Official DFI NF4Ultra-D/SLi owners thread.

there was a link posted on earlier pages on how to use winflash but i cant find it, has anyone got a link on all the steps , i got as far as 310 installed using the diamond install thingy but i think i want to use the winflash tool now
 
id do the flash from dos... never trust windows flashing. Just make a bootable floppy and stick the awdflash file and the bios file on there. Boot to the floppy and run awdflash then follow the instructions:)

Just need to have a play in the bios now and see what settings work best... could take a while to tweak this beast...
 
stuck it at 3v...

could someone clear up what the LTD voltage is?

And also what is the best LTD voltage and chipset voltage... mine are currently at 1.2 and 1.5 respectively...

and do i need to plug all 4 power connectors in? currently ive only got the main 2 plugged in...
 
are any of the new 510 bios versions worth updating to?
in the interests of "if it aint broke don't fix it" i'm on N4D310 bios
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/114 shows a heck of a lot of newer revisions, might be time for another official one? :)

(i'm on a winchester core 90nm 3500+ with 6800GT)


Street - in an earlier post Concorde said that pushing the chipset/LDT voltage up if you get freezes in games, and this can help. otherwise the default is probably ok.

Tenshi said:
it should be safe to push them both right the way up, but try setting the chipset/LDT voltages higher in the bios, i set mine to 1.7/1.4 and it appears to have helped a bit

(Trick: If you get pauses in games up you chipset/LDT voltage a step until it goes (may have been posted before). Concorde)
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taken from the Bleedinedge forums

If some of you are not aware, the DFI Nforce 4 Ultra/D/DR SLI models has a jumper setting onboard that allows you to increase the voltage supplied to the ram from 3.3 volts to 5 volts. This gives users the option to go above 3.2 volts in the bios.

As an example, OCZ VX, Mushkin Redline and other UTT based products use this extra voltage to obtain tighter timings with an overclock.

I have been having major problems with this board with this setting, to the point where 1 of my boards has died and is back with DFI for RMA.

This prompted me to contact DFI Technical support in the USA.

I just spoke to Frank Wong at DFI USA about the major problems people are getting with the 5Volt Vdimm jumper setting on these motherboards.

His response is very disturbing.

Mr Wong basically informed me that DFI R&D in Taiwan know about this issue and have been testing this setting with different major branded ram, and that the 5 volt setting is causing and i quote "Major Issues".

Mr Wong said that R&D in Taiwan reccomend the jumper is set to the default 3.3 volt setting on the board.

At this time they DO NOT have a fix for this.

Mr Wong also said "Our R&D has also found that the Vdimm jumper when set to 5 volts can cause some of the affected boards chipsets to blow"

So there we have it straight from the hourses mouth.

If you own 1 of these boards, and have the jumper set to 5 volts, change it now back to the 3.3 volt setting.

Lets hope DFI come up with a fix soon

Paul "Topboy" North
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with the current spec in my sig... all at stock speeds, what sort of 3d mark would people expect? Just so I know whether or not its set up right...
 
What's the best BIOS to use then?

I'm not keen on running 'beta' BIOS really. Is this unfounded and what's the difference between a beta and a release BIOS? Is there a release version that will behave with my Corsair RAM?
 
Honestly, these Beta BIOS's are great. Oskar Wu who does them works for DFI. They may well be beta's but really are fine to use. Most people on here will be on these beta BIOS's. 414 is a good release. -1 and -3 are for TCCD and -2 is for BH5. The new 510's are good also, though I have a PS/2 problem with it. Sometimes it doesn't fire up my keyboard.
 
ive had no problems with the 510 bios since ive updated...

seem to be getting 12k ish at 3dm03 so think i need to do a bit of tweaking tonight...

still its a step up from my old barton and 9800xt, so cant complain:)
 
Can someone tell me where you get the temp plotting software from occt i think its called used by some of you on this thread , cheers
 
can anyone reccomend the best bios for bh5 based ram. the one i'm currently using runs them fine in single channel, but as soon as I try to run it dual it messes up. Is this a known issue, or do I have to change some settings on the ram to get it running good in dual channel as opposed to single.
 
OneWingedAngel said:
can anyone reccomend the best bios for bh5 based ram. the one i'm currently using runs them fine in single channel, but as soon as I try to run it dual it messes up. Is this a known issue, or do I have to change some settings on the ram to get it running good in dual channel as opposed to single.
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what bios you using? bios for dual channel fix, 310 bios,
silly question, but have you read the first page on this thread?
 
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