So your mobo and cpu died cause of the cold boot issue?
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So your mobo and cpu died cause of the cold boot issue?
Yeah, great solution! Better yet, how about for a 200.00 board someone fix the damn problem.... :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankster
I’ve seen some people beat this boards severely without issue, maybe the AB0’s are actually fixed… :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by afireinside
It's also possible that some of us just aren't "Man Enough" to handle a DFI board.... LOL :)
Regards-
I've never seen any advantage over the Ultra-D.
I recall the first Xperts that came out, those killed a number of CPU's as well.
/winks at his Ultra-D ;)
<<< Caresses his Ultra-D modded to SLI. :slobber:
Well, I don't quite like that the original poster gave no information whatsoever about the voltages used (intended), the equipment lost and fine details like whether he used hard power on (on the PSU) very shortly after powering down the unit.
I'm not going to blame a board just on that.
I lost 2 DFI experts, 1 CANBE 0530 AMPW Opteron 146 that freakin did 3.1ghz on air, and a 4200X2 that died at stock.
Thats almost 1.5g's down the drain due to DFI's :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty design.
Why oh WHY didn't I stick with my sli-d?
to be honest: maybe dfi makes good boards but most of them have strange issues. remember my nfII ub - bios death several times...dfi sux...it sucked with socket a boards, same now with the 939..I am really impressed how many people still buy dfi even there where so many many problems since years.
Really strange, this is not the first time i ear about DFI Expert CPU Killing Spree... Glad i have an A8N32-SLI. Thats really strange, even with the resistor soluction and other ones that i had readed looks like nothing can stop DFI from killing processors...
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Originally Posted by stone_cold_Jimi
No VID means setting VID to Auto?
I just put my 3800 X2 with my Expert under water, and it suddenly died, I have no clue what it was but I am not so quick to blame my expert yet. Earlier before deciding upon putting my expert under water I made a post @ DFI-Street which turned into nuclear war, the admins seemed pretty damn defensive about saying there is nothing wrong with the board, but we @ XS say otherwise. Now my main question is, since I am scared to fry my next 3800 X2 from RMA, should I sell this and my AB0 Ultra-D and get a Ultra-D AD0? (Not to jack the thread or anything) That new BIOS OPB got his Micron to 300HTT is looking damn nice
For all those who've lost a cpu so far... How do you reset the CMOS? By jumper, battery, or both? I've read that resetting by battery can cause the vcore to significantly jump at first bootup. :eh:
Never heard that, but I pull the power, switch the jumper, and then the battery. For more extreme clearing I remove the ATX connectors and for Xtreme (;)) clearing all the items from the motherboard
Shame, shame, shame…. DFI-Street is right, it’s clearly user error. The problem is; “ …3800 X2 with my Expert under water”….Quote:
Originally Posted by MikalCarbine
Now, was that distilled water? What was the water temp? Was the board properly submerged to cover the caps only or did it also cover the chipset cooler? Did you allow algae to grow on the resistors? Did any fish shyt on the extra three-pin fan connectors? Did you read page 32 - paragraph 16 – appendix f referencing “Fish Shyt and the Expert”!
We’d like to help but you haven’t included a system config in your signature…. We assume that is because you doubt our ability to relate to “Properly Maintaining a Pet Environment” … As a SuperMod, I refer you to XtremeSystems.org….
Sincerely- X-Roady /aka Post Remover Master
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Originally Posted by pcdoc1
Ya that's about right ;)
Dang, I just a bought an Expert and haven't started using it, but now I'm f'ing scared. I think I'm just gonna stick with my Ultra-D that's stable and clocks like a pro. Oh well, a third PCI slot would've been nice :(
What revision is it? I'd say go for it, there are a lot of users with positive results, but beware :stick:
I've heard that the expert is better at clocking 2x1G kits than the Ultra-D, is that true? I'd do anything to squeeze some more mhz out of my Cronus
Ahh don't worry, go for it. What's a couple of cpu's.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HiJon89
It's AB0.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikalCarbine
:stick: This stuffs pushes me more to MSI K8N Diamond Plus..
Well if you look here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Richteralan
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...lts&pollid=568
A very large majority of people are totally problem-free.
I wouldn't think 74.76% is a very large majority.Quote:
Originally Posted by HiJon89
The results are skewed because most people who don't have problems never take the time to vote in threads like that. It's like an online store's rating at ResellerRatings.com, most people don't take the time to fill out an evaluation unless they had a bad experience which makes the percentage of satisfied customers rather hard to determine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richteralan
Yes the results are skewed.Quote:
Originally Posted by HiJon89
But I never see another motherboard frequenty been reported like this.
And not all people knows XS and (intended to)register to vote here for problem-free or dead/problematic board.
I owned a DFI before, and that's a Lanparty NFII Ultra B. It gave me neutral impression. Good overclocker, very good, but with some fundamental defects which DFI-streets obviously refused to help.
I probably will buy/upgrade my CPU+MOBO+RAM in summer.
I'll see if there will be some good deals then.
Dangerous board? i like it :banana: i thought we were xtreme? and killed CPUs nevertheless?
hm.....Quote:
Originally Posted by hixie
would you like to translate it into Engrish? :)