A couple of months ago I bought the FIS2R motherboard, Corsair LL Twinx memory, Intel 2.8 / 800FSB, and Radeon 9800 Pro. When I put the computer together with version 1.0 release BIOS I had no problem and the computer worked fine as I began to load Wnidows etc. I then decided to upgrade the BIOS to 1.2 which was then available using the MSI live update XP program. The computer locked during the update but fortunately the program creates a rescue floppy during the process. I rebooted with the rescue floppy and the 1.2 BIOS seemed to load without problem. Re started the computer, and nothing, no screen, no keyboard, no boot, nothing. I assumed something had gone wrong during the BIOS update and they were corrupted. MSI do offer a service (cost 15 Euro plus postage both ways) to re load the BIOS correctly, so I sent of the board and received it back within a few days. I put everything together with the D-bracket (diagnostic device) and tried to start the computer. Nothing, no boot screen etc.and the D- Bracket indicated a memory problem. Furious, I contacted MSI again and I agreed to take the board in personaly to their service center in Frankfurt which is 160 Km or 100 miles from where I live. They put the board in a test rig, with their 2.6 processor and memory and the board booted fine. Fortunately I had also brought my Corsair memory with, and so we tried this as well. To my amazement the board booted fine! So went home set up the system again and tried to start the system, nothing, no boot etc.
Desperate I tried talking to MSI again and they have raised all sorts of possible issues, from faulty processor, graphics card, power supply etc.
To cut a long story and many weeks of frustration short, I eventually discovered that MSI probably used a processor with a 533 FSB in the test. In this configuration the 1.2 BIOS work with the corsair memory, however when you put in an 800 FSB processor it does not! Had to buy another memory module to find this out.
So now after seeing Tom's review where he used BIOS 1.3B3 and Corsair Twinx LL memory (same as mine), I decided to upgrade my BIOS from 1.2 to 1.3 so I could use my expensive Corsair memory. Wary of the live update program I did this via a DOS boot disk. Again something has gone wrong, and now my computer won't boot again but this time gives Processor Initialisazion error. No way to use a recovery disk, so I have just had to send my board back to MSI again. All in all I have spent at least the cost of the motherboard again in trying to get the systen running after the first BIOS update. Needless to say I don't give the MSI board full marks at all as I have only had my computer work 6 hours in two months. I have built a number of computers myself with various niggling problems, but these I could always solve myself, and I am certainly no stranger to what should be straightforward BIOS updates. This is an absolute nightmare, and I am still not covinced the system will work when I get the board back again, and cerainly I dare not try another BIOS update.
Anyone else had problems like this with this mobo?
Simleep
Desperate I tried talking to MSI again and they have raised all sorts of possible issues, from faulty processor, graphics card, power supply etc.
To cut a long story and many weeks of frustration short, I eventually discovered that MSI probably used a processor with a 533 FSB in the test. In this configuration the 1.2 BIOS work with the corsair memory, however when you put in an 800 FSB processor it does not! Had to buy another memory module to find this out.
So now after seeing Tom's review where he used BIOS 1.3B3 and Corsair Twinx LL memory (same as mine), I decided to upgrade my BIOS from 1.2 to 1.3 so I could use my expensive Corsair memory. Wary of the live update program I did this via a DOS boot disk. Again something has gone wrong, and now my computer won't boot again but this time gives Processor Initialisazion error. No way to use a recovery disk, so I have just had to send my board back to MSI again. All in all I have spent at least the cost of the motherboard again in trying to get the systen running after the first BIOS update. Needless to say I don't give the MSI board full marks at all as I have only had my computer work 6 hours in two months. I have built a number of computers myself with various niggling problems, but these I could always solve myself, and I am certainly no stranger to what should be straightforward BIOS updates. This is an absolute nightmare, and I am still not covinced the system will work when I get the board back again, and cerainly I dare not try another BIOS update.
Anyone else had problems like this with this mobo?
Simleep