Official DFI NF4Ultra-D/SLi owners thread.

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 00:38

Just found a problem, an X800XT card with an arctic cooler does not fit without fouling the chipset cooler. I had to cut one of the screw holders off and sand it down to get the arctic in without causing the chipset sink to be pressed down and not contact the chipset.

What chipset temps are people getting?

The protrusion behind the PCI connector is what hits the chipset fan.

snow patrol · 10 Feb 2005 at 00:51

There's mine, just put the mobo tray in. Does it look ok. I'm guessing that if i want SLi, i have to swap the leadtek for something else?

Or might it be possible?

My OCZ is arriving tomorrow so i have one stick of twinmos in bank 4, to flash, then test windows etc.

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 00:54

That cooler will have to go if you go SLI, nowhere near enough space.

Maybe an AC NV5 (doubtful) or a zalman 770CU (little more hopeful) would fit.

snow patrol · 10 Feb 2005 at 00:55

maybe the plasitc part isn't necessary?

mrbios · 10 Feb 2005 at 00:56

Minstadave said:
What chipset temps are people getting?

mine says 39oC, but it also thinks my cpu is 22oC, so i think ill have to whack a probe under each sometime and find out what they really are

zixiazhang · 10 Feb 2005 at 01:44

I'm about to flash my bios which sections do i need to flash from bootblock mainblock and DMIblock?

Thanks

zixiazhang · 10 Feb 2005 at 01:46

Also i'm struggling to figure out how to oc the cpu and the x800xl so if theres a guide of some programmes that'll help too

thanks

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 01:50

zixiazhang said:
I'm about to flash my bios which sections do i need to flash from bootblock mainblock and DMIblock?

Thanks

I just did bootblock on winflash, worked perfectly.

zixiazhang · 10 Feb 2005 at 02:08

I have a A02 board should i still flash it?

Gaz123 · 10 Feb 2005 at 02:17

I have just found something funny maybe some one can help.

all good with my dfi nf4 DR but i have just put cpuz to run and thats tells me the rM is in 3 and 4 slots when i know on the mobo its in 2 and 4.

dose thISI meen any thing realy like i am not running the g.skill in duel channel etc.

or just dont worry about it.

gaz123

Duff-Man · 10 Feb 2005 at 02:26

Gaz123 said:
I have just found something funny maybe some one can help.

all good with my dfi nf4 DR but i have just put cpuz to run and thats tells me the rM is in 3 and 4 slots when i know on the mobo its in 2 and 4.

dose thISI meen any thing realy like i am not running the g.skill in duel channel etc.

or just dont worry about it.

gaz123

Mine says the same. I wouldn't worry.

Gaz123 · 10 Feb 2005 at 02:54

also a other thing i just rember i have a fan on 4 or 5 on the mobo but it dont work at all,but when i put same fan on 1 or 2 its great.

like they are on temp thing anyway to turn them on like one and 2.

gaz

Duff-Man · 10 Feb 2005 at 03:20

Gaz123 said:
also a other thing i just rember i have a fan on 4 or 5 on the mobo but it dont work at all,but when i put same fan on 1 or 2 its great.

like they are on temp thing anyway to turn them on like one and 2.

gaz

Perhaps...

Have a poke around in BIOS - there's various fan settings in there.

AndyMoody · 10 Feb 2005 at 07:49

Tried connecting to IDE2 instead of IDE1 and it does the same thing..........sitting there saying inspecting computers hardware config...........

Anymore ideas?

Andy.

Iraklis F.C. · 10 Feb 2005 at 07:51

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52771

brownbottle · 10 Feb 2005 at 09:12

I've solved my problems at last....don't know if the information would be useful for others.

My Corsair 2x 512MB XMS4400CT memory modules now work. Had to drive the vdimm upto 3V.

As for the network adapters, I'm just using the Marvel one and not the NVidia one. Network access is looking okay now.

It looks like one needs to assign a MAC address to the adapter. I've not read the online docs so I could be missing something.

Ran some benchmarks with SLI-DR, 3500+ Winnie, 1GB XMS4400, WD Raptor and Sapphire X850XT. All stock speeds and drivers from the disks:

3dMark01SE: 23342
3dMark03: 12123
3dMark95: 5732
1M SuperPi: 42sec

Any good? Looking to up the speeds of the FSB to 300, drop the multiplier a little (when I've upgraded the cpu cooler), and increase the speeds of the sapphire card.

Cheers

Scrappy · 10 Feb 2005 at 09:20

I managed to get my fsb up to 310. Had to drop it when putting the multi up though. Got it sitting happily now at 300x9 with memory at 2.5,3,4,6 and HTT x4.
Just gotta return my two dodgy MSI 6800GTs now.

zixiazhang · 10 Feb 2005 at 11:06

Has anyone connected a USB2 device to their motherboard? My xp tells me I got no high speeds usb ports...

Scrappy · 10 Feb 2005 at 11:15

May ound stupid but have you tried installing the drivers that were on the installation CD?

ricco · 10 Feb 2005 at 11:18

brownbottle said:
I've solved my problems at last....don't know if the information would be useful for others.

My Corsair 2x 512MB XMS4400CT memory modules now work. Had to drive the vdimm upto 3V.

As for the network adapters, I'm just using the Marvel one and not the NVidia one. Network access is looking okay now.

It looks like one needs to assign a MAC address to the adapter. I've not read the online docs so I could be missing something.

Ran some benchmarks with SLI-DR, 3500+ Winnie, 1GB XMS4400, WD Raptor and Sapphire X850XT. All stock speeds and drivers from the disks:

3dMark01SE: 23342
3dMark03: 12123
3dMark95: 5732
1M SuperPi: 42sec

Any good? Looking to up the speeds of the FSB to 300, drop the multiplier a little (when I've upgraded the cpu cooler), and increase the speeds of the sapphire card.

Cheers

Looking ok tome if everything is stock.
Glad to see you worked the issues out.