RAM and NEO-FIS2R

Hello,
My first time here, and i've read through a large portion of the already available posts, but nothing so far have i found to solve my problem.
I recently bought the MSI NEO-FIS2R board along with an Athlon64 3200+. I also purchased 1gig (2x512) Kingston HyperX PC3200, ECC Registered. I cant for the life of me, get it to boot with both DIMMs installed, either work, but not both.
I've toyed with timeing and bus ect per the posts on this board, but nothing so far. Anyone with some specific advice?
Thanks in advance for the help =)

hi
i havent got an msi motherboard but an asus.
I recently bought 2x 512 400 ddr from Corsair and the system only loads up with one stick and not the other. Tied to do lot of combination by putting in slot 2 and 3 etc put with no further sucess.
In fact some motherboard like mine do not recommend these types or ram memory so i had to get a refund.
is this ram is supported by msi motherboard?
see you

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Liveupdate2 crashes in WinXp pro and Neo-fis2r

When I install liveMonitor with liveupdate 2 it will crash after the reboot, stating that the hardware monitor cannot be initialized and that there are errors. After I click these error messages away it just reboots.
I tried admin account, still same error message, but no reboot! And when I deinstall Liveupdate 2 again, the corecenter won't work anymore either!
NOTE: at this point all other drivers are already installed (ie. Soundblaster etc.), including MSI corecenter and the infoviewer.
I have a brand new PIV 2.8 ghz, msi Neo-fis2r, SB Audigy 2, 120 Gig HDD, Toshiba DVD SD-1502, 512 ddr ram.
Is anyone familiar with WIN XP or this problem? Could use it... THNX!!!

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Originally posted by zcbtv02
When I install liveMonitor with liveupdate 2 it will crash after the reboot, stating that the hardware monitor cannot be initialized and that there are errors. After I click these error messages away it just reboots.
I tried admin account, still same error message, but no reboot! And when I deinstall Liveupdate 2 again, the corecenter won't work anymore either!
NOTE: at this point all other drivers are already installed (ie. Soundblaster etc.), including MSI corecenter and the infoviewer.
I have a brand new PIV 2.8 ghz, msi Neo-fis2r, SB Audigy 2, 120 Gig HDD, Toshiba DVD SD-1502, 512 ddr ram.
Is anyone familiar with WIN XP or this problem? Could use it... THNX!!!
Well, I have the problems like yours. After long time researching. I find out that both programs (corecenter and life update) have services that need to be started before loading the corecenter program and life monitor.
So what i did was just remove it to be auto load at windows startup. but instate, wait till all the windows fully loaded then only load those program.
Good luck.

K8T Neo-FIS2R - 3200+ - Mushkin Level 1 RAM: Optimal Memory Settings

Just got a K8T Neo-FIS2R with a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ with 1g (512MB X
2) Mushkin Level 1 PC3500 RAM as recommended by Anandtech on his High
End System roundup:
www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.html?i=2041
I am having a HUGE problems with memory settings in the BIOS.
On AUTO, the memory is only autodected at DDR200, which I found odd.
I them took memory setting in my old hands and things don't seem much
better:
I made these changes:
MEMCLOCK: DDR400
BANK INTERVEAVING: AUTO
BURST LENGTH: 8 BEAT
CL: 2
TRCD: 3
TRAS: 5
TRP: 2
This was unstable at first and bumped the DDR Voltage to 2.7, moved
the sticks to DIMM1 and DIMM3 (instead of DIMM2), and it seems stable,
but not very fast. according to Sandra Scores
Any recommendations for Memory Settings? Why would the MB not
autodecte DDR400 RAM? I am not looking to overlock...just maximize
the CPU and memory I have.
Maybe I just need to get new memory. What is the best memory for this motherboard?
Thanks,
Steve

I'm running the same mem (see my sig). Since its PC3500 I attempted to tighten the settings to those you had listed (2,3,2,5). It was not Prime95 torture test stable at even the stock 200 MHz FSB using these settings. Upping the voltage to 2.7 did not increase the stability in my system at these settings. The memory ran perfectly at AUTO settings, but was clocked at 2.5,3,3,8 I believe.
Keep in mind that level 1 is advertised at 2,3,3. My system is 100% stable at 2.7V for me up to 210 MHz FSB at these settings (I haven't tried any faster). My TRAS is set to 6.
Hope this helps a fellow Mushkin user

K8T Neo creates 'phantom' RAM and won't recognise the real stuff...

