DFI NF4 Ultra/SLi-D BUGS and Fixes Thread

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Originally Posted by Snowman89

you probably killed your cpu, what cooling and what cpu?

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no he didn't kill the cpu, don't get him all worried for something that's not even his fault. the cpu voltages options he applied *136% weren't even applied to the cpu yet if he didn't post. sounds like a different problem...

some psu's are incompatible with the 4vdimm setting on the dfi motherboard. my zippy 6701 is incompatible. atm, whether it is the motherboard or the psu's fault is unknown. zippy is an manufacturer with an excellent reputation for server psu's where quality and reliability is paramount. i wouldn't be surprised if it's a fault with the dfi. oskar wu has passed on word through opb that there is a design flaw in the zippy. atm, i'm trying to get by with what 3.2v will get me on my ocz vx/twinmos utt.

Got the same problem here with a 3500+ Winchester, everything above 11x220 = no go
However 10x266 2-2-2-7-10-17 runs fine :)

On my old Neo2 11x250 wasn't a problem, so it's something in the mainboard. I am also using the 02/09 bios, however it was also with the stock bios (01/26 i believe).

I personally don't have a problem with it, cause this way my mem is maxed out :)

Tomorrow I will get my 3000+ from RMA and will let it know if it has the same problem. I hope that isn't the case, 8x multi sux ;)

I cannot get my VX to OC above 220 When the Chip and MB has done way over that before.

:(

Is it chronic or acute syndrome ? :hehe:

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Originally Posted by tictac

Is it chronic or acute syndrome ?

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:confused: uhm........


Anyways I have tried both sticks seperately and bios hangs @ 215 @ 3.4V for both sticks.

My crappy TCCD had no problems. :(

our board fixed itself.
solution to our no boot issue was to add another video card......!! :shrug: :grr:

And no it had nothing to do with the SLI connector

Hi,

after few days and hard work the board became working.
First I can't install windows when USB Mouse in Bios --> enable and keyboard
After installing 5x200 ldt is very unstable. Data loss etc. So I decided to format my raid0 on my PCI Highpoint Raid after I backed up all data to my 160gb maxtor on IDE 0 master. After destroy stripe and rebuild I startet win2k from secondary master and all data were loss on my backup hd. The partition table was erased. *lol*

More then 3.6Vmem is not possible because @3,7 I get bluescreen on booting with my bh-5

The CPU temperature in mbm5 and smartguardian shows always about 70 degrees??? In bios it is about 20 degrees.

I have a crappy 3200 winnie 2750@1,75Vcore waterchilled

All this with the new beta bios

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Originally Posted by diamonddog

Hi,

The CPU temperature in mbm5 and smartguardian shows always about 70 degrees??? In bios it is about 20 degrees.

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You are using the wrong sensor selection in MBM5.

Viper

there are only 3 sensors. One is ambient one is chipset and one is cpu. When I start windows mbm shows the right temp for the cpu maybe for 5 sec and then it switches to 66 degrees

ok I set it now to sensor1 diode and now it works *hm* I think after the last bios update it has been changed because before it was set to sensor 1 and it worked fine

anyone got a link for the 2.09 bios ?
Can't find it in tictacs link

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Originally Posted by graham_h

anyone got a link for the 2.09 bios ?
Can't find it in tictacs link

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http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/b...s/N24LD209.rar

Didnt get the cpu today btw, getting it tomorrow so i'll see if it has the same multiplier issue.

i've got a bit of a weird issue i cant use even multipliers sometimes a bit more voltage to the vcore helps but it varies. ie i memtested stable at 255x9 and 255x7 but 255x8 and 255x10 when i try to boot just before where it verifies the back up bios it hangs and in a few seconds reboots. using the 2/09 bios 2/01 didnt work well for me at all.

Man, ive been reading the posts and alot of stuff is really wrong...lol. Ive seen people say that if you have a revision1 Ultra d and 512 double sidded OCZ TCCD memory you cant overclock.......well, is 305 at 1T good enough to fix that? Ive had NO problems with my OCZ Platinum Rev2 on my Ultra-D at all, i keep it at ddr550 at 1T with 2.5-3-3-7 settings at 2.8 volts....

