Up to date K7N2 Delta2 CPU temp query

Hi all, just installed my first MSI board, K7N2 Delta 2 with a Sempron 3000+ chip that I previously had installed in an Asrock K7VT4A pro. Anyway, it's the old "oh heck the CPU temp has gone up to....." one. Idle on the Asrock was around 42 - 45 c, on the K7N2 its 50c. After initial panic (after all, op range is quoted as 0 - 95c for the processor) I removed and reinstalled the cooler with a new thermal pad for no change in reported temp, and flashed the bios to 11.5/B5 - again for no change in reported temp.
The ASROCK doesn't have that little tongue thing sticking-up under the socket (sorry if I'm getting too technical for some of you here) so I'm guessing that it is taking its reading from the socket, in which case the higher reading on the K7N2 is to be expected, but I'm a little confused between all the temp reporting revisions mentioned in the forum for the different bios levels. Is 50c with BIOS 11.4 and 11.5 OK or has the reading been revised down in these levels, in which case it's high, or has it been revised down and then up again, in which case it's OK
I'm running Sempron 3000+, no OC, 1G Crucial in 2x 512 sticks, Akasa AK-827RD rated for XP 3400+, akasa thermal pad, in a Coolermaster Centurion 530 with 2 x 120 mm case fans. CPU fan is running at 2445 reported by Core Center in manual mode. PSU is AKASA Powermax 460. Case is tidy with cables fastened back for good airflow.
TA much
Andi

Hey folks, thanks for the responses.
CPU is correctly installed, I even had a moment of anxiety about this yesterday and reinstalled it to check.
Fans are maxed, I set Core Centre to manual and maxed the CPU and NB fans. The Smart fan settings in bios are disabled.
Tower is under desk, desk is actually a table so no solid sides nor back to restrict airflow. The Centurion is a good cool case, taking the side off makes virtually no difference and system temp is showing as a decent and consistent 25 - 27 c (room is 21c).
Everything except the mobo is the same as it was with the Asrock, even the position under the table. I even checked in case I had rammed any of the fan connectors on the wrong way and was blowing in reverse (that sucks!). For the record, the front system fan is sucking air in, the rear system fan is blowing out, the PSU is blowing air out of the back of the case, the CPU and NB fans are blowing air onto the board, and the CPU fan has a duct to a vent in the side panel to help it bring in cool external air.
I just ran the machine for a couple of hours at 98 - 100 % CPU by running a bunch of audio tracks in Cubase with plugins on every track and the temp has remained steady at an indicated 58 - 59c. My idle CPU rate is around 2% (these figures from Task Manager).
I'm still intrigued by the 41c indicated at boot after overnight cooldown, has anyone done this or would anyone care to do it and share the bios temp reading, I literally hit the power switch then del, straight into bios and then directly to the hw / health tab.
Incidentally, I thought that all Sempron 3000+ CPUs were Bartons (I know the MSI list says Thoroughbred but I thought they were all 512kb L2 Cache chips - anyways, mine is apparently a Power PC 604, x86 family 6, model 10, stepping 0, so I figure Barton?). Barton op temp is quoted as being 0 - 95c by AMD, and confusingly elsewhere AMD quotes max temp as 90c - in either case I have a bit of spare range. I'm running it with an ext clock of 166, auto multiplier and it's giving me 2166mhz.
Again, thanks to all; I know that this is pretty well a "done to death" subject and I really do appreciate the help.
Andi

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How to reduce from 5º to 8ºC CPU Temp on your MSI K7N2 Delta!

