DFI NF4: Successful Installation Thread !!! (RULES IN POST #1)

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

:D O.K. - we already have here more than a handfull of threads at XS belonging to the DFI NF4 - all filled up with different kinds of problems, bugs, non working hardware etc.

So from day to day it will be more difficult to find a solution for a problem when always have to check all the threads with all the problems there.

So here we have a thread with these rules:

1) Do not post any problem.

2) Post a solution.

3) Show here how You successful installed new board.

4) Post Your BIOS screens of fine working system.

5) Post pics and screenies of Your fine working system.

This should be a help for all who need.

:toast:

[simplyadvanced]

Fixing winxp installation problem:

hdd in first IDE slot, set to master. do not use cable select.
cd rom in 2nd ide slot, again master.

reset cmos, do not touch ANYTHING in bios.
try installing winxp...

thanks ian.ho for help with fixing the prob.

cant set more then 2.6v >> use the +/- keys to set and immediatley press f10 to save bios.

pics soon...

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Fixing winxp installation problem:

hdd in first IDE slot, set to master. do not use cable select.
cd rom in 2nd ide slot, again master.

reset cmos, do not touch ANYTHING in bios.
try installing winxp...

thanks ian.ho for help with fixing the prob.

cant set more then 2.6v >> use the +/- keys to set and immediatley press f10 to save bios.

pics soon...

:D Nice help - THX, that's the kind of post I expect here...... :toast:

[uranium]

Getting it to post with 2 x 512 OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev 2 and shipping BIOS dated 25.01.05

1. Tear hair out for a while trying dual channel
2. Clear CMOS, use one stick in slot 2 -post :)
3. Find default RAM voltage is set to 2.5- change to 2.7
4. Reboot- flash to beat BIOS 2.01.
5. SWITCH OFF
6. Install ram is slots 2 and 4- orange
7. Install Windows :banana:

Working system:
(sorry about the size- 23" TFT ;) )

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/5765/htt2960et.jpg

[xgman]

That is almost exactly where I left my pre-release board. Nice to see someone with tccd reporting with a retail board and good results. What volts?

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Getting it to post with 2 x 512 OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev 2 and shipping BIOS dated 25.01.05

1. Tear hair out for a while trying dual channel
2. Clear CMOS, use one stick in slot 2 -post :)
3. Find default RAM voltage is set to 2.5- change to 2.7
4. Reboot- flash to beat BIOS 2.01.
5. SWITCH OFF
6. Install ram is slots 2 and 4- orange
7. Install Windows :banana:

Working system:
(sorry about the size- 23" TFT ;) )

:D Very good result, congrats man !!!

So now we all know the trick: Use a 23" screen and Your rig will work - lol :lol:

:toast:

[Jimi...]

That is almost exactly where I left my pre-release board. Nice to see someone with tccd reporting with a retail board and good results. What volts?

I thought OCZ used Hynix chips? That what it says in one of the memory threads anyway.

[xgman]

ocz 4200ELplats and 3200LE/3700EL plats use tccd.

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

I thought OCZ used Hynix chips? That what it says in one of the memory threads anyway.

:D 3200 Plat. Rev.2 is TCCD. :toast:

[Jimi...]

:D 3200 Plat. Rev.2 is TCCD. :toast:

Oh, what's 4000 Gold Rev.2?

[apu673]

I think the problems people are having when they first boot in DC with TCCD and the nf4 ultra is because they have 2x512 double-sidded DIMM's. I have 2x256mb of single-sidded TCCD, and I had no problems running and booting up the first time in DC.

Man I took a look at the BIOS and theres so many options I have no idea what they mean! Does anyone know some important settings in the BIOS that have to do with overclocking, and what to set it at? Esp. DRAM settings.

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Oh, what's 4000 Gold Rev.2?

:stick: SRY - but this does not belong to here - put it into RAM thread... :toast:

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

I think the problems people are having when they first boot in DC with TCCD and the nf4 ultra is because they have 2x512 double-sidded DIMM's. I have 2x256mb of single-sidded TCCD, and I had no problems running and booting up the first time in DC.

Man I took a look at the BIOS and theres so many options I have no idea what they mean! Does anyone know some important settings in the BIOS that have to do with overclocking, and what to set it at? Esp. DRAM settings.

:D Good to have You here and the positive news - OPP will post some BIOS settings in another thread....... :toast:

[apu673]

Good to have You here and the positive news - OPP will post some BIOS settings in another thread.......

