (update should be done from DOS only).
2) Ask in a local computer shop or contact your reseller to do the same thing for you.
3) Connect an internal floppy drive and a PS/2 Keyboard and then try to force the system into AMI BIOS Recovery Mode. Instructions:
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Rename the desired AMI BIOS file to AMIBOOT.ROM and save it on a floppy disk. e.g. Rename A7345IMS.1xx to AMIBOOT.ROM
Insert this floppy disk in the floppy drive. Turn On the system and press and hold Ctrl-Home to force update. It will read the AMIBOOT.ROM file and recover the BIOS from the A drive.
When 4 beeps are heard you may remove the floppy disk and restart the computer.
Even though the AMI BIOS Recovery Procedure is the only chance you have to solve the situation without installing a different processor, it does not work in all cases. However, as it is an easy procedure, it is at least worth a try.

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I have Quick Boot enabled but when I power up, the Platinum splash screen just sits there for a full minute. Then the boot sequence starts. What is causing it to hang temporarily like that. Anybody else have that problem and found a fix?
Otherwise, my system runs fine. Windows has no problems yet.
I've got A64 on Neo2 Platinum, 1 gig Corsair 3200xl, 9800pro, floppy, NEC 3500a DVD burner, two 80 gb deskstars in RAID 0. They all seem to run fine and the system seems pretty stable other than the hanging Platinum splash.

Thanks to rgreen for suggesting I pull everything out but essentials and start plugging them back in. I know it's a common suggestion, but I might not have done it without your prodding.
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I'm suspecting the MB has gone south, but would like some assurances that I am on the right track and that I haven't missed something obvious.
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CDRW, DVD-rom
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There is no response from the kybd, as in numlock/scrlock/capslock don't respond (no lights on the kybd.)
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Contribute with some thoughts :
The board post bios logo , aka ' cpu works , gfx works . If not all would be dead.
But it freeze :
This can be memory or memory slots e.g vdimm ref voltage to dimm slots duff(not in spec)
It can be parity check that bios post does on the memory.
It can be halt caused by "halt on all but keyboard" i.e PS2 , mouse , fdc controller .
When this cmos reset was done , was the board totally isolated , i.e
all devices removed including memory , gfx , cpu , drives , pci cards .
(if it's a bitch leave the cpu as the only item mounted)
I recommend clearing the motherboards cmos while it is totally bearbone
and also with the 20pin/4pin power connertors removed .
After it is cleared just connect 20pin/4pin power + cpu + speaker to it and the powerswitch (no mem , no gfx , no drives , no kb , no mouse ).
Fire up , and listen to the beep code , compare it to award beeps that its correct.
Shut down and add the mem .
Fire up , and listen to beep code , compare it to award beeps that its correct.
Shut down and add the gfx .
Fire up , and listen to beep code , compare it to award beeps that its correct.
Shut down and add the keyboard .
Fire up , and listen to beep code , compare it to award beeps that its correct.
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Repeating High/Low (siren):
CPU Either the CPU is not seated properly or the CPU is damaged. May also be due to excess heat. Check the CPU fan or BIOS settings for proper fan speed.
Repeating (endless loop) :
Memory error Check for improperly seated or missing memory.
1long, 3short :
No video card or bad video RAM Reseat or replace the video card.
1long, 2 short :
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Just did a succesfull flash of the latest BIOSon my K8N Neo2 Platinum.
Now when I boot I get that ugly splash screen thing, I hate it.
Is it possible to remove it?
Thanks.

Quote from: [T-A]_Super_10 on 20-April-05, 15:34:15
Yes you can change the image on boot up. I forget the steps but i remember bosskiller was the one who posted it in this forum, you can try and do a search on it.
Ty for interesting [T-A]_Super_10.
I have find it "https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=73806.0",
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Hope that helps you too gameboi or whatever you're crying ass name is.
I must thank aicjofs though for his post. It gave a starting point to try and figure out what was happening and why.
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Laterz..I have a hot game of Spider Solitaire with my name on it.
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Specs:
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I got a Blue Screen of Death the first time I started it up with the overheating ritual, but I never got it since. It was 0X7B.
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MSCONFIG.exe, Boot Advanced Options: I have tried twice to change this 1 setting, check box "Number of processors" and change to 2 processors, because I do have 2 processors. I have been able to change
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Display: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit 60 Hz), Integrated RAMDAC, Main driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2,
Version 8.17.12.9688, Date 5/31/2012, DDI version 10, Driver model WDDM 1.1
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You are very wrong about that mystified. What do YOU think made my computer work without beeping at all hu? (I bet you're gonna tell me). I figured it out.
RE-INSTALL WINDOWS 7 OS.
SOLVED.
DOESN'T BEEP ANY MORE.
THAT IS A PART OF microsoft ISN'T IT.
::: EGO KILLER 9000 :::

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</EventData>
</Event>
And, according to the Event Viewer, the "Binary" data translates to a zero-terminated Unicode string of "Cross-thread".
My Visual Studio analysis was far more informative. All threads are hung inside of WaitForSingleObject() and WaitForMultipleObjects() calls and the DLL in question appears to be FlexNet-related. I did forget to mention that I also even manually started the FlexNet service in case, for some strange reason, Photoshop was waiting for it to start. That also did not work.
(And there is nothing in the Action Center control panel either despite the message saying there might be more information there.)
Edit: The timestamp above might be a little odd-looking. I didn't originally see anything in Event Viewer until I clicked the first button to send an Error Report. Mostly I just skipped that part of killing a process.

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