I've installed this tweak last week and it is working very stable since then. It decreased my Idle CPU Temp from 42º to 36º and Overload from 54º to 48º:
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http://ftp://ftp.vector.co.jp/pack/win95/hardware/other/wpcre14.exe
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Just tried it for the first time..It works GREAT
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Some of you probably know about it, already....here's for thousand others that don't.
This tweak can drop your idle CPU temps down as much as 8c, maybe more...depending on your system.
First thing you need to do is download WPCRSET & WPCREDIT.
They're both in this zip.
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- Then go back to the folder with extracted files, and open "WPCREDIT.EXE"
- A ms-dos like window will pop-up. Move the blinking block (with arrow keys or your mouse pointer) until it says Offset 6F at the buttom. Now, click on the two digit number where it says "HEX", and change it to 1F (The Hex for Offset 6F would have previously been 9F, 8F or something else). Hit Set.
Your idle temps should now start falling.
You would have to do this hack/tweak everytime you rebooted your computer if it wasn't for WPCRSET.
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- Then click Add. Enter 6F for the register, and 1F for the data
- Click Ok and you'll be prompted to restart.
Once, you rebooted, open WCREDIT again and see if the 6F register is still on 1F. If it is, then that's it..You're all done.
Here's a Screenie of how it should be:
This only brings your idle temps down, and not your full load temps
It should work for all nforce2s, and use at your own risk
Check your nf7-s for CPU Disconnect. Most other nforce2 motherboards do not have this feature in the bios...so this tweak might prove useful.
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Originally posted by Abducted on 12-16-2003 at 03:43 PM
It activates the C1 (and maybe the C2) function Athlon XP CPU's support. Most mainboard brands have this feature as an option in the bios you can enable and disable. I just found out that EPoX doesn't have that feature. So what you're doing is just using a direct reg tweak to activate it. It's not like you're forcing anything, the Athlon XP chips are made to support this feature so it shouldn't do any damage.
When the CPU is idle the mainboard will send a command to the CPU that will cause a part of the CPU to be deactivated (and therefore not produce any heat). That's why this tweak only works on the idle temp and doesn't change anything on the load temp. Ofcourse as soon as the CPU power is needed the deactivated part will become active again, so it should have any influence on the performance of the CPU.
Strangely, my full load temp has decreased 6º C degrees too.

K7n2 delta2 temps

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Sounds low. Maybe because you managed to get an unsupported CPU to run along on this board.http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=617&kind=1
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B3 bios reports cpu temp 10c higher than b5 bios on k7n2 plat

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ps do I need to clear cmos when I have put new bios in or will it doit as part of the process ??

dear os navi,
yep
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[AMD] problems errors ram with cpu vcore change on k7n2 delta2 platinum

hello
i'm a french new owner of k7n2 delta2 platinum and i got something strange.
I have 2*512 PC3200 cas3 of kingston value ram with voltage 1.75 instead of 1.6v running in dual CAS 2.5/3/3/8 at FSB 195 like the cpu : 2500xp barton.
With occt and memtest86+ i'm stable with a CPU vcore at 1.725.After 195 the computer starts but not really stable. So i put the cpu vcore at 1.75 to put higher fsb and then i get thousands RAM errors with memtest(even if i stay fsb 195). i tried with cas 3/3/3/11 and it was worst. On the bios B5 i tried with different settings : agressive, optimal, 1/1, auto, manual, patch ddr or not...and always the same. My PSU is 450w noname and i've 4 HD 1player 1 burner & a geforce 5200 o/c 10%.
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the thing to check is the vdimm voltage for the ram ... i'm pretty sure it should be around 2.6 volts .. try upping it one step
vcore is the voltage to the cpu and doesn't affect the ram

Problems errors ram with cpu vcore change on k7n2 delta2 platinum

hello
i'm a french new owner of k7n2 delta2 platinum and i got something strange.
I have 2*512 PC3200 cas3 of kingston value ram with voltage 1.75 instead of 1.6v running in dual CAS 2.5/3/3/8 at FSB 195 like the cpu : 2500xp barton.
With occt and memtest86+ i'm stable with a CPU vcore at 1.725.After 195 the computer starts but not really stable. So i put the cpu vcore at 1.75 to put higher fsb and then i get thousands RAM errors with memtest. i tried with cas 3/3/3/11 and it was worst. On the bios B6 i tried with different settings : agressive, optimal, 1/1, auto, manual, patch ddr or not...and always the same. My PSU is 450w and i've 4 HD 1player 1 burner.
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Quote from: osnavi on 23-September-05, 11:36:11
"...So i put the cpu vcore at 1.75 to put higher fsb and then i get thousands RAM errors with memtest..." I would say it's not the v. core but the CPU o/c. that gives that errors, as it make not sence to increase v.core only for itself.
Oh yes it does
The CPU and memory work hand-in-hand. If one is out of sync it can cause the other to start spitting out errors.
You are overclocking and that more of a scientific art, not an exact science.
Components react differently to an entire list of variables, especially the CPU/memory.
What you are trying to do requires trail and error testing however I agree the Kingston memory is holding you back at this point with the clock you are pushing
I would go for the most stable FSB settings that allow Dynamic Overclock to be enabled to SERGEANT before I would go for ultra High FSB because you will peak the system at its highest performance curve when you need the boost, and I would bet money that peak would be higher than any strait FSB over-clock you can hit stable.
Psychologically allot of people think their systems are not running the highest performance it can unless they set the system up at the highest FSB/multiplier and that is simply not true with dynamic overclocking enabled and correctly tuned with the rest of the components.

