Four red LEDs on diagnostic

Joined: Jul 15, 2005 Posts: 2

About a month ago I purchased a MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM motherboard and a AMD64 3200+ processor with the Venice core. I have never built a system before and I was excited to build one from scratch that would be good for gaming. I have not gotten my system to work once. I installed the motherboard as the directions showed, as well as the processor. When I boot the system up, I get four red LEDs on the diagnostic plug in. According to the manual, that means that processor is not properly installed or damaged!!! I have tried reseating, but that does not matter. I sent my mobo in for warranty and the new one does the same thing. I have seen posts that say you need to remove the lock on the lock arm "works great on new gigabyte 939 mobos. Just make sure that you disable the lock on the locking arm. If it isnt turning eaily stop and check. Dont push too hard and break it." What does this mean?? I have also seen that it might be a power supply issue and it might be a BIOS issue. Is there a way to narrow down the problem? I would greatly appreciate any help.

External Since: Jan 12, 2005 Posts: 21

Chrion wrote:
> About a month ago I purchased a MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM motherboard and
> a AMD64 3200+ processor with the Venice core. I have never built a
> system before and I was excited to build one from scratch that would
> be good for gaming. I have not gotten my system to work once. I
> installed the motherboard as the directions showed, as well as the
> processor. When I boot the system up, I get four red LEDs on the
> diagnostic plug in. According to the manual, that means that
> processor is not properly installed or damaged!!! I have tried
> reseating, but that does not matter. I sent my mobo in for warranty
> and the new one does the same thing. I have seen posts that say you
> need to remove the lock on the lock arm "works great on new gigabyte
> 939 mobos. Just make sure that you disable the lock on the locking
> arm. If it isnt turning eaily stop and check. Dont push too hard and
> break it." What does this mean?? I have also seen that it might be a
> power supply issue and it might be a BIOS issue. Is there a way to
> narrow down the problem? I would greatly appreciate any help.
>
Your symptoms point to a BIOS on the mainboard that predates the Venice
core CPU level compatible. You may need to borrow a Winchester or
earlier core and upgrade the BIOS to one that is compatible with the
Venice core.