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Definitely a thing to consider, however, for example, with DFI nForce2 Infinities, I have not run even an hour with any official bios. For people pushing the boards to their limits and for those which are going to have real use of more than 3.1 Vdimm with the modded bios, warranty is not so much of a big concern, I think.Quote:
Originally posted by Zeus
This modded bios is not gonna be released by DFI then i'm afraid?
Hehe, DFI-street.com will provide us with some *danger* bios's i reckon, seeing how much flavours are available for the NF2 boards. :)
Voiding warrenty is part of the game if you want to go fast, no problem for most i guess.
All mods are done at own risk...or something? :D
Looks like we are going to have to wait till the boards get here to see if it fits or not.Quote:
Originally posted by Ubermann
Now i am confused!
I sent this to Thermaltake:
"I heard the XP120 wont fit on this board.
Is it the headpipes that are in the way for something ?
Can you put this headsink both ways (the headpipes toward AGP)
I want to mod it to fit (Cut away), but do you think its totally impossible ?
Warranty and such i dont care about =)
Thanks for any info.
And now i get this from them:
"We're hearing allot about this motherboard, first of all; DFI delivered one of these to our labs in TW and it was found that the XP-120 fit. But forums and others are saying that it doesn't, I would hope that what we received is the same that DFI is shipping.
So, until we see more than one of these motherboards we really cannot comment on modding or the need to do so to make the Xp-120 fit. It does fiot the onme we were sent!!"
My first mail to DFI told me this:
"After checking the dimension and our layout, we are sorry to say that the heat sink cannot use on our LP UT board."
So i guess DFI dont have an XP120 to test with and didnt really put so big effort to check this.
Bigtoe or OPPainting do you know if they changed layout on the board from the prototype ?
Maybe the Thermalright tech support guy I got a response from was getting the 754 board confused with the 875 Lanparty boards, which Thermalright lists on their site as having a conflict with the XP-120.
EDIT: Just checked the Thermalright site and the Lanparty UT 250GB is now listed with no remarks - i.e., it fits! :banana: Yeah! Off to change my sig again. :D
Hi,
my first post here... I've got the retail board here since Monday (only 3 delivered to Singapore) and I could mail the bios (dated 27.08.2004) to anyone who's interested :)
Final stats:
FSB: 456
VCore: 2.1v (1.55*136%)
VDimm: 3.1v
Chipset: 1.9v
You lucky *******!! :D
The bios i think is nothing different from the bios the board will be shiped with.
What we want is a bios that allows 3.3+ Vdimm.
How's stability and overclocking?
Btw, welcome to XtremeSystems. :toast:
Not yet tested - was lucky enough to fit it into the case and boot up for the first time yesterday - my kidz do not care about daddy's hobbies ;)
Pix are HERE
How strange. :D
You were very luck to get one out of three!
That's one bigass cooler you got there but it fits fine as far as the pic shows.
Personally i think the yellow slots are phucking ugly but that won't stop me from getting this board.
Keep us updated on your overclocking on this most sought after piece of hardware nowadays please. ;)
You're absolutely right - the yellow colour s*x big time ;)
Cost me a couple of phone calls to convince them that I must be one of the lucky guys... The cooler is just the Zalman that I use on both systems - it's damn good and most important - silent !
using this with AS5...
I guess I hv to shoot for high FSB - on the MSI I got 300x7 stable with the OCZ PC4200, but voltage was limited...
My CPU doesn't want to go over 2300 anyway :-[ so high FSB for the time being - hopefully w/o SATA bug and with both ram sticks onboard ;)
About this Sata bug, have a peek here. ;)
2,3Gig ain't much but perhaps with this boards higher Vcore it will go a bit higher?
GL. :toast:
Well, this one does not give me any further clues as I already have the raid array connected to the NF-native one and it still hangs at exactly FSB230 with two ram sticks (no matter what cpu multi...)
Please, I don't hope to go 300 HTT but at least 250! :worship:
I work with a raptor as sis HDD and a seagate (SATA) as data HDD
:stick:
Glad to see this place back up!
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...&threadid=1490 :YIPPIE: :cussing: :bsod: :lol: :brick: :bounces:
so far, nothing but problems if I change anything in the bios that has to do with CPU/RAM settings.