My DFI NF4 SLI-D arrived but no where in the manual does it even mention the 6 jumper blocks and which config is meant for SLI mode or Single video card mode ?

Which is which ?

thanks

I know, would have been nice right?

the side closest to the main pci-e 16 is for single mode and the other side is for sli. btw theres a better manual on the cd, its alot bigger. also silkscreened on the board is says which jumpers change it from a 16x2 to 8x8 it just doesnt say sli anywhere there

ah it ain't in the cd manual, so gotta download the web site one

thats odd its in my manual on my cd, pages 65-68, you must have gotten an old one i guess :)

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Originally Posted by graham_h

anyone got a link for the 2.09 bios ?
Can't find it in tictacs link

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Isn't there a central 3rd party DFI database of all the bioses including betas like 209 somewhere?

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Originally Posted by ViperJohn

You are using the wrong sensor selection in MBM5.

Viper

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hi viper :) Do you know the right sensor config for mbm ? I have mbm, speedfan, sandra and a bunch more tools...and EACH of these tools shows different values... (for voltages and temps).

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Originally Posted by Xerxes

thats odd its in my manual on my cd, pages 65-68, you must have gotten an old one i guess :)

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my manual only has 56 pages in total hehe

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Originally Posted by eva2000

my manual only has 56 pages in total hehe

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mine also ust has 56

Seems that on this board my Asus EN6800U's run 13C's hotter then they did
with my Ga-K8NXP board. I am using same drivers that i did in my Giga board.
Same ambient room temp area. Although this board is solid in VCore and Vdimm stablity, for sli i rather have lower gpu temps.
My gpu clocks are lower also at stock gpu core/mem.
Right now on the DFI i am at 425/1100.
My K8NXP was stock @ 434/1138.

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Hi Guys, Hi OCZ,

Today my DFI SLI-D arrived. after I had connected all cables from my ocz 520watt i wanted start the PC and bang my ocz make a loud bang and lightning shot through.

My PSU is now damaged and im not the first with this problem :(

What to do? RMA?

gretz mrki

dynasty, is the NF4 chip running hotter on the DFI? only thing i can really htink of is that the vid cards are pulling in hotter air to begin with...

I don't know if this is where I should post it but I just found out that doing the ricky & pedro tweak will fu*k up the bw, it did for me, I didnt get more then 6151mb/s @ 2.6ghz 260FSB 2-2-2-5. I restored the old drivers and then I got 6729mb/s @ 2.4ghz 260FSB 2-2-2-5 :D

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Originally Posted by NiCKE^

I don't know if this is where I should post it but I just found out that doing the ricky & pedro tweak will fu*k up the bw, it did for me, I didnt get more then 6151mb/s @ 2.6ghz 260FSB 2-2-2-5. I restored the old drivers and then I got 6729mb/s @ 2.4ghz 260FSB 2-2-2-5 :D

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what is this tweak you are referring to?

I know ricky multi acpi but what is pedro?

Pedro is the friend of Ricky, if I'm not wrong they were the first to break 40k in 3d1 with their tweak with a FX53, there's a thread about that

It's the Multi ACPI tweak I mean.

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Originally Posted by Dynasty

Seems that on this board my Asus EN6800U's run 13C's hotter then they did
with my Ga-K8NXP board. I am using same drivers that i did in my Giga board.
Same ambient room temp area. Although this board is solid in VCore and Vdimm stablity, for sli i rather have lower gpu temps.
My gpu clocks are lower also at stock gpu core/mem.
Right now on the DFI i am at 425/1100.
My K8NXP was stock @ 434/1138.

:yawn:

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use zalman fan bracket and 120x38mm fan over cards, my DFI temps for my 2x eVGA 6800U PCI-E with fan over top, is only 2-4C higher than on my spacious Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe :)

manage the same 455/1215 clocks on my cards on DFI as with A8N-SLI

I've heard that lots of DFI supporters should look around this forum :)

So here goes...

