-=Dfi Infinty&LanParty Rev B Faq and more=-

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Originally posted by Asio
I think I'm overlooking something but it just wont come to mind.
My infinity just arived. I formated C:/ for a clean install of winXPpro. I can do this by booting of the cd rom and it installs the files needed to actually begin the windows install. After the pc reboot to do just that i get the message "press buton to boot of cd" so I keep my hand of the keybo and then recieve the message "error while loading os" in dutch (so translation could be a little dif).

Same with only HHD as boot device ...
Its a maxtor hdd contected to the prime IDE. I even try using the IDE cable that came with the board.

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The problem lied with a setting in the bios. In the same tab as where u set cpu interface to agressife...
Got windows installed but running default now so nothing to brag yet.

I want to buy LanParty. But i dont know what memorry to put on it? Who can tell me what DDR is a best for LanParty? But except BH-5 & BH-6!! Because its realy hard to find it in Russia!!! LOL

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Originally posted by xttz
I want to buy LanParty. But i dont know what memorry to put on it? Who can tell me what DDR is a best for LanParty? But except BH-5 & BH-6!! Because its realy hard to find it in Russia!!! LOL

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Newer batch ch-5 ;)

Sometimes bh-6 are also on budget ram from kingston, twinmos or apacer... try to find these... it should do much better :)

Good luck. :thumbsup:

OK thanks ;)

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Originally posted by xttz
OK thanks ;)

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Never mind :thumbsup:

wut do u guys think is better for oc'ing? bh-5 or twinmos pc3700 43B? I have some 43B ram right now but im thinking about getting some bh-5

PS: SAE- your avatar is amazing. can u plz tell me the site where u got that pic lol. :)

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Originally posted by FlyingHamster
wut do u guys think is better for oc'ing? bh-5 or twinmos pc3700 43B? I have some 43B ram right now but im thinking about getting some bh-5

PS: SAE- your avatar is amazing. can u plz tell me the site where u got that pic lol. :)

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BH-5 of course ;)

The 43b thingy is some relabled (ch-5) chips...

P.S. Regarding my avatar... you got pm, but do not be too enthusiastic :(

Just got an infinity today + IQYHA running 200fsb * 13 with 1.85v vcore. I just checked my Vdimm 2.64v for 2.7v in bios and Vdd was 1.61v for 1.6 in bios. Edit: Opps its actually overvolting by .04v since I was at 2.6v vdimm.

Just out of interest who decided what capacitor values to use in these mods? If u put caps in parallel I believe it total capacitance goes down. Is this what is meant in the diagrams?

Also is it best to use the bios flashing utility winflash included on the cd?

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Originally posted by megatron
If u put caps in parallel I believe it total capacitance goes down. Is this what is meant in the diagrams?

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Wrong. Caps in a row decrease total capacity and in parallel increase it... the opposite to resistors :)

Yeah since u put it that way now I remember. Doh! I agree its the opposite to resistors, and I had that in mind when I wrote the above.

Im getting Mobile CPU for LanParty!!! And i dont know what is better Duron or Athlon ? So guys what do u think is better? And what speed of CPU i have to buy for better overclocking im thinking about 2.4 or 2.6 but im not shure what is better. ;)

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Originally posted by megatron
Yeah since u put it that way now I remember. Doh! I agree its the opposite to resistors, and I had that in mind when I wrote the above.

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That's what I remembered from last semester :D

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Originally posted by xttz
Im getting Mobile CPU for LanParty!!! And i dont know what is better Duron or Athlon ? So guys what do u think is better? And what speed of CPU i have to buy for better overclocking im thinking about 2.4 or 2.6 but im not shure what is better. ;)

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Get the xp ... the mobile barton if possible :) with 512k L2!

Well this SUCKS:mad: . I killed my Infinity and it was only a week old. Everything was going great. The bios that it came with kinda blew so i flashed it to 1-31 and thats when everything started to take off.
Everything is out of my NF7-S rig so i knew it was all up to par. MK1/ 2400 mobile(2650mhz in nf7-s)/Mushkin LV2 pc3500/Raptor Raid 0/9800pro/425w pcp&c psu & a Modded cheiftec case with outstanding flow. I had it stable @ 9.5x245fsb but when i pushed it to 250fsb it would give random restarts so i desided to back her off & burn in a little more @245 when the bios screen locked up on me, after i hit reset it gave me a black screen & long beeps. then i jumpered the cmos & now nothing but black screen. Ill check everything with one of my other boards but im fairly sure the bios chip is gone. It was starting to look real nice too. I've seen a few talking about hot flashing with a RDA chip. Is it worth the effort or should i just RMA it? Thanks.

edit: I followed the lastvikings tips to the T . Volts incase youre interested were 1.750vcore/1.8vdd/3.3vdimm/ dimm was set to 1:1, so on and so forth. Great sticky i might add.:toast:

I recommend hotflashing it works, but mind how you extract the bios chip from the socket. I had the proper tool and it was a bugger. The tong doesn't fit in the space provided between the socket and the bios chip in order to allow the tong to go underneath.

