So is my mobo knacked or what?

Can someone please just back me up on some reasoning here:
Machine (self-built, but not the first one) built on a P7N Diamond just dies (reboots) randomly: infrequently when idle, frequently (but not consistently) when doing heavy 3D stuff. I can't even get a blue screen out of it when it goes (and yes I checked the settings in windows).
Now a while back I had 3x8800GTXs in SLI, but it was always crashing and I though it was just a nightmare of complexity so I sold on the cards thinking SLI was never gonna work and got a GTX280 (and now I'm skint). Still crashes. I just tried the memory out of a stable old machine and still crashes. I've also tried Vista 32 (I was on 64), and XP (32). Still crashes.
So given that the behaviour survived the change of memory, graphics cards, (disks too, come to that), the only thing I haven't swapped is the processor. Can I assume it is the mobo, and does anyone think there is just some voltage somewhere that I can tweak or is it likely completely knacked and for the best part of a year I've been suffering while I figure it out?
For the record: QUAD Core 2 Extreme QX9650, 4x1GB 800Hz C4 Dominator, GTX280, couple of HDs, couple of DVDs, ThermalTake Toughpower 1500W.
Cheers, Chris.

Hiya.
Yes, should have said that -- I do run the ram at 2.1v. A few nights back I even went through all the timings I could find and really set it up properly. I also ran that other ram though (some corsair XMS2 and yes I am faintly concerned by the ram being from the same company but then I've become a complete paranoiac trying to run this machine) and got the same symptoms. As for bareboning it, I had it running in a really minimal configuration at one point and no diff. But thank you for taking the time to make the suggestions.
I guess all that I'm really concerned about now is the mobo vs. cpu thing ('was I careful _enough_ about static when building the thing' blah blah). The update is that late yesterday I decided to just check the warranty (having decided to plump for the 'mobo really is buggered' option -- I thought I bought it in the first couple of months of last year, but happily it turns out I bought it on May 24th. So it is back off to Dabs tomorrow for them to stress test it. Sadly that means (if they really mean it about fixing the damned thing) that I'll be w/o for weeks probably, but at least they're resourced to do the testing properly (I think I'd take the weeks as a result over being 'lucky' enough to get it back quicker cos they couldn't find anything wrong -- please don't let it be the cpu). What do you think the odds are that that particular board is faulty, versus there being some conflict or design flaw (given my set up)? Who knows I suppose.
Anyway I'll update this with a fuller description of my plight and an update on what Dabs found once the saga completes (just for the record). And thanks again for your advice.
Cheers, Chris.

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Is the overclocking pretty much the same or totally different with new MSI mobos?
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And the new mobo must also be very overclocking friendly
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Quote from: chico32 on 20-December-07, 00:05:32
My bad; I was just referring to what flobelix said about the nvidia chipset, but he only mentioned some RAM problem.
I do now what you need to run SLI
My PSU data;
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Max output current 36A 30A 15A 15A 15A 15A 0.8A 2.0A
Any news on the Nvidia 700 series? I dont want to wait for ages
Edit (again); Im thinking of buying the E6850 CPU for a start and see how that affect my rig. Maybe I dont need anything else than that. Ive got a very good and stable overclock, and with a 6850 onboard I think maybe it will be enough. Any thoughts about that CPU on this mobo?
They are already out.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188024&Tpk=780i

We need more AM3+ Micro-ATX mobos!

