*****Official***** DFI NF4 ultra-D first look

[Tempest25]

1st post :banana4:

I'm about 2/3 of the way through this thread and hope this hasn't been asked yet, but I'm anxious to find out if this board has a feature to automatically rollback to safe settings (or last known good settings) if you overclock too far so you can boot into the BIOS and make changes without clearing the CMOS every time.

I just got done messing with multiple MSI Neo2 Plat boards (had a few replacements) that I ordered a while ago because I got impatient waiting for this board and finally gave up on them. There's FAR too many problems with them. Each one seemed to have it's own quirks. I've never been so frustrated working with a MB before.

That MB required a CMOS clear when choosing incorrect/incompatible settings and it was a HUGE pain. Asus boards I've had in the past have a nice feature that automatically rolls back the settings on reboot if the prior boot locked up.

Please tell me this board has a similar feature, especially with all the settings present in the BIOS. I've never worked with a DFI board before so I'm not familiar with how their boards normally work.

[OPPAINTER]

1st post :banana4:

I'm about 2/3 of the way through this thread and hope this hasn't been asked yet, but I'm anxious to find out if this board has a feature to automatically rollback to safe settings (or last known good settings) if you overclock too far so you can boot into the BIOS and make changes without clearing the CMOS every time.

I just got done messing with multiple MSI Neo2 Plat boards (had a few replacements) that I ordered a while ago because I got impatient waiting for this board and finally gave up on them. There's FAR too many problems with them. Each one seemed to have it's own quirks. I've never been so frustrated working with a MB before.

That MB required a CMOS clear when choosing incorrect/incompatible settings and it was a HUGE pain. Asus boards I've had in the past have a nice feature that automatically rolls back the settings on reboot if the prior boot locked up.

Please tell me this board has a similar feature, especially with all the settings present in the BIOS. I've never worked with a DFI board before so I'm not familiar with how their boards normally work.

There is a jumper on the board that is supose to do that, it won't clear Cmos, it will leave your settings.
Also, you can store your Bios settings in the bios. If you happen to clear cmos you can always load your saved bios settings.

Welcome to Xtreme

OPP

[Tempest25]

Thanks! While that's not exactly what I was hoping for, it's still much better than the hell MSI puts you through.



Grats on the great scores BTW. I'm tempted to return the Patriot 3200 XBL stuff I just received and go OCZ VX instead. I'm not sure if the minor performance difference I may gain is worth the $45 difference though (including shipping to return and on the new order - I know someone would have corrected me to $30 if I hadn't explained )

There is a jumper on the board that is supose to do that, it won't clear Cmos, it will leave your settings.
Also, you can store your Bios settings in the bios. If you happen to clear cmos you can always load your saved bios settings.

Welcome to Xtreme

OPP

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

Ordered a LEADTEK 6600 GT EXTREME which is not such a large card so I hope there won't be any problem with the SATA HDD's.

But want to get the chipset under water like I did with my NEO2, what about the SLI slot and the card - will it fit or not?

I mean there are the tubes from and to the cooler and I'm not sure where exactly the card is placed.

Is there anybody with a watercooled chipset on that board ???

THX !!!

[Mastakilla]

Ordered a LEADTEK 6600 GT EXTREME which is not such a large card so I hope there won't be any problem with the SATA HDD's.

But want to get the chipset under water like I did with my NEO2, what about the SLI slot and the card - will it fit or not?

I mean there are the tubes from and to the cooler and I'm not sure where exactly the card is placed.

Is there anybody with a watercooled chipset on that board ???

THX !!!

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...&threadid=4688
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...7231#post47231

trying to find out exactly the same thing

aint lookin to good on 1st sight...

[HARDCORECLOCKER]

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...&threadid=4688
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...7231#post47231

trying to find out exactly the same thing

aint lookin to good on 1st sight...

Hm, seems to be a little complicated - I use the same watercooler from 1A cooling and in fact there are only 2 questions:

1) Will a single 6600 GT fit in the upper slot when waterblock is mounted ?

2) If not, can I use the lower slot 16x with a single card without losing performance ?

Here is a picture of my setup with the NEO2, the old FX5200 AGP and waterblock mounted:



Isn't there anybody in the staates who got his chipset under water ???

Come on guys - there must be someone to help us...............

[Mastakilla]

Hm, seems to be a little complicated - I use the same watercooler from 1A cooling and in fact there are only 2 questions:

1) Will a single 6600 GT fit in the upper slot when waterblock is mounted ?

2) If not, can I use the lower slot 16x with a single card without losing performance ?

Here is a picture of my setup with the NEO2, the old FX5200 AGP and waterblock mounted:

Isn't there anybody in the staates who got his chipset under water ???

Come on guys - there must be someone to help us...............

hehe

funny u have same WC that i wanted to buy

u like it?
prolly gonna get one with dual rad, eheim 1048 and blocks for cpu, gpu and nb (if possible offcourse )

hope u buy ur dfi nf4u soon then... cause id like to know if it fits

been askin some more stuff about it in that 2th link btw