Anyone try MSI's new board-MSI RS480M2-IL

[crucibelle]

mamisano,

Hi

I've read that with Athlon 64 processors, 4 sticks of ram have to be run at 2T. It's a limitation of the memory controller or something like that. I think 2 sticks can be run at 1T.

 

[crucibelle]

bump

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: Sept1967
I read that in the BIOS readme,
But I loaded 3.3 , and don't see those settings anywhere.

Originally posted by: wayne2456
Just to let you people know msi has a new bios for the rs480. It is said to have dram voltage control.

yeahi have 3.3 on mine too, but no dram control.

 

[jaymerkramer]

I am looking and building a cheap set up for a friend at work with this board. It will be a good start for him with all the new features. Can I use a standard atx power supply with this board or do I need a atx 2.0 with the 24pin plug and duel 12volt rails. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: jaymerkramer
I am looking and building a cheap set up for a friend at work with this board. It will be a good start for him with all the new features. Can I use a standard atx power supply with this board or do I need a atx 2.0 with the 24pin plug and duel 12volt rails. Thanks in advance for any help.

it can use either a 20 pin with the 12 v p4 thing, or a 24 pin.

a great combo is to just get the monarch combo. this board is $89 there, $129 for athlon 64 3000 and i think they have some corsair 512mb x 2 for $89 also.

you even get free halflife 2, and farcry which you can actually play with the integrated video.

 

[rbV5]

What are you using to monitor voltages? PC doesnt report any of my voltage #'s. (N/A)

 

[arrakys]

hi guy's,

looking for some infos about compatibility with heatsinks.

are these models compatible with the board :

-Thermalright XP-90
-Thermalright XP-120
-Zalman CNPS7700-Cu

I'am also wondering about compatibility with my existing raid0 array created with promise fasttrack chip. Will my raid0 config run on the ATI chip, or need to rebuild it ?


thanks !

 

[tabel]

In the user manual it shows the combinations for Ram: are they correct?
for DUAL Mode aren't they suppose to be in the same CHANNEL A (1 & 3) or B (2 & 4)?

ANy thoughts? Please!

?

 

[hans007]

no. you match the colors.


like the boards channels, are right next to each other. so like there are 4 rows. the first pair for dual channel is the first 2 rows, and the 2nd is the 2nd two rows.


so like row 1 & 2 is a pair , and row 3 & 4 . so if you have only 2 sticks fo ram, you stick them in 1 and 2

 

[tabel]

Thanks hans007.

Does anybody know if this MO board would fit in an ATX CASE? ANTEC 3000B?
Or it has to be .mATX

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: tabel
Thanks hans007.

Does anybody know if this MO board would fit in an ATX CASE? ANTEC 3000B?
Or it has to be .mATX

No worries, the case will have the proper mounts for your mATX board and it'll result in better air flow too

 

[jaymerkramer]

Thanks Hans, I just ordered everything from newegg. Will post back when I get it done and give some feedback.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: tabel
Thanks hans007.

Does anybody know if this MO board would fit in an ATX CASE? ANTEC 3000B?
Or it has to be .mATX

No worries, the case will have the proper mounts for your mATX board and it'll result in better air flow too

Yea, I got mine in a mid tower v770 case I had laying around since I haven't fully decided on a mATX case yet...mounts fine, runs cool.

 

[rbV5]

Can anybody check and see if they can enable s-video output while the CRT is still active using the Xpress 200 chip?

 

[Jobbe104]

Originally posted by: arrakys
looking for some infos about compatibility with heatsinks.
are these models compatible with the board :

-Thermalright XP-90
-Thermalright XP-120
-Zalman CNPS7700-Cu
!

Looks like this guy is running it with a XP-90 heatsink...

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=570225#post570225

Also looks like as if this shop is selling computers with the mb and XP-90:

http://www.gloucestertraining.no-ip.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/306

 

[rbV5]

Anyone able to use TV-out and the VGA out at the same time using the 200 graphics?

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: rbV5
Anyone able to use TV-out and the VGA out at the same time using the 200 graphics?

there is a bios option for it. i am not sure if its for a dual head style setup or not though.

 

[wakawaka]

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: rbV5
Anyone able to use TV-out and the VGA out at the same time using the 200 graphics?

there is a bios option for it. i am not sure if its for a dual head style setup or not though.

What is the option? instructions for this? Last time I messed with the bios on this board, it gave me a screwed up monitor image. (it was when I enabled sideport, whatever that is)

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: wakawaka

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: rbV5
Anyone able to use TV-out and the VGA out at the same time using the 200 graphics?

there is a bios option for it. i am not sure if its for a dual head style setup or not though.

What is the option? instructions for this? Last time I messed with the bios on this board, it gave me a screwed up monitor image. (it was when I enabled sideport, whatever that is)

you cant enable side port.

the onboard video has OPTIONAL like 32bit memory buffer. this board doesnt have it, i am not sure why its in there.


there is like... an option which is default to auto, for if the board will detect onboard svideo/rca AND crt.

i usually set it to CRT only (moot point since i have a real video card now) but you can set it to CRT+ TV or something like that. its in the same area as that sideport thing.

 

[wakawaka]

Originally posted by: hans007
you cant enable side port.

the onboard video has OPTIONAL like 32bit memory buffer. this board doesnt have it, i am not sure why its in there.


there is like... an option which is default to auto, for if the board will detect onboard svideo/rca AND crt.

i usually set it to CRT only (moot point since i have a real video card now) but you can set it to CRT+ TV or something like that. its in the same area as that sideport thing.

Ah, gotcha. And just fyi to all, if you do end up switching on sideport, you will have to reset your board. Leave the battery out for about 15 minutes or so. It took mine forever to reset.

 

[wakawaka]

Hmm, set it to force crt & tv. Still not working.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: wakawaka
Hmm, set it to force crt & tv. Still not working.

I have set it to "auto" and I've set it to "Force CRT and Force TV" I still cannot get both at the same time. Same thing in Surround View with my X800 XL installed, every combination works "except" driving 2 analog displays with Xpress 200.

So, has anyone actually had both working at the same time? (TV out with either Composite or s-video) Clone mode...extended desktop, anything at all?

 

[rbV5]

Leave the battery out for about 15 minutes or so. It took mine forever to reset.

Couldn't you just use JCMOS1 to clear the CMOS data instead?

 

[wakawaka]

Originally posted by: rbV5

Leave the battery out for about 15 minutes or so. It took mine forever to reset.

Couldn't you just use JCMOS1 to clear the CMOS data instead?

That would have been convenient if it actually worked for me.

 

[wakawaka]

Anyone know the email address for msi? Maybe they can toss us an answer.