Awsome! I won't start overclocking til it's out :)

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Awsome! I won't start overclocking til it's out :)

:D Just sent OPP a PM and pleased him to post it here also........ :toast:

[ominae]

Here it is - had an issue with no video @ POST, but i think increasing VDIMM has fixed it (still needs more testing to reproduce the problem). Btw, anyone know why my memory bench is so low? :/

A64 3200+ 0450TPGW
DFI Nforce 4 SLI-DR
1GB OCZ Plat. EL R2
XFX 6800GT
580W Topower PSU

[quicksilverXP]

because your CPU clock is low... A64's benefit from more Mhz for higher bandwidth benchies.

[Xcalibur]

This might be a little OT but is anyone having problems with their ethernet connection?

Can't remember where I read them from but possible solutions are:
1. MAC address has to be manually entered in bios
2. The latest NVidia v6.39 drivers are causing BSODs, lockups and/or no internet connections. Use the drivers on your accompanied CD instead

Can anyone confirm this?

[mikead_99]

Getting it to post with 2 x 512 OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev 2 and shipping BIOS dated 25.01.05

1. Tear hair out for a while trying dual channel
2. Clear CMOS, use one stick in slot 2 -post :)
3. Find default RAM voltage is set to 2.5- change to 2.7
4. Reboot- flash to beat BIOS 2.01.
5. SWITCH OFF
6. Install ram is slots 2 and 4- orange
7. Install Windows :banana:

Working system:
(sorry about the size- 23" TFT ;) )



lol, so now that I've read this I can skip step 1, right? Good job sorting through though. If time permits tomorrow night hopefully I'll get to post my own success story. :toast:

[Sephir0th]

This might be a little OT but is anyone having problems with their ethernet connection?

Can't remember where I read them from but possible solutions are:
1. MAC address has to be manually entered in bios
2. The latest NVidia v6.39 drivers are causing BSODs, lockups and/or no internet connections. Use the drivers on your accompanied CD instead

Can anyone confirm this?

Just the ethernet driver yeah, use ethernet driver from cd or 5.10 package. All other drivers appear to be ok from what ive read.

And yeah ive also read that you have to enter MAC address manually in bios.

[ominae]

Just the ethernet driver yeah, use ethernet driver from cd or 5.10 package. All other drivers appear to be ok from what ive read.

And yeah ive also read that you have to enter MAC address manually in bios.

yep u gotta enter it manually :D

[flexy]

yep u gotta enter it manually :D

where can i find the MAC ? someone said its on the box ?

EDIT: we need a FAQ - BAD :) I see the point in this thread to just post solutions and tips - but its very hard to keep it only at that...since some issues are not resolved yet (example "where is the mac adress ?") and some issues can only be resolved/cleared by communicating with others.

THEREFORE...*after* we have all the information to specific topic, whatever issue it is....THEN we could compile all the "hard facts" into a FAQ or similiar....the FAQ then would be clear of all the "noise".

Otherwise: Great thread....

Still amazed about the amount of information i (still) get here...eg. how to boot DC w/ 2 sticks TCCD....i am glad i know this now before i finish the build tomorrow/wednesday and freak out because i cant boot etc...
Keep 'em coming :)

Edit2: And..yes...entering the mac manually is..ehrm....weird ? :) Why's that ?

[apu673]

I can't tell if this Athena 500W 24pin PSU is holding my rig up. Right now at stock speeds I am getting 5.1v on +5, 3.3v on +3.3 and 11.75 on +12 rails, and 1.38vcore according to Speedfan. However in the BIOS +5 and +3.3 are a little higher, and +12v is 11.89. Vcore is at exactly 1.4v also. Which one do I believe? Are there any good hardware monitoring programs for this board?

[pablo]

ever since nforce 6.39 ive been getting bsod. getting rid of it tonight

[split]

where can i find the MAC ? someone said its on the box ?

I just seen a picture of the board, and it has 2 stickers on the LAN outlets.
They should contain the 12 digit MAC address. (one might have a 16 digit firewire GUID)
If you can't enter them manually in the BIOS, you are going to have to do it when you flash the BIOS.
This is all the same with awdflash, and it goes like this.
NVMAC:XXXXXXXXXXXX

To break that down, I suggest you look over here (http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=150240#150240).

