ultimate S939 mainboard guide - tweaking guide ,known bugs, and fixes

[swiharta]

Also, on the 9nda3+, I'm using the Zalman 7000AlCu with no problems at all, not sure if its different than the 7000A that you said doesn't fit on this board, but I know a lot of people are using the 7000AlCu, and there's no issue at all, you can still use all the Ram slots as well

[sauria]

For the epox 9nda3+, you list that SATA ports 1&2 can't be used with arctic cooling, but they can easily be used if you just get one right angle connector and one regular cable and cut it down so that you can bend it close to the plug. I've attached pics for clarity, I was using an Arctic Cooler just fine, but now its been removed so you can see the connectors really well.

Thanks I made it work with a BFG Geforce 6800 OC even!

[azdec7]

hi guys! been following this thread for some time, because i want to upgrade to an a64 but don't want to part with my agp card. did any notice that dfi has posted the specs for "lanparty ut nf3 ultra-d" on their site. hope you check it out so i can join you guys with a64s. thanks

[Archon]

For the epox 9nda3+, you list that SATA ports 1&2 can't be used with arctic cooling, but they can easily be used if you just get one right angle connector and one regular cable and cut it down so that you can bend it close to the plug. I've attached pics for clarity, I was using an Arctic Cooler just fine, but now its been removed so you can see the connectors really well.

There is another much simple solution: To use the SATA cables of the MSI K8N Neo2 Platimun.
Here is the photo with BFG 6800 and NV Silencer5 working OK.

[xx_ED_xx]

Received my fx53 today
going to try the abit board a8v
but i see mixed results about em
i see refrences to memory bh5 tccd???
i have 2 stix of cmx512-3700
what do i have in that terms
thanks for any input

[xx_ED_xx]

here is some pics
yes dimm 1 is tight but i was able to get it in with heatsink on

abit AV8

[Fission]

Are we gonna put the DFI NF3 Ultra-D on here at some point?

[Paradigma]

Are we gonna put the DFI NF3 Ultra-D on here at some point?

I'm interested too. Any experiences width that MB till now?

[DyJohnnY]

have some things to add about the Epox 9nda3j:
- u cannot mount the vm-101 and an Xp-90, UNLESS u invert the vm-101, and use an inverted motherboard case.
they put the AGP port too close to the CPU. i've seen other boards that have the sata ports between the CPU and AGP, on this board the sata ports are between the AGP and first PCI slot.
- u cannot use DIMM 1 and DIMM 2 with XP-90, by mounting the XP-90 with the pipes torwards the LPT Ports [not torwards the RAM]
- u can use DIMM 3 and DIMM 4 with XP-90, BUT BARELY, i've managed to scratch my beautiful c2pro, on some stupid xp-90 fins while installing the RAM with the heatpipe top end facing the RAM.
- inverted motherboard cases might require some special cables to the power connector, when used in conjuction with Xp-90, u have to insert the power cable underneath the XP-90 fins, while coming with the cable from below..very tricky.

as for the XP-120 things are even more restrictive i guess.

the other stuff has been said already, most annoying thing is that my ram won't do 2T, even at stock values ..but oh well, i've got 280MHz out of 110USD RAM.

[Xyus89]

I have a question,

for the MSI K8N neo2:

Does it report something like 10 degrees to much on stress temp?
and you have to install the 1.36b for 1.9vcore, can't you get this much Vcore with the official one?

xyus

[Paradigma]

I'm using BIOS v1.8 and 1.85v is maximum core center will offer but this is sufficient for processor width nominal 1.4v (Venice).

[Xyus89]

Thx for the tip.

xyus

[geosin]

Anyone having USB2.0 issues with the new 1.A bios for NEO2 .. or isit just me?? Can no longer locate the UBS1.0/2.0 option in the bios. I suspect thats the thing that's limiting me from enabling usb2.0 in Winxp (stuck with usb1.0 for the time being)

[TMFX]

TIP: use slots 1&2 for BH-5

TIP: use the ocz ddr booster in slot #2

I'm trying to use my dual channel kit with ocz booster, but

[bundy]

-- posted in wrong thread -- ignore :/

[LBJGH]

Where else but here to post this message...

I have a DFI LP Ultra D s939 motherboard with an AMD X2 4200 and ATI x800xtpe.

I'm looking for a fix so I can run this combo with windows VISTA.

The problems lies with an error 43 display driver error due to a conflict with the above hardware on NF3 based motherboards.

Help with a fix?

[Nuckin_Futs]

Anybody Using x2 4400 (89w, 2x1m 939) and or on an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, and also the x24200 (65w, 2x512 AM2) on the ASUS CROSSHAIR or any one of them? Just wanna know if this is the right tread to get input or feedback on any of these parts.