Official DFI NF4Ultra-D/SLi owners thread.

surge · 10 Feb 2005 at 17:54

Thanks Ricco- about to do it

Maybe add this to your first post? I did post about the new BIOS yesterday, but not in this thread- probably a mistake :rolleyes:

ricco · 10 Feb 2005 at 18:01

Added, I was waiting for ppl to make sure it did'nt kill boards before posting. Always best to leave new Beta' a day or so .

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIOS 209 has memtest intergrated into it, its turned on by default so will not boot windows unti lyou dissable it in BIOS options, this is just below the Voltage options for memory and CPU !!!!!!!!!!!!!

surge · 10 Feb 2005 at 18:39

ricco said:
Added, I was waiting for ppl to make sure it did'nt kill boards before posting. Always best to leave new Beta' a day or so .

Yes good idea. I just flashed it immediately

Still got me to 300 x 10 on FX 55

AndyMoody · 10 Feb 2005 at 18:50

surge said:
Which BIOS Andy? 2.09 Beta solves the "disappearing SATA drive problem"

see

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52726

Whatever the board came with. I have not changed anything.

ricco · 10 Feb 2005 at 18:52

Andy, you should have changed to at least 201, and 209 now.

Pls read the first post and follow the guide.

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 18:53

I'm having a few problems with chipset temperatures with the arctic cooler in place. I've cleaned the thermal pad off the chipset sink, applied AS5 and removed the big metal face plate that surrounds the top of the heatsink, but am still getting 43 degrees idle temps. Which is just when the fan starts to crank upto stupidly noisly levels.

What PWM and chipset temps are you guys getting?

surge · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:09

Minstadave said:
I'm having a few problems with chipset temperatures with the arctic cooler in place. I've cleaned the thermal pad off the chipset sink, applied AS5 and removed the big metal face plate that surrounds the top of the heatsink, but am still getting 43 degrees idle temps. Which is just when the fan starts to crank upto stupidly noisly levels.

What PWM and chipset temps are you guys getting?

Currently PWMIC is 34 and chipset is 40. But one of the fans on my radiator is blowing in the general direction of the mosfets (as luck would have it

)

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:13

My PWM is 59 degrees! Chipset is sat at 43 degrees.

Thats in a stacker with a 120mm intake, 120mm outtake, 80mm blowhole and a Freezer 64.

Whats wrong with my temps?

ricco · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:15

is your room like 30°c ?

surge · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:16

Minstadave said:
My PWM is 59 degrees! Chipset is sat at 43 degrees.(

Ouch- the chipset looks OK but the PWM doesn't. Are you using the newest edition of Smart Guardian- I think its on the DFI site (as opposed to the one on the CD). Do the Al heatsinks on the mosfets feel that hot?
Or maybe you are doing some major o/c

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:19

Will change version shortly maybe thats the problem.

I'm at 2.6Ghz currently Vcore at 1.6V, Vchipset +0.1V, VLink +0.1V

HTT 290

Thanks for the help

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:21

ricco said:
is your room like 30°c ?

Nope

surge · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:23

Apparently they get pretty hot (the mosfets that is

) if you use the 4 volt RAM option.....
Perhaps blow a small fan in that area?

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:24

I haven't changed the jumper, it should be at normal position. Will open it up and check.

Minstadave · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:35

Updated Smart Gaurdian, temps are still crazy.

Will have a look at modding my Arctic Cooler some more, see if I can get the chipset sink some more airflow.

The PWM temps are nuts though, going to check how hot the mofsets are now.

Shads · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:36

Hi all

I have dl the new bios from the links and the link at the front of this thread but every time i try to install it says bios size does not match with mainboard bios am i doing somthing wrong ?? :confused:

shamus21 · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:42

Minstadave said:
My 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.

The picture is actually mighty nimrods card he has for sale, I pinched the image from his thread in the MM

hi Minstadave
just a quick one what sort of extra overclock do get with that arctic cooler on your x800.

ricco · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:45

Shads said:
Hi all

I have dl the new bios from the links and the link at the front of this thread but every time i try to install it says bios size does not match with mainboard bios am i doing somthing wrong ??

Did you unzip it( its actualy a compressed RAR file).

If you dont have it, get winrar http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar342.exe

Shads · 10 Feb 2005 at 19:49

cool thanks i used the built in winzip in winxp that will teach me thanks

surge · 10 Feb 2005 at 20:03

Minstadave said:
Updated Smart Gaurdian, temps are still crazy..

Guess more airflow is the ticket.....