I managed to corrupt both bios and bios savior, LOL!:banana: I got it back up and running using my NF7-S v2 outside the case. Now both bios and bios savior are flashed back fine. I obviously felt too secure with the bios savior, my bad.

However I have heard of other people having trouble using the bios extractor tool and this was the case with me. The hook does not go underneath in normal operation of the tool but it will go if u put in only on tong at an angle so it fits underneath. I heard of someone filing it down. I did not get where to file it but after using it - its to make the width of the tip of the implement narrower so the tool can slip between to socket and the bios chip itself.


Vlad how fast did the board go without any mods? What does your board look like with all the places cooled a la Viking's guide?:toast: I can't seem to get 220fsb stable with 3.1 v with BH-5 twinmos, errors in memtest (test 6).

Used these switches on my NF7-S v2 to flash inifinity bios:
AWDFLASH N24IDB27.BIN /PY /SN /E /F
Used award flash version in the zip file that 1127 comes in.

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Originally posted by megatron

However I have heard of other people having trouble using the bios extractor tool and this was the case with me. The hook does not go underneath in normal operation of the tool but it will go if u put in only on tong at an angle so it fits underneath. I heard of someone filing it down. I did not get where to file it but after using it - its to make the width of the tip of the implement narrower so the tool can slip between to socket and the bios chip itself.

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I'm not suprised with this as i removed the bios chip of my old (dead) nf² mobo.
I cracked the socket of the bios chip while removing it.
It should work as only the plastic is cracked and all the wires are still in place. Yet i don't feel like doing this to my infinity.
I'le just be creative and use me nobbie :D

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Originally posted by megatron
Vlad how fast did the board go without any mods? What does your board look like with all the places cooled a la Viking's guide?:toast: I can't seem to get 220fsb stable with 3.1 v with BH-5 twinmos, errors in memtest (test 6).

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:doh: What i ment was i followed his bios settings to the T, As far as modds the board is stock. I like to see what i can get out of a board before i modd it. That way i know how good the modd worked. I've had boards that heat sinking everything worked wonders for & others that had only marginal improvement. I dont have a spaire bios chip or the tool, to be honest with you i've never had this problem, Most of the time when ive pushed the bus too far the OS got hosed. Is the bios saver/tool i see for the Nf7 the same? :am: I'd hate to trash my NF7-S chip because i plan to voltmodd it and put back together with my chiller and the only other Nforce board i have is my Epox, but thats my everyday rig & my wife keeps all her lession plans on so thats out of the question. Thanks.

The bios savior version in the RD1-PMC4 the same as for the NF7-S v2, however I had the epox 8RDA+ rev 1 which was a 2Mb chip and definately not compatable. I hear the Asus can hot flash with this board.

You are not a stupid, I spent quite a time trying to find out that very information. I thought a second hand one I saw (RD1-8X?) fit but I was reading the chart wrong.

Can you give me a link to where i can find one? The more i think about i'd hate to send it back and chance getting one that wont hit high fsb in its place. ;)

nevermind.

Hey SAE what speeed i have to buy for Burton?
How do u think?
Im thinking about 2.4MHz or 2.6MHz maybe u think about some other speed.

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Originally posted by xttz
Hey SAE what speeed i have to buy for Burton?
How do u think?
Im thinking about 2.4MHz or 2.6MHz maybe u think about some other speed.

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I would recommend the 2600+ as with that you have better chances to get a great one :)

If you want the 2400+, get the 2400+ with 35W power consumprtion... www.itbutikken.dk has them...

They will both do fine for your purposes IMO ;)

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Originally posted by vlad
Can you give me a link to where i can find one? The more i think about i'd hate to send it back and chance getting one that wont hit high fsb in its place. ;)

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http://www.ioss.com.tw/eg/

http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=396

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/Produ...y=Overclocking

Excalibur in US sells them.

I just want to bring peoples attention to this thread regarding something I "blundered" across when Vmodding my DFI;

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=32868

Could do with some Vmod experts on this one....