Once the KT4 Ultra was up and running, stability did not seem to be a problem at all. However, getting it up and running was an interesting experience. When we first got the board all connected and ready, it just wouldn?t post. We tried quite a few ?techniques? but nothing worked and thus we decided on connecting the DLED to see where the problem lies. According to DLED, the board was getting stuck at the memory test so we moved our Corsair stick to a different memory socket. Still nothing. We tried five different memory modules in different memory sockets but nothing worked.
So we removed everything else except the CPU and the memory and the DLED showed the memory test being cleared. After some trial-and-error, we found the AGP slot to be the culprit- once the AGP card was in its place, the memory test would fail. We tried seven different cards including GF3, GF4, Radeon and Xabres, but no luck. We figured that we had no choice left but to play dirty and folks, please don?t try this home:
We powered the motherboard without the AGP card and once the DLED showed that it got past the memory test we stuck the AGP card in there while the board was up and running. A couple of sparks flew but hey- that got it working! The board?s been running just fine ever since and worked perfectly with all the AGP cards and memory modules that previously failed. Again people, we?re highly trained professional that can handle the walk on the very fine line between bravery and stupidity- so don?t try this at home. We co-ordinated with MSI and came to the conclusion that our board could?ve gotten damaged on the way to our labs as they tested the board before sending it out and none of the other boards reported any problems so it?s just a random thing.
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