Raid problems with K7N2G ILSR

I have the following setup and problem:
K7N2G ILSR
NEC DVD-+RW 1300A
Seagate SATA 120gb HD
350W PSU with "210" 3.3 + 5.0
BIOS V 1.4
2 x Hynix 256mb DDR 333
I was able to setup the SATA drive as a single RAID drive and install XP pro.
Now, 9/10 times, the system will not boot. I receive a
"No drive attached to fasttrak controller"
message.
When the system DOES boot, it works great, and I can leave in on for days with NO problems.
I know the Hynix memory is not "approved", but since the system is stable (when it does boot), and assume its not a memory problem.
The problem still occurs even after:
I changes the SATA cable (data and power)
I changed the DVD cable and slot (1-3)
I even disconneced the DVD and / or Floppy.
No change
Help!!!!!

I have already tried two different types of Ram. 512 MB DDR 333 (I don't know the timing exactly but it's a CL2.5 Ram) and another one from a different manufacturer. Also DDR 333 CL 2.5. Then I combined both. But the raid controller didn't show any reaction and I can't imagine that the problem is the power supply because everything else works fine. Anyway... I will try to get a new K7NG2-ILSR on guarantee, sell my whole computer and buy the new K7N2-Delta because I have only problems with the K7N2G-ILSR.

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RAM/RAID Problems With K7N2G-ILSR

I recently got this mobo, and have found some little things that dont seem to work:
I have 2 Crucial 512mb PC-2700 sticks that dont want to work. I can use one in either dual/single channels fine, but anytime I add another stick, the blue screen of death likes to appear.
I have as well two 120gb Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 hdd that do not seem to detect on my RAID array (only 1 detects for some reason).
According to what I read, the RAM and RAID should work fine... just curious whether not my mobo is faulty or not, thanks.

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passed memtest86
How long did you run it?.......It needs to run for several hours......
I can not believe they rate that psu at 400w........I would get a better one......The psu is the heart of the whole system.....so do not skimp.

Great problems with K7N2G-ILSR onboard raid controller

I have really great problems with my s-ata raid controller. First of all i had a 40GB HDD attached to IDE3. Worked really fine.
Later on my system crashed and my raid controller seemed to be dead. (no "no array is defined" no "press crtl-f to enter setup,...).
Then I attached a s-ata drive to the first s-ata interface. Suddenly the raid controller said: "no array is defined, press ctrl-f to enter setup". I entered setup an built an array an restarted my computer. Again: "No array is defined, press crtl-f to enter setup."
Now my raid controller seems to be dead again cause it doesnt say a word again.
Please help me if you can. (Besides i tried to solve the problem with updating my bios. I tried all versions from v1.0 to v1.3 but there was no result.)

I have already tried two different types of Ram. 512 MB DDR 333 (I don't know the timing exactly but it's a CL2.5 Ram) and another one from a different manufacturer. Also DDR 333 CL 2.5. Then I combined both. But the raid controller didn't show any reaction and I can't imagine that the problem is the power supply because everything else works fine. Anyway... I will try to get a new K7NG2-ILSR on guarantee, sell my whole computer and buy the new K7N2-Delta because I have only problems with the K7N2G-ILSR.

Minor problem with K7N2G-ILSR

Everything works fine except one little thing.
I've activated the nView thing, so TV is monitor number 2.
The TV (monitor number 2) normally shows copy of monitor number 1.
But I've also activated the thing so that video comes in fullscreen on the TV (second monitor).
I think its called overlay or something like that.
But if I have 32 bits colors when starting a video (remember that everything is fine until now),
my monitor starts to flicker! Not my TV, thats just fine, but my MONITOR!
But if I use 16 bits colors before starting video, I have no problems!
Anyone knows anything about this?
Sounds to me like a driver problem, but wanna check.
Mailed tech. support, but they never answered me...
Oyvind Eriksen
Norway

What do you mean with 'software issue'?
Do you mean drivers?
Maybe you missunderstood me...
The whole screen starts to flicker, not only the window with the video.
And secondly, I use normal Windows Media Player.
But its the same with all players, I've tried!
Can you anyway explain a little more what you mean with 'software issue'?
Oyvind

Problems with K7N2G-ILSR

I got the K72NG-ILSR and 2 sticks of 512mb pc2700 Kingston valueram and it crashing whenever i try to have the fsb set to 133 or 166 but works when i have it set to 100 through the jumpers on the mboard. Is this caused by the memory or the mboard itself.

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passed memtest86
How long did you run it?.......It needs to run for several hours......
I can not believe they rate that psu at 400w........I would get a better one......The psu is the heart of the whole system.....so do not skimp.