3,5x HTT would be LOVELY - Since lots of the boards max'es out around 340FSB... Giving you 1020 in 3x - and in 4x 1360, which many CPU's dislike.... 3,5x would be perfect for squasing the last out of the CPU... Im currently running mine at 318x8,5 - If I shall run 4x - I have to go to 305FSB or such... :(

Best regards
1 2 know

do you have ram capable of 340mhz? If so, you bastard. If not, then it doesnt matter, as the highest 1:1 you can get, the better. Unless you're on a 3000+ with the 9x multi then you shouldnt really need to go above 305htt or whatever.. and as it is whats wrong with 340x3=1020 ? thats roughly what the freq is meant to be..

Well use 8,5 multiplier... My motherboard dislike 10x :(

Divider "166"

1st Hi to all, great forums, good to be here!

Today i installed me Ultra-D (rev 02). Im using the 24 pin connector and 4 pin from PSU. GFX card is on PCI-E connector, in slot 1, jumpers set to single mode. GFX fan is ok.

When i start system the 4th diagnostic led (VGA) stays on. Some beeps and system turns off. Unfortunately i dont have another PCI-E card/mainboard to check if card is death, but tried an old PCI card and still same problem, so dont think its me GFX card.

Already tried: CMOS clear, connecting all 4 power connectors to board, 1 RAM dimm in every slot, RAM jumper on default and on 2+3, PCI card instead of PCI-E, but still a no go. I hope someone has an idea what the prob might be....

I have same problem with my RAM, when i use only one Mushkin LV2 TCCD, it boot. When i plug one more adata DDR500 in for dual channel, i have same problem like u. Look like NF4 doesnt love various RAM so much :(

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieLenneth

I have same problem with my RAM, when i use only one Mushkin LV2 TCCD, it boot. When i plug one more adata DDR500 in for dual channel, i have same problem like u. Look like NF4 doesnt love various RAM so much :(

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Mixing different sticks is a pretty bad idea especially with a board known to be as picky as the DFI.

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use zalman fan bracket and 120x38mm fan over cards

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Actually, what I did was have an metal rail bracket with 2 x 80mm tornados
blowing air over both 6800 ultras. Reduced temps by 11C's per card. :cool:

Im using 2 dimms VX that ran fine together on me old board.

Hi does anyone know of a cputest of some kind that can be put on a floppy?
I can't get into windows anymore after feeding the cpu with 1.7 for some minutes.

there was suppose to be a cputest as well as memtest in the bios but it never surfaced.

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Originally Posted by Mrki

Hi Guys, Hi OCZ,

Today my DFI SLI-D arrived. after I had connected all cables from my ocz 520watt i wanted start the PC and bang my ocz make a loud bang and lightning shot through.

My PSU is now damaged and im not the first with this problem :(

What to do? RMA?

gretz mrki

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Hmmm, sounds like you connected the PSU the wrong way. Email me and I'll get you an RMA going. Please mention teh issue, XS and your forum name.

Thanks.

still no joy with 2 sticks of ram

Mrki, same thing happened to me yesterday when I was troubleshooting my system. Disconnected all powercables, took out one memory stick, resetted cmos, plugged power back in, waited 5 secs, pushed the on button. Thunder and lightning came out of my modstream 520w, and the mirrored surface it has got a bit darker with weird color on it o_O

I don't hope this is posted before, but I didn't want to read the entire thread again ;)

On my DFI I want to use a IDE HDD for benching, but I can't get it to work. After format and copying of the first files it reboots, which is normal, but after that I get the message: Error loading operating system. I thought it was the HDD so I tried another (80GB Maxtor) but I got the same message.

Hope someone can help me... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by graham_h

still no joy with 2 sticks of ram

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grab another pair of same ram and try maybe got a bad pair ?

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Originally Posted by Chris85

I don't hope this is posted before, but I didn't want to read the entire thread again ;)

On my DFI I want to use a IDE HDD for benching, but I can't get it to work. After format and copying of the first files it reboots, which is normal, but after that I get the message: Error loading operating system. I thought it was the HDD so I tried another (80GB Maxtor) but I got the same message.

Hope someone can help me... :rolleyes:

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did you set the hard disk boot priority in the bios?