I have just replaced my computer's motherboard and CPU, from an ancient ASUS A7V266-E motherboard and an AMD XP CPU (1.1GHz) to a new K8T Neo-FIS2R motherboard with an AMD Sempron 2.0GHz processor, both brand new. I thought that it would be possible to use all the other components until I can save up enough for a new graphics card, RAM etc.
All of the other components seem to work fine. After making all the connections and starting up for the first time, Windows (XP) loads successfully... but VERY, VERY slowly.
About an hour after loading, I finally manage to right-click on 'My computer' to be told that I apparently have "AMD Unknown Processor - 2.0 GHz" and "64MB of RAM".
This is what surprises me, because in the DIMM ports at the time were three 256MB PC2100 DDR sticks, all three identical - two which were in the motherboard I had before (sequential serial numbers and everything), and another one from another PC purchased at around about the same time. All three worked fine in their old computers. So not only is the PC not recognising that it's actually got 762Mb of RAM stuck in it, but it's creating 64Mb out of nowhere!
AFAIK, the sticks should be compatible, because the RAM specifications appear to be the same for both the Old ASUS motherboard and the New K8T Neo - check out the specifications on the left-hand-side for each board. However, clearly something is not right - it could be a compatibility issue, or is there something I'm missing?
All it says on the sticks of RAM is "256MB PC2100 DDR MEM" (plus "Made in Korea", of course ), but crucial.com seems to be telling me that the RAM must be SDRAM, because that's all that would work in my old motherboard. Is there some other configuration issue I've overlooked?
I've tried swapping the sticks around and taking some of them out - no change, either in the display or in overall performance. I tried loading it with no RAM at all - didn't like that one bit! I had a look through the BIOS (with the instruction manual close to hand), but nothing jumped out at me - and I really don't know what I'm looking for!
Really confused! Any ideas what's going on? Any help would be much appreciated.

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Check with memtest86
...yeah...
...look on the bright side...when I tried PC2100 RAM with a Socket 754 CPU it wouldn't even POST...
...you might have to enter BIOS and configure the RAM manually rather than Auto...just a guess...

MSI K8T NEO-FIS2R: RAM problems

I have the motherboard K8T NEO-FIS2R with AMIBIOS 2VMS V2.0 010505.
I tried these DDR-RAM:
DDR-RAM 512MB PC400 CL3 Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512
DDR-RAM 512MB PC400 CL3 Samsung
but the motherboard recognizes only 256 MB for both. The RAM are good: I tried them in an other pc!
Now I have installed an A-DATA ram 256 MB and the motherboard recognizes 256 MB!
Do you think that my motherboard is defective?
Thank you in advance.
P.S. I'm sorry for my bad english.

No the memory controller is onboard the CPU so in any case the MB is not defective. However the CPU revision may hold you back on some RAM especially if you mix make and model RAM on the same channel. A socket 754 CPU only has one channel so all RAM must be matched to work properly.
If those Sticks can only be seen as a wrong value when used by themselves it is likely that either they have errors or the timings in Bios are improperly set to azllow them to work. In this case you can normally find out what is going on by running memtest86. If you get errors on test 5 or 7 then you have timgs timed improperly and any other errors would show bad RAM.
Another case is not having enough power for everything to work properly together. Usually this happens when you don't have enough 12v amps for these newer rigs.
Post complete specs and test results and maybe we can help you further.

MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (Socket 754) and Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x512MB)

Hi I just ordered the following from overclockers.co.uk and wanting some confirmation that the memory will be compatible with this Mother board
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x512MB) and MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
Thanks
Kevin

kevtucker,
I'm running the same setup up as you and have not experienced any ram related problems so far. I'm happy with it and it is very stable.
Every ram has different settings. For the corsair 1gb value select (2x512mb) you must make sure you use these settings for the best results:
put them in slots 1 and 3.
use the settings 2.5-3-3-8
set the ddr voltage 2.7
I got that information straight from the official corsair forums:
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showindex.php?t=24410
Good luck.

[Athlon64] K8T Neo-FIS2R RAM Question

Hi All
At the moment I have 512mb of Corsair 3200 RAM (2x 256) in a MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R, and I was wondering if it would be ok to put another 1gig of non Corsair in with out it going nuts at me.
Thanks for any help.

Many thanks for the help.

Neo-FIS2R (i875) Questions and overclockability

I just got this board, looks sweet, have all the features and all that.... but I still have a few questions.
First my system:
Chieftec 420Watt psu (tried a 520Watt and a 550Watt psu as well).
MSI Neo-FIS2R bios 1.6
2 x 512Mb Twinmos PC3200 CAS 2.5 (with winbond CH-5 chips).
P4 2,6C Phillipines With Alpha PAL8942T with a pretty powerful 8x8cm fan. Arctic Silver 3 paste used.
ATI Radeon 8500 Pro
Audigy 2
2 x 80gig in raid at onboard promise controller.
WinXP Pro SP1.
Now onto the questions:
CPU temp:
In bios it says 37-38 deg C
In PC Wizard (from www.cpuid.com) it says 27-28 deg C.
In Motherboard monitor, newest version it says:
Sensor 1 set to winbond 1 = 27-28 deg C
Sensor 2 set to winbond 2 = 53-54 deg C
Sensor 3 set to winbond 3 = 66-67 deg C!!!! :O
What is correct and where is those sensors placed? As 66-67 deg C seems to be wrong?
And why do it not boot when I put in my Silicon Image 680 IDE controller? Tried all bios settings and different PCI slots.
I tried to OC my CPU to 3,25GHz but failed = I get a BSOD after a while in Windows or windows locks up. PCI/AGP is locked to 34/68MHz, MEM is set to DDR333 so actually the memory is running at 400MHz @ 2,5-4-4-8 (verified with CPU-Z). Tried upping V-Core up to as high as 1,7V (won't go higher due to risk of damaging CPU) Tried upping DDR and AGP voltage as well, still no change. It works great at 2,8GHz though with DDR at 430MHz
Any ideas? Or did I just get a less overclockable CPU or a crappy mobo?
And why do the voltages show up as very varying? V-Core changes from 1,528 to 1,587 when set to 1,550V, other voltages do also vary a lot.... Tried 3 different high quality PSU's so that should not cause it. My previous asus board showed way more stable voltages.
Is the build quality of this board any good? As varying voltages and overclocking sems to vary a lot....
Yes and I'm annoyed with the mem performance and problem with manually setting the memory timings at higher FSB's. Fix will hopefully come. Highest mem score so far is 4,9K
Should probably have waited for the asus P4C800-E (P4C800 with CSA LAN and ICH5R southbridge).

