The OFFICIAL MSI K8N Neo2-939 tips and tricks guide thread

[charlie]

MSI Neo2 nforce3

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20037

overclocking options
Bus Speed: 200-300mhz in 1mhz steps
Bus Multiplier: 1x-5x
CPU Multiplier: 4x-20x
AGP speed: 66-100 in 1mhz steps

overvolting options
Vcore: 1.4-1.85* in 0.05v steps *1.90 with bios 1.36b
Vdimm: 2.55-2.85* in 0.05v steps *overvolts to 2.90v on most boards
Vagp: 1.55 to 1.85 in 0.05v steps

periphals and features
IDE: 2 ATA 133 slots
IDE raid: 0,1,0+1,JBOD
SATA: 4 SATA 150 slots (2 are unlocked)
SATA raid: 0,1,0+1,JBOD
sata+ide drives in raid: yes
Firewire: 3 IEEE 1394A ports
LAN: nforce3 integrated gigabit ethernet
Sound: realtec ALC850 8 channel

links
mainboard homepage: K8N neo2 Platinum (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=607)
forum discussion: The OFFICIAL MSI K8N Neo2-939 tips and tricks guide thread (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43033)
review #1: Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128&p=1)
review #2: Hothardware (http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=574)
review #3: Hardwareluxx (http://www.hardwareluxx.de/cms/artikel.php?action=show&id=54&seite=1) (german)
vmod #1: vcore (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41350)
vmod #2: vdimm (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41350)
vmod #3: vht (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41350)
vmod #4: vdd (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41350)


pros
very stable vcore up to 1.90v read the tips to see how to get 1.9v
vdimm overvolts to 2.90v on highest setting
VTT tracks automatically, OCZ DDR-Booster works up to 4,0V (put it in ram slot 4)
runs great with ballistix
runs great with tccd memory
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20351&stc=1runs great with bh5 (needs bios 1.36b or newer)
2x Memory Interleaving?

cons
cpu socket position problematic for some cases
vdimm mod requieres trace cutting
SATA ports 1 and 2 are not locked, use slots 3 and 4 (closest to the cpu)
issues with ram slots 3&4 not working very well seems to work fine for some people
cpu temperature reading not working correctly seems to work fine for some people
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/images/icons/icon4.gif doesnt like ocz eb

TIPS
TIP: you have to disable cool n quiet when ocing
TIP: Cpu fan header must be connected, if not the pc could experience boot problems
TIP: if you have problems booting with BH5 try another stick of memory and set vdimm to the max and make sure you set the cas latency to 2.5 or 2.0 as bh5 wont boot with cas 3.0, then swap in the BH5
TIP: the CPU backplate is hard to get off on the MSI ... just heat it with a hair dryer, it will come off easily then
TIP: for best performance the MSI only needs Vdimm/3.3V bypass mod (or the OCZ booster).
Yet to try a chipset mod or HTT mod on the MSI ... it may help with LDT 4x @ > 260 HTT bus speeds
TIP: shut down core center after you used it to adjust or check your settings, if left running it might crash your system
TIP: if you have problems booting at low temps with a winchester try the latest beta bios
TIP: disable fast writes
TIP: only bios 1.36beta and 1.37beta allow up to 1.9v vcore
TIP: color coded ram slots are different than other 939 boards. Slots 1&2 are the ones nearer to the CPU and are dual channel
TIP: use HTT multiplier 4x up to ~260 and 3x up to ~290
TIP: use the + and - or PgUP and PgDn keys to change the htt speed, DO NOT HIT ENTER
TIP: check out the official msi 939 neo2 tips and tricks guide thread (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43033)
TIP: check out this 2 ram compability lists: 1 (http://forum.msi.com.tw/thread.php?threadid=51996&sid=47e3a23afafbdc1c0e5d04e4065483a2) 2 (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46167)
TIP: In the bios press and hold Shift+F2 and then press ALT+F3 to unlock "hidden" features within the BIOS
TIP: If anyone has trouble getting low temp readings downlaod the latest MBM5 (use the K8N NEO Plat mobo selection, click settings,temps,CPU,and choose the first option for Winbond Diode 2)
TIP: if you experience problems with Antec Neopower and Truepower PSUs and also with PowerStream PSUs, try Bios 1.37 and turn the PSU off after you shut down, seems to help as well
TIP: Dissable Agressive Timings in Cell Menu if you're going to overclock
TIP: some people had close to no thermal compount on the nb, if your nb runs hot add some thermal compound (WARNING! might hurt your warranty)
here (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=589637#post589637) is a guide that explains how to remove the nb heatsink
TIP: The MAch II needs a new firmware to operate with this board get it here (http://nventiv.blue-nexus.com/)
TIP: the vcore of winchesters seems to undervolt about 0.1V, max vcore for winchesters is 1.7V
TIP: bios collection: 1.10, 1.20, 1.23, 1.25, 1.30, 1.33, 1.34, 1.35, 1.36, 1.37, 1.41 (http://www.weckstrom.com/msibios)
TIP: beta biosses (http://www.svcheats.com/MSI_Neo_Plat2_939/beta)
TIP: 1.37 modded bios by Trats 1 (http://members.lycos.co.uk/hallampg/BIOS/MSI/) 2 (http://www.svcheats.com/MSI_Neo_Plat2_939/beta/trats)
TIP: lots of biosses, incl. beta and modded ones with changelogs (http://www.lejabeach.com/MSIK8N/k8nneo2.html)
TIP: bios flash guide (http://www.weckstrom.com/msibios/How%20to%20flash%20the%20BIOS.doc)
TIP: windows tool bios flash guide (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44481)
TIP: newer boards, with S/N:K0411xxxxxx and S/N:K0410xxxxxx, seem to no longer have a bug with winchesters at low minus temps
TIP: get Codered's A64 tweaker (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37345)
TIP: if you have BH-5 memory use the A64 tweaker and lower the timings as described here (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=580942#post580942)
TIP: OC Guide for the msi k8n neo2 by XS GraveDiggA (http://people.freenet.de/funkflix/ocgk8n.txt)
right click save as and open with wordpad
TIP: corsair xl pro memory wont fit in the board with an xp-90 or xp-120 heatsink (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=601253#post601253)
TIP: the newer northbridges (0410/0411) seem to need less vdimm to reach the same overclock in 1:1! (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=605792#post605792)
TIP: If you are having trouble getting windows to boot from SATA ("Error Loading Operating System"), be sure to set SATA1/2/3/4 RAID to "ENABLED", even if you are not running RAID
TIP: older bios revisions need the agp speed set to 67mhz to lock it
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20351&stc=1TIP: disable aggressive chipset timings (performance mode) when ocing
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20351&stc=1 TIP: if you boot with trcd 2 vdimm seems to drop 0.1v, boot with trcd 3 and use corecell or codered's a64 tweaker to set it to 2 in windows
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20351&stc=1 TIP: bios 1.36b and 1.37 and modded variants seem to work best for bh5/bh6
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20351&stc=1TIP: to reach 1.9v vcore set 1.5 in bios + 3.3%, then get in windows use core center all the way up, and finally you use NF3 Clock-gen add 0.05v...it's about like 1.9v
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20351&stc=1TIP: turn off NV/ATI Speed Up in the hidden bios settingsas it ocs most cards gpu
TIP: It is about TRFC timing , when u run ram dividers other than 200 it changes TRFC from 14 to lower values and it limits memory overclocking. If u set it by a64 tweaker to 14 then memory overclocks as good as in 200 divider.



check out the ultimate 939 mobo guide here (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46730) for informations, bugfixes and tips for all 939 mainboards
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EDIT:
-saaya

[cowpuppy]

Nice to see you back charlie. What cpu did you pick up to run in the MSI?

The pic I have for the vcore mod, it's kind of hard to tell which leg of the chip it is on the one side. Charlie will you post some picks of the mods when you get them done. My board should be here Tues. Did you see the latest bios update gives HTT up to 450 I would be happy with a little 270-5 1/1 action.

I was talking to kingpin and if this board will do some good FSB we are going to team up and put it under his chilly1 cascade, between the two of us we have plenty of memory, 2 9800XT PE's along with a TAP warranty at CompUSA, and a proven 3gz FX53 and if that doesn’t go 3.3+ it has a warranty at Newegg too.

Mods: http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41350
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40136

I have a beta bios that Onepagebook gave me a link to here ya go http://www.e04hardware.com/W7025NMS.135

[charlie]

cowpuppy,
I'm getting a 3500+ 90nm this week to hold me over 'til fx55. I'll try to use the OCZ DDR booster thingie, and maybe some khx3000 bh5 or some tccd... MSI really has a lousy reputation, but this MAY be the board to bring them back to the table! Onepagebook has had some good #'s! I don't have a good pic of vcore mod, only the one from kyosen, right?
Sounds like you guys could definitely do some damage! Will be intresting to see :D
Hopefully everyone will see fit to drop k8n neo2 nuggets HERE as they're discovered!

C

[cowpuppy]

Ya the vcore mod by kyosen. I can't tell on the left side which leg that wire is on, it kind of looks on the 2nd one down, maybe we could get hell-fire to mark up a pic for us.

[d]g[ts]

Thats the same chip as on the gigabyte k8n 754 board. Should be 5th pin from top on right to ground.

You guys find hidden bios options in bios 1.2? they are in cell menu, and accessed by hitting shift + F2 then ALT + F3 not sure yet what they do ,but was curious to see what others have found.

[Mariachi]

Nice info... :D
I'll be getting that mobo next week, might be helpful :D

Thank you very much cowpuppy for the vmod info !!

[`schr0et]

Just got the board today, really nice package. Slots 1&2 are top most or bottom?

[Levish]

1&2 are nearer to the CPU

[Frost_Bite]

I have been playing with the board for quite some time, and have kinda gotten to know its quirks.

First...this board did not like my BH-5 Mushkin or PC3700EB. The BH-5 would only allow me to do about 210HTT, and the EB would run out quick at 218HTT. I picked up a gig of Crucial Ballistix PC4000 and it's humming at 260 x 10 1:1 with 2.85v. Run the RAM in slots 1 & 2, 3 & 4 will give DC...but it will cause instability.

In order to get the AGP to work, you need to set the freq to 67. Only SATA ports 3 & 4 have working PCI locks.

Within Cell Menu, press Shift F2 & ALT F3 to unlock "hidden" features within the BIOS. It has a couple of neat things, namely a "overdrive" function that works on any ATi or Nvidia card.

I could not get the OCZ Booster to work properly in this board. It causes major instability, even though vTT was tracking right.

[xgman]

Nice to see you back charlie. What cpu did you pick up to run in the MSI?

The pic I have for the vcore mod, it's kind of hard to tell which leg of the chip it is on the one side.

Pin 10 and pin 15.

I got tired of waiting for DFI, so I've decided to join the MSi Neo2 club and just ordered one to go with some new OCZ LE platinum 3700 ram they just put out. I'll do the vcore mod and use a booster on it I guess.

[xgman]

g[ts']Thats the same chip as on the gigabyte k8n 754 board. Should be 5th pin from top on right to ground.

You guys find hidden bios options in bios 1.2? they are in cell menu, and accessed by hitting shift + F2 then ALT + F3 not sure yet what they do ,but was curious to see what others have found.

What about Bios 1.3?

[d]g[ts]

Options still there. also found in 1.3 that sideband addressing can be enable/dissabled after unlocking hidden options.

[xgman]

beta bios 1.36 (heard maybe higher vcore options)

http://www.maksys.biz/comcentral/showthread.php?t=128

[cowpuppy]

A little 3d action :D this is with stock vid card clocks :p:

[xgman]

Booster or vmod on the ram? Only 2.9V at 259 2-2-2-?

[Alex08]

xgman what kind of chips are the new ocz 3700 platinums packing? lol ocz wouldnt tell me, they said to ask a third party.

[JNav89GT]

the booster works fine with this board. Charlie or cow you can pm me for beta bios. I can give some tips too. I reviewed board, and also reviewed booster on this board :). PS charlie, you will need bios 1.2 or newer to even boot with that 0.09U cpu :O

[cowpuppy]

Booster or vmod on the ram? Only 2.9V at 259 2-2-2-?

Booster 3.4v CL2-2-2-6-11-16 BH-5

I had to turn LDT down to 3x to do any kind of OCing. Here is a bandwidth shot with my 3700EB@ 3.1v

[xgman]

the booster works fine with this board. Charlie or cow you can pm me for beta bios. I can give some tips too. I reviewed board, and also reviewed booster on this board :). PS charlie, you will need bios 1.2 or newer to even boot with that 0.09U cpu :O

Which slot are your running the booster in? Slot 1?

