Well I think i'm ganna stick with nf4 because of SATA2 and some other features, but i'm still going to have to wait til the X800XL comes out...
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Well I think i'm ganna stick with nf4 because of SATA2 and some other features, but i'm still going to have to wait til the X800XL comes out...
damn ATI taking forever. Im ready to upgrade to PCI-e too. Except, it wont be with this chaintech crap. :)
Ya but all the nf4 ultra boards are 180-200 bucks which is way too much.
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Originally Posted by apu673
The Gigabyte K8NF-9 can be had for $150 or less... I know I just ordered one ;)
Thats the nforce regular chip and doesn't overclock worth crap compared to the ultra.
Hi maybe this can help. Anand Tech official Chaintec vnf-4 thread.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...&enterthread=y
**Official Chaintech Zenith VNF4 nForce4 Motherboard Thread**
Alrighty but it's really just one post... and we're smarter than he is :p: Hehe... no really though... I would have liked to seen his windows overclocking results vrs. Bios. He talks about the NIC alot, really.... overclocking > *
Welcome to XS :toast:
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Originally Posted by texuspete2k2
Actualy you can install your xp upgrade copy to a clean hard drive. You dont need to install 98 first.
Just boot the xp cdrom, somewhere in the install process it will check for a previously installed copy of windows on your hard drives.
If it doesnt find one it will ask you to insert a 9x/Nt cd to confirm prior o.s. ownership. Put your 98 cd in the drive.
It will then ask you to replace the xp cd and continue the install normaly.
No need for Fdisk and Format commands, or floppy boot disks. The xp install cd will allow you to partition and format your drives.
(Forgive me if you already know this)
No I didn't know that... thanks. I had heard something like that but my CD simply wont boot up. I guess next time I'll futz with it some more. My win2000 cd boots straight up. Hmm... maybe it has something to do with the way I backed it up. I do use a backup of XP pro. I'll definitely have a look.
New BIOS available:
Version : Beta_0117
Date: 2005/1/17
Note : Solved some issues as below:
Feature :
1.S4 can not get back to winxp.
2.win2000 installation issue.
3.add 1T2T of memory setting.
4.overclocking possibility issue.
http://www.chaintech.com.tw/tw/eng/D...No=4&PISNo=318
hrm, will play tonight!
if someone can dl and host this bios that would be nice, i can't hit the chaintech site :(
The download links are:
http://www.chaintech.com.tw/tw/download/k8/VN210117.exe
http://www.chaintechusa.com/download/k8/VN210117.exe
If you can't download it I can e-mail it to you. The file is about 330 KB.
actually I got it now and emailed it to myself at home. Hope this fixes issue as I was wanting to do a small review on this board vs Gigabyte NF4 4X but the chaintech issues had forced me to box up the board and not even use it.
Oh man this is fantastic I should be receiving my review sample late this week or early next week.
I will definitely being doing as planned
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~Bob
excellent! thanks for the update. I still have my VNF4. John I hope you have better luck this time. I just got off the phone with Jim K. from Chaintech usa. I told him to create an acct on xs so we can get better chaintech support. He was trying to clock his vnf4 while I was talking to him, but was still unable to hit 270x9 with a 166 divider. this is not good news, but maybe his ram was holding him back or something else. I am in Florida right now and can't play with the board at this time, so we are really depending on Jnav89GT for some results with the new bios. good luck. :)
Jim is that you?
Excellent! we have an official Chaintechy on XS! welcome to XS :toast:
Yeah, my VNF4 will not go past 240HTT on the original BIOS. I am hoping to get the chance to try the new beta BIOS tonight, and see if it helps. I know my CHIP will do much higher, because I can reach 290HTT stable in windows Using ClockGen, but I would much rather reach 290HTT (or higher) via the BIOS. Using ClockGen for overclocking is a pretty weak way to have to go. :( I love the board other than it's overclocking, so it is not too big of a deal if it will not get there.Quote:
Originally Posted by trans am
No problem! Just pass out the goodies, and let us worry about what happens when we use em.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaintech_Eng
By the way, do you know if any major sites plan to review the VNF4? I cannot find reviews of this board anywhere, and I think Chaintech is missing an opportunity to get the word out about a great board!
I'm installing winxp now on this board and will try beta bios
I will report back tonight
see what happens!
ok, some good some bad!
bios doesn't fix everything, but something positive to report
After flash computer beeped the bios beep of death lol!
Luckily I just cleared cmos and it posted.
Decided to try mild oc to 250HTT at 10 multi on my 3500+ that does 2.7ghz easy.
Fail to post and get the oc failure screen, keyboard doesn't work so I hit reset and prior to getting into bios via delete key I see my settings "took" was running 2.5ghz etc...
Booted to windows and will test more. Prior to this bios I couldn't post bios over 220MHz
Cool deal, Hey Chaintech_Eng (sorry must be incogneato) I will pass along my review to it as soon as I get the board and rig up and running.
BTW I am Khellandros66 (Robert Becker) Site Admin and Reviewer for Moddershq.net any more details just email me
khellandros66@moddershq.net
~Bob
who's Jim?
Umm, I hate to tell you, but the original BIOS would do 240HTT stable. I have been running my VNF4 at 240HTT (with an A643000+, which overclocked it to 2.16 GHZ) since before new years. I am running 2GB of Kingston HyperX at 2-3-2-10 timings, at 406MHZ in dual channel. My CPU is running at 1.6V (up from 1.4), my RAM is at 1.7V (up from 1.6), and I upped the chipset voltage by .1V. I am running at an HTT divider of 3X, since the 4X divider would not let me get to 240. I have not tried the beta BIOS on the site yet, but I will tonight, and hopefully it will let me pass 240 (or at least take my ram out of 2t, since I am running 4 sticks of DDR400 in dual channel).Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaintech_Eng
Edit: And it definitely passes 3D benchmarks at this OC, I have played HalfLife 2 with it for hours this way, and benchmarked in 3dmark 03, and 05.