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

[wiz]

great bios Sideeffect

[theDUD3]

guys i just got a pair of corsair twinx modules from my brother, just wanna ask if these are good for this mobo?

thanks!

[msimax]

hey whatsup sideeffect glad to u still cranking out excellent bios you really helped alot my ? is as i moved on from this board the same mem i use now does 320 im looking at the msi rd480 which is now like 90$ but if i needed as bios mod are u limited to the neo2

[sideeffect]

hey whatsup sideeffect glad to u still cranking out excellent bios you really helped alot my ? is as i moved on from this board the same mem i use now does 320 im looking at the msi rd480 which is now like 90$ but if i needed as bios mod are u limited to the neo2

Yes if its a award bios I can mod it. I cant test it though

[theDUD3]

great bios sideeffect, thanks a lot! are registered mem modules (corsair twinx) compatible with the k8n neo2 platinum?

[Kingsob]

I'm having problems with my Mobo.

It keeps randomly resetting it's self. Sometimes after post it will reset and sometimes in windows Idling and playing games it will just reset.

No idea why but. I have all lastest drivers and lastest bios

[sideeffect]

Kingsob test your ram with memtest+.

[brechtvm]

problem found :

i need to flash my bios to a newer one
but i need a s939 winchester/newcastle/clawhammer cpu to do this..

my question : does anyone know a 'hack' to flash my bios to a newer one, without needing one of the cpu's mentioned above (i have an opteron 146)

[Draxx]

SE, your site seems to be down

[sideeffect]

Yes it has a DNS problem will be back up soon. Hopefully

In the mean time I set up mirrors.

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
Based on 1.C FINAL !
MSI Fixes - Fixed have option rom. Should have also fixed IDE Boot card problem. Improved Vcore stability. Improved USB device compatibility.

Standard Edition
- All New Menu Layout
- Enabled 183 divider
- Enabled 150 Divider
- More user friendly defaults

Ballistix Edition
- Max Async = 8
- Read Write Queue bypass = 16
- Bypass max = 7
- Idle Cycle limit = 64
- DQS Skew Mode = slower

TCCD Edition
- Max Async = 8
- Read Write Queue bypass = 16
- Bypass max = 7
- Idle Cycle limit = 256
- DQS Skew Mode = slower
- Drive Strength weak by default

No Temp with TCCD timings

[e-jump]

owh btw, new core center juz released
so far, no crashing probs....

ahh, juz wish sideEffects bios can help me boost my rams speed..
but in reality, i got a dud kit

[ridikolous]

does it fix the wrong temperature readings with opty's? because ive been having this problem with all the older bios... believe i tried everything i can do to make sure i have good heatsink contact.. and i still idle at 40c.

[sideeffect]

Not sure dont have a opty. So far It is more stable for CPU and ram than the 1.C3 beta was. Just a margin better. They have messed around with the voltages a bit. Was having GPU issues and crashing in games until I realised that 1.C hates 1.65 AGP volts. Setting it back to 1.5 volts cured the problem.

Not sure if Ill keep it or go back to 1.C3 yet as I need to test it further. Also working on another bios that im scared to test incase it blows up the house but we will see

[e-jump]

hi sideeffect
maybe you can do something to the last single core bios? was it 1.7 or 1.8..
maybe its a best ones for single core/old winnie/clawhammer users

[blade148]

hi ya. I just signed up to this great forum !

i thik i need a modded BIOS, maybe Need.for.Mhz 180NFM ?

i have a neo plat 2, 3700+ san diego 250x11. and just brought 2 x 1gb gskill pc4000 HZ ram.

problem is i just can't get these suckers stable at HT250. tried a range of settings and it just don't wanna prime 95, or 3dmark 2001 !

did check out your bios's sideeffect, but know your primary site is down, and don't know which BOIS to d/l from the mirrior !
could some one please point me in the right direction .?
thanks ..

