Worth optimizing K7N2 Delta-L system?

K7N2 Delta-L
Athlon XP 2800+ (333)
2x1 Gb PC3200 RAM (dual mode at 1:1 = also 333)
XP Pro SP3
For what I do and need this system works fine 90% of the time. However, it is having trouble with Adobe Lightroom, my favorite photo processing program, which is really designed for multiple core, SSE2 compatible systems.
So, would I get any improvement by adding one more gig of RAM and putting in an XP 3000+ or an XP 3200+ CPU?
Or is it time to trash the whole bit?
I am finding it hard to justify a major upgrade just for that one program.

No, you wont gain much from adding or replacing any hardware. A graphics card with some memory can help a lot with most imaginary work.
I don't know that program too well. Aren't there any alternatives? There usually is. Photoshop in general requires very much from every little adding to normal functionality. I simply use IrfanView, and the papers thinks my photos are great.
...Googled a bit while typing: http://www.adobe.com/se/products/photoshoplightroom/systemreqs/
You should have little problem with those hard ware req. Sure there is nothing wrong with the installation or another program bugging you?

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K7N2 Delta-L Long beeps after setting Bios!!

Problem 1. After I save and exit Bios or even just exit the bios,the pc will not do anything other than have a black screen and long beeps.
If I turn off the power and then restart the pc,it boots ok.
Problem 2. The clock keeps gaing 25 minutes each day but only when connected to the internet.
Anyone have any thoughts?
If I stop the time server service it still gains. :O

Hi there,
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Originally posted by musicman53
Problem 1. After I save and exit Bios or even just exit the bios,the pc will not do anything other than have a black screen and long beeps.
If I turn off the power and then restart the pc,it boots ok.
Problem 2. The clock keeps gaing 25 minutes each day but only when connected to the internet.
Anyone have any thoughts?
If I stop the time server service it still gains. :O
I have the same problem on my K7N2 Delta-L system! The behaviour you describe doesn't happen every reboot, sometimes it also reboots normally. Sometimes I also get the problem described in the thread: "K7N2 Delta will not boot (blank, no beep)" - no boot, no beep, no video output. All this without overclocking.
The leds on the D-bracket report it as being a RAM problem: "Memory Detection Test" (damaged or improperly installed memory module)
My RAM is TwinMOS DDR400/PC3200 (with Winbond IC's), those are supported by the nForce2 SPP as listed on the nVidia site. I have purchased 2 seperate (but identical) 256MB DIMMs to operate in Dual Channel mode, which work, sometimes; sometimes the PC will boot in Single Channel mode (leaving me with 256MB available), other times in Dual Channel Mode.
As they are not "matched" DIMMs, I ran a couple of cycles of memtest86 to check if they would operate in Dual Channel mode (when it would boot in DC mode), and of course, no errors.
Some useful info:
- I upgraded my BIOS to 5.2 and reset the BIOS settings to default + set FSB to 166Mhz + switched off internal modem and audio.
- XP 2600+ (166/333FSB)
(the following shouldn't have any influence, but I'll include them for completeness sake)
- GF4Ti4200 (VIVO)
- SBLive value
- 2 HD's on the primary IDE channel, CDR & DVDROM on secondary IDE channel
Regards,
darklite
Ah, how I wish HW manufacturers would thoroughly test and debug their products (that includes the BIOS) prior to releasing it to the public - it can only harm their reputation.

K7N2 Delta-L Nforce2 System compatibility

Hi,
I'm thinking of building a system with the following components;
MSI K7N2 Delta-L Nforce2 Motherboard
AMD Duron 1.8GHz
Crucial 256MB DDR PC2700
Asus ATI Radeon 9200SE/T 64MB
Akasa AK-825 Air-Cooled Copper Base Carnival Cooler
I'm on a very limited Budget and this is about as far as I can stretch it. Can anybody see any potential problems with this setup - or suggest better suited components for similar price?
I was going to build the system with the older KT4V Ultra Motherboard (I have a system happily using this board at the moment) but I was advised NForce 2 is a much better option.
Many Thanks for your time,
AT.