Like the title says, "We need more AM3+ Micro-ATX mobos!".
It seems that all the Manufactures have discontinued all of them. All we are getting now is FM2 for the APU's. APU's are cool and all but they just do not really compare to the FX when it comes to some things. Like say Gaming. Ever since the manufactures have stopped making the AM3/AM3+ MicroATX mobos, this hole has been made in the market for small form factor Gaming with AMD. We are pretty much left with searching through leftovers and it is becoming increasingly harder to find a good Micro-ATX that supports AM3/AM3+ CPU's. You know what is even worse is that people on Ebay know all this and are cashing in on this fact by selling used ones at cost. Heck I could by a newer full ATX mobo for less than some of the older Micro-ATX AM3/AM3+ mobo's on Ebay and even some other sites. All the normal sites like NewEgg, Tigerdirect, Amazon, and other sites that sell PC Components just basically have the older 700 Series mobos. The few 800 series that they do have all have 700 series SouthBridges. One of the problems with that is that they do not support a few features that we look for today in the newer boards. Like say Sata 3 (6Gb/s). You need 800 series or higher for that. It is just basically hard to find a decent Micro-ATX with all the specs that we desire nowadays. :(
Anyways....
You know what I would really love to see is some 900 Series Micro-ATX mobo's. Like say a 990FX, 990x, or 970. Heck I would not even care if it was that 980G which is just a re-branded 880G. I could care less if it had on-board graphics or not, just as long as it was a Micro-ATX. If I am gaming I would more than likely just add a separate GPU anyways. Heck the 980G would allow for on-board graphics as it is has Radeon HD 4250. Thing is nobody made any mobo's with it for some odd reason. Maybe because they already had the 880G. What ever the case, we are pretty much stuck in a rut now if we are looking for a small form factor AM3/AM3+ mobo.
So what do you all say MSI?
Would you all be willing to do this?
If not then why not just do another production run of some older 880G/850 AM3+ Micro-ATX mobo's again? At least to fill that hole in the market that we have now.
Anyways it is just a thought.

Ask MSI if you want to complain or suggest a new product. This is a Users-to-Users Forum. As FM2 with cpu integrated gpu replaced AM3+ for small systems with onboard gpu that will none the less be most likely useless. It's AMD's decision.
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MSI P965 Neo-F (MS-7235) problem booting from USB flash drive

Hi, all!
I was wondering if someone can help me. I am trying to install Windows 7 x64 on my 320GB HDD that is connected to my MSI P965 Neo-F (MS-7235) mobo (The CPU is a Core2Duo 6600 with 6GB of RAM). I created a bootable USB 8GB flash drive using Microsoft's "Windows 7 DVD USB Download Tool" and bootsect.exe (Needed to create a boot sector on the USB drive) from the MS store. I successfully tested the resulting bootable USB drive using freeware MobaLiveCD (Sorry, you'll have to Google "mobalivecd" since this forum doesn't seem to allow external links) running under Windows XP SP3 x86 (32bit). Under MobaLive's QEMU, Windows 7 setup loaded its files and produced an error message basically saying that it could not install Windows 7 x64 under an x86 OS (No surprise there since QEMU is emulating a 32bit processor - The point is that the bootable USB drive I created works).
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Quote from: RemusM on 12-June-14, 17:51:30
The P965 Neo motherboard is 8 years old, so don't expect miracles. .... You need to format the USB stick in the proper way. You may use this utility to do it: hxxp://www.prime-expert.com/flashboot/ Also, it's a good idea to use the first (USB0) connector (controlled by Intel ICH8) for the USB flash drive. Good luck.
Thank You for your fast response, RemusM!
I'm not looking for a miracle. I'm just looking for a mobo that does what it is supposed to do: Allow me to boot from a USB flash drive (I don't think that is too much to ask for even from a board that was made in 2006)!
Thanks for recommending FlashBoot. I see under their "Why FlashBoot" section that it "... does not shift to user the burden of choice between "USB-ZIP" and "USB-HDD" at format time and proper BIOS setup at boot time. ... and every USB disk is formatted in such way that it will work in every environment properly, regardless of current BIOS setting.", so I will give it a try and let you know about the results afterwards.

Memory Voltage X58 Platinum

Hi,
I recently bought 2 GTX 460's to SLI with my X58 Platinum. I have been having lock ups while gaming that sometimes include white blocks all over the screen. EVGA tech support has told me to ensure my ram timings and voltages are set correctly for the RAM I use to ensure stability. The memory model I use is OCZ3G1333LV6GK. I changed the timings to 9-9-9-20, but I was unable to change the voltage from 1.5 to the recommended 1.65. The option was greyed out and the BIOS stated that changing the voltage to 1.65 could potentially damage the cpu.
Can I/Should I find a way to force the voltage up? Is this the incorrect RAM/Mobo Combination? What do you all think?