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Originally Posted by andyOCZ

Hmmm, sounds like you connected the PSU the wrong way. Email me and I'll get you an RMA going. Please mention teh issue, XS and your forum name.

Thanks.

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No, i have connected the right way.

Thanks to you for this nice support.

good work guys ...

my bequiet is not so good like my ocz ... :(

but the ram runs very good with my sli-d

http://mitglied.lycos.de/siedl/DFI%2..._3_7_prime.jpg

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Originally Posted by andyOCZ

Hmmm, sounds like you connected the PSU the wrong way. Email me and I'll get you an RMA going. Please mention teh issue, XS and your forum name.

Thanks.

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:D Hey Andy, my OCZ PWSTRM 520W is still alive, only board has been DOA.

But I wonder about a lot of exploded PSUs connected with the DFI NF4, so is there an issue I should know before my RMA'd board is back?

Don't get me wrong, I never had a problem with OCZ products but I still feel really pissed because of the DOA board so I want to avoid a damaged PSU on my second trial......... :toast:

If I change the memory timings(upper half of DRAM Configuration) when the memory is set to asynchronous, some errors occur in Memtest.
If I set the memory to synchronous once, change the timings, and set it back to asynchronous, the errors don't occur.
So I have to change the timings when the memory is set to synchronous, reboot, and set it to asynchronous.
I'm sorry for my bad English.

there has been a lot of things in this thread...cant anyone just make a resume for the most common errors and solutions...and important tricks and bios settings and versions

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Originally Posted by HARDCORECLOCKER

:D Hey Andy, my OCZ PWSTRM 520W is still alive, only board has been DOA.

But I wonder about a lot of exploded PSUs connected with the DFI NF4, so is there an issue I should know before my RMA'd board is back?

Don't get me wrong, I never had a problem with OCZ products but I still feel really pissed because of the DOA board so I want to avoid a damaged PSU on my second trial......... :toast:

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The best I can say is that I have an off the shelf board that I purchased at Fry's and a 600w Powerstream PSU that came off the shelf at OCZ. I'm running SLI and have no no issues at all. I have 2 x BFG 6600GT OC and got 7385 in 3dm05.

why doesnt the stupid ntune show cpu temp... its done this before and i forget what i did to fix it.. i think i reinstalled but that hasnt done it this time.. its only showing gpu temp at the mo.. any ideas>

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Originally Posted by andyOCZ

The best I can say is that I have an off the shelf board that I purchased at Fry's and a 600w Powerstream PSU that came off the shelf at OCZ. I'm running SLI and have no no issues at all. I have 2 x BFG 6600GT OC and got 7385 in 3dm05.

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:D THX Andy, so I'm looking forward to get a running system.... :toast:

hello,

I'm having a lot of problems with this mobo :( and maybe you can help me :)

well, i'm with the bios 218. (Bank interleve is dissabled)
winchester 3000+
2x512MB XMS 3200 C2 rev4.1 (They're supoused* to be TCCD)

1) i can't boot with a different multiplier than 9x or 5x :eek:
2) My i can run for 350 passes the test5 of memtest at 285Mhz 2.5-4-3-10-1T and then i can't even run spi 8M :( . Can i trust memtest?
3) i can't bott with HTT higer than 265 :s , what i have to do is to boot with 5x multiplier and then in windows set 9x with clockgen

I Dont know guys, DFI it's said to be the best mobo, but I've never had this kind of problems with my Neo2. So it would be very great if you gould help me

i don't know maybe there is a jumper i've in wrong position (I havent switch any) as it happened my with a soltek i had


*) I'm sorry, my english is very bad

Could be your ram to board compatible issue.
The dfi Ultra is 5x better then the Neo2, in my case it is. My Neo2 hated my BH-5/6 rams no matter which bios I tried, the dfi is loving them.
Also I am using the 520w OCZ and have reported no issues with this psu. :cool:

maybe, anyway i'm waiting for 1GB of twinmos sp. i hope not to have all this problems

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Originally Posted by steve-0

1) i can't boot with a different multiplier than 9x or 5x :eek:
2) My i can run for 350 passes the test5 of memtest at 285Mhz

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Don't worry.. I can't boot with 7x multiplier... I reckon it's the Winni's memory controller...