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Originally posted by OC-Freak
CPU temp:
In bios it says 37-38 deg C
In PC Wizard (from http://www.cpuid.com) it says 27-28 deg C.
In Motherboard monitor, newest version it says:
Sensor 1 set to winbond 1 = 27-28 deg C
Sensor 2 set to winbond 2 = 53-54 deg C
Sensor 3 set to winbond 3 = 66-67 deg C!!!! :O
What is correct and where is those sensors placed? As 66-67 deg C seems to be wrong?
It's known problem MSI boards do not register tempratures right. It could however be resolved by another BIOS update.
So don't worry.
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And why do it not boot when I put in my Silicon Image 680 IDE controller? Tried all bios settings and different PCI slots.
Have you tried setting the onchip ATA operate mode to native?
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I tried to OC my CPU to 3,25GHz but failed = I get a BSOD after a while in Windows or windows locks up. PCI/AGP is locked to 34/68MHz, MEM is set to DDR333 so actually the memory is running at 400MHz @ 2,5-4-4-8 (verified with CPU-Z). Tried upping V-Core up to as high as 1,7V (won\'t go higher due to risk of damaging CPU) Tried upping DDR and AGP voltage as well, still no change. It works great at 2,8GHz though with DDR at 430MHz
Any ideas? Or did I just get a less overclockable CPU or a crappy mobo?
Just plain luck i guess, i have an 2.4C hitting 3.2 GHz.
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And why do the voltages show up as very varying? V-Core changes from 1,528 to 1,587 when set to 1,550V, other voltages do also vary a lot.... Tried 3 different high quality PSU\'s so that should not cause it. My previous asus board showed way more stable voltages.
Voltages always vary as they depend on the total powerconsumption of the system.
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Is the build quality of this board any good? As varying voltages and overclocking sems to vary a lot....
I cannot comment on this one as i have it's 865 sibling.
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Yes and I\'m annoyed with the mem performance and problem with manually setting the memory timings at higher FSB\'s. Fix will hopefully come. Highest mem score so far is 4,9K
Well, you are an early adopter of this new technology, there are always little problems with brand new products like these.
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Should probably have waited for the asus P4C800-E (P4C800 with CSA LAN and ICH5R southbridge).
You could always try to exchange to board, but i'd suggest you sit this one out. Asus itself isn't without problems. Take a look around the different forums around the world.
If you're really anxious to try something else, try the MSI 865 Neo2 FIS2R.

Zalman CPU heatsink and K8T NEO-FIS2R

I was wondering if somebody tried zalman 7000(AlCu) or Zalman 7000(Cu) on MSI K8T800 Neo FIS2R? I just saw on the nVidia forum that the nForce "platinum" board needs to get the original backing plate "peeled off" before installing such HSF. I was wondering if it was the same thing with the Via based board and I was also wondering if the HSF fits on the K8T800 Neo FIS2R?
Thanks for your help

Why did they had to glue the backplate on the neo platinum mobo!!!?!?!? I think I'll go write some comments on the "feature" section of the forum...
Anyway... I think i'll go with the KT800 FIS2R mobo... I liked the features on the neo platium, but that glued backplate is a pain. I also read this comment:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20040610112501.html
and it makes me nervous... Abit not using nForce chipset for stability reasons...
By the way... Thanks for your help! Now I just have to wait for the MSI geForce 6800 GT to come out

MOVED: K8T Neo-FIS2R SATA and Linux Question

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K8T Neo-FIS2R SATA and Linux Question

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Originally posted by chasmon
Hi all,
I have just setup up a brand new system but am having probelms getting it working. I want to install XP on a single Maxtor 160Gb drive.
I have my HD on Promise Ser1 and all SATA stuff in BIOS enabled. When I get to the screen I press F6 and then when promted I insert the floppy with the promise drivers on. I then get this message:
"File txtsetup.oem caused an unexpected error (4096) at line 1742 in d:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c"
I can't get past this screen I have tried:
1.Drivers from the CD supplied.
2.Drivers from the MSI website.
Please help me this lot cost lots of hard earned I'm pretty gutted at the moment. I have also tried the Via chipset with no joy.
System:
Antec 380W PSU and Sonata Case
LG DVDROM 8163B
NEC DVDR/RW 2500B
Panasonic Floppy
Neo FIS2R mobo
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 160Gb SATA150
Benq RF K/B & Mouse
Don't spam man! I posted something to this same question in another thread.. from you no less! Make a new thread! lol
Hijacking = bad!
Ian