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The option was greyed out
Use the +/- keys of your keyboard's numpad.
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and the BIOS stated that changing the voltage to 1.65 could potentially damage the cpu.
1.65V is the absolute maximum Intel has defined for DRAM voltage. Ignore the warning.

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HELLO
recently i Bought BBXPII MOBO and I install ALL when i start it up the Mobo starts no issues but the monitor was on stand by ;/
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I bought new chip with the newest Version of the BIOS i swap it with the CHIP Original installed I Clear the CMOS and press multi BIOS button then i plug in my PSU
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any ideas someone know what i do wrong ?
the Chip i buy with the BIOS can be faulty to but how i can check it i guess I cant ;/
then how i can flash BIOS when i even cant get the MOBO boot ? and i will not buy older CPU to start the MOBO that will be just insane and i don't have any one who can barrow me one for 5 min ;/
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Bios: Version 1.2 CHIP with 2.7 installed
VGA: GT 130 as a TEST also have GF 780TI on both no out put
PSU: AEROCOOL STRIKE X 800W
Intel Core i7-4820K LGA 2011 130W
MEM: 4x4 RIPJAWSZ 1866 MHZ
HDD: CORSAIR FORCE 240gb SSD
COOLER: Corsair H90 Water Cooler

HELLO
Again ME I think its a warning for a lot of you
Finely MSI contacted me and i get my RAM nr I spend 40£ to send the motherboard to MSI in Netherland yee i was happy someone will deal with the problem I have and they will update my BIOS to make sure my CPU will be compatible with the Mobo.
Today I receive my MOBO back I was really happy i connect all and i get in SHock nothing the same issue no Video output Monitor stays black just like was before the debug panel is off nothing running
i check and the serial nr of the MOBO is different what mean its total new Mobo and probably coz i cant get it running its same old BIOS i spend 40£ probably to swap new Motherboard for New Motherboard but not to fix the issue and the issue was simple i need version of bios 2.3 or higher to make it work with my CPU I7-4820K
now I don't know what to do the shop where I buy the Mobo dont want to help me and when i ask for my money back they seid its after the 30 days period and i cant get refund i just wasted 284£ all in for nothing a big black garbage what taking only space in my room now with MSI LOGO ON IT
In MSI eyes People don't buy new rigs they just upgrade stuff
it should be like that
I was should have old PC with I7-3930K and then i decide to buy new processor that how MSI Think (Why to buy 3820k or 3930k when u can get 4820 or 4930k for allmost the same price ? )
but my mistake was i buy new processor and new Motherboard and cant get it run because in that NEW MOBO is 1.2 Ver of BIOS and without having old CPU u cant update :(
Best Regards to everyone

Availability and Fitting of backlit keyboard to Envy DV6 - 7331SA

I've an Envy DV6-7331SA which works just fine.
I'd quite like a backlit keyboard.
Googling around it seems that backlit keyboards are available but
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2. I can find various foreign and US keyboards but dont seem to be able to find a UK backlit keyboard.
- Is this available
- What is its part No.
- where can I get one
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Hello,
i recently received a replacement for a K2N2-ILSR mobo and i am still having BIG problems with it. With the first mobo, installation of Windows XP w/SP1 simply would not complete. The installation kept crashing and STOP ERRORS like 0x8E, 0x0A would appear and random points of the process (i tried to install them more than 20 times). The CPU was an XP 1800+ and memory was 2 DDR400 sticks of not so good quality (cheapest i could find...at that point i did not know that the mobo was so picky with memory). The Graphics card is a FX5200. PSU was 350W. When i checked the system BIOS i show a CPU temperature reading of 85 degrees! Of course, the CPU was nowhere around 45 at that moment (which i verified by testing it on another mobo). I suspected that the motherboard was faulty and returned it. In the meantime, i figured out about these issues with Nforce2 and memory, so i decided to upgrade everything. I bought a Barton XP 2500+, 2 Crucial DDR400 256MB sticks and a new Enermax 450W PSU. I tried them on the new mobo, but guess what...XP w/SP1 still did not install! I finally tried to install XP w/out SP1 and everything worked fine! Or so i thought so....after 3 weeks of working with it i STILL get STOP errors, mainly 0x0A and 0x8E.
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K8N Neo2 & Crucial PC3200 2 X 512 (Model: CT6464Z40B) help please!!!

Dear friends:
I just built my first AMD system, with some hesitation to be honest, and of now, the new system has a memory related problem. I have the following:
Crucial (512MB X 2) 1 GB PC3200 400Mhz CL3 DDR DIMM (Model:
CT6464Z40B)
When I tried to install WinXP Pro for the first time with the two memory modules installed, the system will freeze in the middle of the installation. When I removed the module from slot 3 (green in color) and leave the other in slot 1 (green), WinXP will load in a breeze. With WinXP loaded, I re-inserted the module in slot 3 and after a short while the system froze again. I removed it once more and the system runs as it should. I removed the module in slot 1 and replaced it with the one in slot 3, and ran the PC with just that one and the PC run just fine, I even installed SP2 and the system runs just fine with one memory module. My conclusion is that the MOBO doesn't what to run with both modules installed. I haven't flashed the BIOS yet, that will be my next step.
Could someone please help me set the DRAM configuration in the BIOS. I know someone out there already has the right settings for the brand and model mention above and running a stable system.
Also please help me decipher what the following means (as far as the sequence goes): 2.5-3-3-5-1T TrC11
or
2-3-2-5-1T 230Mhz ***** these are not the right ones******
Where do the above go when the sequence in the DRAM in the BIOS in the following:
Settings
Max Memclock (MHz) [100, 133, 166, 200]
1T/2T Memory Timing [1T/2T]
CAS# latency (Tcl) [2.0, 2.5, 3.0]
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) [2,3,4,5,6,7]
Min Ras# active time (Tras) [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
Row precharge Time (Trp) [2,3,4,5,6]
**All have an "auto" setting**
I apologize for the length of this post and my ignorance about this matter.
One more thing, I haven't installed the sound board until the system is stable.
Thanks in advance for all your help
Chinche

That's IT!! I've HAD it!! M_ther F_cker! M_ther F_cker! No MORE! Not Tonight!
I give up. I have messed with every single Memory timing and voltage setting. One stick of crucial memory works no matter what the settings are, and two sticks of crucial memory throw errors no matter what I do to the BIOS settings.
I took my memory to my friends house, who also has a K8N-Neo2 and it does the very same thing. There appears to be a problem with this mobo / ram combination.
I am going to contact MSI about it. For now, I am just using one stick of the Crucial memory just so I can have a stable system.
hansh, The reason you aren't having problems is because you are using Ballistix Crucial memory. chinche and I are using standard issue (read cheaper) Crucial memory. My friend is also using the Ballistix memory and his system is very stable and the memory even runs in Dual Channel mode! I'm going to see what MSI comes up with. If they can't help, I am going to RMA the cheap stuff and go for the Ballistix.
chinche, here is how to decipher the memory timings (at least according to memtest86+)
Tcl - Trcd - Trp - Tras - 1T/2T
They are slightly out of order with the K8N-Neo2 BIOS settings page.
3-3-3-8-2T means
1T/2T Memory Timing = 2T
CAS# latency (Tcl) = 3
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) = 3
Min Ras# active time (Tras) =8
Row precharge Time (Trp) =3
Sometimes people will list @2.6V or @200Mhz also. This is either the Memory Voltage or the Memory Clock.
If you find the solution, please post it here. I will do the same.
-dillonth
system:
Cheiftec Dragon case
Powmax LP-6100EA 500W power supply with below outputs:
+3.3V@30A, +5V@50A, +12V@25A
MSI K8N Neo2 (model MS-7025)
AMD Athlon64 3000+ (retail CPU cooler)
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eVGA e-GeForce 6800
SB Live X-gamer
1 x WD 60GB 7200rpm ATA HDD
2 x WD 200GB 7200rpm ATA HDD
3 x 80mm system coolers
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HEY MSI. READ THIS (regarding ICH5R and compatibility with WD Raptors)

The following issue has not been resolved. Seems like several people have given up and are just using the onboard Promise controller.
Thread on issues regarding WD Raptors configured in RAID via ICH5R
Does it not suprise you that nobody is using Raptors on the ICH5R?? hmmm?? (Maybe because they can't.)
I have requested RMA service with Western Digital to try different hard drives. Now I am on my 2nd RMA. If it does not work (even with both drives using the B5P bridgechip) then IT IS CLEAR THAT YOUR MOTHERBOARD WAS MANUFACTURED WITH A DEFECT. And thus people using this board who want to use RAID with 2 Raptor drives on the ICH5R should be entitled to a replacement board or even their money back. I AM NOT JOKING. I think it's something quite serious because the need and demand from users are being neglected and it seems as though MSI won't bother trying to resolve this issue and hopes to silence this issue by ignoring it.
Mods... please do not delete or lock this thread. And people who are still in the same boat as I am and are just about to give up or have done so already... please let your voices be heard here!
When I get my 2nd replacement Raptor (hopefully it's a B5P) I will do further testing and let everyone know if it solves the issue.

Interestingly, I bought my raptors before I came across this thread, and found that I had problem of having my raptors being detected by the ICH5R. At that time, I also have a HighPoint 1520 Raid PCI card on my mobo.
Guess what, after I removed the HighPoint 1520 Raid PCI card, I am able to have my raptors plug to the ICH5R connectors and being detected. I'm running it at Raid 0 now, as my boot drive.
The two raptors' DCM is HBCAJAB, not sure if this information is useful. Both drives were made in Malaysia.
The thread I am referring to https://forum-en.msi.com/addreply.php?threadid=43273&sid=.

Driver uninstall/install help nee

hello, I need some help with the driver thing. just so you know, i have a audigy 2 ZS. I have a alienware computer and all the stuff in it came pre-installed. I have no disk for my creative card. it is NOT OEM. I have looked everywhere for this info, but havent found anything. I know i need to install the EAX 4 thing before the updated drivers. ialso know the safe mode driver cleaner routine to.
when you select audigy 2 ZS in the add/remove programs thing, a menu comes up asking if you want to modify, remove, blah, blah. I know i chosse modify, but then a menu comes up with all the components of the software for the card. the only one I found that might be the one i need to remove is the "windows drivers". i assume that this is it, but i want to be sure.
any help on this matter is appreciated. and any help on the installation would be helpful.
EDIT: I intend this to be a routine update, as i'm a gamer. these two updates are all i need, right? I found a reference in a thread to open AL stuff, so what about that? I also have doubts that the EAX4.0 advanced HD and the .84.55 are the most up to date drivers. they are really pretty old...Message Edited by Hillbilly_37 on 09-05-2005 0:55 PM

Hillbilly_37 wrote:
so its a CPU thing? not a mobo thing? what you said doesent really answer my Q. I hava a Nforce 4 mobo and a Athlon FX-55 64 bit CPU. is it asking for your CPU, or a mobo, or what?
NForce4 is a chipset type used on your ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard. You can find information 'bout chipsets by googling.
Athlon FX-55 64-bit CPU is a 64-bit processor. (!! one of the fastest ATM, BTW)
As an shortly addon to my previous post.
<i>Any i386 specific product (eg. 32-bit) can be used on your system if your system (processor/operating system) can operate in 32-bit mode too. If you use 64-bit operating system, as your system can operate with, then you (normally) need 64-bit drivers for your devices/controllers and 64-bit applications too (perhaps there is some sort of 6/32-bit emulator inside Windows x64, I dunno it).</i>
.jtp

Is there a known issue with motherboard resources with nf2?

hello,
i just bought an epox nf2, setup everything, install xp pro, BUT after installing all drivers, i get a punctuation mark on one of the motherboard resources in dvice manager, its the second one, because i think there are 3 mobo resources. whats that? i installed all drivers already?
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try downloading the driver package and finding a suitable update there... also checking the irq addresses in windows and then checking on boot up will also help connect which devices are which... for me i had a usb2.0 driver and a smbus driver to get and update

