Yeah, I'm aware of that. But I was dealing with a regular IDE drive at the time and I disconnected the Raptor just to make sure that everything would be perfect and hassle-free.
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Yeah, I'm aware of that. But I was dealing with a regular IDE drive at the time and I disconnected the Raptor just to make sure that everything would be perfect and hassle-free.
i'm not sure if booster works, in pm's with opb he said something about it being incompatible. opb can you comment on this?Quote:
Originally Posted by conrad.maranan
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Originally Posted by xs64
I think you are mistaken. Bios 2.09 works perfectly for me.
90% of these booting issues are memory/memory controller related. I suggest you change memory (or slots you are using, or timmings, or ...) and the problems will go away or change.
my dfi nf3 works fine. no complains. dfi arent junk any more. you cant say that TheReaper. hunderds of people swear by dfi nf3 ut.
i have had a kv8 pro kill a cpu before tho.
people whose boards have died and u wernt using a winny, do you have surge protectors?
OCZ claims the booster doesn't work with 24-pin ATX PSU's, but my Powerstream has the extra four pins seperated so hopefully I can
still use the booster in conjunction with my new Corsair PC4400 TCCD when they both arrive this coming Tuesday. What do you guys think?
This thread has made me completely reconsider moving from my VNF4 Ultra to DFI...
Hate to say it, but even more reason to wait for the new ATI board now...
whats "recutting" ?Quote:
Originally Posted by musk
sry..didnt follow this thread but want to be prepared in case...
I would confirm through someone elses experience before attempting the booster. The booster is designed for boards that gets dim volts from the 3.3v line.. The booster kills the epox 9nda+ series boards because its volts come from the 5v line, and with the DFI allowing up to 4v default, I would imagine it comes from the 5v line as well.. Just a word of caution.
The DFI can use the 3.3 or 5V, depends on how you set a jumper.
I honestly do not think that xs64 is mistaken with regard to his issues using BIOS 2/09. Afterall, it happens to be what he experienced using the aforementioned BIOS. The latest version of something does not usually equate to it being the greatest. BIOS xxx might be a God-send for some, but can be a headache for others. There is no such thing as the best BIOS for everyone. However, there is a best BIOS for one's given set of components.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe2004
With that said, BIOS 2/09 wasn't the best for me. It did not give me problems, but rather slightly lower clocks. In the end, I doubt that the BIOS had anything to do with why my board died. Afterall, I had already reverted back to the BIOS my board had shipped with several hours prior to it conking out on me.
With regard to the Booster being compatible with the DFI board, I'm going to have to read up on this. If I am unsatisfied with the information I find, I will probably experiment with it anyway (at the risk of sacrificing another board). If any of the OCZ guys have any information on this matter, please comment.
i have asked in ocz forums about booster in dfi ultra d, as i do not want to +5 jumper it, and have that mosfet cooking over time (and have to have a fan over it).
ill reply to what is answered once i hear it:)
i think because you are not putting the ram in successive slots, you might have a problem with the booster.
I'll be honest. With the jumper switched over to allow for 4.0VDIMM, I unplugged my 120mm Sanyo Denki fan for a few minutes just to note how hot that area would get under load. My BIOS was set to 3.6VDIMM and I ran the Sandra Memory Burn-In utility. It wasn't as hot as others have made it out to be. It's still a good idea to have a fan over that area, though.
UPDATE ON RMA: Newegg received my dead board yesterday and should be shipping a new one out by Friday. I can't wait to play again. :D
I sold four dfi Ultra-D's in the last week & so far no issues.
I also have one of my own that has been up and running 15hrs per day,
for the last 3 days.
I am at only 245x11 with 1.50V/ram at 3.3V no issues so far.
VCore on this board is extremely stable.
Rev. is the A02.
gl but don't give up on DFI just yet. ;)
hahah lol :DQuote:
Originally Posted by conrad.maranan
what psu is too weak to power on a pentium1 rig? :eek: 90W? lol :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jjcom
welcome to XtremeSystems ^R3CoN :toast:
conrad, this is indeed scary... best luck with your new board, what revision was your dead board?
as per andy, booster has not been tested on the board and does not work with 24pin psu's.
oh well...
+5 jumper and a fan will have to do...
Revision A.02 shipped with BIOS 01/25.Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
might sound stupid , but have you tried cleaning the connectors on your ram and gfx ? maybe you put some dirt or something and its not making contact ?
Everything was clean. The board was brand new and all of my components were clean. Anyway, the RMA'd board is already on its way. :D
should have called newegg and request that they cross ship and overnight it. they did it for my dead cpu and dead psu before.
A friend of mine just has his board die on his last night after only 24 hours of use. If he can get his system back up I am sure he will posting his happenings here. Basically it setup and ran without a hitch for aboug 1 day. He made some changes in the bios and upon next powerup everything was dead. He said fans sped up but no signal to his screen and all leds were lit up on the board. Clearing cmos, unplugging psu etc has done nothing. No matter what the board will not start back up.
