Power LED on my K8N Neo4 Platinum

This is an issue that I have on this board and on another socket A MSI board.  I notice that there is a 3 pin power led connection and a 2 pin connection.  In both cases with these two boards I only have a 3 pin connection on my case for the power LED.  I hook it up and in both cases the LED light doesn't come on.  I even replaced the LED's with no success.  Anyone ever heard of this or have a solution?

Yes but both times (on the same model case but with two different models of MSI boards) the power LED isn't lighting up... and it's not the LED.

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  • K8N Neo4 Platinum power on/off problem

    Hi all.
    I just got a K8N Neo4 Platinum, and have a problem with switching it on and off.
    When I switch on the mains to the PC PS(before turning the PC on), the fans start turning, and I hear disks spinning up. The PC power LED is off, but the HD LED is on. There is no picture on the monitor.
    If I then switch the PC on, it boots normal, power LED is on, and the HD LED is normal. The PC is working absolutely normal, with winXP.
    But when I turn the PC off again, the fans remain on, power LED goes off, HD LED on. And I can't switch the PC on again, till I have toggled the mains supply.
    I have tried measuring what comes on the power connector. It looks like there is still 12V when the PC is supposed to be switched off. Don't know if that is right.
    There is also 5VSB and PWR OK, but I think they are supposed to be there.
    I hope I have been able to explain the problem in understandable english.
    Jens G

    Quote from: fflex on 02-March-05, 19:21:07
    That the comp turn itself on when the different front side connectors etc isnt in, i dont think that's a problem with ur PSU.
    Same thing happend to me when i forgot to plug them in a couple of days ago. I got a Tagan 480W, and its flawless!
    Have u ever considered unplugging everything, and doing it from the beginning? ......
    I have tried from the beginning many times, but it's always failing.
    BUT..... Today I got a new K8N Neo4 Platinum from a vendor next door to where I work, and it works perfectly 
    I had a suspicion that the motherboard was causing the fail, but couldn't be sure without trying a new one. Now the first one is going back to the shop where I bought it.
    Thanks to all for all the suggestions you have come up with.
    Jens G
     

  • K8N Neo4 Platinum hard disk didn't return after power save mode

    I use 6 seagate 300G hard disk on nForce SATA and Sil3114 channel and power option is [turn off hard disks After 20 mins]
    on nForce SATA when hard disks turn off they are never return till i restart my PC,
    and sil3114 SATA channel [turn off hard disks] option didn't work they are not going to sleep.
    (nForce EIDE channel works fine disks go to sleep and wake up well)
    anybody have solution for this problem? (it's our new office file server)
    (system : K8N Neo4 Platinum AMD64 3000, 1G ram, ATI radeon 7000 PCI, 6 Seagate 300G SATA HDD, 2 WD 250G EIDE HDD, Windows 2003 std edition)
    nayuta

    Hi Baz, thanks for your reply.
    POST still fails when PSU is in combined mode. I don't have a second stick of DDR available right now (am trying to borrow some from a friend) , but i have tried just using one stick (once with each stick in case one was faulty) and still I got the 4 red LEDs on the D-LED panel.
    could try the other ram slots on the mobo i guess in case that makes a difference.
    regards
    Tom

  • Strange power-on (issue?) with K8N Neo4 Platinum

    Hi all, i have a new K8N Neo4 Platinum, non-sli.
    My rig:
    A643000+ winch, no overclock
    2x512MB Corsair XMS DDR400MHz
    2x200GB Seagate mirroring
    Plextor PX-708A
    BenQ DVD Burner
    AN OLD Matrox Mystique 4MB PCI  (new pci-e gfx card later...)
    A powerfull enermax coolergiant 600W ATX 2.0 power supply
    Latest official nforce4 drivers and bios
    It seems to be ok: installed winXP pro sp2 and updates, installed two Seagate in raid-mirroring with the nforce4 controller, installed some progs and utils, firewall is ok, prime95 go without problems for 1 our (more tests later), cpu temp is 34°C and sys temp is 30°C.
    CoreCenter Say:
    Vcore -> 1.41V
    3.3V -> 3.39V
    +5V -> 5.13V
    +12V -> 12.26V
    memory volt -> 2.60V
    FSB -> 200MHz
    PCI-E -> 100MHz
    cpu volt -> By-VID
    Apparently no weird things...
    When i switch-on the Pc, for some seconds(  ̃10 secs) it don't want to boot, optical drives blink repeatly and the screen is blank, like a bad overclock... But the machine isn't overclocked, and the bios is ok, i think. After 10 secs, finally it go and run flawlessly, post and other things are ok. When i reboot in win, the 10secs-issue repeat itself. So this strange thing at the post is normal? Anyone with the same "problem"? For now the rig is ok when it logon in winXP...

    Hi all my friends 
    @JER101 >>> Ehrr i mean post, sorry 
    I had unplugged the optical drives, but the problem persist. When plugged, they blink for some times and after blinking the machine go into post-phase and after it boot in the correct manner. I think the PCI card is the problem, like some of you said... I will buy one pci-e card (obviously), but i hope things are not dangerous for now 
    In the mean time, i have a new problem: emule+firewall=BSOD. I know, there are tons of post about this issue around, but the solution is unclear... Tried to disable DEP, patched WinXP SP2 with latest things from winupdate, but nothing work for me, emule and the firewall generate a crash&reboot. Tried with the Marvell LAN, too, without success.
    Any suggestions? Usefull links? If i uninstall the "NVIDIA Forceware Network Access Manager" it will work without problem with a thirdy part firewall, like sysgate?
    P.S.
    What's the problem with nvidia drivers? C'mon nvidia, solve this damned issue! 

  • K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

    ok i just got a new mb and processor and psu .
    amd 64 3500+
    psu = 520w 12v-36a
    mb = K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
    all i did was excgange this mb and psu and cpu with my old ones. and i installed everything fine but when i turn on the comp i get no display like i have no video card....ive dbl checked everythhing and put in 2 otehr video cards and still no display...im not shure if i need 2 uninstall my old bios? if thats possable i have no clue or uninstall anything b4 i made this switch can you please help me out thanks alot.

    k did that .. ok this thing is getting 2 me lol it gives me prossesor error 4 red lights then i turn off does sdame thing mess around with it turn power supply off completely for more than 10 sec then back on and it boots up giving me yet anothyer error like 1 and 4 yellow 2 and 3 red or other way around and i turn it off turn it back ona nd leds are still teh same arnt they supposed 2 reset? then i turn off my psu for more than 10 sec back on and its reset...i dunno what this means is it the battery on the mobo? prolly not i have no clue @ this point and ive tried diff keyboards.

  • K8N Neo4 platinum Problem!!!

    Hi! I have got a problem with my K8N neo4 platinum mobo. The problem is from the beginning when i built the system i wanted to use my scssi disc as boot disc, bios find my disc and i started to install win xp i pushed F6 to install my scsi drivers then i went on with the xp install and i came to the first restart and the computer restarts and win xp logo the loadning screen appear, then my computer completly hangs up. I have tried diffrent ways of configuration but it doesnt work same problem all the time. Then i give up my scsi hd and put a ata100 ide disk in my computer to use a boot disk instead of my scsi disc, i start the installation of xp and i came to the first restart and then win xp logo loading screen appear, then the graphical installation moment begin a few seconds the my computer hangs up again and i had to restart it with reset button. But now i get a new more serious problem, just before the screen with the possibility to push del button to get into bios should shown up i get a 2 - 3 seconds tone from the mobo then the screen shown up with possibility to push del button to get into bios appear on my screen, then nothing happens, i cant get into bios, can not do anything. I have tried to clear cmos but nothing happens, i have even tried to pull off all the cabels to my hd:s off, still nothing happens, the only thing that is connected to my mobo is my dvd burner, my dvd rom, graphic card, wireless network card, sound card,scsi card but no cabels to the scsi hd. Pls help i need to get my computer run fast!!
    My system is:
    mobo K8N Neo4 Platinum
    CPU: Athlon64 4000+
    Graphic: Powercolor Ati radeon X850XT Platinum
    Memory: 2X512mb corsair
    hd ide: ibm 40gb
    hd scsi: maxtor atlas 10k IV 36,4gb
    scsi card: Tekram DC - 390U3W
    Power: chiftec 360W 20pins
    Dvd burner: Nec 3520
    Dvd rom: Lite on 16x (dont remember model name)
    Updated: I have fixed the problem with hanging at seconds after start up, i had to remove the battery and then pull it back. But still have the boot problems!!!

    I checked the leds on the d-bracket and they dont show any problems. But i have to tell that when i pulled off the battery and then put it back into my mobo i dont know what happen, but now i have installed win xp on my scsi disc and it seems to work fine WHIIIIIIHAAAAAAA!!!!!             

  • K8N Neo4 Platinum Wont POST please help!!

    ok, i built this pc about a month ago. everything has worked perfectly until yesterday. When i turn the power on, al i get is the Platinum Screen. I cant go into Bios, i cant Post.. The PC beeps once like normal, and the LED on the Motherboard and the videocard come on. Ive tried wiping the CMOS, Tried a different PSU, tried removing one of the memory sticks. I tried just connecting the Mobo, video card and harddrive, to see if it want getting enough power. Heres what ive got:
    K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI
    Athlon 64 3500+
    Geforce 6800 Gt
    1 Gig corsair 3200 ram (2x512mb)
    550 watt PSU

    reset the bios, make sure its RESET.
    then, try with just 1 stick ram first.
    remember, to run dual for this board, it has to be Slot 1  &  Slot 2. 
    If u follow the color, it'll be single channel instead.
    Read also the instruction, it says never plug into 2nd or 4th slot with 1 stick ram.
    Try with 1 stick ram. if it boots, then insert the 2nd into Slot 2.  for dual channel.
    i had similar prob few days back when newly purchased.
    good luck !

  • K8N Neo4 Platinum Ultra nForce4 no post.

    Took the cpu off and cleaned it, upgraded the video card started the computer and no post. Led's 1,3,4, green 2 red. Took cpu out and checked it no bent pins, checked all connections. Sometimes when it boots it will have 4 green led's but no video. Tried another vid card same thing. Tried booting and holding the insert, cont+home, F1, delete keys. Get power to the fans and hear the HDD sometimes.
    Specs.
    MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Ultra nForce4 bios v1.6
    Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Core
    Geil value ram
    1-36GB Raptor
    , M45 Powercolor Radeon X800 GT PCI-EX 256MB DDR3 R480 Core
    XP.Pro.W/SP.2
    X-Connect 500W ATX PSU
     +5V +3.3V +12V -12V  -5 +5VSB
      30A  28A    34A    .8     .3     2
    Edit: Have cleared the cmos many times. If I boot holding the insert key down for a while I get 1,3,4, leds red 2 green, if I then push F1 they all turn green but still no vid.
             

    No posts to your post either  LOL
    Anyway - could be fans causing it - I had my Neo not booting until I disconnected a case fan from the mobo fan header output.
    Try with just leaving the cpu fan (could also be this one of course) .

  • PSU Dead and MOBO K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI Too, what can i do???

        
    Yerterday i was sleeping and suddenly the PSU (Rosewill RP550) Blow away, I Inmediatly check the PSU and guess what? Fried!!! Then i went to sleep again to check the other components in the mourning. The next Mourning i took my old PSU and put an 20 to 24 pin adapter, placed it in the mobo and doesn´t work, next i put a friend PSU with 24 pin connector and nothing, next i test 2 or 3 PSUs more and nothing. After all this tests i started thinking that the mobo was having electrical issues. I went to a friend house and tested the processor ( AMD 3000+ CBBID 0505) and the Memory (OCZ Rev2 1GB), they worked. I couldn´t test the Video Card (MSI 6600GT 128MB) because i dont have any other mobo to check it.
    Its Important to tell you guys that when i try to plug the PSU power conector to the MOBO the Fans and network led start for 1 second, then turn off, i try to start the computer and nothing happend. All this with the four PSUs.
    A friend of mine which is a computers Technician told me that took off the MOBO batery, CPU and Memory and put Aluminiun foil all over and around the mobo to eliminate any static on it. What do yo think about this??
    Please if you have any suggestion, i´ll be happy.
    BTW: Which are the procedures to RMA both componnets ? I bough the mobo and PSU and the others components  on www.newegg.com on May 09 2005.
    Thanks for all. 

    Got my Newegg RMA board back (K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI) today!  I mailed it to them Friday, they got it Monday and a replacement back to me today.  Excellent turnaround 
    The board looks like it was refurbished because the anti-static bag was a bit wrinkled and had pinholes all over one section where the board couldn't have caused it.  Also, it had bios 3.0 on it!  The rest of the stuff in the board looks new but it didn't come with the USB 2.0 bracket which the first board I got did.  Live and learn.
    I flashed it to 3.2 and all appears to be working.  Not gonna try 3.3.  I read somewhere that there may be a beta 3.5 bios out somewhere.  Maybe I'll wait till that one goes final.
    Haven't had any experience with MSI support as far as RMA's but if this replacement board craps out I'll try them next.

  • K8N Neo4 Platinum not booting

    Hi I just moved my fully working K8N Neo4 Platinum based setup from one case to another, and now it's not booting. All fans are starting but the USB D-bracket 2 shows LED's 1 and 4 yellow and 2 and 3 red and the computer hangs. I can't seem to find this LED combination in the manual where it's only supposed to show green and red lights. Anyone got any idea of what's wrong?
    Thanks

    Okay I'll try to be more specific, the thing that makes me clueless is that the rig has been working flawlessly before.
    CPU/Memory:
    AMD Athlon64 Venice 90nm 3500+ 2.2GHz
    2x512 MB OCZ DDR PC-4000 Gold VX (500 Mhz, 2-2-2-8)
    I've tried unmounting every single component and mounting it back on again. I've tried both memory sticks in a single slot but no luck.
    The PSU it's been running on is an Antec True380SP 380W (included in Antec Sonata case), yes 380W is a bit low so i tried a beefier PSU as well (Antec True430P 430W) with the same result.
    Max Amperage:
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    Antec True380SP 380W -- +3.3V = 28A, +5V = 35A, +12V = 24A
    HDD:
    Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74Gb 10000rpm 16Mb cache SATA connected to SATA1
    All fans power up, Power LED lights up and HDD powers up, but no VGA signal. I've reset CMOS and I've read through the stickies and tried the fixes there applicable to my problems, but no luck so far. Only thing I can think of that haven't tried is switching the CMOS battery.

  • MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI sound needs -5V; newest Antec 550W has no -5V rail

    I came within a whisker of ordering a non-returnable  3700 Venice, MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI mobo and an upgraded Power Supply, Antec's newest 550W PS the TP2-550 EPS12V ($117).  This has dual 2x24pin 12V 19A rails and is touted as the new V2.0 EPS12V/ATX12v compatible power supply for high performance SLI systems.  By accident I came across a page at MSI for this mobo
    http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mai...ail.php?UID=641
    At the end is this warning:  MSI Reminds You...
    • For this model, you must use a Power Supply which has a -5V pin supply. Also, the users manual which I downloaded on Pg 2-10 says the same thing
    The above Antec PS specs do not  show a -5V rail, nor does an Enermax 600W I looked at.  The V2.0 specs for ATX12v which added 2x24pin 12V rails dropped -5V rail from the spec and it appears MSI is not conforming to the spec (See Antec response at end) None of the web sites selling these PS & mobos contain any warning.  I vaguely recall from a forum a while back it may have something to do with the Soundblaster system in the mobo.
    http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=22551 (click specifications)
    Isn't this a major showstopper which is going to cause a lot of grief for those of us upgrading to SLI systems using this mobo and upgrading our PS to the newest & best power design?  We won't know the PS won't work until we build the system.
    Regards, Ron
    Antec reply to me:
    >>>>Thanks for the link. Since MSI's website does state the motherboard needs the -5v, the True550EPS12V will not work with this motherboard. The Standard (http://enhanceusa.com/documents/atx12v_v2.01.pdf) has removed the use for the -5v rail and it is no longer needed. MSI has not manufactured that motherboard to the Standard. Finding an ATX12V v2.0 power supply with the -5v might be hard to find. You should contact MSI for a compatibility list of power supplys that were tested to work with the K8N SLI Platinum.

    Quote from: ccve3 on 21-May-05, 07:27:40
    Wow!!  syar2003 thanks for that post.  I've spend an hour going through it &  fasteddies links.  Now I are a power expert.  The dual rail argument is enough for me to go back to the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI with one of the single rail PS -5V units listed by fasteddie. The only question left now refers to computerpro3  recommendation on ultra power supplies for SLI 
    >>I quite simply wouldn't dream of putting anything else in my machine. Keep in mind, this section is for 2x 6800 models, not the 6600's which most any good psu will handle (like Antec Neopower, ocz 520, etc). . Pc Power and Cooling 510 Deluxe SLI edition (refer to list)
    2. Zippy/Emacs 550-700w models
    3. OCZ 600w (personally I would get the pcp&c for the price, but it's been proven here, so I'll be fair...). 
    These are really high end, expensive and only 3-4 choices. Since I'm getting one 6800GT and eventually another & possibly eventually a 4800 X2, I was hoping the OCZ 520W would do it but computerpro3 says Powermaster 520 isn't good enough for SLI.  I found that there is an OCZ 600W ATX12 dual rail which surprisingly has a -5V rail needed for K8N Neo4 SLI Soundblaster.  Will this meet computerpro3's preference for a high end PS for SLI systems even though I'm losing the 1 rail advantage.  Maybe the 600 Watts just overwhelms the 1 rail/2 rail question.
    Thanks again for the teriffic help
    Regards, Ron
    Wondering what you settled on.  I got the Antec TP550 and it's flawless on the board.  I even have the older 20pin model which works perfectly (including sound).  If you really wanted what I would consider to be a top dog (pcpower and cooling), and find the -5v rail missing, all you have to do is place a phone order and request they add a -5v rail.  It's a minimal cost and a total solution for having everything.  Just my $0.02

