Problem with CDRW

I just burned 2 CD-RWs using toast. When I first inserted them, they both showed up as blank CDs on my desktop. I had no problems burning them and they verified/mounted just fine. Now when I put them back into the drive , the drive does not seem to even recognize that I have inserted a CD (no noise). However, when I insert a CD-R that I burned a week ago it works fine. Any suggestions? I'm puzzled...
20" Imac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D

I have had the same problem. When I restart, it will finally recognize the disc, but it will not allow me to read or write to it. I get an error about the disc not being readble/writable. This seems to happen solely with CDRWs after I have tried a full erase of them. I have been using Memorex high-speed discs (okay brand?).
iBook G4 1.42 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Problem with CDRW IDE sec as MASTER on K2M2

I installed Windows XP uneventfully, first booting from CD. (I tried with XP english and spanish)
As I tried to install the motherboard drives I got an error message.
I was assemblying two computers with the same hardware specs and I got a different error message on either computer. In addition, I wasn't able to run .exe files on either computer.
I tried first with a Lite-on CDRW 52x32x52 then I'd change brand to Samsung 52x24x52 Reinstall Win XP pro and the error still appears
Also tried CDRW on a Biostar MB and works fine, My Harddisk on Biostar MB and works fine, Other Harddisk on MSI MB didnt work
I only have used the same AMD CPU 2400+ model with this MSI MB KM2M but i dont think that is a processor problem.
One of the error messages is that the CD .exe file was not a valid Win32 program. The other one was a problem to access ReadProcessMemory and WriteProcessMemory.
I looked up the log files and the error is described next:
ipo de suceso:   Error
Origen del suceso:   Cdrom
Categoría del suceso:   Ninguno(none)
Id. suceso:   11
Fecha:      25/02/2004
Hora:      08:13:06 p.m.
Usuario:      No disponible
Equipo:   PCFAMILY
Descripción:
El controlador detectó un error de controlador en \Device\CdRom0.
Para obtener más información, vea el Centro de ayuda y soporte técnico en http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Datos:
0000: 00680403 00b80001 00000000 c004000b
0010: 00000101 c0000185 00000000 00000000
0020: 098b8800 00000000 00001aa2 00000000
0030: ffffffff 00000001 c4000040 00000002
0040: 120a20ff 4000024c 00000000 0000000a
0050: 31802000 81154b58 00000000 ffb90be0
0060: 00000002 00013171 01000028 00007131
0070: 00000010 00000000 00040070 0a000000
0080: 00000000 00000308 00000000 00000000.
I also tried to upgrade the firmware of CDRW Lite-on but that produced an error too.
On one of the computers I installed a CD-Rom drive as master and the CD-RW drive as slave, and the problem seemed to have been cured but I found the drive speed slow when I tried to access the CD files.
On the other computer I won't install another CD ROM drive, so the problem still persists. And i dont want to install CDRW as slave of Harddisk
I have worked before with Liteon, Samsung and Sony products with the same specs and had never had a problem before .
I'd really appreciate your quick reply.
And thanks in advance for your support!
This are the specs
Location America Mexico Monterrey N.L.
Symptom; Error to execute or read Exe’s files on cd
Model H/H Lite-on CD-RW LTR-52327S and Samsung SW-252B/RNSM
PRIMARY IDE CONFIGURATION: Master:HDS722540VLAT20 (hitachi) Slave: None
SECONDARY IDE CONFIGURATION: Master: LITE-ON LTR-52327S or Samsung
Slave: None
PC HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION:
MotherBoard: MSI KM2M COMBO
Bios Versión: Awardbios W6738VMS v1.4
Chipset: Via Chipset KM266
Chipset No. VT8235
OS: Windows XP Pro SP1
Memory 256 MB RAM DDR 266

First, have you got the drives jumpered as master, it is easy to overlook that. Sometimes cable select does not operate correctly with only one optical drive on the cable. Are both IDE channels in BIOS set to auto? Most CD-RW's need DMA mode to operate correctly.
If I am reading your post correctly, it appears the problem is occuring during XP install, so lack of VIA 4 in 1 drivers should not be the issue. Could be a bad XP cd, if you are using the same disk on both to install from.
If the problem is occuring after XP has installed, go into device manager, and check to see if the CD-RW drive is operating in DMA or PIO mode. To check that, go to the IDE controllers section, and open the secondary IDE channel properties, and click on "advanced settings". If it shows PIO only, see if the option for "DMA if available" is there. If so, select that, and it will ask you to reboot.