Header error message, very confusing situation

Hi everyone!
I havent done any serious video editing so I am quite new to setting it all up. I really wanted to do a video montage of old home movies for my wedding next month. So please help! Basically I have used my canon 5d mkii to film my tv and capture some old movies (the quality is quite good actually). Some clips are very short, some are a bit longer (>45 seconds).
Once recorded, I download the .mov files onto my external hard drive (F drive). This is a western digital 1tb USB3 drive. Model number WDBPCK0010BBK-EESN. This came formatted to NTFS. My main adobe suite is installed on my 64gb ssd crucial m4 drive. I only have 4gb of free space left on this which is why i dont store media on it.
The problem starts when trying to import to adobe preimiere pro cs6. If I download the .mov files from the camera to the F drive, then go into premiere pro and click import, the smaller clips import fine but a message saying header error or corrupt file appears and it wont import the larger files (>45seconds).
This is where it gets strange (in my opinion). If I download the files from the camera to my C drive, then import to premiere pro, all the files work, even the big ones! No errors at all. Also, if I transfer the .movs from my C: drive, to my F; drive, and then import them from my F; drive into premiere pro they still work. No errors again. So it just doesnt work if they were imported from the camera to F; drive. I dont understand why :/
My scratch disks are set to F drive.
What is the difference between importing from my camera to C: drive or F: drive? Why does that effect premiere pro?
Is this a scratch disk problem?
Is this because my F drive isnt fast enough?
Is it becuase i need to transode the .mov files first? I was under the impressions this wasn't need with CS6?
I dont use a graphics card... I just use my i72600k and z68 mobo combo.
What should I do? I could afford one more new hard drive, and I wouldnt mind buying a new ssd and getting a bigger one, and swapping it with my current ssd so the new one holds the operating system and use the 64gb just for scratch files / rendering? However I am very poor right now with paying for the wedding so if there is another option that would be great.
Thanks everyone,
Craig

If I understood you correctly, files that wouldn't work from your F: drive yesterday suddenly started working today, even though you didn't do anything? This indicates to me that your problems are based on speed-of-transfer issues, as well as files not being ready to be used even though they may be visible in Explorer or File Open windows. Four clues lead me to that conclusion:
Your SSD is much faster than your external drive, so read/write operations occur in a fraction of the time.
You are only having problems with larger files (>45 mins. of video).
The File is Ready for Archiving attribute only shows up when the file is completely written, has been checked by Windows, and is made available to backup utilities.
PEK files allow Pr to draw the waveforms in the timeline, and for longer video clips this can take a few minutes.
My suggestion to you is to start transferring files from the camera to your F: drive (the USB transfer should be OK, but it's going to be slow), and while that's going on, go get a cup of coffee. Give all the file operations a chance to be completed by Windows before you try to import into Pr.
Jeff
EDIT: I should add that your USB setup is a huge bottleneck. If you think about it, the data has to go from the camera through a USB port (2.0 maybe?), out through another USB port to be written to the F: drive, then read back into the computer for playing or editing from that very same F: drive through that very same USB cable, all while the computer is still trying to write more data to the external drive. It's like a salmon swimming upstream.

I need help with the installation of my M.B.

i have nforce 4 intel edition diamond and i installed my M.b to the package and now i nned to put together all the USB and LED's but i don't know how to do it you can help me with this
i have this Package SUNSHINE 8088

Quote from: orlf on 02-March-06, 21:55:04
i have the manual but it's not right there!!
Ok if you can not find the pin out in the manual, then you will have to look at the MoBo to Figure out how to connect the Front Panel Connectors.
Look to the bottom right of the Mobo, you should see a group of pins. Now look very closely at pins and the area surrounding the pins. You should see some print on the mobo that Identifies what the pins are, and what "Front Panel" header should be plugged into it. The print on the mobo will be abbreviated (ex. PW-S = Power Switch, HDD_LED = Hard Disk Drive LED). You should also see some markings on the wires coming from the front panel as well. You will have to do your best to match up the headers.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=663
GL
Heath