Yeah I know that ASUS, but awdflash is awdflash in both cases, as is programmed to do the same. I have just taken the DFI awdflash apart, and it has all the commands mentioned in this (http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227290) thread. (see post by UK_Bloke)
I can't believe DFI have left this out tho, as doing it when you flash is drawn out.
Maybe there is a way to actually enter the digits in the BIOS screens.

I had grief with MAC addresses on an ASUS board, and helped write that guide so been there done that etc and know what a pain it can be :(

EDIT STARTS: Page 101 and 107 of manual. (the one I have anyway)

Machine MAC(NV) Address
Enable this field to enter the MAC(NV) Address in the field below.
MAC(NV) Address Input
Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>, then enter the
MAC address.

So looks like you can do it in the BIOS screen after all :)

[googles]

Man I took a look at the BIOS and theres so many options I have no idea what they mean! Does anyone know some important settings in the BIOS that have to do with overclocking, and what to set it at? Esp. DRAM settings.


same here. this is my first time with an amd system and i dont understand half of the bios settings. would really appreciate if peeps can take a screen capture of their bios settings...optimized for overclocking of course ;)

[flexy]

Just the ethernet driver yeah, use ethernet driver from cd or 5.10 package. All other drivers appear to be ok from what ive read.

.

i have the nforce driver 637 and 639. Can i just copy the ethernet drivers from 637 over to the 639, replace the new ones ? You SURE its the ethernet drivers which BSOD ?

[OPPAINTER]

Here is what I use to run my VX at 270x13:

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=24243&stc=1

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=24244&stc=1

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=24245&stc=1

OPP

[cjforever82]

IF u want to get 300 1T,plz set DRAM DRIVE STRENGTH to 6 or 7

[Sephir0th]

i have the nforce driver 637 and 639. Can i just copy the ethernet drivers from 637 over to the 639, replace the new ones ? You SURE its the ethernet drivers which BSOD ?

You can manually change the driver through device manager, or if you havnt installed the package yet, you can run the 6.39 installer which (if its the same as the older ones) first extracts everything to (usually) C:\nvidia etcetc. Once its in the setup program, you cancel it and find your 6.37 ethernet driver and overwrite the ethernet driver in the 6.39 folder, then run setup.exe in the 6.39 folder.

[DavidHull]

Here is a link to some screen shots, taken by Onepagebook, which show the settings that work for overclocking (it takes a while to load):

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52000&page=1

Cheers.

[AMDnewbie]

ok, finally get my 1 gb corsair to scale without errors in cl 2.5.
I think this board drives ram much stronger than others because I can only use 2.6v and w fan blowing on top. ( bios 0201)

without the fan, memtest #8 would have errors over 2 to 3 pass...

finally can start to play w it after 3 days switching twinmos speed premium n tccds....

[xgman]

This might be a little OT but is anyone having problems with their ethernet connection?

Can't remember where I read them from but possible solutions are:

2. The latest NVidia v6.39 drivers are causing BSODs, lockups and/or no internet connections. Use the drivers on your accompanied CD instead

Can anyone confirm this?

yes, for me DFI's 6.37's on their site work good.

[xgman]

yep u gotta enter it manually :D


How exactly fo you do that? Where do you get the mac address from?

[xgman]

ever since nforce 6.39 ive been getting bsod. getting rid of it tonight


glad it wasn't just me. Try 637 from dfi?

[D_o_S]

Can anyone please post their BIOS settings for the OCZ 3200EL Rev.2s?

[dnavarro]

I agree with Uranium's post on the first page. I was disturbed by all the problems peeps were having setting up this board. I followed the "boot with one stick of RAM" (GSKILL TCCD) method in dimm "4". I loaded optimized defaults and saved and exited. After that I flashed the 2/01 bios and Dual Channel works great! I did a fresh WinXP SP2 install at default settings no problems. I loaded the new Forceware(6.39) and unlike some of the stories here, I have had no BSOD or crashes while surfing the net or benchmarking whatsoever.
This DFI LP works great. I only had a few hours to overclock last night, but so far I am prime stable at 290 FSB 1:1 2.5-3-3-7 . My voltages are maxed on Chipset/LDT and DDR is at 2.9V (on my Gigabyte SLI my Gskill only liked 2.7V! Go figure). My CPU is at 1.76V currently.
I also didn't experience the ethernet issue where you need to manually enter the MAC address. My ethernet (both ports) worked great with bios defaults and drivers loaded.
Tonight when I get home I'll post my A64 Tweaker settings, maybe that will help those with TCCD problems :)

D

P.S. with these exact voltages and setup besides the DFI LP MOBO, I am getting 10 MHz more on my FSB 1:1 and 110MHZ more in CPU speed. At the same voltages! (I had the Gigabyte SLI before - a good board also).

[apu673]

What kinda LDT, Chipset, and Vcore voltages do you need to achieve 270-290 FSB?

[dnavarro]

See my previous post. I have LDT/Chipset maxed out. VCore at 1.76V

[xgman]

Do you loose any stability if you ease back a little on the chipset/lDT voltages?

[dnavarro]

To tell you the truth, I am not sure. I only had a couple hours to bench. So I started high. I will check it out more tonight. As well as messing with the mem timings more. I can say this board gets the most out of your hardware than any other NF4 board IMHO. I have had the Asus and Gigabyte as well.

D

[chuckd]

Can anyone please post their BIOS settings for the OCZ 3200EL Rev.2s?

Good question. I've got the same RAM and right now it's running at 260 1T with a 3200+ winnie at 2.6GHz. I'm using 2.5-3-3-5 timings right now. This is my first A64 overclock so I'm kinda new to some of this stuff. Learning as I'm going. Quite fun, though. :)

yup
~charlie

[ominae]

Good question. I've got the same RAM and right now it's running at 260 1T with a 3200+ winnie at 2.6GHz. I'm using 2.5-3-3-5 timings right now. This is my first A64 overclock so I'm kinda new to some of this stuff. Learning as I'm going. Quite fun, though. :)

yup
~charlie

Punch it up to 290 :D 2.6Ghz is really good for a 3200+ winnie :) What week / stepping winnie do you have? And what volt you running your winnie at? :D

[chuckd]

Punch it up to 290 :D 2.6Ghz is really good for a 3200+ winnie :) What week / stepping winnie do you have? And what volt you running your winnie at? :D

Whenever I try and go higher than 280, my pc reboots itself. I loosen the timings and my cpu was using an 8 divider, so I don't know what's going on. I knew someone was going to ask me what week my cpu was. I knew what it was before I installed the XP-90, but I didn't write it down. Can I get it somewhere else or only on the chip? Right now my CPU volts are at 1.475.

yup
~charlie

[Dumo]

Just about to install ultrad...If I wanna run with single pci-e vid. card, should I change anything on those 3 sockets between slots? And also will run tccd...should I use dimm2 and 4(oranges)? I Dont have the manual....Thanks guys.. :toast:

[apu673]

No and yes orange ones

[ominae]

Whenever I try and go higher than 280, my pc reboots itself. I loosen the timings and my cpu was using an 8 divider, so I don't know what's going on. I knew someone was going to ask me what week my cpu was. I knew what it was before I installed the XP-90, but I didn't write it down. Can I get it somewhere else or only on the chip? Right now my CPU volts are at 1.475.

yup
~charlie

Hmm, I can do 2.5-3-3-7 (everything else auto/default) @ 290MHZ no problems, and some people are doing 300, 310 :/

[split]

How exactly fo you do that? Where do you get the mac address from?

My guess would be here.

http://www.svcheats.co.uk/adslfiles/dfimac.jpg

[chuckd]

Hmm, I can do 2.5-3-3-7 (everything else auto/default) @ 290MHZ no problems, and some people are doing 300, 310 :/

This would explain my confusion. :(

edit: I'm at 2.5-3-3-7 @ 280 right now. Anything higher and windows blue screens. My cpu is at 2520 (x9 multi), but bench's are faster if i do 260 x 10, so I dunno. I also had to crank my vdimm up to 3.1 just to get this far at 280.

[ominae]

you have a very similar system to mine - may I ask what your chipset temp is, mine idles around 50-52C :/

Hmm, in regards to your RAM OC, have you got them in dimms 2 & 4? And just to be sure its not your cpu, decrease the multi to 7 :)

[xgman]

Got a new A01 SLI-DR today and it also does 300HTT 1-1 at 2.9v 1T on 2x512 OCZ tccd's. Another friend of mine picked up some ocz oplats today and had a simlar experience with them, so I woujld say whatever tccd problem some are having may be pcb specific. (or user error)

[Sephir0th]

has anyone attempted the Ultra -> SLI mod yet? if so, did it work?