Problem with T400 and external monitor (1920x1200 resolution)

Hi there
My laptop:
ThinkPad T400 2767-C99* (graphics is: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 256MB / X4500MHD (Switchable Graphics)), OS is WinXP
I just installed the newest video driver from the lenovo page (which also installs "ATI catalyst")
Externale Monitor:
I just bought a Samsung SyncMaster 2443FW, 24" TFT monitor with maximum resolution 1920x1200
Problem:
Monitor works great with my newer T400s and my old Acer laptop. However, with my T400 (described above), I can't make the monitor use the 1920x1200 resolution. However, all the other resolutions look ugly so I need it to work with 1920x120
- If i change the resolution by rightclicking on the Windows XP desktop (and then properties=>settings) and set the screen resolution there to 1920x1200, then my monitor only used a lower resoltion (1440x900) and I get a scrolling effect as I move my pointer across the screen
- if I use ATI catalyst software to set the resolution, I can only chose smaller resolutions (it does no go up to 1920x1200)
Questions
Is that a hardware (maybe the graphic card does not support 1920x1200) or a software problem (maybe some problem with the driver) or just a matter of setting?
What can I do?
Help would be very much appreaciated!
*Original description: Based 2767-2JG: T9550(2.66GHz), 4GB RAM, 250GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in 1440x900 LCD, 256MB ATI Radeon 3470HD, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1GB Ether, UltraNav, Sec Chip, FPR, Camera, 9c Li-Ion, DOS License
Solved!
Go to Solution.

bfrey wrote:
Thank you for your answer.
I have already installed the newsest drivers from Lenovo. I don't really see why I should install a non-official driver. I am convinced that it must work somehow with the official driver.
Kind regards
there are plenty of instances where the official driver have glitches... just look around the forum to find instances of which.... while official drivers maybe better in most instances, there are always the odd case where it doesn't work as well as it should. If they perfectly out of box, then there would never need to be multiple revisions and updates.
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Kt4v possible problem with bios 1.8 and hd

Any Idea anyone with this one.
system running well till the other day when hd went very slow even after defrag, install bios 1.8 and reset the bios and adjusting it for my setup. Come to check my harddrive with maxtor powerdiag 3.04 and could not find the drive or any other drives connected. In the bios setup the drive is present. I removed all drives, cdroms, etc except the maxtor main hd and tried again with the same result. After placing in an ata100 controller card in to a spare pci slot and plugged the hd on to it, that the software sees the drive. The test finished and show the HD to be fine.
The question is do I have a problem with the onboard contoller or with the new bios or both.
When I first got this MB I did the same test with the original bios and the hd connected to the MB controller and the software had no problem seeing that and other drive connected.
my pc
6712 mb kt4v
athlon 2700+
ti4200 graphics card
2 off ddr333 512Mb memory
floppy drive
sony cdrw
system software windows xp pro
hard drive maxtor d740x-6l 60Gb ata133

I'll stick with the V1.10, but I'd fell better if MSI showed me they actively update their systems by releasing updated BIOS files from time to time.
I can't sell a 15000$ storage system that doesn't recognise the CPUs installed. The customer would laugh and tell me to come back with a supported system.
Isn't this a VERY valid reason for wanting updates? Even if it only is an updated CPU list?
The only reason I tried this MSI board is that it was the only one available with my retailer at the time I bought it with 3 PCI-X 100Mhz slots. Maybe I should go with a Tyan Thunder next time. Tyan at least show some activity.

