DFI Infinity 965-S Tests (535 FSB 1:1)

[dogsx2]

The biggest problem is a good bit of us here in Intel land now remember how great DFI was with 939 in AMD land. I was always AMD until Yonah. I still remember first reading that DFI was not a good Intel board and could not believe it. After seeing how the most hyped mb ever turned out to be a non-player and the other DFI Intel boards are not great, I should have known better then to have gotten this board.

[Reefa_Madness]

Hopefully it will come very soon and not drag on. I had an Abit quad and now have this board. I think the quad was better. The problem with this mb is now that the new chip set is out how much time and effort will be put into this board?

That would make the storyline very similar to the CFX-3200 S939 mobo (RD 580).

It was forgotten just about the time it was released.

I almost bought this DFI board a week or so ago and decided against it for this very reason.

I hope that they do things differently this time and if so, then I'll jump in and pick one up, otherwise, by next board will be P35 based.

[GripS]

It's not a bad board. I am pretty pleased with it so far. It pisses me off that it's 20 bucks cheaper then when i got it last week. (video card i got went up by 40 bucks tho )

[The Nemesis]

Yeah that $129.99 + shipping is an amazing price.

[Nazu]

My mobo started beeping strangely when I set the vdimm to 2.1v. What does that mean? I thought that it's perfectly safe as the ram's packet says that 2.0-2.1v is the operating voltage. Now the ram is at 1.9v @800MHz.

[GripS]

I have the same ram. I have set it to 2.1v without issue before but i currently run it at 2.0v. When does it beep? If it beeps right after you save and exit then it could be a POST error code. Are you making any other setting changes aside from the RAM voltage? I have found this RAM does not need much more then 2.0v to run @ 800mhz. I can even go a bit beyond that without increasing voltage OR adjusting timings.

[Nazu]

I wasn't exactly a beep, more like a simple melody. It started when I got to Windows. Maybe it was the Smart Guardian? Should I just ignore it or is it something serious?

[korby]

That was the SmartGuardian, got the same "song". But couldn't find the reason. o.O

[dogsx2]

It's not a bad board. )

Your right, it's not a bad board. The problem is it's not a great board either. I've had many "not bad boards" but was hoping this was better. I can't really oc much more the with the DS3 I was using. The Abit quad was a better board. When the dust settles more on the 35's, this mb will have a new home. Don't think another Intel DFI is in my future.

[GripS]

lol. I got the same beeping today. I knew something was up though cause i was putting more voltage to the ram to test 1000mhz. You can tun the alarm off in th options.

[The Nemesis]

I wasn't exactly a beep, more like a simple melody. It started when I got to Windows. Maybe it was the Smart Guardian? Should I just ignore it or is it something serious?

Smartguardian has a +/- % that you are below so its giving you the warning melody. Same thing occurs for cpu voltage. Click on options on smartguardian and raise your % and click apply. Voltage will stop being displayed in red and the melody will go away.

[GripS]

Something i noticed today. From what i have read about this board you shouldn't need to increase NB voltage until you start hitting 500+ on the FSB. I had mine at 1.30v and tried turning it down to 1.25(forgot i had raised this before increasing the voltage on the CPU). Well..... not such a good idea. I blue screened out of nowhere after a few minutes of booting into windows. So I cranked it back to 1.3v. No problem. Just to make sure i put it back to 1.25v. Problem returned. I thought it might be RAM undervolted or timings too tight. Loosening timings and increasing voltage to ram did no good. Sure enough the NB voltage was the culprit.

Just a heads up to others out there that think they are hitting a wall too fast when overclocking with this board. It appears you may need to increase NB voltage before hitting 500fsb.

BTW this is at 3.2ghz(8X400)CPU with 1.42v and RAM at 800mhz with 2.0v.

White ram slots also appear to be the ones to use. Experiencing random hangs at POST when attempting to use blue slots only. At the same settings the white slots do not give me issues.

Got it to boot into windows at 3.4ghz @1.45v. Orthos failed after minutes. Looks like it may be doable on slightly higher volts but more then i would want on a 24/7. Looks like i'm gonna be at 3.2ghz for my 24/7. Kinda bummed but still not a shabby overclock. I'll keep tweaking but i think that may be it for this chip. L650C690 -- Not bad. But not great. (just like my opty..... damn)

[mickmads]

Just wanna share my recent results




my set-up

[trans am]

What bios is everyone using now? Its been a while since I last updated mine.
some strange boot issues have been occurring. like windows splash screen caught in a loop even at stock speeds. having to reboot a lot after the board has been turned off for a while. I just leave it on 24/7 now.

[GripS]

I'm using the bios that shipped with the board. 424.

[ziddey]

mickmads, that's a nice overclock, but really weird subtimings

[mickmads]

@ ziddey

hahahahaha thanks, i just tried how tight those ddr-1200s from team group can go

any lower and the system will hang

[NormanABates]

go mickmads, go for 520....

[spookz]

new beta bios for the DARK~ =P
dated 2007/06/13
supposed to fix USB HighSpeed Issues~ =)

Major Reasons of Change:
Fixed USB high speed issue.

[tomati]

new beta bios for the DARK~ =P
dated 2007/06/13
supposed to fix USB HighSpeed Issues~ =)

I'm a the only one that can't download this beta bios ?

[trans am]

I'm a the only one that can't download this beta bios ?

it downloads fine for me. Thanks for posting the beta bios

[korby]

Not Found
The requested URL /Upload/BIOS/I96PD613.exe was not found on this server.

Oracle HTTP Server Powered by Apache/1.3.22 Server at DFI_WEBA:80 Port 80

[trans am]

Strange. It was there a few hours ago. Did DFI remove it? Maybe there was a problem?

[ziddey]

downloading right now thanks

[spookz]

hehe working now go get it =P
im using the beta now.. seems all alrite.. =S


oh and i finally was able to get 3.6GHz stable!! WOOOT!! was never able to get that with my P5N32-E SLI =D!!!~ That was with bios 424..haven't tried with this new 613 yet.. =)