MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 wired problem

[stng]

This board have wired problem that it won't turn on normally..
i have to manually short then remove ATX power conn with wire on
P_ok and P_on then only can on by pressing the power button..

any idea what is the rootcause ?

[gonzo0815]

Re: MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 wired problem

Would be interessting what kind of caps on that board are used. IMHO anything from MSi from that era is considered a badcaps equipted board. probably some Teapo, G-Luxon or GSC.

[Rainbow]

Re: MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 wired problem

I don't remember GSC on MSI boards but they used Lelons a lot...

[stng]

Re: MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 wired problem

I notice most of the cap near VRM or the socket area are Rubycon ..
but when i measure the resistance between the P_ok and P_on
both ways give 0 ohm .when i compare other ok boards it's only one way
give 0 ohm and the other way some resistance..could it be cause by
badcaps ? or integrated circuit ?

[tazwegion]

Re: MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 weird problem

I've also got one of those KT3 Ultras (ver 1.0), and the board is populated with Nichicon (HM series), Teapo (SM series) & what look like black/gold with an M logo (Panasonic?) located around the CPU socket

For what it's worth, mine has an annoying quirk relating to drive recognition, it works but continues the whole detect @ boot scenerio with the drives... it annoyed me so much I shelved it and bought a new Epox RAID motherboard

BTW no bloating noted on any of the capacitors (yet)

Additionally... use your D-LED status indicator (that accompanies this board) to follow it's progress through POST

[stng]

Re: MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 wired problem

Too bad i bought the board from somebody and it doesn't include the D-LED bracket

[tazwegion]

Re: MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 wired problem

Oh... sorry to hear that, I got one with my Neo2 Platinum as well, you'd figure that it's no good to anybody unless they've got an MSI motherboard that supports it... hence they'd include it with the board on sale

[stng]

Re: MSI KT3 ultra MS6380E Ver 1.0 wired problem

But i think even with the D-Bracket i don't think it can let me know the problem
coz i still need to power up the board first before the indicator will indicate the error
right ..