ATTN: DFI nf4 users * UPDATE *

[classy]

I have been following this issue kinda close, so there are a couple of things people need to keep in mind. The cold boot issue has been talked about quite a bit, but it seems to not have any consistent pattern. So I do believe that this will be fixed with a bios update as cold boot issues are nothing new to motherboards. Now as far as the 5 volt problem I believe this is kinda bogus. Up until last week it was not even mentioned as being a board problem as a matter of fact it was never even mentioned as a problem. Then all of a sudden one post is made and now all of sudden this story gets legs. Many of the people burned out their memory then wanted to blame this so called problem on the board. And if you read many of the posts like I have these folks are even feeding their memory voltages even beyond what the manufacturers consider safe, voltages in excess of 3.5 volts. So while I am not saying one way or another that there is something to this, it was started by just one poster posting a supposed reply from a DFI tech after he burned out his memory. There are so many folks running off the 5 volt jumper without issue I tend to go with the belief that those who have had problems have experienced the truth about overclocking, it is and always will be done at your own risk. The cold boot seems to be an issue, rather small one, but the 5 volt jumper one I don't think is valid at all. This is just my observation because I have been following the boards and issues closely before I make my decision on what to buy.

 

[rise]

i agree. pumping that kind of voltage through the ram is nuts. complaining about it frying is akin to me saying the oven burnt my chicken.

correct me if i'm wrong, but in a nutshell, dfi is stating that the regulators are not defective as they are not seeing spikes. so if you want to put the volts through it, then go ahead but its not the boards fault the ram is dying.

the cold boot issue to me never should had been linked with this issue. obviously they think differently. i guess it does all come down to the 4v jumper so whatever. but as others have speculated, the cold boot is or should be a bios fix while if there are actual spikes in volts then that would be a hardware issue.

 

[rise]

added a few things to the first post.

there has been some misinformation circulating about this here and elsewhere so my advice remains to do your own research if it effects you.

if it doesn't effect you and you don't want to research it at all then please don't comment or advise about it.