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[Maesus]

USB not working? : http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=57472.0

[Maesus]

JMicron installation:

After a very long discussion with MSI folks (great support btw), here is the best solution in case of
MSI P965-Neo with 1 x SATA HDD and 1 x PATA CDRW:

1) upgrade your BIOS to v1.6F (download it from here: http://necromanthus.com/docs/MSI-P965-Neo.html )
They told me the v1.6 BIOS is gonna be available in their download section very soon (probably on january 2007).
2) install the v1.17.08 jMicron driver (download it from here: ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/Win2k_xp_Vista/ )
Pay attention: install it in "Standard IDE Driver" mode !

After that, the SATA HDD runs in Ultra DMA Mode 5 and the PATA CDRW runs is Ultra DMA Mode 2.
Your entire system should be very stable.

cheers

[Maesus]

by rculpan : http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=104498.0

Noticed a couple of "gotchas" when doing clean install of WinXP Home SP2B from OEM CD - thought I'd share my experience in case it helps someone else avoid the same trouble...

System hard/optical drive configuration at install time:
Four hard drives all on SATA ports controlled by Intel ICH8
2 x Maxtor 6B250S0 on SATA3 & 4 ("primary master" & "secondary master")
2 x Seagate ST3320620AS on SATA6 & 7 ("third master" & "fourth master")

Optical drives on PATA port controlled by JMB361
2 x NEC (Optiarc) AD-5170A, 80-wire cable, drives set for cable select
Nothing connected to JMB831 SATA port (SATA1), JMB361 set to IDE mode in BIOS


Gotcha #1
With default BIOS setting and all hard drives unformatted, WinXP setup was able to boot from CD. However setup could get no further than choosing the disk on which to install the OS; whichever disk I chose I then received a misleading error message that no WinXP compatible partition existed (despite the fact I had just (apparently) created one.

The solution to this "gotcha" was to start again, but load the JMicron driver from floppy (F6) at the beginning of Windows setup. FWIW I was unsure whether to choose "JMB831 RAID or JMB831 AHCI from the choices on the driver floppy; since my BIOS is RAID-capable (even though disabled) I chose the JMB831 RAID option.

Windows setup completed and newly-installed OS launched with no errors.


Gotcha #2
While installing the hardware drivers (Intel INF, graphics, Ethernet, sound etc.) I noticed that DVD drive access was very slow. I looked in Device Manager and saw that the JMB3xx "SCSI device" was not present, and that Windows had instead trampled it and installed a "Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller" in its place. The advanced properties of this device showed that the primary and secondary channels were locked in PIO mode.

The solution was simply to reinstall the JMB831 driver; because I had no intention of ever attaching a hard disk to the JMB831 SATA port or running RAID mode I had no need of the Raid tool (or any desire to have it loaded at all and cluttering my system). I chose to install the driver manually; in device manager I right-clicked the erroneous "Standard dual PCI IDE controller", chose "update driver", chose to "search for driver files in a specific location" and specified the JMicron\Driver\x32 folder unpacked from the downloaded driver ZIP file.


HTH
Richard

[Maesus]

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[Arup]

This is how I solved all my JMicron issues, now my DVD drives are being shown as IDE devices instead of SCSI which is the right way to run. Download the latest JMicron from http://www.station-drivers.com/page/jmicron.htm

While installing select IDE drivers unless you have SATA HDD installed in the JMicron slot which I wouldn't recommend since Intel provides us with SATA slots onboard. After reboot, your optical drives will not be SCSI anymore, you will also see an additional JMicron IDE controller in your device manager where IDE controllers are listed.

I have burnt 6 DVDs and 2 CDRs without any hitch so far.

Good luck.

[Triel]

Not sure if this applies to any other board other then the P965 Platinum.

Problem: Vista would not install in RAID configuration.

Cause: The Intel ICH8R was having issues with the SATA DVD-R/RW being on the same controller as the harddrives. Also, I later found out that the ICH8R had issues with Vista period. Explaination bellow.

Fix: Followed some tips from another board owner and after reading an article about the ICH8R not allowing Vista to be RAIDed on the first 2 SATA ports. I moved the harddrives to the last 2 ports (4 and 5 I think since I think the ports start with 0). Then I had to move those harddrives to ports 3 and 4 with the SATA DVD-R/RW plugged into the port 5. This then stopped the failures and errors during Vista 32/64.

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Crossfire

Problem: Issue with Crossfire not being allowed with dual X1600 Pros.

Cause: MSI P965 Platinum and ATI Catalyst Control center do not like each other. Driver would fail over and over again with me finally resting on an older driver without CCC being installed. When 7.6 CCC came out I figured the issue was solved. Nope, 7.6 CCC would not even install its driver either, let alone allow Crossfire.

Fix: None yet. I have since discontiuned using this board.
 

[Torch]

What is the purpose of the JMicron "Press any key to continue" Screen? Is there a way to get rid of it? It serves No purpose for me...except irritation

[Jack]

Disable JMicron-Controller in BIOS ...   

[lthemanz]

I tried burning a DVD movie it failed, gave SCSI error. (SCSI_HASTAT_REQUEST_SENSE_FAILED)
Then I disabled the JMICRON Raid Tool icon which was residing in my task-bar. Now burn is quite successful.

[Jack]

I tried burning a DVD movie it failed, gave SCSI error. (SCSI_HASTAT_REQUEST_SENSE_FAILED)
Then I disabled the JMICRON Raid Tool icon which was residing in my task-bar. Now burn is quite successful.

Please give more information about your system for users to be able to compare/reproduce your solution.

[cglrcng]

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Issue Resolved!  MSI P4M900M2-L Intel Dual Core VIA P4M900 Chipset 8 CH Azalia Audio.

There is an issue w/ the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver for the MSI P4M900M2-L Intel Based Dual Core Via P4M900 Chipset based Motherboard w/ MS XP Home Premium Installed (Vista driver installs fine as I have built 4 of these in the last week, but the XP Audio driver doesn't).

I could not get either Audio driver from the CD driver disk nor the MSI site to install w/ Win XP Home installed. Live Update for that Motherboard does not contain the Audio Driver either.

After 3 days and multiple attempts to use MSI's very wanting (in my opinion), Technical Support forms and call-in line, I hunted, and hunted and found the driver(s) on CNET. They not only work great but as designed. I had almost given up and I actually installed an add-in sound card....But this is a machine for a customer. Then I searched again and found a real solution.

Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers are located on CNET.com's download page:

Win2K,XP,2003,XP Pro & XP64bit=
http://www.download.com/Realtek-High-Definition-Audio-Codec-Windows-2000-XP-2003-XP-Professional-x64-Edition-/3000-2120_4-10788584.html?tag=dl.2

Vista=
http://www.download.com/Realtek-High-Definition-Audio-Codec-Windows-Vista-/3000-2120_4-10788600.html?tag=dl.1

Good luck to everyone, this will save you RMA'ing those boards over a stupid Audio driver issue, as they are great w/ the Intel Dual Core 775 CPU's from 2.0~3.0Ghz. Can't really tell the difference between the 2 CPU's w/ the Dual Core Program running (a utility supplied on the driver disk or on the Driver site!) I have built both..2 of each.

Cglrcng