Audio problem? with K7N2G-ILSR board

I have recently built the following machine :
Motherboard : MSI K7N2G-ILSR
Processor : AMD 2200
Memory : Kingston 2 x 512MB
Hard Drive : WD 80GB
OS : Windows 2000 SP 3
The problem is if the on-board audio is enabled, the system either blue screens with a STOP error where it can't find the audio system file ( which exists ) or if it does boot into Windows, explorer.exe will crash. I have to go into Task Manager to start explorer.exe in order to see my desktop.
If I disable the on-board audio, no problem what so ever, but of course this is not a solution I want to live with.
I have tried to troubleshoot this myself : taken out a stick of memory, switched memory, updated the drivers to the latest, etc.
Also another thing to note, when I finally don't blue screen, the Windows 2000 System event log will have 10-15 of the following error messages, "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\DR0".
I have told all of this to the MSI Support and they think it is either memory or a bad board not the drivers. I have also burned in my system and no problems were discovered.
Any help?
Thanks,
Wayne

Yes, I have tried with SP2. Currently I am using SP3, though. I am also using Bios 1.3
Here are my IRQ assignments.
IRQ Number   Device
1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
3   Communications Port (COM2)
4   Communications Port (COM1)
5   NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
6   Standard floppy disk controller
8   System CMOS/real time clock
9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse
13   Numeric data processor
14   Primary IDE Channel
15   Secondary IDE Channel
16   NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
20   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
20   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit
(Dolby(R) Digital)
20   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
20   OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
I have disabled the Raid in the device manager, otherwise that came up IRQ 11.
I guess I spoke too early about not crashing, this morning it took about 6 reboots in order to finally get to a login this morning. I would get a STOP error about not finding the audio driver.

First time install probs with sata raid drive using k7n2g ilsr

hi all!!!
this is the first time i have tried 2 use a sata raid hdd. i dont use a raid drive for my c:, the raid drive is just extra space.
first i formated my pc. i installed the raid drivers, then xp. my pc worked fine. but then after a week it was time 2 try plug the drive in.
when i got my k7n2g ilsr motherboard i di not get a manual. so with the raid drivers installed, i just pluged in the raid drive. the drive seemed fine.... i formatted it and put a couple of games on. but after an hours usage the games would crash (high pitched tone instead of the audio, then full freeze).
i have tried putting these games back on my original drive and they work fine......
anyway....
i wanted 2 know if anyone had any ides what i was doing worng??? are there any settings in the bios that need changing when installing a raid drive????
thanks for any help!!!!!!!

ok still formatting drive..... looking over the files on the msi site for my motherboard it has 2 files available for raid drives:
the 'Promise Serial-ATA RAID Drivers' ( which i have installed)
and the 'Promise Serial-ATA RAID Utility' (which i dont hav installed)
do i need the Promise Serial-ATA RAID utility?? and if so how do i install it?? there are no setup files just dll files like the driver.... is istallation the same as the driver?
again, i thank u for your help!!!!!

Problems with detecting SATA hdd's with K7N2G-ILSR mainboard

The K7N2G-ILSR has built in Promise PDC20376 Raid Controller, and I have bought a Promise 4-Channels SATA II Controller PCI card.
The problem is if I mount disks to my new SATA PCI controller my mainboard SATA controller hangs...
Is there a way to use booth SATA controllers at the same time ore disable the built in SATA controller?
Got one SATA2 DVD-writer and 3 SATA disks.
regards

There is no option to disable the built-in SATA controller in bios.
Have tried moving the PCI-card to another slot, but don't help.
How my PC boots:
1. nVidia Graphic card bootscreen
2. Normal bootscreen (Memory check, IDE check, ...)
3. Promise 4-Channels SATA II Controller PCI card (finds harddisks if connected.)
4. built in Promise PDC20376 Raid Controller (My computer freeze if harddisks are connected to the above SATA2 controller, but keeps booting if they are connected to this controller istead.)
5. WinXP MCE (if my PC don't freeze on step 4.)
Found some info about modding/adjust the bioses on this page, http://www.dstyles.de/bios/
Mabe there is a solution there, to add more options to the bios or enable disabled options.

