Anyone who has had SDS with DFI nF4 please respond

[msmolt]

Im real sorry about this being off topic but can someone lead me to were i can find this on a NF3 250GB thanks

Thanks for the input Skip! Hope you don't mind me bringing your post over here

Don't you just hate those long turn-arounds (well, missing a weekend makes it seeeeeeem long, lol).

Just an FYI... I would suggest you go into the BIOS and setup the MB with slow clocks (say 2.5,4,4,8 and FSB <= 166Mhz 1:1) when you first get the new MB, then after you've successfully booted up and it has saved the settings in CMOS, *reboot*, go back into the BIOS and turn off the "autosave last bootable settings* in the BIOS. Then as you're going up in your OC'ing, periodically save a setup in one of the CMOS Settings slots with the description fields and set em up to function keys (mine are F1, F2, F3). That way if you run into problems, bad settings, whatever, you have your tweaked settings saved just a Function Key away, plus your "auto restore" setting is loaded with a nice "failsafe" setup (which it loads if you do the "Safe Boot" jumper thing).

Oh, regarding those measurment points... below are annotated pics showing Vmem, Vcore, & Vtt measurement points... along with others. If you (or anyone else) has their DFI Nf4 croak on them, please measure all indicated points before you ship it off and postie here

Best of luck and Happy Hunting with your new board Skip

[edit...ooops, forgot the pics, ]


[edit...added Chipset Voltage]

[ionicle]

Questionaire

1) In or Out of a chassis? (If in chassis, type of standoffs)

both, and just standard ones that came with the case

2) 4 lights or 3 lights on when dead?

both

3) 5V or 3.3V Vmem jumper position?

3.3

4) What was Vmem set to?

2.9

5) What was Vcore base voltage set to?

1.55

6) Were you using VID special? If so, what % setting?

no

7) What was Vcore startup voltage set to?

1.55

8) Type of memory used at the time? (TCCD, BH-5, UUT, etc.)

TCC5 - OCZ PC-3200 EL Platinum Revision 2 (2x512MB)

9) FSB setting at the time?

225

10) Multiplier in use at the time?

x12

11) Processor type in use at the time (i.e. 3200+ Winnie or FX-55 or 3200+ NewCastle or Venice or ???)

4000+ san diego

12) What was the last thing you did just before it croaked? (Changed VMem, Vcore, lost your lucky rabbits foot, ???)

nothing, just froze while booting up, and in windows, and in several other stages of booting up, including the windows blow lines going across forever, it was 2 hours of it before i realised there was a problem LOL

13) Did you notice if the Vmem good LED was lit (between DIMM slot 2 and 4-pin 12V cnx)

it was

14) Air, water, or phase-change on the CPU?

Air, XP-120

15) MB jumper position settings (any you remember)

standard?

16) What else was hooked into your system (PS2 mouse, USB this, PCI that, Gfx card)

usb mouse, keybord, speakers, moniter, webcam, and microphone, also lan

17) Power supply make/model being used?

Hiper 580W Modular

18) Did you notice if the Standby Power LED was lit after it died (just to the right of the diagnostic LEDs)

no, it wasent

19) Did you have all of the MB power connectors hooked up?

one time i didnt, but the others i did


helpfull?