DFI NF4 Ultra/SLi-D BUGS and Fixes Thread

I have just gotten my DFI UT SLI-D and in the rush of the last few days I had forgotten about the EPS12V 24pin connection. Am I able to just plug the 20pin connection in and leave the 4pins free over the weekend untill I can find a solution? I have an Antec True550watt psu.

It seems that some motherboard makers have made it possible to do this. Though I read that people have been warned about how nforce4s react to power problems, such as letting all the power drain removing componets. It sounded kinda extreme and I dont wanna wreck this board.

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Originally Posted by mrlobber

Wow! I'm experiencing quite interesting issues in the same area... With my OCZ VX, I'm memtest stable up to 261 htt 1:1, but when in Windows, only 235 htt has some stability, all the settings above crap out Prime and SuperPi 16M almost immediately. Hard to believe there is so much difference (just maybe the cpu is bad bad very bad).

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The BIOS settings to run VX (or any RAM) on the DFI NF4 are really critical and so is your PSU. If you list your system components and PSU, I will check out your rig. I will also post A64 Tweaker settings for you to help with the BIOS.

Seems DFI does support 20pin connector so I am in luck :p:
Cant wait to see how this 4200el Plat goes with my 3200+ week49 winnie :D

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Originally Posted by andyOCZ

The BIOS settings to run VX (or any RAM) on the DFI NF4 are really critical and so is your PSU. If you list your system components and PSU, I will check out your rig. I will also post A64 Tweaker settings for you to help with the BIOS.

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Ok, thanks.
My system:

DFI LP UT SLI-D A00, 2/09 bios
A64 Winnie 3200+
2x512meg OCZ VX
Voodoo3 PCI (temporary, but all testing done with this card so far)
80GB IDE harddrive (not yet messed around with SATA HDD's I have)
PCP&C 510W, however it's the 20pin PSU (do we see a problem here?). The PSU voltages are rock solid, as you might expect from PCP&C (12.2, 5.2, 3.42). Not sure about the voltages on board though, as I don't know where to measure Vcore, for instance.

Stock heatsink on the cpu, a 120mm fan blowing diagonally on memory and on the 5v Vdimm switch and mosfet area.

Not yet replaced the stock TIM on the chipset. Might help as it's temps seem to run quite hot right now (over 40C usually), the room ambient is around 22C.

Looking at your pic, what can I say:

* my timings are (in A64 Tweaker order):
2-7-16-2-2-10-2-2-2-2-200mhz 3.9ms-16x-128-D-D-7x-7ns-5ns-16clks-E-200. With them, I'm memtest stable at 261 1:1, 3.4Vdimm, 1.55Vcore, 1.6 chipset.

* have not tried CAS 1.5

* my VX refuses to boot on the DFI with any Tras lower than 8, regardless of any other memory settings, if Tcl, Trp and Trcd are 2-2-2. That is, the system posts, but as soon as it should access the boot device (floppy, hdd, cd-rom), it hangs with black screen and a blinking cursor at the lower left corner of the display.

* well, and my system is not Prime stable even at 235htt with 1.55Vcore (VX is memtest stable at these settings with 3.2V with both Vdimm methods (3.3v and 5v as well)). If Prime runs, the load temperature in SmartGuardian rockets up to 50C, idle around 30.

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Originally Posted by mrlobber

Ok, thanks.
My system:

DFI LP UT SLI-D A00, 2/09 bios
A64 Winnie 3200+
2x512meg OCZ VX
Voodoo3 PCI (temporary, but all testing done with this card so far)
80GB IDE harddrive (not yet messed around with SATA HDD's I have)
PCP&C 510W, however it's the 20pin PSU (do we see a problem here?). The PSU voltages are rock solid, as you might expect from PCP&C (12.2, 5.2, 3.42). Not sure about the voltages on board though, as I don't know where to measure Vcore, for instance.

Stock heatsink on the cpu, a 120mm fan blowing diagonally on memory and on the 5v Vdimm switch and mosfet area.

Not yet replaced the stock TIM on the chipset. Might help as it's temps seem to run quite hot right now (over 40C usually), the room ambient is around 22C.