Weird problems with K7N2-L

Hi,
I've had a browse through the forum, and some of the posted problems do have a relation to mine, but mine are a bit more "weirder".
I have a XP2000 CPU, K7N2-L, 512DDR Pc2100 RAM. I am using PCI slot1 for my modem, and AGP slot for my GF2MX.
Anyway, I installed everything into the case, I have a 300Watt PSU btw. Switched the thing on for the first time and nothing happened. I looked at the DLED, and it was hung on memory test. So I took it out, and put it in DIMM 2 (previously been in DIMM 1). Switched here on, and it booted but for only a short while, then i restarted. I then swapped it in to DIMM 3, and am now able to use my computer.
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So thats what I did, I managed to quickly get into BIOS and change the CPU to 100Mhz, and Ram to 100Mhz too. Now I am running my XP2000 at 1.25Ghz, 75% of its capacity and my system is stable.
However! I still get some strange problems when I sometimes switch on the pc, or restart it. Sometimes I just get a blank screen and the DLED has hung on the Memory test. I have to take the power cable out to turn off the PC, and then wait about 5 seconds, put it back in, and i might be lucky to get it started. Sometimes after about 10 tries of doing this, I just have to reset BIOS and try again, and go through the BIOs settings again.
I am now running a stable computer, but the DDRAM is at 100Mhz, and the CPU is at 100Mhz so I am not getting my full potentioal out of my components. CPU temp is 48*C btw.
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I agree with all the above. AMD recommend at least 15A on the 12V rail with a peak output of 18A. I've run a stable system with a 300W PSU, similar in power rating but I had a slightly lower consumption:
Athlon 1.4
SiS715 chipset
256MB DDR
CDRW
CDROM
Geforce2GTS
Network card
USB webcam
USB mouse
|Running from: 10/05/02 22:05:59 till: 11/05/02 13:19:43 |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Sensor | Current | Low | High | Average |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|CPU Temp | 48° C | 31° C | 48° C | 46° C |
|Case Temp | 27° C | 23° C | 27° C | 26° C |
|Sensor 3 | 1° C | -5° C | 2° C | 0° C |
|Core 0 | 1.79 V | 1.79 V | 1.79 V | 1.79 V |
|Core 1 | 2.48 V | 2.46 V | 2.48 V | 2.48 V |
|+3.3 | 3.28 V | 3.26 V | 3.31 V | 3.30 V |
|+5.00 | 4.88 V | 4.80 V | 4.88 V | 4.85 V |
|+12.00 | 12.85 V | 12.78 V | 13.04 V | 12.91 V |
|-12.00 | -11.86 V | -11.86 V | -11.80 V | -11.86 V |
|-5.00 | 0.00 V | 0.00 V | 0.00 V | 0.00 V |
|Fan 1 | 4500 RPM | 4500 RPM | 4623 RPM | 4562 RPM |
|Fan 2 | 2884 RPM | 2812 RPM | 2909 RPM | 2890 RPM |
|Fan 3 | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM | 0 RPM |
|CPU0 | 35.00 % | 0.00 % | 100.00 % | 48.64 % |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
This PSU was fine with this particular setup:
3.3v=15A
5V=25.0A
12V=7A
Piii600 o/c to 800
Geforce2 GTS
IDE card
CD-ROM
CD-RW
Maxtor 7200rpm HDD
TV tuner
10/100 Network Card
2 sticks pc133
2 system fans
fairy lights
USB devices - scanner, mouse, digital camera.
Bearing in ming that the piii doesn't draw from the 12v rail, it's quite enlightening.
Have a look at your voltages in the bios. This will help to find out wether it is a psu or memory related problem. At a guess:
If 3.3V are constantly less than 3.3v
And 5V are constantly less than 4.9v
And 12V is less than 11.89v
edit:
As far as I have found, voltage tolerance should be
Which translates to
3.3V +/-4%= 3.186-3.432V
5V +/-5%= 4.750-5.250V
12V +/-5%= 11.4V-12.6V
Then a new PSU may help stability. I'll try to find out what the operating parameters actually are and give some better figures at a later date. Some PSU's will happily supply 110-120% of their rated wattage before blowing some capacitors (heh, I've managed to actually do this).
[ALIGN=center]-------------[/ALIGN] MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
These bsods suggest bad ram.
We are of course assuming that you've done a clean install - the previous operating system has been removed, either by formatting or renaming.
If you are underclocking, you are both reducing the power needed for your system, and the strain on memory. There is one thing for certain - it's hardware. Sometimes re-seating your components helps.

KT4V Problems with 133 FSB

I've got a question about this board. The version I have is an OEM board, I have 1 major problem with it I have tried EVERYTHING i have read in the forums about it and nothing works. I can not get the board to run at the 133 FSB i have a AMD Tbird 1.33Ghz chip with the 266 FSB If i set my Bios to 130 FSB i can run at 1300 Mhz fine but when i go to 133FSB it just sits there and loops the Starting XP screen Here are my sys specs
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Having problems with MSI CD-RW 40X12X48X CR40-A2