[nForce] High CPU Usage for SATA to SATA File Transfers? K7N2 Delta2 Platinum

I've recently added an additional SATA hard drive to my K7N2 Delta2 Platinum, and was wondering why it uses like oh.. 100% of my CPU to transfer files to another SATA hard drive. I'm using the latest nforce2 drivers at the moment.

whoa.. so many replies.. but yea system specs:
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[nForce] K7N2 Delta2 Platinum w/Version B.5 BIOS, trouble with post and XP install.

I have
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Elixir 500MB PC-3200 DDR (3 sticks, total 1.5GB)
eVga Nvidia MX4000 64MB AGP card
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I pulled everything else out of the box. I've tried the B.3, B.4, and B.5 BIOS and set everything to Optimized Defaults. I created a striped RAID Array of 4 WD 80GB drives on the primary and secondary onboard controller. The CD is on the Maxtor controller.
There are some problems I can't figure out.
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2) The POST hangs just before seeking the IDE drives. I have to hit a key for it to continue.
3) The LED's on the D bracket have the top right light dark until the key is hit. Something to do with initializing the floppy controller.
4) The XP install fails to a blue screen just after hitting the F8 key to accept the license. The code is 0x0000007B.
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Quote from: dmichael34 on 17-September-05, 22:42:56
The Maxtor controller was removed when you originally suggested to do so. The add on controller is an SIL 680 RAID.
I will try reseating the processor next.
I can also attempt a boot through POST without the array, as this shouldn't affect the boot process.
I did notice that the ctrl-alt-del on the LEFT side of the keyboard doesn't work.
However, the ctrl-alt-del on the RIGHT side of the keyboard does work.
Maybe I've been looking for a serious problem and overlooking the obvious.
I do not see how the CPU temp would cause a pause at boot until "any key" is hit... it sounds more to me like the system has paused to either look for a device or boot a BIOS on a device card.
If I am not mistaken, you are using a RAID card to boot windows? Is this correct?
If that is true it is possible the boot sequence is not set correctly in the BIOS such as "BOOT OTHER DEVICE" ( I cannot remember the exact term in the BIOS)
I am not sure about that but you could try changing the boot sequence so your RAID card is above "HARD DISK" on the list

K7N2 Delta2-LSR doesn't POST

Hi there, sorry before if anyone had asked this question before,
I have a system
K7N2 Delta2-LSR
Sempron 2600+
Adata Vitesta 2x256Mb
Winfast A250LE TD Ti4200
PATA hard drive...
i just tried to oc this system,
before : Sempron 2600+ @1833MHz, fsb 166, ram timing auto, vcore default 1.5V
1st trial : FSB 185, ram timing auto, vcore 1.55V, POST success, but i didn't boot to OS, entering setup again, wanna try higher FSB
2nd trial : at FSB 188, ram timing auto (i only changed FSB and vcore), vcore still 1.55V, my system didn't POST...
I tried to clear cmos, by moved the jumper, but it still didn't POST. Anybody help me pliz, what problem did i face?
Thank's

