GA-MA69VM-S2 and error message

I recently installed this motherboard (GA-MA69VM-S2) and it runs well.
However, when it first boots up, I see this message:"K8 NPT DATA CHANGE
PLEASE INPUT TO DMI" Does this mean anything to anyone? I have searched
the web and so far have found nothing useful.

Thanks!

David M. Sweeney wrote:
> I recently installed this motherboard (GA-MA69VM-S2) and it runs well.
> However, when it first boots up, I see this message:"K8 NPT DATA CHANGE
> PLEASE INPUT TO DMI" Does this mean anything to anyone? I have searched
> the web and so far have found nothing useful.
>
> Thanks!

NPT is some kind of acronym that refers to the AM2 processors. I haven't
seen a definiton of what it stands for. (The search engine on www.amd.com
sucks for finding stuff like that.) So I would treat "K8 NPT" as
meaning "processor" in this context.

DMI is a non-volatile area of the BIOS flash chip. During POST, the
BIOS code takes inventory of the hardware. It records the size of
RAM in each memory slot, for example. It should also record the type
of processor in use, using some kind of meaningful description. In
this case, the BIOS is throwing its hands in the air, and saying
"I don't know what kind of processor this is". If the hardware
inventory has not changed since the last POST, the DMI segment
doesn't have to be touched - otherwise the BIOS flash upgrades
the segment in the BIOS chip, with the new DMI data.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop...ment_Interface

When you are booted into Windows, programs with fancy names like
"DMI Explorer" can be used to examine the DMI data. I believe it
is also possible to enter certain fields of the DMI, with stuff
like serial numbers. For the most part, fiddling with the DMI
is a huge waste of time, for a single home user.

In big business, the idea was, they would collect the DMI data
every night, to see if any hardware has gone missing. But I wonder
if anyone still bothers - it is too hard to police hardware changes,
unless equipment is under lock and key, with restricted access.
Most work areas are too open to the public, to do anything
meaningful if some RAM goes missing.

Anyway, my guess would be, the next time you update the BIOS version,
that message could go away. The Gigabyte CPUSupport feature has no entry
for your motherboard, so it isn't possible to say anything
intelligent about the BIOS right now. There are a couple
versions listed here for download. If you aren't using the latest
version, you could try flashing to the latest BIOS.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...e=GA-MA69VM-S2

Paul

"Paul" <> wrote in message news:f079lm$e21$...
> David M. Sweeney wrote:
>> I recently installed this motherboard (GA-MA69VM-S2) and it runs well.
>> However, when it first boots up, I see this message:"K8 NPT DATA CHANGE
>> PLEASE INPUT TO DMI" Does this mean anything to anyone? I have searched
>> the web and so far have found nothing useful.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> NPT is some kind of acronym that refers to the AM2 processors. I haven't
> seen a definiton of what it stands for. (The search engine on
> www.amd.com
> sucks for finding stuff like that.) So I would treat "K8 NPT" as
> meaning "processor" in this context.
'NPT', is 'Nested Page Table'. It allows different virtual memory page
tables to be implemented for different processes, and the hardware
automatically carries out the translation to physical addresses. It is a
nice feature, that speeds up the memory management.

> DMI is a non-volatile area of the BIOS flash chip. During POST, the
> BIOS code takes inventory of the hardware. It records the size of
> RAM in each memory slot, for example. It should also record the type
> of processor in use, using some kind of meaningful description. In
> this case, the BIOS is throwing its hands in the air, and saying
> "I don't know what kind of processor this is". If the hardware
> inventory has not changed since the last POST, the DMI segment
> doesn't have to be touched - otherwise the BIOS flash upgrades
> the segment in the BIOS chip, with the new DMI data.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop...ment_Interface
>
> When you are booted into Windows, programs with fancy names like
> "DMI Explorer" can be used to examine the DMI data. I believe it
> is also possible to enter certain fields of the DMI, with stuff
> like serial numbers. For the most part, fiddling with the DMI
> is a huge waste of time, for a single home user.
>
> In big business, the idea was, they would collect the DMI data
> every night, to see if any hardware has gone missing. But I wonder
> if anyone still bothers - it is too hard to police hardware changes,
> unless equipment is under lock and key, with restricted access.
> Most work areas are too open to the public, to do anything
> meaningful if some RAM goes missing.
>
> Anyway, my guess would be, the next time you update the BIOS version,
> that message could go away. The Gigabyte CPUSupport feature has no entry
> for your motherboard, so it isn't possible to say anything
> intelligent about the BIOS right now. There are a couple
> versions listed here for download. If you aren't using the latest
> version, you could try flashing to the latest BIOS.
>
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...e=GA-MA69VM-S2
>
> Paul
I'd suspect you are right on this. The NPT feature, needs sme BIOS tweaks,
and is new enough for problems to still exist.

Best Wishes

The issue is easily resolved. I just built a system for a family member and had that error and hanging issue as well. All you have to do is use the QFlash utility. In that utility there is an option to keep the DMI data. Simply disable that and flash the bios. Blam, it's fixed!