The ultimate DFI Lanparty nF4 thread

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Hi everyone!

I have created this thread because the other one (http://xtremesystems.org/forums/show...1&page=1&pp=25) was getting a little crowded and, more importantly, it was becoming more and more off topic.

Here is a sum up of our findings:

Official DFI nF4 page:

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/produc...et+939&SITE=US

Official DFI Manual:

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Support/Downlo...YPE=LP&SITE=US

OPB's (Onepagebook's) manual:

onepage.techcool.co.uk/lpnf4.pdf

NOTE
There are minor differences between these two manuals. The one from OPB talks about the DFI Smartspeed software, wheras the official manual does not.

Other websites:

http://forum.hardware.fr/hardwarefr/...t-652188-1.htm

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2319&p=2

(Notice oscar_wu's OC - 370MHz FSB)

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...&pagenumber=43
Other interesting OC facts:
-Up to 4V VDIMM (from 5V line on PSU)
-Up to 2.1 VCORE
For the overclocking minded enthusiasts, the nF4 motherboards now support memory voltage from 2.5V to 4.0V, CPU core voltage up to 2.1V, chipset voltage from 1.5V to 1.8V, HTT ranging from 1.2 to 1.5, adjustable multiplier control up to 20x and a large range of Async settings.

Order sites:
http://www.mittoni.com.au/catalog/pr...oducts_id/1866
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Socket_939.html
http://www.hpm-computer.de/assets/s2...amd/index.html
http://www.overclockers.se/catalog/frame.php
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...anufacture=DFI
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...anufacture=DFI


Picture (posted by H2OGUN)


More pics (posted by joezxk)




Differences (posted by Juliette):


DFI FrontX:


Set up of slots when in SLI (from OPB's manual, posted by Juliette)



BIOS screenies (posted by XS64)


More pics (thanks to tjj):




Expected availability
24-28.1.2005 - Germany
17.1.2005 - USA

Chipset(Thanks to H2OGun)
DFI nF4 SLI-DR - A3 (o447A3 to be exact)

IMPORTANT (thanks OPB)
There is a set of jumpers on the DFI nF4 mobo to switch between the 3.3V and 5V rails for the memory.



OPB: So if you are not going to do vdimm over 3.3v for 24/7, Oskar and I would not suggest you to switch vdimm source to 5v rail. This will cause higher heat on the MOSFETS near that area.

Oskar: However, even though user switch 5v rail source to do vdimm above 3.3v, the heat is still unbelivable hot there. therefore, that's why we use
the 4000~10000 hours 105c very good caps on that area. I would definitely suggest users can give that area some air flow to reduce some heat from there.

Memory module config (posted by OPB):

I talked to Oskar yesterday, he told me that, the LP nf4 is a bit different from most 939 boards in terms of the way you plug in your ram sticks in as dual channel.
** Make sure you plug in 1,3 or 2,4. And if you don't mind, I would say 2,4 will get greater performance than 1,3!

Other useful links:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=49750
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=49361