If you buy the ram directly from crucial and use the memory selcetor it should be very stable.
I have bought from crucial 3 times and I have been very pleased.
How much are you spending on the duron cpu? as it may not be a good buy.
VERY IMPORTANT
1) The duron has a 133mhz FSB therefore getting PC2700 ram is pointless as the CPU cannot use the extra bandwidth. So you can SAVE MORE MONEY by getting PC2100 RAM and still have the same performance.
2) The nforce 2 is a better buy and when you buy the ram make sure you get
2 sticks of 128mb PC2xxx, this is to use the DUAL channel memory feature.
For better performance.

System Freeze Microstar MS-K7N2-DELTA

Hello!
I Resently abandoned ny "ol' faithfull' PIII600 for a more gaming-friendly system (full spec. below). I assembled the system myself so here I am
THE PROBLEM:
System freezes from time to time:
* System froze a couple of times during installaion of Windows. I had to run the installation program a few times before complete installation.
* Almost never when surfing (as am i doing right now).
* System always freezes during ADAWARE- or NORTON AV-scans, but never at the same spot.
* It also always freezes during 3DMARK 2001 Very seldom during Counter-strike but often in Jedi Knight or Judge Dredd.
* System every now and then when watching AVI-movies
THE SOLUTION:
Oh please provide me with one. I'd hate to scrap my new 1500$-system and go back to Ol' Faithfull.
Best regards
Peter
SYSTEM-----------------------------------------------------------------------
General:   Operating system, BIOS, Mainboard driver and GFX drivers
are uppdated to the latest versions.
OP:       Windows XP Professional En-OEM SP1 (Boots from SATA RAID 0)
Mainboard:    Microstar MS-K7N2-DELTA
CPU:       AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 400 MHz
Memory:     DIMM 1: 512 Mb Apacer DDRAM PC3200 CL3
      DIMM 2: (empty)
      DIMM 3: 512 Mb Apacer DDRAM PC3200 CL3
GFX:       Terratec Mystify Geforce FX 5900 Ultra (256 Mb)
SATA RAID 0:    2x120 Gb Maxtor DiamondMax9 (SATA/150, Boot drive)
IDE 1:       Master: 120 Gb Maxtor DiamondMax9 (ATA/133)
      Slave: 120 Gb Maxtor DiamondMax9 (ATA/133)
IDE 2:      Master: CDRW Sony CRX210E
      Slave: 80 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X (ATA/133)
Floppy:      Samsung 1.44 Mb
PSU:      Antec Truepower 480W (5V/38A, 12V/22A, 3.3V/30A)
BIOS ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ---------------------------------------------
System performance: Auto
CPU FSB Clock: 200 Mhz
x CPu Interface: Normal
x FSB/DRAM Ratio: By SPD
Current DRAM Clock: 200 MHz
x Memory Timings: By SPD
x T-(RAS): 8
x T-(RCD): 4
x T-(RP): 4
x CAS Latency: 3.0
FSB Spread Spectrum: Disabled
AGP Spread Spectrum: Disabled
AGP 8x Support: Enabled
AGP Fast Write Support: Enabled
System BIOS Cacheable: Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable: Disabled
AGP Aperture Size: 128 M
--END--

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Originally posted by Bonz
Dunno Raven...they support this one for now but they don't house the servers that it runs on anymore and their "Webmaster/Forum Tinkerer" has no access to it either...that's why it seems to work these days...heheheh It still does have the occasional glitch at times tho...not nearly as bad as it was *shudders at the memories of days past*
LMAO
i get to an error page in 1 on 500 or something.
only press reload button and i get the page.
only wish i had a better internet connection as it takes me 10-180 seconds to load a page.