  • K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0) and AMD 64 3800+ X2

    Help!
    I have a K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0) and it had an AMD 64 3200+ single core CPU.
    Now I've upgraded to an AMD 64 3800+ X2 dual core but the BIOS and MS Vista are seeing only the one core.
    The BIOS is at the latest version - 1.D.
    Whats' going on?
    Hitch.

    Quote from: hitchhiker on 20-April-07, 08:44:57
    This motherboard does support the X2 CPU right?
    It's listed as supported on the MSI website but has nayone else got both cores running on it?
    Hitch.
    Yes it does support X2
    Did you clear cmos with power cable disconnected from psu?
    Look at my signature for link to proper method.

  • BSOD's on my x64 K8N Neo4 Platinum based PC, Any ideas what's wrong? Help!

    Over the past few month I've been getting BSOD's. There is no real pattern to their occurence and it's not something which is constantly happening (It happened around 5 times in the past 2 months), but I've really grown to hate them. You see, after getting one what has happened in the past is that when I go to restart my pc after getting a BSOD, I find I need to re-install my whole OS! What happens is that after booting (which oddly enough doesn't work well after a BSOD, It freezes on the boot screen and I need to restart several times), a black screen appears telling me that certain files in the C:Windows\ direcotory are corrupt or missing.
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    Quote
    MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
    *** STOP: 0x0000009c (0x0000000000000004,0xFFFFF80000113BC0, 0x00000000B2000000, 0x0000000000070F0F)
    I looked that up on the net, and it seems the first part seems to indicate, or at least COULD indicate overheating. I checked CPU and System temps and they seem acceptable.
    I am running Windows XP x64 Edition with the following hardware (please note that all of the hardware drivers I'm using are written for x64, MSI is so good:)). I have had this PC before it started having these problems, it could be related to using x64 I guess, but the error doesn't show that does it?
    Quote
    AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Socket 939 (Venice Core) w/ stock heatsink/fan
    MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum S-939 nForce4 Ultra
    OCZ PC-3200 DDR400 Premier Series 1GB (2x512MB) Dual Channel Kit CAS 2.5
    Ati Radeon x800xl 256MB gddr3, PCI-E
    LG 17" L1720B LCD monitor 16ms, 1280x1024
    Western Digital Caviar 120GB SATA
    Western Digital Caviar SATA II (WD1600JS) 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Buffer
    Western Digital Caviar SATA II (WD2500KS) 250GB 7200RPM 16MB Buffer
    Pioneer DVR-109 DVD-RW
    Pioneer DVR-110D DVD-RW
    Antec Sonata II Mid tower ATX black power supply 450 Watt ( ATX12V 2.01 )
    Creative I-Trigue 2.1 L3450 speakers
    Sony 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
    Microsoft multimedia keyboard and Microsoft optical mouse (PS/2)
    My OS and drivers are fully updated. As for my BIOS I've been running the version I'm using now forquite some time and I believe it is version 1.5. Also in another bad turn of events, my northbridge fan seems to be on its way out of this world (this just happned so I don't think its related to the BSOD). I haven't been able to find a replacement, and since its not spinning very fast, and sometimes stops...It's causing the heatsink to get quite hot. I need to get a new one, and I can't find them anywhere...I wonder if thats covered under warranty... I looked into getting a different heatsink, but my Graphics card is so colse to this heatsink, that theres no room for a bigger one at all.
    Do you think this problem is motherboard related, I cannot understand what the technical info the BSOD gives me means, can anybody understand it? I don't think its my HD's, or Ram, or CPU...could it be a motherboard problem? And if so, its under 1 year old, can I get an RMA?
    Thanks for the help in advance.

    At one time I had a weak 450w psu that had only 18a on the 12v rail.  When I overclocked my cpu and gpu, I was getting bsod's every once in a while and couldnt figure it out until I read a similar post like yours on this forum.  I decided to upgrade my psu and havent had that problem since.
    Power supplies can be deceiving.  I now have a 480w psu but its has 30a on the 12v rail.  So what we need to know is the ratings of your psu (see my sig) just to see if your psu is the culprit.  Just my 2 cents.   