Quote from: HenryW on 11-August-07, 00:27:10
Do you have the manual that came with the motherboard? What kind of RAM do you have ( PC2700-333Mhz or PC3200-400Mhz)? If you are going to be increasing FSB you should have PC3200.
You will need to set the jumper on J10 to pins 2-3 (safe mode) restart PC and reset BIOS to default settings. Next turn off PC & set J10 jumper back to pins 1-2.
Before attempting to overclock again come back here for advice.
Yup, i have ram, DDR 500, but i run it at fsb 166.
what i tried is FSB at 190 Vcore 1.7V (default 1.6V) ram timing 2-3-3-7 T1
but the cpu temp is 52C (on bios)... is this normal? i only use the stock cooling HSF...
at FSB 166, temp is 47C. But i touch the HSF, not so hot like that temp, is the sensor wrong?
Anyway, on the socket A, there is an electric ribbon (sorry, i don't know the name...i name it my self ), is that the sensor for the cpu temp?
"J10" is nothing on my MoBo, i use "insert" while pressing power button, it worked just the same like "J10" works...

K7n2 delta2 lsr o/c freeze plz help

hi (p.s. im french from montreal canada plz sorry my baby english )
i just buy a new mobo Msi k7n2 delta2 lrs ( 601-6570-e-030),for take place oh my old (flash broken) Asus a7v8x-x.
CPU athlon xp 2000+ 0.13µ(T-bought),2x256 meg kingston pc 2700,MSI (i like this corp.)Geforce Fx 5200 @ 275/450(original 250/400).
(ASUS) when i start doing O/c my pc work at 133fsb and ram was underclock like pc2100.after few week of getting info every where i put my fbs easily to 166 whit only 0.5 more vcore and my pc was like a 2600+,one day(2 month later) a fail to flash bios ........l buy new msi 6570-e and new 120mm fan for my case and i CAN'T even doing avy o/c ..... i can'T put my ram to 133 by ratio 1:1 (only at 166 whit 5:4),i can't put 2600+ even whit 1.8 vcore (alredy try whit old board and cpu dont burn ) i canT put to 160 155 150 140 nothing.. i lock the agp mhz (i cant do that whit asus )my timming still same 2.5 3.3.7
each time try to boot whit one of these setting when i reach windows my pc freeze after 1 min or 2 min
its not a temp prob a have 3 fan 60mm 120mm and 6 inch my PSU is noname but 360Wmax (200W)+3.3V=14A..+5V=35A..12V=17A..-5V=0.5A

Good! I have that problem few months ago, not overclocking, just try 1:1 and it'll failed (but work ok for ansyc ratio).
Unfortunately I didn't have chance to flash BIOS, that PC needed to delivered as quick as possible.

New K7N2 Delta2 - LSR motherboard installed - a few questions

Hi - thanks for your advice on my other threads concerning my dying K7N2 Delta2 - LSR motherboard. I finally installed my new board over the weekend.
It's virtually identical to the old board. The only difference I can find is that this new board has on board LAN.
The downside: When the seller packed the board in the original box, he put the huge Thermaltake heatsink on the CPU socket. It dented the two capacitors next to it. He also put the manual - CD - etc. bag on top of the static bag.
Virtually every capacitor was bent when I took the motherboard out of the bag. Naturally, I was a bit concerned.
The upside: I went ahead with the installation anyway. I could not get the PC to boot when the Thermaltake heatsink installed. All I got was a high-pitch squeal. I thought it was because of the damaged capacitors.
With nothing to lose, I installed the stock heatsink that came with the CPU. It booted right up and is stable. As an added bonus I did not have to reinstall XP Pro or any of my programs!
One other thing - I used Arctic Silver Ceramique and applied it exactly as stated in the directions. I was a bit nervous about not spreading the Ceramique on the CPU.
It works great. I am getting CPU temperatures ranging from the mid 30s C to the mid 40s C. I never got temps in the mid-30s even with Arctic Silver.
I set the BIOS to Optimized as recommended in the manual. I noticed the RAM voltage is set to 2.7.
Question 1 - I believe my RAM is specified to run at 2.5. Will this increased voltage cause a problem?
Question 2 - In addition to Optimized, there's Turbo Mode, Enhanced Turbo Mode and Manual in the BIOS. What's the difference between Turbo Mode and Enhanced Turbo mode? There's nothing in the manual explaining this.
One other thing. I have my new USB keyboard and old USB mouse connected to the PS/2 ports. They work perfectly. I can get to the BIOS using this keyboard.
Joe

