-=Dfi Infinty&LanParty Rev B Faq and more=-

[godsa]

I just purchased one...This thread is going to be very usefull
All the feedback on here is unreal to say the least

Once again..another awesome thread at Xtreme! :toast:

[SAE]

Nice, we have another new DFI-user around! :thumbsup:

If you got any question to ask... here's the place, of course :D

[godsa]

Saw this on post 178

You just won't get 2.1V stable (minimum) as these boards can give 2.08V stable max... and that's with all the mods

Is this tru? I will only be able to get 2.2? No way no how?

Looks like some one did 2.15 with a
47K variable.
:stick:


Mine can do 2.24V. You only have to be able to cool the board and its components!

Thanks Sae I appreciate the feedback :toast:

[SAE]

Mine can do 2.24V. You only have to be able to cool the board and its components! :D

[Revv23]

@ tictac

I love you m8...

i was having trouble getting 200x12.5 stable on HF last bios, it just kept getting worse every day, so i load up your bios, figuring WTF? and i got 200x12.5 with 1.825vcore and stock nb/ram/agp, something i couldnt do with 1.9v for some reason just a moment ago, hopefully your bios will be more consisent the the HF bios, as on the HF bios my clocks just got worse and worse it seemed like.....

thanks again!

[Revv23]

another update 250x10, a setting i couldnt get booting right tonight (thought inf was having a bay day like it seems to do every day or two) and now im there rock stable with much less voltage.

tictac :thumbsup: :toast:

[stealth17]

just goes to show you every board and chipset is different!

[Revv23]

indeed your right sir, i go to plug in my cdrom as to run memtest, and 250x10 no longer goes into windows, and 200x12.5 hardly stays alive in windows for long, so i unplug my cdrom and the problem is still there...

just when i think im making progress...

[Revv23]

ok so heres a very strange issue indeed:

for those not following my situation - so i had it running 272 2-2-2-11 2x256mb cpc on 3.6v about 2 weeks ago, i lost that oc, and i figured it was just my board actung up, as 250 was stable...

so then i lose 250, and eventually 200...i switch to tictac's bios, and 250 works, i plug in a cdrom to run some memtest, and bam, 200 at 3.3 doesnt even work...

...so i tried everything (including reseating) and i couldnt get 200mhz stable even at 3.3v

so i decide to put in my 1gb KHX3000 set into banks 1 and 3(also BH-5)

i ran that fine up to 235 mhz 3.3v and i knew the board was fine, so i was sad and i figured my good BH was dead...

i decided to run them each on their own to figure out which stick was bad, and bam, both sticks run 250mhz 2-2-2-11 cpc 3.3v on memtest5 stable...

i pop both sticks in (tested in all banks and got same results with single stick) in banks 1 and 3, as this is all my cooling setup permits and poop, 250 3.3v get 20000+ errors, and 200mhz 3.3v get about 500 errors..s

so im at a big wtf right now, im really happy my ram isnt dead, but this sucks, wtf is going on here?

[STEvil]

try a different ide connector, try slots 2+3, swap ram around so whichever is in 3 is in 1 or 2.

[SAE]

Typical issue of DFI NF2! All I can say. I mean, I don't know it in such drastical way (200MHZ fsb not stable), but something similar.

Sometimes I got a stable 269MHz at 11-2-2-2-2.0-12-16-e-e-f-e-2-0-3-3-1-0-3, I could even do superpi32m, and then next day I had problems running a stable 260. Hehe, seems to be weather-dependant ;) (and may reflect the mood of the board :D)

[stealth17]

yeh i have the exact problems and some days can get 200 stable! others days i can run 272 semi stable! It pisses me off how its like that! i want to switch to nf4...its either switch to nf4 and sell my old stuff and not have phase-change or its stick with what ive got and get phase change....anyone shed some light on my problem?

[Revv23]

ok so i eneded up remeoving all my ram sinks (i spent days making them :()

and running in 2 and 3, problem didnt go away...

few more hours later, much more experimenting, turns out i had too much voltage for 200mhz, but these dimm that used to run 200 at 2.6 no longer will(needs 2.8 now), and 250 i couldnt get stable as 3.3v wasnt enough (something these dimms used to do well)

so i memtest 240 for a bit, no problems, and now im back at 250, somehow not erroring at all with 3.3v

funny how im happy to get this right now and im not even at my old 24/7 clocks lol...

[SAE]

Seems to be the board, my khx bh-5 first did 260@3.34V, now they were demanding 3.56V (my standard voltage). If I decreased vdimm it went unstable. Weird nf2. :D

[TEDY]

same here

i used to run my khx3200 bh-5 200@ 2.6v at start...now even 2.8v doesnt help

weird i can't even boot anything below 3.1v now.....LOL

[stealth17]

i just did the following mods (all at once :) ):

vdd
vdimm
vcore
OCP
vdroop

and all were a success! the ocp was the hardest as there isnt much room to work and the pads are a pin points distance aways from each other but i nailed it! i cant wait to see the results with my new OCZ 600watt dual rail psu!

[SAE]

i just did the following mods (all at once :) ):

vdd
vdimm
vcore
OCP
vdroop

and all were a success! the ocp was the hardest as there isnt much room to work and the pads are a pin points distance aways from each other but i nailed it! i cant wait to see the results with my new OCZ 600watt dual rail psu!
Gluck, mate! :thumbsup:

[stealth17]

Gluck, mate! :thumbsup:

haha didnt help...

weird man i dunno what happened. the thing worked for a day, then the next day (today) i turned it on and cpu voltage was going from .5v to 1.7v and wasnt letting the thing boot...i was like WTF??? thenit would sometimes boot and freeze in bios...so i was getting upset...put a different psu in and same thing...then i put it on the bench and something by the cpu socket burned for no good reason! i have no clue what happened...especially since it worked for a day flawlessly!...

hmmm im upset with DFI..

so im ganna RMA it and get my FOURTH motherboard and then sell it....more than likely will buy a NF4...you get your NF4 yet SAE???

[SAE]

haha didnt help...

weird man i dunno what happened. the thing worked for a day, then the next day (today) i turned it on and cpu voltage was going from .5v to 1.7v and wasnt letting the thing boot...i was like WTF??? thenit would sometimes boot and freeze in bios...so i was getting upset...put a different psu in and same thing...then i put it on the bench and something by the cpu socket burned for no good reason! i have no clue what happened...especially since it worked for a day flawlessly!...

hmmm im upset with DFI..

so im ganna RMA it and get my FOURTH motherboard and then sell it....more than likely will buy a NF4...you get your NF4 yet SAE???


Man, I feel with ya :(
Too bad you could not locate the error...

And no, I did not get my board, as I ordered it - together with my FX - and they're waiting for it to arrive. *sigh*

And then, I would be still waiting for my sweet vid card I'll get from saaya (I'll pay for it - don't ask him for one :lol: ). Hope my waiting won't last forever and a day... it's a pain!

[stealth17]

Man, I feel with ya :(
Too bad you could not locate the error...

And no, I did not get my board, as I ordered it - together with my FX - and they're waiting for it to arrive. *sigh*

And then, I would be still waiting for my sweet vid card I'll get from saaya (I'll pay for it - don't ask him for one :lol: ). Hope my waiting won't last forever and a day... it's a pain!

it wasnt my error...the board killed itself :p:

im ganna get a DFI NF4 and a 3000+ to play with...the FX are soooo damned expensive!

[SAE]

it wasnt my error...the board killed itself :p:

im ganna get a DFI NF4 and a 3000+ to play with...the FX are soooo damned expensive!
Yep, that's correct. FX are expensive... ;)

[Revv23]

it wasnt my error...the board killed itself :p:

im ganna get a DFI NF4 and a 3000+ to play with...the FX are soooo damned expensive!


one of your solder joints could have gone bad on the ocp maybe? that mod scared me way to much, i cant afford buying the irons that would make that job easy, i just have cheapo $5 iron with a big fat tip lol...


new info on my board, i got 10.5x250 rock stable at 2630, so then i backed off the multi to 10x, and i went for 263, now ive been keeping the vdd at 1.8 because more didnt seem to help, but for some reason it just started working, at 1.9vcore, 3.6vdimm, 1.8vdd memtest had 20k + errors, so i up the vdd to 1.9 and bam, 20errors at 3.4vdimm, more vdimm doesnt help, nor does more vcore, so im plugging my vdd mod back in now...

quick question, is it safe to run without a videocard for the purpose of checking voltages? my 9800p cooler sits right on top of monitoring points...

some more good news ot slighlty, upon remounting my 9800p cooler with better screws, and the vmod off, i hit 450core without artifact in 2k1, previously 430 was max... :) almost at 22k with this thing, and thats only with 250mhzx10 on a really bad install of win xp.

im getting excited, i used to think this board was quirky but now more and more i am learning about it the more i realize that there is a reason for its behaviour, i really didnt expect such a large project when i performed these vmods, but im sure glad i did, as ive learned much! :)

[SAE]

Revv, it'S safe to measure without vid card, I sometimes even measured with out ram, vid card and cpu :lol:

Just to be safe not to kill any of our precious' ;)

[Revv23]

bah i went all the way up to 2.2v and couldnt get it error free in memtest, with the mod on im setting it to 1.7 in bios giving me 2.0v...

couldnt get 263 stable unfortunatly, i think i need to tweak as to have .5 voltages, im feeling like the boardd cant handle 3.6v and 3.55 isnt enough...

last thing is maybe my cpu cant handle the FSB, ive noticed amount of errors seems to be a few lower with slightly more cpu voltage, though more then 1.925 was increasing errors, rigs in my HOT basement now, usually rig is in a nice 60 degree room, and now its in like 75, so maybe thats it...

another thing i will try is maybe going back ot the hellfire rev3 bios... man another sleepless night of overclocking ahead heh...

[SAE]

Rev3 was most excellent one... :thumbsup:

[stealth17]

ive noticed that sometimes if you run memtest and get say 75 errors, then run it again it will give you a different number the second time....kinda makes it hard to tell if more or less voltage is helping...unless the error difference is significant

[SAE]

ive noticed that sometimes if you run memtest and get say 75 errors, then run it again it will give you a different number the second time....kinda makes it hard to tell if more or less voltage is helping...unless the error difference is significant
Yep. Best is: errors equal 0 :D

But if errors during longer memtest sessions occur, there may be a heat problem... cooling the ram better is a good idea ;)

[stealth17]

But if errors during longer memtest sessions occur, there may be a heat problem... cooling the ram better is a good idea ;)

ive always thought that and some frown on the idea for some reason :confused:

get my NF4 tommarrow!!!! :D :slobber: :p:

[SAE]

Good luck pal, and don't fry it on first day :lol:

Mine comes with the FX-55, and that's gonna last... :( (already payed, but still not available)

[tinker77]

I just ordered my NF4, maybe in two weeks?

[tictac]

i got some issue overclocking my DFI LPB with 2-2-2-11-9-12-1T timing even at 200MHz

Proc : AMD Aplebred 1600 (tbred A)
Mem : TwinMOS SP 2 x 256mb Vdimm @ 3.3V in bios
vdd = 1.7 v
v agp = 1.5v

The board run fine if i use it. But if i leave it for awhile(20-30 minutes) with heavy load. It just freeze .... :(

[Revv23]

@ tictac - my board never ran 200mhz 3.3v stable, i always though it was the ram... but maybe SP has the same problem...try 3.2v maybe?

or maybe try 2-2-2-11-13-15-1t?

[tictac]

i let it prime and go to sleep... when i wake up... system is freezing... prime show it is stable for 3 hours ... :-/

ok i will try loosen the timing

[stealth17]

got my DFI NF4 and 3200 winnie yesterday...VERY nice mobo! got a bad cpu stepping but ill see what i can do with it. Running good temps. 21c full load but thats at stock so...

[STEvil]

yeah, try 2-2-2-11-13-15.. some have mentioned ch-5 having issues at 9-12.

[Revv23]

ive always used 13-15 anyways, seems more stable when i get up top in FSB.

BTW my NF2 i think is dead, hasnt posted in a day or two...

[stealth17]

ive always used 13-15 anyways, seems more stable when i get up top in FSB.

BTW my NF2 i think is dead, hasnt posted in a day or two...

seems normal for those crappy nf2...go nf4 man! LOVE mine!

[tictac]

Hey... i just did the Vcore mod on my DFI LPB... with just a pencil trick...OMG... it works :hehe:

tictac Pencil Vcore Mod

1) you only need to pencil down this resistor i mark with yellow color...