[xgman]

Booster 3.4v CL2-2-2-6-11-16 BH-5

I had to turn LDT down to 3x to do any kind of OCing. Here is a bandwidth shot with my 3700EB@ 3.1v


Nice work. What timings on the EB's at 3.1v?

[xgman]

xgman what kind of chips are the new ocz 3700 platinums packing? lol ocz wouldnt tell me, they said to ask a third party.

Same at the 3200 Plat rev 2. They are all samsung.

[xgman]

the booster works fine with this board. Charlie or cow you can pm me for beta bios. I can give some tips too. I reviewed board, and also reviewed booster on this board :). PS charlie, you will need bios 1.2 or newer to even boot with that 0.09U cpu :O

What is the max vcore and vdim with bios 1.36?

[charlie]

WOW! This is great.... all kinds of good stuff here! I'm just getting ready to order a CPU today.... but I don't have an EXTRA A64 processor to boot with to flash BIOS.... I thought I read somewhere that it WOULD boot with only 1 stick of ram in there! And BTW, only a week or less for FX-55 right?
:D

C

[JNav89GT]

Which slot are your running the booster in? Slot 1?
farthest one from cpu

[JNav89GT]

WOW! This is great.... . I thought I read somewhere that it WOULD boot with only 1 stick of ram in there! And BTW, only a week or less for FX-55 right?
:D

C


I never heard of that but you may be right charlie. I didn't have to worry as I had a spare cpu.

Also, TCCD oc's less on more voltage. I think that is why the OCZ I had didn't do well. This G.Skill I have is doing better at 2.6v vs higher.

[xgman]

farthest one from cpu


huh? How's that possible? It wouldn't fit next to the slot next to it if you are running dual channel ram. Dual ch is either all green slots or all purple slots right?

edit: Oh, I looked at the manual and see that MSI uses both colors for dual, so 1st green and 1st purple for dual ch ddr400 and that leaves 2 open slots together so the booster fits in the last one and the board still operates in dual right?

[JNav89GT]

yes, it's corny how they color them, very confusing

[xgman]

so again, what is the max vcore/vdim that bios 1.36 will allow?

[`schr0et]

Got the board yesterday, got CPU today got my ASUS X800 PRO vivo today. Hooked everything up and first boot was no go, I figured it was probably temp realated since I booted with GT. So I plugged in my rear fan into the CPU fan header and it booted. Used bottom two ram slots with my TCCD and installed windows.

Weird thing I was watching it instal windows and I look over and the chipset fan wasn't running, I flicked it with my index finger and it started running? Was like some haunted ride where you touch something and it screams at you.

Kind of annoyed at the board right now though, because of the screw placement I can't ever close the side panel of my PC75 now cause the tube sticks out. Bah so much for easier assembly :P

My board came with bios 1.2 stock, Gonna flash it to 1.35 once I'm done installing everything.

Someone mentioned something about "secret" options menu I was sitting in bios pressing CTRL + F2, CTRL + F3, ALT + F2, ALT + F3 and nothing happened so I just gave up.

Any how I'm going to look through this thread for a link for the MSI K8N NEO2 1.35 Beta Bios if its not posted can someone post a link for me please? Thanks!

Will post updates.

[p4z1f1st]

@ GigaByte-boards the "secret" menu is @ Alt+F1 afaik....or strg+F1

[xgman]

Weird thing I was watching it instal windows and I look over and the chipset fan wasn't running, I flicked it with my index finger and it started running? Was like some haunted ride where you touch something and it screams at you.



I have heard several cases of this. I think I'll replace mine with something better.

1.36 bios:

http://www.maksys.biz/comcentral/showthread.php?t=128

I think it is alt-f1

[cowpuppy]

`schr0et It's shift-F2 then alt-F3 while holding shift+F2 place your curser on cell in the bios when you get it right it will move over to the left.

OCZ timmings were set at Auto CL3 -3-2-8-11-16

The only thing that bothers me about this board is the temps bios says from 40c to 113c and with my Temp display not working on my Promi all I have to go by is the temp probe from my Koolance attached to the backplate. MM also displays the same temps as reported from bios.

Some of my bios settings, I'm not sure wich version bios I'm using at this moment, it's the one I posted earlier from onepage.

Aggressive Timmings... Dis
NV/ATI..Enabled
Drive Dram Streangth... Normal
Dynamic OCing...Dis
HT Freq...3x
Coll-N-Quiet...Dis
PCI Auto Detect...Enabled
AGP Freq...67
Mem Volts 2.85...... booster to 3.1/OCZ.........3.3+/BH-5
AGP voltage 1.65
Vcore 1.8

Mem setup
200.....1T......Auto on all Timmings
mem is located in the 2 slots closest to cpu with booster in farthest slot=Dual chanel

All ports are off along with all the SATA Drives and On board sound
USB ports are on.

[charlie]

cowpuppy,
looks like it's treating you well... great tips, too.

thanks

C

[`schr0et]

THe damn chipset fan is annoying me to no end! Everytime I shut down and restart the damn fan won't turn on!

Is there a fix for this?

I just downloaded the 1.36 bios I'm doing the floppy flash, post back in a second.

Is there anyway to get the MSI board bios to report atleast half decent temps?

[d]g[ts]

THe damn chipset fan is annoying me to no end! Everytime I shut down and restart the damn fan won't turn on!

Is there a fix for this?

I just downloaded the 1.36 bios I'm doing the floppy flash, post back in a second.

Is there anyway to get the MSI board bios to report atleast half decent temps?

Have not heard of chipset fan acting up like that. and as far as temps go Tis best to just ignore them. Unless that 1.36 fixes em.

[`schr0et]

sigh just restarted comp again and what'dya know stupid chipset fan didn't start. Maybe I should get a big stick to poke the chipset fan whenever I shut down and restart the PC :rolleyes:

I just tried working 1.36 and it was no good for me, whenever I tried to change the HT it would show a blank box and wouldn't let me close it or exit bios I would have to CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart the comp.

I'm going to flash back to 1.35, and 1.36 doesn't fix temp issue still showing really off temps.

[`schr0et]

WOW I HATE this board! Everytime I try to go into the HT options it gives me a blank blue box and freezes bios, I tried this with 1.35 and 1.36 and both are giving me this.

Add to that it takes about 10 minutes for the stupid bios to get out of post mode, and then windows now takes another 10 mins to boot, I have to clear CMOS for it to boot normally.

I don't know what the heck I did here but this board has issues.

Holy hell, most half assed board I used. And to think I'm still using stock clocks and volts! Oh and look the stupid chipset fan stopped running out of the blue. I think some gasoline on this board would make it work better.

[cowpuppy]

My 1st 3dMark run at over 3ghz :banana: vcore 1.88. I still havn't tried any reall kind of vcore with this FX, it would be sweet to run 3ghz 24/7.
Some 3Dmark03 runs have tested that the OCZ is beating out my Bh-5, now if I could only get some OCZ EB that would do 300+ that would be sweet

[JNav89GT]

WOW I HATE this board! Everytime I try to go into the HT options it gives me a blank blue box and freezes bios, I tried this with 1.35 and 1.36 and both are giving me this.

Add to that it takes about 10 minutes for the stupid bios to get out of post mode, and then windows now takes another 10 mins to boot, I have to clear CMOS for it to boot normally.

I don't know what the heck I did here but this board has issues.

Holy hell, most half assed board I used. And to think I'm still using stock clocks and volts! Oh and look the stupid chipset fan stopped running out of the blue. I think some gasoline on this board would make it work better.
Mine does same thing, just use your +/- key to change the HT instead of entering sub menu

[`schr0et]

Mine does same thing, just use your +/- key to change the HT instead of entering sub menu

/takes back some of the flames and goes to bios to try what you said.

Do you have a solution for the 10 minutes it takes for the board to get past post?

Guess I really needed to fully utilize the statement "The board is really picky but once you get it working it works great"

[`schr0et]

EDIT: Posting when angry = not smart. I'm going to keep going at it with this board and hopefully get it working. I still got hopes (notice I'm happy, I just got my ASUS X800 PRO VIVO to XT PE working 16 pipes after 10 tries :D)

EDIT TWO: Got it to stop taking its dear old timing posting and booting to windows, my secret is not being a jackass and changing everything in bios at once.

I'm leaning towards messing with AGP volts as reason for it slowing down like that.

In any case with 1.73V its not stable @ 235x11 wtf?

Ram settings:

2.5-3-3-8 1T Max clock 200 mhz
2x512 OCZ TCCD @ 2.65V

CPU V; 1.55 + 10% = 1.705V

Side band addressing = disabled
AGP Aperature = 256MB
Set PCI Clock = enabled
AGP clock = 67

What should I be messing with here? Thanks
:toast:

[drunkenmaster]

well, i think as dudes said, 3xhtt for this board and any kinda overclocking.

WHich is crap tbh, all other 939 boards have chipset/htt voltage options, and all seem to go way way further than this one in overall htt speed. Try that first.

I'm still playing around with it, still gotta try the 3x htt and see how far i can get, cpu cooling could be it, plain volcano 12 on it right now, or venus 12, forget what its called, TT heatsink. 3600+ is mighty fast though, very weird chip, very early week for an ath 64, CG stepping though, and on crap cooling in a very hot room is doing at least 2.5Ghz without much extra voltage.

Been getting to drunk and feel to bad day after to mess around with it, freshers week ++

[:PopCorn]

I got this board the week they came out and I hated the freakin thing. Unstable and generally a huge pain in the ass when trying to overclock, especially compared to my Asus A8V which is stable and cooperative.

Now, I didn't have the luxury of having all the many tips that I'm reading about now around the net. It seems through Bios updates and people learning how to tame the board, it seems a little more attractive, although I'm in no hurry to mess with it again. It's sitting in half built box and there's no way I'm putting it back in my main gaming rig. Yes, it pissed me off that bad. It's probably going to serve in as my HTPC, as at stock speeds it was o.k.

Better luck to all of you sincerely, but I almost shot mine with a 12 Gauge. Don't even get me started on the Clear Cmos jumper, which I needed to access often because of how flakey the board was when tweaking ram settings. :rolleyes:

I'm really not a negative person, but I think all of us have had hardware that made us want to pull our hair out. The Neo2 was mine.

[`schr0et]

I got this board the week they came out and I hated the freakin thing. Unstable and generally a huge pain in the ass when trying to overclock, especially compared to my Asus A8V which is stable and cooperative.

Now, I didn't have the luxury of having all the many tips that I'm reading about now around the net. It seems through Bios updates and people learning how to tame the board, it seems a little more attractive, although I'm in no hurry to mess with it again. It's sitting in half built box and there's no way I'm putting it back in my main gaming rig. Yes, it pissed me off that bad. It's probably going to serve in as my HTPC, as at stock speeds it was o.k.

Better luck to all of you sincerely, but I almost shot mine with a 12 Gauge. Don't even get me started on the Clear Cmos jumper, which I needed to access often because of how flakey the board was when tweaking ram settings. :rolleyes:

I'm really not a negative person, but I think all of us have had hardware that made us want to pull our hair out. The Neo2 was mine.

Good thing you didn't read my post before I edited it, I think I was more pissed off last night than anyone could imagine, I was getting close to ripping the board out of the case and lighting it on fire lol.

But I could it working half decent now, can boot in and run SiSoft in windows @ 260x11 2.5-3-3-7 1T but not stable enough to even run Super Pi 1M

[`schr0et]

so again, what is the max vcore/vdim that bios 1.36 will allow?

Setting to 1.55 CPU V + 18% CPU VID = 1.9V for me :eek:

Vdimm is 2.85

[Onepagebook]

I have been playing with the board for quite some time, and have kinda gotten to know its quirks.

First...this board did not like my BH-5 Mushkin or PC3700EB. The BH-5 would only allow me to do about 210HTT, and the EB would run out quick at 218HTT. I picked up a gig of Crucial Ballistix PC4000 and it's humming at 260 x 10 1:1 with 2.85v. Run the RAM in slots 1 & 2, 3 & 4 will give DC...but it will cause instability.

In order to get the AGP to work, you need to set the freq to 67. Only SATA ports 3 & 4 have working PCI locks.

Within Cell Menu, press Shift F2 & ALT F3 to unlock "hidden" features within the BIOS. It has a couple of neat things, namely a "overdrive" function that works on any ATi or Nvidia card.

I could not get the OCZ Booster to work properly in this board. It causes major instability, even though vTT was tracking right.

two things you might take as a reference:

1. Booster need to be sit in 4th slot
2. All the 939 boards( should not say boards)I think I should say 939 CPU
do not like BH-5 chip
(my MSI doesn't do any mod, cuz I don't know how to mod it!)
I will post some pics later :D

[`schr0et]

I got the board chugging along pretty nicely, still working on getting 275 though :)

Onepagebook can you tell me how you got your Core center thing to display those temps? Mines keeps showing 44C-116C so I just uninstalled all the MSI programs.

http://www.liquidninjas.com/photopost/watermark.php?file=500/3338TCCDK8NNEO2.JPG

Bah max file size is now 200KB so I can't put in 348 KB file :(

[Arnar]

Nice..

