DFI NF4 series beta bios,2/17

[windwithme]

Thanks OSKAR_WU :)

2/17 BIOS (http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/betabios/nf4ld217.rar)

[Ferry82]

So what is new here? :confused:

[windwithme]

So what is new here? :confused:

Update memtest86+ 1.51
(New Features
Added support for Intel i955X (Glenwood)
Added support for nVidia nForce4

Bug Fixes
Fix a bug on K8 chipset recognition
Fix Dual channcel not detected on i865/875 (Bug added in V1.50)
Some minor bug fixes)



Load Optimized Default =>Tref 3120 Cycle => fixed Corsair XPERT & OCZ
VX Memory Steady

[cupra]

thanks windwithme , im going to burn it now
:toast:

edit :

Update memtest86+ 1.51
(New Features
Added support for Intel i955X (Glenwood)
Added support for nVidia nForce4

Bug Fixes
Fix a bug on K8 chipset recognition
Fix Dual channcel not detected on i865/875 (Bug added in V1.50)
Some minor bug fixes)



Load Optimized Default =>Tref 3120 Cycle => fixed Corsair XPERT & OCZ
VX Memory Steady

Intel i955X ?
865/875 chipset ?

hi, we have nf4 and amd there ! :D

[H2OGun]

I think he was referring to MemTest+ 1.51 itself and not the new beta BIOS :D

[naelq]

... & OCZ VX Memory Steady
that would be interesting.

[cupra]

its looks that my vx get same performance in less voltage :D

270 2-2-2-5-7 in 3.4v now.

and memtest is work wonderful in the 1.51+ :banana4:

[daniel734]

How do I install the new BIOS?
Someone? =)

[Concorde Rules]

Once a few more people have posted results, with BH-5 and TCCD Ill give it a go, on the 1st Feb 2005 BIOS atm :toast:

Concorde

[daniel734]

How do I install the new BIOS?
Someone? =)

How do I install A Bios?

[cupra]

How do I install the new BIOS?
Someone? =)

How do I install A Bios?


its a iso file so you can burn in with WINFLASH.
i burn my with AWDFLASH from dos mode.

[daniel734]

OK i have winflash now. But what parts do I want to update with this new one? Boot- Main- and DMI- Block??????!?
I dont wanna make anything crash..

[Demoulous]

OK i have winflash now. But what parts do I want to update with this new one? Boot- Main- and DMI- Block??????!?
I dont wanna make anything crash..

I do all three with no side effects at all.

[mrlobber]

Load Optimized Default =>Tref 3120 Cycle => fixed Corsair XPERT & OCZ VX Memory Steady

OMG :eek: Going to try the new bios right now!

[GRAFiZ]

LOL... just flashed 2/09 yesterday.

Oh well, time to flash again. ;)

Thanks!!!

[Tony]

4708 is only good with certain brands of TCCD, AndyT and myself have been posting info regarding TREF for a while now on the OCZ support forums.

If you use 4708 with VX you will have to pump a lot more voltage to get a stable rig, just by setting 0648 etc even with the older bios files the VX will run faster.

[black rose]

Forgive my noobness, but these will work with the Ultra-D right?

[Onepagebook]

Forgive my noobness, but these will work with the Ultra-D right?


Yes



out of topic..
If those who still have issue with newer NVMM from 2.09,
I just talked with OSkar, he is working right now for a newer beta bios, I will confirm that as well and post here.


OPB

[black rose]

Yes



out of topic..
If those who still have issue with newer NVMM from 2.09,
I just talked with OSkar, he is working right now for a newer beta bios, I will confirm that as well and post here.


OPB


We're still having trouble working on getting my friends TCCD to run in dual channel on the Ultra-D.

[mrlobber]

4708 is only good with certain brands of TCCD, AndyT and myself have been posting info regarding TREF for a while now on the OCZ support forums.

If you use 4708 with VX you will have to pump a lot more voltage to get a stable rig, just by setting 0648 etc even with the older bios files the VX will run faster.

Bigtoe, is there a special Tref setting that runs best on VX? I (and many others) so far have been using either 3120 or 3072 for the best results.

[Chr0n1c]

Well, my new VX still errors in windows but not memtest @ 240 w/ 3.4V. This finalizes that I have a bad kit.

Nice bios tho, the memtest feature is ver nice.

[Onepagebook]

This is my newest result with 512x2 LE
and memtest 1.51 for STD 2 pass..damn forgot the digital camera :D

1.bandwidth:
http://img16.exs.cx/img16/1349/ddr640bios2176tr.jpg

2.super pi 1m sse2 patched:

http://img16.exs.cx/img16/5363/ddr640bios217pi7lb.jpg

[mikead_99]

Yes



out of topic..
If those who still have issue with newer NVMM from 2.09,
I just talked with OSkar, he is working right now for a newer beta bios, I will confirm that as well and post here.


OPB

NVMM? What would the related issues be?

[btomasie]

Yeah, I have also been using 3072 with my VX... after flashing to this new BIOS, should we switch to 3120?