Found Solution to 2 months of reboots and non-POST may help others

This may be a bit of a read but here's my story.
I've had this Neo Platinum with a a64 2800+ for close to a year now, and 2 months ago was the first of what i thought was "buy a new system" signs. Specs are in sig.
i've had this machine overclocked 267 HTx3 x9 multiplier 166 mem 3-3-3-8 1T = 2.4GHz All stock voltages since the first week i owned this rig (self built) and only two months ago did these problems start. I notice the first weird thing about 4 months ago but everythign was running stable so i just pawned it off to nothing, i was cleaning my tower out one day and noticed that the uv reactive blue ATX header in my motherboard was BROWN!.. so i pulled out the header and took a closer look. The 3.3V (Orange) lines on the top (orientation installed in board) had gotten soo hot they had burned the plastic to a dark brown.. now i thought first off wow that got pretty hot heheh but checked my voltages in core cell and everything seemed fine.
Ok jump to two months ago.. started having reboots maybe once a week.. gaming usually, that went on for a couple weeks.. then it started every day, then every half day, then every hour etc... it got to the point where it would power on from cold.. and power off a second later.. no bios, no beeps nothin. So of course i ripped the board, cpu, ram, and psu out of the case and tried it barebones. After a week of fiddling with it.. (tried different ram (known to be memtest stable), psu (enermax 430W) and vid card) to no avail.. so i let it sit for a few days off.. came back and tried it again.. oh looky.. it posted... went into bios checked some stuff and F10 reboot... no post.. i thought ?! trying to determine if you've got bad ram, psu mobo or cpu without good alternatives to test sucks... heh so i'm thinkin it must be ram.. after a couple hours i thought hey i should see if i get post error beeps with no ram in it.. tried that.. huh... no post.. no beep nothing... reset.. BEEP.. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (apparently it hung there so i'm like will it's not a ram problem hahah.. so then i'm thinkin ok it's PSU or CPU or MOBO then. stuck what i had taken out back together (still outside case)
i cleared CMOS.. oh looky it posted ( i could do this over andover all day.. it would only post after clear cmos) so i'm thinkin.. ok after you clear cmos this board runs at a really slow cpu ram speed just to get goin... so i get into health monitoring.. and looky here... 3.3V reads 2.89V..... that's not right. So i stick in my other original PSU (from sig) and it was a little better 2.98 sometimes touching over 3V.. still not right.
I eventually got it to work at 200 HTx3 RAM@166 x9 mulitplier.. hey it got me in to play NFSU2 (i refuse to use my celeron 3.6G for that.. chop chop chop)
this ran for a while.. then same problems came back.. no post no nothin but on off on off.. messed around with it for a bit and suddenly.. bang! everything went like a dream.. so i started slowly taking my settings back to normal.. worked like a dream... went back to my overclocked settings.. worked like a charm.. i'm sittin there not knowing wether to throw the damned thing out the window or cry in happiness it's workin hahah.. all this time my 3.3V was still under 3V in corecell.
ok time for what i found that really fixed er up.. i went to my buds today (network admin, oh btw i've been a pc tech for 14 years.. and i will NEVER forget this little trick, i'm amazed how much i still learn everyday.. even after 14 years of crap (mostly micro$oft
So out of the blue he says... hey.. i wonder if that ATX connector got that hot, that maybe the metal has degraded somewhat on those pins in the header... i slapped my forehead and kicked myself in the ass hehe never even crossed my mind. So we get out the precision screwdrivers and gently give all 4 sides of the 3 pins a good scrape down. Plug in.. goto system monitor.. BAM!!! 3.2v i was still shaking my head at this point that after 2 months of pissin with this thing that's all it was..
Figured i'd better make sure.. plug another psu in.. 3.2V i'm like geezus.. SOOOO NOW i'm stuck with wondering.. what the hell made my mobo draw THAT much current that it almost melted the ATX header.. and on the 3.3V rail too. i wouldn't think that just overclocking would do that.. especially when i'm using default voltages across the board.. for those who are wondering my temps are 35 idle (remember speedfan STOPS my cpu fan) and 52 full prime95 load (fan 100%) CnQ is enabled
I'd love to see someone from MSI explain all the power issues with this board (keyboard issues, USB issues, Burnt ATX header issues ETC. heh)
I guess now that my system is runnin like a dream.. i'll have to test my original PSu (aerocool) on my celery and see if the 3.3 rail is pooched or not.
Thought i might be able to help someone sidestep the grief ... oh the 2 months of grief that i went through
Any questions on other issues i'm happy to answer as well
Sig Addition: I refuse to RMA ANYTHING.. unless it's got blown caps

Wow nice fix... I dont think I would have ended up finding out what happened, good job

So is my mobo knacked or what?

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