Bought the 40X12X48X recently and installed into my computer.
Config: (2.5 years old)
P3-700mhz
128mb RAM
Via motherboard
GE-Force 2 MX400 64mb
20GB HDD
WINXP Pro
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Took a brand new empty CD-RW, and formatted with NERO. THen I tried to copy some data files (picture files jpg about 50mb worth) onto the CD-RW. NERO reported copy successful.
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I have a strange problem with the board
when booting,the cdrw only blinks and can`t read cd`s.
I have tried swapping to another cd-rom,but still the same problem.I updated to the new bios (1.9)without problems.
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Originally posted by THE VIKING
I updated to the new bios (1.9)without problems.
When begun it to happen?
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Well, some minor problems with my GF4ti 4800

Hello
I have some problems with my Geforce 4 MX 440 - 8X. I updated all of my drivers and tried evreything.I have no problems playing games using this card. Everything is perfect. But then, when I enter the MSI 3D!Turbo Experience, the program will encounter some problems and will be closed. If I go to the display propeties and enter either MSI information or MSI Clock, again it will be closed due to errors. I don't think that this is the problem with my motherboard because if the motherboard is faulty, it wouldn't work with any GPU in the first place. I really want to rectify this problem so that I can tweak my card to the fullest ( or maybe this card is a total piece of crap). The following is the specification of my system
Pentium 4 2.4 B ( 533 Mhz FSB)
Asus P4S8X motherboard
Kingston 512 MB PC 2700 DDR ram
Maxtor 40 GB Diamond Max plus 8 HDD
MSI Geforce 4 MX 440 T8x ( ms8890)
Creative Sound blaster Live 5.1 SE
Samsung DVD rom
Imation CDRW
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reinstalled winxp pro updated to service pack 1
and installed cumultive patch for internet explorer
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Several Problems with the GeForce3 Ti200

I am having several problems with my GeForce3 Ti200 card. First, anytime I click on the MSI Clock or MSI Information tabs in the Display Properties Window, it gives me the following error message:
"Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
Once I close that message, the tabs disappear until I reopen the Display Properties window again. I have updated the drivers to the most recent version and still the same problem.
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512 MG memory
Windows XP Version 2002 SP1
Creative SP Live
NEC Multisunc 95
TDK CDRW Generic DVD
Hard Drive WD 60Gig
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I have finally succeeded in making my video capture work.
However, not without a few more headaches. My "Double Image - Half Height" capture was my own stupidity.... I had the captures set for 30 fps -- setting them to 29.97 fixed that.
BUT I found this out when I had the latest nVidia display drivers (53.03) paired with the latest nVidia WDM drivers (2.20). The glorious full-height, single-frame screen capture had a bright white strip across the video approximately 1/3 of the total height.
You have to understand that I've been Googling this problem for several days... The one thing I think I've found out is that _Nobody_, including MSI, nVidia (especially nVidia!), or anywhere else, has really solved the problems people are having with these WDM drivers.
So here are the reasons I found out there for a White Bar across the picture:
(1) Improper installation of drivers - this supposedly causes a problem with 720 X 480 captures only. I had the bar on 640 X 480 captures as well.
(2) nVidia has gotten into bed with Bill Gate$(Micro$oft), Jack Valenti(Hollywood) and others to "protect digital rights". Newer versions of the WDM drivers (since which version? Does anyone know?) PUT the white bar across the video on purpose if the video you are capturing is copyrighted. The thing is, I was capturing an 8mm home video!
So, you decide, reason 1 or reason 2... I decided to try for #2.
I uninstalled WDM 2.20, ran the DriverCleaner2, and installed WDM 1.08 drivers. Guess what? No white bar. Now I can capture with Wincoder, VirtualDub, or Director's Cut 6.5. This is with nVidia Display Drivers 53.03 and WDM drivers 1.08 installed. I'm now thinking of the folks at nVidia the same way I think of Bill G and Jack V; they are all a bunch of rich, greedy scumbags. It is OK with them if they sacrifice your home videos in the name of their wealth.

IDE problems with KT4V-L?

