Killed my BIOS chip on DFI NF4 - why??? Made no mistake........

could all these DFI problems be related to it being incompatible with Windows XP SP2?

http://www6.tomshardware.com/column/20050414/index.html

Apparently it can cause BSOD and in worse case scenerio, causes the system not to boot in general.

Site is down at the moment, could it be that their web server is hosted on DFI + XP SP2 rig :p:

That article, like so many over at 'toms hardware' is less than, how should I say it tactfully, the gospel truth.

As far as non-overclocking software and causing damage to hardware is concerned... :slap:

Back pedal a few posts and catch the link to a OPB thread about a known issue with is highly likely to be the explanation to this case.

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Originally Posted by computerpro3

You also had tccd, and do a search, 99% of the people that killed their dfi's had TCCD. Interestingly enough, this boards bios was specially optimized from the get-go to run TCCD super fast; I believe oskar or bigtoe said that (dunno who, it was someone that knows their bios...). My theory is that one of these optimizations is simply running too aggressive for some of the TCCD memory out there, and corrupting the bios as a result.

Seriously, do a search, its scary how many people have the dead bios/tccd combo. I don't know why or even if memory could corrupt bios, but I'd put money on there being SOME kind of link there.

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Just another data point...several weeks of abuse with TCCD and no problems of any kind. But then, I do not leave any memory timings on Auto and I have the "Auto store last bootable configuration to CMOS" disabled ;)

would something like this help prevent this from happening?
http://www.ioss.com.tw/web/English/R...YPE/RD1PL.html

Why are you guys not pulling the battery? the battery is what keeps cmos settings intact over prolonged periods without power...simply placing the jumper to clear cmos is not enough!! The battery still provides power to save the cmos!! You clear the CMOS by draining the power!! This is why you unplug the power as well!! No wonder you killed your bios!! In the 15 years i have been building machines, I never heard of NOT removing the battery...it's called the CMOS battery!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REMOVE THE BATTERY!!

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Originally Posted by cadaveca

Why are you guys not pulling the battery? the battery is what keeps cmos settings intact over prolonged periods without power...simply placing the jumper to clear cmos is not enough!! The battery still provides power to save the cmos!! You clear the CMOS by draining the power!! This is why you unplug the power as well!! No wonder you killed your bios!! In the 15 years i have been building machines, I never heard of NOT removing the battery...it's called the CMOS battery!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REMOVE THE BATTERY!!

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I did it. In fact, I always do it since DFI nForce2. Yet it didn't prevent the board from somehow damaging 2 closest ram slots to the cpu. And yes, I tested, the other slots work fine up to 270htt at least.

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Originally Posted by mrlobber

I did it. In fact, I always do it since DFI nForce2. Yet it didn't prevent the board from somehow damaging 2 closest ram slots to the cpu. And yes, I tested, the other slots work fine up to 270htt at least.

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yeah , but you did not kill the bios. there must be other issues. If you kill your bios by not properly resetting your CMOS... :stick: It says to remove the battery in the manual, does it not?

while trial and erroring with memsettings in the bios, i had about 3-4 times that the pc didnt boot anymore...

i just unplugged power, and switched the reset bios jumper...

i remember it didnt allways work from the first time (had to switch that jumper a few (2-3) times or something?)

but eventually it allways worked....

and that was without unplugging any battery

is it dangerous to do it like this then?

Odd, I NEVER had to remove the battery to clear cmos on any of my Abits. Heck I never even had to unplug the power cable in the back. Just flip the switch and hit the power button a few times. DFIs sure are fragile.

What i find funny is both the Infinity Ultra & Ultra D killed bios chips on me but yet My UT Never gave me any problem what so ever. Never should have sold it. Well at least i have a few chips left over from my Infinity. ;)