Stability in MemTest does not guarantee stability in Windows.. it gives you a rough indication of what's probably stable... SuperPi 32M is a good indicator :)

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Originally Posted by Xcalibur

Don't worry.. I can't boot with 7x multiplier... I reckon it's the Winni's memory controller...

Stability in MemTest does not guarantee stability in Windows.. it gives you a rough indication of what's probably stable... SuperPi 32M is a good indicator :)

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ok thank's :) . well, some improoves here. with OPB's timming settings i can run spi 8M at 272HTT (2.5-3-3-6) but i can't even boot at 275HTT :D

do you think that maybe is because i have a 20 pines PSU? would it be a difference with the 24 pines adapter?

Cheers :toast:

No i think PSU is not the problem. I'm currently using Antec True Control 550 which is a 20 pins PSU and it works fine. All voltage rail are over the requirement. And i can run @ 300HTT without problems.
PS: Plug all power connector to MB and lower HTT Ratio, with over 250, set it to 3x :) . If u want over 1000Mhz HTT bus, try to increase LDT/HTT Voltage tto 1.3 or higher ;)

i'm going to buy DFI NF4 ULTRA-D soon

does my TAGAN 480W PSU suits enough ? in terms of 20/24 pin connector ?

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Originally Posted by brassen

Yesterday I got my DFI Ultra-D and installed everything. It all went fine and I left the computer on overnight to transfer some files to it, and this morning everything was still working fine. I started installing important programs such as Norton Antivirus 2005 and ISS Blackice. Once I was done installing blackice I was surfing around on the internet and suddenly the BSOD appears and the computer reboots. I heard a short signal from the motherboard while this happens, and another one when the computer boots up again. I got into windows again and I sit there looking at the desktop for a while. After a while the bluescreen reappears and the computer reboots again. I decided to raise VDimm to 3.2 for my VX and boot the computer again. Now the BSOD randomly appears after logging into Windows, but sometimes it does not. Please help

All settings in bios are at standard except for the vdimm voltage. I'm using bios 1/25. I am using the chipset drivers included on the cd that came with the motherboard. It appears the BSOD always appears again after a while, not always after the log in.

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Hey, I've started getting the same thing!! Initially I had the 4-pin molex power connector plugged in, and everything was fine - i took it out, and then this started happening *I think*, so I've plugged it back in, and am still testing to see if it will crash.... Give it a try :)

Anyone tried going up more then 3,8v?

At 3,9 windows won't boot...if i change to 3,8v everything works like a charm!

Tried boot at default, boot with oc, boot with default settings then change with a64tweaker, boot with different timmings, try raising the 12/5/3,3v rails of my 465 enermax the same, LDT and Chipste voltage max, pci-ex at 105 (ati card) none of this works...

Any idea?

btw does it worth buying a 20 to 24 atx pin adapter to use? I know this is not the reason why 3,9v aren't working cuzz i have a friend with the same problem with a 520w ocz psu...

Got to try 3,9 and 4v to see if my bh-5 scale a little more ;)

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/5704/bh5power0zp.jpg

got a question. does anyone know what the pci express frequency is for in the bios? it's default setting is 100mhz, and you can up it to 400 somthing. has anyone messed with it? i've seen someone set it to 103. dont know why tho.

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Originally Posted by TEDY

i'm going to buy DFI NF4 ULTRA-D soon

does my TAGAN 480W PSU suits enough ? in terms of 20/24 pin connector ?

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TG480 U01 here works like a charm ! ;)

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieLenneth

No i think PSU is not the problem. I'm currently using Antec True Control 550 which is a 20 pins PSU and it works fine. All voltage rail are over the requirement. And i can run @ 300HTT without problems.
PS: Plug all power connector to MB and lower HTT Ratio, with over 250, set it to 3x :) . If u want over 1000Mhz HTT bus, try to increase LDT/HTT Voltage tto 1.3 or higher ;)

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That's only got 24A on the 12V rail -- right?