Some probs with K7N2G-ILSR

Have purchased the K7N2G-ILSR. I'm very satisfied, but I have troubles installing everything.
Configuration:
AMD ATHLON XP 2800+ BARTON BOX
DDR 256MB PC-333 Marke PC2700
SATA SAMSUNG 80GB SP0812C 8MB
TEAC 48/16 DV-516E BULK TRAY
LITE-ON 52/32/52 LTR52326 IDE SMART
* The K7N2G-ILSR does not recognize my processor (AMD Athlon XP 2800+ BARTON 333FSB)properly. This processor should work at 2083Mhz, I cannot get it higher than 1250Mhz (Can only select 166Mhz fsb). Do I have to upgrade my bios? I have one DDR module installed, 333Mhz PC2700.
* After I install windows XP (during installation Windows warns me I do not use Windows XP certified drivers for the promise raid. But I use the disk provided by my motherboard) everything is okay. After that I install the promise raid drivers and the vga drivers from the cd. All goes well. Then I install the nforce chipset drivers and everything gets messed up. The computer crashes during installing the sound system. Seems like a serious crash. When I restart I cannot acces my dvd drive or my cdr drive. My SATA harddisk seems to be okay. Is this a common problem?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks you!

Wonkanoby thank you fopr your quick reply. I'll try setting ddr/fsb ratio 1.1 I believe I already set the fsb to 166.
I'm sorry I'm at work now, I can't look for my psu max amps now. I believe I bought a 350W power supply. That's all I know for now.
During installation of Windows XP I needed to install third party RAID drivers. I used the disk that came with the motherboard. After windows copied the files to my harddisk, the system reboots and installs my hardware. Then I get the message that the drivers are not signed by microsoft. I assume those are the drivers for my raid controller, since I only put in the windows CD and the MSI floppydisk.
After I click yes, everything installs as it should. Thats it for the windows xp installation. System boots, but needs drivers for VGA, sound, etc...
I install the vga drivers, the raid drivers, everything is okay.
But then I install the nvidia chipset drivers, which probably include the nvidia ide driver too. The system hangs while or after installing the sound dirvers.
As for the IDE drivers: I already tried to rollback the drivers, but windows says there is no previous driver.

Tv Card With K7n2g-ilsr

Hi,
I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV GO Card for Christmas, however upon installation, the card will not allow the computer to boot up, the Card hangs the computer without even letting me enter the BIOS setup menu. Without the card occupying the PCI slot, the computer boots up just fine. I've tried it in numerous PCI slots, even one which was occupied by a 56k Modem, but the computer hangs in all slots, without letting me boot up. Prior to installation, i went through the usual procedures, i firmly grounded myself, and wore disposable plastic gloves to prevent static discharge or grime getting onto the actual card. The card was firmly attached into the PCI slot, but it would still hang the pc. Is there a IRQ problem with the card or the motherboard??
My specs are as follows:
MSI K7N2G-ILSR (with latest BIOS and Drivers)
Geforce 4 Integrated Graphics
AMD XP 2200+ Processor
512 Dual DDR RAM
80Gig Hard Drive
Windows XP Professional incl. SP2
Hauppauge WINTV GO (the Tv card)
Is there a possible fix for this??
Thanks
Khalid
P.s is the TV Card just borked??

Well, i have a 56k modem, which was working fine, i removed that, because i never used it. I replaced it with the TV card, and it hangs the computer on boot up. Ive tried them on ALL PCI slots, (with and without the Modem in one of the slots) but all of them hang the pc, and its annoying!
I'll try glennvidia's suggestion, and see if it works, and no, im not using a PCI sound card, because the 5.1 soundstorm onboard is better then anything costing less than £40!
Oh and one last suggestion, DO NOT BUY HAUPPAUGE! They still havent replied to my email! (it has been two days now!)
Mustek is one of the companies that should be seriously considered when purchasing digital cameras! I bought a faulty mustek camera off ebay, and it was faulty, with no receipt, but they still gave me a working cam ;-) oh and they replied to my email within 24 hours, and very very friendly staff.
MSI should always be bought as well, reply to the borked northbridge fan took 29 hours :p
(oh and it was free postage as well!! with Gigabyte, i had to pay for the postage, and even then the northbridge heatisnk was dented!)

Confused with K7N2G-ILSR DLED reading

I just put together a new system using the K7N2G-ILSR and t isnt booting. I am using the baord with an Antec 300W power supply, AthlonXP 2700+ and 512 MB of crucial DDR PC2100. witht he processor in it goes through the first DLED which is the top two LEDs red and the bottom two green and then changes to the top left LED green and the other three LEDs not lighting up at all. After taking the processor out it would hang at the first LED cycle which is top two red and bottom two green and in the bok it means that the processor is not installed proerly or damaged. The next pattern it would cycle to is top left green and the rest red which is early chipset initialization. Since it is hanging with just the top left light green and the others not lighting at all does that mean there is a problem with the chipset or a problem with the processor?