  • Constant HDD access (K8N Neo4 Platinum)

    Hello all, this is my first time posting on these forums.
    A couple of days ago I put together a new system for myself, with the following components:
    * Athlon64 3200+ processor
    * MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard
    * 1Gb RAM
    * Gigabyte 128Mb GeForce 6600GT graphics card
    * 2x Seagate 250Gb 7200rpm SATA drives
    * LG IDE dual-layer DVD-RW drive
    * Apacer 7-in-1 internal USB 2.0 card reader
    * Thermaltake "soprano" ATX midi-tower w/ 400W PSU
    The two hard drives I have connected to ports SATA5 and SATA6 on the motherboard and set up in a RAID1 configuration (using the on-board Silicon Image SiI 3114 RAID controller). I then installed Windows XP Professional, which went on fine. The only problem I have now is that the hard drives are being constantly accessed by the system, even when I'm doing nothing on the system. This isn't just an occasional access once every second or so, the little HDD LED just flickers away merrily the whole time. I have run both filemon and diskmon on the system, and found that while no particular files appear to be being accessed, there is almost constant write activity being performed to the hard drives.
    I have narrowed it down to somehow involving the Windows XP RAID drivers. If I boot from the Windows XP install disk and load the third party drivers for the SiI 3114, I get the constant disk access when sitting at the first screen of the install process ("Welcome to Windows XP" text-only screen). If I do the same without loading the drivers (thus Windows does not recognise the RAID drive), no disk access. I have tried updating the RAID controller drivers under the Device Manager (now up to version 1.2.0.0), but it does not fix the problem. I have done a full virus and spyware scan (bearing in mind that this is a clean install), with no results. I have checked all running processes and services (including making sure Indexing Service is not running), but have been unable to find anything that could be causing this constant activity. I have yet to try actually breaking the mirror and running the drives off the normal SATA controller. I will be trying that tonight when I get home if no other solution presents itself, but obviously I would rather get it behaving properly in RAID1 if at all possible.
    It's driving me crazy. There doesn't appear to be any actual issues with the performance of the machine, but the constant hard disk activity can't be good for the drives long-term. I have searched these forums for a possible solution, and while some people have had similar problems, none of the suggested solutions have worked for me so far. If anyone can help me with my dilemma, I would be Eternally Grateful(tm).

    Yes! At least I'm not alone... constant disk ticking is driving me nuts too.
    I have same issue with a newly built system - different board but Sil3114.
    My C: is on the NF4 SATA interface, but I have 4 250GB Seagaets on the Sil3114, intended for a RAID5 array. Having installed XP, I've become distracted by the constant disk access and have been trying everything to eliminate it before proceeding with the rest of the build - nogo. Your post gave me the clue - boot with Sil3114 disabled = no disk activity; boot with enabled = constant disk flogging.
    I've got the Sil driver up to 1.2.3.1 but no better. Suspect it may be the Sil3114 BIOS that needs upgrading but seems no way to flash it - have you got anywhere with your debugging?
    Appreciate a solution before I go crazy with the tick, tick tick....

  • New build: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum + maxtor 300gb = problem?

    Got these 2 products included in a order:
    MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939)
    Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 300GB
    While checking up on the MB on the MSI site, I noticed a version of the bios (1.2) that says 'support for 300gb maxtor drives'
    That's the same HD one I have coming with my order >.<
    If the MB I get hasn't got that version of the bios already installed will I have trouble installing the drive?!
    I downloaded the bios and it says in the readme not to install it from a floppy disk, so I guess you need a system up and running to make that update in the 1st place. No Idea how to go about this, if the need arises.

    Quote from: Supershanks on 19-May-05, 21:45:00
    Hi drjugears,
    Welcome to the forum.
    Many people are runnimg ok anyway as dope  says.
    But it's not an issue you can update the bios via floppy b4 connecting the maxtor.
    See Flashing the BIOS for Users using NON FAT file system This is a guide written by msi. Strictly speaking if you folow the instructions you aren't flashing from a floppy the actual update is done on a virtual drive in memory.
    if you need a floppy boot disc see Why no floppy for bios flash?
    luck with build
    Thanks very much for the welcome and info.
    Unfortunately I'll have to wait a while to see...I installed everything....but need some adapter for the 6pin connecter on the ATI card. The power supply came with some 8 pin one. So I need a 4 to 6 pin adapter. Doubt If I'll find one local, so will probably have to wait until monday now to try it out. 

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