Snowice - Im wondering the exact same thing, gfx's supose to run 100mhz I've heard... But I read the other day on a site, dont remember which... - That 105 for x850XT should be good, havnt tested it though ;)

As well I wonder.... In the menu where you set first priority device etc... - Theres something about a size - Some ppl say It's supose to be set to 256 - the memory amount on gfx... But standart is 4096...

Im a bit confused.....
As well there's other things that gets on my nervs... - The board requeres more vdimm for my ram than A8N-SLI... And they "max" out 20 mhz lower :(
Another thing that I sadly dont remember with my A8N-SLI... - Was the max Async time... - Which according to Tom H's SuperPI guide should be quite important - On the DFI card, I cant get it to boot at 7 - 8 is minimum - at lower than std. speed (for mem)

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"Added stability when using SLI" or something like that DFI says.
I'm having some problems with my USB mouse, I've enabled both the keyboard and the mouse in the bios, but when booting into windows only my keyboard responds. If i pull out the mouse cable and put it in again it works, anyone know why this happens?

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this problem could be solved by moving usb jumpers to 5vSB instead of 5v...look in the manual for those jumpers.....it seems to solve the problem for most ppl.

how about the internet problem??? which rev boards has it, what bios are you using, and what have you tried?.........i know someone descirbed something about putting the MAC adress into bios manuelly.......just cant find it in this big forum.

another problem with a solution was something about settings in bios, and somethings you would have to change 1 setting and save in a special way.....

any of these problems that has been solved with newest bios (218 AFAIK) ???
Come on, lets get a resume of this thread about most common problems and their solutions!!!

I have some trouble with overclocking the DFI nf4 sli-d. This is probably noobish and the problem is me not setting some bios settings correctly, but I will give it a shot anyways.

Using the 209 bios, winchester 3500+, 2x512 TwinMos Winbond UTT and bequiet 470W.
My temps should be fine with XP-120, but when I put the multiplier to 11x and start raising the HTT with clockgen 5Mhz a time with 5-15 minutes of superpi in between (Prime95 crashed much sooner) Windows crashes before I reach 220. Now, I'd imagine it'd go higher. What am I doing wrong here?

My PSU is a 400W northQ, only think it got 15a on 12+

Can that be an issue?

OK, when I first got my board, before I got my BH6, I was running some OCZ 3700 Gold rev 3, with hynix chips, at 250htt. Its been out for a while, but I put it back in for some testing. Switched back to 3.3v for vdimm, cleared cmos in the normal way, loaded default settings, and couldn't get above 210htt! WTF! Tried rolling back to older bios version, no go. Started up A64tweaker, and noticed Max Async Lat was set to 5ns (auto in bios). Set it to 7ns and I'm able to get to 260htt 1T! :toast:

This brings me on to a problem I have... What is limiting my RAM O/C? Both sets of ram (BH6 and hynix) reach 260 1:1. Neither will do 262. I had the hynix at 270 2T on an Asus SLI board, so would expect the same on this board, but nope, makes no difference set to 262, and reboot.

Memory controller?

Anyone experience weird temps between different cpus ? I tried several remounts and this is what i get


now i swapped to 3500+ 0441 TPAW and cpu temps are high again even after 6 remounts!

3200+ CBBHD 0450 UPJW
@2700mhz at ~1.6v
CPU idle = 41-43C
CPU load = 51-56C

3200+ CBBHD 0445 VPMW
@2700mhz at ~1.6v
CPU idle = 31-33C
CPU load = 41-46C

3500+ CBBFD 0441 TPAW
@2700mhz at ~1.6v
CPU idle = 38-43C
CPU load = 51-57C

cooled by MCW6002 + MCP650 + MCP600 in series with Thermochill 120.3 with 3x 120x38mm Panaflo 103cfm fans

room temp 29-33C

geeze what are you doing with them...

i want this one

3200+ CBBHD 0445 VPMW
@2700mhz at ~1.6v
CPU idle = 31-33C
CPU load = 41-46C

Hi...

Some pages ago, some people had problem with voltage over 3.5
I read it but I don't care, 'cos my mobo semms to go perfectly.

Now i've done some more test and i've seen i have that problem.
At 3.5 i have some error in memtest (about 2 per loop) from 250 to 268, so i think it's a mobo issue.

Does anyone fix this issue???

Is there a modded bios which allows 3.3+ vdimm using 3.3 rail (i've a ocz powerstream and I can set 3.3 rail as I want)

Thx

This upsets me. I KNOW Bigtoe showed us a bios for this board where the 3.3v rail could be used to power the ram. He had his at 3.5 and fed 3.4v to the ram to get 260 if I remember correctly. I bought a powerstream just for this however now it seems you can only power the ram from the 5v rail which shows to be not the most stable and also generates tremendous heat. The UT 250 did so good powering from the 3.3v rail why can't this be done now?

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Originally Posted by cantankerous

This upsets me. I KNOW Bigtoe showed us a bios for this board where the 3.3v rail could be used to power the ram. He had his at 3.5 and fed 3.4v to the ram to get 260 if I remember correctly. I bought a powerstream just for this however now it seems you can only power the ram from the 5v rail which shows to be not the most stable and also generates tremendous heat. The UT 250 did so good powering from the 3.3v rail why can't this be done now?

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I hope a new bios come soon...

My vx need VOLTAGE!!! :D

Ok, I tried memtest at timings 2-2-2-8 @220mhz, first at 3,4V and got massive amounts of errors immidiatly, tried lowering the voltage to 3,2V and the HTT to 200mhz, and this time the errors didn't appear as fast before but still they were there. What do you guys recommend I do?
Flash to the latest bios, loosen my timings a little bit or what?
What settings do you guys have exactly for your VXses?

Ok i hate to do this but i need help, i have looked at every post, tried evey method i could find, updated the bios to 2/1/05, put only one stick in bank 2.... and i cannot get my DFI Ultra-D to boot.

DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D
AMD Athlon64 3000+
512mb of Kingmax Hardcore PC4000 (or 512 of Geil Golden Dragon PC3700)
ATI Radon X800XL 256mb PCI-Express
2x Maxtor DiamondMax10 SATA 250gb 16mb
MSI 48x CDRW
Skyhawk 570w PSU

Any suggestions are welcom

//update the only time it will post is right after i clear the cmos, as soon as i load the defaults it hangs, if i reboot it hangs...

//update now using 2/17/05 bios and same thing happnes after loading optimized defaults system hangs on reboot.

//update its not hanging i can reboot, but when i go to install or load any os, linux or windows from the cdrom it hangs and i have to use the power/reset

//update got it working it did not like my MSI cdrom which i verified is good on another computer.

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Originally Posted by cantankerous

This upsets me. I KNOW Bigtoe showed us a bios for this board where the 3.3v rail could be used to power the ram. He had his at 3.5 and fed 3.4v to the ram to get 260 if I remember correctly. I bought a powerstream just for this however now it seems you can only power the ram from the 5v rail which shows to be not the most stable and also generates tremendous heat. The UT 250 did so good powering from the 3.3v rail why can't this be done now?

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That was not a BIOS, it was a mod he did. I am with Bigtoe right now at the TGF in Dallas for some wild and crazy overclocking action ;). I will ask him anout it when he's awake. He's sleeping like a baby.

I have had no issues using the 5v jumper setting. Just have a fan blowing on the MOSFET with the big heatsink that's by the jumper. My VX happens to work best with 3.4v anyway no matter what board I use.

It seems that a LOT of frustration over this board is due to the complexity of the BIOS... last night I was hitting 300+ HTT and today with a new o/s and SLI setup, apparently I'm missing something in the settings.... maxing at 255 today :(
I know it's USER ERROR, lol but am trying to find some clear guidelines to optimal settings.

C

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Originally Posted by charlie

It seems that a LOT of frustration over this board is due to the complexity of the BIOS... last night I was hitting 300+ HTT and today with a new o/s and SLI setup, apparently I'm missing something in the settings.... maxing at 255 today :(
I know it's USER ERROR, lol but am trying to find some clear guidelines to optimal settings.

