MSI Turbo OWNERS ONLY

[Moltnrok]

just wanted to get an opinion from those of you who have the board already. What do you think so far? Have you got it running properly yet? How would you rate it? Where/when did you buy?

 

[kw3i]

yes the board is running great for me, i bought it about 10 days ago, its been running 100% stable since the day i got it. i am running win2k on it. i think igot it from www.hardwarepro.com it ran great with a duron 700 in it for 5 days, now im running it at 933 and it is still rock solid. i have no complaints about this board. i recommend it to people who like to leave their systems on 24/7 and dont want to worry about having to ever reboot them.

 

[RoCo]

Do a search in the section and you'll find a 3 pages long tread. I posted a long comment there. In brief, don't know what to think about the board - 1GHz Tbird won't do FSB133MHz, does 1.15GHz on MSI K7T Pro2 and won't go any higher than default on K7T Turbo??? Temperature readings some 10-15C higher on the Turbo??? Don't know what to think. Looks like I am returning the board to the shop

Hope you have better luck!

 

[KRogers]

Got one running a couple of days ago. The board as shipped would not make use of my unlocked Tbird 800. A download of "overclocker experimental" BIOS from the MSI site took care of the limitation. I'm currently running the CPU at 133 MHz FSB and a multiplier of 7 (933 MHz.)

Quirks include: I am not utilizing the RAID feature and wish I could disable the FastTrak 100 "Lite" firmware for faster boots and eliminating an error message that could alarm less savvy users. I don't like the biz of changing a hardware jumper to put the FSB in 100/133 modes.

Major pisser: Had serious troubles with the VIA 4in1 drivers when installing them from the MSI supplied CD after the OS was installed. At least for Win2k let the Microsoft Windows Update site determine which 4in1 drivers to install. As I recall all it loaded was the DMA driver, leaving the others alone. I had to reinstall the entire OS after putting all the 4in1 (all six of them - go figger) on from the CD as it suggested. The manual said zero about Windows 2000, though it had instructions on the 4in1 drivers for everything else Windows, 95/98/98Se/Me/NT.

Given I've only had it up two days I can't make any creditable comments on stability, though I like what I see so far. In contrast to the Abit boards I've had, for example (BH6, BX6r2.) It hasn't been the most trouble-free mobo install I've done, but it seems to be worth the effort. As they say in Netland, YMMV.

 

[Moltnrok]

bump

 

[VladFrost]

i just got yetsredaty i was actualy able to get my cpu higher then with the pro-2a i am running my 900 at 1.2 right now. i love the raid on it, the only thing is any 3d application i run freezes my comp, i dont know whats up with that but i am thiking i should reinstall my windows

 

[papillon]

I'm having similar problems running some 3d games they go to launch and all I get is a black screen (hard lock even the power button does not turn the computer off rest works ok)Strange UT works ok rest off the system stable.
MSI TURBO 900 T/B(NOT O/C)
256 Crucial cas2 133
30gb IBM 75GXP H/D
VOODOO 4 AGP
CREATIVE PCI128 S/C
WIN ME
DIRECT X8
via 4.28a drivers installed

any ideas, son doing my head in

 

[Moltnrok]

bump

 

[Postmand_Per]

I got mine last friday and I haven't had any major problems with it. The only "problem" so far is that the temperatur reading is wrong - the BIOS reports that the CPU (Duron 800) is ~75C hot rigth after turning on the machine...