Would this thing hum with high FSB? Anyone try it.. It looks sweet and has nice features.
Would this thing hum with high FSB? Anyone try it.. It looks sweet and has nice features.
Hmm.
Seems like nobody has any experiences with it :(
from the reviews ive seen they arent great.
and how can they dare call it a "lan party" then NOT INCLUDE MOUNTING HOLES AROUND THE SOCKET!!!!!!!
Try reading the reviews of the Rev B and NOT the Rev A ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Evil_Spork
from the reviews ive seen they arent great.
and how can they dare call it a "lan party" then NOT INCLUDE MOUNTING HOLES AROUND THE SOCKET!!!!!!!
Where ??? :DQuote:
Originally posted by Walrusbonzo
Try reading the reviews of the Rev B and NOT the Rev A ;)
Umm.. yeah i'd like a link as well!
I'm hoping its a decent board cause that 4x Sata raid sounds awesome!
2 NFII Ultra Reviews..
http://www.pcextreme.net/dfi_nf2ultra1.php
http://tech-report.com/reviews/2003q...y/index.x?pg=1
THose are the older KT400A and non version B NF2 Ultra.Quote:
Originally posted by clockedOut
2 NFII Ultra Reviews..
http://www.pcextreme.net/dfi_nf2ultra1.php
http://tech-report.com/reviews/2003q...y/index.x?pg=1
I like it too. Forget where I read the review. I got an AN7 and was thinking with all the drama, might get my second choice - this.
I know it has holes and good voltage options. I think vdd is 1.9.
edit: found a review. This is the one I read.
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...mlld19JRD02NjA
Yeah... but this is the "B" that he was asking about.Quote:
WEll i hope theres more then just that one review.. He dont go into overclocking that much at all.. I forgot i read that one a while back and i even emailed the guy askin if he had it in DC and CPU interface set to enable when he got that 242FSB and never got a response.
Dont forget the DFI Infinity version of this board . It has all the same voltage options as the Lan Party Rev B .
See here :
http://www.mbreview.com/nf2inf.php
Cheers
Look at what this guy wrote in the review..
LOL! Whoa.. major overclocking there bud.. A whole 217FSB! YIPPY!.. What a loser. :rolleyes:Quote:
You also won't find anyone complaining about the NFII Ultra Infinity holding their overclock back either. The NFII Ultra Infinity produced the highest FSB overclock at a fully stable 434MHz DDR clock with tight 2.0-3-3-6-1T memory timings.
Still the board seems good enough to try once.. hehe. THat 1.9v VDD looks nice and the 3.3v VDIMM.. Now it can keep those 2 stable should be interesting.. Though the highest you can get with the vcore is 2v :( Now that sucks.. I hope someone can figure out a mod for that.
The link I gave for lan party rev B had like 240+. That guy just may not have stressed the infinity, didnt sound like it.
He did not push it at all as he says here:
"I had to increase the processor voltage to 1.85v, the chipset voltage to 1.8v, and the DDR voltage to 2.8v to get our maximum result, but the system proved it could still complete our overclocking tests without fault. I know this motherboard was just begging for more."
He still could have pushed 1.9v through the chipset and 3.3v through the ram .
As eclypse says if this board has an easy Vcore mod it might be worth a look :)
It still have 2.0V on the cpu, while not an insane amount, is still quite a bit.
looks like a good board....
maybe it's time to put the old nf7-s to sleep :D
They are in stock here :
http://www.laptops4me.com/product_in...oducts_id/5282
It is about $70 cheaper that the Lanparty Rev-B .
I think newegg have them in stock aswell .
Would be very interesting to see one of these boards really pushed by somebody here :)
Cheers
Damn. That board is expensive... :mad: About 179 euros an none in stock... :( (Germany)
SAE . I take it that price was for the LanParty Rev B version ?
The cheaper infinity board is more or less the same . I think it is missing some extra software in the package . Also the gig lan is gone along with the UV feature .