So you think this is the best s939 mobo out yet?

Im havint troubles with my gigabyte.. wont get over 205htt :|

Im thinking of just waiting for the DFi board to come out..
Or.. should I just take this one?

[`schr0et]

Nice..

So you think this is the best s939 mobo out yet?

Im havint troubles with my gigabyte.. wont get over 205htt :|

Im thinking of just waiting for the DFi board to come out..
Or.. should I just take this one?

Use F4 bios if you have'nt already.

I'll say one thing K8N NEO2 is not the board for people who want immediate OCability. This board needs A LOT of tweaking.

[Onepagebook]

hi all, here is mine:D
I love this cpu;)

Vcore 1.44v
Vdimm 2.65v

Quite stable though!!

http://www.e04hardware.com/3500p90nm/1009b1.JPG

[`schr0et]

wow 1.44 VCore... time to sell the 3500 .130nm and get me a .09nm

I don't think I could get those clocks with 2.0Vcore let alone 1.44 :(

[Arnar]

I am ready to do ALOT OF TWEAKS :)

I have posted a thread about my problem.. noone seems to know whats wrong.. maybe just bad mobo.

Onepagebook got this with OCZ DDR Boooster..

DDR557, 2-2-2-5...
Sounds not bad
Vdimm:3.6v

Since I will have 3x bh-5 kits soon.. Im thinking of just getting the MSI board
:banana:

Or.. think there more than 1-2monts until DFI s939 comes out?

[Onepagebook]

I am ready to do ALOT OF TWEAKS :)

I have posted a thread about my problem.. noone seems to know whats wrong.. maybe just bad mobo.

Onepagebook got this with OCZ DDR Boooster..

DDR557, 2-2-2-5...
Sounds not bad
Vdimm:3.6v

Since I will have 3x bh-5 kits soon.. Im thinking of just getting the MSI board
:banana:

Or.. think there more than 1-2monts until DFI s939 comes out?

DFI won't have 939 board I think, at least, oskar wu did not tell me that! ;)

[Arnar]

I thought they were waiting for NF4, to come out with a s939 board with SLi technology

But all I know is what I have read here, nothing more

[Onepagebook]

Dear Charlie:
These results are obtained from 2x256 and 2x512, both are HT 3x:
just for your reference! :toast:

2x512mb, Dual Channel:

http://www.e04hardware.com/ddr582.jpg

2x256mb, Dual channel:

http://www.e04hardware.com/ddr611.jpg

[charlie]

lmfao,

305@ 2.5-3-3-7-11-16

absolutely outrageous! I absolutely can't wait to get my hands on some Gskill!!!!!!

C

[`schr0et]

Onepage what volts on ram? 2.75? Also 1T or 2T?

[Onepagebook]

Onepage what volts on ram? 2.75? Also 1T or 2T?

no, it's 2.80v!

2t cmd won't give you 8435 mb/s bandwidth! ;)

[blinky]

wow, if that stuff only scaled like BH5, we could hit 450mhz with 3.7v :D

[Blue078]

Hi I'm not new to K8N NE02, but new to this thread.

It's been the easiest to OC A64 board I've had so far.:)

I'm only cooling with a MachI now, but as soon as my new MachII comes in I hope to get my 3500+ up over 2900mhz for 24/7 gameing goodness.

With this mem and cpu I'm peged @260x11 1:1 for 24/7 usage, and it's held up just fine for about a month.

Sure would like to get my hands on some Gskill.

[hollywood]

Fear the Neo2 reign of terror!!!!

I love this mobo... ;)

[`schr0et]

Hi I'm not new to K8N NE02, but new to this thread.

It's been the easiest to OC A64 board I've had so far.:)

I'm only cooling with a MachI now, but as soon as my new MachII comes in I hope to get my 3500+ up over 2900mhz for 24/7 gameing goodness.

With this mem and cpu I'm peged @260x11 1:1 for 24/7 usage, and it's held up just fine for about a month.

Sure would like to get my hands on some Gskill.

How long can that run prime with those volts? Do you happen to know the steppings of your CPU?

My 260x11 @ 1.84 can only run prime for 2 mins before it fails and this is with the memory running fine.

Weird.

EDIT: Just tried 1.664V with the same clock, really odd its more stable at thoat volts, this is with my GT evap @ -63C

[Blue078]

I dont do Prime :D quit messing with prime last year to buggy.

Hours and hours and hours of gameing is what I use :)

[`schr0et]

hm seems my 3500 is more stable @ 1.664V 260x11 1:1 than it is with 1.84+ Volts

Just played 30 mins of cs with no problem :)

[d]g[ts]

Sounds like your holdup is elsewhere. I know I'm stable at 2900 with 1.63V but realy cant get her much higher even with 1.88 except for screenies. I think this is where lack of HT voltage option is hurting me. but not positive tho.

[`schr0et]

If anyone has trouble getting low temp readings with the K8N NEO2 downlaod the latest MBM5, use the K8N NEO Plat mobo selection, click settings go to temps, click CPU, and choose the first option for Winbond Diode 2

Mines shows -27 which is much better than getting 40C-163C

[d]g[ts]

and this is maxing it. wish it were stable here.

[Radelon]

I found that TRAS of 11 will damper your overclock severely. My Findings are here. (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43400)

[Onepagebook]

I found that TRAS of 11 will damper your overclock severely. My Findings are here. (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43400)



I will suggest "6"

[xgman]

Setting to 1.55 CPU V + 18% CPU VID = 1.9V for me :eek:

Vdimm is 2.85

There is a + setting that says 18%? Not 10%? :confused:

[Poki]

There is a + setting that says 18%? Not 10%? :confused:
1.36beta goes upto +18%. I'm running it now and it works fine.

[Arnar]

Have you guys all modded your MSI board or?

If so, please say what mods and guides to them ;)

Im gona trash my Gigabyte and get one MSI

[d]g[ts]

Most results so far are stock boards, but ofcourse a lot of phase change cooling too.

[The Runner]

Hey, any news on the 1 slot ram booting with 0.09nm chip? Cause if i bought a 3000/msi combo I'd have to use this technique.

I really hope it works, cause I'm no good at hot flashing.

Tar.

btw guys u think this is a retail cpu with the cooler?

or would the asus a8v be better for me????


CLICK ME (http://www.lowestonweb.com/Products/DisplayInfoMain.asp?e=969AA16E-0395-419D-9CC7-5E5EC5BD29CA)

[CTKP]

I'm having trouble stabilizing at 1T. Running Neo2 with OCZ 3200el rev.2 (TCCD). Any one have any hints? Tried bios 1.3 and 1.36. Can't see a conflict sticking out at me.

[xgman]

Just set mine up. Bios 1.36 gives up to +18.3% vcore which gives me around 1.92v reading if needed, and vdim with an overvolted 3.3 line gives around 2.9v so this seems the highest voltages available on a non-modded 939 board. Actually, the transition to the Neo2 was one of the most trouble free simplest installs I have ever done. So far fairly impressed with it.

[Kane]

Hey everyone

On my last setup:

P4C800Deluxe -E w/3GHz@3.9GHz and 4x256MB BH5 sticks

I could run my POV6800Ultra@475/1300 for benching. Now on my new setup:

K8N Neo2 Platinum w/4000+@10x260GHz and 2x512MB Geil Ultra X

I can only run my POV6800Ultra@430/1200. I've searched the net up and down, and have found some people with the same resaults. It seems that videocards overclock less with this motherboard, than with others. I talked to one guy that changed from this motherboard to a Asus card and gained a lot in videocard overclocking. You guys have any solutions for this problem?

Oh yeah, does Bios 1.36 have any improvements over 1.35?

Cheers mates

[zakelwe]

I have a couple of questions.

At present I have the MSI 754 board and am thinking of going to the 939 board soon.

1) The OCZBooster seems to work fine on the 939 board but how does it fit in if it is right next to one of the DIMM's ? On my 754 there are 3 slots and the middle slots splits them up so it fits in. On the 939 are both green DIMM slots dual channel, or one purple and one green ?

Has anyone tried the VIA 939 MSI Neo with the KT8000 Pro chipset rather than the nforce3 250 ? Via normally are quicker than nvidia with K8, but is the AGP/PCI locked and does VTT track VDIMM ?

Regards

Andy

[CTKP]

1) The OCZBooster seems to work fine on the 939 board but how does it fit in if it is right next to one of the DIMM's ? On my 754 there are 3 slots and the middle slots splits them up so it fits in. On the 939 are both green DIMM slots dual channel, or one purple and one green ?
Andy

Run slots 1 & 2, green/purple closest to socket for dual channel, and run your slot 4, farthest from socket

[Juspriss]

Hi all guys! :D

I have the Booster in the second slot and in the third and fourth 2x256Mb of Bh-5 ;).

I have some problem to create Raid with this MoBo :(.
Where i can select the two Sata's ports from bios? :confused:
Tnx all & Regards :toast: .

[`schr0et]

You want to use the 2 ram slots closet to CPU to get stable dual channel, use slot 4 (farthest from CPU) for booster like above person said.

For raid use the 2 raid connectors closet to CPU if you want locked SATA, the 2 sata farther from CPU is not locked.

[zakelwe]

I see Opp used one to get #2 in the Orb 3dmark2001

So I guess he likes his.

Regards

Andy

[seb87]

i have thi s mobo.......

i'm very interesting for the ods ecc.....but i haven' t the cpu ( i want a 3500+ 0.09 but in italy it don't arrive now) :mad:

[OPPAINTER]

I see Opp used one to get #2 in the Orb 3dmark2001

So I guess he likes his.

Regards

Andy
Not bad:)
I'm running it at 318x10 with 5:4 divider. Mushkin Level II does 265MHz 2-2-2-5 at 318 FSB.

How can I lower the TRC mem timing on this mobo?

OPP

[JNav89GT]

A64 Tweaker maybe?

[OPPAINTER]

A64 Tweaker maybe?
I've never used it, where do I get it?

OPP

[LilGator]

http://users.tpg.com.au/spark69/a64tweaker/a64tweaker_V031.zip

Here you go OPP ... have you seriously never used it ? :D

[Poki]

Hey everyone

On my last setup:

P4C800Deluxe -E w/3GHz@3.9GHz and 4x256MB BH5 sticks

I could run my POV6800Ultra@475/1300 for benching. Now on my new setup:

K8N Neo2 Platinum w/4000+@10x260GHz and 2x512MB Geil Ultra X

I can only run my POV6800Ultra@430/1200. I've searched the net up and down, and have found some people with the same resaults. It seems that videocards overclock less with this motherboard, than with others. I talked to one guy that changed from this motherboard to a Asus card and gained a lot in videocard overclocking. You guys have any solutions for this problem?
Cheers mates


When you're in the bios press shift+f2 then alt+f3. In the cell menu disable ATI/Nvidia speedup. When it's enabled it allows the motherboard to overclock the videocard in 3d. This will really goof up the speeds you *think* the card is running.

[Juspriss]

Hi guys, i have some problem with this mobo :(.
I have tryed:
FSB:220Mhz
HT:x4
Molt:x11
Ram:2225 1:1 2.9V
Cpu V: Default (1.45
All works good ;)

FSB:225Mhz
HT:x4
Molt:x11
Ram:2225 1:1 3V
Cpu V: 1.55
It don't finish 3dMark01 :(

I'm usin default bios & Sata 3-4... any suggestions? :toast:

Regards :D

[OPPAINTER]

http://users.tpg.com.au/spark69/a64tweaker/a64tweaker_V031.zip

Here you go OPP ... have you seriously never used it ? :D
Yea I'm serious:D

Thanks, I'll play with it later today:)

OPP

[d]g[ts]

When you're in the bios press shift+f2 then alt+f3. In the cell menu disable ATI/Nvidia speedup. When it's enabled it allows the motherboard to overclock the videocard in 3d. This will really goof up the speeds you *think* the card is running.
I have seen this happen: in win2k I have ATI tool open, and opening 3dmark01 increases card clock by 20MHz on core and ram. this doesn't happen when Nvidia/ ati speedup is disabled in bios.
My question is are clockspeed jumps the same for Nvidia users, or other ATI users? And if so what determines how much of a speed boost.

[p4z1f1st]

could someone make bios-pictures with a digicam?

i want to know, which timing-options i can set....i didn't find any review, where bios-shots are shown....only got told, what i can adjust...but i want to see it in a picture :D ;)

[split]

See here (http://www.gskill.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43) though those timing are prolly for G.SKILL ram.
Look for posts in this (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17274130&perpage=30&pagenumber=2) thread by Legion who got some OCZ EB going OK.
He was finding 3,3,3,10 OK, but that was on a real early BIOS.

Prolly impoved no end since then.

[The Virus]

Not bad:)
I'm running it at 318x10 with 5:4 divider. Mushkin Level II does 265MHz 2-2-2-5 at 318 FSB.

How can I lower the TRC mem timing on this mobo?

OPP

And who said BH5 sucks with this mobo??

[arj]

Yeah, I don't have any problem with BH5 on this mobo too. Using a pair that I've aquired from OPP some weeks ago, I manage to bench it at 265Mhz 2-2-2-5 :D

[rudemood12]

Yeah, I don't have any problem with BH5 on this mobo too. Using a pair that I've aquired from OPP some weeks ago, I manage to bench it at 265Mhz 2-2-2-5 :D

you must have the OCZ DDR Booster, no? I didnt think it was possible to get that high without higher voltage.

[xgman]

I just got bios 1.37. anyone try it yet?

[Kane]

Haven't tried it yet. Could you please send it to my email adresse.

Jim.Ramse@GMail.Com

Cheers mate

- Jim

[zakelwe]

Yea I'm serious:D

Thanks, I'll play with it later today:)

OPP

There's a lot of permuations but it is time well spent for a few hundred extra points (I have not got around to it either though :) ) Nice proggy.

I just tried another stick of Crucial Ballistix 2565MB tonight and this was pretty good as well. Did 275 at 2.5-3-3-7 with no burn in. That means I have two sticks that do about 275-280 2.5-3-3-7 at 3.05v so am well set for moving over to a 939 board.

Although TCCD is getting all the hype :rolleyes: the Crucial is pretty reliable on the nvidia 250 motherboard. These were sticks sent in the post 2 months apart so deinitely no cherry picking ;)

Regards

Andy

[split]

The Beta 1.37 BIOS for the MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum can be found over here (http://msihq.designlab.info/thread.php?threadid=64293&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=3).

[Onepagebook]

personally, I don't feel it got any better than 1.36;)

[The Runner]

what sort of temps people getting here? I'm getting 37 - 43C in windows, not really doing anything atm using 3000winchester @ stock. And a XP-90 cooler w/ 92mm fan. 5000rpm one (stock zalman w/ the zalman bracket fan, put on top)

I find the temps a bit high, im using 1.36beta bios.

The cooler itself however is particually cool, I even stopped the fan and felt the cooler for a minute. Odd.

[split]

Much the same as you temp wise.

I ignored that ages ago.

I read over on OCUK (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17274130&perpage=30&pagenumber=10), where someone put a diode under his water block on the chip, and that read approx 10 degrees lower than the 40 odd he had.

I get idel temps of 38C according to BIOS.well today my temp probes arrived.ive got one under the socket and one between the maze4 and cpu and both are reading 28-29C idle so that near enough 10C less than BIOS.

[p4z1f1st]

guys, where do i get the latest beta-BIOS for the Neo2? :)

[SpaRat1k]

The Beta 1.37 BIOS for the MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum can be found over here (http://msihq.designlab.info/thread.php?threadid=64293&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=3).


thats the latest. but its not "beta" necesarily, just not very public.

[The Runner]

1.37 ? Does that change anything.

btw doesnt the neo2 have hardware firewall built into it like the dfi ut 250gb?

[p4z1f1st]

didn't all nF3 250/Gb/Ultra have HW-FW onboard? :confused:

[The Runner]

if so, where do I find/activate it?

[p4z1f1st]

good question....

[Sheik]

On the DFI, it becomes available when you activate the on-board LAN function. Then when you install the nForce drivers it will ask you if you want to activate the firewall and give you an HTML interface on your desktop allowing you to configure the settings. I'm sure the MSI is the same ?

[The Runner]

I don't know, I don't think I've activated the lan, yeah I installed the realtek drivers for it, but I guess you mean setting up a new network using windows?

I never installed the nvidia ide sw when I installed the nforce drivers, but I installed the rest.

My board is meant to have it, my drivers don't seem to have initialised it.

I dont need the d-bracket for this do I? Cause I never recieved one as I bought my msi board OEM. ;(

[Poki]

Enable the Nvidia MAC in the bios , when you get into windows look for the Nvidia folder (default normally c:\Nvidia) navigate to this folder \nForceWin2KXP\5.10\Ethernet\NAM and run setup.
That will install NAM (network access manager) which will allow you to enable/edit the firewall.

[The Runner]

Enable the Nvidia MAC in the bios , when you get into windows look for the Nvidia folder (default normally c:\Nvidia) navigate to this folder \nForceWin2KXP\5.10\Ethernet\NAM and run setup.
That will install NAM (network access manager) which will allow you to enable/edit the firewall.

sorry to sound noob, but where abouts in the bios will the nvidia MAC be?

btw this could be a good reason why I dont have it activated. I go C:\Nvidia and only find my gcard drivers and no mobo ones, even though I used the supplied CD. (Perhaps a lesson is to never use the CD :))

Any sort of nforce driver remover so I can use the 5.10?

[Poki]

Nvidia MAC option is in intagrated peripherals under PCI devices? i think.
You should be able to just install the new 5.10's over the old ones without issue, atleast i never had a prob doing it before.

[The Runner]

yeah it was on [Auto] in bios,

installed 5.10s, firewall is there now. Set on medium, is this OK?

[split]

thats the latest. but its not "beta" necesarily, just not very public.

Yeah your right.
If you read that thread, it was sent to someone as a fix for Corsair memory.

i noticed that a lot of you may or may not have this bios. i also received this bios update from msi due to a problem i'm having with my corsair memory.

[p4z1f1st]

one question: i'll receive my Neo2 + 3200 WC tomorrow....i think it does, but i want to ask some of you guys, who have the config Neo2 + 90nm already:

does the Neo2 recognize/accept a 90nm-CPU....i mean with the Stock-BIOS on it....because, i don't have any other S939-CPUs here....and it would just be a anoing problem....

[saaya]

I've never used it, where do I get it?

OPP

:eek: :D


made this thread sticky even though this section is already crowded with stickies, but this thread is really nice and needed.


good idear to start a thread like this charlie! :toast:

[split]

one question: i'll receive my Neo2 + 3200 WC tomorrow....i think it does, but i want to ask some of you guys, who have the config Neo2 + 90nm already:

does the Neo2 recognize/accept a 90nm-CPU....i mean with the Stock-BIOS on it....because, i don't have any other S939-CPUs here....and it would just be a anoing problem....

See post here (http://msihq.designlab.info/thread.php?threadid=64202&hilight=winchester) by niagara
Neo2 Platinum can be used with winchesters. You'll need to flash bios pronto to versions newer than 1.1 (1.3 works very well for me) after you'll be able to boot.
If your MB comes with bios v1.1, initially there is an issue with dual channel memory support. My system didn't want to post with 2 memory sticks installed. One can avoid this problem by using initially just one stick. After bios flash you can add your second memory stick.
Bios versions 1.2 and later, support winchesters fully AFAIK. Perhaps boards which are now in retail channel have latest bios version. Who kows, you can get lucky .


Seen a few users on that forum do the same.
Such as here (http://msihq.designlab.info/thread.php?threadid=64335&hilight=90nm)..

I didn 't know about the issues with the Winchester chip and the Mobo when I re-built my system. I sure found out quick. The first thing that I found out was that it didn't like my dual channel mem. I could only get the board to boot with my two sticks if I just loaded the green slots.

There seems workrounds for all socket 939 boards and winchesters except the ABIT. The ABIT needs a BIOS update to boot.
Also not sure on Gigabyte. (or haven't read it yet)
I can't guarantee what BIOS your mobo will ship with tho.

[The Runner]

OT: split whose that in your avatar?

[split]

OT: split whose that in your avatar?

I have no idea, but it's not me :D

Another user on these forums reckoned it was his sister :rolleyes:

[The Runner]

I have no idea, but it's not me :D

Another user on these forums reckoned it was his sister :rolleyes:

Lol ok, he wishes it was his sister so he could commit some incest ;) Cool avatar though :D

Ok back on topic :banana:

[p4z1f1st]

See post here (http://msihq.designlab.info/thread.php?threadid=64202&hilight=winchester) by niagara
Neo2 Platinum can be used with winchesters. You'll need to flash bios pronto to versions newer than 1.1 (1.3 works very well for me) after you'll be able to boot.
If your MB comes with bios v1.1, initially there is an issue with dual channel memory support. My system didn't want to post with 2 memory sticks installed. One can avoid this problem by using initially just one stick. After bios flash you can add your second memory stick.
Bios versions 1.2 and later, support winchesters fully AFAIK. Perhaps boards which are now in retail channel have latest bios version. Who kows, you can get lucky .


Seen a few users on that forum do the same.
Such as here (http://msihq.designlab.info/thread.php?threadid=64335&hilight=90nm)..

I didn 't know about the issues with the Winchester chip and the Mobo when I re-built my system. I sure found out quick. The first thing that I found out was that it didn't like my dual channel mem. I could only get the board to boot with my two sticks if I just loaded the green slots.

There seems workrounds for all socket 939 boards and winchesters except the ABIT. The ABIT needs a BIOS update to boot.
Also not sure on Gigabyte. (or haven't read it yet)
I can't guarantee what BIOS your mobo will ship with tho.


ah ok....so, i just have to pray, that it don't come with the release-bios v1.0 right? :D

thanks :)

btw: that avatar is nice too :D



i'll post anotherone, which i don't find now :D ;) :banana:

EDIT:
-saaya

[p4z1f1st]

w8, i'm reaching for the other one ATM :D ;)

[The Runner]

Much the same as you temp wise.

I ignored that ages ago.

I read over on OCUK (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17274130&perpage=30&pagenumber=10), where someone put a diode under his water block on the chip, and that read approx 10 degrees lower than the 40 odd he had.

I get idel temps of 38C according to BIOS.well today my temp probes arrived.ive got one under the socket and one between the maze4 and cpu and both are reading 28-29C idle so that near enough 10C less than BIOS.


My temps are 39 now, guess the as5 is coming into play knocking off a whole 4C! Still I bet they're higher than they *really* are.

[p4z1f1st]

ok saaya, that's just for you - i found the third ava, which i wanted to post:

the ultimate t*ts-show :D :banana: :bananal:

http://www.8ung.at/dresign/tits3.gif

EDIT:
-saaya

[saaya]

the ultimate t*ts-show :D

http://www.8ung.at/dresign/tits3.gif


My temps are 39 now

i can feel the feever as well :D

[Simprider]

Is it possible to use 1:1 divider with PC2700 memory with this board?

My friend has Kingston PC2700 BH-6 memory stick and mobo always uses 5:4 divider even if max memory clock is 200MHz :stick:

[Minnyboy]

Is it possible to use 1:1 divider with PC2700 memory with this board?

My friend has Kingston PC2700 BH-6 memory stick and mobo always uses 5:4 divider even if max memory clock is 200MHz :stick:


I remember Charlie having to have his KHX3000 re-programmed because of this problem with any RAM lower than DDR400....

That's the only known way around it AFAIK... Gotta have the connections though...

[Simprider]

That´s bad :(

So no MSI for me then because I also have 2*512 KHX PC3000 sticks.

Thx from the fast reply :toast:

[xgman]

what sort of temps people getting here? I'm getting 37 - 43C in windows, not really doing anything atm using 3000winchester @ stock. And a XP-90 cooler w/ 92mm fan. 5000rpm one (stock zalman w/ the zalman bracket fan, put on top)

I find the temps a bit high, im using 1.36beta bios.

The cooler itself however is particually cool, I even stopped the fan and felt the cooler for a minute. Odd.


Try MBM using the K8N NEO profile. They seem more accurate there.

[xgman]

Other than taking away some of the volatge options, the 1.37 over 1.36 only seems to fix the freeze problem when changing the LTT in bios. But I'm sticking with 1.36. Maybe someone can mod 1.37 to enable all the voltage options again.

[Blue078]

What freezing prob when changeing the ht ??? I'm useing 136 now, and havent had anytrouble with it.

[split]

Some people have found the boards hangs when using the sub menu when changing settings in the BIOS.
Best to use the + and - keys.

At least, I think thats what he is referring to.

[goddh0r]

Maybe someone can mod 1.37 to enable all the voltage options again.

which options have been lowered exactly? and to which values?

[LilGator]

Some people have found the boards hangs when using the sub menu when changing settings in the BIOS.
Best to use the + and - keys.

At least, I think thats what he is referring to.

Yup same problem here, and on other menus...but 1.3b6 is still my fav.

[ant1]

How do you reach 290+ Fsb with your neo2? Any Bios tweaks or something? Mine craps out at ~270. And what does the 1.36 bios offer 1.1 doesn't?

[WolfF]

Hi everyone!...

I got my MSI Neo2 Platinum, running fine. But, I've a strange cold power on.

When I want to switch on the system, (PSU power on) my Motherboard power on the FANs from CPU and... the VidCard FAN. System don't power on until I push the power switch case on.

wierd isn't it?

:-?

How can fix it?

[SpaRat1k]

dunno wolf, thats weird.:confused:

i have a question for everyone with the board.

at what cpu temperature do you start to see instability?

i see it at 60c + using the core cell program.

[split]

Hi everyone!...

I got my MSI Neo2 Platinum, running fine. But, I've a strange cold power on.

When I want to switch on the system, (PSU power on) my Motherboard power on the FANs from CPU and... the VidCard FAN. System don't power on until I push the power switch case on.

wierd isn't it?

:-?

How can fix it?

I have seen a person with this problem (more than one in fact)
I can't post you a link to the post, but this is what it said.


False Start For Me As Well !!!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,

I've just bought and tried 3 different Antec Neopower power supplies on my MSI Neo2 Platinum motherboard (AMD Nforce3, socket 939) and I still experience the same problem :

Everytime I switch on my computer I hear the fans working, the disks starting but the power led remains off and if I do nothing the screen remains black. I have to hit the power button one more time in order to startup my computer. I do not have this problem when I restart the computer from windows. Moreover I could see that when I unplug the power connectors of my 2 raptors I do not have the problem, the system is starting the first time I switch it on (I tried different cables of course). I also removed the power supply from the case but it's still the same.

Precision : I NEVER had this kind of problem with my former Tagan 480W.

As I already tried with 3 different Neopower power supplies I now ask you for help. Please try to answer me as soon as possible.


So try it with the min amout of stuff connected, and if it fixes the problem it may well be ya PSU.
Seen others have similar with PS2 stuff, so try booting it without.

[xgman]

How do you reach 290+ Fsb with your neo2? Any Bios tweaks or something? Mine craps out at ~270. And what does the 1.36 bios offer 1.1 doesn't?


higher voltage options for one. ;)

[arj]

How do you reach 290+ Fsb with your neo2? Any Bios tweaks or something? Mine craps out at ~270. And what does the 1.36 bios offer 1.1 doesn't?

I'm using the 1.3 BIOS. 290X9, 1.68v (CPU-Z), 3X HT freq, 67Mhz AGP freq, 1.65 AGP voltage. 12 hours Prime stable. I'm using watercooling with a full load temp of 53 degrees.

[WolfF]

Thanks m8 I'll check it! =)

I've a PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 510Dlx for this rig. However my new OCZ PowerStream 520 as arrived yesterday.

If can figure out, what is the issue and how fix it, I'll post it.


I have seen a person with this problem (more than one in fact)
I can't post you a link to the post, but this is what it said.
[i]
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So try it with the min amout of stuff connected, and if it fixes the problem it may well be ya PSU.
Seen others have similar with PS2 stuff, so try booting it without.

GL!

[LilGator]

So has anyone cracked 300HTT with this board reliably ?

[arj]

So has anyone cracked 300HTT with this board reliably ?

I'll drop the multi and give it a try in a few hours time. Running memtest right now.

[Poki]

Is it possible to use 1:1 divider with PC2700 memory with this board?

My friend has Kingston PC2700 BH-6 memory stick and mobo always uses 5:4 divider even if max memory clock is 200MHz :stick:

You can use Codered's A64 Tweaker to set 200 ram divider for 1:1 in windows but if those are double sided modules they prolly won't do much better than 200-205 1:1.

[p4z1f1st]

little question: what's the max VCore @ the Neo2 ?

[Poki]

1.85 in the bios using 1.36b or 1.85 in windows using core center. This is with a 90nm cpu w/1.4v default. I'm not sure if a clawhammer or newcastle will have a higher option.

[arj]

So has anyone cracked 300HTT with this board reliably ?

Primed 300X8 for 15 minutes. Didn't want to run it longer because I don't want to sacrifice my Folding production. LOL

Back Folding at 290X9 now :banana:

[WolfF]

Well about Power_On Bug, still happening... I tried with anothers PSUs (OCZ PowerStream 520W, TtButterfly 480w) but, in fact the Bug happens.

I sent email to MSI Support. :(

[Caper]

So guy´s...how is this board behaving with BH5 sticks?
So huge thread that I can´t remember it all :)

I´v got a dying NF7-S here and want to be able to use my sticks in the next system.
2x512 Mb Corsair XMS 3500C2.

Please post experiences with this board and BH5 sticks.

Thanks!

[split]

Well about Power_On Bug, still happening... I tried with anothers PSUs (OCZ PowerStream 520W, TtButterfly 480w) but, in fact the Bug happens.

I sent email to MSI Support. :(

Doh

Don't expect too much help.

Seems masses of problems like this over here (http://forum.msi.com.tw/board.php?boardid=28).

Seems to range from your problem, to ones that are similar :(
Others are finding it boots without turning it on :rolleyes:

[Poki]

So guy´s...how is this board behaving with BH5 sticks?
So huge thread that I can´t remember it all :)

I´v got a dying NF7-S here and want to be able to use my sticks in the next system.
2x512 Mb Corsair XMS 3500C2.

Please post experiences with this board and BH5 sticks.

Thanks!
I hate to have to tell people this but don't expect them to do more than 200/400ddr. This is from my personal expirence with double sided BH-5 on mine but many other people have had the same problem with them.

[WolfF]

Truly, I'm one of them...PC-3500 OCZ Platinum Limited Editon (BH5), maybe try some TCCDs

[xgman]

So has anyone cracked 300HTT with this board reliably ?


Sierra has well over 300 but again at 3x and with Gskill ram.

[xgman]

Well about Power_On Bug, still happening... I tried with anothers PSUs (OCZ PowerStream 520W, TtButterfly 480w) but, in fact the Bug happens.

I sent email to MSI Support. :(


Bios 1.37 is said to fix this issue, but lowres vcore back to only plus 10%. It was up to as much as plus 18% is 1.36. Give 1.37 a try and here is what I heard about it:

"EDIT*** MAY HAVE ACTUALLY HAD SUCCESS WITH THE 1.37 BIOS UPGRADE! After the upgrade, I loaded the Optimized Default and did 2 reboots as suggested on the MSI Forum. I've now unplugged it, put it another PCI modem and restarted normally. Have all the ups and downs I'll have to give it a day or 2 before I say for sure that this BIOS upgrade fully fixed the "false starts" (no post). So far so good "

[xgman]

Anyone know how to mod the 1.37 bios to reneable all hidden options and the +13,15 and 18% vcore options like in the 1.36 one? That would be the best of both worlds.

[WolfF]

Thanks m8, I'll check it :toast:

[Perc]

so what is the best board right now for the 939 platform? im fixxin to buy a fx-53 and im clueless as to what im going to get? i wish the DFI 939 board would get here i hate to buy something only to replace it when DFI finaly releases thier counter part to the 754 mb the got out now. also do any of these 939 mb's give you any high v-dimm options like the DFI 250UT board?

thx perc,

[xgman]

Bios 1.37 is said to fix this issue, but lowres vcore back to only plus 10%. It was up to as much as plus 18% is 1.36. Give 1.37 a try and here is what I heard about it:

"EDIT*** MAY HAVE ACTUALLY HAD SUCCESS WITH THE 1.37 BIOS UPGRADE! After the upgrade, I loaded the Optimized Default and did 2 reboots as suggested on the MSI Forum. I've now unplugged it, put it another PCI modem and restarted normally. Have all the ups and downs I'll have to give it a day or 2 before I say for sure that this BIOS upgrade fully fixed the "false starts" (no post). So far so good "

Update:

"I spoke too soon. Left the computer unplugged for an hour and then it wouldn't start again. At least this time afer 3 restarts with the front power button, it finally started with the warning message that is was starting in safe mode and to reset all overclocking options (none were set). It's a little better after Bios 1.37 but just a little."


(I turn my power supply off to the computer at every shutdown, and I personally haven't had this issue yet) wonder why some are and some are not.

[rick_fx]

I'm getting an fx-53 soon. Could anyone buy the board for me?
(Zipzoomfly wants 75$ just to ship the motherboard to Canada, ridiculous!)

pm me ... thanks for helping out

[xgman]

so what is the best board right now for the 939 platform? im fixxin to buy a fx-53 and im clueless as to what im going to get? i wish the DFI 939 board would get here i hate to buy something only to replace it when DFI finaly releases thier counter part to the 754 mb the got out now. also do any of these 939 mb's give you any high v-dimm options like the DFI 250UT board?

thx perc,

The one that this thread is about unil NF4 boards start coming out. I don't think DFI will be out till Dec. Highest bios vdim option of any of the 939 boards is about 2.85 which is max for tccd anyway.

[xgman]

I'm getting an fx-53 soon. Could anyone buy the board for me?
(Zipzoomfly wants 75$ just to ship the motherboard to Canada, ridiculous!)

pm me ... thanks for helping out

Try Monarch, Newegg, ExcaliberPC etc. Soemone will ship at a more reasonable price to Canada. Check www.pricewatch.com

[WolfF]

Damn... nothing happen.

I go to the MSI Forum and I figure out, that this Issue call: "False Start", is bigger than I though =(

So... if you want to get this board, think twice.

[rick_fx]

So... if you want to get this board, think twice.

You've gotta be kidding ... it does not require a lot of effort or time to push on a little button.

[WolfF]

Is not that easy, this problem eventually shuts the VidCard down... while you system is ON.

[zakelwe]

I've got the 754 board but have similar power issues

1) Machine boots up just flicking the power switch on the wall without the proper switch from the motherboard

2) False start 1 as mentioned in the thread... machine spins up the fans for 1 or 2 seconds and then dies

3) False start 2 as mentioned in the thread .. machine spins up fans but no screen image.

I had an MSI board as a replacement, my first one worked fine. The replacement did the above. I sent it back and got another, the replacement did the same. I left it in disgust and a few days later gave it one last time and it worked fine. It now works fine all the time as well, but i have had some troubles before this last good spell.

Having read the thread I notice a lot of GF 6800 cards being used. Interestingly, looking back at it, when my replacement board arrived I was using the 6800, but when I gave up with it I put the 6800 in my P4 and used it there. When it booted up after a few days it probably had my Fx 5800 in there. Now i have tested it since with the 6800 but I have had some troubles, at present the FX 5800 is in there and it seems OK

To be honest I cannot quite definitely match up when the 6800 was in there and when it was not and when it had these strange boot problems.

The only thing I can do is try 10 boots tonight with FX 5800 and then 10 with the 6800 and see if stability goes.

Can someone else with the problem and different video cards do likewise ? This will show if this theory is a false start ( cough, pardon the pun :) )

Regards

Andy

[LoKi2k]

hi @ all!

i have got the k8n neo2 platinum last friday. and i did a lot of overclocking. but i have some problems:

system:

AMD FX 53
K8N Neo2 Platinum Bios: 1.36 beta
2x512 MB OCZ 4200 EL (G.SKILL is on the way)
ATI X800XT
OCZ Powerstream 520
Asetek LightSpeed 240W

i had read this thread again and again. so i did my bios-tweaks.

ht 3x
spreadspektrum disabled
dynamic overclocking disabled
agressiv timings disabled
sata 1+2 disabled
ect.

so i started. comming to 255x11 everythings works fine. 2 hours prime were not a problem. comming to 260x11 prime goes only 10 to 15 minutes. ok, no problem... lets start superpi, no problem. ok, test: 265x11 superpi: not exant in round. at this time my vcore was 1,7v. ok, lets give him more power. 1,75v and nothing works fine. ok, more power! 1,8v nope... 1,85v nope :(

ok, i thought. vdimm!!!! i still was at 2,70v. vcore down to 1,7v vdimm up to 2,75 nothing went. vcore up, nothing.

then i tested a lot of things. big multi, low htt. high htt, low multi and so on. my result is, that my system wont go over the 2,9ghz. it doesnt matter, which vcore i take or which vdimm. i testet every constelation.


on my abit av8 i was able to run 245x12 24/7. for benchmarking i got 247x12 all @ 1,85v vcore and 2,65v vdimm.

can someone help me?

LoKi2k

p.s.: sorry about my bad english. the last time i used it is 4 years ago at school :(

[Minnyboy]

So guy´s...how is this board behaving with BH5 sticks?
So huge thread that I can´t remember it all :)
2x512 Mb Corsair XMS 3500C2.
Please post experiences with this board and BH5 sticks.


