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  1. 02-01-2005, 07:13 AM #1
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    DFI Lanparty UT NF3 250Gb New BIOS (BETA)

    http://www.dfi.com.tw/Upload/BIOS/N32LD128.zip

    Major Changes:
    1) Fixed Data corruption under IDE/SATA mixed RAID sets
    2) Bank Interleave Option
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  2. 02-01-2005, 09:58 AM #2
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    Thank you, one question. Does this have the 4volt vdimm option?
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  3. 02-01-2005, 11:46 AM #3
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    No. I flashed it some hours ago. No problem yet, but also no improvement.
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    im a little out of date

    has the problem with the CPU throttleing been fixed so i can disable it?



    now if they could only fix the SATA problem over 240fsb
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    Quote Originally Posted by Namtaru
    im a little out of date

    has the problem with the CPU throttleing been fixed so i can disable it?
    What problem exactly do you mean? Could you please explain?

    I'm trying to find a solution to my prob with my Lanparty UT and perhaps I have exactly that problem, but don't know it.
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  6. 02-01-2005, 05:10 PM #6
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    lol the cpu throttling problem was solved a day after the boards went retail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abstrakt
    lol the cpu throttling problem was solved a day after the boards went retail.
    OK, thx, now I know why I never heard of it.
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    Still no fix for the probe making up random temps
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    Quote Originally Posted by impu|se
    Thank you, one question. Does this have the 4volt vdimm option?
    I got it modded...
    vdimm 3.2v to 4.0v enable

    You can get it here:
    http://s6.invisionfree.com/undercloc...?showtopic=407
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    Quote Originally Posted by Namtaru
    im a little out of date

    has the problem with the CPU throttleing been fixed so i can disable it?



    now if they could only fix the SATA problem over 240fsb
    fixed since the second BIOS
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    MB: Asus Rampage III Extreme
    RAM: Corsair GT2000C7 2G X 3 ADATA XPG+ 2200+ 2G X 3
    SSD: Adata S596 120G
    Display Card: Asus EAH 5870
    WaterCooling:
    Laing D5 Pump + Koolance D5 Top
    Radiator: KP 120.3
    CPU Block: HeatKiller 3.0 + EK full MB Block
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    Quote Originally Posted by tictac
    I got it modded...
    vdimm 3.2v to 4.0v enable

    You can get it here:
    http://s6.invisionfree.com/undercloc...?showtopic=407
    thanks, downloaded
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    WaterCooling:
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    Quote Originally Posted by tictac
    I got it modded...
    vdimm 3.2v to 4.0v enable

    You can get it here:
    http://s6.invisionfree.com/undercloc...?showtopic=407
    Does this mean the lowest Vdimm option is 3.2V?

    Does bank interleave work with 2x256mb single sided dimms?
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  13. 02-02-2005, 12:46 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeus
    Does this mean the lowest Vdimm option is 3.2V?

    Does bank interleave work with 2x256mb single sided dimms?
    No, this BIOS will enable extra 3.2V ~ 4.0V option, over 3.2V will need your PSU (3.3V rail) modded in order to work.

    I got 2-way interleave enabled with my Corasir BH-5 256M*2 (module with each side has 4 ram chips)

    SuperPi 8M faster 3seconds with Bank interleave enable, but 3dmark01, sandra bandwidth remain almost the same.
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    CPU: XEON W3540 & Gulftown Q3FE
    MB: Asus Rampage III Extreme
    RAM: Corsair GT2000C7 2G X 3 ADATA XPG+ 2200+ 2G X 3
    SSD: Adata S596 120G
    Display Card: Asus EAH 5870
    WaterCooling:
    Laing D5 Pump + Koolance D5 Top
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  14. 02-02-2005, 04:28 PM #14
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    I haven't lost any oc or stability with this BIOS but haven't gained much either. My 3d2k1 scores went up about 250-300pts consistently ( yes I know that this program is known for giving 300pt differences between runs but I am talking about an average of several runs) and SuperPI 1m dropped 1 sec but this could in reality only be like 1/10th of a second since SuperPI rounds its numbers anyway. Sisoft memory numbers completely unchanged but Sandra is reporting 4-way bank interleaving. Not having any problems but didn't really gain anything either.

    EDIT: A little update - running 8m SuperPi netted a 5 second gain so there is at least a small performance benefit to be had and best of all - it is free.

    Does anyone else find it interesting that Oskar initially stated there was absolutely no performance to be gained by interleaving and now they are including the option in both the NF3 and NF4 boards?
    Last edited by Fried_Spam; 02-02-2005 at 07:25 PM.
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  15. 02-02-2005, 04:35 PM #15
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    Can anyone explain what bank interleaving is/does and how much it would cause a speed boost vs stability hit?
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  16. 02-25-2005, 04:54 PM #16
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    @Tictac, I get high temp shut down with this bios(4v), Ive disabled the function in bios but still as soon as cpu temp reaches 60c it shuts down. Anyone else experiencing this?
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    i have no idea about that issue

    i only enable vdimm voltage up to 4V
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  18. 02-25-2005, 10:11 PM #18
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    I'm using tictac's modded version of the bios, works fine. Been using it for awhile in fact. I noticed around 200mbps improvements in memory bandwidth with bank interleaving enabling in memtest, and around 100mbps in sandra. Plus my ram overclocked around 3-5MHz higher at the same volts. Good bios!
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  19. 02-25-2005, 10:47 PM #19
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    I just got my LP UT 250gb running tonight and loaded tictac's version of this BIOS to be greeted by memtest86+ instead of windows. I was getting quite frustrated before I realized there was a new setting in the BIOS to run memtest, which relieved be greatly because I thought I screwed something up totally in the first hour of testing. :-O
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  20. 02-26-2005, 12:04 AM #20
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    I'm really going to have to pick up one of those boards one of these days. The epox just isnt quite cutting it in terms of options.
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