Help antec true control and MSI neo2 !!

[Perc]

yeah ive got the latest bios 1.41 in there now and i also got a spare bios chip with the 1.3b7 bios and niether one works... from what im reading these guys are having the exact same issues. seems there board runs good for a few days and then poof it dies? one guy has rma'ed the damm thing 3 times and on his 4th board it did the same thing! i think its a compatiblity issue between the mb and some psu's? also i do think certin bios's cause this too but until i can get it to power up i cant even flash my freakin bios!! oh well atleast i know im not the only one having this problem....

heres a quote from one guy who is haivng the same problems as me. hes on his 3rd mb!!!

Hey.
I have to send back my Neo2 platinum AGAIN. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENS. I turn on the pc and it powers up for half a second then shuts down. I have to reset the psu to be able to retry it. The board doesnt work with any other power supplies. But, the power supply works with every other board.
I have tried taking every component off, have replaced CMOS battery, have run the motherboard out of the computer to no avail.
The same problem twice in a row? It worked for about 3 days then it just died.

peace perc,

[swetmore1331]

I have an Antec True Control 550, and my Previous Board would false start. Lights and Fans for about a second and then power off. Sometimes I could get it to start after 5,10, or 20 tries. One thing I noticed is that I accidently turned my computer on without the power connector to my 9800 Pro connected. Computer would boot every time I tried this. So I got used to starting my computer by plugging in the video card power connector about a 1 second after power on. Kind of a ty way to live with it. In the mean time, I would leave my computer on all the time. My Antec also did the same thing on an Intel board.

Funny thing is when I recently upgraded my computer with all the same components, and a Winchester 90nm, and the MSI Neo2, I have not had this problem any more.

Maybe you guys might want to try my "work around". Might be a little risky, but I never fried anything.

[Cashman]

I have a very similar problem!

I have a MSI Neo2 Platinum, and an Antec TruePower 550w.

The PC was fine for about 2 days, then the next time I went to turn it on... the Mach II GT turned on but the PC wouldnt start.

Then I switched off the PSU and turned it back on again. The PC's fans started up for about 1 second and then stopped again. The power button on the front of the PC seems to do nothing. Yet everytime I switch the PSU on/off the PC fires up for a second!!

Assuming that the PSU had blown, I hooked up my Antec TruePower 430w and got the exact same thing!!

I then changed the CPU from an FX53 to a 3500+ Winnie.. same result. Changed the RAM ... same result. Changed the gfx from a 6800 Ultra to an Ati 8500..same prob. Took the mobo out of the case (as i thought it could be shorting on the mobo tray... same problem!!

I RMA'd my Neo2 and the new one worked fine for about 2 days, then all the same problems started again.

I have now returned this board aswell and have opted for the Asus A8V Deluxe, although Ive heard this mobo is not as good a clocker as the MSI, I would much rather have something with a little bit of stability!

REALLY FED UP WITH THIS MSI BOARD!!

Ps.... some of the people over at www.overclockers.co.uk are reporting the same problems, weird if you ask me!

* PPS... now that Im going from a nforce3 chipset to the Asus (via) chipset, do I need to uninstall the old mobo drivers and reinstall all the new ones, or do I need a full reformat??

Thanx a million guys!!