**Official DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[keithlm]

There have been issues with Speed Fan killing Boards and cpu's probably more like corrupting the c'mos (that will do it) but yes there have been strange reports like that since the 790 came out and its not just DFI boards either!

P.S........You have to buy more then one Blank Flash chip at a time ......LOL.. Nobodies gonna sell you one chip man. Now if you want to buy a 100 PCS.....thats a different story all together.....I get mine shipped from Taiwan which is about $75.00 just for the shipping

(Doing the exact steps withe power. I've done that about 50 times. But Perhaps I didn't wait at least 40 seconds before power on.)

I read about the speedfan etc. That is why I'm pretty sure what happened seems like a bios problem.

(I was running at stock CPU and memory speeds... no overvoltage except 2.1V on memory which is the memories spec.)


Ah bulk chips... don't really want that many. Didn't think about that. Darn it. It was an idea. And I'll do you a favor now: Go buy one of these:
http://http://www.hagen.com/usa/cats..._fountain.html It is the greatest thing since sliced bread for cat owners.


I came about seconds from pulling the trigger on a $60.00 cheap AM2+ board. If I order NOW I can have it friday and then have somethign working this weekend... no matter what happens with the DFI. (Which I still want... I just want it in "operational" condition darn it.)


NO JOY on the waiting over a minute after re-attaching power before turning it on. (I turned the PS on... then waited a minute... then hit the power button. So the motherboard had that minute of power to do it's thing.

SO QUESTION: Do you agree this sounds like the bios? (I'm concerned about either getting a new bios chip or deciding to start the RMA process. Which I don't really want to do. And also I worry about the memory and CPU... I feel better knowing this has happened before.) BTW: If you send me a new bios chip... I'll contribute to the cause and pay for half your next batch. EDIT: Oh I see you wrote $75.00 just for shipping... I thought that was the price for the batch. <gulp> So perhaps not half the batch...