Search found 5 matches

by fanoush
Wed Jul 23, 2003 4:37 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: MSI K7N2 Won't Boot
Replies: 8
Views: 4901

Hi vidoq2, i managed to try different DDR too with no success. Either it is a 5.2 bios issue - the strange thing is that it works fine for many people, or it is an issue with the update procedure - flashing, clearing the CMOS, rebooting. The board or bios can have bugs which can be unrecoverable. In...
by fanoush
Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:07 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: MSI K7N2 Won't Boot
Replies: 8
Views: 4901

Hello vidoq2, can you try different memory? Preferably not DDR400 but lower speed and different brand. The 5.2 bios changed something about DDR400 timings. This it the thing I'd like to try before returning the board. Just test different memory and if it is OK then reflash older bios. The problem fo...
by fanoush
Mon Jul 21, 2003 8:54 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: can I use different brand of PLCC chip for BIOS in my board?
Replies: 2
Views: 3064

Hello, you mean the bios chip? On the bottom there is 'TAIWAN SA 223514101GF'. I'm not sure if anything is under the PhoenixBios sticker, but I cannot strip it. I want to return the board if nothing helps. The board chipset in nForce2 ( http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_de...
by fanoush
Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:23 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: MSI K7N2 Won't Boot
Replies: 8
Views: 4901

mee too

similar board, similar situation here. I just flashed new bios and cleared CMOS, see topic 'can I use different brand of PLCC chip for BIOS in my board'? What board you have, K7N2 Delta-L, MS-6570? Can you look at the leds on the diagnostics thing in the back of the case? See one red led in upper ri...
by fanoush
Tue Jul 15, 2003 7:43 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: can I use different brand of PLCC chip for BIOS in my board?
Replies: 2
Views: 3064

can I use different brand of PLCC chip for BIOS in my board?

Hello, I flashed new (5.2) bios in my MSI K7N2 Delta-L motherboard. Now I cannot boot. I can get into the bios setup, it works OK (cpu,hdd,memory is detected) but it freezes when booting just before the older bios wrote the final info about interrupts assigned to various PCI devices and booted from ...