Thanks,
Brian

[jikdoc]

will this help all utt or just vx. i have vx but couldn't use it because of the extra voltage requirements and the fact that i can't use the 4v vdimm setting with a zippy. i have some utt that works with lower voltage so i'm wondering if it will work even better...

@opb, what is nvmm anyway?

[mrlobber]

Well, just flashed and tested quickly. At the first moment, it seemed that finally I'm able to use more than 3.4Vdimm and get memtest stability (previously - errors at any speed if using more than 3.4 Vdimm), but after 5 minutes the errors started to pop out again. So no extra clocks or added stability out of it there for my combo.

Still, keep up the good job, Oskar! :toast:

[DildePer]

Anyone know how Corsair XMS x 1024 MB Platinum Series is working with the board?

[andyOCZ]

Well, my new VX still errors in windows but not memtest @ 240 w/ 3.4V. This finalizes that I have a bad kit.

Nice bios tho, the memtest feature is ver nice.

What timings are you running and what CPU do you have? One timing set wrong will make the board choke on any RAM not just VX.

I can try and help you with e screenie. Must know what CPU though.

[rra]

hi guys firstly love your forum learned a lot from you guys also new to dfi,have just flashed to new 17/02 bios and still ive dropped about 80mhz off my normal high for my cpu used to be about 3200 maxto bench say super pi now just make it at 3140mhz please help.
my old set upwas as follows
msi k8 neo2 plat fx55 king bh5 2*256 ati x800xt pe thermaltake 520watt cooled by prommie m2
now
dfi nforce4 sli dr bios all now 02/17 ram2*512 kin bh5 etc
am recieving enermax 600w tomorow and 2*sli 6800u
oh my thermaltake is 20 pin (please tell me this is problem)
thanks rra

:)

[pablo]

i just tried to flash it with winflash and it says file size error. how do i flash it i dont have a fdd

[eva2000]

flashed with AWDFLASH NF4LD217.BIN /F with DOS boot floppy

217 bios seems to be better than 209 for me as i changed to BH-5 ram

209 bios could get past 255mhz 2-2-2-6
217 bios now memtesting 260mhz 2-2-2-6

[Anakin_Skywalke]

i just tried to flash it with winflash and it says file size error. how do i flash it i dont have a fdd

Download the file again,perhaps your file got corrupted somehow. Worked fine with me.

[pablo]

and you used winflash? and if you did what version

[esdee]

first idication is this new BIOS runs better the Twinmos/UTT too (maybe a couple of MHz in memtest#5 stable) but ill be able to tell in 12-13 hours :)

[Anakin_Skywalke]

and you used winflash? and if you did what version

Yep, winflash, version 1.74, you can find it in DFI's beta page.

[Skip]

eh, i' just flash with awdflash, always have done it that way, and i don't trust windows to do the flashing for me, because i want to keep my settings the same, so what if i crash when i'm updating the bios? not good.

good bios by the way. really glad they updated memtest.

[Anakin_Skywalke]

eh, i' just flash with awdflash, always have done it that way, and i don't trust windows to do the flashing for me, because i want to keep my settings the same, so what if i crash when i'm updating the bios? not good.

good bios by the way. really glad they updated memtest.

From my experience, you can always rely on windows as much as you would rely on DOS. I've flashed my BIOS tens of hundreds of times from windows with numerous motherboards, always running overclocked, have yet to see a failed flash.

[Skip]

i'm overclocked to the edge sometimes. 5 minutes prime stable if you know what i mean. :D

[Anakin_Skywalke]

i'm overclocked to the edge sometimes. 5 minutes prime stable if you know what i mean. :D

So am I, but even so, it still is stable enough for a BIOS flash I reckon. ;)

[flexy]

4708 is only good with certain brands of TCCD, AndyT and myself have been posting info regarding TREF for a while now on the OCZ support forums.

If you use 4708 with VX you will have to pump a lot more voltage to get a stable rig, just by setting 0648 etc even with the older bios files the VX will run faster.

bt can you give me a link ? I am dealing with this the last days...whats a good setting for OCZ rev2s ? (Right now i am on auto in bios)

[Anakin_Skywalke]

bt can you give me a link ? I am dealing with this the last days...whats a good setting for OCZ rev2s ? (Right now i am on auto in bios)

Here (http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=54) is your link ;) You'll find what you ask for.

[SIK_L_CELL]

Once a few more people have posted results, with BH-5 and TCCD Ill give it a go, on the 1st Feb 2005 BIOS atm :toast:

Concorde

http://driverheavenuploads.co.uk/SIK_L_CELL/320.JPG

http://driverheavenuploads.co.uk/SIK_L_CELL/325.JPG

http://driverheavenuploads.co.uk/SIK_L_CELL/9300+.JPG

[Skip]

nice job there Sik, how much did it increase your tccd overclock from 209bios? i don't remember seeing a HTT 325 there before, i thought you had 310 as your high. am i remembering correctly?

[SIK_L_CELL]

nice job there Sik, how much did it increase your tccd overclock from 209bios? i don't remember seeing a HTT 325 there before, i thought you had 310 as your high. am i remembering correctly?

I got from 310 to 315 on these, at 11 but its limited by my Cpu. I never run a .5 multi but I just wanted to show that with the new bios 320 and 325 were there. :toast:

[jikdoc]

@andy_ocz or bigtoe,

what's the preferred settings for dram strength and drive strength? i've heard one setting is good for tccd and the other for vx. also what's the effect of the idle cycle limit and timer. i ask because i've seen screenies of yours and others and it's not really consistent 16/256 or enable/disable. i've noticed that disable gives me better bandwidth benches but can't pinpoint its real world effect or its effect on stability. lastly, what the effect or recommended setting for twcl on vx vs. tccd.

[rra]

flashed with AWDFLASH NF4LD217.BIN /F with DOS boot floppy

217 bios seems to be better than 209 for me as i changed to BH-5 ram

209 bios could get past 255mhz 2-2-2-6
217 bios now memtesting 260mhz 2-2-2-6

Hi eva2000 could you give a screenie of your bios settings pleeease, as i am
also using bh5 for ram . :)

[SAE]

Dayum, I really wanna have my stuff now :( (DFI, FX and X850xtpe)

Looks too tempting.

[Tripp17]

Onepagebook.......your rig is really something else.......its where i wanna be soon with my rig, check my sig, its close but no cigar.

[Skip]

I got from 310 to 315 on these, at 11 but its limited by my Cpu. I never run a .5 multi but I just wanted to show that with the new bios 320 and 325 were there. :toast:

oops, didn't even notice the .5 multi on 325. well its good that you got the extra 5 mhz. i'll see if i have more room now.

[SIK_L_CELL]

oops, didn't even notice the .5 multi on 325. well its good that you got the extra 5 mhz. i'll see if i have more room now.

I like to keep my CPU at its highest performance level, thats just around 3.4ghz. So until there is ram that will do 330-340 I am limited to using the 11 multi. But actually I got 10-15 overall increase on my FSB. :toast:

[tictac]

NVMM? What would the related issues be?

NVMM is something like nForce2 BPL module... controlling PCR register ... AFAIK ;)

[pablo]

to anyone flashing this bios with winflash how did you do it. it keeps saying file size wrong for me. and i dont have a floppy drive. so basically im kinda screwed for right now. help would be appreciated

[Tommy L]

had same problem at first flash from 125 bios.. but in Ntune it`s a flash util. I flashed succesfully with after winflash failed to verify. Ntune are on the cd or on the web. Good luck

[mrlobber]

flashed with AWDFLASH NF4LD217.BIN /F with DOS boot floppy

217 bios seems to be better than 209 for me as i changed to BH-5 ram

209 bios could get past 255mhz 2-2-2-6
217 bios now memtesting 260mhz 2-2-2-6

Hmm, might be worth testing my BH-5 again... they didn't clock at all on 02/01 bios, for example...

[graham_h]

will it fix the dual channel issue.
our sli-d only works with one stick. Stock not o/c

[Anakin_Skywalke]

will it fix the dual channel issue.
our sli-d only works with one stick. Stock not o/c

There is no dual channel issue, have you tried slots 2 and 4?

[eva2000]

yeah there's no probs with dual channel, Graham what ram you using and what settings in bios ?

the 2x 3200+ 90nm i got from you are bloody awesome

3200+ 90nm 0450 UPJW on A8N-SLI Deluxe
- stock 1.4v = 2520mhz
- 1.45v @2596mhz
- 1.6v @2700-2717mhz

3200+ 90nm 0445 VPMW on DFI NF4 SLI-D
- stock 1.38v = 2600mhz
- 1.48v @2700mhz
- 1.52v @2750mhz
- 1.62v @2800mhz
- 1.65v @2850mhz and still going!

[Ferry82]

Does this bios works with winflash?

[fagin]

Umm, people who are having trouble flashing the bios have you uncompressed it? Cause thats the error message you get when you haven't! Use winrar or some such.
Alternatively, here is the uncompressed version! Link (http://premium1.uploadit.org/glorfy//NF4LD217.BIN)

[fagin]

Does this bios works with winflash?

I've flashed it with Winflash174.....

[AMDnewbie]

flashed it...have not test fsb yet.....but it lower the vcore needed running same speed !!!

formally running at 2.65Ghz 1:1 @ 1.63v ( in SG ) but now only 1.58v are needed....

maybe something to do w the ram issue....

ooh....its getting better n better after each day.........

[Jamo]

anybody know if this has fixed the issues with BP815 PCB?

[clockedOut]

I flashed it with WinFlash, No problem.

But I give up.... between my crappy winchester and a mobo that needs alot of tweaking.... its not even stable at 200fsb. Very frustrating.

[pablo]

i dont even know where to start with the bios for oc

[coop]

here is a couple bh-5, xms3500's, w/1/25, ultra-d, 3500 90, I tried mush 512 LII 3500, and it takes huge 3.5v just to boot, but works 227@2.88 on nf2. I will remove these if you don't want them here.