Think bios - can't say for sure, but a different bios could fix that...
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Think bios - can't say for sure, but a different bios could fix that...
No troubles... FX57 + RDX-CF + DI
with R.A03 RDX-CF (bios 2005/10/11) . Vcore was 1.550 + 116%... And that FX57 is still alive :D We also played with one Opteron but that was a huge disappointment (it's also still alive)
http://dfics.dfi.com.tw/dfi_cs//RDX2...ue/Photo_2.jpg
http://dfics.dfi.com.tw/dfi_cs//RDX2...ue/Photo_3.jpg
there was wire between the pins? :confused:
and yeah, those pics look amazing! :D
nice cam! :D
Truly amazing pictures! Very dramaticQuote:
Originally Posted by saaya
Took me for ever to have this one analyzed...
The residue is from acetone and dielectric grease solution - the chip had previously done a dry ice run done and had some die-electric grease residue left. Before shipping everything out at one point I started cleaning the CPU with acetone but stopped in the middle of it. What looks to be a wire in fact is just a residue of acetone and dielectric grease unless the line in pic # 2 was some type of fibre.
DFI has left out also pictures of tobacco within the pins and other debris - as the chips had been tossed also on a couch and picked up even more random Debris. But that would have been to obvious that the chip hadn't run in that condition..
Again the chip wasn't used like that...the dry ice run was done way before the troubles started...
Looks like we got everything figured out. I killed the cpus by clearing the cmos by using the "clear cmos" jumper in conjunction with also removing the battery. Actually only the "clear cmos" jumper should have been used - and NEVER the battery...ok...
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33668
oddd people the cmos jumper and battery procedure was recommded for prior NF4 boards, why the change now.
so what happens when your CMOS battery dies on you?
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Originally Posted by STEvil
i dont think anyone would keep these boards long enough for the battery to die. If the battery does die, DFI will simply say "Don't let your battery die, it will take the CPU with it...since your bios will get corrupted and it will get confused and randomly boot up with random settings" j/k
I think the best is to these:
1. Avoid removing CMOS battery. Powering off the system and moving the CMOS jumper from normal to clear is enough to reset the CMOS.
2. Do not power on and off right away. There might be some live electric charge on the motherboard and power supply capacitor that can produce electic spike.
The battery had no effect on the VID core bug so far...had the bug from the moment I started with the the board from DFI - first boot with all auto was fine - after setting the vcore manually the first time reboot gave the Vcore jump - without me ever removeing the battery at that point...Unless DFi had removed the battery before they sent it to me.
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Originally Posted by mikeguava
My sarcasm in that post wasn't really clear - but it turns out that the battery really does have an impact! I initially thought this was BS - because I had the Voltage BUG with 2 boards -where i hadn't removed the battery.
One of the boards was BRAND NEW, the other one was a RMA board from DFI - which was supposedly tested for 2 weeks. Turns out the DFI engeneer must have also used the battery removal procedure :rolleyes: .
Thanks to Saaya I looked into this one more time and it turns out, that the battery removal with or without the "clear cmos" jumper - this bug gets triggered.
So any user with a brand new board should be careful with the VID Special control. And also later on - not remove the battery if possible. And when you do - again make sure to keep the VID special control at auto or lowest settings...
OOPS -just relaized that I am running @ 1.7V while I am writing this - need to reboot before I share the results!!!!!!!!
hmmm so removing the cmos battery resets the system in a way voltages might be too high and kill the cpu and maybe the boad?
but a bios reset cant cause this?
i didnt know that removing the cmos battery resets the system differently/more than reseting the cmos.
i hope this helps to prevent more people from running into problems with the board :)
whats up with the special vcore thing though?
or do you mean the startup vcore?
i was under the impression the battery jumper just disconnected the battery from the cmos to allow its memory to clear to default settings?
That seems the simplest way to design it on a motherboard to me, anyways... no hassle, works every time....
Not in the case with the RDX
apparently.
I was looking into getting an Asus A8R-MVP, but now i'm wondering if this issue could span the entire range of ATI RDX chipset based boards (I sure as hell hope not, i've been waiting a long time for a new system!).
:(
I tried it on the Expert - but didn't see it in the one quick trial run. But I am too worried right now killing anything else with these boards- especially since DFI uses this Battery Removal to deny any claims, on what seems to be the industry standard to clear your cmos!!!
I think even DFI.....now confused:(
LOL.... i'm playing with RDX200 and my Opty 144 here and after reading this thread, it makes me feel scary.....
No big problem till now but the system sometime hang in bios and crash to black screen in Windows without turning back on. I have to power off the PSU then switch back to get it on again.....
My board is: D54016189
I have the same problems sometimes & have been using the board since the day thay came out, I was a bit warey at first but I haven't had any major problemsQuote:
Originally Posted by ValkyrieLenneth
There funny boards, but don't expect such high clocks on your mem:( !!!