Official DFI NF4Ultra-D/SLi owners thread.

[warnea1984]

Minstadave I can't thank you enough that new bios has allowed me to do my first ever overclock

Given its only at 2Ghz at the moment but its stable and thats one step further.

 

[tomos]

just tried to clock my ultra-d last night with my 3800+X2 and ballistix ram. i ended up goosing my XP install and had to reghost it.
the CPU not handling that o/c properly wouldnt goose windows in that way would it?
from what i remember - that would be the memory iirc

i plan to use a divider next time to eliminate the ram. think i may follow the dfi-street guide

i only went up to 220fsb (or whatever its called now on NF4 boards), thought ballistix could handle higher?

 

[Rab]

seems this a grt board when working right, ? plz, r they early probs of needing 2 reset cmos, using 1 stick of ram ect ?. GONE?
any i got an idea what bios ships on these boards now from O/C ? latest oldest ect ?

 

[FreeStream]

Does anyone have a problem where you get a BSOD, and your HD spins down? Its like the HD is being unplugged... 240x10 is okay... 242x10 it does it...

Last time it occur it was the IRC_NOT_LESS_THAN_EQUAL.. which is CPU voltage yea?

This is really annoying me now

Concorde

PS: X2 3800+ BTW

 

[kamz]

Does anyone know why there is a reason for the floppy power slot on the board, i jsut noticed it today and never had it plugged in, does it affect overcloking in any way as i have seen no change in vols ao far???

Kamz

 

[Minstadave]

Does anyone know why there is a reason for the floppy power slot on the board, i jsut noticed it today and never had it plugged in, does it affect overcloking in any way as i have seen no change in vols ao far???

Kamz

Its just over engineering on the part of DFI I think, I've got them all plugged in to ensure stability Certainly won't do any harm.

 

[Darth Sidious]

its mainly for when your using dual cards that dont have their own power connector I think, like 6600GTs, it helps the system keep stable

 

[[die]Deadly]

its mainly for when your using dual cards that dont have their own power connector I think, like 6600GTs, it helps the system keep stable

I saw my 12v channel go up .2v when i plugged in the molex, and i have a single 7800GT.

 

[FreeStream]

Some of you probably wont belive this!

Okay here with my X2, 1Gb G-SKill LE and a DFI SLi-DR.

Settings:
200x10, 2.5-3-3-6-9-12, 1.4V CPU, 2.9V mem = BSOD
200x10, 2.5-3-3-6-9-12, 1.45V CPU, 2.9V mem = BSOD
200x10, 2.5-3-3-6-9-12, 1.5V CPU, 2.9V mem = BSOD
240x10, 2.5-3-3-6-9-12, 1.5V CPU, 2.9V mem = Booted and works fine, in 3/4 day sections then I get a nice BSOD, IRC_NOT.. and my raptor spins down... YAY!

It did that with my 3ghz 3700+ San Diego, I will find out soon if the mobo is ****** again.

Im currently windows memtesting @ 252x9, 2.5-3-3-6-9-12, 2.9V mem.

How the hell does overclocking make somethign stable... if the 3700+ 3ghz SD is infact okay when it gets back from RMA, im SOOO getting a ATi board

DFI I gave you 1 chance, tou blew it.. I gave you a 2nd chance after turning my mobo box inside out.. and you have possibly blew that too

Anyone have any objections towards the Sapphire ATi board.. red and white is so dam sexy!

Concorde

 

[ViRuS2k]

Never goes above 40 load

WOW drastic lol

btw is it easy to remove the chipset cooler on the sli-dr boards without removing the motherboard from my case, it would be a less hassle that way lol
do the push pins just pull off ? or will i have to take the board out and use some needle pliers

 

[clloyd]

Help for a newbie

This is the core bits of spec:

580v tagen
x2 4400+ dual core
with 90c thermalite
2x512 corsair 4400 xms
dfi lanparty ultra sli -d
gigagyte 7800gtx


i have an bit of an issue...actually a large issue!!
help would be brilliant guys.

Same as concorde i had a major problem with the BSOD screen after overclocking my memory. I reverted to the overclocking guides on this forum and on dfi street and followed a guide to overclocking the ram and cpu on dfi street. i followed it to the book as i didnt want to make any errors. now my system wont even boot....not even a lanparty splash or anything. it begins to boot and then makes a click and its like the board isnt recognised. sorry if this sounds stupid

can i have a bit of a guide...(or point me in the direction) of where to go from here.

thanks....anybody with a response is a lifesaver.

cheers

 

[Minstadave]

WOW drastic lol

btw is it easy to remove the chipset cooler on the sli-dr boards without removing the motherboard from my case, it would be a less hassle that way lol
do the push pins just pull off ? or will i have to take the board out and use some needle pliers

You have to take your mobo out, but its worth it, the zalman works beautifully

 

[Darth Sidious]

You have to take your mobo out, but its worth it, the zalman works beautifully

The switftech is the choice of true overclockers

 

[kimandsally]

This is the core bits of spec:

580v tagen
x2 4400+ dual core
with 90c thermalite
2x512 corsair 4400 xms
dfi lanparty ultra sli -d
gigagyte 7800gtx


i have an bit of an issue...actually a large issue!!
help would be brilliant guys.

Same as concorde i had a major problem with the BSOD screen after overclocking my memory. I reverted to the overclocking guides on this forum and on dfi street and followed a guide to overclocking the ram and cpu on dfi street. i followed it to the book as i didnt want to make any errors. now my system wont even boot....not even a lanparty splash or anything. it begins to boot and then makes a click and its like the board isnt recognised. sorry if this sounds stupid

can i have a bit of a guide...(or point me in the direction) of where to go from here.

thanks....anybody with a response is a lifesaver.

cheers

Hi there check the PSU as I had a Tagen 580 that dropped the 12v down to 10.8v when full load was applied it took a while to find, the replacement wasn't a great deal better that went down to 11.2v I replaced it with a OCZ 600 and never had a problem again.

 

[nO}{8]

Can anyone help as im having difficulty with an overclock...When I reboot my board sometimes it says "Hard Disk Read Error, press alt+crl+del to restart" Is this an issue with my raid 0 setup, my sata/ide drives, or is it something different? I happens at random but if I get past this its stable in windows.

 

[Its_Me]

Can anyone help as im having difficulty with an overclock...When I reboot my board sometimes it says "Hard Disk Read Error, press alt+crl+del to restart" Is this an issue with my raid 0 setup, my sata/ide drives, or is it something different? I happens at random but if I get past this its stable in windows.

MAxtor driver ?

 

[nO}{8]

MAxtor driver ?

I think Ive fixed it, what I did was:
set my boot devices to hdd only
set my ide channels to off
reboot.
set the boot order to hdd/cdrom/ other
reset the ide channels to on
reboot
and it seemed to work fine after that. Must have been a configuration problem with the auto ide detector.

 

[pricha3518]

mmb5, Showing CPU temp of -1 and the Cae Temp of -62c..I wish LOL

Which one on the list should I be using for DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-DR mobo.

 

[Ol!ver]

What's this board like for reporting temps? Are they generally accurate or am I likely to fry something cos it's reporting 10c low?

Cheers

 

[smids]

What's this board like for reporting temps? Are they generally accurate or am I likely to fry something cos it's reporting 10c low?

Cheers

One of the most accurate boards I have ever owned. Temps are usually spot on.