2) The resistor value is about 100 ohm

3) pensil it down to reduce the resistance.and you will get higher Vcore voltage

4) i pencil it down to 90-95ohm

5) now when i set 1.55v Vcore in bios i get 1.6V (0.05V overvolt) :D

Tested by me... on my DFI Lan Party B

Happy Tweaking... ;)

ignore that 2 red & black wire :slap:

http://www.tictac.katrourke.com/pic/DFI-LPB-vcore-Pencil-mod.JPG

[SAE]

Tictac, do ya notice stability problems now? Or is it as stable as before using the 2V setting? :)

[STEvil]

oh great.. now I want another infinity lol.

[tictac]

Tictac, do ya notice stability problems now? Or is it as stable as before using the 2V setting? :)

i cant play with 2.0V vcore with stock cooling & tbred A... its too hot to get it stable :bsod:

anyway i have been priming for 5hours... and it is stable so far... still running & kicking ass :lol:

[SAE]

Cool, mate :thumbsup:

BTW, what fsb your running those Twinmos at? :)

[Esox]

Hey... i just did the Vcore mod on my DFI LPB... with just a pencil trick...OMG... it works :hehe:

tictac Pencil Vcore Mod

1) you only need to pencil down this resistor i mark with yellow color...

2) The resistor value is about 100 ohm

3) pensil it down to reduce the resistance.and you will get higher Vcore voltage

4) i pencil it down to 90-95ohm

5) now when i set 1.55v Vcore in bios i get 1.6V (0.05V overvolt) :D

Tested by me... on my DFI Lan Party B

Happy Tweaking... ;)

ignore that 2 red & black wire :slap:



@ tictac

What do you mean with "pencil down"? How does this work? :rolleyes:

[STEvil]

decrease resistance of the resistor because the graphite the pencil lays down re-routes some of the electricity.

[Esox]

Ahhh ... and where do i have to draw with the pencil? The whole resistor?

[Revv23]

just from one side of the resistor to another, start small and then check and see how much voltage your getting, then put more lead on it until your where you want it...


thats awesome btw tictac...very nice work sir...

im rebuilding my whole rig right now in a an effort to get it going, things arent looking good though.

[SAE]

Ahhh ... and where do i have to draw with the pencil? The whole resistor?

Along its side. :) (one side, it's equal which you chose)

[Esox]

Fine :) Thx!

[Taipan]

Hello guys, i have annoying problem with my infinity.
I can do till 285 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8419816) 3D stable but is only single channel.
First i had 2x256 hynix d-43 and max 250 3-4-4-x.
All above that = errors in memtest + 3D crashing to desktop.
Now i have 2x256 adata tccd and it is worse...... max 245 3-3-3-x and higher is the same - memtest errors + 3D crash after 5s.
I have tested VDD 1.6 - 2.3V = nothing (5 mhz in single),
alpha all combinations ( more or less errors) slew rate = nothing, Vmem 2.6-3.3 = nothing.
Now i'm waiting for BH6 (256 2-2-2 3.3V tested) but i'am afraid history will reply..
Have someone simillar problem to me ? Is board crappy or fussy or maybe memory bad chosen. I have no idea :confused:

(my english is bad, i now, sorry)

[SAE]

IMO hynix and tccd are da cr@p :D No, honestly, on NF2 boards they do suck! :(

BH-6 should serve ya well though, mate, I hold thumbs :up: for ya.

[STEvil]

BH-6 was on the first sticks of DDR I bought, and I still have them.. if there was a vote for best memory ever made i'd vote BH-6 ;)

[Revv23]

so would it be possible to do the pencil trick on the resistor you solder to the for the vdimm mod?

looks to me like it would work, however some confirmation from the experts would be nice.

[stealth17]

BH-6 was on the first sticks of DDR I bought, and I still have them.. if there was a vote for best memory ever made i'd vote BH-6 ;)

me too. its the same as bh-5 and bh-5/6 is a legend!

[Revv23]

BH-6 was on the first sticks of DDR I bought, and I still have them.. if there was a vote for best memory ever made i'd vote BH-6 ;)

BH-6 was also my first stick of DDR, and my best performing... my 1x512 corsair BH-6 does better then my 2x256 mushkin LvII....

[SAE]

so would it be possible to do the pencil trick on the resistor you solder to the for the vdimm mod?

looks to me like it would work, however some confirmation from the experts would be nice.
It always works if you wanna lower resistance to get higher voltages, but not the other way around.

[Taipan]

I have bh6 in comp at last, its one stick but I put it in dual with tccd and all problems are gone :D
Dual goes 260 stable, higher was voltage conflict, my adatas can't work with V over 3.4
Now I'm looking for second good stick of BH :)
My best result in single - http://taipan.250free.com/bh6273.PNG
Thats not my last word :cool:

[Revv23]

just remember in dual channel you wont make it quite so far, however very nice clocks indeed.

[SAE]

Not bad, Taipan! :up:

[Prokop]

Hi guys.
I've got problem with fsb higher than 240 with CPC ON.
I am using 6-19 3D Fire R2 - TicTac Edition Bios (very good :toast: )
My 1800DLT3C does 2900mhz with 1,95V but its superlocked (11,5x).
I want 250*11,5, but when system boots it shows: PCI .... wtf ... :mad:
I have 512MB Hynix D43 chips which does 250 2,5 3 3 3 6 with 3,0V.
I set 250*11,5 2,0V vcore, 1,6Vagp, 1,9VDD, 3,0Vvmem.
Cpu timing Aggresive and memory 2,5 3 3 3 11 9 12.
What can I do? Vcore mod? Vsense mod? Or what?

Thanx for some hints

and cooling -- Watercooled 19°C Water | Modded Cascade by RadekB | Galaxi NB,GPU,HDD | Opel Kadett + Papst 140cfm @ 12V | Eheim Compact 600

[SAE]

Prokop, 512MB sticks don't like CPC on at high clocks... especially on NF2. And I heard the hynix chips even cr@p out earlier than other chips with 1T.

Sad but true. 1T won't happen at 250+ with these sticks :(

/edit.

P.S. Welcome to Xtremesystems.org! :toast:

[Prokop]

Thx :D

Ok, but if I set up more fsb then 243 and turn CPC OFF, it shows PCI problem when booting :( I think, that I need more V to the CPU. When I set 2V real is (in BIOS) 1,89-1,95. PSU is LC550W (+12 12,1V real, +5V 5,3V real) => it isn't problem.
I think, that I need vsense and vcore mod. Or not?

[SAE]

Does it bluescreen during windows bootup? Then showing the PCI error...??

Could be an apic problem with your board.

[Prokop]

Maybe. I have APIC enabled. May I disable it?

It shows PCI error before windows bootup.
What do you think abou my vcore fluctulation?

[SAE]

Hmm, can you take a photo of the error message or at least write it down for me...

Is it while windows starts loading, or is it caused by bios/dmi pool ?

Don't worry too much about that fluctuation as it's the reading chip that's "fluctuating" (often).

[Prokop]

I will write it down for you.
I think it's caused by bios/dmi.. :(
Thanx

[Revv23]

does your chip run 250fsb?

like did you try it a x11?

[Prokop]

does your chip run 250fsb?

like did you try it a x11?

Yes it does. Remeber what i said. It's superlocked (week 39)..

[Revv23]

oh im sorry, i missed that, did you try any other bios? HellFire Rev3 perhaps?

the 3dfire did well for me but i had slightly better results on hellfire (before my board started dieing that is)

seems like 250 should be easy on infinity, im thinking your cpu may be closing in on its max.

[Prokop]

It's ok :-)
I don't share your opinion, about my CPU max.
It does 2500mhz with 1,68V and 2600with 1,76V.
I will have to try Hellfire BIOS. :cool:

[Revv23]

i sure hope your right :cheers:

[trodas]

Maybe Prokop need less PCI stuff into the machine, of capacitor mods? Or lock the AGP clock to 66Mhz, witch give 33Mhz for the PCI? :confused: :rolleyes:

Dunno. At least I proudly want proclaim that I finally made the OCP mod (scary, scary, I got one death LP B mobo, so... :( ) but things seems to working good after a day and so, so I try push harder that that:

http://ax2.old-cans.com/cpuz242x11.gif

:D :devil:

PS: the Hellfire bioses seems to be pretty good. I still using his rev1, however. The latest turbo one looking promising: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=789
...anyone tried it yet? :confused: :stick: :)


So, are there any nice results with the latest Hellfire turbo bios so far? :confused: Im a bit confused about the latency thing. What is the original PCI latency? Is not 32...?


7. PCI Latency = 128 clocks
8. EXT-P2P Discard = 1ms

I mean - for CPU benchmark - is better to have the latency as low, as possible, right? As well, as the EXT-P2P Discard on the fastest timing as well :confused:

All I know that I gained a lot on hexus PI fast, when I set the AGP latency to 16 :nod:

The TicTac bios say something about altered also:


- CPU Disconnect Function Patch
- Side Band Addressing Enabled
- PCI Latency 128clck
- EXT P2P Discard Time 1ms
- LAN Latency 128clock
- SATA Latency 128clock

...and it is the LAN and SATA latency (what the hell is CPU Disconnect Function Patch?! This means that the CPU disconnect is disabled by default by other bioses - at least until the nForce2 drivers take over...???) that catch my eye.

What are the default values for them???

And of course the higher values means that the network and SATA ran faster/smoother. Im sure about it. However it maybe can criple the CPU speed a bit, and this is my concern.

Anyone can tell me more about it? :confused:

BTW, the fantastinc nForce2 tweaker by TicTac can't tweak these EXP /2P DIscard as well, as the LAN and SATA latency things... :(

[SAE]

For me the Rev3 always was the best... then comes Mr. Merlin's 0.5 Taipan E4. :D

[trodas]

Hellire bioses tested. Tests made on Lanparty B, made in China (ugh) with this standard settings: 200x13 1.800Vcore AXPM2600+ and 11-2-2-2-2-9-12-0-0-3-3-2-0-3-E-E-F-E settings for mem. All other settins was always and all the time same.

Tests consisting of memtest results (used latest 1.51 one - http://www.memtest.org ) and AIDA 32 ( http://download.computer.msn.de/syndication/msn/downloads/msn_download_10236956.html ) for the simple memory read/write test speed ;) (this one should be also more reliable and less fluctuating that for example popular Sisoft Sandra ;) and confirmed with TestCPU - a small czech guy proggy http://testcpu.webz.cz/ ;) )

Now what you all surely waiting for - the results :)

Hellfire rev.1
Memtest - 1454MB/sec
AIDA32 - read 3033 - 3042MB/sec - write 1222-1235MB/sec

Hellfire rev.2
Memtest - 1519MB/sec
AIDA32 - read 2902 - 2983MB/sec - write 1150-1185MB/sec

Hellfire rev.3
Memtest - 1519MB/sec
AIDA32 - read 3020 - 3046MB/sec - write 1223-1227MB/sec

Hellfire Turbo
Memtest - 1454MB/sec
AIDA32 - read 2664 - 2818MB/sec - write 1145-1212MB/sec

IMHO it clearly shows that the "Turbo" bios edition is the worsest (!) one, surprisingly. It fluctuated most with the results and it also show the worst performance.
The rev.2 show clear advantage in the memtest test over rev.1, however it failed to deliver the same performance increase in AIDA32 win test - in fact, it was slower that the rev.1 notably. Rev.3 got be best from all - good memtest score, like the rev.2, however it also show good score into the AIDA32 test, witch is the less fluctuating one and except the weird 1235MB/sec write peak of the rev.1, it beat all the other versions easily :)

Conclusion - SAE was right. Never dubt his experience again :rotf:

SAE :toast:

[stealth17]

^^^

nice job! Thanks for the results! now we just need to throw merlins in the mix :)

[trodas]

Give me a direct link to it ;)

Besides, I think I should add the original one to the test as well, not to mention the tictac ones ;)

...and I also disabled the SATA, witch invalidate the Hellfire Turbo one test, so, again :( Mistakes make human, tough :p:

[stealth17]

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2709&highlight=merlin

direct enough?

[coop]

I also did a bios comparison sometime back, someone may find it helpful. They were done with a Lanparty Ultra II B and it had a Radeon 9200 VC.

[Revv23]

great job, it would be interesting to see the 1/21 bios, the 6/19 bios, and the tictac 3d fire bios...

only problem with this test is that it shows nothing about overclocking.

[coop]

great job, it would be interesting to see the 1/21 bios, the 6/19 bios, and the tictac 3d fire bios...

only problem with this test is that it shows nothing about overclocking.
Were you referring to the post just prior? "All test done with 10x255, 2-2-2-11" Granted it is not extreme, but I wanted to be sure that as much as possible could be done as I did not know exactly to expect with some of the bios. I did use the 1/21 bios most of the time as it would let me run 260 x10 and 258x11 with DI anytime.

[Revv23]

i was referring to trodas, sorry for not being clear.

[coop]

np, I did not know.

