RAM or MOBO error? KT3-Ultra

I have just gotten the Kt3-Ultra and have
when first turning it on, been greeted with a 3 beep from the speaker.
The D-Bracket LED's show that the error is a "Onbord memory module may be damaged or not installed correctly"
The system then hangs.
What does this mean?
Is the RAM stuffed (DDR-PC2700)
or is it the MOBO.
PLEASE HELP ME!!!! X(

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Originally posted by Cmdr_K00n
I have just gotten the Kt3-Ultra and have
when first turning it on, been greeted with a 3 beep from the speaker.
The D-Bracket LED's show that the error is a "Onbord memory module may be damaged or not installed correctly"
The system then hangs.
What does this mean?
Is the RAM stuffed (DDR-PC2700)
or is it the MOBO.
PLEASE HELP ME!!!! X(
I have the same problem, w/ same MOBO. I have found that if I disconnect the power cord or turn off power strip after turning off computer, the problem is gone temporarily. It comes back again when I turn off the computer again. Could there be a BIOS problem, or possibly something to do with the MOBO not resetting correctly?? Please help!!!

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Hey there,
SORRY BIGDADDY. Come to find out a new board
did not fix the prob I am having probs with the OS. Not
only that but several other programs don't work
like burning software, drivers, and the new DX won't
even install right. I figured NEW CPU...but as you can
see I need NEW RAM. So instead of buying PC133 for
almost the same price I figure get some DDR 2100 for
about $10-20 more and the KT3 is $10 more. Do the
math here and I could substantially increase my comp
considerably. :D
Foreveryone out there I need to know what ram works
with the KT3 Ultra. I know this board is very picking
about ram since the AMI bios is the issue.
I am looking at these:
1) Kingston PC2100
2) Crucial PC2100
3) Micron PC2100
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OK I found a few minidumps in the event log
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x10000050 (0xde1d3ee0, 0x00000000, 0x804eef61, 0x00000000)
Error code 10000050, parameter1 e262ca7a, parameter2 00000001, parameter3 8053cb3e, parameter4 00000001.
Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 8053cbb1, parameter3 ee5b1a40, parameter4 00000000.
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x10000050 (0xe1fe9a18, 0x00000000, 0x8053cbb1, 0x00000001). A dump was saved in: C:WINDOWSMinidumpMini030703-10.dmp.
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RAM problems with KT3 Ultra 2 causing STOP errors in XP

I've run the NEC ncramtst program on my PC and its coming up with an error in the extended memory at adddress 1B8EE01C which probably explains the stop errors and problems I've been having in XP...
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OK I found a few minidumps in the event log
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x10000050 (0xde1d3ee0, 0x00000000, 0x804eef61, 0x00000000)
Error code 10000050, parameter1 e262ca7a, parameter2 00000001, parameter3 8053cb3e, parameter4 00000001.
Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 8053cbb1, parameter3 ee5b1a40, parameter4 00000000.
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Ram Problem With KT3 Ultra

Hi Guys,
I have posted on here before.
I have a kt3 ultra mobo.
The problem i have is when playing games the system locks up and i have to hard restart.
I have followed advice from this board the the faq ant mobo bios set up which sadly has not solved the problem.
Very strange but in the pc i have two x 256 meg ddr ram.
If i take either stick out the pc plays games perfectly. This is frustrating as both sticks work fine on their own but not together.
ANY IDEAS ? ;(

Hi,
Sometimes it happens that sticks just won't work together....
You might want to swap one of the sticks with a friend to see if the problem is gone...

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The beeping started after I did a clean install of winxp then a blue screen of death pop-up, when it boot up there was a blank screen then starts to beep
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Hi
I have updated this board with the most recent BIOS (v5.7) from MSI website.
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FSB 166 but I believe it does with Thornton and Thoroughbred cores as the board
does have the KT333 chipset.
Could someone please confirm?
Thanks

Henry, please don't feel offended. This was written before I posted (remember question is will barton work):
Me: "No Barton because max fsb is 133mhz"
JEWilson: "Y - but the KT3 Ultra has the KT333 chipset which will allow you to run FSB 333Mhz for RAM"
Grayone: "Try your 3200 in it and see if it will run it at a 166fsb. The bios may show it as an unknown processor or one with a lessor model number
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MSI KT3 Ultra 6380E and (RAM)

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My KT3 Ultra Experience (from the nightmare to a running well system)

Well First...
I don't speak a well english, maybe because still think in spanish, so maybe find many gramatical errors.
the very very begin
The history begins with a terrible electric shock in my house, i got a Athlon XP 1700+ with a cheap PC Chips Board (810)..yeah the all in one board (video, modem, ethernet, sound) build my first system with a mixture of expectatives and dreams with my first AMD athlon XP , the system running well, before got the "great idea" to plug a Zoltrix Genie TV card for record South Park, everything is OK, so, i think that i abuse the luck, and a rainy night, i surf the net ( a XXX one... ATK... never forget that site after this) a electric shock enter trought the tv cable searching ground, someone that got this experience maybe feels a demon in a box, a white light come out from the back of the system and hit the isolated regulator ( with the sparks and all the stuff ) the light goes out and a tasty barbecue smell fill completly the room.
ohhh...
the list of cooking components:
   Athlon XP 1700+
   PC Chips 810 (a/v/r/s)
   Maxtor HDD 40GB
   Zoltrix Genie TV
   Mouse (generic)
   Keyboard (generic)
   Microsoft sidewinder gamepad
The miracle pieces:
   256MB DIMM sticks from crucial (PC 100) two of them
   External CD Burner HP CD-Writer 8230e (USB)
   Philips Monitor 17'
i learn to never watch a porno site in a rainy night... it's really bad for your system
build another system "da plan!"
in a trip to Bogotá i search in the computer mall called UNILAGO, the new system board, someone callit MOBO, my idea are this:
A Boxed Board. Candidates like ASUS , Gygabyte, MSI, with the VIA 333 chip are required.
we search in all the place, asus show its A7V333 model, but its too expensive in the price that this guy offered (maybe think that i don't search the pricewatch.com page before go to the mall... je je) in a place some guy show me a very nice box... i think the first impression counts, its the kt3 ultra board in her shiny box, next tactic ask for minimun price (...no minimun price got this board...) so i pay 360 thousand pesos for it.
wen come back to Cali ( the place i live) and after got some pesos in my bag i go to the computer mall in Cali called La passarella (remember the argentinian soccer player?) for buy the components.....
the list is this:
   Athlon XP 1800+ BOXED (got the original AMD heatsink)
   DDR RAM PC2100 256 MB
   Genius Netscroll Optic
   Genius Keyboard
   CD-Rom LG 52 X
   Case with a 300W ATX Power Supply
   Realtek Ethernet Card (Encore)
   AGP Video card with the SIS chip 315 128MB of ram
   Genius Maxfire USB (i buyit for the cheap price and anyway i don't play too much in a computer so i dont need a Nvidia Ti thing or a gamepad expensive)
wen go to the house, plug all the stuff and the process it's fine, no complicate things occur, i do two modifications first
1)to the AMD heatsink, the clip come in the other side, so i need to unplug the Power ATX supply for attach it and don't want to do the same thing every time that retire the heatsink, i disarm the heatsink and turn the clip to the other side, no problems with this mod...
2)i don't use floppy disks... I HATE IT so the place of the floppy converts in the place for the D-Bracket with all the lights and two USB... nice because i perfored the case in the right way and the usb and the lights come in the front of the case...it's a easy mod...
all the things come well so turn it ON...
KT3 Ultra first Round!
well i don' pay much attention in the first time that power on the system and hit the del key.... nothing happens and a letters of searching array and scanning devices show... after this process the amibios screen shows (the blue one, and still today don't find the option for change the color scheme like te PC Chips amibios options got) in this point i know that the rule "search the instruction booklet" it's totally necessary for many options the options that i disable and some that enable are this:
    in integrated peripherals disable the ata raid option (remember the scan devices screen?) i plug a maxtor ATA 100 hard drive to the ide cable because don't know if this hard disk works with the Raid Option maybe not because is ata 100.. so disable the option
    in power management options i activate the CPU critical temperature to 70°C
    in advanced bios settings i enable the MSI link to the future screen... nice, SMART for HDD enable. In the boot secuence put first CD-rom and later HDD