So far all I can successfully do is disable the Full Logo Screen, change the boot sequence, make AGP the first read, that is about it.
Everytime I try to save and reboot, with the exception of the above mentioned stuffs, the system needs to have the CMOS cleared and I have to do it all over again.
Also, the darn CPU is running @69*C, stock cooler w/AS Ceramic, and at stock voltages all around.
This is not starting out to be a happy camper experience so far.
I am going to get another aftermarket CPU cooler, prolly a 948U, but until then, I am laying low.
Any tips or comments welcome.
baldy
disregard sig for now. :upset:
Are you useing 1 or 2 stick of ram?
The shipped bios has a temp bug. I flashed to the beta and it fixed the temp.
And are you using a mobile?
two sticks of Mushkin Level II, PC3500, BH-5 stuffs, 512 meg.
is that the problem???
i have some Mushkin 256 sticks, BH-5, PC3500, level II, i also have a stick of Corsair PC3200, 512 meg, BH-5 stuffs and several sticks of Hardcore Cooling PC3500 and PC3200 ramski, haven't tried any of those as yet.
it is a bit frustrating to say the least, but if it is a memory prob, then at least i know where to start.
i certainly would like to run with 1 gig of memory.
baldy :upset:
Try one stick in slot one first, see if it helps. If so, then you can make some bios adjustments to set it up for 2 sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by bldegle2
What is your cpu?
OPP
and got the 2800+, just in case i fry it while getting the clockage and cooling going properly. i have a 3200+ in the wings.
i am also worried about the 69*c on the CPU at stock settings and with no load at all.
it is the stock heatsink, but i would think even with the stock unit temps would be lower..i will be using air cooling until this is all sorted out, have a 948U on the way.
off to try the single stick as you suggested, i am presently using slots 2 and 3 for the two sticks of ram.
b
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Originally Posted by bypolar
Check this out about temps.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=328318
OPP
The shipped BIOS has a temperature bug with Newcastle, it will cause CPU throttling, if you are going to disable this option, it will not boot. The BETA BIOS has offset the temperature in order to prevent this from happening and fixed the boot problem when CPU throttling being disabled, however, if you are using a Clawhammer, the temperature shown will be too low....:P
Nice to see the 3.2V Vdimm works with modded BIOS :)
i am running @ 8x250 so far. thanks for the linkee. i was turning off CPU throttling, i suppose that is why it hung at rebootage. learning quickly..............
nice choices on the Vdimm, my 3.3 line is @3.5 right now, maybe i will pump it up some more with the pots so i can throw some volts at the bh-5.
anyway, got the single stick in slot one. what settings are necessary to run both sticks of BH-5 for the gig????
anywho, thanks again for the info :YIPPIE: and link for the beta bios info. temps did drop dramatically, but still seem somewhat high. once it is sorted, the prommie will come back online.
baldy :YIPPIE:
I have tested with a Giga of BH-6 (HyperX PC3000), it is running fine...Quote:
Originally Posted by bldegle2
Some memories I have tested:
GEIL ULTRA-X: 512M X 2
HyperX PC3000: 512M X 2
HyperX PC3500(CH-5): 512 X 2
HyperX PC3500(BH-5): 256 X 2
Corsair xms 3500 V1.1 (BH-5): 256 X 2
You should use Dimm 1 & (2 or 3), I like Dimm 1 & 2
I got 256HTT 1:1 with my corsair xms 3500 V1.1 256M X 2, 3.2V Vdimm, and even with a pair of HyperX 512M X 2 (CH-5), I got HTT 245 1:1 @ 3.2V Vdimm with this LanParty MB. :rotf:
The 1G kit of OCZ 4200 will run 270 1:1. I don't think you will have issues with a 1G kit. and dimms 1&2 I maxed out 255HTT Dimms 1&3 hit 270HTT.
9x250 with a single stick, gonna try it with two sticks, then call it a night. is there a secret to running two sticks, as far as settings in the bios?????
thanks for the help so far.
updateness, slapped in another 512 BH-5 for a gig total (slots 1 & 3), now running 9x255.
going to bed.................later.
b :YIPPIE:
No tricks for me this OCZ will only run 8,4,4,3.0 I just left all the settings Auto that concerned the Memory timings.