Official DFI NF4Ultra-D/SLi owners thread.

Dave flash with 414-3 BIOS, i found it a little more stable then 414-1

Then try.
VDDR - 2.75
2.5
4
7
4
12
14
3
2
2
twcl =1
Tref =3072

bank inter = enable

skewk = increase
255
drive 7
strength 1
max asynch 8ns
read 5ns
idle cycle 256
dynamci enable
bypass 16xmax 7x
32bit gran disable

Thats slac but max stability

MemTest 5-10loops of Test 5 then same for test 8

test 5 & 8 are the important 2
 
Finally saved the money for a 3700+ San Diago so, before I remove the current BIOS (10/3/2005), what BIOS should I flash with?

It should be able to get my TCCD to 300HTT 1:1 @ 2.5-3-3-7.

Cheers Concorde
 
Concorde,

See my post here for a link to a CD Image containing ALL currently available BIOS files for the DFI NF4.

*Some* of the bioses come in 3 versions, their suffix determines which memory it might be more suitable for...

-1 is more suitable for TCCD
-2 is more suitable for BH5/UTT type memory
-3 is more for "universal" suitability

As for 300HTT, you might find you have to go for 2.5-4-3-7 instead but see if any errors crop up in Memtest at 2.5-3-3-7 and then just work from that.

Here's a good guide for G.Skill memory but also works for other TCCD based RAM...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57317

...it helped me get mine over 300HTT :)

Also, have a look at this following thread. A bunch of collected results and settings for people getting 300 and over...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53290&page=1
 
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Okey maybe you grabbed the wrong end of the stick :p

I have my memory stable at 2.5-3-3-7 with 2.7V 1:1 1T at 300HTT with my current CPU, a Winnie 3000+.

Im going to order my San Diago today and I would like to know which BIOS is best for them, I know its going to be a '1' BIOS, but which version 10/3 - 14/4 etc is best for San Diagos?

Cheers Concorde
 
Lol, I was under the impression that this (the SD) was your first ever A64 setup as I've not seen any other posts from you to the contrary :)

Anyway, I'm running 414-1 as well.
 
XP-120 with 125CFM YS-TECH, its behind a desk so its not that loud! Plus its allways under 20C in here, usally around 15C so :D

Kept my 3000+ at under 40C load measured with a temp probe on the side of the heatspreader!

Concorde
 
Just bought me one of these boards this weekend. It's all up and running now :D. Nice board, tricky to set up when you have the January BIOS which doesn't like TCCD or San Diego's (lots of checksum errors, POST reboots, cycling reboots, crashes in BIOS to name but a few) but I love it. Gonna see how my Sand Diego clocks in it :D) Now running BIOS 414-3.

One thing, my floppy drive won't work, are there any jumpers etc because I've tried the cable round both ways and it is plugged in :confused:

EDIT: One thing, why did DFI make this BIOS so much harder to understand than my old MSI Neo2 Plat?!?! Lots of new options, gonna have to spend a day reading it all through before I can get clocking :(
 
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smids said:
EDIT: One thing, why did DFI make this BIOS so much harder to understand than my old MSI Neo2 Plat?!?! Lots of new options, gonna have to spend a day reading it all through before I can get clocking :(
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Start reading from Post #9 (quite a long scroll down)...

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3393

...and it will cover the extra memory settings at least :)


Otherwise for a general A64 ocing guide, click my sig pic.
 
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Concorde,

Those temps seem good. Got my rig on watercooling - which I'm glad I got sorted on my SocketA setup before upgrading to A64 otherwise I would have been bricking it with all this expensive new equipment being surrounded by water :D
 
[timko] said:
Start reading from Post #9 (quite a long scroll down)...

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3393

...and it will cover the extra memory settings at least :)


Otherwise for a general A64 ocing guide, click my sig pic.
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Thanks [timko]. I'm fine with the clocking itself, it's just finding the new names from my Neo2. LDT instead of HTT. And now I have extra things like LDT voltage etc. Going to have to find all the safe limits for all these because my nF3 Neo2 had all the most essential options, just there is now a multitude of newer more complex things. Also, having just switched from AGP to PCI-e, I'm still learning this new terminology. AGP was so simple, now you all these different options :(

EDIT: oh and thanks to my careful driver cleaning preparation, the change from nf3 to nF4 went without a hitch :)
 
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That's good news on the NF3 to NF4 Winxp install switch :)

As for LDT and the like, the guide here also covers stuff like that...

http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=327


You should find that you don't need to increase the "LDT Voltage" or the chipset voltage on your NF4 board. I, amongst many others, have OC'd just fine leaving those two voltages at stock with this particular line of boards :)
 
The point I mentioned with quick loops is so Dave did'nt have to there for hours to do a full check of stability.

If he is having major problems , the few loops with test 5 and * will show up any Major errors quickly , not a Full over nighter - but thats not where I'm aiming ATM.

We are trying to get a starting point for a little stability.
 
5 and 8 are the main two tests really. If these pass a good 30 times, then it's pretty safe to say you are stable - or at least for me - I then run an all nighter when I'm asleep.

Thanks for the links [timko]. Just signed up at DFIstreet and didn't fancy having to trudge through a lot of stuff I already know just to find a few finite bits and pieces. :)
 
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