    in standard CMOS settings put the hour...(uh!), and obvious disable the nasty floppy drive (BOOT CDS REPLACE THE NEED OF FLOPPY DRIVES...)
    in PC health disable the intrussion option, because i don't have the switch for the case...
    in frecuency and voltage i find the FSB in 100Mhz but i don't change anything in this point...
after this tiny modification, i save the changes and restart....
the system boot with a CD he he... with a image of the win98 boot disk, so i formated and fdisk the drive... tooooo fast in this point.
after partition the HDD in 5 pieces and formating every partition, i reboot the computer for installing Win98...
the installation goes normal, and install all the MSI software (only for know what apps are appreciable por me) i don't have any problems, install all the drivers for every single hardware piece and the system works well... so testing es the next point.
KT3 Ultra first test after the installation
well i feel that my job are easyly...(ji ji) and all the process go OK so testing my new machine gotme like a child.
i run the test of SiS for the AGP card ( 3D thrill ) the demo of the card got a cosmic scene, comes very fast, i try to watch if someone piloting the space ship, and maybe see something
the sound are good for the include sound chip in the board, put and test all the effects and test...ok ok... nice.
microsoft direct X got some testings so i run it too ... write in run command "dxdiag" and ready for the tests, in this point i feel free to install a copy of "formula 1 2002" in the machine some guy borrowme a copy, wen i try to install got a n error.... (the first one) and the game don't install ... i reject the installation and try another game, in this point i search the Athlon XP Oem.bmp file for branding my new system... je je, and hit the window key and pause and i find that my processor runs in 1.1 Mhz... (what!!!) if this CPU is a 1800 and this speed maybe is wrong....so i read the boocklet and find in the FSB option the way for put the CPU in his real Mhz...(1.53) in this point begins the troubles...
KT3 Ultra damage my CPU??????!!!!!
Wen enter to the bios i got direct for the FSB option and put it to 133Mhz maybe this thing it's easyly too, i think, i made and save the changes... and.....
A BLACK SCREEN COMES AND I SEE THE FOUR LEDS IN RED!!!!
AHHHH!, i thinks that this processor pases to a better life after this point, with shaking hands read again the boocklet and find the interpretation for the 4 red leds signal, damage or bad installed processor.
oh, so what i do...?
i continue reading for a little FAQ in the boocklet, and nothing, only a glossary, i call a friend to helpme... ( the true geek one) the guy tell me to reset the bios with the jumper... so, i don't loose anything with this and do it...
wen the computer reboots the signals come to life... (ufff!) and the scanning device creen shows again... so i need to save again my settings.
i do all the things and save, the system turns on and windows 98 load normal again... i try to fix the FSB thing in other time i think, and continue intalling some programs.
In my CDs find a copy of formula 1 2001 no de 2002 version, because this version i installed in my other fried system i installed in mine for show and prove the 3d card...
the installation works fine and terminate ok, wen i hit the icon to play, the 3d settings window appears i select some options 800x600 32bit color and press test, a blank screen comes with some little caracters, in some point wen the test come back my system frozes and nothing happens... OHHHHHHH! what happens?.... i think, i decided to check the temperature values because in this point think that my installation fails in the put heatsink process.
i load PC alert and find CPU temperature in 78°C... oh, it's too high i think so shutdown the system and check the heatsink for anything that miss in the first time.
i put again the heatsink an log to the bios for check the values....
this is the values of PChealth option in bios:
   Cpu temp : 71°C and stable in this value...it's high too
   System Temp : 38°C ...high too
   VCore      1.744V
   +5.0V       5.038V
   +12V      11.923V
   -12V      -11.497
   -5V         -5.026V
   Batt      3.24V
   +5VSB      4.969
some ideas come to my mind and try to think if some options of the bios, the best performance option it's a good point to start i think so i select and save the changes...
oh, oh, the black screen comes again.... buuuuuu! and the four red leds too....buuuu!
mmmm, ....what i do?, what i do?....i reset again the bios, for the options and try to boot the machine again... maybe leave the system in the first point i think but nothing prepare me for the many "chorro" of errors thath follow after this point....
If i can roll back the time....
i think to be superman and fly in a oposite earth direction for roll back the time... (luisa!)
the system begins a non stop errors secuence sometimes the four leds are red, sometimes tree leds red an the top right led green, in the book says this signal is for damage DDR ram...
wen windows 98 loads the system frozes in some points, and wen enter and run some test the system frozes too...
i reset the bios to the original form an try to leave the house excactly wen enter the first time... i save it and the errors continues...
with NO hope of correct by myself the issues i turn on my old K6II system and find the MSI forum that got some mysql errors
in the forum find the Power unit suplly issues, i got the ATX box and 300W maybe it's too low i think after MANY post with same errors like me, i think to made a program plan for recover the stability and my ideas come in the next point.
now need another message to continue....

Return the system to the "normal" or less stability
In the forum (thanks for the people thath participate) some people says issues of frozen systems because cheap ATX power supply, some other got problems with the heatsink, i think that a mixture of those issues gotme like mad and try to figure out the quality of a atx power supply that changes the performance after a bios setup... ( it's a very cheap ATX power supply, i think) the Power unit now don't support the energy, and power needs of the system in some cases wen i run the 3d accelerated test the system frozes wen i hit "test".
return today to the computer mall passarella, and buy this items:
   Vulcano 7 (it's a building no, it's a airplane no,... it's vulcano 7 with speed sensor incorporated, much bigger than a building and more CFM than any airplane make!)
   ATX power supply 400W for kicks power requeriments and maybe extract energy enough for a reading lamp...
   wen come back to the house i install the new parts, the vulcano 7 needs the same mod than the other AMD one, or maybe MSI put the sockect A protect clip layer in the wrong site, maybe the board fit well in a ATX-XL case for no uninstall the power unit to put the heatsink... anyway need to uninstallit but this issue it's funny.
wen everiting it's ok i turn on the system...
KT3 Ultra Runs smooth... FINALLY
i know thath every body needs to listen a couple of help tips, in this point i think that logged to the forum are the best idea that i got, many people got the same problems and if you don't ask or search you think thath the MSI board it's a terrible board, and this no true, and because it's red too.
the system loads normal and i think to go up the FSB to the NORMAL 133 value for this athlon XP 1800+ i change the values, save and reboot the first thing that i find are the bios recognize the Amd Athlon XP 1800+ in the first black screen ( wen disables da logo) later, web hit windows key+ pause the window says Athlon XP 1800+, in the fuzzy logic app i find the values of 1523 Mhz and the temperature don't rises 50°C it's now OK, better than the cooking eggs thing that got before the changes.
now i need to give some thanks..
Thanks
to all the people in the forum, i don't write a nice english but i know read and it's enough for take a easy living style with this machines...
MSI people thanks
for the people in the mall, they don't know much the Power unit issues of this board it's a bit more exigent than others in his point.
to my dog that share my angry in the late night, it's a good one that dont' sleep well wen i work in the night..
so to all the people thanks for made this posible, maybe this long post with less technical things works for put your boards well.
Victor Hugo Hernández
Cali - Colombia

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Okay, here are my stats:
AMD XP 2200
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512 MB DDR 333 ram
4xx Power supply
I just recently got all my parts replaced under warranty by my computer manufacturer, and they sent me this brand new mobo with processor already installed.
I put it all in my case and hooked everything up, I even used the d-bracket thing, and when I start it up, I get 3 long beeps, d-bracket says its a memory error, and nothing shows up on the monitor.
So I went out and got new DDR 333 512MB ram for my computer, and I still get the same issue. (3 beeps, all red LED's except for #2) I know i didn't static shock it because I was wearing a grounding braclet.
--I wanna know if I can fix this problem before going back to my warranty because they seem like they don't want to deal with me anymore (there for I got a pretty much brand new system). Plus if I *DO* have to go back to them for a new mobo, I need some proof that this is a main board error and not just me that screwed it up (because I know I didn't)
If you can help me out, I would greatly appriciate it. Cheers!

I guess I'll have to. I bought my computer online and I have to ship my tower to them so they can troubleshoot/fix. I guess they've been really good about warranty so far but I think I'm pushing my luck now.
Thanks anyways :] If anyone has any more input, I will appriciate those as well. :D

Kt3-ultra big problem

i have just bought a kt3 mobo and am having some serious problems getting it to work properly.
the 1st problem is my cd burner or dvd will not install anything. if it is allowed to autorun it will stop giving various errors. and if i install by clicking setup.exe the same happens. also it sometimes restarts the computer.
i have plugged in an old cdrom which seems to work fine.
the 2nd problem is my broadband connection. i am using an alcatel usb modem and i cannot get it to connect to the computer.
i install all the drivers first then plug it in, it then says it found the modem and is installing it and completes with your hardware is now installed.
all that happens now is the lights on the modem looks like its going to work but then goes off then back on again.
this goes on for as long as its connected.
i am using :
windows xp
amd 1200 thunderbird
256 ram
400 watt power supply
kt3 ultra
ibm 80 g.b deskstar
i have also been swopping componants with my other computer and i know everything is working fine.
i hope someone can help because i have been trying for 10 days now to get everything running and i am pulling my hair out.
many thanks

Hi i have been having problems with my adsl cuting off and the modem lights paling up a reset will usually work to get it connected again. I am using an external sagem adsl modem and the power draw for it is 400ma, most other usb devices only draw between 2 - 10ma. This can cause the computer to hang and the modem to disconnect. To fix this buy a self powered usb hub that is capable of more than 500ma per port this will eliminate the problem. As for other power issues i have 3 cdroms 2 of which are writers i have a gforce 4 vido card network card and have had no advers affects from power other than the USB problem hope this helps
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MSI 6380E
GForce 4 mx 440 128
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sony rewrite 52 speed cd writer
freecom 4X dvd +/- rewriter
3com 100mb network card
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hey guys,
heres my story (bare with me)
i bought a radeon 9700 pro around christmas time, recieved it, (almost) everything worked fine on it, etc etc. however in games, it would give me this weird flickering poly thing going on (screenshot included) after seeing this, i stuck an extra fan in my case, thinking it was a heating issue. no worky. after that i just assumed the heatsink/fan wasnt securely on the chip. whatever.
anyway, i returned the vid card, got my money back and just decided to sit on the extra money for another couple of months and let prices drop a bit.
soooo i order myself a radeon 9800 pro this week. i get it today, and im getting the EXACT SAME PROBLEM. so obviously it wasnt a heat issue, it was.. something else.
this is where you come in anyone have ANY ideas why i would be having this problem? im attaching a screenshot i snagged of what the error looks like (if that will help at all)
i have already tried running driver cleaners, blah blah blah. i even reformatted and reinstalled windows on the drive, and im STILL having the same problem. not to mention i get occasional lockups and bluescreens.
ive tried flashing bios, updating mobo drivers nothing fixes it.
is this just some quirky incompatability between the mobo and the vid card or what? (i had a gf3ti200 in here before the 9800pro.. never had any problems)
so can anyone help or am i just going to have to buy a new motherboard?
msi kt3 ultra
512 pc2700 ram
80 gig wd
ati radeon 9800 pro

"DOS'ish" ?
start with flashing the latest mobo bios before you start if you haven't allready. I recommend stick with the 3.7 Cat driver (many people are reporting worse problems with the later rev Cat drivers) and follow these directions:
1) download and install the latest via driver (i know, you have it)
2) download and install latest soundblaster driver (if you are using a soundblaster audio card of course)
3) download and install catalyst 3.7 driver/control panel/samartgart from ati.
4) disable fast-write in bios (this was causing corrupted icons and cursor in windoze).
5) go to c:\programs\ati technology\ati control panel and execute smartgart (it's a link)
6) enable - pci read/write and agp read (probably allready is enabled).
7) disable - agp write (default in my case was on causing lots of stability problems in games).
"apply", reboot, then "ok".
above solved all my probs w/9600 pro and msi kt3 ultra-aru
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