[Revv23]

Got an LPB today, from TW and it shows, realy high quality soldering and such... i need to reinstall windows though....

so im trying to get the HF rev3 bios right now as windows wont detect my SATA drive during the install on the 3Dfire bios, and i cant find a working link for the HFrev3 anywhere...

anyone know where i can find it? should i just get the 1/21 for now?

[coop]

lucky you for finding a tw one. I looked alot of places, bought some and returned and never did get another one. I have one I'm content with now. 1/21 was a very good bios for mine. the hf3 was a bit faster possibly, but 1/21 very stable. many bios here: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=789&page=1 EDIT: wow, that is not cool, here is one : http://ax2.old-cans.com/N24LD619-3EG-REV3.zip

[trodas]

Nice to saw my link used :p: :D

Revv23 - good luck with this bejby. Should you PM me where you bought it, pls? ;)

[Revv23]

thanks a bunch for that second link coop, as you no doubt saw, the first one wasnt working.


trodas, no need for PM, got it from newegg...guess i was lucky? :p:

[Prokop]

Well, I've got a lot of problem's with flashing my Infinity.
AWDFLASH says, that the bios size (Hellfire rev.3) isn't correct.
What do you guys think about this? May I try winflash?

[SAE]

Hmm, weird.

Should be same size. Winflash could work. There's only one way to find out: TRY it :D

[Revv23]

hmmm maybe try getting another copy of the bios?

[tictac]

i did kamikaze run just now

Vcore@1.87v
vdimm @ 3.8v
NB volt @ 1.9v
AGP @ 1.6v

timing : 2-2-2-2-5-13-15-1T

trying to maxed out my TwinMOS Speed Premium
both stick only manage to hit 240MHz 3D stable
anything higher than that error all the way...

do you think i need L12 mod for my proc? Running on Applebred Tbred A here

[tictac]

oh yea... almost forgoten... i write simple article how to volt mod this board this board with pencil

you can read it here:
http://www.tictac.katrourke.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=4

[Revv23]

i did kamikaze run just now

Vcore@1.87v
vdimm @ 3.8v
NB volt @ 1.9v
AGP @ 1.6v

timing : 2-2-2-2-5-13-15-1T

trying to maxed out my TwinMOS Speed Premium
both stick only manage to hit 240MHz 3D stable
anything higher than that error all the way...

do you think i need L12 mod for my proc? Running on Applebred Tbred A here


did you include the L12 mod in your bios? i know the HF3 bios has it built in, not sure how it effects that core though, i would try more CPU volts first, and 3.8 is way too much for NF2, i am more stable around 3.4-3.5 then i am at 3.6...

nice arcticle too btw.

[tictac]

no my bios have dont have L12 mod... i guess that must be the reason...

[Prokop]

Your BIOS doesn't have L12 mod? (3D Fire R2)
Your ''Pencil Guide'' is very very good! Now i can stable run 246x11,5 with 2,05V and 3,45V vdimm... good job TicTac :toast:

[tictac]

all my modded DFI bios dont have any L12 mod......

i wonder maybe this is the reason why it is not as good as Merlin / Hellfire bios

[Revv23]

im wondering, how well does that applebred like FSB?

[tictac]

Your BIOS doesn't have L12 mod? (3D Fire R2)
Your ''Pencil Guide'' is very very good! Now i can stable run 246x11,5 with 2,05V and 3,45V vdimm... good job TicTac :toast:

Oh please make sure if you use Vdimm Pencil mod.... dont select any voltage lower than 3.2v in bios option

anything lower than that PC wont boot and 4 LED went up...

in case you clear cmos... plz clean up that resistor back to default... or else it just wont boot with 4 LED indicator :slobber:

[VulgarHandle]

tictac, w/ the pencil vcore mod, do you still have to do the vsens mod?

i ask because i'm at 250x10=2500, and not even 2.0v vcore(setting) gets me into windows with 250x10.5=2625, and am debating doing the vcore/vsens mod w/ pots and smd grabbers(you know, the 2 wires you say to ignore in your pencil mod guide :D )
i know i can do 222x12=2664(at least, i could on my abit nf7-s)

also, as you can see in my sig, i'm getting 250x10, 11-2-2-2.0, now, i'm using whatever is the latest bios from dfi's website, would your or any other bios help me? does this board require the L12 mod? my abit needed it, i used a bios w/ the L12 mod and went from 222 to ~240 b4 i fried the board in a multimeter measuring incident leading me to get this dfi lp nf2 ultra-b

[VulgarHandle]

fixed my post to say "not even 2.0v vcore(setting) gets me into windows w/ 250x10.5=2625, and am........"

let me know if i can delete this

[tictac]

i havent tested the pencil Vcore mod higher than 2.0V... so i dont know if it need Vsense mod...
but anything lower than 2.0v dont need Vsense mod... just simple resistor pencil mod :)

Regarding L12 mod... i have no idea at all.... yeah NF7-S gain better stability with L12 mod...
Most LPB/Infinity can clock high enough even without L12 mod...
but.... i think SAE did L12 mod on his board tho... :hehe:

[Revv23]

SAE did but i dont think he knows if it gained him anything... i believe he was being redundant...

molester, i have had much better luck with the beta bios'es (1/21 specifically) and even better luck with HF3 (basically same as 1/21 with different romsip and L12 built in)

I also did well with tictac's bios, and vsense does nothing, you need to do the OCP mod, SAE posted pictures of it a few pages back, i would think that the OCP has to be done as even at 2.0vcore on stock board the vcore isnt very stable.

[SAE]

Hmm. I do know for sure it gained me further stability. Once I was testing bioses with integrated L12, I could not get anything higher than 240 stable... could bench higher though. Stability came with "wire mods" - L12 and 1.775V default. :)

I'd recommend it.

[VulgarHandle]

ok, well, this overclocker fried his nf7-s simply by trying to read the vdd voltage w/ a multimeter, if i can't do it w/ a pot and grabbers, i can't do it :bsod:

guess ill try tictac's latest bios, see how that does me :stick:

[Prokop]

bad news :(
I replaced my Infinity TicTac 3D R2 BIOS with Hellfire rev.3 and did TicTac pencil vcore and vdimm mod.
Then I set 250x11,5 1,950V (with pencil mod it was 2,04V) and 3,3V to mem (real 3,45V). Saved settings, restart and.... nothing :mad:
Well, I tried restarting with pushing down Insert key -> nothing, then I reseted bios settings with jumper -> nothing.. When I push power button, fans, hdd, cd, are functioning, but the system reseting time after time :(
What the hell is this? Is MoBo dead?
Guys, I need some good news, because yesterday I killed my friend's NF7-S :brick: (until measuring vcore on the mosfets)

[STEvil]

bios dead probably... wouldnt be surprised if its the same thing with the nf7-s

[Revv23]

Hmm. I do know for sure it gained me further stability. Once I was testing bioses with integrated L12, I could not get anything higher than 240 stable... could bench higher though. Stability came with "wire mods" - L12 and 1.775V default. :)

I'd recommend it.


I am sorry SAE did not mean to speak for you :worship:

[Prokop]

bios dead probably... wouldnt be surprised if its the same thing with the nf7-s


I don't share your opinion, because I tried Bios chip from another Infinity and nothing happened. :(

[tictac]

bad news :(
I replaced my Infinity TicTac 3D R2 BIOS with Hellfire rev.3 and did TicTac pencil vcore and vdimm mod.
Then I set 250x11,5 1,950V (with pencil mod it was 2,04V) and 3,3V to mem (real 3,45V). Saved settings, restart and.... nothing :mad:
Well, I tried restarting with pushing down Insert key -> nothing, then I reseted bios settings with jumper -> nothing.. When I push power button, fans, hdd, cd, are functioning, but the system reseting time after time :(
What the hell is this? Is MoBo dead?
Guys, I need some good news, because yesterday I killed my friend's NF7-S :brick: (until measuring vcore on the mosfets)

clean up the resistor you mod for Vdimm pencil mod....

might be OVP on Vcore kicking you in & out... :eek:

[Revv23]

I don't share your opinion, because I tried Bios chip from another Infinity and nothing happened. :(


reseat ram, many times when switching bios i need to do this for some reason or another...

[SAE]

I am sorry SAE did not mean to speak for you :worship:
No prob, mate :up: :)

[tictac]

DFI Lan Party B

6-19 XT
Change Log from original 6-19 3D Fire R2
----------------------------------------------------
1 Enhance Memory Bandwith
2 Soft L12
3 New Boot Up Logo

Size = 352KB
Download Link:
http://www.tictac.katrourke.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=29

Preview
Quality Check
--------------
# Comparison done @ 200MHz x 8.0 = 1.6Ghz
# Timing : 2.5-3-3-3-11-1T
# Memory : 2 sticks TwinMOS + 1 Stick KVR = 768MB

a) 619 3D Fire R2
-----------------
mem latency : 91.9 ns
mem read : 2926 mb/sec
mem write : 1112 mb/sec

2) 619 XT
---------
mem latency : 91.8 ns
mem read : 2962 mb/sec
mem write : 1128 mb/sec

http://www.tictac.katrourke.com/pic/graph-compare2.gif

[Revv23]

ill try this soon tictac

nice work sir :)

[VulgarHandle]

tictac, u doin soft L12 now??? :)
ill give it a try, this merlin bios is nice, but no significant gains(although, could be my power supply is dieing from the nf7-s incident)

[HydroX]

well, asking about "Slew Rate" in BIOS. What is the value ? For stabilities and higher speed or bandwidth ? FYI, i'm using HF rev. 3 :rolleyes:

[Revv23]

honestly i have always left the finer timings on auto, ive meant to test each one to see but its a long process doing that, seemed whenever i took them off auto i lost clocks... i should probably experiment with that, now that you mention it.

ill fire her up within the next few days and see how the finer ram timings effect performance/bandwidth for me.

[HydroX]

thanks for the answer.
btw, what is the correct value for performance / bandwidth ? 1-7 ?

[Revv23]

what do you mean?

some values create more bandwidth, but limit clock, and some do the reverse, usually its better to go for more bandwidth then more clocks, but not always, to find the best value you can experiment yourself, as each system is different, i will do some experimentation of my own, but like i said, your results may vary.

[HydroX]

thx :toast:

i'll do some benchmark with some settings...maybe i can get more bandwidth and then more clocks too.

EDIT :
this is a little test with SiSoft Sandra

Driving Strength : Auto
Slew Rate =
1 >> 2906/2626
2 >> 2930/2627
3 >> 2885/2662
4 >> 2922/2628
5 >> 2937/2628
6 - 15 >> not yet ;)

FSB = 200
Timing = @ CPUz & NF2 Tweaker

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=28316&stc=1

[tictac]

if any of you still using MBM for as your voltage monitoring tools

here is my config file....
location
C:\Program Files\Motherboard Monitor 5\Data\Voltage.ini

V12=W83627HF DFI Lan Party B
V12V1=$20*0.016 // VCore
V12V2=$21*0.016 // V-AGP
V12V3=$22*0.016 // +3.3V
V12V4=$23*0.026890 // +5V
V12V5=$24*0.060 // +12V
V12V6=(($25*0.016)-3.6)*5.14+3.6 // -12V
V12V7=$26*0.016 // VDimm
V12V8=$50*0.016*1.51B5 // 5VSB
V12V9=$51*0.016B5 // VBAT

now MBM5 showing all temp correctly.... :toast:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=28317

[millerdude]

HydroX,

I got my best bandwidth with the latency's set at 255,255,64...give that a try.

Have you done anymore testing w/ drive-slew rates? Have mine at 6 and 7

[NajZ]

Hi

Im kinda new here, sortof, long time reader - first time poster ;)

Anyway, i just killed my beautiful LPB, after accidentally pumping 3.5v through the NB :slapass: :explode2:

That should be a lesson, be careful when using a 100k pot with the VDD mod, watch how much you turn because you could potentially give loads of volts to the NB.

That board was amazing, it could do 265+ benchstable with 1.9v-2.0v on the NB, was china board as well, very few that can go that high.

I wanted ask, do the alpha timings really help stability and/or performance

[Revv23]

3,5 wow...

mine died at 2.4

[coop]

Sorry to hear about your loss, there is a long cluttered trail of the same among those who visit here. Mine was also a good one, finally found another though. http://img167.echo.cx/img167/593/p10107207ww.jpg

[bachus_anonym]

Sorry to hear about your loss, there is a long cluttered trail of the same among those who visit here. Mine was also a good one, finally found another though.
I just wanted to add something... :) My DFI Infinity died with exactly same damage done. It was heavily vmodded (vdimm, vdd, vsense, vcore, OVP) and it died when I was too clumsy and pulled one of the wires of the resistor soldered for OVP :(
It was a good board, too... ;)

[coop]

That is how mine happened, one of the OVP wires came off.

