RAID & K7T Pro 2 RU

Contemplating having a play with Raid. Anyone any tips? I was considering setting up two 40GB drives for RAID 0 (striping?) for a bit more performance and using my existing drive to store more critical data on.
Would I be able to switch my current O/S and settingings installed software etc over to the RAID array without having to start from scratch again, then reformat existing drive for data storage?

Hi,
Please checkout the good-article forum.....
There are a few posts there that will tell you all you need to know about Raid on this board...

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K7T Pro 2-A damaging CPUs

I have the most strange problem ever.
My MSI K7T Pro 2-A is damaging the CPUs I install for some unknown reason. The mobo has been rock stable for more than a year and a half and I think it is of excellent quality. About 15 days ago the PC froze while downloading a file under Win XP Pro, and then I had to shutdown. When I turned it on again, it makes 1 beep like everything was normal but the video signal was lost. Later, after many tries with different hardware I discovered that my Athlon 1 Ghz was burned; the strange thing is that doesn't had any external signs of burning, the surface was perfect. It was installed with a very good cooler (TITAN TTC-MT1AB) so temperature problems where discarded. Then I bought a new Duron 1.1 Ghz and installed it without problems. The BIOS installed was version 3.41. I flashed succesfully the same day I installed the new CPU to the BIOS last version (3.5) and it ran succesfully for about a week. Today, same story, the Duron was gone this time. My friend told me that maybe there is a sort of incompatibility with the new BIOS, but I refuse to believe it. Apparently the PSU is fine and I see no signs of a damaged capacitor or something like that in the mobo. We have absolutely no clue of what may be causing this; My technician friend tried to boot a Duron 700 Mhz and posted OK, but the new Duron don't posted anymore, after installing it on an older KT7 Pro 2, so I guess is damaged too. Any suggestion will be apreciated, as we try to isolate this problem. I will see if we use a electronic tester. If the PSU is the culprit, I don't understand how it doesn't burned the motherboard already, and if it is the mobo, I don't understand how a processor is running very stable for a week and then dyes. Any advice? I don't want to burn another CPU. ;(

Hi,
The motherboard isn't frieing CPU's, I'm pretty sure the old CPU is fine too....
RMA the board to MSI, as it happens on some boards and they need to be repaired.
Contact your dealer or your nearest MSI Quarters on what to do.
MSI warrants the board for 2 years, so that shouldn't be a problem.

K7T Pro 266 (Ver. 1.0) with a XP 2200+ Processor

I tried using a amd xp 2200+ processor with a k7t pro 266 mainboard, as soon as i installed the 2200 processor, all i got was red lights (=Something is wrong with the processor). So I took the 2200+ out and installed a 1400+, which was working fine up to then.
Still, the 4 red lights remained.
Since then, I have tried everything. Resetting the CMOS, taking everthing off my mainboard except the processor, then except processor and ram. I even bought a new Processor!
Still: 4 red lights.
I have no Idea what to do and i don not want to buy a new mainboard.
Please help me
Greetings, Mike

Check if there's anything stuck inside the socket and also look for bent pins on the CPU.
Check for bad caps too.

Were is the temp sensor on a k7t pro MS-6330

i have a k7t pro MS-6330 and would like to know were to "system" or "case" temp sensor is as i wana make sure it is not reading falesly (hiden behind a ribon cable etc (may be the msi H/G coul help)
cos i needed to know the anserw
( i've looked for it but dont even know what to look for ? )
please help someone!

An Athlon XP could run in your board but it would only run at about 75% of it's clock speed due to the fact your board doesn't support 266MHz FSB.
Officially you should only use a Duron1300 or old Athlon 1400/200 if you could still find one.
A 250w PSU could limit you depending on the rest of your hardware and the exact model/ratings of this PSU.

K7T Pro (MS-6330)

I have a k7t pro and I want to get an athlon xp 1500+ in it. I know its not going to use the full potential of the processor but it is cheaper than an amd athlon 1.2 tbird.
I was running an amd x 1800+ on it before because i got it in a pulled system for free. it worked fine but will a 1500+ work stabily?

Dear Assaf !
'Since the K7T Pro only supports 200MHz FSB an AXP 1500+ (1333MHz) will only run at 1000MHz.'
This is true if you don't modify the processor.
On the other hand if you unlock the processor (paint the L1-bridges), paint/cut the L10 bridges and change the multiplier, then you can run the CPU at it's full speed.
I am currently running a XP1800+ (1533MHz) on a K7T Pro2 board with 102MHz FSB and a mult. of 16 (8 in BIOS +8 by CPU) at 1.63 GHz.
Regards,
/ErnyH

K7T Pro and GeForce2 Ultra

I Probably haven't searched enough but I would like to know what you think. I purchased a GeForce2 Ultra 64mg for cheap. With the age of my board I would think it would work. The fan fires up but I have no output from the card. Is it a voltage issue? I remember something about this.
800mhz T-Bird
K7T Pro ver1:0
128mg Ram
TNT Riva 16mg
100mg (2 drives)
250 watt sparkle psu

Voltages are right on. I changed first display to agp but my little tnt card is agp and all works fine. Drivers aren't the issue as when I fire it up my monitor stays in standby. The other thing that happens is I get 4 red leds on my board. I thought that was cpu related. I get no trouble beeps. I'm going to take it to a local shop to test today. I'll post results. Thanks
800mhz T-Bird
K7T Pro ver1:0
128mg Ram
TNT Riva 16mg
100gig (2 drives)
250 watt sparkle psu

Windows 2000 (SP3) crashes on K7T Pro

Hi
I have a this configuration:
K7T Pro (BIOS 3.6)
Athlon 1200
256 Ram pc 133
Geforce 3 ti200 detonator 40.71
hdd 20gb maxtor
Windows 2000 with SP3
directx 8.1
4in1 drivers
the problem is windows hangs and the 4 back leds turn all green on any application and more specially on games like quake 3, i want to know if its caused by some drivers? or do i need to install a patch for windows 2000 that fixes some AMD issues or mobo problems?
help would be apreciated

Sure you can Install a lv application manually. just copy the exe-file,
support files in a folder. For the runtimeengine just copy the file
lvrte.dll in the folder of your application or in the windows system folder.
Hope that helps, Niko
BB Herman wrote:
> Why will a stand alone executalbe with an installer work on windows
> 2000 and crashes on windows xp professional?
>
> When I run the setup.exe file on a Windows 2000 system it installs
> properly, but the same file run on a XP Professional system I get an
> error stating Fatal Error: Installation ended prematurely because of
> an error.
>
> See
> HREF="http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=135&HOID=50650000000800000...
for more information on the specific installer I'm trying to
> use.
>
> In fact I get this error for any stand alone executable I try to
> install on any XP machines. I am using LV 7.1. Is there a way to
> manually install everything?
>
> Thanks

Msi k7t pro auto re(boot)

hi , ive got a msi k7 t pro and sometimes when i am gaming then my pc shuts down , and while it is booting 4 dleds , then i have to wait sometime before i can boot again , or reset cmos , it is mostely when i play halflife for some time , or after 20 seconds of warcraft 3 ,
specs :
amd 1400
geforce 2 pro
msi k7t pro ms6330
256 kingston , 128 samsung sdram
creative soundblaster live
cpu temp 45
case temp 30
in the summer the reboots are the most :(

See this topic:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/forum/index.php?threadid=75&boardid=13&page=1
You probably have the same problem.. I have it too :(
Good luck,
Faachman

K7T Pro-RU-2 Geforce 3 ti 500 crash

My system keeps crashing and rebooting frequently, sometimes as much as 3 times in an hour.
My configuration is:
K7T Pro-2 RU
AMD Athlon XP 1900+
Antec TruePower 550W PSU
Crucial DDR PC2100 RAM 512MB (1 module)
Visiontek Geforce 3 Ti 500
Realtek 10/100 NIC PCI
USR Hardware PCI 56k modem
Latest Nvidia Drivers and VIA 4in1
I have tried updating the BIOS but it failed twice and locked up. Had to reflash it with old BIOS.
Also I have no crashes or reboots if I install my old GeForce 256. Temperature doesnt seem to be a factor its 51C with Geforce 256 and 47C with Geforce 3 ti 500.
Any help or info would be appreciated.

It still crashes even if the video card is the only card in. But it still works on my old PC with all my same PCI cards only difference is VIA 100, Athlon 500.
It names Nvidia GeForce Ti 500 driver nvdisp. Its an infinite loop error.
I just hope to find some solution that wont cost to much.

Win XP & K7T Pro 2

MSI K7T Pro 2-A
AMD Duron 700
PSU 300W
256 Ram (133)
3d Prophet II Mx
AOC monitor 7Vlr
here's the problem:
My computer freezes very frequently. (when running outlook Express, IE6, or any kind of software...)
2 things can happen then:
- a blue screen appears telling most of the time: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (but not every time) and physical memory is emptied. then I can reboot my computer with a reset.
- monitor screen suddenly become black but computer is still running and I can stop it only by switching off the power supply. nothing else works.
I noticed also that many programms crashed with no specific raison. (music player, internet explorer, etc)
What is weird is I have Win XP running with no problem during 6 months and one day all these things happened .
I have downloaded all the latest drivers, flashed the Bios, tried with different material. (tried different ram)
I brought the computer back to my vendor and they told that the PSU was dead so they changed it but I'm still having troubles ...

yes I read many threads on the forum about this problem.
at least cool to see I'm not the only one to have this problem..
However I can't see anything wrong when watching on my mother board.
I checked temperature and it stays between 35°C & 39°C.
Cooler seems to have a normal speed.
But the fact is now my computer is crashing after 10-15 minutes.
BTW what about the latest MSI mobos? any problem detected?
and if I want to keep my AMD Duron processor which mobo should I choose?

Can K7T Pro 2A support 80G HDD?

Hi people!
Can u people kindly advise me whether can this K7T Pro 2A support a ATA 100 80G HDD? i need to get a new HDD as the one i m using having bad sector. wat is the biggest HDD it can support???
Please help me. Thks alot!
Regards --- Max

http://www.msi-technology.de/produkte/produkt.php?Prod_id=99
--> 160GB max.

Does K7T Pro ver1 support IBM 120Gb HD?

I'm thinking of buying a IBM 120Gb HD, so it would be nice to be sure that my motherboard (K7T Pro VER1) does support that HD size. I believe I have the latest BIOS - doesn't remember the correct version, but I updated it a fem months ago...
Thanks in advance!
Tomas

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GF4 Ti4200 and K7T Pro ?

Hi,
I wanna buy MSI GF4200 64MB -8870- card.Just need info if this card is fully compatible with MSI K7T Pro (rev 1.1) matherboard(old bios)?Can I expect troubles with instalation?Since there is old KT133 (CPU Duron 1200MHz) chipset on matherboard,but I hope all will be ok,but for sure I'm asking here.Anyway is this card good?Thanks from info.
PS:I saw in our Czech diskussion pages there is pretty noise fan,but othervise is it very good graphic.

You have 2 capture sources, you need the software to be able to allow you to select the one you want.
You should try virtualdub, supposed to be good and it's free.

Msi k7t pro MS 6330 - best graphic card

hello gentlemen
As announce subject I am k7t pro ver1 owner. Nowadays the MB is provided with riva tnt2 model 64 - yeah it is old one. I would like to change the graphic card, up to the good one. So is there any graphic card you know may be recommend? Some VGA x4, having best technical parameters to the mainboard?
Kongo

thanks for reply
sure, I do not intend play newest games, anyway I wish to play hitmanII, or III and IGI-2 - some ! The MB I have is retired. Max CPU to the MB is 1.2G Athlon - and I fited out with it (1.2 Athlon). Power suply is powerful 350W of good make; also 448 sdr sdram is going to be. I just do not know if Geforce 4 will be suported by the MB. AGP port is 4x only.
Man, did I well anderstand you? You mean that if I plug in 8x graphic card the system wil be stable? Ex. MSI GForce 4 Titanium 4200 128DDR? And will work fine on the MB?
Anyway I wish to plug in as good as possible (or something about) graphic card... so are there any suggestion ?
Kongo

K7t Pro 2a problem (it boots and after 1 hour it stops)

Hey,
Since 1 week now I have a problem with my MSI K7T Pro 2a mainboard.
When I'm working the first hour(s) my pc works ok, but at a certain moment I hear a 'whistle' (somebody told me it's a condenser that works bad). When that sound is over (in less then a minute) my pc stops working.
The only way to shutdown my pc is to press the powerbutton for a couple of seconds.
When I press the powerbutton again it wont boot anymore. I could wait some time or I can unplug my pc and it works again for only 1 minute. After a couple of hours I can work further.
I check everything (powersupply, cpu, memory, hd) but I know for 100% that it is the mainboard.
I bought this on the 01/feb/2001.
Please help me.
Greets!
Rope (sorry for my bad english)

Hi, what have you done finally?Quote
Originally posted by foosman
Rope,
My motherboard is out of warranty...just barely. So, I decided to take a try at fixing it today. I noticed a capacitor that visually looked bad (it looked kind of rusty on top and was bowed out). I pulled it and a 2nd capacitor which was also connected in parallel with it. They were 2700uf capacitors...according to my meter, one measured 8000uf and the other 4100uf. I assumed these were bad and replaced them. I did not have any 2700uf, so instead used some larger 4400uf I had. I assumed these are bulk capacitors for power regulation and the size wasn't too critical. I still have the same problem. This did not fix it. Machine is behaving the same way. I'm getting close to giving up.
Can you tell me what you mean by condenser?
Regards,
Foosman
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