I think a much bigger issue is with amd and their crappy new cpu steppings for oc'ing ;)
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I think a much bigger issue is with amd and their crappy new cpu steppings for oc'ing ;)
Paypal me $25 and ill ship you 11 MSI mb's ive had goto poo on me in the last 3 yrs...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamo
My MSI isn't great, that's for sure. Unlike my DFI's, I can reboot my MSI without frying the bios chip. A huge problem that DFI has yet to fix. Why do you think they give you a bios chip puller with your board?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Mofo
Sounds like user error. If not, why in the hell would you keep buying MSI?!Quote:
Paypal me $25 and ill ship you 11 MSI mb's ive had goto poo on me in the last 3 yrs...
See Hard's DFI review, it couldn't pass their 24 hour stress test. That's on a cherrypicked board from DFI! :eek: Doesn't suprise me.
Lucky you.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Mofo
I had a number of MSI mobo, not one died on me but not one was a good overclocking board before Neo Platinum. This particular one is the quirkiest board I ever had. It overclocks like demon but does strange things and does not like any of my BH-5 pairs.
I would not put money on MSI since they do not care about enthusiasts but if you need a solid workhorse their boards are fine. And another thing, they have decent and accessible support, unlike Epox, Chaintech, and similar.
Another Dead DFI NF4 Ultra. The system just hanged. i tried to reboot but the four diods a lit and the screen is black. I really really hope this didn't kill my FX-55.
OMG now you as well?!
Kinc - I doubt it killed your CPU. Plug your CPU into another board and fire it up. My processor still functioned without flaw after I plugged it back in my Neo2 Platinum.
Bud, ive been into computers longer then you been on this earth, so this user error bs you talk about, save it. Where were you when we were overclocking AMD DX100's? In diapers... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReaper
MSI's QC control is terrible... Proof? KT266,KT266A,KT333, KT400,KT400A AND KT600's... Trying to get out the gate the fastest with the first boards.. Skip QC. We wont even mention their SLOT A board or their various faulty Intel counter parts.
DFI is an upper extreme enthusiast board. Everyone is going to :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: and complain, thats fine. Where else are you going to find a board with built in volt mods? The problem will be handled by DFI shortly.. MSI is the last people who will ever get my money again, so they can keep their A64 boards. Oh and the fact you mention anandtech in your sig, further proves your lameness in the computer world.
calm down guys, no big deal. Some people like a certain brand over another, if you would like to discuss that, theres another section for it. Don't kill this thread with talk of MSI board problems.
I have to agree that with so many board rolling out that there will be more reports of problems than normal, just have to wait for it to blow over.
jjcom
Guys,
Reading this particular thread has made me very very nervous. I was planning on selling of my rock solid ASUS A8V and getting this board and I hear this :(
Heck, I sold off my X-Box, games, old CH-5 etc to gather the cash.
Is it luck of the draw which determines if the MoBO is a super clocker or a dead in the water?
I've been working with computers since tubes and punch cards. I have computers older then you. My knowledge in computers, electronics, and robotics probably far exceeds yours. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Mofo
I don't know why or care what your problem is troll, but you've contributed nothing here. Your weak attempt at personal attacks and discrediting is laughable. Ignorance is bliss
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Originally Posted by The Mofo
My first computer was the Abacus 1000 and it was really slow! It didn't have any fancy lights but I added a lot of bling with color beads which I would flick them as quickly as possible to get monster overclocks. The games were terrible and the graphics never changed, ... but it all we had ... and WE LIKED IT!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReaper
LOL! You should have seen my first calculator. I told people it emitted radiation. Now that I think about, I think it did.
That's for changing the jumpers on the SLI thing.Quote:
My MSI isn't great, that's for sure. Unlike my DFI's, I can reboot my MSI without frying the bios chip. A huge problem that DFI has yet to fix. Why do you think they give you a bios chip puller with your board?
Yes it could be used for removing a BIOS chip, but that's not the reason DFI is giving you it.
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Originally Posted by TheReaper
Reaper, if you know so much about computers than you should know that every manufacturer can have bad boards and often people go to the forums when they have problems. Of the thousands of working boards DFI sold we have a handful or problems and of course people go to the forum for help. For such a computer "pro" you come off sounding stupid slamming DFI just like MSI was being slammed by Mofo. There are many of us with great DFI boards, just like there are with MSI.
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:D Hm - maybe it works also for cutting Your veins after the 12th RMA... :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by split
It seems to me that some people have never forgiven DFI for the cold boot issue with the socket A boards.
I'm not saying that's whats happening in this thread, but I have seen a few posts on certain forums that suggest people are still wary.
If MSI sorted the voltage thing out with the nforce 4 (not that it matters for a lot of users) it could be a good board.
I do wonder if MSI learn't anything from the Neo 2 which is always an advantage I suppose.
Now if DFI had released an nforce 3....you can see where I'm going ;)
:D Feel with me and try to understand mate - the whole wait is so boring and on my table is laying a PCI-E card what never had been in use and it gets covered from dust by the time......... :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by split
even ill prolly have my board before you now HARDCORECLOCKER.. ;)
gonna pick a dfi nf4u up this saturday (toghetter with ocz520W)
the rest (amd 3200+,1GB corsair pc4400c25,xfx gf6600gt,aopen dvdrom) arrived today
lets just hope everything works well from the first time...
:D Cross my fingers for You, hope You won't pick up a DOA one.... :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mastakilla
thx for the expaining on what that thingy was ...first thought it was something for the sleeving kit....
:D Hey Conrad - what about rename this thread into "DFI Ultra-D User....SUDDEN DEATH" :lol:
:toast:
LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by HARDCORECLOCKER
So how many users have experience this sudden death?