[Jesus]

Can anyone tell me which moffset regulates which voltage?

[HydroX]

HydroX,

I got my best bandwidth with the latency's set at 255,255,64...give that a try.

Have you done anymore testing w/ drive-slew rates? Have mine at 6 and 7

well...not yet :(

i'm still testing my new tmsp 512x2...got 247 @ 3.3V memtest stable for 20++ loop :toast:

[VulgarHandle]

TicTac, reporting in on your latest bios....

while no significant gains, at all, i ran into quite a problem.....

i got what's called a 'winsock' error, or, windows socket error, i could ping but no url

now, to fix this, i first tried reformatting, negs
then re-flashed bios, back to working order

this may or may not have been due to the bios, but i thought i'd let you know incase others have had this problem

btw, i did flash w/ same bios, and so far so good :)

[godsa]

I have been having problems w people either not wanting to do or not knowing how to do the ocp mod...any referals are appreciated..i have like 3 or so mods done...and its been around 3 months of trying to find someone to get it done..its geting really tiresome.

I need droop and Ocp mod done and im ready to rock!

thanks for the advice i will try to gt 100 ;)

[Revv23]

godsa, get 100posts, once you do you can reach the services section where you can purchase vmods.

edit - PM CaTalyst.X, i checked the services section and he is the one offering the vmods.

[deevo]

im using 1-21 BIOS and i found some anomali. my rig's config was 238x10.5 @1.85v but i couldnt raise the VGA core and memory..it stuck @320Mhz/220Mhz.
but if i changed the multiplier down to 10.. i could raise it to 530Mhz/310Mhz.
my rig's:
DFI lanparty B
Barton 2500+
ABIT radeon9550vGURU
TwinMOS SP 256MB
Seagate 40GB 7200.7

i did some test:
238x10.5
Prime 95 all test with no errors for 12hours
VGA core/mem @320Mhz/220Mhz ===>3dmark01 score 11426
memory timing 2-2-2-11 1T
Super PI 2M 92sec

250x10
Prime95 all test with no errors for 12hours
VGA cor/mem @530Mhz/310Mhz ===> 3dmark score 13864
memory timing 2-2-2-11 1T
Super PI 2m 89sec

do you think the problem is with my mobo???
im really desperate.... :(

[SAE]

Could be the board, could be the psu... could even be the agp port. :(

Dunno, but did you try another bios like hellfire's excellent rev3?
What brand id your psu and what ratings does it have?

[deevo]

Could be the board, could be the psu... could even be the agp port. :(

Dunno, but did you try another bios like hellfire's excellent rev3?
What brand id your psu and what ratings does it have?

My PSU is ThermalTAKE360W... +12 @12.20v; +5@5.24v;
i've tried 6-19 and 1-31... still gave a problem with the multiplier(only with 10.5)
infact when i flashed the BIOS with 1-31... i did load optimized default==>save and exit==>etc... when i turn on my computer i couldnt get into windows. so i tried to repair the windows..but i found another problem, my HDD like a brand new... had no partition at all... 38xxxMB... all my data has gone...dissapear...deleted...etc LOL

[AMD Junkie83]

thx .this thread rocks

[SAE]

My PSU is ThermalTAKE360W... +12 @12.20v; +5@5.24v;
i've tried 6-19 and 1-31... still gave a problem with the multiplier(only with 10.5)
infact when i flashed the BIOS with 1-31... i did load optimized default==>save and exit==>etc... when i turn on my computer i couldnt get into windows. so i tried to repair the windows..but i found another problem, my HDD like a brand new... had no partition at all... 38xxxMB... all my data has gone...dissapear...deleted...etc LOL


Man, that sucks :(

Sometimes you can recover partitions with partitionmagic or some other tools I don't remember the names of...

Is your board a made in China one?

[deevo]

nope... ordered from Taiwan :)
SAE... in BIOS theres some config for DIMM1,2,3 strengthen n slew rate, have you ever changed this config? what you gain form it?
and what's alpha timing config for?

[SAE]

nope... ordered from Taiwan :)
SAE... in BIOS theres some config for DIMM1,2,3 strengthen n slew rate, have you ever changed this config? what you gain form it?
and what's alpha timing config for?

There's "Made in TW" written on its box? :) Great.

No, drv str and slew never helped me any... only made things worse.
So leave it at auto.

But the alpha timings are of some use - to be more exact: they're very important for stable and fast results! :fact:

I was using 2-0-3-3-1-0-2 the last time I had the board/cpu running.
You may also try 2-3-3-3-3-3-3 for more stability, or something like 2-2-3-3-2-2-3 for balanced stability/speed.

G'luck, bro :up:

[deevo]

There's "Made in TW" written on its box? :) Great.

No, drv str and slew never helped me any... only made things worse.
So leave it at auto.

But the alpha timings are of some use - to be more exact: they're very important for stable and fast results! :fact:

I was using 2-0-3-3-1-0-2 the last time I had the board/cpu running.
You may also try 2-3-3-3-3-3-3 for more stability, or something like 2-2-3-3-2-2-3 for balanced stability/speed.

G'luck, bro :up:

how bout 1-3-3-3-3-3-4...?
do you know where i can find some setting to change mem idle timer?

well.. i guess i need more than just luck bro..:)
still have problem with coolboot... :(
but i really love this board..its ROCKS!
hey SAE... have you tried some hardmod to this mobo?
guess i need more voltage on my Vdimm..:)
do you think hardmod will make my board become unstable?
coz last time i tried a hardmod on my NF7-s v.2 .. it became so unstable

[SAE]

how bout 1-3-3-3-3-3-4...?
do you know where i can find some setting to change mem idle timer?

well.. i guess i need more than just luck bro..:)
still have problem with coolboot... :(
but i really love this board..its ROCKS!
hey SAE... have you tried some hardmod to this mobo?
guess i need more voltage on my Vdimm..:)
do you think hardmod will make my board become unstable?
coz last time i tried a hardmod on my NF7-s v.2 .. it became so unstable

I never needed that 4 at the end. :)

Cold boot problems can be avoided by wire modding the socket. You need to set your cpu to a higher default voltage (1.775V default is the one I did). Also do the l12 mod in hardware, means you're putting thin, u-shaped wires into the appropriate socket holes and put your cpu back in.

About those "hardmods".

I did vdimm, vcore, ocp, vdroop and vdd mods, wire mods and some lapping mods and cooling mods? Suffices? :D
P.S. Vsense is crap.

[VulgarHandle]

ok, after alot of sweat and tears, this is what i came up w/
http://x2.putfile.com/5/12722010073-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/12722010073.jpg&s=x2)

no other combination gets me anything better, at least, no other combination I can think of :cord:

This is on water, D-tek White Water block, Black Ice Extreme(dual core), Hydor pump, single-bay resevoir.

[deevo]

I never needed that 4 at the end. :)

Cold boot problems can be avoided by wire modding the socket. You need to set your cpu to a higher default voltage (1.775V default is the one I did). Also do the l12 mod in hardware, means you're putting thin, u-shaped wires into the appropriate socket holes and put your cpu back in.

About those "hardmods".

I did vdimm, vcore, ocp, vdroop and vdd mods, wire mods and some lapping mods and cooling mods? Suffices? :D
P.S. Vsense is crap.

can you send to my email or PM how to do those wire modding and the L12 mod?? please... you're the best!!!!

[Revv23]

just fyi im back at it again on this thing, right now im getting my highest stable on stock volts, then on goes the vdimm mod... wish me luck

right now im having issues getting both sticks going at once though, so who knows.

update: got it working, one stick was bad, rubbed it in acetone, and bam, back up... who konws? :p:

[stealth17]

ive been wanting to buy a nf2 setup again for a phase-changer but i just dont have the time or $$...still a lot of fun though!

[trodas]

Talking about the alpha timings, I come accross this:

T(RC) - 9 (7 is better if the mem can handle, 12 if cant handle 9)
T(RFC) - 12 (15 if not stable)
T(DOE) - 1 (0 if you can get it stable)
T(RRD) - 1 (0 if you can get it stable)
T(W2P) - 3
T(W2R) - 3
T(REXT) - 1
T(R2P) - 1 (0 if you can get it stable)
T(R2W) - 3


Hmmm, using the old good Mushkin Special 2-2-2 BH6 at 2,9V and Vchipset auto + 200Mhz at

T(RC) - 7
T(RFC) - 12
T(DOE) - 0
T(RRD) - 0
T(W2P) - 3
T(W2R) - 3
T(REXT) - 2
T(R2P) - 0
T(R2W) - 3

...and any change of T(REXT) - to 1 bring BSOD :p
T(RC) - 7 I tried alone now, works no errors, but... I can't set into the bios 7...? So, will it is beneficial, after all? Anyway, is there any chance to get the T(REXT) down to 1 w/o increasing voltage by, for example, tweaking the Driving Strenght and Slew Rate? :rolleyes: :confused:

I even tried T(RC) - 6 and it did not crashed, but does it gain me any good? :rolleyes: :confused:

[ex.treme]

Hi, i have here for testing NF2 InfinityUltra, but its a strange mobo.
Fsb look good 245-250 in progress. But v core for my XPM 2600 ist sh*t.
Before my Shuttle AN 35 ultra runs stable at 1.675v@12x200 - 2400mhz
At Infinity is the same but prime fail after 2-5 min. I dont know what is bad.
Maybe capacitors.
Shuttle 3700microF@6.3v
Infinity 3300microF@6.3v

Helfire eg rev 3 bios.

[coop]

It would be interesting to see a comparison of Tweaker screens for each mb. Although the general settings are the same, the bios for the infinity has more available settings and may be different than previous. I had an Ultra35, very nice board. Also have a LPII, it is not so much different from Infinity. It should come around. Check out http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/index.php? Many things covered for dfi.

[Revv23]

coop ive had both and infinity and the lan party are the exact same board with just different feature sets.

trodas, your information is awesome... no one has really done that much research into the extra timings... its something ive always wanted to do, but i later find out that the board has "moods" meaning sometimes youll get tight timings and high clocks, and other days itll only boot if you underclock it.

as a status update im no longer able to overclock on mine as i didnt put enough thermal paste on my NB (i know, dont beat me up about it, im retarded) and it wont run in dual channel anymore, not to mention it takes 3.0v to get 200mhz single channel 2-3-3-7.

anyways good luck guys, not sure why you guys are buying new old hardware, especially now that there is some new stuff on the market to play with like the RDX200.

[ex.treme]

Hi again guys. Im happy that reply someone :)

Mine problem looks good. I set up 1+3 dimm and reput cpu in socket.
Prime was testing 15h @1,65v ok.

But i have problem with high fsb.
250 fsb , 1,9vdd, 3,3 dimm, (1,5, 1,6 1,7 agp the same ) 11-2-2-2-13-15 auto
Pc freeze by 3d aplications at in menu .

I have the chance buy lanparty ultra B. May i do it or its exactly same and its no point get 250 fsb Prime stable without mod ?

[LoWRiDeR]

Guys which one is the most stable and best bios for this board for overclocking?Any links??

[trodas]

ex.treme - caps on the mobo failing like mad. Replace them with good ones, see: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=87710
And enjoy the mobo again.

coop - witch screen do you mean, this?
http://ax2.old-cans.com/nForce2_tweaker_wanted.gif
You can run this too on any nForce2 mobo. Tough I having some problems to make it auto-run at every start on XP machines, see there:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75664
If you mean BIOS screens, then check there mine screens:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/g.php?p=dfi&d=1&v=v2

Revv23 - the "mods" are all about bad caps, trust me on this. I bet that when it is new, it don't have "mods", right? ;)
Your caps is gone, man. Entierly. That it is. No question about it. I can run 200Mhz FSB 11-2-2-2-7-12-0-0-3-3-2-0-3-E-E-F-E w/o heatsink on the NB stable. 512MB Mushkin Lev I 2-2-2 Hi-Perf stick.
Thanks for the timins, next thing to do is look out for the Strenght and Slew rates. Adding them to nForce2 tweaked could save one days of rebooting, tough... :(
Same as adding support for 7-12 instead of lovest 9-12 alpha timings in the Hellfire rev.3 one...
And old HW is sometimes fun to play with - and you got a PM :D

ex.treme - you need new caps, and not mods. You cannot expect to run FSB 250 with old and mainly bad caps...! See later.

LoWRiDeR - the mighty God SAE says Hellfire rev.3 and I agree. There you go:
LANPARTY B Hellfire bios rev. 3 - best one!
http://ax2.old-cans.com/N24LD619-3EG-REV3.zip
LANPARTY B Hellfire bios rev. 3 - best one!
http://ax2.old-cans.com/N24ID619-3EG-REV3.zip


And now finally a explanation why and how does the Taiwan and China boards differ.

First at all, let me say that all the time DFI fierce fully deny that there is any difference. Now I got my hand on Taiwan made mobo, and having two China made ones already, I spotted quite a few differences. First at all, the CPU mosfets is slightly different. On both mobos are there two series by 3 for each one of them. The first is 09N03LA and the second ones (closely to the CPU) are 06N03LA. But on China mobo are these 09N03LA - BC335 and 06N03LA - AN330, while on Taiwan mobo they are 09N03LA - CG339 and 06N03LA - AA330! And even by the very first look, they are different - the 09N03LA - BC335 on China mobo have a bit rounded edges, see there:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/s.php?p=badthingshappens&id=96&c=8&d=1&v=v2
...while on Taiwan mobo they both having sharp edges.
So, there is visual AND a little specification difference as well. Now let's move to the Vdd/Vdimm mosfets. As expected, the differences did not ended up with Vcore mosfets, but the very same differences are in these as well. China mobo use (looking at the image link bellow, from left (Vdd mosfet) to the right (3 Vdimm mosfets) 09N03LA - BC335 and 3x 20N03L - VF328 while the Taiwan one use probably - mosfet destroyed, anyone could help there - 09N03LA - BC335 (?) and 20N03L - XR320, 20N03L - VB320, 20N03L - XR320.
http://ax2.old-cans.com/s.php?p=badthingshappens&v=v2&d=1&id=137&c=8

While some might say that these are quite small differences, it is indisputable that these are DIFFERENCES in fact, witch prove DFI lying about it. (no wonder at this point, the manufacture policy surely will deny any differences on principle, it's logical...)

And now for the main event. At the very first glance at the Taiwan made DFI board I noticed the (except the Made in Taiwan is not blanked with white anymore) caps are different. Yes, the 5 main ones (Chemi-con KZG ones, 3300uF 6.3V) and the there 1500uF 16V by same brand are the same, but the rest is different from what I have on my China ones. Upon a close inspection I found to my HORROR, that these caps are Teapo ones! Now for these who aren't familiar with Teapos - they are known as bad caps brand. Definitively bad. They die. Theirs good specs in short time get worse and worse and... and the mobo become unreliable. For anyone think that I was not right, then see there:
The Hall of Shame - Badcaps Photo Montage
Teapo - http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=424
List of Bad Cap Manufacturers
http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=388
Teapo - http://www.teapo.com.tw

http://ax2.old-cans.com/badthingshappens/Teapo%20caps%20on%20Taiwan%20mobo.jpg
God help the mobo...

Now conclusion - what all this means? Well, since Taiwan mobos are praised for their overclocking results, it obviously mean that the choice of the components for them was better - at least for the time being. ST caps specs can't stand against Teapos (well, for the time being it get reversed, but at first... amazing OC was possible!), witch explained the overclocker rumors about better Taiwan boards.

So, recommended action - replace immediately ALL the Teapos with some good brand caps (Samxon GA (when become available), Nichicon HZ, Rubycon MCZ, Chemi-con KZJ, Samxon GC, Nichicon HN, Panasonic FM) and then just enjoy your board back on rock-stable and reliable operation.
Even that I did not find anything better that the Panasonic FM ones (http://digi-key.com has them, still looking out for either Nichicon HZ or Rubycon MCZ for extreme OC), my mobo started to work reliable and as soon, as I add also the blocking caps, I try some OC and post results.

But definitively and finally, the mystery is solved. Taiwan mobos are at start notably better for OC that China ones. Later they suxx much more that China ones, since ST aren't bad brand of caps, though their specs suggest why the China ones clocked lower that the Taiwan ones did.

If anyone can provide me better caps, I still have 2 DFI mobos waiting for recapping, we can measure the differences. Even if I have to buy a oscilloscope ;)


To get any idea, how bad are those caps, the look there - the SEK specs:
http://www.teapo.com.tw/ftp/pdf/SEK.pdf
Teapo 1000uF 10V 12/02 A3 SEK 105°C - impedance 6 - ripple current 400 (1000 hours) 8x15

Not too bad for general purpose caps, but use these cap for filtering Vdimm voltage?! Insane at best!


The OST then (if they are OST) are a bit weird, since I can't find a RLF cap with the dimentions the ones I see on my board has - 8x15mm and 1000uF for 10V. Weird. The most closest one have this specs:
OST 1000uF 10V RLG O352 105°C - impedance 0.18 - ripple current 615 (2000 hours) 10x16 (8x15 they are!)
Rest check there:
http://www.ost.com.tw/docs/newost/pdf/RLG.pdf
...however it is also marked as bad cap...!

Now this is ironic or something... :(

Let's compare it with Panasonic FM (worsest of the better caps brands):

SEK 1000uF 10V - impedance 6 - ripple current 400 (1000 hours) 8x15
OST 1000uF 10V - impedance 0.18 - ripple current 615 (2000 hours) 10x16 (8x15 they are!)
FM 1000uF 10V - impedance 0.026 - ripple current 1790 (4000 hours) 10x16

[coop]

Informative post trodas. I can't remember the context that I was referring to the tweaker screens though. Actually I never got tweaker to work on my board when I had it. I think it was one of the first versions. My initial LPII was a Taiwan one, Rev.A. http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/9553/taiwan5ra.th.jpg (http://img303.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taiwan5ra.jpg) Back in the day it was one of the best. http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/2429/rankupdatec8ez.th.jpg (http://img303.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rankupdatec8ez.jpg) That was before I did the vdimm mod. I should have stopped there, but I went ahead later and did the additional ones for vcore. My soldering skills are not so good, and one of the ends eventually came loose causing a trace next to the socket to burn up. So it sits on the floor now. I got a second one after several purchases/returns. The China ones, one would not even boot in dual channel, I wanted nothing to do with. I did not know why they were different, although one was missing a couple caps that were on my first one. What I'm getting at, is the mosfets on my Taiwan are different from even what you show, and I just wanted to share that. The top row next to the chokes are AB326 while the bottom row has the CG339's. http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3346/mofsetrows5az.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mofsetrows5az.jpg)
I actually did get another LPII and use it for my daily computer.(no mods) I got it just before the release of the Ultra D's. It is a Rev.A but has the white out on it. However it is probably about as good as my first one. Mosfets on it are, top row:06N036LA/PD346, and lower row:09N03LA/LS410. I think the LPII boards are just awesome, the people who are happy with the ones they have should agree. My Taiwan has the VC320's at the vdimm, while the white out board has AC333 at the vdimm.

[The B]

Hello!

This is my firs post here. I’m having trouble with my Ultra Infinity. Specs:
Ultra infinity 230 MHz @ 1.6V Taiwan
2x512 Twinmos SP 230 MHz @ 3.2V
Mobile barton 2530 MHz @ 1.825V
6800 GT 450/1190
Tagan 480W 3.3-28A, 5-48A, 12-28A

All the main mosfets are sinked and system is water cooled.

At these settings it can prime for 13h. And so is stable. But as soon as I increase Vcore to 1.85 or more it freezes. Prime or any other program never report errors. And the freezing is random usually when surfing or when I’m away from computer. It used to be able to take 1.85V. What do you think might be the problem? Caps? All the big caps around the cpu mosfets are brown. If you want I can post a picture of the setup…

B

[trodas]

coop - thanks :p: I now trying to insert as many caps on the board, as I can and some make the mobo unstable :eek: I managed to isolate 5 of them anyway, there for sure, unsure about two of them, however I think (as they aren't into the sensitive area) I should leave them alone ;) I still waiting to get my SMD clearing caps and stuff for testing of my resusciated mobo, tough :rolleyes:

About tweaker - well, it works well for me, however the auto-start / auto apply settings did not work on XP SP2 as well, as on XP SP1.0a. I looking for a fix, but unsucesfully yet... :rolleyes:

Sorry for you burned one, mate. But I also have rev. A one. However the mosfets is reported to have the same specs (the last digits are package and minor stuff only, at least from what I hear), so the only way to explain the better overclockability of taiwan ones are the caps. But then again, in the vital areas, they are same. And in the less interesting ones, the taiwan ones used totally cap Teapos, while China ones use better OST ones. At least according to the specs.
Frankly it means - worser specs = better overclock. Insane as it sounds. So, either the Teapos are't as bad and the OST specs is way off the reality, or there is something else. The cap issue will be determined sooner or later, as I hope soon I'm get the rest of the caps and I will replace everything with hi-quality Panasonic FM caps. So, if my overclock get worser, then it explain everything. But I believe my overclock will be far better, so... we have to wait for the damn caps to see... :(


The B - hello there. I bet it is the caps, but a nice picture of them is recommended. If something just freeze, it is not the Vcore, but rather the AGP/PCI power supply caps (the ones that failed on my mobo too)... Sinked mosfets did not do you any good, unless you have fan blowing air on them.
I has completely heatsinked mobo, run fanless, and problems are only worser. Removing heatinks helped there.
So, close-up (and write us the type of the caps - eg. what is on them printed) on caps 1 to 3 and next on caps 7 and 8 according to this my draw:

http://ax2.old-cans.com/DFI_LP_B_caps2.jpg

Are necessary. Be prepared to solder them off and replace them with better ones, tough ;)
It is a old mobo now, you know. Caps die.

[The B]

Thank you for your answer.

Caps 1-3 are 6.3V 3300 uF and 8-7 are 16V 1500uF. 9, 34, 32, 31, 33, 30, 29 are Teapo. The thing is that 9 (which is Teapo) looks just like 1-8 only smaller. But on 1-8 there seems to be no manufacturer written.

Pictures:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8418/picture0039mu.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9293/picture00414jx.jpg

B

[The B]

So? What do you think is the problem? Which caps need to be replaced?

As you probably know the board is completely irreplaceable. So I don't want to mess with it unless there is a good chance of it working. I just want to prolong its life for a year (maybe less). Then I will get myself a proper system. If I kill it I’ll have to settle for Asrock 939 dual sata2 and a 3200+ Venice.


B

[trodas]

Sorry, getting burned with own reworks :p: Still waiting for the final caps, that SUXX ... :mad:

Cap's 1-8 are KZG ones, and only Chemi-con made KZG line of caps, so... ;) This is pretty easy to identify. Teapo are one of the worsest brands even in the bad caps brands - no wonder you having problems.
Cap 9 is used on the Taiwan mobos as Chemi-con as well, 1000uF 10V one. It is a cheap crappy OST on China mobos, witch may explain something about the overclocking ability, tough it has to do something with "just" SB and stuff, so I would never quess that it could be so important. Neverless I put there a 2200uF Panasonic FM and even bridge him from bottom 100nF ceramic cap for best filtering ever.
Such quality voltages my mobo never enjoyed even as new - ever :D :p: I expect it pay me my work back with nice and stable OC :D

So, you problem is? Mobo acting weird as soon, as you go to or over 1.850Vcore, IIRC? 1.850Vcore is the breaking point of the voltage regulator used. DFI moded it to go higher (2V and up with futher moding), however the mod seems to be failing for you. Since this is impossible, as no other that ceramic caps and resistors aren't used in this mod, I would like to think that you got the same issue as me and your caps finally giving up.

And yea, this board is not possible to replace today. Either you make it work, or you screw it up - you still can't use it well, as it is - or do you manage? ;)

And well, replacing caps (if you can solder well) can't kill a mobo - unless you use QUALITY ones. The Panasonic FM I used are the absolute low-end. If you go to anything lover, your board die. As simple, as it it. I once added 3 not-good-brand caps to the Vcore ones in parallel: http://ax2.old-cans.com/s.php?p=badthingshappens&id=3&c=8&d=1&v=v2
...and under 20min, the mobo is gone and I still haven't fixed it, even after replacing the mosfets... Now is time to replace the Vcore caps as well, but the chances aren't big, IMHO. It looks like something in the mobo PCB was possibly destroyed or something... :rolleyes:

Anyway, well, oscilloscope is on it's way, eh. We then SEE what I did to the voltages :)

And it is time for serious modification! Now - who need COM, LPT and SP/DIF ports, when use X-Fi?
http://www.slibe.com/images/4a249ffb-0125_jpg.jpg

http://www.slibe.com/images/4ff13f30-0126_jpg.jpg
It create more space for heatsink as well, as make the airflow better. So, why not?

I already get bored and removed the sound output ports as well, hehe. I did not even use them, since I using Audigy2zs and soon X-Fi Fatal1ty, so... And they does restrict the airflow, so for the sake of better cooling - off they go. And the board is still functional, LOL :D
Above this, I also removed every the remaining ten pieces of OST (one smaller Teapo between them, a 22uF for 25V one) 100uF caps between the PCI slots and one near the main power cord from PSU for 120uF 16V Panasonic FM ones. They are bit bigger and more bulky, tought I hate the idea of caps, marked as BAD CAPS and known to be prone for FAILING MISERABLY are on my mobo. Easpecially the cursed Teapo went off the mobo with big kick in the ****... :D

Now the only one caps that are originals there are the cursed 6 caps witch are going to be replaced as soon, as I get them and other that that - there is 12 10uF SMD caps, this one right to the bulky Panasonic:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/badthingshappens/Caps%20obsession.jpg
...and on it is writen 3t, 10, 16V.
Since they are near the AGP, around the sound output and some around the SB I did not think much about replacing them, but I have 10uF 16V ceramic caps, witch will do better job for sure - ceramics is always better that electrolyte ones, by their far lower ESL and ESR (means also more ripple current they could deliver...). But it is worth? Can they be failing?
Especially those near bellow the AGP port will be very hard to remove/replace...

[trodas]

Hi guys. Using the Mushkin Hi-Perv Lev.1 ones, 2x512MB with BH-6 chips.

Or so I was told on the website, not tried to take down the heatspreaders myself to take a peek...

I wonder if anyone can suggest a good drive strenght and slew rates for my two used dimm slots 1 and 3 ;)

For empty ones I use recommended 1/10 (strenght/slew), however with AUTO values for the used slots I maxed up at 249/250Mhz. Semi stable. Sometimes it pull trought the bench, sometimes it does not.
Tried 4/6 (IIRC the strenght/slew should be more agresive for 2x512MB sticks) but hexus PI fast benchmark ended up with horrible BSOD :lol: ;)

Suggestions wanted :p:

[VulgarHandle]

Alright all you veterans, adventure in the planning.

Goal 1: Waste time untill K8L arrives, so I can decide between K8L and Conroe
Goal 2: Break as many records as possible for Socket A before it becomes the wife's internet virus collector.


Got 4 Aces up the sleeve.

Ace of Spades: Jinu117 VapoLi system
http://webpages.charter.net/jinwpark/PhaseChange/ProductionA/
Ace of Hearts: Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GS+ SILENT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) (24pipes, 7900GT GPU)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_AGP_411.html
Ace of Diamonds: 2x74gb 16mb Western Digital Raptor (maybe 4x37gb 16mb WD Raptor if they come out in time)
Ace of Clubs: 2x256 Corsair PC3500 (BH5)


Got 4 Jokers in the deck.

AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
AMD Athlon XP-M 3000+
AMD Athlon XP 2700+(tbred-b)
AMD Athlon XP 1800+(tbred-b)


Got 1 Rules card.

DFI Lanparty NF2 Ultra-B

Some of the rules include:
1. TicTac 6/19 bios
2. Vcore Vmod
3. Vsens Vmod
4. All sinked up
5. Water cooling/ramsinks for vidcard


Now, if anyone wants to add some rules, let me know. I won't be doing the Vdimm Vmod, as I don't think I'll need more than 3.3v, never have to this point, and I can't solder, nor do I know anyone that can. The other Vmods are done with grabbers. I also have no plan to replace caps.

Thanx for your input,
John

[coop]

Well, if you want to get some records, you have your work cut out for you. You can have a goodtime with it though before it becomes "the wife's internet virus collector". (I like that)

[trodas]

I dubt he can score very much, w/o replacing the aging useless caps, and since he can't solder, well... ;) Other than that, the 3DMark01 SAE record is IMHO easy to break. Just get into 260MHz FSB, 3Ghz+ CPU and 7800GS overclocked card and the record is ours ;)
Planing to get into that too, just not having the time right now... But can claim No.1 in AXP 3DMark01 in sig could be nice :D :D :D

[Max Tractor]

are the 4 sata ports locked on the infinity

[trodas]

VulgarHandle - so, what's the progress?

Max Tractor - sorry, don't know. Never used SATA, hate it...


TWO questions for all :D


1) What is the APX O/C WR (World Record) clock on air?


2) Speaking about mods, how much resistance one should add there:

http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload0/vddandvdimmmodds.jpg

To get +0.2 - +0.25V apart from what one set in bios?
I mean - how much give 0.1V or something, so I should just solder there a resistor and not a VR (Variable Resistor), as all I need is about 0.2V raise for extreme OC :p:

[VulgarHandle]

awaiting socket a brackets from jinu :D

[VulgarHandle]

killed my mobo...done with socket A...dream lost :( '4x4' can't get here soone enough

[trodas]

Damn, that suxx. What did you do? :confused: Might could be repaired, tough? :confused:


BTW, anyone have some answers to my questions? :stick:

[Sharptooth+]

I have the same question as Trodas. I'm trying to stabilize 250FSB (10x) with my LanParty NFII Ultra B using Mushkin Redline XP4000 (2x512) UTT CH-5 in dual channel mode. At this time I'm using Hellfire 3EG Rev3.

I get as high as 236FSB and 240 is somewhat stable when I loosen the alphas. However, 250 still remains elusive even with loose memory and alpha timings.

At this point, I'm testing each Mushkin stick individually. I just want to see if either stick can run at 250FSB (10x) and pass SuperPI 32M.

For far, I've tested one stick (slot#1) and it passed. I'm testing the other stick and when I get a result I will post back.

With one stick I used a vdimm of 3.3, Vdd 1.8 and 11-2-2-2-2.0;13,15. I left the alphas and drive strength and slew rates on auto.

It seems to me that running in dual-channel with these memory sticks may simply require more than 3.3v. But if the other individual sticks passes SuperPI 32M, then I have to believe the northbridge memory controller simply can't deal with the load of two of sticks at 250FSB.

That's the theory at this point.

--Fernando

*Update* The second individual stick also completed SuperPI 32M. So, both sticks (individually) can do 250FSB (10x) with SuperPI 32M. This was done with each stick in slot#1 (closest to CPU). Now, I'm testing both sticks in slots 1&3. After I get a result, I will post back again.

*Update#2* Using dual-channel mode (slots1&3) SuperPI 32M failed in the first loop. This occurred even when I bumped up the vdd from 1.8 to 1.9. Vdimm was 3.3v. This appears to support the argument that not all northbridges are the same. It seems there are some variations because some LP-B users out there can do 10x250 with UTT CH-5 or BH-5/BH-6 just by 'burning in' the ram with command per clock enabled. I did try with cpc-off and it didn't make any difference. 250FSB (10x) in dual channel is not going to happen under these conditions.

[Sharptooth+]

killed my mobo...done with socket A...dream lost :( '4x4' can't get here soone enough

How did you kill your LP-B? :eek:

--Fernando

[Sharptooth+]

Hi guys. Using the Mushkin Hi-Perv Lev.1 ones, 2x512MB with BH-6 chips.

I wonder if anyone can suggest a good drive strenght and slew rates for my two used dimm slots 1 and 3 ;)

Suggestions wanted :p:

I was told that when the drive strength and slew rate settings were on 'auto' they are 4-11. But I haven't been able to confirm that myself.

Have you tried loosening the alphas for 250FSB? I've had some success using the parameters in sig I found from the forums.

For example try these:

8-2-2-2-2.0;14,16;5,4,5,3,3,5,4,;e,e,f,e;4-11,4-11,4-11

You could substitute the empty ram slot with 1-10 as you suggested.

Also try this:

8-2-2-2-2.0;14,16;5,4,6,3,3,4,5;e,e,f,e,;4-11,4-11,4-11

Again you can substitute the empty ram slot with 1-10 if you like or you can simply leave all of them on 'auto.'

Report back after you tried this.

Thanks!

--Fernando

[Sharptooth+]

Dropping the FSB from 250 to 245 (10x) didn't make a difference with SuperPI 32M (2x512 dual-channel with CPC-ON). It still failed (first loop).

I dropped it down from 245 to 240 (10.5x) and currently testing SuperPI 32M again.

Will report back with results!

--Fernando

[Sharptooth+]

Okay, 10.5x240 passed SuperPI 32M. The question now is, will it Prime for more than 8 hours.

I'll report back...

--Fernando

[Sharptooth+]

10.5x240 errored in Prime95 in 5mins. So, I'm back to 11x236.

--Fernando

[VulgarHandle]

killed it during inuslation process for phase change...

what kind of cooling do you have for your north bridge? i use a Vantec Iceberq, copper....

i also sinked the mosfets..while I could only stable 252fsb with water and radiator on a/c vent, it was still possible, using 1.8v chipset, 3.1v ram(corsair 2x256 bh5, dual-channel mode, cpc on, all timings in sig, and alphas/strengths at auto), and 1.950v vcore(252x10.5)

for daily use, you can see what i used in my signature

as my own update, i'm, ehem, awaiting funds for a new board(another lp nf2 ultra-b), only one i could find is a refurbished one...says it still has manuf. warrenty

[trodas]

Sharptooth+ - you obviously need to concentrate on two issues - Vdimm area and Vdimm mosfets cooling AND north bridge cooling. I getting the idea that your mobo w/o modifications in the caps and cooling can't handle prime stable more that 236Mhz dual channel. Remember, 2x512 is bad for nF2. All records are done with 256MB sticks for this reason...
Futhermore for the CH-5 stick are might the drive / skew settings inapropriate, but I can't suggest anything in this area.

VulgarHandle - sounds good that you don't giving up, dude :D ;)

Yet no-one answered me, what is the AXP OC WR on air... :rolleyes: :confused:

[Sharptooth+]

Sharptooth+ - you obviously need to concentrate on two issues - Vdimm area and Vdimm mosfets cooling AND north bridge cooling. I getting the idea that your mobo w/o modifications in the caps and cooling can't handle prime stable more that 236Mhz dual channel. Remember, 2x512 is bad for nF2. All records are done with 256MB sticks for this reason...
Futhermore for the CH-5 stick are might the drive / skew settings inapropriate, but I can't suggest anything in this area.


Actually, I have a Swiftech MCX159-A on the northbridge and my vdimm and mosfets all have Microcool heatsinks on them. So, it's not my cooling :nono:

2x512 can be bad for NFII boards but you would be surprised by some I know who can do it with cpc-on and 250FSB! :stick:

My particular board does not use the Teapo caps. So, I don't think I have to replace any of them. :clap:

--Fernando

[Lastviking]

Sharptooth+ - you obviously need to concentrate on two issues - Vdimm area and Vdimm mosfets cooling AND north bridge cooling. I getting the idea that your mobo w/o modifications in the caps and cooling can't handle prime stable more that 236Mhz dual channel. Remember, 2x512 is bad for nF2. All records are done with 256MB sticks for this reason...
Futhermore for the CH-5 stick are might the drive / skew settings inapropriate, but I can't suggest anything in this area.

VulgarHandle - sounds good that you don't giving up, dude :D ;)

Yet no-one answered me, what is the AXP OC WR on air... :rolleyes: :confused:

Hmm maybe this:

http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload9/2881superpi.jpg



Cold air..i´m not 100% sure that this is the WR with air.

[trodas]

Sharptooth - yes, I too managed CPC on 250Mhz FSB with 2x512 2-2-2 timings - but it is not very easy to do and my mobo aren't standard anymore, so...

http://ax2.old-cans.com/cpuz250x11.gif



Lastviking - Pic not visible, please use http://www.slibe.com/ or ImageShack or anything reliable, thanks :p: Anyway, the link suggest 2881Mhz? Only? I managed 2900 and it won't seems to be giving me any troubles, so if this is the case, I gotta get the Big Typhoon now and I want my WR then :D
Of course we probably need more research for aircooled WR on AXP... :(

Any estiminate of the resistor to increase the Vdimm by 0.22 - 0.25V ...?

[VulgarHandle]

well, wanted to give a sorta update...

friend who has exact setup i have/had...

DFI LanParty nF2 Ultra-B, XP-M 2500+ 0343 MPMW(both his, not mine, we ordered cpu's at same time, got same stepping) on Jinu117 VapoLi

right now we're stuck at around 2.8 full stable, little above actually..just haven't had the time to invest for a good oc session

his board dosn't seem to like alot of settings i could get, in fact, my best 1m pi time is still better than his when i did mine on water at a lower clock, but higher fsb...

but we've yet to change his bios...and hopefully he'll let me through in the vcore and vsense mods...

we are able to hit 246 on his OCZ platinum rev.2's(2x512 TCCD) at 11-2-2-2-2.0 with 2.8v, which is nice

pics and such later

also, i'm still hunting for a new DFI LanParty nF2 Ultra-B for myself...

[punisher69]

this is still my main board today. look at my sig

[skinnie]

well, wanted to give a sorta update...

friend who has exact setup i have/had...

DFI LanParty nF2 Ultra-B, XP-M 2500+ 0343 MPMW(both his, not mine, we ordered cpu's at same time, got same stepping) on Jinu117 VapoLi

right now we're stuck at around 2.8 full stable, little above actually..just haven't had the time to invest for a good oc session

his board dosn't seem to like alot of settings i could get, in fact, my best 1m pi time is still better than his when i did mine on water at a lower clock, but higher fsb...

but we've yet to change his bios...and hopefully he'll let me through in the vcore and vsense mods...

we are able to hit 246 on his OCZ platinum rev.2's(2x512 TCCD) at 11-2-2-2-2.0 with 2.8v, which is nice

pics and such later

also, i'm still hunting for a new DFI LanParty nF2 Ultra-B for myself...


that is :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing insane..ordinary tccd in nf2 run that speed @ 2.5-2-2-2-5-2t :S

[VulgarHandle]

that is :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing insane..ordinary tccd in nf2 run that speed @ 2.5-2-2-2-5-2t :S
his runs 1T (cpc on) ;) and bandwidth is better with 11, not 5, on nf2..

we haven't done much since, haven't had time, and i'm pissed he won't let me throw on the vcore/vsense mods....(they're ready to go, just gotta be clipped on)

for myself, i'm about to settle on a nf7-s 2.0....just can't seem to find an ultra-b :(

[skinnie]

I run @8 I think it gives better bandwidth

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

aaah, what a blast from the past.

my first oc'ing board was the nf2 infinity. paired with a 2600+ mobile, 2x512mb mushkin BH-5 and a 5950U.

those were the good times, no need for 1000$ chips or quad sli, or 500$ psu's to be the best.

[skinnie]

ppl any of u gurus of dfi lpb know wich was the best bios for old bh5 stuff?modded or original...I'm now using oskar_wu 12.18 for my lil BH5

[skinnie]

ppl now that I find wich bios works..and alphas can anyone give me a page how to do the pencil mod to give more vdim?my problem is really vdim

[skinnie]

Ppl I now have done the vdimm mod that was on techpowerup but I can't pass 233 barrier..233 17h primestable with this alphas:

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/8594/bh5timingseocph2.th.jpg (http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bh5timingseocph2.jpg)

here's a pic of the board
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4019/imagem070du3.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imagem070du3.jpg)

but @234 3.4/.5 or even .6v it gives bsod in windows..

Tried "your" alphas and it is a lil more stable but after a while..bsod..

I have agp@67mhz,68mhz the 9800 will brake in memtest (I think it is the 9800pro,because I can play music without problems)
vagp - 1.6
vdimm - auto
vdd - 1.8 (that was what I needed to do 250 with the TCCD)
tried changing the timings to 2-2-3-11 or 2-3-2-11 but it is even worse...
drives and slew rates 5/10 1/10 5/10 (memory in 1st and 3rd channel)

any suggestion?

[coop]

Hey skinnie, nice work on your modding. Looks very good. I am using the same board and chip on this comp. No mods though. It is even an IQYHA 351 It is my "everyday comp" I included a screen. I have a large Thermalright copper cooler, the one before the heatpipes. Keeps temps cool. You should be able to clock higher if you want with your setup. With 2-256's you can get up there. You will need I think to change your vdimm up some and you have a large range of multipliers. My vagp is 1.6v and vdd is 1.7v I have to disable cpc due to 2-512mb rams. I had a modded one some time ago. This one is stock though like I mentioned. Solid board, one of the best.http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/7653/nf2ix0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/8034/nf2bte4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[skinnie]

my system is now@2560mhz I think,I had 2x512 tccd@252 but had to sell them..and now my only problem is really clocking up the mems...

[skinnie]

is anyone still clocking these beasts?
New bios mod's from NEO

Here (http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?p=25437#post25437)

This guy is awesome,in about 4hours I tested 3 or 4 versions of the smae bios for nf2..and it has bios for nf3/nf4..I think he figured out that somehow nf2 and nf4 bios are very identical.see the whole post..it deserves..

[ex.treme]

Hi from return.:welcome:

I found XP-M with old components and remember to wonderful AMD days. Also found old BH-5 2x256mb Twinmos .
Only problem is find mobo. :(

DFi Lanpary or Infinity is hard to find at used staff.

[SAE]

Search forum sales sections and ebay frequently. My old equipment went to Prague in 2004, btw.

[ex.treme]

:clap::up:

Hi mate, yes i remember, was Lanparty for me :rofl:
(that mb was so good, sold and buy back after some time and again sold after some time).
Now still working with mobile cpu by one man. :yepp:

Im' trying resurrection the legend and guess no other mb than DFI Lanparty
( one from you) or Infinity ( had 2 of them- the second run to windows at 265fsb without mods ) can make the job well.
I wanna high fsb and need 3.3v for Bh5.

In my locations are few good mb for oc, lot of A7n8x, some Epox, no ABit or DFI :-(

Greetings :welcome:

[NEOAethyr]

Mmm here are some of my old notes, you'll have to sort through them sorry lol.



Temp Offset: +3c (-3c to get the real)
CPU-Diode Offset: -30c (+30c to get real)
Used the hd temps to get the offset, I'll need to verify that the hd temps are calibrated correctly...



AGP-VDDQ Src: +3.33v
North Bridge Voltage Src: +3.33v


agp Mod is By Pin 2 (Inverting Input A) on the LM358

;;;;;;

RS232-DB9 COM/Serial Port: Doesn't Use Power
RS232-DB25 LPT/Printer Port: +5.00v

AGP Slot: +12.00v, +5.00v, +3.33v, AGP-VDDQ
PCI Slot: +12.00v, -12.00v, +5.00v, +3.33v

;;;;;;

Supposedly R151 is For The South Bridge Voltage Mod.
R151 is a 0k Resistor
Reads back as:

LM3580

Memory Voltage Controller: Semtech SC2616
VDDQ Mod: 100k Pot

CMOS EEPROM: ATMEL 24C32AN

;;; Notes:

DMM of 0.7% accuracy.
Ground accuracy of 0.02v given the stock psu I'm using, however in practice it was actually 0% (un-meassurable when used with a +).

I always used a ground from the psu, incase the float was a diff level on the board's grounds.

;;; Resistors

R156: 102 North Bridge Voltage Regulator Feedback (Offset)
R192: 10d Memory VDDQ Feedback
R186: 25C Memory VDDQ+VTT (Lower Resitance = More Voltage Output)
R198: 30C Memory VDDQ of some sort

MEM-VDDQ -> R198 -> R186 -> Ground ... Pencil R186 For MEM-VDDQ+MEM-VTT Mod

;;;

+5.00v -> Q26 -> Q23 -> MEM-VDDQ(RAW) & Q21
Q21 -> SC2616 Pin: BG

BG = Bottem Gate Drive

;;; Caps:

C3C2: 100uf 16v
C3E2: 100uf 16v
C5C3 (Missing): ? +3.33v
C5E3 (Missing): ? +5.00v
C5F2 (Missing): ?
C6C1: 470uf 16v +12.00v
C6C2: 10uf 16v
C6D3: 10uf 16v
C8C7: 10uf 16v
C11J2: 10uf 16v

EC3 (Missing): ? ? 2.40v+, same thing as EC65, measured resistance, probably will prevent the board form booting if a cap is placed there, then again there are caps in place by stock that do the same thing...
EC4: 10uf 16v
EC5: 100uf 16v
EC6: 100uf 16v
EC7: 100uf 16v
EC8 (Missing): ? +12.00v
EC9: 10uf 16v
EC10: 470uf 16v +5.00v
EC11: 470uf 16v +5.00v
EC12: 10uf 16v
EC13: 1500uf 16v +12.00v
EC14: 22uf 25v (AB0, Couldn't read on AC0)
EC15: 3300uf 6.3v CPU-VDD
EC16 (Missing): ? +12.00v
EC17: 100uf 16v
EC18 (Missing): ? +12.00v
EC19 (Missing): ? +3.33v
EC20: 3300uf 6.3v CPU-VDD
EC21: 1500uf 16v +12.00v
EC22: 1500uf 16v +12.00v
EC23: 3300uf 6.3v CPU-VDD
EC25 (Missing): ? +3.33v
EC24: 10uf 16v
EC26: 100uf 16v
EC27: 10uf 16v
EC29 (Missing): ? +5.00v
EC2d: 100uf 16v
EC30: 100uf 16v
EC31 (Missing): ? +3.33v
EC32 (Missing): ? +5.00v
EC33: 3300uf 6.3v CPU-VDD
EC34 (Missing): ? +3.33v
EC35 (Missing): ? +5.00v
EC36: 3300uf 6.3v CPU-VDD
EC37: 1000uf 10v +5.00v
EC38 (Missing): ? +12.00v
EC40: 100uf 16v
EC41 (Missing): ? +3.33v
EC42: 10uf 16v Supposedly The South Bridge Voltage, 1.62v
EC43: 1000uf 6.3v AGP VDDQ (Main Cap)
EC44 (Missing): 10uf 16v ??? North Bridge Regulated Output, Hooks into the regulator chip, Used for smoothing out the regulator a bit, dn if it works
EC45: 10uf 16v
EC46: 10uf 16v
EC47: 1000uf 6.3v North Bridge Regulated Output (Main Cap)
EC50: 1000uf 6.3v MEM VDDQ
EC52 (Missing): 10uf 16v ??? North Bridge Regulated Output, to smooth out the fluctuations if any (there is by that point on the board).
EC53: 470uf 16v +5.00v
EC54 (Missing): ? +12.00v, probably for the SC2616.
EC55: 470uf 6.3v +3.33v
EC56: 1000uf 6.3v MEM VDDQ
EC57 (Missing): ? MEM VTT & VTT-Sense (VTT is tied directly to VTT-Sense unfortunatly..., there is no way of adjusting it separately without cutting the trace from under the board and redoing it)
EC59: 220uf 10v MEM VTT
EC60: 1000uf 10v +5.00v (Assumed MEM VDDQ Src)
EC61 (Missing): ?
EC62: 220uf 10v MEM VTT
EC63 (Missing): 4.7uf 16v ??? MEM VDDQ & ATMEL 24C32AN (CMOS / CMOS Reloaded) (From what it looks like, it looks like it's only for the CMOS)
EC64: 1000uf 10v +5.00v (Assumed MEM VDDQ Src)
EC65 (Missing): ? +5.00v, Supposedly (trodas) if you put a cap here the board won't post, Note that if measured resistance against ground it opens then closes immediately, hence to say it will prevent the board from starting up probably
EC66: 220uf 10v MEM VTT
EC67: 1000uf 6.3v MEM VDDQ
EC68: 220uf 10v MEM VTT
EC69: 1000uf 6.3v ??? Read 1.86v

CPU-VDD Source: EC13, EC21, EC22
Stock: 3x 1500uf (4500uf)
Better: 3x ??? (Using 1800uf for now)
Notes:
1800uf seems worse, but the better caps allow me to use lower vcore values and have them actually work... (only if the cpu speed is low enough)

CPU-VDD: EC15, EC20, EC23, EC33, EC36
Stock: 5x 3300uf (16500uf)

AGP-VDDQ: EC43
Stock: 1x 1000uf

NB-Voltage: EC47
Stock: 1x 1000uf
Better: 1x 1800uf
Notes:
Stability increased in memory timings and bus timings.
Stability increased by a decent amount with lower nb voltages.
Overall bandwith and stability increases.

MEM-SRC: EC60, EC64
Stock: 2x 1000uf (2000uf)
DataSheet: 3x 1500uf (4500uf)

MEM-VTT: EC59, EC62, EC66, EC68
Stock: 4x 220uf (880uf)
DataSheet: 1x 1500uf

MEM-VDDQ: EC50, EC56, EC67
Stock: 3x 1000uf (3000uf)
Better: 3x 1800uf (5400uf)
DataSheet: 2x 3300uf (6600uf)
Notes:
Big improvements in load, ie 2x512m is allmost like 1x512m.
Bandwith and stability overall is slightly higher.
CPU-VDD is less dependant on memory load and config types.

;;;

;;; Coils:

LC5: MEM-VDDQ, Offset: -0.1v

;;;

;;; North Bridge Readings:

Q18: (Regulator)
BIOS: Actual
1.6v: 1.62v
1.7v: 1.73v
1.8v: 1.83v
1.9v: 1.94v

EC52: (After Fet)
BIOS: Actual
1.6v: 1.62v
1.7v: 1.73v
1.8v: 1.83v
1.9v: 1.94v

EC44: (After Fet, way after...)
Seemed lower then the last cap...
1.72v I believe.

Read the Regulator by reading off the leg towards the bottom, next to the board's screw hole (MH6).

;;;

;;; AGP Readings:

Q12: AGP Regulator
Src: +3.33v

BIOS: Actual (BIOS VAGP Setting Thingy)
1.5v: 1.54v
1.6v: 1.64v
1.7v: 1.74v
1.8v: 1.84v

Measure by top leg, closest to agp slot.

;;;

;;; MEM Readings:

Q21: VDDQ Regulated Final Output To Memory.
BIOS: Actual (BIOS VDDQ Setting)
2.6v: 2.60v
2.7v: 2.71v
2.8v: 2.80v
2.9v: 2.91v
3.0v: 3.00v
3.1v: 3.09v
3.2v: 3.19v
3.3v: 3.29v

Q23: VDDQ Regulated Output To Q21.
BIOS: Actual (BIOS VDDQ Setting)
2.6v: 2.63v
2.7v: 2.72v
2.8v: 2.82v
2.9v: 2.92v
3.0v: 3.01v
3.1v: 3.10v
3.2v: 3.18v
3.3v: 3.29v

Q26: ??? (Seems like Regulated Rail To Q23, not sure yet)

Measure Q21 By it's base.
Measure Q23 By the leg closest to Q21.
Update!: I apparently have no idea how to really measure those mem fets, neither does anyone else...
Go by the darn caps on the board, there's a huge diff!, I'd otherwise go by the fets if I knew how they were configured and how to read them.
Also note that it's about equal with VTT that way, now it makes sense...
Also that's why mbm reads it way off, like it should apparently, when sensor is *0.016 (I dn if that calculation for the sensor is correct though).

EC63: (Missing cap, VDDQ, It's inbetween slots 1+2 (farthest and 2nd farthest away from chipset, ie labled slot 2+3 on the board)
BIOS: Actual (BIOS VDDQ Setting)
2.6v: 2.68v
2.7v: 2.79v
2.8v: 2.88v
2.9v: 2.99v
3.0v: 3.08v
3.1v: 3.18v
3.2v: 3.28v
3.3v: 3.39v

EC57: MEM VTT / VTT-Sense
BIOS: Actual (BIOS VDDQ Setting)
2.6v: 1.35v
2.7v: 1.4v
2.8v: 1.45v
2.9v: 1.5v
3.0v: 1.54v
3.1v: 1.6v
3.2v: 1.65v
3.3v; 1.7v (note a 3.4v vddq would be for this vtt if it was a stock 1/2 setup, it's making sense now, mobo overvolts by 0.1v and doesn't tell you...)

MEM FeadBack (VDDQ-Sense) Readings: (Via After Resistor just before the pin on the SC2616)

BIOS: Actual
2.6v: 1.27v
2.7v: 1.27v ...

Wth you know...
That's not how the bios is setting voltage, it is using it as a slight offset though.
That would be my guess.
What the heck though.

I dn understand yet...

;;;


R186: Black 25C
Around 9.5k stock resistance, I think (9.49k, left ground)
MEM-VDDQ & MEM-VTT Pencil Mod
You can max the VTT and VDDQ this way..., and I mean max...

8.87k = 2.87v
I want something inbetween these 2 values...
8.75k = 2.92v
8.49k = +0.4v

Supposedly it's an 18.2k resistor
25 = 178
C = 100
= 17800, 17.8k







;;; Intersil HIP6301CB

Default-Spec: 1.1v-1.85v
Default: 1.1v-2v (1.25v-2v?)


VSEN:
-10% of VCORE
Causes Power Good To Go Low.

+15% of VCORE
Causes CPU power shutdown until VCORE is lower then +15% then set VID.

;;;

vcore mod by fb to ground

ocp mod



Phillips LM3580

CSI 93C46S
0340H

Texas Instruments GD75232
39K
FR95

Winbond
5TS-S
346GB

Intersil HIP6301CB CPU
Intersil HIP6601BCB CPU
Phillips 74HCT74D Wierd :banana::banana::banana::banana:
Attansic AT209S PCI Arbiter & Clock Buffer
Attansic ATXP1 Overclock Controller
IDT/ICS ICS1893AF Intergrated nVidia LAN
Texas Instruments LC06A Buffer/Hex Inverter



Yeah I know they are a mess...
Anyways you should beable to figure out the vmod for mem from that info.
It's an easy peasy pencil mod.

They are VERY old notes though...
I'de probably have to re-compile a bios, I don't know what the last one I compile was all about so it would probably be best I just re-compile it if anyone wanted it.

[ex.treme]

Hi NEOAethyr and thank you.

Yes v dimm mod can help me because lot of mb with NF2 can overvolt dimm only to 2.8-2.9v. I must say, that i'm not fit at electricity.

Second thing is fsb limitations. In this review you can read that only with 3 mb they do 240 fsb.
I think one was DFi Infinity, second DFI Lanparty , third was AN7 ( even if this review is only with high AN7 fsb on the websites. Others reviews i saw max 225 fsb limitations )

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=681&page=12

Nevermind all of this mb are very rarely here.

Because only DFi i found is DFI nForce2 400-AL NF2. :confused:

[NEOAethyr]

What board do you have, the DFI nForce2 400-AL ?

I can tell you what the dfi lpa and what the lpb needs for a mem vmod.
Same goes for the inf.

You can go all the way up to about 0.02v under what your 5v rail is set at.
I've ran some samsung at that voltage before, just booting it though, didn't stress them at that voltage.

But the other boards, I don't think I could tell you just by looking.
Well I could probably make some good guesses but I'de need some high res close up shots of the mem controller chip and the parts around it.


Supposedly most of the nf2's clock well with a good bios.
Some are ami bios'es though like asus's vm board.

[ex.treme]

I don't have motherboard yet. I'm still looking for.

I have offer to buy DFI nForce2 400-AL NF2, but it is single channel and i saw only about 210 fsb max.

I find highest fsb with:

Abit NF7-S 2.0 rev. with mod. bios ( >250 fsb),
Msi K7N2 Delta2 Platinum with v11.3 bios (250fsb)

that's good, but vdimm mod for me needed :)

[NEOAethyr]

If I remember right the abit nf7 s2 wasn't as good as the original.
The dfi al isn't that good at all...

The msi I'm not sure of.

I would go for either the abit, or the msi.


I have had, lemme think...
2x utt 512m sticks, centon pc4000 (got rid of).
1x utt 512m stick, centon oem stick.
2x corsair plat ch-5, dual sidded 256m sticks (I wish they weren't dual sided though).

What I run with on my lpb, when I have it running that is...
The 512m oem centon utt, and one of the 256m sticks of ch5.

The lpa I have I run with 2x512m of samsung uccc.

All of my mem gets to 240-250 with the normal bios voltage levels, I think I ran 3.2v on the lpb (3.1v setting).

The centon pc4000 I had, originally it got messed up and wouldn't pass s&m.
But clocked pass 266 on memtest easy.
After breaking them in one day, they were s&m stable but no longer high fsb stable passed 233 or so.
Could of been the board though, I had to replace alot of dead caps when I got it from London (it lasted a few days then went to shiz real fast, was kinda scary at the time).

[SAE]

:clap::up:

Hi mate, yes i remember, was Lanparty for me :rofl:
(that mb was so good, sold and buy back after some time and again sold after some time).
Now still working with mobile cpu by one man. :yepp:

Im' trying resurrection the legend and guess no other mb than DFI Lanparty
( one from you) or Infinity ( had 2 of them- the second run to windows at 265fsb without mods ) can make the job well.
I wanna high fsb and need 3.3v for Bh5.



Ah, that was you^^ I barely remember much. But my modded board and the cpu were a gem combo. What happened to them?

[ex.treme]

SAE :

your mb was so good, i sold it and buy back after some months and again sold it after time).
Now your combo still working with mobile cpu at one man.

[SAE]

Nice 2 hear they're still alive and kickin'.^^ :D

[Lastviking]

Hello again :)

I still got 2xDfi boards and some bh5 sticks left.

My brother is using the Dfi Nf2 board...the same board that i did use long time ago...My mom and dad using the Dfi venus board. I´m are most of the time working now(2 jobs), and instead of overclocking i building bike engines with bigger pistongs(bigbore and more) and geting out more hp on the back wheel.

[SAE]

Wow, mate. Kind of a change, I must admit^^ :D

[NEOAethyr]

I gotta up at least one more bios for the lpb, will doit soon.
The lpb is one heck of a powerhouse to say the least, for how old it is it still performs quite well cpc, video playback wise :).
I'm using mine as a tv deck at the moment until I can get the time to re-write the bios and install win7 emb on it.

Has a qfx4k, and slk-947u I think it was and a gig of winbond.

[NEOAethyr]

Sorry guys, I know I said I would make at least one more bios for this board before now and I haven't yet.
Things have been very hectic lately so I haven't been able to yet.

I just got ok'ed for disability, and got all the free loading crack head thieves out of my house (finally... :\ ).
I had worked on the src code for it a few times and it's compiling, and working on the board.
But the bios isn't fixed yet, I haven't figured out the reason for the prob just yet.

The prob with my last bios is the raid rom don't work on the lpb board.
It just skips over it.
I compiled another test bios the other day but haven't gotten around to testing it yet, I gotta re-setup my usb stick to boot into dos (impossible for me to do in win7, gotta use the lpb and win2k3 to do it lol).
But I "promise" I'll fix it up pretty soon.

One other thing I need to do is tune up the rom sip.
I had redid the loader for it so it's dynamic, baised on the fsb.
Much like the original code, but mine is a bit finer in detail, since unlike dfi, I know how to run it past 250mhz fsb and what it needs to do so ruffly...

Speaking of which, a long time ago, 2 years ago now I think, I had put in a special option in the bios to hand select the sip you wanted to use.
I had options like:
200, 225, 250...
Auto, test 1, test2, hellfire 3eg-r2, tictac, etc etc etc.
But in the end, what ended up happending is that I was using a scratch area of the cmos for the setting and on some boots it would totally screw up the value.
So I commented out the code for all of that stuff, I would love to get back into it though.
After which I made the timings in the sip somewhat generic for the lpa bios (I have them both sharing the same src file's, just diff make files), so I gotta tune it back up for both speed and stability.
I'm living alone in my own house though now, so I can open the windows in the middle of the winter (warm winter this year though), or crank the air on for testing of stuff like this.

I'm getting a bunch of money in back pay too, already did the calc for the fee's and so on (plus I'm sueing the hospital for my mom's death).
Now that I think about it, perhaps I should buy something to sub zero cool that mofo for some real testing.

Edit:
I didn't think of this...
Since dfi is out of the game these days, is it possible to sign an nda to get the src code for the bios on the lpb/lpa board's?
I may need to sign one for nvidia and amd as well, which doesn't matter to me I'de doit (and honer the agreement).
It would be very helpful so I can figure out some area of the cmos I could use for extra goodies int eh bios, I can add a HECK OF ALOT more timing options and such if I had that ability.
Or even just the ability to program the cmos chip it's self, it's 64k, way more then what's needed for cmos reloaded and the bios'es current working set, just that info alone, smbus info (I don't know how to smbus program yet at all), I would beable to do all I needed.
If someone can get ahold of me about this that would be awesome, totally serious.


Edit:
I have no idea what the date is, stupid windows and utc crap, gotta set the date form the bios..
Anyways last night I flashed over the 728 bios and the raid rom was working so it's not my board's caps or anything.
I did try to get it working by using a raid rom that I knew worked but that didn't work out either.
I'm not sure what the prob is is yet, still working on it, personal life is to much right now but I'll get that bios working again...

[nzbleach]

Hey neo, you might remember me from DFI/ DIY street. I am about to revive my LPB with 2G corsair and a Radeon 4570. Have you managed to get 1080p playback working using your setup? Oh and I'll flash to your latest bios of course. I gave away my LP-A sadly but I have a DFI NF3 SKT 754 around also that I'd like to rebuild. I love these old boards :D

[NEOAethyr]

I did make a nf3 bios at one time..

I don't have a good lpb bios right now.
I just got a usb stick back and my internet back working lol.
I'm gonna try to fix the lpb bios bugs I have on my end (src code probs, I went to far with it and screwed up the raid rom loading somehow).
I'll try to doit as soon as I can, but I can't promise it will be very soon.

1080p playback, just barely, I got it to play a little bit, but with subtitles it was a nogo.
720p was perfectly fine though (most rips within reasonable size are 720p, unless you want the best anime rips...).

My lpa board is still going, with the latest decent bios I made for that.
But unfortunately some of the cpu caps are bulging on it now.
It still has all it's stock caps on it, I bought it used too.
I have to re-cap it.

The lpb seems to be doing alright'ish.
All the caps I used on it were old used caps from other boards though.
That's probably what held me back on that board in fsb, the original board I had, I bought new I got to 283mhz fsb s&m/prime95/superpi 32m stable.
I so regret getting mad back in the day over the dfi nf4 pos, that day I smashed all my computer parts including the wr lpb board I had :(.

I'm thinking about sticking my lpb in the freezer so I can pop off that giant heatsink I put on the nb.
I won't beable to re-cap it or do any hard mods with that gigantic thing on there in the way lol.

[nzbleach]

Neo do you have a good bios for this board?