BTW there is a new Beta BIOS... 928... anyone wanna try this one?
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BTW there is a new Beta BIOS... 928... anyone wanna try this one?
Link
Not me. I've been burnt twice by upgrading my BIOS on this board so I'm staying away until we have something that is confirmed to be working.
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Hello evrybody Im getting this board sometime next week so what bios is stable on this board?
Thanks in advance
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[Asus P5K Premium]
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[Windows XP SP2]
Thanks virtualrain
I've been lurking around in this forum for a while, guess it's about time to start contributing.
BTW virtualrain, thanks for all the excellent info on your blog re the NF680i board.
My DFI 680i decided to break last weekend after a simple HSF change
Stuck on code 88 for no apparant reason.
As there are virtually NONE left in Australia coupled with other reasons I'm selling my MIPS kit and waiting out for 780i.
Very dissapointed because I loved the board up until this.
I know, but Im willing to wait a few weeks and see how it is.
does the dfi n680 support the cpu 45nm??
I'm having big problems with this bord, can't get past code 4E . Bord has worked fine for some months. I desided to move in all my stuff in a new chassi. All i got now is code 4E. I have cleared cmos and tested with 1 stick of ram but no go? Anyone have any suggestions ?
Last edited by erixon; 10-10-2007 at 02:37 AM.
Post over in the DFI Club forums if you havn't done so already.
The CMOS can be a real PITA to clear on this board for some reason... so some people have only had luck clearing CMOS completely by leaving the battery out and the jumper on the clear position for 30+min or more.
Another board bite the dust, my 680i-lt died the other day from a bios update. Even set bios to default before update and still got the error code 88. Its in RMA process now, but damn this board is mess, compared to my old trusty NF4 Ultra-D its pale in comparison.
System 1 Server
Asus Extreme Striker
Intel E6420 stock
GSkill 2gb PC6400 X4=8Gb Ram
Areca 1231ML, 2gb ram
Samsung 500gX7 RAID6
WD Raptor 74G
ATI X1300
Antec 1000Watt
CM 830 Stacker
DELL 24" 2405FPW
Main System
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-USB3P
Intel Q6600 at 3.6ghz 1.44v
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Samsung 3x HD502IJ 500GB
EVGA 8800GTS 512m
Ultra X3 1000W
CM Cosmos S
I cleared the CMOS with battery out for 10 hours, but no go. Post code 4E means: "Program MTRR of M1 CPU; initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program cacheable range; Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU; On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical"
Tested the cpu on a friends evga and it booted fine. maybe it's my new enermax galaxy 1000W that makes me all this trouble??? It worked fine with my old siilverstone zeus 850
Last edited by erixon; 10-11-2007 at 09:27 AM.
DFI 680i LT / QX6850 / 2GB Ballistix 8500 / Gainward 8800 GTX SLI / Enermax Galaxy DXX 1000W / WD Raptor 150GB / Lian Li V2000 / Dell 3007
I tried the 928 BIOS on my new 2TRS board (with solid caps) and it won't POST with my Areca card. The 728 BIOS seems to work ok, so I'll be working with that.
I don't understand how so many people have bricked their boards flashing BIOS... it shouldn't have to be black magic.
Still waiting on a response from DFI regarding my RMA....
Being given little reason to ever buy another DFI product again.
Had someone tested increased PCI-E frequency vs. GPU overclockability and performance? I'm wordering what is safe PCI-E frequency and if there are any benefits? What about higher PCI-E frequency and SATA drives corruption?
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▪ DFI LanParty UT 680i LT SLI-T2R/G (N5FD320 BIOS) | Thermalright HR-09S Type 3
▪ Q6600 3000Mhz (9x333)@stock | Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme + Noctua NH-P12 +Arctic Cooling TX-2
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▪ Silverstone Olympia OP1000
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Damn dfi, my 680i-lt its in rma and those bastard want 50.00 for the repairs, saying that it has physical damage on the NB chipset. Its was working fine before with the damage on the corner, just a little nick from installing the damn big heatsink it came with. I know its from a bios update and those ahole wont admit it. Had to give the money because 50 its better than a new comparable mb. This is the last dfi im getting for sure.
System 1 Server
Asus Extreme Striker
Intel E6420 stock
GSkill 2gb PC6400 X4=8Gb Ram
Areca 1231ML, 2gb ram
Samsung 500gX7 RAID6
WD Raptor 74G
ATI X1300
Antec 1000Watt
CM 830 Stacker
DELL 24" 2405FPW
Main System
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-USB3P
Intel Q6600 at 3.6ghz 1.44v
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Samsung 3x HD502IJ 500GB
EVGA 8800GTS 512m
Ultra X3 1000W
CM Cosmos S
great news! I have flashed my mobo to bios 10/18/2007 and it fixed the multi drop when full loaded, and seems it runs cooler, now I priming it at 3710 at 1.48v loaded, core temp read 58, 57, 58, 57 for 15 mins now.
CPU- i5 2500k 4.6g 1.25v
Mobo- MIVE
Ram- samsung ddr3 1600 4 x 4G
VGA- EVGA 690 hydro vapour
PSU- Corsair HX850W
What does your loop consist of? Any active cooling on the mosfets? Water on the northbridge? I've not completely given up on the board which is why I still have it, but the p965-S Dark is 12hours prime stable @ 3.5Ghz on my b3. The PWM's on the 680i probably won't make a 12hr run , but let us know if you make 4 - 8hrs. I'd love to go back to 8800GTX SLI + Quad Core@ 3.6Ghz
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my loop consist of mcw60, fuzion, 2 x mcr320 with 1 x D5 and a active fan blowing on the mosfets. I will get an alphacool chipset wb this weekend to install. I am priming my Q6600 at 422.5 x 9 = 3800. so far stable for 5 mins. If it can hang on for 1 hr I got no reason to shift to P35 or X38.
CPU- i5 2500k 4.6g 1.25v
Mobo- MIVE
Ram- samsung ddr3 1600 4 x 4G
VGA- EVGA 690 hydro vapour
PSU- Corsair HX850W
confirmed the new bios helps me push my Q6600 to 3.8G running prime for 1 hour and solve the multi drop problems, strongly recommand DFI680i owner to flash!
CPU- i5 2500k 4.6g 1.25v
Mobo- MIVE
Ram- samsung ddr3 1600 4 x 4G
VGA- EVGA 690 hydro vapour
PSU- Corsair HX850W
System 1 Server
Asus Extreme Striker
Intel E6420 stock
GSkill 2gb PC6400 X4=8Gb Ram
Areca 1231ML, 2gb ram
Samsung 500gX7 RAID6
WD Raptor 74G
ATI X1300
Antec 1000Watt
CM 830 Stacker
DELL 24" 2405FPW
Main System
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-USB3P
Intel Q6600 at 3.6ghz 1.44v
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Samsung 3x HD502IJ 500GB
EVGA 8800GTS 512m
Ultra X3 1000W
CM Cosmos S
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» Intel i7 2600K 3103B306 » Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z » Asus GTX 470's TRi-SLI » Corsair Dominator GT CMT4GX3M2A2000C8 » Corsair Force F180 SSD » Corsair AX1200 PSU » Corsair 800D
» Cooling : Swiftec Apogee XT » Swiftec MCP350-DDC1 w/XSPC Dual DDC Bay Reservoir » Swiftech MCR320-QP w/Scythe SlipStreams 110CFM
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