K7N2 Delta-L deteriorating cmos resets

Hi
System info :
K7N2 Delta-L mobo
XP2500 Barton
2 x 256mb Samsung (Korean) PC3200
Coolermaster CP5-8JD1F-0L hsf
PNY ti4200 128mb
Maxtor 40g 7,200 hd
Pioneer DVD
LG CD-RW
2 x 80mm case fans
1st psu 400w generic
2nd psu Thermaltake 420w
All installed with first psu, and XP pro. Running no problems. Tested cpu at 11 x 200 (not straight off, gradually built up to it, watching for stability or temp problems), was running fine at stock voltages, ran 3d mark 2001 successfully. Backed things off to 10.5 x 200 to ensure stability. Re-ran 3dmark 2001, then ran prime95 overnight (8+ hours), with no problems at all. Temperatures were fine, I set the cpu temperature alarm well into the safe side in the bios (55deg). The highest cpu temperature PC Alert displayed, was 29 deg.
Updated the bios to 5.3, rebooted and checked the settings in the bios, went back into XP, no probs, re-ran 3dmark, went online, and started to play Dark Age of Camelot. After somewhere around 2 - 3 hours, the display started to "stutter", and the mouse movement became erratic. I logged off, checked PC Alert temps, all was fine, but 12v line had gone down to 11.56v. Rebooted to check the volts in the bios. They were down too, also the blue line selector had acquired a mind of its own, randomly headed anywhere when next item was selected, so I switched off, and guessing the psu to be maybe a bit inadequate, ordered the Thermaltake 420w to replace the 400w generic.
The Thermaltake arrives, install and fire up, after clearing the cmos to start again, and set up with basics. Voltages were all very satisfactory. In the meantime I had checked the cpu seating and thermal compound, and there had been no problems, and I also took the heatsink off the ti4200 to check thermal compound, cleaned and re-applied (as I did with the cpu).
On the fire up into XP, got a bsod with file corruption notice. Booted into Me install cd, formatted the drive, loaded smartdrv, and started a new XP install. The system locked up after a successful install, about 2 minutes into the worktop (went to use windows explorer to access drivers, etc., and it froze). Had to use the reset button, and it would not post. Cleared the cmos, and it posted. Reflashed the bios to 5.2 that was on the distribution cd just in case.
Since then, it has been a catalogue of failed installs, lockups and increasingly difficult clearing of the cmos. It is now at the point that a cmos clear does nothing (with the other pins at 100 and safe mode), and it fails to post. I get to the 3 lights flashing on the keyboard, and that is it.
I removed the board from the case, just in case I had hallucinated and missed a riser or something, but the risers were in the right place, and each had a fibre washer on top. Tried booting with the board out of the system, with just the cpu/hsf/memory/graphics, with no joy, also tried with a Gf 4 mx 440, and also no joy.
In retrospect, I don't think the 400w psu was too bad to drive the system, but it was worth being cautious - it has driven another system with no problems since. The cpu was performing great, as was the memory. There was no problem with the hsf or agp card. Memory was tried single stick in each memory slot (and all of it had flown through 3dmark and prime95 previously).
I am tempted to suspect something is adrift to do with the Athlon powersaving mode that has been mentioned in these forums. Other than that, there was something a bit weak on the mobo, and it has slowly bitten the dust.
Any suggestions gratefully received.

PS.
The case is one of those Superflower Midi towers, with good case volume. Airflow was quite nice with the 2 extra fans, one at front pulling in, the other at rear extracting.
The fan on top of the heatsink, is the standard Coolermaster, which overhangs the heatsink either side, with the bonus of blowing a nice airflow over the northbridge.
The 400w generic psu had 2 fans, which were also pulling a fair airflow through the case. I didn't get any indications of anything even aproaching overheating.

K7n2 delta-L o/c advise (for a newbie)

I have a K7N2 Delta-L, a Athlon XP 2500+ barton, 512 ram (2x256 Kingston/Infineon RAM, CAS 3, dual chanel) and a ATI radeon 3600SE GC.
I have set the bios settings to "High Performance" (preset in the bios), but someone told me that with a Nforce2 chipset, those settings are not "synchronised" (I understand: not optimized). So my question is: how should I set the bios manually to get a better o/c than the automatic "High Performance" settings ?
I don't want to make my motherboard overheat, and I would like to keep it stable ( I enjoy the stability of my MSI). Could someone suggest me a few tweak for the bios (or with Nvidia System utility) to make my system faster, but safely !
Thank you very much !
PS: Here are the settings someone suggested me on MSI France forum, but it made my PC crash seriously, and I could not even reboot... had to cleat the CMOS !
System performances => manual
cpu fsb clock => 200
cpu interface => high performances
FSB/RAM ratio => 1/1
memory timings => manual => 11/3/3/2.5
FSB et AGP spectrum => disabled
AGP aperture size => 128
Frequency/voltage control => DRAM => 2.8 volt
Cpu ratio => 10
Vcore => a little bit more than the default setting

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Originally posted by Raven_
as i can se it you already got good settings.
fsb / dram ratio 1:1 is important to have to run cpu and memory in sync.
which you already do.
But these settings made my PC crashed... I could not reboot and had to clear the cmos... the problem was with the processor, I think.
Quote
vdimm 2.8v is a bit high.
is it neccessary to have it that high ?
I don't undestand if it is necessary... usually I prefer using low voltage to keep my PC cooler. I would prefer "under-volt" my CPU rather than "over-volt" it.

Problem with bios K7N2 delta - L

i come frome poland and i have a problem
i have msi k7n2 delta - L ,athlon 2600XP,ddr 400/512,msi ti 4200x8
i have bios in my computer version 5.20 and when i upgrade to version 5.30 , 5.40 and 5.50 5.60 when i play in games or when run 3dmar 2001 system failed.
in version 5.20 temperature cpu is false and i have upgrade to new version bios
but i cant please help me.

Something worth trying is clearing the bios via the jumper next to the battery then set your preferred settings inthe bios. It dont say that in the flash instructions but something i always do.

MSI K7N2 DELTA -L (601-6570-020) nFORCE 2 DUAL 400 , RANDOM RESTART PROBLEM (WinXP,Win98)

Machine Specs:
- AMD Athlon XP 2600+ With L2 512 KB (Model 10)
- MSI K7N2 Delta -L nFORCE 2 Ultra 400 (601-670-020) (My AwardBios is updated to v5.7, Using nVIDIA`s O/B Audio and Ethernet Controllers)
- TwinMOS PC3200(CL2.5) 512 MB DDR400 RAM (Desktop Series)
- Samsung SpinPoint (SP0411N) 40 GB 7200 Rpm HDD
- GeForce2 MX400 64MB AGP 4x (Oem Manufacturer)
- Samsung SyncMaster 753s 17" Monitor
- Sony 52x Cd-Rom
- Philips Stereo Headphones
- Windows XP Home Edition Turkish (Service Pack 1 Turkish) , I did all of critical and other updates ,Totally up to date.Device drivers are too...(nForce 3.13 whql International,Forceware 56.72 whql International)
Problem :
- ERROR EVENT : 1003 ERROR NAME : IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Original Error Texts:
A problem has been detected & Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart the computer. If this screen appears again follow these steps.
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need. If the problem continues, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software.
Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components restart your computer, Press F8 to select Advanced Start-up options & select Safe Mode.
Technical Information :
*** STOP: 0x0000000A (0x00000004, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x804F1473)
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete. Contact your system Administrator or technical support group for further assistance.
After restarting manually from the PC. I get the following message
The system has recovered from a serious error.
BCCode : a BCP1 : 00000004 BCP2 : 00000002 BCP3 : 00000000
BCP4 : 804F1ADA OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 0_0 Product : 256_1
C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini042202-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\DANIEL~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER3.tmp.dir00\sysdata.xml
And when I check EVENT VIEWER
Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 22/04/2002
Time: 5:55:03 PM
User: N/A
Computer: XXX-BOX
Description:
Error code 0000000a, parameter1 00000004, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 804f1ada.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 0000000
0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 34 2c 20 000004,
0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 38 30 34 66 00, 804f
0050: 31 61 64 61 1ada
I installed 6 operating systems on my pc (WinXp Home Edition Turkish/English,WinXP Pro Turkish/English,Win98 Turkish/English) and tested it, but every time i meet the same thing (MS Blue Screen Of Death Sux...).I checked the WinXP`s logs and searched for error code`s meaning from microsoft knowledge database. They are saying nothing about this problem but the problem`s root is coming from a bad device driver. It seems to be a generic problem for all operating systems cuz all of them were restarting themselves randomly, before i close "auto-restart on critical errors" option.After i saw some messages on forums , i searched for my RAM maker`s home page then i learned that my RAM is assembled with VIA KT Series and SIS chips & optimized for them. I think nForce is too picky about rams.But i aint sure about where the hell is this problem coming from. If you guys are sure about that is an unsupported ram problem and knew the list of ram marks&models that supported by MSI K7N2 Delta -L ,please help me about this damn problem. Thanks for your help.
Note : I tried Asus Ati Radeon 9200SE 64mb g.adapter (some peoples told me thats about g.adapter), but problem continued.

If I read correctly in your specs I see only 11 Amps on the +12v Rail. Is this correct?
If so, I'd advise a PSU that has at least 18 amps on the +12v Rail, perhaps as low as 16 with the other rails to match as shown currently in your spec.
11 Amps is just way too underpowered for that rig. I am surprised it even boots.
At what point does the BSOD occur?

Motherboard K7N2 Delta/ AMD XP 2.2

I have an AMD xp 2.2 processor fitted in the mother board that I bought recentle, exactly is K7N2 Delta series, MS-6570 (v1.X) ATX Mainboard and win xp prof as an operating system.
On my comp/propert the processor buss freq comes up as 1.35 GHZ, instead of 1.81Ghz that was coming up with the old motherboard.
I have checked the jumpers and they're optimized at 133mhz buss spead. I did change the bus spead from 100 mhz to 133 mhz in bios, but the op system became unstable and freezed up, so i had to decrease it to 100mhz again, and the system is noticeable slow, especially when i am doing video editing.
Now, this could be simple but I am quite a novice and could really appreciate if you vould help me optimising my processor.
Cheers
Kroksi
PC Specif
Mainboard- K7N2 Delta series, MS-6570 (v1.X
AMD XP 2.2
60 Gig hard drive
N-Vidia 64 MB Graphic card
512 MB DDR
DVD+/_ RW

Please tell us the specifications of your Power Supply Unit, PSU. Its on a sticker on the box where the main power cable enters the case. Cause it could be that it can't manage the motherboard's demand.

HyperX with K7N2 Delta ILSR

I start a new thread because the topic could be interesting to other posters too.
From the MSI website we can see that Kingston DDR is recommended by MSI
but a lot of users here use other brands such as Corsair, Mushkin etc.
WHY?
and
WHY MSI does not recommend Corsair and Mushkin?
I believe both are reasonable questions.
And now lets move to the critical question.
Does the Kigston HyperX (PC3200) 400MHz (KHX3200)-CL2 will work smoothly with the
K7N2 Delta ILSR?
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks

msi_ole,
I have 4 computers here in my home office with various configs in them...way too numerous to list in a signature...my main system that I use for gaming is what is in my signature...I have the K7N2G-ILSR (non Delta) board in my testbed system...I have an MSI Ti-4600 Video card in another one of them...so I DO use MSI parts but I really like the combo of what I show in my signature much more than any other combination that I put together with all of this hardware...The system below is the fastest combo I found and it's that way even with no OCing so why wouldn't I go with it?
Also having this ASUS board let me know that not only MSI has issues with their nF2 chipset build because I've had to jump thru many hoops for various things with the ASUS board too...most of their problems are with the dual onboard network cards and memory issues which isn't really different than any of the other mfg's out there...I like to tinker with as much of this stuff as I can to see if it's one mfg or all of them and imho and from my tests it's NOT just MSI having this problem it's all of them...
What I said about Kingston has been their norm for years now...I used to own a computer store and they ALWAYS back out when they have issues...it's their way cause it's easier on them than having to actually fix something it seems...I don't like them and probly never will because of my experiences with them in the past...this is just my opinion and take it for what it's worth...
ALSO, if you had read my sticky post at the top of the forum you'd see that I recommend that you DO NOT follow MSI's recommended memory list as it could have been that they got a batch of modules that actually did work in the 1 or 2 boards that they tested them in...batches of memory differ highly in specs and those lists mean nothing to me when I buy memory anymore...gets me in the ballpark and nothing else...so take them with a grain of salt because NOTHING in electronics is absolute...parametric differences of electronic parts can leave you scratching your head for days when you just KNOW that something should work...it's the way it is...
My background in electronics is quite extensive starting with my DeVRY degree thru Guidance & Control Systems for Jets and Missiles to Memory Testers & VLSI testers used to test Intel/AMD CPU's and the memory we use in these beasts that we love to play with so much...
I've seen so much crap happen over the years I'm here hoping that I can help everyone and learn some stuff myself on the way...
Cheers!! 8)

K7N2 Delta lock ups

Hi there,
I've got a MSI k7N2 Delta sitting in my PC atm. But with a nasty problem. I have to keep the cpu sitting in it (AMD Barton 3000) underclocked for me to use my PC for more then 40 mins at a time. After that time, it just freezes, and the sound card (not system speaker) emits a nasty high pitched sound. Using a more intensive game, i.e. planetside speeds up the process, somethimes running for a mere 5 mins. To use the pc atm, the cpu is clocked at 1.4Ghz, instead of the over 2ghz it should be at.
Any suggestions anyone?
Specs:
K7N2 Delta
AMD Barton 3000+
512Mb Kingston DDR (on compatibilty list)
ATI Radeon 7500
SB! 128
Antec 400Watt PSU

ok, after some more testing (man i love CS ) it still locks up, but it took longer initially. It now just freezes, with no beeeep from the sound card. It may be temperature related though, as after the intial freeze, it will now only take a few minutes before it does it again. Straight after it freezes I'm getting temperature of around 50 on all monitors.
Ill whip out that TV card and give it a whirl now
p.s. case fans, i think one is in the wrong way, is the spinny side supposed to facing in the case, or out the case? cheers

Someone plz help me with my k7n2 delta-ilsr

Hey everyone,
I just put my sytem togother and ran into a problem. I got the system to boot up just fine. It was not until I tried installing windows xp proffesional that I ran into problems. The installation process runs pretty smoothly, until the computer reboots to run windows for the first time. After it reboots the windows logo appears and the after 2 seconds or so, a blue screen appears saying that windows was shut down to prevent any damage to my computer. I have never encountered this problem before when I built other systems. The screen suggests that I should check my HDD's for viruses or check to see if they are configured correctly. The HDD's are SATA and I have them set up in RAID 0 mode and yeah I installed the RAID drivers during the installation process. Thinking that I had made mistake setting up the SATA drives, tried installing windows using a regular IDE hard drive and it gave the same message. I am stumped anybody have any ideas of what I might be doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated . My system specs are below.
MSI k7n2 delta-ilsr mobo
AMD 3000+ Athlon XP cpu (333 fsb)
ATI Raedon 9000 ( I know it's crappy , I'm still saving up for the ATI all in wonder 9800 )
x1 kingston 512mb pc3200 DIMM
x2 maxtor 80gb maxtor hdd's
x1 regular cd-rom drive
x1 floppy drive
420w raidmax psu
(+3.3v = 26A, +5v = 32A, +12v=13A)

Memory that comes with timing of 5 2 2 2 or 6 2 2 2 or usally winbond BH-5 memory chips. Ones with 5 3 2 2 or CH-5 winbond chips. The BH-5 chips overclock a little better than the CH-5. (Muskin uses BH-5 winbond in there black ram)
Winbond is no longer making BH-5 chips but is going to make a limited run of them as demend is high for them.
The first number shown here is the Traz and it controls the flush timing bench testing is showing that a higher number of 9, 10 or 11 or getting better bench results than the 6 or 5. Thats with Dual Channel memory.
The timing you show probly should be something like 8 3 3 3 or 8 3 3 2.5 unless it is there faster Dual channel ram.
The timing numbers can also appear like this 2 2 2 5 the high number is the Traz either way.
Look on your memory manufactor web site for the timing that if should run at also look at the voltage as this can make a big differance.

Data corruption on MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR

Hi all,
Just got my new MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR up and running.
Got some issues with the memory running at 200mhz while the Barton core of my Athlon Xp 2600+ was running 166mhz, this had to be 1:1 (thx forum )
While running the default bios settings with cpu/mem at 166/166 fsb everything is stable as hell. I have been running Prime95 for 2 days now and using the system for dvd ripping/encoding, UT2004 gaming etc.
Then the overclocking began I'm using the standard AMD cooler that came with my boxed Xp2600+ so I didn't expect an FSB of 200mhz.
I stopped at an FSB of 190mhz...been crunching Prime95 for 18 hours now and again very stable.
Now comes the problem : Sometimes I get crc errors when installing a game or decrypting a dvd!! But how can this be? Prime95 is stable at this 190fsb overclock.
When using an FSB of 166mhz no data corruption or crc errors.
What can this be? It's not the cables because they're all the same as in my old setup which was running (ahum...walking) stable. PCI/AGP speeds are locked when overclocking...
Only thing I can think of is the power supply. I've read in a warning post from Bas that the Q-Tec 550w psu I have is crap. So my guess is PSU, but maybe it's something else I'm forgetting...Any suggestions??
The stupid thing is when I'm not overclocking I don't have the data corruption problems, but I'm still using the same crappy Q-Tec 550w PSU.
Help!
gr,
Remco

Hmmm, that's curious. On the MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR product page Kingston memory is recommended
Ok, did a Memtest86 v1.11 pass at cpu/dimm 166/166 - no problems whatsoever. I think using Prime95 would have revealed memory problems...but will do another pass with cpu/dimm at 190/190.
Can overclocking affect the Promise Raid Controller?? It should be locked like the PCI/AGP but who knows...
Well, I still have to replace my PSU but I'm not 100% sure that this is the problem. What PSU would you recommend? ...and I'm also thinking about replacing the standard CPU cooler, any advice is welcome
gr,
Remco

FLASH BIOS MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR ????????

I am trying to flash the BIOS of my K7N2 Delta-ILSR board. I follwed all the instructions from the MSI Web but I can't get it going. I booted from Win ME & Win98 but could not get into C: drive. So I used Command Prompt from Window to get into the C: drive and follwed the Flash Bios Procedures. I keep getting the message: AwdFlash No Support WinNT/2000/XP OS
I got problem with the temp after I updated the BIOS. I wanted to flash it back to the old Bios. Please help me out
Thank you
My system:
WinXP Pro
MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR
AMD 2500+
1 GB DR3200
Seagate 160 SATA

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PNY and MSI K7N2 Delta - ILSR

Looking into buying the K7N2 Delta-ILSR...I have heard that it is a awesome overclocker, and a very fast board. Has anyone had experience with using...
PNY Optima PC2700 DDR memory on it? It is double sided memory, with Hynix chips. Hynix chips are listed on MSI's Memory Compatibility PDF...but i wanted to know if anyone has used it before? Thanks

Its not tehre, but it does use Hynix chips, which IS supported. I also have read in this forum that people have got my exact memory to work flawlessly on the board i want. Thanks anyway!

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