Wonkanoby, Fredrik, Henry - thanks for posting. The motherboard I have now has an Orange PCI slot, 4 white PCI slots and a Red AGP slot that has a locking mechanism that slides toward the back of the PC tower case instead of a lever that you pull up.
If this is an OEM motherboard, it sure came with a lot of extras, such as SATA cables, a printed manual, CD with drivers, backplate and a fancy box, plus a very customizable BIOS.
Here are 2 pix:
There's no question in my mind that this motherboard is a Retail Motherboard. I just threw out (recycled) an MSI 6389 Gateway motherboard. It had a Gateway BIOS screen, and the BIOS had very few adjustments.
Joe
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P.P.S. I mentioned in an earlier post that I probably disabled the LAN in my old motherboard since I installed a 1 GB Ethernet PCI card. The computer is old, in that the CPU and heatsink are the oldest components now. Everything else is relatively new -

K7N2 Delta2 FSR - no post

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Motherboard: K7N2 Delta2 - FSR
Revision: MS - 6570E Ver: 1.0
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ barton
Heatsink: Thermaltake Copper Plated
Fan: Silent Boost

It's hard to find out things, of course, what it is if one is not allowed to ask what the situation is. The BIOS message checksum error would suggest it returned to basic 100 MHz, which it didn't like. Why did it do that?
The processor is a 166(333) MHz. If you had not so good DDR400 RAM there might be problems, or if it was very fast. What RAM have you got? Or rather, did you have?
If you don't want questions, but something to do, I would suggest you stripped the system of all connected devices - including the power cable and power connections. Also take out the battery and the memory. Please study the memory real close. Go do something else for half a day or so.
Next with only the processor on reconnect only the PSU to the mobo, and have a test run for POST. Hopefully you'll get to BIOS, which will give you all kind of beeps.

K7N2 Delta2-LSR S2K Bus disconnect support ?

Does anybody know if there is built in support for S2K Bus disconnect in K7N2 Delta2-LSR? I've read numerous posts on the Internet, that enabling this feature helps dropping down Athlon XP temps by 6-10 degrees. However, I could not find such option in the BIOS, so I had to use a software utility to do that. It works, but I'm not sure if it has side effects, and it's definitely not the most...elegant solution...
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kamelot:
I use Speedfan to monitor the temperatures of K7N2-Delta2-LSR. After Speedfan detects the sensors in K7N2-Delta2 and if you go to Configure->Advanced->Chip:Winbond83627THF, you will see that Thermal Sensor Diode 2 corresponds to "PII diode", which means that it is most probably connected to the internal thermal diode of the processor. The thermal fluctuations with the processor load is instantaneous and steep on this sensor, which tells me that it is indeed the internal diode. Otherwise, there should have been some detectable lag between the thermal response and processor load. I could not find any direct reference to this information but this is what I found by testing and experimenting with Speedfan.
Regarding the accuracy issue, the absolute temperature value can be off but the delta temperatures should be correct. In the end, absolute temperature reading is just a voltage plus/minus a reference value, reference can change and so the temperature reading. My idle CPU temperature is lower than System temperature, which I think is not correct. But I do not mind this so much because the loaded CPU temperature is about 15C higher then idle and I believe this is the sign of efficient CPU cooling.
K7N2-Delta2-LSR
Athlon XP-M 2500 -> OC: 2.4 GHz (12x200, 1.65v)
Kingwin KCU-7015 cooler (cheap but works well, and when fan speed is controlled by BIOS it is very silent)
Single channel 512 MB PC3200 DDR 2.5-3-3-8

Won't read CPU temp

I am building a Media Center machine from some new bits and some old. I chose an MSI K7N2 Delta 2 LSR board as it supported my redundant Athlon CPU, a fanless north bridge, serial and parallel hard drives and on board sound. It looked ideal particularly as I am very happy with the MSI board on my main machine.
Put it all together and fired up into BIOS. All looked OK till I looked at the PC Health bit. CPU temperature given as 125 C/ 1 F. Returned the board to the supplier (Scan) who found the board faulty (it would not even boot up) and replaced it. New board gave exactly the same. CPU temp 125 C/ 1 F. The system temp looks OK at 20 C. Phoned Scan who said it was a mystery. Offered to replace it again.
What do I do? If I go for an identical replacement will I get the same again? Have I missed something and my system is causing this error and not the board? Do I go for something else and if so what?
Thanks