Probems with msi 875p neo Fis2r and network controller driver

Hi guys just wondering if anyone could help me with my msi 875p neo FIS2R and problems with the network controller driver/network card.
I'm running xp on a computer my nextdoor neighbour gave me. I got it working fine with service pack 3 installed but then installed a bunch of windows updates last night and the computer would switch itself off before windows could start. Now I reinstalled xp and unfortunately it does not recognise the network controller/card at all now. I tried installing the intel network controller drivers but it stopped because it said no intel adapter/card was installed/present. Could anyone please help with suggestions? I tried running everest and under newtwork it doesnt list intel network adapters but I'm pretty certain it is. Again any suggestions?
--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (14 x 200)
Motherboard Name MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R (MS-6758) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Canterwood i875P
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (10/11/04)
Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 238464 MB (200326 MB free)
--------[ DMI ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ BIOS ]
BIOS Properties:
Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
Version V2.4
Release Date 10/11/2004
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB
[ System ]
System Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INC.
Product MS-6758
Version 00C
Serial Number 00000000
Wake-Up Type Modem Ring
[ Motherboard ]
Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INC.
Product MS-6758
Version 00C
Serial Number 00000000
[ Processors / Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor ]
Processor Properties:
Manufacturer Intel
Version Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor
External Clock 200 MHz
Maximum Clock 4000 MHz
Current Clock 2800 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 3.3 V, 2.9 V
Status Enabled
Socket Designation FC-478
Network adapters:
Direct Parallel 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (L2TP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPPOE) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPTP) 5.1.2535.0

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 14-November-09, 08:00:05
Clear CMOS with your PSU unplugged from A/C power. Then load "Optimized Defaults" in BIOS and retest.
thanks jimi... jack
will try that and post later if it worked... ive never cleared cmos, this sort of thing is relatively new to me but thanks again

K8T Neo - FIS2R (model 6702) SATA and RAID Problems = Hair Loss

Hi All,
new to the forum, have searched but nothing like my problem exist.
I have a K8T Neo FIS2R M/B and trying to get a single SATA HDD working for my secondary drive. primary is a IDE which works well and I want to leave it.
I have plugged in the SATA HDD into the SER 1 port ( Promise 237 ?) anyhow the bois at startup or post recognises the drive, but then says soemthing like you have set up raid before F1 for setup F2 to continue to boot.
I have pressed both f1 and F2 at various time, but it appears that it want to turn the single drive into a RAID system, which is not possible with one drive !!....
Anyhow windows XP then boots up and loads a RAID driver and also the promise RAID drivers. the real problem is that XP sits and waits for the raid which never comes and during startup on XP. it is extremely slow.
Does anyone have any ideas. I am not that computer techy as you can see by the description, but it appears that I cannot get into the RAID bios to turn it off.. I have zapped the bios to try and reset it. basically i am loosing my hair ove this.
if anyone had some step by step instructions how to prevent raid from switching on at the bios and then in XP it would be greatly appreciated
Jeff

Hi All,
Sorry for the slow reply, retrieving the box from the bottom of the swimming pool !!!
I set it to SATA as you have indicated Hans, I did check that setting. Thankyou for checking.
Spray, I have tried the P20378 setting as well. You indicate that you need to press F6 when installing the OS. I have WinXP running already on an IDE master and am trying to set the SATA up as a secondary disk drive.
As I indicated above, the machine runs slowly to the point of it being a 486 when I use either promise or Via controllers.
I have since removed the drive and are now having problems with XP on boot up/startup. The thing seems to hang or go slowly when the horizontal bar runs across under the Windows XP logo. I have turned everything off in the bios both Promise and Via. I am at a loss as to why:
1 it runs slowly with the SATA drive in ( also does not show all the auto loading icons near the clock)
2. why it hangs when I remove it and turn both SATA controllers off in the bios.
I have a feeling that I may have corrupted part of the registry playing around. Any thoughts... going bald :-)
I really appreciate the feedback so far

K8T Neo-FIS2R and 2.2 bios problem

I flashed the bios of my K8T Neo-FIS2R to version 2.2.
Everytime I boot the system, I can just see the Windows XP logo appearing for a second, then the system reboots again.
I reflashed from a floppy to version 2.1 again, but still the same problem.
My HDD is a Western Digital SATA drive on the VIA controller.
Can somebody please help me out?
THX!
Marco