[bito]

xgman.....could you post your bios settings for your tccd ram pls :)

Thanks

[chuckd]

you have a very similar system to mine - may I ask what your chipset temp is, mine idles around 50-52C :/

Hmm, in regards to your RAM OC, have you got them in dimms 2 & 4? And just to be sure its not your cpu, decrease the multi to 7 :)


I'm at work now so i can't check my temps, but I will when I get home this afternoon. I am using slots 2 & 4. When I was finding my max RAM OC I had my cpu at multi of 7 and still couldn't go higher than 280 without trouble. The revision of my board is A01 and I've tried both the 1/25 BIOS it came with and the 2/01 BIOS. :confused:

[xgman]

xgman.....could you post your bios settings for your tccd ram pls :)

Thanks

2.9v. slots 2&4 80mm Fan over the ram slots.

2.5-4-3-auto(7) 1T
everything else on auto or default.


I asked Taiwan about the tccd issues some where having and got this response:

"On the question of Samsung TCCD memory compatibility, can ask customer
download 2005/2/1 such as Beta BIOS and add get 2.9~3.2V VDIMM voltage ,
should is it can get rid of the question to make a change."

[xgman]

I'm at work now so i can't check my temps, but I will when I get home this afternoon. I am using slots 2 & 4. When I was finding my max RAM OC I had my cpu at multi of 7 and still couldn't go higher than 280 without trouble. The revision of my board is A01 and I've tried both the 1/25 BIOS it came with and the 2/01 BIOS. :confused:

It could just be the binning of the OCZ plats. Mine are 4200's and maybe there is a limit on the 3200 sticks. Try 2.9-3.1v and see if it makes any difference and place a fan over the ram. It makes a big difference in temps of the sticks.

[simplyadvanced]

has anyone attempted the Ultra -> SLI mod yet? if so, did it work?
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yes

[OPPAINTER]

I was testing some OCZ 3700 EL yesterday, first time I really played with it.
2.5-4-3-10 got me 308MHz, over 9k in Sandra.

OPP

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

I was testing some OCZ 3700 EL yesterday, first time I really played with it.
2.5-4-3-10 got me 308MHz, over 9k in Sandra.

OPP

:D THX mate - nice to know, not many people using 3700 EL.

:toast:

[OPPAINTER]

This board is also incredible with my old Mushkin LevelII BH-5. The best my memory use to run was 264, on the DFI I can now run 3D with this memory at 274, a 10 MHz increase.

OPP

[xgman]

I was testing some OCZ 3700 EL yesterday, first time I really played with it.
2.5-4-3-10 got me 308MHz, over 9k in Sandra.

OPP


10? Better than 7?

What volts on the dimm you running?

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

This board is also incredible with my old Mushkin LevelII BH-5. The best my memory use to run was 264, on the DFI I can now run 3D with this memory at 274, a 10 MHz increase.

OPP

:D Hey OPP, you make me feel better each hour - my old CORSAIR BH-5 are running 12 x 275 2-2-2-5 on NEO2 so lets see if there is also an improvment possible on DFI NF4......... :toast:

[xgman]

:D Hey OPP, you make me feel better each hour - my old CORSAIR BH-5 are running 12 x 275 2-2-2-5 on NEO2 so lets see if there is also an improvment possible on DFI NF4......... :toast:


BH5 275 1-1 on the NEo2? That would be pretty amazing.

[bachus_anonym]

BH5 275 1-1 on the NEo2? That would be pretty amazing.
how about 276 ? :D benchable accross the board ;) - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52588

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

how about 276 ? :D benchable accross the board ;) - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52588

:toast:

[dnavarro]

xgman, I am running the same settings for the most part as you. I can get 1:1 310 FSB and it has been priming for over an hour. I posted pics of my TCCD settings on this thread: (this was when I was at 305 1:1)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=706536#post706536



But I think it is safe to say this board loves TCCD at 2.5-4-3-7 1T :toast:

Also, for those that wonder about the SLI mod, it does indeed work! :banana: :banana: :banana:

D

[J-Mag]

xgman, I am running the same settings for the most part as you. I can get 1:1 310 FSB and it has been priming for over an hour. I posted pics of my TCCD settings on this thread: (this was when I was at 305 1:1)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=706536#post706536



But I think it is safe to say this board loves TCCD at 2.5-4-3-7 1T :toast:

Also, for those that wonder about the SLI mod, it does indeed work! :banana: :banana: :banana:

D

So whered you get the bridge connector then? Did it come with the board?

[xgman]

has anyone attempted the Ultra -> SLI mod yet? if so, did it work?


I have seen a couple of posts showing it does work at least with the current board/driver versions.

[J-Mag]

I haven't seen a confirmation or denial yet... but it looks to me that thepic of the ultra-d at newegg have the SLI bridge included... is this true?

[Anakin_Skywalke]

I haven't seen a confirmation or denial yet... but it looks to me that thepic of the ultra-d at newegg have the SLI bridge included... is this true?

Don't think so, because OFFICIALY DFI Ultra-D does not support SLI.

[dnavarro]

My Ultra D DID NOT come with a SLI bridge. I had one however from my gigabyte SLI board that worked perfectly (they are the exact same length).
BTW, when I did the mod with a pencil I think I used too much lead as it didn't work (I think the lead's resistance was too high). When I bridged the pins with silver conductive ink, it worked like a charm!

D

[xgman]

I haven't seen a confirmation or denial yet... but it looks to me that thepic of the ultra-d at newegg have the SLI bridge included... is this true?

It comes with a little thingy and some jumpers and a chip puller to set it up to use two monitors/vid cards, but not the sli special bridge. I have both, and they have different bridges.

[J-Mag]

It comes with a little thingy and some jumpers and a chip puller to set it up to use two monitors/vid cards, but not the sli special bridge. I have both, and they have different bridges.

"little thingy" = wtf? :stick:

"i have both" = have both what? the SLI and Ultra boards?!?!?!? is that what you mean? In that case I am assuming you are using the Bridge from the DFI SLI board on the Ultra modded? If not, then whered you get the SLI bridge?

[J-Mag]

My Ultra D DID NOT come with a SLI bridge. I had one however from my gigabyte SLI board that worked perfectly (they are the exact same length).
BTW, when I did the mod with a pencil I think I used too much lead as it didn't work (I think the lead's resistance was too high). When I bridged the pins with silver conductive ink, it worked like a charm!

D

Essentially, to cheat Nvidia out of their $20 SLI fee with DFI, you have to buy another board from Gigabyte... HAHAH! (i am not pokin fun at u, cause I know you would have bought the both anyway...)
:banana:

I really could care less about the extra $20 + margin(throughout the chain of the channel) = $50-60 more the SLI board... but you can't freakin get the SLI board here in the US... Also, it wouldn't bother me to do the SLI mod, but if no Bridge is available then wtf is the point...

[dnavarro]

To tell you the truth I bought the Ultra because that was all that was available. I was gonna order and SLI-DR. Unfortunately, the SLI's have been sold out all over. I figured I could mod it since I had the SLI Bridge from the Gigabyte which would have been my final board if this DFI wasn't soo damn sweet! :D



By the way, I saw a post yesterday about how to get a Bridge from a distributor in Hong Kong. It was for like 10 bucks or something...
D

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

:D Got my ULTRA-D today, no SLI bridge included, didn't expect it because this was told by DFI so You guys if Yo want to mod to SLI go to the shops and buy one......... :toast:

[xgman]

"little thingy" = wtf? :stick:

"i have both" = have both what? the SLI and Ultra boards?!?!?!? is that what you mean? In that case I am assuming you are using the Bridge from the DFI SLI board on the Ultra modded? If not, then whered you get the SLI bridge?


I have a sli and a ultra d. The sli has the sli bridge obviously, and the ultra d has what looks like a smaller version of it. I did not look very carefully at it but I assume it is for using 2 vid cards in the ultra d without official sli support.

[xgman]

:D Got my ULTRA-D today, no SLI bridge included, didn't expect it because this was told by DFI so You guys if Yo want to mod to SLI go to the shops and buy one......... :toast:

time to change your sig. ;)

[chuckd]

It could just be the binning of the OCZ plats. Mine are 4200's and maybe there is a limit on the 3200 sticks. Try 2.9-3.1v and see if it makes any difference and place a fan over the ram. It makes a big difference in temps of the sticks.

Apparently I'm just a dumbass. I bumped it up to 3.1v and now I'm running 2.5-4-3-7 1T at 289, which is great with a x9 multi to put my cpu at 2600. Stable so far. :toast:

[chuckd]

you have a very similar system to mine - may I ask what your chipset temp is, mine idles around 50-52C :/


Smargaurdian says my shipset is at 43C at idle. The side panel on case is off, so it will prolly go up a bit once I put it on.