The main point is that the voltages are the same as the B lanparty and it has CPU mounting holes :)
Cheers
But do ya think it performs the same :confused:Quote:
Originally posted by Mickey Padge
SAE . I take it that price was for the LanParty Rev B version ?
The cheaper infinity board is more or less the same . I think it is missing some extra software in the package . Also the gig lan is gone along with the UV feature .
The main point is that the voltages are the same as the B lanparty and it has CPU mounting holes :)
Cheers
It IS the lanparty rev B :(
I think It should perform the same , no ? After all its the same PCB ( just red not black )Quote:
Originally posted by SAE
But do ya think it performs the same :confused:
It IS the lanparty rev B :(
Maybe DFI cream the better NB chips for the lanparty Rev B boards though ? Hmm ......
I think by looking at the review . If that guy had juiced it up a bit more I think he would/could have got alot more from the board .
Hard to tell really . I think he wanted to keep his ram within the manufacturers recommended limits , why else would you stop at 2.8v ? :D
I would stop at 3.3V cause the board is maxed there ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Mickey Padge
I think It should perform the same , no ? After all its the same PCB ( just red not black )
Maybe DFI cream the better NB chips for the lanparty Rev B boards though ? Hmm ......
I think by looking at the review . If that guy had juiced it up a bit more I think he would/could have got alot more from the board .
Hard to tell really . I think he wanted to keep his ram within the manufacturers recommended limits , why else would you stop at 2.8v ? :D
BTW I ordered the infinity :D
Hope I can get it to new oc hights :explode: :D
I'm looking in the UK and can only find the Lan Party for about £112, £30 more than AN7 and about £36 more than a NF7-S V2.
I'd be interested in an infinity TBH :)
Do they have 3 phase power???? CBA to look myself :D
It's 3 phase :D
Yeah . A place to order the infinity from the UK would be nice . I have yet to find one though :(
I have looked , but not found
This place in the UK lists them :
http://www.aventi.co.uk/products.php?product_type_id=1
But they are a reseller :(
Any ideas ?
Is it me or are those mosfets tiny?
Looks kinda simplistic to me. I wouldn't bank on it being an exceptional performer.
Does size really matter ? lol :)
Although the AN7 has large mofsets and sucks from all that I have read . The fact that the AN7 has been patched together may have a lot to do with that though .
SAE where did you order it ? Do they ship to the UK ?
Cheers
Just in case anybody is interested . Overclocker Arena have had the Infinity up to 476mhz ( 238mhz ) with some twinmos PC3200 .
I dont get the review though . The comparison charts dont show the results . They also go into no detail , but there are a couple of good pics of the layout :
http://overclockarena.interfree.it/D...nity/index.htm
Don't know if they will ship to the uk... !?!Quote:
Originally posted by Mickey Padge
SAE where did you order it ? Do they ship to the UK ?
Cheers
It's here! :D
'bout 104 Euros. Nice Price, I think.
Edit: I feel they ship to foreign countries ;) Iirc they only accept prepayment...
I will drop them an E-Mail .
Cheers for the link :)
How long before you get yours ? Judging by your sig you should have a great chance of maxing out the board ;)
Cheers
I transfered the money today early in the morning and they deliver it when they get my money :D
I hope it will be here next week. Then I could probably max it out ;) and take it to the lan party at the following weekend :D
I am really excited and can't wait to hold it in my hands... pray it's not disappointing me :)
Ah. I forgot to say.
Some of my components are unfortunately in a bad shape :(
Barton has taken a hit and I believe the beloved tbred is dead now :( Though I have another tbred 1700+ 310 xpmw it's not as good as the first one... *sigh*
My board I repaired is making trouble and sometimes it runs 250 dc 2,0-2-2-11 sometimes it refuses booting into win at 240 :mad:
Maybe I did hurt some traces though it seems to work well IMO
Sorry to here that man :( Its sad when a good CPU bites the dust .