Hi, I am trying to resolve a long standing problem with regards to cd/dvd drive issues - both with reading and burning. I have had a system based around the KT4V-L mobo for about 3 years now and about 2 years ago I started experiencing problems with my msi cdrw drive- problems reading and burning discs, both blank and written. I tried various possible solutions i.e. new cable, different ide placement, firmware upgrade, different burning software, via drivers, various WXP tweaks, mobo bios upgrade/tweaks, even a fresh XP install (vanilla xp pro) but nothing would stop me churning out coasters. I then thought that the drive itself must be faulty and swapped it for a new one only to have exactly the same problem. I limped on for a good while (everything else works just fine) until dual layer dvd burners got cheaper and decided to swap my cdrw for a samsung dl dvdrw. Still same problems... especially with dvds. Another fresh install of WXP pro (sp2) has yielded no improvement nor has trying mandrake linux (ver. 10). Anyhoo, my thinking now is that there may be a fault with the onboard ide controller although my HDD has always worked fine... As I said before, I have tried all the different placements/settings with regards to ide connections/cables/jumpers and bios settings.
Sorry to bang on for so long but it has been driving me slowly mad for a good while Any help gratefully received as I am on the verge of binning the mobo and just buying a new (different) one...
MSI KT4V-L (Bios ver. 1.9)
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
2 x 512 MB DDR PC2700
MSI GeForce4 440SE AGP8x (64 MB)
SoundBlaster Live! Value (CT4670)
HDD 0 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 60 GB Ultra-ATA/133
TSSTcorp CD/DVDRW TS-H552B
Channel Well Technology 350W 3.3v - 20A, 5v - 35A, 12v - 17A
WinXp Pro SP2

Thanks for the response osnavi, the first cdrw drive was well under a year old when I changed it and had only had light to medium use. I agree that the power supply could be better but the fact remains that everything worked perfectly for the first year-ish. At that time I actually had another dvd drive alongside the cdrw with no problems until this issue arose- I then had to physically remove the dvd drive to get the cdrw working at all. I currently have my HDD as primary master and the dvdrw as secondary master but as I said previously I have tried all the various settings available. The HDD is running in ultra dma mode 6 and the dvdrw is ultra dma mode 2 - I did have to reset this as WXP had demoted it to PIO mode only, presumably due to multiple errors... Re. the power supply issue, is it possible that the system ran fine for a year (with slightly more load due to the extra dvd drive) and then just b0rked out? I have had no other issues at all with this system and I am a fairly application heavy user (photoshop, quark, fps games etc). Is it also possible that the upgraded bios may have caused the problem as I did flash it from the original OTB bios to version 1.9 as directed by the msi live update system?
Thanks again for your interest.
MSI KT4V-L (Bios ver. 1.9)
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
2 x 512 MB DDR PC2700
MSI GeForce4 440SE AGP8x (64 MB)
SoundBlaster Live! Value (CT4670)
HDD 0 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 60 GB Ultra-ATA/133
TSSTcorp CD/DVDRW TS-H552B
Channel Well Technology 350W 3.3v - 20A, 5v - 35A, 12v - 17A
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Major problems with 64-bit on the K8N Platinum with CD-ROMs

Ok i'm convinced at this point that the MSI K8N Platinum has some real problems with XP period not just SP2....with CD-ROM's or the IDE channel.
I have FDISK my PC like 3 times now. And re-installed XP several times....
I originally used the MSI NForce drivers but I would subsequently install the NVIDIA unified drivers version 5.10 on my PC. Now as soon as I did this the CD-ROM's are dead. So I un-installed the NForce 2.5 ATA /IDE drives and then installed the Microsoft IDE channel drives. no more blue screens but...the CDRW does not work and I can't load half my CD-ROMS without a corruption failure occuring during installation.
Any ideas? I'm ready to get a new MOBO....and not not talking MSI or NVIDIA at this point.
Eric

I have had the same sort of problems as you.Slow boot up at start up and one of my cd drives not being recognized by windows(It always would show up in the bios).
One thing that I tried that reduces this problem from 1 out of 2 boot ups to maybe 1 in 10 boots was to not allow the bios to decide which dma mode the drive opperated in.
Get into your device manager screen and find your ide ata/atapi controllers
open it up and right click the parallel ATA controller.Select properties and tab through primary channel and secondary channels.
uncheck"Let BIOS select transfer mode" for all your drives or just the drives giving you problems.
Hope this helps

K7T266 PRO2-RU and Problem with a FEW DISPLAY ADAPTERS ...

Hello ,
I was using my mainboard with 32 MB Creative Riva TNT2 Ultra until creative's fan was damaged . I tried 16 Creative TNT2 m64 display adapter of a friend of me , but it didn't work with K7T266 PRO2-RU. Many sounds are coming from mainboard while D-LED shows Testing RTC (or boot attemp, I'm not sure about that) (Same symptoms with "no graphic adapter" - I tried again after unplugged the display adapter - )
At the beginning I was thinking that the 16 MB creative graph adap. was broken . So , today I bought a new graphic adapter 128 MB of Creative 3d Blaster5 Radeon 9200SE . When I plugged it into mainboard , I saw the same problems with 16 MB Creative TNT2 m64 . After that , I found another 32 MB Creative TNT2 Ultra from my friend and it worked with my mainboard FINE .
- I tried all of the old bioses of MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU
- I tried to start the computer with no any other devices (such as HDD , sound card , tv card etc. ) . Only display adapter was plugged in the mainboard , but it didn't work . System hanged up everytime I tried .
- I made some bios adjustments which are suggested at this forum ....
But none of these worked .... ?(
What is the problem ? Why only 32 MB creative TNT2 Ultra is working with my mainboard , but 16 MB Creative TNT2 M64 and 128 MB Creative 3DBlaster5 Radeon 9200SE are not while all of them are working FINE with an old PII mainboard . (tvout+DVI) I'm looking forward to hear from you . , Help me please .
Ps : Can new beta bios solve that problem ?
XP pro
2100+ 0.18m XP CPU with coolermaster CP5
40 GB Seagate Barracuda IV
300 watt Codegen Power Supply
2*256 MB Kingston DDR 2100 Memory
( No floppy , no souncard , no tv card etc , no any other devices like cdrom , dvdrom , cdrw etc.)

That's it!
I provided a few PSU's from my friends and tried 420 watt thermaltake and 520 watt VANTEC Stealth 520A PSU ...
Same situation happened and 128 MB Creative ATI Radeon video card didn't work ...
The problem can not be about PSU ...
I tried two different brand of fx 5200 (128 MB ) video card on my system (with 300 watt codegen PSU) . Everything is ok .
And I also tried the RADEON card on my friend's computer which is running with 230 watt Elan Vital PSU . It worked perfectly ...
So what can I think about that situation?
The Answer is : There is something about MSI mainboard ... When I wanted to contact with support center via e-mail , I got an automated e-mail answer which is not completely able to solve any of my problems.
Besides , I saw the problems between brand new Nforce mainboard of MSI and ATI video cards ...
SO , if we get all of these informations together , we can say "THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MSI" ...
The solution is not buying expensive PSUs...
That's really bullshit , I can buy a brand new mainboard instead of an expensive PSU.
Finally , I bought an Asus mainboard , everthing is going ok now!
I'll not buy products of MSI anymore because they didn't do anything to solve my problem . Goodbye MSIIIIII ....................................... ........

Overheating problems with 865PE Neo2-S ( 6728 )

I have the same problem with my MB. When the CPU is idle it's temperature is 42 degrees C, but when it get's stressed up it growes up to 62 degrees C. THe heatsink is well in place, and has good contact with the CPU as well as the fan which is working correctly. Once the temp grew up to even 72 degrees but when I touched the heatsink it wasn't hot as I suspected. Also quite often a situation happens when the graphics in a game are starting to get " jumpy " which is followed by sound slowing and eventually the computer stalls, so I think that the overheating is real. I would really use some assistance.

I dont think there is anything wrong with the CPU, CPU cooler or not even the casing fans.
My system config is
Pentium 4 2.8GHz C Processor
MSI NEO2 865PE Mobo 512MB DDR333 Kingston (BIOS 1.1)
450W PSU w/4 Fans cooler system
ATI Hercules Radeon 9500 Pro
Iomega 48-24-48x CDRW
WD SATA 36GB HDD
WinXP Home SP1
SB Live
Creative 4400 Inspire 4.1 Speaker
When I boot up my PC, without running any application it is already 52 degree celsius. After running General 5 it goes to 60+ , Dark Age of Camelot (Graphics intensive) it goes to 70 degree (Sometimes it just reboot while i am playing this game). What is this? My casing has 4 fans and my system temp is only 37 degree celsius. How can my CPU temperature be so high when I didnt even overclock. So what could be the cause of the problem. Problematic Corecentre or MSI 865 PE NEO2 bug or whatever. I really regret choosing this Mobo over Gigabyte PE1000. FYI, my friend who fix the same system has the same problem as me. So it is impossible that all of us didnt fixed our CPU cooler properly.
QUOTE]Originally posted by Petej61
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You should be fine running stock cooling (if you dont overclock) ...your problem is more likely to be airflow in and out of the case -to prove this try running with the side pannel/Casing off
If that works then you need to provide more airflow to the case not change your cpu cooler ...a bigger/more efficient CPU cooler will just increase you case temp unless you provide more airflow to the case
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