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Judging from what you have there our systems are near identical. Will your Winnie run Prime95 at stock speeds? Some won't. I RMA'ed a week 37 that was awful. My week 41 is very good on this board, yet sucked on the MSI.

As far as PSU I have a 600w Powerstream running (of course) and i know I have no power issues whatsoever. You may very well be having power problems because of your 20 pin connector. Maybe someone else can weigh in on this.

Anyone having luck with a 20 pin PSU on this board?

The board seems FANTASTIC when one spends ALOT of time "under-the-hood" tweaking it juuuuuuust right.

What concerns me is this board ending up in the "wrong hands".........meaning someone "inexperienced" in building, tweaking, and the likes.

I liken it to buying a dragster for a first time driver..........lOl....."Daddy, I can't keep it between the lines, must be something wrong with the steering wheel!"........no what I mean? :D

Disclaimer: This is an overall general statement, not for anyone here, except me.....(me = noob :D ). :moon:

Two Questions:

Anyone else using the DFI "Smart Speed" utility to check temps/volts and it has no readings?


Also, is there any benefit when overclocking and using only 1 vid card in the SLI-DR, to pluging in both the 4 pin molex AND the little floppy drive type power connector on the MB for added stability? If so, one or both? This is assuming you already have a 24 pin PS.

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Originally Posted by andyOCZ

The BIOS settings to run VX (or any RAM) on the DFI NF4 are really critical and so is your PSU. If you list your system components and PSU, I will check out your rig. I will also post A64 Tweaker settings for you to help with the BIOS.

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Andy, I'm going to be setting my system up today and using the OCZ 3200 EL Plat rev.2 2x512 ram, so if you could post or suggest tweaks and settings for that I'd appreciate it :D

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Originally Posted by andyOCZ

Judging from what you have there our systems are near identical. Will your Winnie run Prime95 at stock speeds? Some won't. I RMA'ed a week 37 that was awful. My week 41 is very good on this board, yet sucked on the MSI.

As far as PSU I have a 600w Powerstream running (of course) and i know I have no power issues whatsoever. You may very well be having power problems because of your 20 pin connector. Maybe someone else can weigh in on this.

Anyone having luck with a 20 pin PSU on this board?

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Have my Ultra-D running on the test bench with an x850XT-PE, pair of HD's, burner and it
running fine with an Enermax EG365P (350W, 26A 12V rail) 20 pin PS.

My week 51 3500 Winnie is a POS though.

Viper

Got a DFI SLI DR here. Only 1 6800Gt installed atm. Have 4 case fans, 1 CPU fan, 2 Hdd's, 2 optical drives and a cold cathode.

Have all power connectors installed. Running on a PC&C 510. Everything is ok and Windows has installed. Will get out prime and see what the power rails stay like when under load.

Then I might install the second 6800 :)

http://home.scarlet.be/~pascpiet/DV/CG/DFInF4/cmout.jpg

What you want ? :banana:

I just got my ultra-d and so far everything is going smoothly. my came with the 1/25 bios flashed it to the 2/01 and installed xp with no issues except for the fact the 6.39 ethernet drivers suck. my pqi 2x512 tccd is running 2-2-2-7 @ the default 2.6V no problems so far, ran a quick 15min memtest (test #5 and a few min of the default test also) on it and am going to run p95 to see how it fairs there.

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Originally Posted by computersmsa

http://home.scarlet.be/~pascpiet/DV/CG/DFInF4/cmout.jpg

What you want ? :banana:

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LMAO that picture makes me :slobber:

cant get over 450fsb :( i can run 450 superpi etc but at 451 it locks up and wont load xp

any of u guys havin trouble with sata disks in raid 0? here's what I'm having now when i try to transfer some big files(like ut2k4 demo) from my 1t pc(dfi sli-dr bla bla) to my server it keeps locking my ffxp(flashfxp) but if check my server ftp prog(raiden)it goes like 200kb/s instead of 20mb/s avg

i have 2 maxtor 160gb 8mb cache on sata port 1&2 using the cd drivers..i tried the lastest nvidia release but the same got port 3-4 disabled on bios same for the silicon port

what it could be?how I'm going to fix it?


cheers

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it's like I have issue with sata drivers or paging file on windows :(

running my 3000 winny @2,61 ram vitesta tccd 566 2x256 @290 2,5-4-3-7 1T DC

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Originally Posted by computersmsa

What you want ? :banana:

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Install one of the sli-dr and max everythig out...run it for 2x24 hrs. See if it stable and ok :D

LoL :D
It's mobo for a grouped order that I have organized in Belgium (5 SLI-DR not in the picture).

I still wait CPU and GC for testing it :)

just transferred the money for my SLI-DR and winny 3200+....just need the cpu cooler to be sent....and the gfx card (and that can take a while :( )

@andyOCZ

any tips on tccd memory settings?

i'm running:
fx55 vapo
4200el, vx
dfi nf4 sli-dr
x850xt pe watercooled
zippy 700w psu (works perfectly fine in 3.3 vdimm settings, much more stable than my ocz520)
raptor raid0 74x2

i'm running a prime stable oc at 3.0, max bench 3.1 this is way below what i know the cpu to be capable of on the godforsaken msi neo2. on that board, i was getting 3.2 prime, 3.5 max bench.

given your experience with a crappy winnie, i might put in my 0433 to see if it does better on this board.

also, when running single gfx cards, is the molex/floppy connection any benefit? i don't notice anything and it's a bit messy to have them in there.

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Originally Posted by Schaef

Seems DFI does support 20pin connector so I am in luck :p:
Cant wait to see how this 4200el Plat goes with my 3200+ week49 winnie :D

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you better tell me what problems and tips :) i have same ram and cpu next week :)

about USB..it aint good if there is a lot of problems with that...my keyboard has a usb 1.1 hub and mouse, steering wheel and webcams ar all usb..... :(

Yesterday I got my DFI Ultra-D and installed everything. It all went fine and I left the computer on overnight to transfer some files to it, and this morning everything was still working fine. I started installing important programs such as Norton Antivirus 2005 and ISS Blackice. Once I was done installing blackice I was surfing around on the internet and suddenly the BSOD appears and the computer reboots. I heard a short signal from the motherboard while this happens, and another one when the computer boots up again. I got into windows again and I sit there looking at the desktop for a while. After a while the bluescreen reappears and the computer reboots again. I decided to raise VDimm to 3.2 for my VX and boot the computer again. Now the BSOD randomly appears after logging into Windows, but sometimes it does not. Please help

All settings in bios are at standard except for the vdimm voltage. I'm using bios 1/25. I am using the chipset drivers included on the cd that came with the motherboard. It appears the BSOD always appears again after a while, not always after the log in.

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Originally Posted by brassen

Yesterday I got my DFI Ultra-D and installed everything. It all went fine and I left the computer on overnight to transfer some files to it, and this morning everything was still working fine. I started installing important programs such as Norton Antivirus 2005 and ISS Blackice. Once I was done installing blackice I was surfing around on the internet and suddenly the BSOD appears and the computer reboots. I heard a short signal from the motherboard while this happens, and another one when the computer boots up again. I got into windows again and I sit there looking at the desktop for a while. After a while the bluescreen reappears and the computer reboots again. I decided to raise VDimm to 3.2 for my VX and boot the computer again. Now the BSOD randomly appears after logging into Windows, but sometimes it does not. Please help

All settings in bios are at standard except for the vdimm voltage. I'm using bios 1/25. I am using the chipset drivers included on the cd that came with the motherboard. It appears the BSOD always appears again after a while, not always after the log in.

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Update to the newest bios http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=52726

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Originally Posted by Wingz

Update to the newest bios http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=52726

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So how exactly do I do that when windowz reboots all the time?

Does anyone have dfi sli or ultra-d with antec TP480W (20 pins ) and x800Xl or something similar working stable ????

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Originally Posted by brassen

So how exactly do I do that when windowz reboots all the time?

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you make a bootup disk and flash the bios in DOS. May blackice or norton is causing the problem? uninstall them to seel if that helps.