Why are you people resurrecting this thread? This is a thread filled with bad luck and I'm trying to leave it all behind me now. :D
:D Hey Conrad - what's up now - did You get a new board ? :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by conrad.maranan
Yes. My third board was delivered by FedEx 10 minutes ago. I'm not going to use it yet, though.
:D That's great Conrad, good luck the 3rd time. I still wonder if DFI forgot about me, see SIG............ :(Quote:
Originally Posted by conrad.maranan
Sent a mail to angry games yesterday but no aswer yet. :toast:
Have they shipped it out to you yet or are they still trying to figure out what happened to it?
:( The state of RMA is still the same since the board arrived to DFI on FEB/22 - only the receivement is confirmed, nothing more, all the other fields are empty..... :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by conrad.maranan
Conrad, did they send you a completely new board? Or does it look like they just switched the BIOS chip or made some other modification to your old board.
Yes, it's brand new. I popped off the chipset fan to apply some AS5 and noticed that it has the factory white goo that they like to use. My other board had AS5 on it so it would've been obvious if they just repaired it. All other items in the box are sealed, so those are new as well.
:confused: OOps - DFI told me to send only the naked board without equipment - how comes that You'd get that completely ? :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by conrad.maranan
Well,gl on the new rig should you attempt it. :toast: 3rd times the charm right?
:eek: That's a nice description - I also feel a lot of charme......... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Orthogonal
:toast:
I should have all of my components in place by the end of this month. We'll see what happens then. ;)
And here is another SLi-DR dead! 3 leds burning and no boot. Tried everything a freak can do ;) No avail. RMAd it ... CPU and RAM not dead, working great in others mobos. SLI-DR just died without warning.
I bought a new one with Revision AA0 (NOT A00) and hopefully this one will be stable.
If the second one will die too ---> :banana::banana::banana::banana: it DFI, back to the noob asus/msi or whatever.
sorry for your loss:(
--- tombman ---
Sorry to hear of your loss bro :(
If you would please be so kind, could you go over to this thread and help by providing what info you can? (oh, and was yours a A00 rev?)
Thanks in advance and Happy Hunting when your new one arrives :toast:
Its possible on your first setup that you had a faulty ram stick.. cuz i have that prob now. also check that your 12v 4 pin connector wasnt bending the transistor
Hey bro, just so you know its not just you... I picked up an Ultra-D a week ago and after three hours after my system was up and running and all was installed, I rebooted and hung black screen and 4 leds lit. Worked with Rgone and still no go, he told me to RMA the board. I walked into Fry's picked up another board same day, and it is running strong now for a week so far oc'ed. BTW my first board was an A02, the Fry's replacement board is an A00, which I yesterday flashed to the newest bios.
Perchance could I get you to go over here and fill in the blanks Hassan? Thanks :toast:
I have same problem. i just got the DFI Ultra-D and ther is no boot what so ever. 4 leds light op, and everything sound noirmal, but only blank screen:(
Hahaha :D. I'm sorry for laughing, but isnt it a great feeling to finally get the "best board out there" and it is DOA?Quote:
Originally Posted by SIOUX
MSI K8N NEO - DOA -> replacement ok
MSI K8N NEO2 - DOA -> replaced by other HW
Asus A8V rev. 2 -> SDS, replaced by OCZ PS 520W
At first it pisses the living :banana::banana::banana::banana: out of you, but when it's your 3rd board, going to the same guy, and he tells you he'll never sell you another board its funny :D DFI NF4 has this nastu habbit of dying, I have a A01 board, so in theory its the first and still bad mobo, but it's worked withóut a hitch, apart from the few problems I found in regards to ocing it.
Sorry for my twisted humour, but dying motherboards are no longer tragic for me, its more of an entertainment. The situation changes of course in HCC's case, when the RMA is taking much too long. I have always had the luck of having my board replaced in the local store within minutes, and always checking the replacements in the store.
When you wait for 2 months in RMA, it's no longer fun. But in DK I have always had luck with SHG and the local store(s).
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Originally Posted by Juliette
lol...i´m just got to the point now when i dont think its funny anymore. The first 3 years of OC i loose no hardware at all. now i start to loose so much stuff in a period of 6 months. 3 mbs (1 abit, 1 msi, 1 asus) 2 FX-55,1 3000+ and 1 powercolor x800pro and 1 club-3d x800XTEPE half of that was DOA :(
But anyway....i hope soon i will get some parts that all work at the same time ,so i can actely try boot up a computer :D
@ all, maybe i didn´t express myself correctly, but all hardware attached to the now dead dfi is still working, it WAS the mobo...
and two days later i got my new sli-dr mobo with rev. AA0, but didnt have the time to install it- i keep you guys updated when i install it this weekend.
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Originally Posted by SIOUX
Now that is a LOT of hardware :( I remember Lars on oc.dk had great luck when buying Powercolour X800XT PE - Powecolour somehow did not differentiate between XT and XT PE cards :D
And then AXE, he went through 4 6800U cards in 2 months, at a time when no one could get them.
Dying HW is a plague, but as long as the RMA goes through without much trouble its not as bad as it could be, as in HCC's case :(
Soundz exactly like mine, mine happened after i flashed to a new bios. Ive sent the bios to be hotflashed by a friend, im hoping that that is wht the problem is a scrambled bios. Hope the board is not dead, tis not even two weeks old.Quote:
Originally Posted by SIOUX
Anyone know how fast the European RMA service is like??
Pretty slooooooooooooow.Quote:
Originally Posted by mongoled
Ask Hardcoreclocker :(
Well it turned out my CPU was dead. i got a 3000+ spear here, and the board is up and running............................but with A LOT of problems getting it stable stock speed....but getting closer every hour hehe
If tats the case, it COULD be the board that killed ur cpuQuote:
Originally Posted by SIOUX