Just out of interest , you must put more than 2v through your CPU's . Are you planning on finding out about a Vmod for the vcore ? As far as I can see the 2v vcore is the only weak point of this board ( although its not that low compared to other boards)
Cheers
Good God!!! 3.3v of vdimm. 1.9v vdd...and 2.0v of vcore. *Click* I may buy 2!
It is a tempting board for sure . Only time will tell if DFI have managed to pull one out of the bag :)
i just recently puchased one, haven't stressed it as of yet, as still waiting on some other components. Good board so far.
OK, AN7 going back.... will wait for a later rev. Got the DFI Infinity ordered.
Cool :)
Looks like we will have some results in soon .
The Runner . Like your sig :)
.....
" Only in a rerun "
If you get my drift .......
I'm going to get myself one too
Now, I have a Chaintech 7NJL1, but I want Soundstorm, SATA, Firewire and the Nforce 2 ultra 400. And the new board has to be as beautifull as my Apogee, and the Lanparty definately is :)
I was choosing between the Abit AN7 and the Lanparty, but I don't trust the AN7 anymore after al the stories
Abit did not want to bin a whole load of PCB's that they discovered didnt work right. So they fixed them and shipped what they had . Thats my take anyway for what its worth :)
A new revision of the board will be the one to get . How does the saying go ?
Oh yeah.......
"Back to the drawing board"
:D
I know, but I want a new mobo for "Sinterklaas" (thats on the 5th of december in the Netherlands. People give presents to eachother, but especially to their children. It's something like Christmas :))
And I like the looks and features of the Lanparty
Yeah. Think I am interested in the vcore mod indeed ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Mickey Padge
Sorry to here that man :( Its sad when a good CPU bites the dust .
Just out of interest , you must put more than 2v through your CPU's . Are you planning on finding out about a Vmod for the vcore ? As far as I can see the 2v vcore is the only weak point of this board ( although its not that low compared to other boards)
Cheers
But I feel there's some specialists already figuring that out :) At least I hope so. Don't wanna lose my board before stressing it... :D
So I am gonna try out at 2V first...
BTW I think what sucks for me is the board (repaired) since it refuses high stable cpu clocks with whatever fsbs... :(
But I got a message from boardbroker today they received my money :cool:
OK . The link I posted earlier for this site : http://www.laptops4me.com/index.php
Have an offer to ship anything from the site for $12.95 . I ordered the DFI infinity just to see what would happen ( as I am shiping to the UK ) After 4-5 days waiting the goods are going to ship :) and for the price they advertised .
I was pleasantly suprised :) Should have the board soon .
I will let you know how I get on
Cheers
Be careful, you're going to pay your local VAT and tax duties to have it shipped... at least that's what happens in EU, I don't really know if it's applicable in UK.Quote:
Originally posted by Mickey Padge
OK . The link I posted earlier for this site : http://www.laptops4me.com/index.php
Have an offer to ship anything from the site for $12.95 . I ordered the DFI infinity just to see what would happen ( as I am shiping to the UK ) After 4-5 days waiting the goods are going to ship :) and for the price they advertised .
I was pleasantly suprised :) Should have the board soon .
I will let you know how I get on
Cheers
I am aware of the tax issue ;) I have ordered stuff from the States before . Its still going to be about £35-40 cheaper than buying the LanParty in the UK :)
Plus DFI deal direct with motherboard RMA's. Not the retailer .
Another review here of the LanParty B
:http://www.datafuse.net/dfinf2b.php
Cheers
I got my Ultra Infinity today.
:D
nice one clockedOut :)
Just a quick question . Does the board tend to overvolt/undervolt ? Or is it bang on ?
Cheers
yeah please keep us informed clockedout since i returned my p.o.s an7 so im looking for something to replace it.
I have givin up on the NF7-S (7-8 boards totall) and the AN7.. returning both for the DFI Lanboy Ultra B.
I hope its good!
Oh and damn is Newegg the best! They let me return my NF7-S that i bought 5 months ago and exchange it for something else. hehe.. Hell i only used it on and off for the past 3 weeks.
There even shipping it free to me over night.. so i should have it by Friday and like the An7.. I'll let you guys know how it is. :cool:
whats the differant tween teh lan party and the infinity? i was thinking of an infinity B for my new mobo.
The Infinity does not have any UV stuff . I think the giglan is gone as is some of the software bundled with the lanparty version .The PCB is red on the Infinity too .
Check here :
http://www.experimentalinsanity.com/.../dfispecs.html
i have this board, it's pretty good in some ways it's also not so good in others. i needs a mem mod Bad it doesnt have enought voltage going to the memory to have a good 1:1 overclock. the best i did was 2405 13x185 (seemed to like the high divider.) more questions on this board pm me.
what kinda low ram voltage numbers are we talkign about here, from what i saw it had like 3.3vdimm!
I got the Infinity installed last night along with a new LOCKED Barton 2500... It sure is a purdy red PCB with 2 red LED's built in. :D It has not had my undivided attention enough to know whats going on... I do know the Barton would not Prime at stock volts at 11x200 with 11-2-2-2 timings. BUT everything is new... It is currently Priming at the above speed, but with alot more volts. :mad: So Im not sure if the chip is bad or just needs to burn in.
clockedOut are you having any issues with your PSU ?
A few guys here are : http://www.amdforums.com/showthread....hreadid=277547
They say there 3.3v 5v and 12v rails are low after switching boards . How are your readings ?
Cheers
Lets hope they have fixed this prob on the newer B boards.. If not its going back.
The posts on that thread were from people going from the NF7-S or lanparty A to the Rev B or infinity board :(
Lets just hope they all had ropey PSU's :D
Well as far as the rails being low... I have not noticed a problem, but Im still trying to get the sensors correct in MBM. I will look closer in the bios next time. Plus I have my PSU turned up alittle high. :eek:
Any... Im now Priming 210x11, 1.85vcore :mad: 11-2-2-2 timings
so its getting better.... I know I have my volts higher then they need be... but last night this combo needed it.
This might be a dumb question... after switching MB & CPU but not doing a clean install last night, my pc wont remember cookies?? If I close my browser then open it and come back I have to log in again. What would have changed?
Did your privacy settings default to high? IE>Tools>Internet Options>Privacy
nope set to low..
I did look at my rails... the only one that is low is the 3.3 = 3.22
My PSU overvolts so the rest dont get pulled down.
I'll probably grab one of the regular B's for X-mas :D
Is it just me guys or does the board look very barren of power regulation. The cpu mosfets look tiny, and there are hardly any capacitors on near the ram slots and elsewhere. I am really thinking of getting an infininty regardless. It's just I wish the AN7 worked out well. If I didnt know how bad so many AN7's are - including mine, it seems if you were to look at these boards next to each other the caps and mosfets on the AN7 would dwarf this board and make it look budget. The NF7-S appears beefier too. Mind you I've only got pics as far as the DFI. Take a look yourself on newegg. All there boards seem to have the same first two angle shots.
Just something to think about know what I mean. The infinity is pretty cheap and the lanparty could be priced on bling bling. The leadtek deluxe is another option (again- dwarfs the caps etc. of the DFI)
So far my Infinity is Priming at 11x210 1.825vcore, 1.6vdd, 2.8vdimm. With the specs in my sig.
Im pretty sure my volts are a little high for what Im doing. This board definatly UNDERVOLTS. My 5v rail reads like 1v or less in MBM and other windows type apps. But in the Bios it reads correctly.
?????
I still have stock cooling on the board... the NB seems to stay pretty cool so far with the big HS. The SB is HOT to the touch it really needs something different.
What's your highest fsb at 3dmark? I'm having serious issues going over 230... also my rails are extremely low read by mb5 but psu is good, on abit board I had fantastic rails.Quote:
Originally posted by clockedOut
So far my Infinity is Priming at 11x210 1.825vcore, 1.6vdd, 2.8vdimm. With the specs in my sig.