C

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i know what you mean on A8N-SLI Deluxe i had my 2x 3200+ and 3500 winnie are 3dmark/benchable @ 2700mhz 1.6v (1.55v in bios), on DFI NF4 SLI-D with same cooling only one cpu did 2745mhz at 1.632v 3dmark benchable other cpus 2600-2680mhz at 1.632v and 10C hotter than other cpu

Could someone give me a link to the latest bios, can't find the old thread.

thanks for the clarification Andy. I look forward to hearing back from you or Tony on the mod. Have fun out there! Must be a blast!

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Originally Posted by brassen

Could someone give me a link to the latest bios, can't find the old thread.

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http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/b...s/nf4ld209.rar

http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/b...s/nf4ld217.rar

http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/b...s/nf4ld218.rar

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Support/Downlo...FLAG=B&SITE=US


Is there anyone close to DFI that can host a public directory for all these beta bioses that Oscar puts out so people can easily check for the latest updates and test bioses?

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http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/b...s/nf4ld209.rar

http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/b...s/nf4ld217.rar

http://oskarwu.myweb.hinet.net/dfi/b...s/nf4ld218.rar

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Support/Downlo...FLAG=B&SITE=US

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:D Good work xgman, what about 2/19 - any news ??? :toast:

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:D Good work xgman, what about 2/19 - any news ??? :toast:

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No seems like 218 was the latest as of yesterday according to "Kent" at DFI Taiwan anyway.

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Originally Posted by xgman

No seems like 218 was the latest as of yesterday according to "Kent" at DFI Taiwan anyway.

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:D O.K. - THX mate, I'm sure I read it here somewhere but maybe was a typo... :toast:

Ok, I've flashed to 2/18 now. Going to get this party started.

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Ok, I've flashed to 2/18 now. Going to get this party started.

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:D Fine, please report Your settings and some benchies here when it runs......... :toast:

How does 2/18 help compared to 1/25??
Using TCCD.

C

I had no change.

Perhaps this has been mentioned before, but the NF4 does not like *anything* in the USB port below the firewire.

I set the machine up again, after re-mounting my water cooling after a minor circuit modification, and I could OC by about 3 mhz :rolleys: I though I had screwed something up with the GFX, as the last led (the one about VGA detect) was always on untill I reached the IRQ screen. Then everything froze. After some initial stress I figured that I should plug the USB connector to the one under the LAN connector, and thus my issues went away.

Trans Am, you don't feel like making a summary of the problems and summary in the first post do you?

Dave

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Originally Posted by sauria

That's only got 24A on the 12V rail -- right?

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Sure, but you can see all my rails are very good even in fullload (Folding + SuperPI) :) Sorry for Dual Monitors Pic :)

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieLenneth

Sure, but you can see all my rails are very good even in fullload (Folding + SuperPI) :) Sorry for Dual Monitors Pic :)

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OT

Don't care about the mobo sensors...
My dfi read 11.8, by tester is 12.2 ;)

OT2

An HD@56 °C??? :eek: :eek: :eek:

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieLenneth

Sure, but you can see all my rails are very good even in fullload (Folding + SuperPI) :) Sorry for Dual Monitors Pic :)

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True, have you measured with a Volt Meter?

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=137886

I'm trying to figure out how best to do this myself on an installed 550W true control -- perhaps just measure on an empty molex connector?

These used to be "premium" supplies. I have two of them but I fear that they are only marginal for my nforce 3 250 systems.

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieLenneth

Sure, but you can see all my rails are very good even in fullload (Folding + SuperPI) :) Sorry for Dual Monitors Pic :)

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:confused: What's up to Your -12 rail, at only -8,91 ??? :toast:

The readings are screwed. Mobo shows 12,16, multi reads 12,38, had to adjust THAT.

I have to find which USB port to use, they're SCREWY. This board need love and attention, which is basically a fancy term for trial-and-error.

Weird board...

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Originally Posted by charlie

How does 2/18 help compared to 1/25??
Using TCCD.

C

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oh my god yes!

damn i got A.00 :(