I like to contribute a little. I bought a mother board K7N2G-ILSR upgraded my PC. First, I booted up with Windows 98SE most of hardware is working include on-board network port which connected with RoadRunner cable modem except not USB 2.0. I have decided to upgrade to Windows XP SP1. My first try of upgrading to Windows XP looks okay for most hardware, then I found out that network is not working. After several investigation, I see no MAC address show on network driver property. I reinstall (restore from backup) Windows 98SE then network is worked fine. I memo the MAC address. Again, upgraded to Windows XP SP1, enter the MAC address into NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controler's property "NetWork Address". After rebooted the Windows XP the on-board network port is working perfect. This must be glich in nForce2 driver.

...on-board NIC issues with K7N2G-ILSR

After reading several posts on this issue, it sounds as if a ton of people are having problems with their K7N2G-ILSR on-board NIC. My problem is pretty strange... When i'm on the internet (WinXP Pro, cable modem/Linksys BEFSX41 firewall router), my NIC works fairly well.. maybe 90% of time. I can also 'connect' to other machines on my LAN just fine. However, if i attempt to transfer data between my K7N2G-ILSR and another PC, the LAN conenction icon flashes back and forth between 'connected' and 'disconnected.' I also have this problem when i try to download anything... It's driving me friggin crazy!!
I haven't tried the MAC address solution (copying the NIC MAC address into the BIOS). Before i give that a shot, does anyone have any updated news regarding this issue?
Thanks for the help... Mike

I like to contribute a little. I bought a mother board K7N2G-ILSR upgraded my PC. First, I booted up with Windows 98SE most of hardware is working include on-board network port which connected with RoadRunner cable modem except not USB 2.0. I have decided to upgrade to Windows XP SP1. My first try of upgrading to Windows XP looks okay for most hardware, then I found out that network is not working. After several investigation, I see no MAC address show on network driver property. I reinstall (restore from backup) Windows 98SE then network is worked fine. I memo the MAC address. Again, upgraded to Windows XP SP1, enter the MAC address into NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controler's property "NetWork Address". After rebooted the Windows XP the on-board network port is working perfect. This must be glich in nForce2 driver.

Got a problem with K7N2G-L

the problem is the MB doesn't seem to be disabling the onboard video like it should when i attach an expansion card into the agp slot (using an MSI G4MX-TD8X). i've tried everything i can think of to get the dang thing to post... or at least show it posting. after i attach the card, w/out reseting the bios or anything, i can hear it post and start windows etc., but just no video. i returned the last vid card thinking it was a problem with it, but alas when i tried the new one same thing was happening ;( my stats on what is currently installed as far as hardware is at the bottom. but basically my question is this, am i supposed to disable the onboard video via jumper or something? or is it like i think and auto disables it upon connection of expansion card? possibly a bad MB (i really hope not as i did a dang good wiring job)? i emailed MSI support to no avail as of yet, course it's only been like 24 hours, but you'd think they'd have an 800 number or something to contact them. :( i did update the bios last night but haven't had a chance to try out installing the vid card yet. will post back if that ended up working.
okay, for the specs:
350 Watt Enermax
MSI K7N2G-L
AMD 2200+ XP
256 Kingtston 333 ram(have another 256 to install after i get things ironed out
MSI G4MX-TD8X (at least trying to install this, using onboard vid atm)
D-Link NIC
board is set to 133FSB, if it's in safe mode it doesn't post at all ?( hehe. of course it will post in higher, 166 is highest i've tried and it ran stable, but put back down to 133 for troubleshooting purposes with the vid card :(

i've thought about that, but with my drives attached and everything, i'm hovering around 200W total... did the math. but did forget to mention, so far using the onboard video (even with FSB overclocked to 166) haven't had any stability problems with the motherboard, which is why i haven't stripped it out yet to go get another one. i checked stability w/ 3dmark2k1 and about a 2 hour session of JKII running everything at full, even with quincunx enabled but got choppy a bit with that in parts. and btw, you'd assume correct with me moving the monitor adapter.

Kingmax memory with K7N2G ILSR

Hello guys,
I have K7N2G ILSR maimboard with 2x 512MB 333MHz Kingmax memory. Whenever I insert this memory the system boots up once, but never again. When I insert 3x 256MB 266Mhz Sansung memory, the system works fine. I've tried BIOS defaults, everything!
PLEASE HELP!!!

its easy to make little mistakes when building a pc, some manufacturers arnt always clear about anything, plus, msi havent actually told anyone that those types of memory dont work, so it's easy to overlook things, belive me i know

Dual Video Issue with "K7N2G-ILSR"

Hello,
I have an MSI "K7N2G-ILSR" motherboard with the built in video. I am having trouble getting the motherboard to work with two monitors by using the video that is on-board and an additional AGP video card. When we plug-in the additional AGP video the built on video stops working. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You

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So I can use the on-board video and my second video has to be PCI and not AGP or I can get a dual video card?
Correct.
Take Care,
Richard

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