I'm using 2 x 256MB DS XMS3500 DC that has been tested at 250 @ 3.4v/1.7Vtt on my IC7-G....

My CPU limitations have forced me to just using 230Mhz @ 2-2-2-6-11-16-1T @ 3.2v. My Ram can do more but my CPU is crapping out at 230 x 11 @ 4x HTT.

It's a tight fit with the DDR Booster on Dimm4 & mt ram due to the HS on my ram.

Gonna try my 2 x 512MB XMS3500 that's done 240Mhz DC on the IC7-G & will post my findings when I'm done doing the usual Memtest86/Prime95.

Only problem is that one of my front USB ports ain't working...

So far, using the specs in my 2nd rig, idle temps at 2.53GHz (11 x 230 @ 1.7v [1.55vid + 8.3% boost]) is 35c idle & 53c under Prime95. Tested for 21 hours as well as 5 hours of Memtest86+....

I'll be back with more findings with my 2 x 512MB XMS3500...

Maybe I gotta change the multi to 10.5 & try 250Mhz 1:1 action...

Cheers,
Minnyboy

[Caper]

I hate to have to tell people this but don't expect them to do more than 200/400ddr. This is from my personal expirence with double sided BH-5 on mine but many other people have had the same problem with them.

Thanks for the information!
What is the best RAM for this board?

[Caper]

I'm using 2 x 256MB DS XMS3500 DC that has been tested at 250 @ 3.4v/1.7Vtt on my IC7-G....

My CPU limitations have forced me to just using 230Mhz @ 2-2-2-6-11-16-1T @ 3.2v. My Ram can do more but my CPU is crapping out at 230 x 11 @ 4x HTT.

It's a tight fit with the DDR Booster on Dimm4 & mt ram due to the HS on my ram.

Gonna try my 2 x 512MB XMS3500 that's done 240Mhz DC on the IC7-G & will post my findings when I'm done doing the usual Memtest86/Prime95.

Only problem is that one of my front USB ports ain't working...

So far, using the specs in my 2nd rig, idle temps at 2.53GHz (11 x 230 @ 1.7v [1.55vid + 8.3% boost]) is 35c idle & 53c under Prime95. Tested for 21 hours as well as 5 hours of Memtest86+....

I'll be back with more findings with my 2 x 512MB XMS3500...

Maybe I gotta change the multi to 10.5 & try 250Mhz 1:1 action...

Cheers,
Minnyboy


Not that bad after all, please report how the 512 Mb sticks behave!

[Minnyboy]

Caper,

So far, just Memtest86+ & the new OCZ MemTest, I've been able to run my 2 x 512MB sticks at 2-2-2-6-1T @ 11 x 230 (2.53Ghz). I ran that test for 1 & 1/2 hours w/out any problems.

Trying 10.5 x 242 (2.54GHz) 1:1 @ 3.3v (DDR Booster) w/out any problems so far. Gonna let the test run overnight & then do a Prime95 run while I'm at work tomorrow.

Got the CoolerMaster Hyper6 with 2 fans (1 blowing, 1 sucking) as I need 1.7v for my CPU to be stable....

One thing that's got me going is that CPU-Z reports my 3500 as a 130nm whereas Memtest (both the original & OCZ;s one) reports it as a 90nm part????

Any ideas?? My thinking is that it's a minor bug with Memtest although I'm hoping it's a CPU-Z bug & I've got a 90nm CPU...

Will update during the next few days to see how high my BH5 will go with these AMD64 S939's...

Looking Good so far... Gotta test 10 x 250 1:1 to see how my 512Mb sticks go... Took 3.4v on an Intel system to do 240MHz... Taken 3.3v to do 242MHz on AMD64 POWER!!!

Keep you updated... :toast:

[xgman]

I've got the 754 board but have similar power issues

1) Machine boots up just flicking the power switch on the wall without the proper switch from the motherboard

2) False start 1 as mentioned in the thread... machine spins up the fans for 1 or 2 seconds and then dies

3) False start 2 as mentioned in the thread .. machine spins up fans but no screen image.

I had an MSI board as a replacement, my first one worked fine. The replacement did the above. I sent it back and got another, the replacement did the same. I left it in disgust and a few days later gave it one last time and it worked fine. It now works fine all the time as well, but i have had some troubles before this last good spell.

Having read the thread I notice a lot of GF 6800 cards being used. Interestingly, looking back at it, when my replacement board arrived I was using the 6800, but when I gave up with it I put the 6800 in my P4 and used it there. When it booted up after a few days it probably had my Fx 5800 in there. Now i have tested it since with the 6800 but I have had some troubles, at present the FX 5800 is in there and it seems OK

To be honest I cannot quite definitely match up when the 6800 was in there and when it was not and when it had these strange boot problems.

The only thing I can do is try 10 boots tonight with FX 5800 and then 10 with the 6800 and see if stability goes.

Can someone else with the problem and different video cards do likewise ? This will show if this theory is a false start ( cough, pardon the pun :) )

Regards

Andy

Sounds like the extra power load the 6800's are pulling may be a strain on the PS. I have a 6800U and a PCPC510 with no issues. maybe lower rated or even non tweaked rail PS's could be a factor.

[Caper]

One thing that's got me going is that CPU-Z reports my 3500 as a 130nm whereas Memtest (both the original & OCZ;s one) reports it as a 90nm part????


If I remember correctly...you have to use latest CPU-Z to identify 90nm.

Keep me posted about those 512 Mb sticks!

[LoKi2k]

hello!

could someone help me?!

[Perc]

The one that this thread is about unil NF4 boards start coming out. I don't think DFI will be out till Dec. Highest bios vdim option of any of the 939 boards is about 2.85 which is max for tccd anyway.

yeah good point i have some sweet arse adata pc4000 that will run 280 1:1 in my DFI 250UT mb at 2.8v i could try i also have some EB3500 but i dont know what chips they have? these TCCD chips you speak of what memory do i have to buy to get those chips? i get the FX-53 chip this up comming week so i will need to get my :banana::banana::banana::banana: situated real quik... ALSO if i want to run BH-5 in this MSI board? how does the OCZ booster run with this mb?

thx perc,

[xgman]

these TCCD chips you speak of what memory do i have to buy to get those chips?


Use bios 1.36. You will not need the booster with samsung tccd chips. They are on OCZ 3200EL Platinum and 3700EL Platinum. They are on less expensive Gskill ram (do a search on this forum). I am sure some others too, but I have the 3700ELplats and others with the Gskill 4400 are doing even over 300htt at 2.8v and lower.

[rick_fx]

My fx-53 and msi neo2 plat are on their way next week.
I want to buy some gskill for my setup but gskill isn't shipped to Canada.
Could anyone buy the gskill for me?

pm me ... thanks for helping out

[Perc]

Use bios 1.36. You will not need the booster with samsung tccd chips. They are on OCZ 3200EL Platinum and 3700EL Platinum. They are on less expensive Gskill ram (do a search on this forum). I am sure some others too, but I have the 3700ELplats and others with the Gskill 4400 are doing even over 300htt at 2.8v and lower.

cool thx man you have given me hope :) at first i wasnt too sure about this msi board but now i think it might not be that bad.. my fx-53 chip will be here this upcomming week so i need to get this msi ordered and some of that g-skills memory and ill be set.... thx man :toast:

peace perc,

[arj]

My fx-53 and msi neo2 plat are on their way next week.
I want to buy some gskill for my setup but gskill isn't shipped to Canada.
Could anyone buy the gskill for me?

pm me ... thanks for helping out

Have you tried excaliberpc.com? I just ordered a pair and it will be delivered to Malaysia. I'm sure they can deliver to Canada. :toast:

[Minnyboy]

Got a few questions here that I need some info on....

What's the max volts for aircooling??
I'm @ 1.8v ATM (1.55v + 10%), it should be 1.705v but the vcore fluctuates by .03v to .12v, is this usual for this board??

I'm using the Hyper6 + 2 fans... 35-38c idle & 55c under load...Using MBM 5.3.7.1...

Caper ,
I haven't tried any more than 242MHz on my BH5's so far...OCZ MemTest86 v1.0 reports 2980MB/s @ 2-2-2-6-7-16-1T @ 3.2v (DDR Booster)...

It was only stable for 3.5 hours Prime95 @ 10.5 x 242 @ 1.7v (darn thing fluctuates badly)....

Gonna try lowering the HTT to 241 & see if it's Prim95 stable. Gonna at least let it run for 5-10 hours first & lower the multi to see what my 2 x 512MB BH5's are capable of...

Off topic:
Funny thing is: I got these 2 x 512MB modules by luck... I was at my local store a while back & some idiot came in & returned these sticks because they "wouldn't" run at 2-3-3-7 on their mobo/cpu combo... Back at a time when it was so god damn hard to get 512MB BH5's in AUS... Nowwhere had them... Right time & place :D.


ALSO if i want to run BH-5 in this MSI board? how does the OCZ booster run with this mb? thx perc,

It's a tight squeeze with my XMS3500 in slots 1&2 & the Booster in slot 4 but it works real well here... In my case anyways... Both 256MB & 512MB modules....

Cheers,
Minnyboy

[xs64]

Hi guys , i have a problem here

Corecell shows 40'C when idle and MBM5 shows 36'C ..... Which one is right ?

And with the Zalman 7000Cu/ AS5 i just can @ 220x11 , Vcore DF
I can not run prime95 in 2 minutes with 225x11 ?? :mad:

[xgman]

Got a few questions here that I need some info on....

What's the max volts for aircooling??

probably 1.75v

I'm @ 1.8v ATM (1.55v + 10%), it should be 1.705v but the vcore fluctuates by .03v to .12v, is this usual for this board??

Yes, at least on mine.

Caper ,
I haven't tried any more than 242MHz on my BH5's so far...OCZ MemTest86 v1.0 reports 2980MB/s @ 2-2-2-6-7-16-1T @ 3.2v (DDR Booster)...

It was only stable for 3.5 hours Prime95 @ 10.5 x 242 @ 1.7v (darn thing fluctuates badly)....

Gonna try lowering the HTT to 241 & see if it's Prim95 stable. Gonna at least let it run for 5-10 hours first & lower the multi to see what my 2 x 512MB BH5's are capable of...


Set LT to X4 or even X3 to run higher HTT.



answers above.

[xgman]

Hi guys , i have a problem here

Corecell shows 40'C when idle and MBM5 shows 36'C ..... Which one is right ?

And with the Zalman 7000Cu/ AS5 i just can @ 220x11 , Vcore DF
I can not run prime95 in 2 minutes with 225x11 ?? :mad:

I have heard that MBM is more accurate as to how it is reading vcore on the NEO2.

[LilGator]

how about SpeedFan ? I idle mid-30s...

[charlie]

....finally I'm getting mine fired up with a 90nM chip, can someone provide link to the best BIOS? 1.36B right??? And some notes on how to FLASH.
thx!!!

C

[xs64]

I have heard that MBM is more accurate as to how it is reading vcore on the NEO2.
Thanks man , i quit the Corecell with the stupid system temp = 9'C :confused:
MBM5 works good now :banana:

[Dputiger]

Not to double post...

But are any of you in this thread aware of this?

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=616

[charlie]

Not to double post...

But are any of you in this thread aware of this?

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=616

yeah, old news :D

We've know about the 1/2MT issues for months.... you just put it into words/graphs, congrats!

C

[mike.elmes]

....finally I'm getting mine fired up with a 90nM chip, can someone provide link to the best BIOS? 1.36B right??? And some notes on how to FLASH.
thx!!!

CI'm getting ready for the same thing, anyone have a link to this BIOS?

[p4z1f1st]

could someone tell me, which program of the msi-cd you all use, to get the DRAM-voltage, etc?

is it core-center? or something other?

[Dputiger]

Heh,

Someone should've told me (or another website).

That's a MAJOR party foul.

[p4z1f1st]

Heh,

Someone should've told me (or another website).

That's a MAJOR party foul.

:confused:

another question: is there any possiblity to flash the BIOS of the Neo2 while running windows? (like on the Lanparty-UT?)

don't want to search my old floppy :D

[xs64]

:confused:

another question: is there any possiblity to flash the BIOS of the Neo2 while running windows? (like on the Lanparty-UT?)

don't want to search my old floppy :D
Perhaps no ..... i searched in MSI website and there is no soft can do live up Bios

[p4z1f1st]

damn.....so, could someone explain me, how to flash it :D

the last time, i flashed a bios via the manuel-way is 9months ago with my Epox 8K3A+ :D

[xs64]

Here u go
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44481

[xs64]

WOW I HATE this board! Everytime I try to go into the HT options it gives me a blank blue box and freezes bios, I tried this with 1.35 and 1.36 and both are giving me this.

Add to that it takes about 10 minutes for the stupid bios to get out of post mode, and then windows now takes another 10 mins to boot, I have to clear CMOS for it to boot normally.

I don't know what the heck I did here but this board has issues.

Holy hell, most half assed board I used. And to think I'm still using stock clocks and volts! Oh and look the stupid chipset fan stopped running out of the blue. I think some gasoline on this board would make it work better.
On the contrary , my NB fan is too lould , seems there is a helicopter in my case

[arctic-k20]

well my neo2 plat arrived today - and the install has been interesting thus far - winxp sp2 would not finish its install on the original bios - so i had to flash to 137 and xp is installing now....hopefull that is the only gremlin i come across...

the reboot bug was in full effect - hoping the 137 fixed that !!

[p4z1f1st]

hm, guys, is it normal, that the post shows always the bios v1.3, doesn't matter, if i flashed another bios?

i flashed (i think i flashed) v1.36b but the post doesn't changed.....still v1.3 :confused:

[CTKP]

Uh there is an auto flash utility, it should be somewhere in the MSI directory, in the "pheonix" (sp) folder- I think its winflash.

When I flashed, post screen shows 1.3b6. Reflash and see if it still shows.

[p4z1f1st]

ok, i flashed it - 1.36b

but my gskill won't make 275mhz @ 2.5-3-3-7-1T @ DualChannel memtest-stable :(

maybe someone of you (maybe onepagebook) has a idea, what to do....

my config:

3200+ winchester (non-oc'ed)
K8N Neo2 with 1.36b-bios
using DIMM#1 and #2 (the nearest to the CPU-Socket) - so running DC
bios-config 1 (http://www.8ung.at/dresign/rechner/bios0001.jpg)
bios-config 2 (http://www.8ung.at/dresign/rechner/bios0002.jpg)

anyone a idea? :(

btw it doesn't matter, if i set VDIMM to 2,6V or 2,85V or something between.....with 2,75V i get the most less errors....

i just test with test#5 @ memtest....

[avesta]

guys im trying to overclock my system, its as follows:
fx-53
msi k8n neo2
1GB corsair 3200XL-PT
2 WD Raptors raid 0
sapphire x800xt

i want to overclock the memory to 250mhz (DDR500) but I dont want to overclock the CPU. can someone tell me where to start?

[rick_fx]

Simple math. stock fx-53: 2400MHz (200*12)
For mem do: 250*9.5

Try to stay away from the .5 multipliers tho

[avesta]

can u be more specific?

[rick_fx]

Use clockgen "http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php"

Change multiplier to 9.5-> Click apply FID

Click get values, then go to FSB Selection, move button to 250

Click Set values

[Minnyboy]

my neo2 has rebooting issues??
when i reboot the computer gets to the loading xp screen (mostly black) and looks like its about to load windows then it will reboot.....at the bios screen i say to start windows normally and there is 50/50 chance it will load windows - if it doesnt - it reboots again then on the third try it usually will boot into windows????????????????????????


Tried SATA 3 & 4??

Fixed my problem...

[arctic-k20]

already using port 3/4 and i have port 1/2 disabled in the bios......

[zakelwe]

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=616

This is still ongoing but I tested this last night and disagree with the findings.

Note that this article shows the integer multiples for memory divider in the first few graphcs with sandra but then goes on to Everest and other software showing that when a half multipler is selected in clockgen or similar what actually happens is that the motherboard selects the next whole multipler down and bumps up the FSB speed.

Hence 12.5x200 would actually be 12x208. If you run MSI own Core Cell it also reports this so you can try this at home if you wish.

However I did some tests with Samdra and pifast last night and setting to 12.5x200 did a pifast time 1 second less than when I subsequently run it at the proper 208x12. Hence my conclusion that some software is reporting the speeds wrong.

Regards

Andy

[Vranichou]

Hi guys (and ladies...) I'm brand new to this site. Very nce. Quick question before I hit the control panel and customize stuff: Decided on the Neo 2 as my next upgrade some time ago along with the 3500+. Since reading through here last night have decided to try to find the Winchester CPU. At present NewEgg only carries the 3000+ and 3200+. With mem, have been reading how PC3200 XBL Patriots are good chips as they can be overclocked more. Brings me to my question: Why not just go with these? (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-220-031&depa=0)

edit: Oh, and do the Winchesters come in retail versions? I'd like a 3 year warratny. :)

-=Vran=-

[The Virus]

I noticed alot of people set the AGP freq. to 67mhz, what is the point of this??? Does it have to do with locking or something?? Mine is at 66mhz default, should i set it at 67mhz?? please comment.

[Wingz]

I noticed alot of people set the AGP freq. to 67mhz, what is the point of this??? Does it have to do with locking or something?? Mine is at 66mhz default, should i set it at 67mhz?? please comment.

yes, setting it to 67Mhz will lock the pci/agp bus.

[niaboc79]

:confused:

another question: is there any possiblity to flash the BIOS of the Neo2 while running windows? (like on the Lanparty-UT?)

don't want to search my old floppy :D

I use winflash and it works great

[charlie]

Just getting some time to play with my 3500+ 90nM/Neo2/TCCD combo....

I'm pretty impressed with the overall headroom of the CPU, but the DDR, PMI Turbo PC3200 2 x 256mB, which was hitting 310HTT on 754, single channel is having probs above 250.....dual channel :(

I will study a bit more for BIOS settings and such...
Here's the rig:

3500+ 90nM
K8N Neo2 1.3b6 BIOS
2 x 256mB PMI PC3200 Turbo TCCD
OCZ Powerstream 520W
CoolerMaster HYPER 6 w/ Tornado
Sapphire 9600XT

Guys have comments/suggestions??
Should I try out the BH-5 with the OCZ DDR Booster?

[The Virus]

What are you guys using for Broadband connection like cable modem, Mac(nvidia) or Giga lan?

Should both of these be enabled or just one???

[charlie]

I've used both, and they can both be enabled :D

[The Virus]

I've used both, and they can both be enabled :D

Well, thank you sir. lol

Charlie, i need some tech help , please.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44673

[charlie]

Well,
BH-5 seems to work just FINE :D
here's sPi stable @ 310HTT, 248fsb, 2-2-2-5 @ 5:4 @ 3.4V
I "broke" Sandra..... ;)

[Lithan]

good to know. Just bought this board and a 3000+ so I could use my sweet BH5. Now I just have to worry about hotflashing the bios.

[The Stilt]

Any hints to get PCI/AGP lock to work on this board?

Have tried following tricks, without any success:

Set AGP to 67MHz - 72MHz
Boot with 201FSB - 210FSB
1t -> 2t
Disabled Spread Spectrum
Moved the hd to SATA ports 3 & 4 (disabled 1 & 2 in bios)
Tried multiple bioses (1.20 - 1.37)...

And still cant pass 250FSB, even when running with lower dividers or after enabling 2t timing :(

I´ve tested Mushkin BLVL2 PC3500 256MB (DS) sticks and HyperX 3200 256MB (SS) sticks, and both sets have been driven over 270FSB 2-2-2-5-7-11-1T on Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 and with many other platforms.

I have even tried to use old GF2 card because it can run with higher AGP frequenzy. So maybe the WD 200GB SATA HD craps out?

[CTKP]

Any hints to get PCI/AGP lock to work on this board?

Have tried following tricks, without any success:

Set AGP to 67MHz - 72MHz
Boot with 201FSB - 210FSB
1t -> 2t
Disabled Spread Spectrum
Moved the hd to SATA ports 3 & 4 (disabled 1 & 2 in bios)
Tried multiple bioses (1.20 - 1.37)...

And still cant pass 250FSB, even when running with lower dividers or after enabling 2t timing :(

I´ve tested Mushkin BLVL2 PC3500 256MB (DS) sticks and HyperX 3200 256MB (SS) sticks, and both sets have been driven over 270FSB 2-2-2-5-7-11-1T on Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 and with many other platforms.

I have even tried to use old GF2 card because it can run with higher AGP frequenzy. So maybe the WD 200GB SATA HD craps out?

Having the same problems, I'm using tccd with it so i can tell you its not BH's fault. Anything over 250 and i get errors. :(

[zakelwe]

I am doing 265x9 OK for Sandra and pifast, though I seem to be having issues with dragothic at present which I think is the video card but at an outside bet it could be memory related.

I use Crucial Ballistix at about 3.1v. In my 754 board one stick would do 280 the other 275 or so.

Regards

Andy

[eva2000]

Any hints to get PCI/AGP lock to work on this board?

Have tried following tricks, without any success:

Set AGP to 67MHz - 72MHz
Boot with 201FSB - 210FSB
1t -> 2t
Disabled Spread Spectrum
Moved the hd to SATA ports 3 & 4 (disabled 1 & 2 in bios)
Tried multiple bioses (1.20 - 1.37)...

And still cant pass 250FSB, even when running with lower dividers or after enabling 2t timing :(

I´ve tested Mushkin BLVL2 PC3500 256MB (DS) sticks and HyperX 3200 256MB (SS) sticks, and both sets have been driven over 270FSB 2-2-2-5-7-11-1T on Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 and with many other platforms.

I have even tried to use old GF2 card because it can run with higher AGP frequenzy. So maybe the WD 200GB SATA HD craps out?
tried PATA drive or 32bit/66mhz controller ?

[The Stilt]

Ahh, problem solved :D

Trfc SHOULD NOT be touched by A64 Tweaker. Otherwise your memory simply wont work like they should. I think its a bios bug, since the value wont change at all even if you ajust it with A64Twkr.

This board really rocks. Just ran SuperPI at 278MHz 2-2-2-5-7-1t / 3.58V with my old faithful KHX3200 sticks, and they are single sided btw. With GB K8NSNXP-939 they couldn´t run even at 200FSB if 2t was disabled.

Sandra Bandwidth (http://www.akiba-pc.com/FX-55/Sandra-Mem.PNG)
270FSB 2-2-2-5-7-1t (http://www.akiba-pc.com/FX-55/270FSB.PNG)
SuperPI 26 sec (http://www.akiba-pc.com/FX-55/SPI1M-26FSB.PNG)

Great success :D

[CodeRed]

Ahh, problem solved :D

Trfc SHOULD NOT be touched by A64 Tweaker. Otherwise your memory simply wont work like they should. I think its a bios bug, since the value wont change at all even if you ajust it with A64Twkr.

This board really rocks. Just ran SuperPI at 278MHz 2-2-2-5-7-1t / 3.58V with my old faithful KHX3200 sticks, and they are single sided btw. With GB K8NSNXP-939 they couldn´t run even at 200FSB if 2t was disabled.

Sandra Bandwidth (http://www.akiba-pc.com/FX-55/Sandra-Mem.PNG)
270FSB 2-2-2-5-7-1t (http://www.akiba-pc.com/FX-55/270FSB.PNG)
SuperPI 26 sec (http://www.akiba-pc.com/FX-55/SPI1M-26FSB.PNG)

Great success :D

hmmm Trfc via A64Tweaker + 2xKHX3200/256 + Neo2 + 1.36 BIOS + FX53 works for me :confused:

EDIT: the BIOS doesnt affet what A64 Tweaker reads for Trfc. It reads directly from the memory controller registers

[PnoT]

I'm having the same issue with ram. I basically have 4 sticks of bh-5 on hand. 2 corsair, dbl sided, 3200LLPT v1.1 and 2 kingston hyperx 3200, single side, and i can't break 230 without crashing out of windows upon boot. I've max'd out my ram volts on the board and i am using 1.30 final version of the bios. Should i flash to 1.3b6? I've tried everything i can think of as far as the ram settings go from leaving them to auto to manually setting them and still the same issue. I have a 3200+ 90nm winchester and i can do 2.6 into windows on air and 2.8 boot so i know it's not the chip that's holding me back at this point. I was going to do the vdimm mod to get me 3.3v for the ram and see if that would help but i'm not sure that would even benefit me at all. I don't have a booster so is there anyway i can get more than 3.3v to the ram with a mod? Also, where is everyone getting the 1.3b6 bios i can't find it anywhere atm. Let me know if i should be doing something else cause i'm at a loss right now :( Thanks in advance.


Edit:
This is my very fist A64 board as i've been intel for a while and haven't upgraded in ages. I'm a little confused about the cpu vid setting and what exactly htt is. Can someone explain that or have a link to an article i can read up on it.

[Minnyboy]

I don't have a booster so is there anyway i can get more than 3.3v to the ram with a mod? Also, where is everyone getting the 1.3b6 bios i can't find it anywhere atm. Let me know if i should be doing something else cause i'm at a loss right now :( Thanks in advance.

Need DDR Booster or Vdimm mod mate... There should a a thread for the Vdimm mod somewhere here. I use the DDR Booster, saves a lot of trouble.

Here's the link for ppl who don't wanna search the first page of this thread.

K8N Neo2 1.36b Bios (http://www.maksys.biz/comcentral/showthread.php?t=128).

Gotta get rid of my 130nm 3500+ & get meself a 3200+ 90nm... CPU isn't stable past 11x230. Lowering multi to 10.5x242 ain't stable either even though is ends up being the speed... Lowering HTT don't help either...

Best I could get my 2x512MB XMS3500 was 242MHz@2-2-2-6-7-16-1T... That's running OCZ memtest86 for over 11 hours...I'm not even going to bother with 2T...

Cheers,
Minnyboy

edit: CPU VID is Vcore under a different name...

As for HTT: I ripped this straight from sierra_bound...



Since many people are switching to A64 for the first time, I thought I'd provide a little primer. I posted some of this information in the Asus A8V thread, and thought I'd give a little broader explanation here.

Technically speaking, there is no FSB on A64 systems. FSB is a bus that allows the CPU to communicate with system memory. A64 systems use a different type of connection called HyperTransport. It's a point-to-point link. The term HTT is used to described the connection speed. This is roughly equivalent to FSB but not the same thing.

The general formula for determining optimal HyperTransport speed is HTT (FSB) X HT multiplier. The multipliers are sometimes listed in the BIOS as frequencies that are multiples of 200MHz. 1000MHz = 5x, 800MHz = 4X, etc.

The HyperTransport speed should not exceed the motherboard's specs. The Asus A8V, for example, has a maximum HyperTransport speed of 1000MHz. So using the formula, if you have HTT at 250, the HT multiplier should be set no higher than 800MHz (4X). 250 X 4 = 1000.

More information about HyperTransport can be found here (http://www.hypertransport.org/faqs.html#b) and here (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_2353,00.html)

[PnoT]

Need DDR Booster or Vdimm mod mate... There should a a thread for the Vdimm mod somewhere here. I use the DDR Booster, saves a lot of trouble.
Found the thread and i'm going to attempt the mods tonight. I can't afford a booster atm due to buying a new system and a mod'd promy from chilly1.. :)


Here's the link for ppl who don't wanna search the first page of this thread.
I found the 1.36 but ppl kept saying it was 1.3b6 which got me mixed up.


edit: CPU VID is Vcore under a different name...
Dunno why that threw me off duh


As for HTT: I ripped this straight from sierra_bound...
Very informative and helpful response i REALLY appreciate it. :toast:
I've been reading for the last 3 nights on the board and it's quirks so tonight i'm going to see what i can really do with it. I'm 2.65ghz on my 3200+ right now, on air, stable but i definately want more.

[The Virus]

Well,
BH-5 seems to work just FINE :D
here's sPi stable @ 310HTT, 248fsb, 2-2-2-5 @ 5:4 @ 3.4V
I "broke" Sandra..... ;)


Charlie, how do you set 5:4 ratio in bios??? I looked everywhere and i cant find it. God , im so confused . Plus, why is the 5th pci slot colored in orange?? What does it mean?

[zakelwe]

Can someone tell me where to measure VTT on the board ? For the 754 it was above the memory slots but on the 939 there is just one measuring point for VDIMM between the slots and the edge of the board ( the black/white circle obviously ! )

I keep dropping out to desktop in dragothic and wonder if this is because on my board VTT does not track VDIMM at 1/2 ratio for some reason.

Regards

Andy

[arj]

The ratio is in the Cell Menu>DRAM Configuration>Max Memclock
The ratios are 100, 133, 166, and 200

As for your second question, the manual says that "The orange PCI slot (PCI5) also works as a communication slot, which allows you to insert the communication card". Whatever that is! LOL

[The Virus]

I'm so pissed off right now. I can't even do 12x217fsb with 4xhtt which is 2.6ghz ,stock fx55 speeds and my htt is below 1000. My ram is even rated at 217fsb and passes memtest everytime so i know its not the ram. I'm starting to believe this mobo doesn't have working PCI when comes to SATA drives. I do have an ide hd in my closet so ill give it a try tomorrow.

[d]g[ts]

Two SATA ports are locked, and two are not. forget which two are since i dont use them. but the answer to which are locked is somewhere in these forums

[arj]

Which SATA port are you using? Use SATA port 3 and 4 only because 1 and 2 can't be locked.

[The Virus]

Which SATA port are you using? Use SATA port 3 and 4 only because 1 and 2 can't be locked.


Im using 3/4 closest to the cpu. In bios i have everything disabled for 1/2 ports and everything enabled for 3/4. This sucks, i had better success with ABit nf7-s which did 220fsb 1:1. Why aren't the 1/2 ports locked anyway?? WTF ? why do all chipmakes advertise that their boards have pci/agp locks but when they come out they dont. I dunno, im pretty sure it has to do with sata, ill try my ide tomorrow.

[mike.elmes]

Just wondering ....how many different revisions are there on this board. I have one, and it's a rev. 1.0
I am planning on using a PCI raid card, and a ram booster. Must have added dim voltage for the EB.

[Sucka]

Will the MSI Update program work with the 1.36/37 BIOS, cause i don't have a floppy atm, and if so, could you give a breif discription of how to do it, thanks, this is my first ever AMD system.

[The Virus]

Will the MSI Update program work with the 1.36/37 BIOS, cause i don't have a floppy atm, and if so, could you give a breif discription of how to do it, thanks, this is my first ever AMD system.

Yes, read here. It's really easy,


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44481

[Sucka]

Yes, read here. It's really easy,


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44481

Thanks.

Can anyone comment on the on-board sound for this Motherboard? I would have to pull my card from another computer unless the on-board is decent enough.

[Sucka]

Another thing i want to figure out, how come i get that flash menu saying something about Nvidia IDE RAID, even though i have RAID disabled in the BIOS, what am i missing here? I really don't want to see that thing popup each reboot when i'm not even using RAID.

[Vranichou]

OK, I found the Neo 2, the 3500+ Winchester, now all I need is the RAM. What's the best way to go? Patriot PC3200 XBLK or PC4200 ELK? The ELK timings are 3-4-4-8 at 2.6 VDimm. I got nothing against OCing the 3200 to 260+ MHZ, but if I'm gonna be running the same timings as the 4200 at a 3.0 VDimm, why bother?

-=Vran=-

[CodeRed]

Dunno why everyone says this MSI board sucks

mine seems to work OK
http://home.exetel.com.au/codered/fx53/pifast3225.jpg

or this way too (for same pifast score)
http://home.exetel.com.au/codered/fx53/pifast3183.jpg

thats a 97 MHz improvement over my giga board :p:
just lost a bit on the mem clocks (6 MHz), but I'll fix that soon ;)

[charlie]

Codered,
Good to see you check out this thread!
Yeah, mines working well, too. I'm running 305HTT @ 250mHz.... I was wondering what the best A64 tweaker settings were, and now I know, lol...

[CodeRed]

Codered,
Good to see you check out this thread!
Yeah, mines working well, too. I'm running 305HTT @ 250mHz.... I was wondering what the best A64 tweaker settings were, and now I know, lol...

yeah those settings are best for pifast and superpi
they are also very good for 3dmark, but not sure if they are the best yet.

[Poki]

Thanks.

Can anyone comment on the on-board sound for this Motherboard? I would have to pull my card from another computer unless the on-board is decent enough.
It's not that bad but i did switch back to my old audigy card to take some load of the cpu in games. Using any EQ you can get decent quality out if it, but it doesn't do 64 sounds which i must have for gaming or i have real problems.

[Sucka]

Ok, i've got my system all setup now, and something just doesn't seem right with it, so any help would be nice. Keep in mind, this is my first AMD build, so not only am i a noob, but i'm working with something i know very little about.

Hardware:
FX-55 (using stock FX-53 heatsink, waiting on XP-90)
MSI Neo2 1.36Beta
2x512 Gskill TCCD
6800 GT OC by BFG
Antec True Power 550
WD 74GB Raptor
Onboard Sound and LAN (non MAC one?)

My main BIOS settings are AGP 1.65v with 128mb aperture. RAM volts are default, CPU voltage is default with "vid" default as well, no % increase or whatever that is, something i still don't understand to begin with. ATI/Nvidia in special menu is disabled, RAID disabled, SATA 1-2 disabled, MAC LAN Disabled, HTT is at 3x, FSB is at 260, multi is at 10, AGP is at 67, spread spectrum disabled..i think that's most of it, at least all i can think of without rebooting right now. My memory timings are 2.5-3-3-7-1T. I haven't attempted to overclock, A) I don't have a clue what i'm doing, and B) i am waiting to burn in and get my new heatsink.

Now here's my problem. My 6800 GT OC card has a default clock of 370/1.0. I had been running it in my Intel rig at 420/1.10 for about a weeks time, no problems at all. If i even overclock it by 1MHz on this new AMD, i get artifacting like crazy, and benchmarks take on this crazy look. Aquamark will freeze, and have weird lags in it, plus weird artifacts i can't even describe. 3DMark 03 will have weird artifacting as well i can't describe, and even if the bench runs all the way through, it still is about 10K points less in aqua, and 3K less in Mark 03, now if someone can explain this to me, you get a cookie. Bassically i can't overclock this graphics card at all anymore, and my Intel rig spanks it in benches because of this.

Another thing i dislike about this board is the fact that everytime i reboot, i get the Nvidia IDE RAID pop up screen that sits on "detecting array..." for about 3-5 seconds, even though i have RAID disabled within my BIOS, not a big problem, but VERY annoying never-the-less, little help on getting rid of that would be cool too. Overall it's a nice CPU, it does beat out my intel at default clocks in CPU dependent benches, but as for this motherboard, i am not a fan so far, keeping in mind this is my first ever AMD and have nothing to comapare it to..lol

If you can suggest anything about my weird gfx problem that would be cool. Thanks.

http://www.sevenlabs.net/sucka/pictures/fx55.JPG

[Poki]

Does Prime95 run without errors on it? Run the ram at 2.7v instead of default is one suggestion.
BTW, that is one kickass system you have there... When you get it ironed out you'll be sooo happy!

[Sucka]

Does Prime95 run without errors on it? Run the ram at 2.7v instead of default is one suggestion.
BTW, that is one kickass system you have there... When you get it ironed out you'll be sooo happy!

I don't think that's it though, cause everything is works great on the settings i have posted above, it's when i throw in gfx overclocking that the thing really drags. I will try that though, thanks for the input.

And i was hoping to really like this setup, but so far i miss my intel just for the fact that i know what i'm doing on the Intel platform, it's far better in multitasking, and i can overclock the graphics which is the most important part to me, being that i am a gamer. We'll see how it is once i get some better cooling, and overclock the CPU some. I just haven't been impressed with it yet, and that RAID popup screen is driving me nuts.....lol

[Blue078]

Hardware:
FX-55 (using stock FX-53 heatsink, waiting on XP-90)
MSI Neo2 1.36Beta
2x512 Gskill TCCD
6800 GT OC by BFG
Antec True Power 550
WD 74GB Raptor
Onboard Sound and LAN (non MAC one?)

My main BIOS settings are AGP 1.65v with 128mb aperture. RAM volts are default, CPU voltage is default with "vid" default as well, no % increase or whatever that is, something i still don't understand to begin with. ATI/Nvidia in special menu is disabled, RAID disabled, SATA 1-2 disabled, MAC LAN Disabled, HTT is at 3x, FSB is at 260, multi is at 10, AGP is at 67, spread spectrum disabled..i think that's most of it, at least all i can think of without rebooting right now. My memory timings are 2.5-3-3-7-1T. I haven't attempted to overclock,



Dissable Fast Writes in BIOS is a must for the NV card.
I couldnt even get my GT stable at default clocks with FW enabled.

Next thing for system stability and OCing, make sure you dissable the setting in Cell Menu called "Agressive Timing"

[Sucka]

Dissable Fast Writes in BIOS is a must for the NV card.
I couldnt even get my GT stable at default clocks with FW enabled.

Next thing for system stability and OCing, make sure you dissable the setting in Cell Menu called "Agressive Timing"

Thanks for the tip. I honestly don't really know what that does though, but i'll try it....lol

And Agressive Timing is disabled.

Seems my memory will overclock, but the core just will not go up without some sort of weirdness involved. Never have i seen overclocking decrease scores....new one on me anyhoo.

[Poki]

I'm starting to wonder if your videocard is too hot and thermal throttling is kicking in. I haven't had a card that had that kind of thermal control but it sure sounds like that's what's happening.
Pop the side panel off and blow a fan in there is you think it may be an issue.