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

Thanks again...
Will try NFM 1.8r3 SD edition later...
Hate to clear CMOS via JUMPER...:)

Hi PURE MCSE,
Don't flash the sandiego edition if you have a Venice core,it was only designed to force 1T on sandiego I don't know how it will effect your venice it may trash your bios or not!

I have allredy tested 1t via lukija's A64 info and it worked ok, no single error.
If the diffrence between 1.8r3 NFM standard edition and 1.8r3 San Diego
edition bios is only 1t/2t, San Diego edition have to work with VENICE
100%.

JUST flashed 1.8r3 SD edition and everything works ok for now.
But there is one anoyng thing, @post bios report memory latency @2T.
When windows loads, when checked A64info report 1T latency.
Memory benchmarks reports olso 1T.

Hi PURE MCSE,
Glad everything turned out ok for you.Mine also reports 2T at post but I can live with that because I get better stabillity from the bios on a whole.Good luck with your overclocking.

man you guys still aint learned that switching over to dfi will get you much higher clocks and WAY better stability..

i switched and have never looked back and went from 2.7-ish max to 2.9-ish max on the same cpu and ram... there is no comparison..


now.....

where is Sideeffect ? i need to see if he has a 754 Neo Platinum modded bios.

seriously though i loved my neo2 but damn it just was day and night when switching to the Ultra-D

Hi Lestat,
At the moment i've not got the money to upgrade but if I did it certainly wouldn't be to DFI, haven't used that crap since socket A when I bought 5 defective boards in a row.I haven't had stability problems with my Neo 2 in over a year and a half, it's never missed a beat and will last me until socket AM2 matures and moves to 65nm process.Some new hardware wouldn't go amiss though as it's always nice to play with something new. Damn I've got to get a Job LOL.

dual core here I come :)

sitll don't know if I should give up on this board, its very stable

Hello to all,

I dont know if the matter im going to put up already have been discused here still to read 1XX pages is some hours work (sorry) .

I have :

AMD64 3200+ E6
OCZ pc4000 VX
Msi neo2 platinum
Audigy 2 platinum
2 x WD sata 120 gigas
XFX 6800 Ultra
OCZ powerstream 420w

My problem is this i can play for example call of duty 2, with no problems, but if i try to install a new game like farcry (original version) or PES5 (backup version) the computer will freeze and reboot, yes i have overclock, still i already tryed in default, have flashed some bios , like sideeffect mooded, the offical ones from MSI and still have this problem.

I just dont know what else to do :( .

Regards

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Hello to all,

I dont know if the matter im going to put up already have been discused here still to read 1XX pages is some hours work (sorry) .

I have :

AMD64 3200+ E6
OCZ pc4000 VX
Msi neo2 platinum
Audigy 2 platinum
2 x WD sata 120 gigas
XFX 6800 Ultra
OCZ powerstream 420w

My problem is this i can play for example call of duty 2, with no problems, but if i try to install a new game like farcry (original version) or PES5 (backup version) the computer will freeze and reboot, yes i have overclock, still i already tryed in default, have flashed some bios , like sideeffect mooded, the offical ones from MSI and still have this problem.

I just dont know what else to do :( .

Regards

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u using satas 3 and 4 if not do :)

Im using it 3 and 4 yes .

The other day my 6800GT's fan died so I pulled out the card and placed a 5600xt in. It wouldn't boot so I did a bios reset and all was good. How ever the system would not post once I turned on the Second network plug. I'm using Side's bios 1.C and when ever I turn on the network it just sits there forever with the USB thing showing lights 1 and 3 in red.

I've now placed my 6800gt back in with a new fan and I still can't place the lan on. It was working 100% fine before this but :(

Ok..
i have to choose between
- GEIL Ultra X GeIL Ultra X CL2 (2-2-2-5-1) Radiator ( Kit 2 x 512MB ) costs ONLY 166$ (all taxes)
- GeIL One CL1.5 (1.5-2-2-5-1) ONLY 284$ .. Kinda expensive
- Kingston KHX3200AK2/1G (Hyper X 2x512 memory) only 119$
- model from OCZ cost about 240$+ :S

- Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT (2 3 3 6) this are ONLY 136$
- Corsair TWINX1024-3200XLPT are ONLY 256$ ...Kinda expensive for my budget
- Corsair TWINX1024-4400C25PT are 256$ too ... grrr

Now with my Kingmax PC3200 setted at 333mhz instead 400mhz i do 2.4Ghz efective with my sytem in signature..
What you guys recommend..the cheapest model from those i mentioned or other models that have the best raport OC/Price for my system..I prefer not to pay 250$ is too much for me..but if it worth so much i will sell my hair from my ass too to buy those:P

A strange problem happen here. I have tested 3 chips ( winnie, san diego and a X2).
I didnt have cold bug using bios 1.8 ,but now i have to use another bois to support dual core, no one worked.
Maybe not a chip problem, but the mb problem....:(

Need some help here, just got done builting another 7025 board, the boot time is really slow, when windows screen comes up it stops for about two mins then it loads the rest of it. I'm running a 3000 venice core, 1gb of pc4000 corsair, bfg 6600 gtoc card, 80gb sata drive, and also new install of xp pro, I have try so many different bios and nothing changes, I do have the sata cable plug into #3 slot and tryed #4 still the same, I don't remember installing the sata drive from the floppy like I did with my other 7025 board, could this cause that problem? I really don't want to start all over again.
thankyou for the help.
coop

have you tried bootvis ? it's a program by Microsoft that can analise your bootup time and can optimise your files for start up.
can also show you a graph of your complete boot with regards to cpu,hdd read/write useage, and can name boot up files.
is quite good .... try a google for bootvis.exe

I will try that, do you know if that sata driver with the floppy could do this.
thks
coop

i don't know about the sata driver. I've never play with them before ! ( hope to later on this year )

all i can say to add is that bootvis is a prog. that works within windows, and is not a dos/ bootable program. :)

hope it helps you.

tryed bootvis, no luck, still hangs at the windows screen, any ideas anybody?
coop

do you have RAID enabled even if you are not using it?

no I don't, does that need to be for sata, my other pc with the same board and hard drive doesn't have it enable either, that one boots just fine.
thks
coop

Anyone tried the 1.D2 beta?

http://www.lejabeach.com/MSIK8N/W7025NMS1D2.zip

http://msi-forum.de/thread.php?posti...f1f#post193881

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Du könntest es auch mal mit dem 1D2 BIOS aus der Mod-Section versuchen.
Hab mich die letzten Tage ziemlich viel mit dem Board und OCen beschäftigt und hatte öfters die gleichen Ergebnisse, sobald ich den FSB auf über 250 anheben wollte! (Win kackt einfach ab un rebootet)
Das 1D2 war bisher das Einzige, mit dem sich das Board stabil auf 255 betreiben lies. (Test läuft noch)
Allerdings ist mein Sys damit nicht mehr Prime-stable!http://msi-forum.de/msi_images/smilies/frown.gif

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i can't read german but i think that means it sucks. lol

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You could try it also times with the 1D2 BIOS from the Mod section. Me the last days a good deal with the board and OCen employed and had repeatedly the same results, as soon as I wanted to raise the FSB on over 250! (Win :banana::banana::banana::banana:s simply off un rebootet) The 1D2 was so far the only one, with which stably on 255 operate themselves the board read. (Test runs still) However my Sys thereby is Prime stable no longer!

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hmm... seems like he couldn't do over 250htt on any bios (windows reboot itself), but with 1d2, 255htt = OK but it wasn't prime stable.

I'll go test it out and report back to you guys...

ok. on 1.D2 now.
things i've observed
- takes ages to boot (about twice as long to get to winXP loading screen compared to 1.8, 1.C3, or 1.D1)
- can only adjust TCL, TRCD, TRD, TRAS and command rate in memory options
- stupidly loose timings (TRC = 12, TRFC = 24, TRTW=4)
- can boot at faster memory speeds, but still not any more stable (max primeable mem speeds = same as other bioses). I assume this is because of stupidly loose memory timings.

I'd say don't bother yet... Im going to try and tweak the timings thru A64 tweaker and see if its any better.

The memory timings are still in 1.D2 they are just hidden. You can make them show by using Shift F2 or Alt F2 something like that.

1.D2 has been out a while now and havnt heard anything that good about it.