Hi responders,
A little more background might help. I started this Media Centre with a redundant Abit KT7 board. I then installed Windows XP Media Center. It worked reasonably well but was a little unstable. This was the reason it was redundant, I had replaced it on my my main machine with the MSI KTN2 Delta ISLR which turned out to be excellent. I then replaced this Abit board on my media Centre with an MSI K&N2 Delta 2 LSR and had to do a Windows repair. I should have done a clean install. Anyway it worked up to a point. With this first MSI K7N2 Delta 2 LSR motherboard I got a CPU temperature of 125 C/ 1 F in the BIOS. Carried on into Windows XP and came up with a CPU temperature of -127 C in CoreCell. This motherboard returned and found to be faulty and replaced. Installed this replacement MSI K7N2 Delta2 LSR and it came up with identical results.
Re enginerr 2001. Both motherboards boot OK. Yes I ma afraid, but don't believe, the CPU temperature is too high. The processor is correctly identified. I did not use the same heatsink thermal paste. Cleaned and used a little Akasa thermal paste.
Re Wananoby. see my signatures which I have updated with more detail.
Re Doctor Stu. I agree the temperature reading, either or both +125 C or 1 F, are incorrect. Incidently CoreCell gives the CPU as -127 C !!!
My feeling is that there is a fault in the CPU thermocouple or the processing of its output. But the identical fault on two motherboards is too much of a coincidence unless it is a batch fault in which case others would have had the same problem.
Re Fredrik Asenius. I must admit I'm not sure where to look for this. When I boot up I get
Phoenix Award BIOS v6.00PG
W 6570NMS v11.4 081604 13:34:12
I'd be interested to know what is what.
My next step
Do I
1. Ignore ithe CPU temperature and do a clean reinstall of Windows.
2. Ask for a replacement motherboard, probably from the same batch.
3. Ask for my money back and go for something else? If so what?
Thanks again

[nForce] K7N2 Delta2 Platinum will not boot up

i have a new K7N2 Delta2 Platinum, a new computer case, and just looking to transfer my old hard drive that was on my old mobo to this new mobo and computer case. I am running XP pro w/sp2. i have installed a new dvd burner and a new cd burner. these items where not previously connected to old pc. I have a MSI-FX5500 video card installed as well. now keep in mind that i already have my old hard drive with XP pro on it, when i go connect all the devices and power on the pc, i am able to go into the bios, it recognizes my 2gigs of corsair memory, my hard drive is recognized, both my cdr/w and my dvdr/w drives are recognized, however, when it starts to load XP from my hard drive, a very quick blue screen comes and goes and i am unable to read the error message. I was wondering is there anyway to slow down or freeze the screen so that I can read the error message? Also, more information about the setup, since i am unable to load XP pro that i already have on my hard drive, I am unable to install the software drivers for either the motherboard or the video card....... Any point of direction would be greatly appreciated. I have built several computers from the ground up before and this is the first time I have ran into this problem........ thanks
MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum
Athlon XP 3200+ (400 MHZ FSB)
2x512 PC3200 corsair memory, 1gig pc3200 corsair memory = 2gigs of memory
Western Digital 8MB Cache 120 GB
ePOWER EP-520XP-C1B 520Watts Power Supply
+3.3V@26A,+5V@52A,+12V@28A,-12V@1A,[email protected],[email protected]
MSI Geforce FX5500 FX5500-TD256 Video Card
Asus dvd burner
Asus cdr/w drive
Windows XP Pro SP2

since the hard drive was set up on your old mobo then it'll not work straight off on the new one as the details in the registry will be different. One way around it is to boot up off the xp cd and select to install xp and then when it finds your old install on the drive select repair the old installation and this should sort it and will keep all your data thats saved on there.
Once into windows remember to uninstall ALL the old drivers and install all the new ones or problems will arrise and force you into doing a full fresh install.

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