[wiz]

1.C0 = 2640mhz stable best bios So far
1.C3 = 2610mhz stable

winchester 0448 SPAW

[sinister1st]

Thanks SE you are the man. Been waiting for this one. 1c official mod.


Remeber guys the neo2 can keep up with nf4. Neo2 = best agp board I have ever owned

[TMM]

Just flashed to 1.C0 (previously on 1.C3). Have gained 25mhz primeable on the same voltage so far (2800 --> 2825)

[magica]

I want to up to the newest sideffect bios for tccd also need instuctions for doing it.

When will your website be back up sideffect? Msi neo platinum 939 sideffect 1b bios for tccd - AMD 3200 Venice 10 x 250 2500 mhz - 1 gb pc3200 Ocz platinum rev 2 tccd @ 500 ddr - 6600 gt video - Epower 470 watt couger

[Kingsob]

Ok I've stopped my system restarting by turning off Cool'n'Quiet.

now I'm having Ram problems. I can't seem to get my ram to run T1.

My Ram is OCZ Pc4000 2gig 3,3,2,8

Right now with no overclocking I can get it stable at 2,3,2,8 T2 If I run T1 it will error on Bend test in prime at the 1 hour mark. With out T1 at T2 it wont error. I've tryed looping Memtest and it's stable after 90 loops of Test 8.

Now there use to happen on my DFI nf3 but I could never get memtest stable. So I'm 1 up on that but still prime gives the error. On my DFI prime failed in 1min and Memtest 8 looped failed after 2 loops.

Im running my mem in the top slots 3,4 I was on Bios 1.B0 now im on the standed sideeffect bios I found on I think it was the page before thisone. It's called 1.CFS

Anyone have a fix for this ? My mem is 100% stable in my old AI7 mobo at T1

[e-jump]

Im running my mem in the top slots 3,4 I was on Bios 1.B0 now im on the standed sideeffect bios I found on I think it was the page before thisone. It's called 1.CFS

tried slot 1&2? [nearest to the cpu]
in my case, slot 1&2 yield better OC than 3&4..

[blade148]

yep, i found slot 1 and 2 more stable.

i don't get blue screens or re starts, BUT i still can't pass prime 95, or 3dmark2001. sideeffect, you have nearly the same rig as me, this is my ram
http://www.gskill.com/f1-4000usu2-2gbhz.htm

and at the bottom is a pic of the ram and A64 tweeker running with the right settings ......
would the 180nfm bios help me ... or should i go for TCCD edition that you've done ?
thing is. i know alittle about CA,RAS etc ... but NO WAY enough to understand a64 tweeker !
could some one please help me, as i want to know weather to RMA my ram or not.

[Neller]

Whitch BIOS is really best fos this mobo? Most stable and higest OC?

THX for answer.

pls link for this BIOS.

ps: I have some old MODD BIOS, but I have problem with my Maxtor HDDs. Now I use latest original BIOS, but I have small OC. THX all.

[TiTaNiUm]

i like this new 1c, i can play Planetside at 2.85..with the beta 1c i could only play at 2.8 without crashing. opteron 144 ftw

Thx Sideeffect for your TCCD bios

[sideeffect]

1.8 or 1.C are the best bios version Neller. 1.C seems really nice so far.

Kingsob when you say no overclocking do you mean 200 mhz on the ram or do you mean default for the ram which is like 250?

If its at 200 mhz this might sound silly but set it to 250 with HTT multi at 4x and cpu multi set to like 8 or so to keep the cpu in spec. Set ram timings to something like cas = 2.5, trp = 3, trcd = 3, tras = 8, trc = 12, trfc = 18. Leave the other ram settings in bios on default or auto and leave 2T for the moment.

See if that boots. Some newer ram especially ram rated at ddr500 has more problems running at slow speeds (ddr400) than fast speeds (ddr500). And I also use slots 1 and 2 for ram much better for me.

Also is that cas 3 ram? because cas 3 never works very well in nforce 3. You might want to look for the highest overclock in 2.5.