Im pretty sure my volts are a little high for what Im doing. This board definatly UNDERVOLTS. My 5v rail reads like 1v or less in MBM and other windows type apps. But in the Bios it reads correctly.
?????
I still have stock cooling on the board... the NB seems to stay pretty cool so far with the big HS. The SB is HOT to the touch it really needs something different.
How does the power reg look to you? Have you felt or measured those mosfets?
i don't know where the reading points on mosfets, otherwise I would have already them checked :DQuote:
Originally posted by texuspete2k2
How does the power reg look to you? Have you felt or measured those mosfets?
This has only been running for 2 days... I have not even opened 3DMarks on this MB yet.
My rails do seem to jump around alot.
Is it passive cooling on the NB ? Have you guys added a fan or bigger cooler ? I have read the voltage monitoring may not be the best with the board . But if it is just the monitoring that is off not the actual voltages then we should still be OK .
Hmmm....
Yeah.... screw the monitoring, just want good power reg.
Iolao- I meant if you've measure or felt the mosfets for temperature. They look small. Also, how much are the fluctuations?
It does look like power regulation could be the seemingly obligatory downside to this NF2 board. This time I'm buying from the egg so I dont have to worry so much.
1 other thing I'm also interested in, is the bandwidth at similar fsb's DFI vrs. Abit. I see there is a cpu interface option so hopefully it works just as well. I dunno, it's just after playing with all these little bios options and seeing what a big difference it can make, I hope alternative boards options work as well. No point in getting a sick fsb if the bandwidth doesnt match.
So those are my two concerns, anyone who can answer gets a virtual pat on the back :thumbsup:
I'm using liquid cooling on the NB and h20 @ 15°. SB is cool as there's stock passive heatsink and a fan over it, mosftets are cooled the same with a fan blowing air over them, either near the cpu and near dimm slots and I feel them only slightly warm by the touch. If it's only a soft reading issue about the voltages, then i'm probably chipset limited but changing vdd from 1.6v to 1.9v doesnt't seem to help, That's why I suspect it's a mosfet/caps issue as voltages from psu are more than good.
As for performance I only did a quick 250x10 sandra mem at thight timings and results are equal with my old abit nf7-s. No 3DMark yet.Quote:
Originally posted by Iolao
I'm using liquid cooling on the NB and h20 @ 15°. SB is cool as there's stock passive heatsink and a fan over it, mosftets are cooled the same with a fan blowing air over them, either near the cpu and near dimm slots and I feel them only slightly warm by the touch. If it's only a soft reading issue about the voltages, then i'm probably chipset limited but changing vdd from 1.6v to 1.9v doesnt't seem to help, That's why I suspect it's a mosfet/caps issue as voltages from psu are more than good.
the infinity B is able to hit 250fsb?
yeah Iolao . What board ? LanParty or Infinity ? :)
I'm running an Infinity board
can you tell us how close to stock it is? and what voltages are required for this 250fsb?
My Infinity quite suxx :mad:
Either I am setting it up wrong or it pos :(
Reboot, boot-up probs and sometimes it accepts my setting sometimes it beeping loudly to me :mad: :brick:
P.S. Seems I cannot get high cpu clocks as well...
Yup i have all of the above probs as well! Its a POS!!!!!!!!!!
First time i freakin saved some setting in the bios and it barked at me and wouldnt boot for nothing till i reset the damn CMOS jumper. WOnt do anything higher then 200FSB i think hehe. I even tried 210 with a low mult of 10 and 9.5 and NOT! memtest 5 says hells no bub i suck.
Its going back.. Only tested it for about an hour.. I even used Optimal settings for the ram and same crap.. The voltages are all low and i even have the Antec True Control 550 with the pots all maxed and all the voltages bedies the 3.3+ line are about dead on.. The 3.3 was at 3.26v.
The mosfets are all super tiny and the damn monting holes around the CPU socket all just about imposable to use but somehow i did it.. I spent way too much time setting this thing up and i even Lapped the SB perfectly and used the NB NS on the SB chip w/AS 5..
i had some extreme watercooling runing on both the CPU and NB..
Sucks cause other then that the board is kickass and looks great! The extras ya get with the Lanparty Ultra NF2 B baord are well worth the extra 50 bucks!
Really really disapointing bigtime.. i mean damn first the AN7 and now this thing.. wow.
I think i might be runing off to AMD 64 land with a VIA chipset! :) hehe.. I cant stand this damn NF2 chiset.. I havent goten along with it since it came out! Nothing but testing this and that, playing with new boards every other week and moding left and right and after all of this i never got to have any fun runing a fast system like i always had.
If my NF7-S board (That is sittin here next to me boxed up and ready to be shipped back to abit) is still fine and stabel at 227 after a new install of windows, i'll just keep that.
If not i'll have 3 Unlocked AQEXA 0331 UNLOCKED chips brand new for sale... I only tested one that will do over 2400Mhz at 1.9v. Hgihest i got with it was at 2700Mhz at 2.03v.. didnt try a lower voltage though.. Would of been sweet to play with forsure..
My feelings, exactly... :mad:Quote:
Originally posted by eclypse
Yup i have all of the above probs as well! Its a POS!!!!!!!!!!
First time i freakin saved some setting in the bios and it barked at me and wouldnt boot for nothing till i reset the damn CMOS jumper. WOnt do anything higher then 200FSB i think hehe. I even tried 210 with a low mult of 10 and 9.5 and NOT! memtest 5 says hells no bub i suck.
Its going back.. Only tested it for about an hour.. I even used Optimal settings for the ram and same crap.. The voltages are all low and i even have the Antec True Control 550 with the pots all maxed and all the voltages bedies the 3.3+ line are about dead on.. The 3.3 was at 3.26v.
The mosfets are all super tiny and the damn monting holes around the CPU socket all just about imposable to use but somehow i did it.. I spent way too much time setting this thing up and i even Lapped the SB perfectly and used the NB NS on the SB chip w/AS 5..
i had some extreme watercooling runing on both the CPU and NB..
Sucks cause other then that the board is kickass and looks great! The extras ya get with the Lanparty Ultra NF2 B baord are well worth the extra 50 bucks!
Really really disapointing bigtime.. i mean damn first the AN7 and now this thing.. wow.
I think i might be runing off to AMD 64 land with a VIA chipset! :) hehe.. I cant stand this damn NF2 chiset.. I havent goten along with it since it came out! Nothing but testing this and that, playing with new boards every other week and moding left and right and after all of this i never got to have any fun runing a fast system like i always had.
If my NF7-S board (That is sittin here next to me boxed up and ready to be shipped back to abit) is still fine and stabel at 227 after a new install of windows, i'll just keep that.
If not i'll have 3 Unlocked AQEXA 0331 UNLOCKED chips brand new for sale... I only tested one that will do over 2400Mhz at 1.9v. Hgihest i got with it was at 2700Mhz at 2.03v.. didnt try a lower voltage though.. Would of been sweet to play with forsure..
reboots at 11x230 under stress, no win boot, on-and-off-switching devices before post (or non-post :( ), new bios does not help a bit... thought I can give dfi a chance but another dissappointing NEW!!! (INFINITY - mad(e) for overclockers) NF2 board for me :explode:
Edit: I also own the tc 550w and it has perfectly stable lines. Furthermore it's modded to up the 3.3V+ and 5V+ (useless)... but even at 2,6V ram voltage it jumping from 2,63 to 2,60 even though I always use 3,7V at 3.3V+ :mad:
heh ya did better then me.. My ssytem wouldnt even boot at 230FSB.. hell the first setting i tried was 11x220 and thats when it did all that screaming. And i'm using Mushkin 3500 Level 2 512MBx2 BH-5. :9 hehe.. crazy.
Yo guys,
I can fully understand where u coming from but surely you both need to give the boards at least a few days till they break in.
Almost every system i have setup has worked alot better after a week of running at normal specs. Ofcourse its down to you if you gonna give the boards a little time.
:smileysex
I think all our expectations are so high because of the success many of us have had with the NF7's. I was contemplating on selling mine (max sandra bench 3900) but i think i will hang on too it a little longer seeing whats happening with all you other peeps.
I do hope u give those boards a few days at least. I wish u guys some success, its almost Christmas so u should get it ;)
Gluck
mongoled
I only feel this board is hard with ram; go check as many ram sticks as you have because it seems to like some and dislike others. As for booting new settings I keep having the same issues as you all but I solve that by only changing multiplier in bios and posting at low fsb (220), then use clockgen and all works. It seems to me best chipset are exclusively for lanparty model while those binned out are reserved to infinity boards.
Hell i did give it another chance.. A hole another 16 boots i think hehe. Its out of the case! Packed back up and ready to be shipped.. If the board wont reboot after i make any change in the bios its a bogus board.
With one stick i was able to run 230FSB but hat was only in Memtest sicne my drives werent working for some reason.. DIdnt matter what setting i set it would not post after the save and i would have to hold the Insert key while powering on just to get the board to post again...
hell and i thought the NF7-S v2.0 gave me probs heheh.. not.. It took something like this board to show me how good i had it with the NF7.
I never heard of a board needing a break in period anyways.. only a CPU and memroy.. If it wont do it the first day its not gona..especially with all those voltage selections.
This may be a silly point :rolleyes: , but I had issues with BIOS keeping settings etc...on a few boards before . The CMOS battery was nearly dead . Replacing the battery cleared it all up . Just a thought :)
Naw the date and all the setting were there when i did finally reboot using the insert key just the CPU and FSB settings were cleared.Quote:
Originally posted by Mickey Padge
This may be a silly point :rolleyes: , but I had issues with BIOS keeping settings etc...on a few boards before . The CMOS battery was nearly dead . Replacing the battery cleared it all up . Just a thought :)
Hmmmmm, no real problems with my Infinity...
Ran 3DMarks01 last night at 11x225 with a locked Barton and scored 20,287 and 6,371 in 3Dmark03.
It would boot and run windows at 230x11 but could not finish 3DMarks.
So are these boards crap? The Infinity and the Lanparty?
No. They 're definately NO crap. Nice looking, nice features and a very well done bios... But for me it sucks cause sometimes it boots and sometimes it does not... :rolleyes:
I yesterday changed out my bh-5 to the ch-5 of my friend redskin (did 230 2,0-2-2-11 at 3V on nf7-s) and could do a 3dmark2k1 with 9,5x245 2,0-2-2-11-13-15 etc. pp. Nice, I thought... but next reboot I did not come up again... beeeeep... beeeeep...
Too bad the 3,30V and 3,20V ram voltage settings are also causing such beeps... but as I already mentioned, sometimes it worx.
Maybe new bios will fix it??? Somebody knows if we could use the new lanparty beta bios for it too - read there would be changes in dram compatibility for ram/fsb ocing?!?
I think it's impossible, isn't it?
BTW the vcore set to 2,0V is not booting into win at high vdimm too. Bad voltage regulation??? NF7 probs ;) ?
I'm not experiencing the same voltage problems you got, however this boards really HATES my ch5 modules, it seems they produce random errors and above all are the responsibles of the black screens after reboots or bios changes. Everything seems fine with only a stick of BH5, I'm waiting for another one to start serious testing. Low rails do actually seem to be simply misread by software, as checking with DMM gave me steady and high values. There's definitely something to improve in ram compatibility in the next bios release.Quote:
Originally posted by SAE
No. They 're definately NO crap. Nice looking, nice features and a very well done bios... But for me it sucks cause sometimes it boots and sometimes it does not... :rolleyes:
I yesterday changed out my bh-5 to the ch-5 of my friend redskin (did 230 2,0-2-2-11 at 3V on nf7-s) and could do a 3dmark2k1 with 9,5x245 2,0-2-2-11-13-15 etc. pp. Nice, I thought... but next reboot I did not come up again... beeeeep... beeeeep...