[googles]

I have a sli and a ultra d. The sli has the sli bridge obviously, and the ultra d has what looks like a smaller version of it. I did not look very carefully at it but I assume it is for using 2 vid cards in the ultra d without official sli support.

:confused: mind posting a pic of the "smaller version" ?

[[G.N.U.]Fragman]

This board is also incredible with my old Mushkin LevelII BH-5. The best my memory use to run was 264, on the DFI I can now run 3D with this memory at 274, a 10 MHz increase.

OPP
tried with ocz pc4200EL (hynix) after the change from DFI.....???

[Lidocaine]

I put the system together.............booted...........no problems.........usb devices work and everything.........nary a problem...............new OCZ 520 PS Adjustable purrrrrrrrrring like a kitten! Thanx Tony, Sean, and John at OCZ..........YOU GUYS ROCK!!! :D

I posted like this, so peeps would know that a "normal" build is possible.

Sorry I didn't include all this:


1) Do not post any problem.

2) Post a solution.

3) Show here how You successful installed new board.

4) Post Your BIOS screens of fine working system.

5) Post pics and screenies of Your fine working system.

This should be a help for all who need.

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

time to change your sig. ;)

:D The DFI isn't in use yet - only thing I did so far is to change the 2 important jumpers to the longer ones and to replace the BIOS chip with a new one burned in with 201 BIOS. Today I received my waterblock for chipset so now I've got all I need and will start building up new rig soon.

I decided to change SIG when all the work is done........... :toast:

[xgman]

:confused: mind posting a pic of the "smaller version" ?


sent it back already.

[mikead_99]

I put the system together.............booted...........no problems.........usb devices work and everything.........nary a problem...............new OCZ 520 PS Adjustable purrrrrrrrrring like a kitten! Thanx Tony, Sean, and John at OCZ..........YOU GUYS ROCK!!! :D

I posted like this, so peeps would know that a "normal" build is possible.



Went well for me too. Installing XP updates now, 2k install went fine as well. No overclocking yet though. Interesting though, I've seen guys not seeing the post screen with an ATI card. I saw it fine with an X850XT-PE and shipping bios (1/25) and still see it with the 2/9 bios. :confused:

I did follow some tips here to get this going, I avoided 2x512 to start with, using 2x256 BH-5 atm. After Windows is all up to date and I've made some backups, I'll switch to VX and see how it goes. I also did plug in the nV MAC address in bios, don't know if it helped or not since I didn't use LAN before doing so. Also using on CD NF4 drivers. I gotta add, this may be the first board I've skipped the aircooled checkout with, started right off the bat with the LS. No problems. :)

[Dumo]

Ultra-D benched stable..Gskill LE at 3.0V, but cpu's score is too low for this speed....Bios 201..
http://img100.exs.cx/img100/631/better13og.jpg
http://img218.exs.cx/img218/2131/34508wr.jpg

[xgman]

CPU at 243 degrees. LOL ;)

[slayer899]

Ultra-D benched stable..Gskill LE at 3.0V, but cpu's score is too low for this speed....Bios 201..
yeah, but at least the memory bandwith is nice ;)

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

:D Hm, funny thing here, started this tread and can't post results because got a DOA board........., sh.. happens !!! :toast:

[sauria]

:D Hm, funny thing here, started this tread and can't post results because got a DOA board........., sh.. happens !!! :toast:

Get your replacement yet?

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Get your replacement yet?

:( Take a look at my actual SIG.......... :toast:

[sauria]

:( Take a look at my actual SIG.......... :toast:
Sorry man -- going to try an MSI instead?:)

[ccokeman]

Got mine on saturday and have not had any real issues. Couldnt run prime95 system would just reboot. Changing my swap file back to my sata raid set from an IDE drive fixed that.

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Sorry man -- going to try an MSI instead?:)

:cool: Still waitin' for my RMA'd DFI - will give it a second try, if no go we will see........ :toast:

[bachus_anonym]

So I just got mine few hours ago... Stock BIOS 1/25... Booted up with 2x512MB Gskill with no probs...
Early testing shows 320x8 (max benchable linit on my Winnie is 2.72GHz at the moment) 7-3-4-2.5-1T 2.9v passes SPI 16M...
So everything looks promising :thumbsup:

I will edit this post as soon as I get more testing done...

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

So I just got mine few hours ago... Stock BIOS 1/25... Booted up with 2x512MB Gskill with no probs...
Early testing shows 320x8 (max benchable linit on my Winnie is 2.72GHz at the moment) 7-3-4-2.5-1T 2.9v passes SPI 16M...
So everything looks promising :thumbsup:

I will edit this post as soon as I get more testing done...

:D These are really good news - nice to know You got a working board.

Didn't forget about SP 16M, but still need the DFI board because of the voltage fluctuation caused by the booster I can't pass it on NEO2.

:toast:

[SAE]

:D Hey OPP, you make me feel better each hour - my old CORSAIR BH-5 are running 12 x 275 2-2-2-5 on NEO2 so lets see if there is also an improvment possible on DFI NF4......... :toast:


Mine could do 273 2-2-2 1T dual channel 3.55V with my LP B before I sold it, hehe :D

I cannot wait, really cannot wait :bananal:

P.S. Really a great thread here... drop saaya a PM to make it a sticky. I think it's worth it :up:

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Mine could do 273 2-2-2 1T dual channel 3.55V with my LP B before I sold it, hehe :D

I cannot wait, really cannot wait :bananal:

P.S. Really a great thread here... drop saaya a PM to make it a sticky. I think it's worth it :up:

:D Got a lot of experience with BH-5, for me CORSAIR is better than MUSHKIN

and best of all in my opinion are the PT with the silver HS - now using the 3200LLPT and just bought a kit of some I never found in the past: 3500PT C2 v1.1 with BH-5, so we will see what they're able to do...... :toast:

[SAE]

:D Got a lot of experience with BH-5, for me CORSAIR is better than MUSHKIN

and best of all in my opinion are the PT with the silver HS - now using the 3200LLPT and just bought a kit of some I never found in the past: 3500PT C2 v1.1 with BH-5, so we will see what they're able to do...... :toast:
I have Kingston KHX3200 and I luv it :D Too bad it's only 2x256MB.

I never had such good Corsair, and I also never liked those 256MB sticks w/chips on both sides ;)

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

I have Kingston KHX3200 and I luv it :D Too bad it's only 2x256MB.

I never had such good Corsair, and I also never liked those 256MB sticks w/chips on both sides ;)

:D Sure, KINGSTON BH-5 is also a good choice - but now back to topic, let's wait for some more people reporting positive experiences with the DFI....... :toast:

[Onycho]

Got my SLI-DR on 2/28. Got watercooling set up, board set up that day. 3/1 tried booting up...one of my RAM sticks wasn't working...luckily was just a tiny bit of something on one of the traces off the PCB..wiped it off, plugged it back in, booted straight into BIOS. All great (I have the A.01 revision).

Then, one of my two raptors gave problems..sometimes wouldn't detect, would lock up the system...finally, when trying to format it on the way into windows...it died and started clicking. RMA time. Other one worked like a champ. Installed windows in record time.

Installed drivers, used winflash to update to the 2/18 bios. Started my quest for OCing. Since all is virgin in the system started with RAM.

Hit a wall with errors at 250 FSB 8x multi. (240 no errors in memtest 5). Upped voltage...still errors. Used OPPainter's settings...no errors :) Started getting errors at 255 again. Now burning in at 3.6V with uwackme's burn-in to see how much this baby's got. Wish me luck :)

This board is bloody marvelous :)

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Got my SLI-DR on 2/28. Got watercooling set up, board set up that day. 3/1 tried booting up...one of my RAM sticks wasn't working...luckily was just a tiny bit of something on one of the traces off the PCB..wiped it off, plugged it back in, booted straight into BIOS. All great (I have the A.01 revision).

Then, one of my two raptors gave problems..sometimes wouldn't detect, would lock up the system...finally, when trying to format it on the way into windows...it died and started clicking. RMA time. Other one worked like a champ. Installed windows in record time.

Installed drivers, used winflash to update to the 2/18 bios. Started my quest for OCing. Since all is virgin in the system started with RAM.

Hit a wall with errors at 250 FSB 8x multi. (240 no errors in memtest 5). Upped voltage...still errors. Used OPPainter's settings...no errors :) Started getting errors at 255 again. Now burning in at 3.6V with uwackme's burn-in to see how much this baby's got. Wish me luck :)

This board is bloody marvelous :)

:D This is nice to know and an important help, THX and g'luck to You.

:toast: