ultimate S939 mainboard guide - tweaking guide ,known bugs, and fixes

Most 939 boards that I know off all work like they are supposed to at default settings... NF3 or VIA KT800PRO
Any one should do you fine. Abit, MSI, Asus

Hey HK I got the the EPOX 9NDA3J rev 2


It's basically the 9NDA3+ at $40 less money


Missing FW
Missing rounded cables.
Missing Firewire headers
Missing Screwdriver
Only 2 sata NV RAID vs. 2 sata NV RAID and 2 marvel


Other than that it's exactly the same board. Same box, Same bios options, same layout.

Problems so far? same as 9NDA3+

-slots 1 and 2 don't work even at stock speeds has memtest problems
-Slots 3 and 4 are OK with TCCD until you push past about 230Mhz then it really don't like 1T no matter timmings...
-NO 3.3 or 12V monitoring. If you see it, the numbers will be crazy as hell.


Good things?
-more Vcore options up to +.35 in .05 increments
-Posts no problem at 325HTT and works well at 315.
-Works up to 280 with 4HT!!!

Hope this helps... Killer board for $90.

Sorry guys, I've been busy with other things. Haven't been keeping up to date. Starting to catch up now.

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Originally Posted by Swing

Well it seems that I can't get the MSI K8N NEO2 NB sink off.

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NB HSF maintanance class:D

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Originally Posted by Swing

What's up with that orange PCI slot?
Can I use it for my Audigy?

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orange pci slot is for the MSI WiFi card.
i wouldnt use that slot at all...
ive heard it could effect your oc (instability)
so why take the risk :)

hey guyz!

can you help me getting my ABIT AV8 stable?

my problem: fastwrites disabled, everything correctly installed. so far, so good. then i put in my win xp professional cd and install it. after i have typed in my name and the networks informations, the installator says --> 7 minutes remaining (in the left down corner). so far so good. after this, i get a bluescreen, which says, change your videocard, disable drivers and reboot the system. i tried everything, but i still get this bluescreen!

HELP ME, PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

best regards,
burnhead

Thanks Jack!

I have another question: :p:
How many SATA's does the Neo2 have?
And how many of are locked?

Thanks :D

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Originally Posted by Swing

Thanks Jack!

I have another question: :p:
How many SATA's does the Neo2 have? 4
And how many of are locked? 2, ports 3 and 4, located between cpu and vga

Thanks :D

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np :toast:

need a small help... My K8nsxp died today (at least it won't make me lose time anymore...) i need another mainboard but i can only find an Asus A8V or an Abit Av8. I have to wait a week to get an Msi... What would you do... wait or get a Kt800 mainboard?
I need them to achieve something better than the 3ghz i got with the Giga... so consider that the priority is overclockability
Thanks for the help :)

i would get one of the newer MSI's, with serialnumber 0410 or higher :toast:
those new boards will do real nice :D

Once I thought that Neo with S/N:0411 are new rev's, but I got S/N:0410 with the new revision from Taiwan.

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Originally Posted by mdzcpa

In order of choice:
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Asus A8V rev 2 non wi fi - stay away from early revs with hit n miss locks. VIA chipset doesn't like the locks is the problem. The rev 2 with working locks is a nice mobo.

This, of course, is all my own personal 2 cents:)

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So there is a non-wi-Fi veriosn and a wi-fi?

Deluxe has the wifi, and is about 15% more money, well at least where i get my stuff

Thanks. I'm up-migrating from nf2 to Socket 939 and I am looking for a stable, mature, board on which to use these components:

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Sapphire
Original Corsair TwinX PC3200LL rev 1.1 BH-5 2 x 512M 1G Kit
NEC DVD-RW ND2500-A

Informed recs much appreciated.

Cheers,
Allan

Well, the NF3 boards are better feature-wise than K8T800, and seem to overclock better, but are more expensive. At my supplier, Abit AV8 is 20% cheaper than the board i have - the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum, which is serving me well (although it has its fair share of bugs\annoyances, like dodgy readings and cpu socket placement)

I like the Abit boards that I have used but wonder about the companies future after hearing about "Enronesque" financials. I have been reading this thread and am leaning towards a revision 2 Asus Boad. I don't really want to mod it much and want a feature rich board to setup with a new Winchester CPU. I fear the Asus board won't like my RAM though?

OK something weird is going on here (K8N NEO2)

Vcore @ Bios is 1.5V
Vcore @ CoreCell shows <1.5V (but options shows that 1.5v is selected)
Vcore @ CPU-Z shows <1.5v
Vcore @ ClockGen is 1.45V

It makes me very uncomfortable because I don't know if my chip (which is 0431 :( but I have some hopes on it) can do 2500mhz @ 1.4XV OR 1.50V. If it's really under 1.4v currently i'll give him 1.5v and im sure he'll do 2500mhz at least.

Can someone help me out?
Thanks in advance :D

Hmm... can you help me i have some big problems getting my 2*512mb OCZ 3700EB ram to go parst 250Mhz 1:1 on the MSI K8N-NEO2 with my 3200+ Winchester....

i have tryet bios 1.2 and 1.3 and 1.5x(the last one i find)

sorry for my bad english. :(

by the way i have even tryet with my OCZ DDR-booster to give the ram 3.2 and 3.3 but that was no good... my winie is a middle ting i think... it is able to hit 2.75ghz with 1.65 in v-core an are game stable there...

The Neo2 undervolts by about 0.05, so giving it more volts is fine, swing

And that is @ 1.45 Vid. Must use vid % to get higher (though I don't see why it's needed ;) (insert smirking smiley here (sig))

Hi,

I have some questions about MSI's K8N Neo2 Platinum.

As far as I understand, you need to bend one of the caps to mount an XP-120, right?
So, do you think I should get XP-90 and save the "risk", if any? :confused:
Or maybe the cooling differences will be to big to lose just because of a single cap?

Also, does the MSI stock NB hsf worth's something?
Or should I upgrade it?

Thanks in advance :worship:
Swing.

The NB HSF usually doesnt have proper application of thermal paste, from what ive seen. lol. i may check my own at some point. Apparently the NB fan has a short lifespan, though its not difficult to replace. Probably better to get the smaller XP-90 rather than taking risks with the 120 and possibly damaging something.

Swing, there are pics of a mounted xp-120 with the bend cap on the internet.
Search for it and decide if you 'dare' to take that step and bend it :)

difference between xp-90 and xp-120 is undoubtly tested by someone,
just google for it ;)

g/l

Jack

Whats wrong with my MSI Neo2 54G:
Cant past 1.55V+10%, if I put 13% or above and save&exit it will be 1.55V "By CPU Vid" :mad:

Flashed with WinFLASH -> 1.36b, 1.37 and 1.41 :stick:

* Antec TrueControl 550W
* Msi K8N NEO2 54G Platinum
* 2*256mb KHX3000 BH5 SS, MemTest86+ #5 2hours S754 cas2-2-2-5 1T, nF2 271FSB cas2-2-2-11 Dual 1:1, cant be the mems :)

Have you ever tried using CoreCenter for adjusting vcore?

take a look here :)