Thanks for your support!
After reflashing to 2.0 I still had the same problem.
The bios was not causing the problem. In some way, Windows couldn't load the SATA driver properly, I think.
I removed the SATA HDD from the VIA controller and connected it to the Promise controller, and surprisingly, Windows started again.
The HDD LED works on the Promise, but not on the VIA, so I left the HDD on the Promise controller. The LED problem is now solved as well.
I still don't know exactly what was going on. Anyway, it wasn't MSI or the new bios, it was Microsoft...
Marco

Problem with repaired neo fis2r

I am experiencing performance problems with my neo tha t I am not sure where to begin trouble shooting. I had an video card falure(delaminated pin on agp ) which resulted in damage to the agp slot I rma 'd my neo and it returned marked repaired with a grey agp slot , bios 1.4 ( had 1.6 installed) and the same serial #. I reinstalled all components. noted the retrograde bios and flashed to 1.8. then I attempted to return all settings to theyre original state only to find that I can't overclock! previously I got 250mhz clock with perf mode set to ultra turbo and ram set to 333mhz . now I can't get past perf mode fast and 205mhz no matter what. I see references to bios 1.8 as being not very overclockable.this may be the problem but the waters have been muddied by the multitude of events. I am not an expert and do not know where to start. I was so thrilled with the performance of my neo and now I am at a loss . Is the bios responsible for this abysmal performance or is my system still compromised? I don't know what to do to determine its state. my system is as follows:-
neo fis2r( of course)
2.4c p4 with zalman alcu 7000
ati 8500dv
512mb samsung 400mhz ram
seagate barracuda sata 150 raid 0
pci modem card
thermaltake xaser2 case
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
kev

essentially I am not just concerned about it's current inability to overclock. but more in the fact that b4 the repiar of the board I was able to overclock with no difficulty and no special considerations. in fact when I look at my little log of bios settings the agp clock was set at 66.6/33.3 after all the overclocking. and now with EXACTLY the same components( ati card repalced but physically identical) none of those same settings work. did the failure damage other components whose failure is not yet critical path or has the bios upgrade caused instability?

Msi k8t neo fis2r problems part 3

sometimes when the computer is turned on it just turns the fans and leds on but doesnt boot up...
most of the time it loads up and i boot to the windows xp cd and i install the drivers for sata and then when it reaches the point of copying the files it will give me a bsod and say that there is a problem with the irql driver and then force me to shut the pc down..
sometimes it makes it past that and will begin to copy files onto the hard drive, like somehow the data is becoming corrupted..however it will start to say that the files cant copy randomly and it will allow me to retry..they will copy the 2nd time usually..i can keep hitting retry and it will usually go by..it gets to 30 something % and then crashes to bsod just giving me some random error..for some reason the files keep screwing up that go on the sata drive....I just replaced the old power supply that wasnt working with an antec true watt 430 watt power supply, so i know it isnt that..
i just cant figure out what the heck is going on..any help would be appreciated.my specs are
"IRQ NOT EQUAL OR LESS"
athlon 64 3000+ cpu
msi k8t neo fis2r motherboard
mushkin special cas 2.0 2-2-2-5 512 mb pc 3200
western digital 8mb cache 80 gb sata hard drive
sapphire radeon 9800 pro 128 mb 8x agp

fyi look an your cd sticker ity will show power, consumption, but they are way lower than you would think, hard drives,can be only 10 watts, less then some case lights , and fans, cd are similar.. your video, is the biggy somewhere between 90~150 watts..yikes .next to the cpu..and the mobo can use 50 or so (not sure about new mobos) not to mention the ram 1024 is @40 watts or so., dont forget about 25watts per pci card, not counting the sound card which can be double....
ergo the need for a big psu..
the combined total ratting on a psu is not the max number that the psu is rated, that is surge value.. so a 500 may only hold 400 sustained , and that will drop as the machine heats up, so in the end your 500 may onlyy pull 366 @50'c...

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