Too bad the 3,30V and 3,20V ram voltage settings are also causing such beeps... but as I already mentioned, sometimes it worx.
Maybe new bios will fix it??? Somebody knows if we could use the new lanparty beta bios for it too - read there would be changes in dram compatibility for ram/fsb ocing?!?
I think it's impossible, isn't it?
BTW the vcore set to 2,0V is not booting into win at high vdimm too. Bad voltage regulation??? NF7 probs ;) ?
Yes. Better bios is needed... But look at the beta bios site for the lanparty version! There's a beta promising improved ram oc capabilities... That's what I meant and "maybe" (indeed!) wanted to use.Quote:
Originally posted by Iolao
I'm not experiencing the same voltage problems you got, however this boards really HATES my ch5 modules, it seems they produce random errors and above all are the responsibles of the black screens after reboots or bios changes. Everything seems fine with only a stick of BH5, I'm waiting for another one to start serious testing. Low rails do actually seem to be simply misread by software, as checking with DMM gave me steady and high values. There's definitely something to improve in ram compatibility in the next bios release.
But I do not exactly know if the bios for the infinity/lanparty is like those for nf7 and -s version - the same, except the modules not necessary for non-sata one ain't flashed/used... Anyone knows :confused: ?
Here's a link for the new oc bios for the lanparty rev a+...
here!
Lemme know if it works (the link/maybe the bios) :)
Beware! It's beta status. But I never killed a board using a beta ;)
Be really aware that bios is for lanparty ver. A which is TOTALLY different from rev.B.... As for newer bioses even the lanparty ver.B is stuck at 10/15/2003 bios, so ram compatibility is the same in both the boards (infinity and lanparty B).
So... Infinity "B" is a good or bad mobo !?
I say forget about the board and look into something else.. either a Abit NF7-S v2.0 or a An7... AN7 was a better board then this.Quote:
Originally posted by NoOne
So... Infinity "B" is a good or bad mobo !?
@Iolao
This bios is for rev a+ what means it sor rev a+ and higher...
Just to clarify this :)
@NoOne
Newer NF7 boards all were crap compared to the ones around 309/311 NB...
AN7 is out of selection for me till they get it to scream in oc... :mad:
The Lanparty is the ONLY revision B here. The infinity is only available in rev a+!!!
I like my Infinity... It does seem to have a problem Priming... could this be caused by the DDR instablities that I read about somewhere?
The fastest I can run 3Dmark01 with my locked 2500+ is 11x225, 11-2-2-2 scored alittle over 20K. Thats dual channel, CPU enabled.
But this is OK, cause I was stuck at 215FSB with my Soltek with no vmods.
Yes. Stable 3dmarking is influenced badly by dram stability prob with the 2 dfi's...
I can 3dmark up to 236 but mostly with 10 or 9,5 multiplier... 10,5 or 11 sometimes suck. And I wanna use 11,5 since I have a prom and I am crouching around at 2300 to 2500MHz :mad:
Already 3dmarked at 245x9,5 2,0-2-2-11-13-15-enabled-enabled-fast and got a really good score - ram is much faster on the dfi's than on my abit boards - ( nearly 21k I think) but after that I was once again not able to boot up :( ...beeep ...beeep ...beeep
I really wanna know if I can flash this beta for lanparty a+ (means rev. b) into my infinity. Already emailed dfi_usa about that prob but I doubt they will answer. DFI Taiwan state at their support site they won't reply to mails according to ocing... :rolleyes:
How come they advertise those boards with their ocing features/abilities :confused: