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    Anyone have a MSI K7 Pro MoBoard (Athlon) and G400MAX?

    If anyone has this configuration...
    Have you had any problems with system locking up? I get lock-ups during gameplay (quake3). I have tried e-mailing technical support at MSI, but I have not received a reply. This moboard apparently seems to be rare in distribution. My CPU is a 600Mhz and I have 128MB RAM. Please only reply if you have this configuration. I have tried the hundreds of suggestions in MURC forums and AltaVista's Matrox Graphics forum. If there is an issue with this motherboard, something needs to be brought to MSI's attention.
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  • #2
    Just one little thing, did you get the newest AMD AGP driver for MSI mobos? It fixes some problems people were facing especially with Q3. I do not have a link @ my hands so please just go to the MSI website and try to find it!

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    • #3
      I have had no major problems. Except, if I try and use a USB mouse I get lockups or the machine fails to boot. The MSI 6167 also suffers from this problem (grrrr ).

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      System 1:
      Microstar K7Pro (MS-6195) Motherboard, AMD Athlon 550 @ 900MHz, 256MB PC-100 CAS2 SDRAM, Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead Max, Matrox Rainbow Runner G-Series, Creative Soundblaster Live! Player 1024, Promise FastTak66 RAID Controller, 2 x 13.5GB IBM ATA/66 HDD's, Panasonic SR-8584 6x DVD-ROM, Yamaha CRW8424 IDE CDR/RW, Panasonic SuperDisk LS-120, Netgear FA310TX 100m/bit PCI NIC.

      System 2:
      Microstar MS-6167 Motherboard, AMD Athlon 500 @ 750MHz, 128MB PC-133 SDRAM, Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead, Creative Soundblaster Live! Value, 22GB IBM ATA/66 HDD, Hitachi GD-2500 4x DVD-ROM, Linksys LNE100TX 100m/bit PCI NIC.

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      • #4
        Well then please give us your IRQ list and driver details RoGue.

        Much appreciated
        You all may think this is not important.
        BUT IT IS AMATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH!

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        • #5
          RoGuE, there's a patch from Microsoft for USB on Athlon motherboards. My USB mouse used to give intermitent problems, but the patch fixed it completely. Bmcgarvey, what brand of memory do you have? Athlon's are picky about memory. If you haven't already, try setting your CAS latency in the BIOS to 3 and see how that works for you. Also, what brand/wattage is your power supply? Almost forgot, please do give us your IRQ list.

          [This message has been edited by Mechanix (edited 27 February 2000).]
          -- Mechanix

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          • #6
            I already had the USB 'fix' installed. It didn't make any difference.

            G7, I can't give you my IRQ's - my RAID array has knackered - goodbye system I've now lost 2 IBM HDD's in as many weeks.

            Currenly using my second system which is in desperate need of a re-install. Random lockups whilst using Internet Explorer!?!

            [This message has been edited by RoGuE (edited 27 February 2000).]

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            • #7
              bmcgarvey - do you have the 64 or the 110 clk gen? I have heard some similar problems with the 64 gen. It has something to do with the bios, but I can't remember what it is. I have the board, but I don't have the Athlon yet so I can't exactly help you, but try going to www.amdzone.com and I'm sure someone will be able to. Good luck.

              Dimitri

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              MSI K7-PRO (110 version)
              G400 MAX
              196 Megs PC100 RAM
              20 gig Maxtor
              6 gig WD
              DVD-ROM (2nd gen)
              RealMagic Hollywood + DVD decoder
              32X cd-rom
              Crappy sound card (with a GREAT stereo )
              All I need is a FREAKIN processor!!!!! (and another excuse to suck at UT [c'mon people, keep em rolling ])

              New Excuse: My shift key get's stuck. That's why I die....
              "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
              --- Albert Einstein


              "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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              • #8
                first off, thanks to all of your replies. second, i think i have found one of the problems is caused my sound card (Monster Sound MX300). according to Aureal there was a driver problem causing games to freeze up. i downloaded the newest drivers and it has greatly improved the problems with games. quake3 did lock up one time after that though (and locks up when AGPFALLBACK is set to 1). MUAD'DIB-what do you mean by 64 or 100 clk gen? my motherboard doesn't have the onboard sound. that is the only feature i know that is different between the two revisions of the board. here is my entire configuration.

                MSI K7 Pro
                Athlon 600MHZ
                128MB of SIEMENS PC100 RAM
                IBM Desktar 20.5GB 7200RPM
                G400 MAX
                Diamond Monster Sound Mx300
                Creative 5x Encore DVD (decoder not installed)
                Creative 4x2x24 CD-RW

                Thanks

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                • #9
                  check the clk generator. It's right "below" the ram dimms. Or if your case is closed, check in the bios to see if you can change the fsb by increments of '1'. If so, it is the -110 version. If you don't have onboard sound, you probably have the 110 (you got lucky ). The 64 has some problems with the bios resetting itself sometimes. I was thinking that could cause some problems of locking up if it reset video shadowing and all that crap. Glad to hear you got it fixed though.

                  Dimitri

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                  MSI K7-PRO (110 version)
                  G400 MAX
                  196 Megs PC100 RAM
                  20 gig Maxtor
                  6 gig WD
                  DVD-ROM (2nd gen)
                  RealMagic Hollywood + DVD decoder
                  32X cd-rom
                  Crappy sound card (with a GREAT stereo )
                  All I need is a FREAKIN processor!!!!! (and another excuse to suck at UT [c'mon people, keep em rolling ])

                  New Excuse: My shift key get's stuck. That's why I die....
                  "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
                  --- Albert Einstein


                  "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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