This is really concerning me. I have no patience for BS like this so am thinking of skipping the DFI train this time. If this happened to me I would not be impressed.
Funny that you have the NF2 ultra B :stick: . I had two of those boards randomly die for no reason.
I swore I would never buy a DFI board again. I skipped the NF3 and following its success I convinced myself the Nf2 problems were chipset issues. Now this board is randomly dieing also.
I'm still waiting on my cpu and psu to come in on Monday to test this board but the problem so far people are having seem far more abnormal than just new board "bugs". I'm concerned my 2GB of patriot XBL won't even post. The 815 BP PCB problems have really got me worried also and there seems to be no acknowledgement of a problem from DFI. I'll be pissed it taked 3v to run 1GB of these Patriot sticks at 250fsb .
The death appeared sudden and swift for the board. I'm the n00b who's board just went down. spoke with cantankerous about it last night.
I am not sure it was the board, may have been the CPU fan.
Was using an A2018 blue LED fan on the XP-120 (plugged directly in to CPU fan socket ie, on full). The build went flawless as I replaced my DFI NF2 with the 3500, XP-120, PowerColor X800XL and a bunch of ceramique. No problems with XP install including overclocking and RAID 0 setup. 1/25 shipping bios.
The ONLY complaint I has was CPU fan seemed to start slowly and dim slightly on startup. Bright LEDs and consistent speed once it hit boot screen. 80mm Coolermaster LED fan for exhaust was similar. Fan speed would vary during the start up process. I had changed all fans to start at 25 degrees in the bios. CPU throttling disabled.
OCZ520 had been fantastic to say the least and had increased OC to almost 2700 on nf2. Used the filtered OCZ leads to MB molex and 80G IDE HDD (OS), SATA leads to the 2 WD740D Raptors. Everything but floppy power input on board was plugged in including P4 connector. 120mm Silenex 120mm on upper right portion of mb.2x80mm intake and PowerColor on another dedicated lead. Was running the BH-5 at 3.5v with molex jumper moved to 2-3. Temps were very reasonable. Never plugged or unplugged anything unless rig was discharged and unplugged from wall socket.
Was more than pleased with Initial results at 265x10 (1:1) 1.55v+113% on CPU. The RAM had never gon e above 255 in my nf2. Rig was flying and It was boner time. some pics.
Latency,
http://premium1.uploadit.org/soundx98/33.6.JPG
Everest Memory Bandwidth
http://premium1.uploadit.org/soundx98/7757.JPG
Everest temps
http://premium1.uploadit.org/soundx98/265x10-temps.JPG
ATTO, up from 111000 on the nf2 and Sil 3114
http://premium1.uploadit.org/soundx98/150ATTO.JPG
Changed the 10 to 8 and increased CPU Voltage to 123%.
I've had 4 LEDs solid since then. Never came back up. It felt like I had to "hold" the power button down a split second longer for the CPU fan to start. A brief press would start it up and then it shut off. (more like an intermittent power switch than a blown CPU fault).
I've cleared CMOS on nf2s a hundred times and tried a dozen more times on the nf4. It doesn't seem like the jizzed bios syndrome. Cleared CMOS for 6 hours last night. moved the DRAM power molex to default 1&2. Used the RPM sensing/4 pin molex adaptor supplied with the A2018 to connect to board and PSU. (please don't ask me why I didn't do this the first time, I feel stupid enough all ready)
Fans power right up full speed and full brightness so I've rulled out the PSU or excessive board current at startup. even only used 1 stick of mem. but it's still 4 LEDs. I'm gonna try a hotflash on one of the NF2s but I have a sinking feeling in my stomach. I also have some costumes and specific rituals that have worked in the past. :)
I think the excessive draw of the A2018 Smart Fan may have done something. For the life of me I can't think of anything else. I hope a new flash helps. I certainly don't think DFI makes junk! I have 4 nf2s and this 64 and you know what, all but one has always come back from 4 LEDs on - Blank Screen - No post disease. Friggin frustrating as hell, I would have hoped such minor changes would have simply caused a reboot at most on the nf4.
I'm assuming responsibilty for this issue. but please, if you are using a 120mm fan DO NOT plug it directly in to motherboard. Advice, Prayers, and condolences would be appreciated. Dang it was fun while it lasted.
Large fan + fan header = dead fan header (they are not built to take a lot of amperage).
Interesting. I can totally relate to your experience, soundx98.
Bear in mind that all of my fans were connected to 4-pin Molex connectors on the PSU. The only fan I had that was utilizing the fan header of the board was the DFI chipset fan.
I really do have a gut feeling that something is just wrong with the board's electrical layout. Perhaps electrical current isn't being discharged or utilized as it should be, which is causing it to just linger about cooking traces and what have you. I know nothing about electricity, so there's a good chance I'm talking out of my arse when it comes to this suspicion of mine. :confused: