My UT NF4 SLI-D arrived late Thursday. Yes, the Zalman CN7700 Cu does fit. You have to install RAM in Slot 4 before fitting the heatsink.
Big pain, though, the two Leadtek 6800GT I ordered will NOT fit because of the depth of the Leadtek HSF <sigh>. Grateful to know what other 6800GTs will fit. I'm thinking about Arctic coolers but the one pic I have seen doesn't look like there will be enough clearance with those either.
Big pain, though, the two Leadtek 6800GT I ordered will NOT fit because of the depth of the Leadtek HSF <sigh>. Grateful to know what other 6800GTs will fit. I'm thinking about Arctic coolers but the one pic I have seen doesn't look like there will be enough clearance with those either.
Lower your CPU multi to 6x or 7x to isolate the memory. To isolate the CPU, lower your divider to the lowest setting you have.
Are you sure about that?? The leadtek heatsink is only a two slot design, and the sli boards are designed to accomodate two slot heatsinks (6800ultra).
Sounds like a great motherboard.
If only I could find some really cheap 24 pin powersupplies (as 20->24pin conversion is not recommended).
If only I could find some really cheap 24 pin powersupplies (as 20->24pin conversion is not recommended).
Monarch has the ultra-d back in stock for $150. They've had it out of stock for a while, so this must be a new shippment of them. Do you think these ones have the unmoddable ultra chipsets? or will those not be out for a few more weeks?
CheesePoofs, you are an interesting type of person. There is 40mm space centre to centre between the two x16 slots and the Leadtek HSF is 45mm deep across the outside faces - it protrudes about 5mm from the back of the card. I was surprised, but the second card would not even engage in the slot. There may be space if the plastic shroud is removed, the copper seems to be 38mm across outside faces. However that doesn't leave much for airflow.
Thanks Tabb, someone point me to how to post pics and I'll put some up.
Thanks Tabb, someone point me to how to post pics and I'll put some up.
I finally got all the parts in and got the new rig set up. I have the stock heatsink and fan on the 3200+ running at 9x250 HTT and it shows around 32-35C during normal use. Hitting 250 HTT was absolutely effortless and everything is running stable so far. Prime 95 ran without error and gaming is a heck of a lot more fluid than it was on my XP 2400+
I'm using the Zalman 7000B-CuLED.
The chipset still runs pretty hot.
I'm guessing in order to see if the SLI mod worked I'll have to switch the jumpers and put the 6800GT back in and then run the newer drivers.
Here's a pic: screen.JPG
Sorry thats a huge pic dial-up and even broadband users beware at the moment.
The chipset still runs pretty hot.
I'm guessing in order to see if the SLI mod worked I'll have to switch the jumpers and put the 6800GT back in and then run the newer drivers.
Here's a pic: screen.JPG
Sorry thats a huge pic dial-up and even broadband users beware at the moment.
you can't post pics directly, so link to a place where you have the pic stored.
i am still kinda supprised leadtek would make a card bigger than what would fit in an sli solution.
Edit: just curious, but why am i an interesting type of person?
Thanks CheesePoofs. Seems I have some work to do because I have no website set up, and right now I need some sleep. I'll try to get the pics up tomorrow. I've posted a comment over at DFI and hope for some response after Chinese New Year. I'm also surprised no-one else has found this. I guess there is not a problem with the ASUS A8N-SLi because the x16 slots are wider apart. The Leadtek HSF is bigger than the nVidia reference design though.
I see the Zalman VF700 is only 30mm deep and may prove to be the solution. The Arctic NV5 is 35mm deep but the Leadtek also has the double bracket like an Ultra which means some further modding would be needed to get it to work. Whatever, I'll have to prove the boards work first before voiding the warranties.
Edit: I have all this hardware in front of me, but you would like to know if I am sure it won't fit together. I think that's an interesting response to my problem.
I see the Zalman VF700 is only 30mm deep and may prove to be the solution. The Arctic NV5 is 35mm deep but the Leadtek also has the double bracket like an Ultra which means some further modding would be needed to get it to work. Whatever, I'll have to prove the boards work first before voiding the warranties.
Edit: I have all this hardware in front of me, but you would like to know if I am sure it won't fit together. I think that's an interesting response to my problem.
I'm currenty building this board up on a fairly low budget. Wanted to share that I just got ram for it from Newegg as part of their Crackhead Deals
I mention it here because this ram is specifically mentioned on the DFI site as one of their
recommended ram. Cost me $151 shipped.
I mention it here because this ram is specifically mentioned on the DFI site as one of their
recommended ram. Cost me $151 shipped.
My system has been up and running for a day or so and was playing some CS:source all of last night and it was working great. Today I was just doing some web/photoshop work on it and all the programs stoped responding but I could still move my mouse and drag windows. I couldn't get to the task manager to close anything so I restarted. It booted once and said it had to restore the registry and looked like it was in classic mode with all defaults restored. Then it locked up again in the same way and now it says the following file is missing or corrupt: windows\System32\config\system. And when I try reinstalling XP it gives me BAD_POOL_CALLER BSOD at the point it gets to scaning for old versions of windows. The rest of the error is STOP: 0x000000c2 (0x00000043, 0xc39c0000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
I'm guessing that's a problem with the Ram (OCZ 3500 EL) as that seems to be what causes corruption alot of the time. Everything is at default setings so far. I may have somewhat killed my PSU (antec 380 truepower). I shorted a fan power plug earlier and it shut down the system. I started it back up and after about and hour of working it did the above. I guess it could have zapped some other part (like the ram) also.
However, I just ran Memtest-86 without any errors.
I'm guessing that's a problem with the Ram (OCZ 3500 EL) as that seems to be what causes corruption alot of the time. Everything is at default setings so far. I may have somewhat killed my PSU (antec 380 truepower). I shorted a fan power plug earlier and it shut down the system. I started it back up and after about and hour of working it did the above. I guess it could have zapped some other part (like the ram) also.
However, I just ran Memtest-86 without any errors.Man i've been working on my rig since friday night and just now i finally got a stable and constant windows install going.
My rig DID NOT like Sp2 at all. Well, the nforce drivers didn't. I don't know why but running SP2 on this has been suicide, something goes wrong anytime i try. I'm gonna stick to SP1.
*phew* what a tough weekend. One thing after another went wrong.. I've never had problems like these with intel computers, it's always AMD ones that do it. :/
My rig DID NOT like Sp2 at all. Well, the nforce drivers didn't. I don't know why but running SP2 on this has been suicide, something goes wrong anytime i try. I'm gonna stick to SP1.
*phew* what a tough weekend. One thing after another went wrong.. I've never had problems like these with intel computers, it's always AMD ones that do it. :/
Did you try disabling the Xp firewall? I wonder if that could be the prob. My disk is an SP2 version so I hope there's a cure.
PascalT, I don't know what you could be doing that would take that long for you to be able to get Windows installed fine, nor what the issue with SP2 is. I've installed Windows 3 times without problem (all SP2 as well, using an SP1 install disc and an SP2 updates disc and then getting the rest of the updates online). I'm going to be doing it again shortly as this current install started with nVidia video drivers (several versions) and now has ATi (and I didn't use driver cleaner either).
Just to check, you are doing a fresh install everytime right? I hope you're not trying to reuse an install that you'd done on different chipsets and such.
Just to check, you are doing a fresh install everytime right? I hope you're not trying to reuse an install that you'd done on different chipsets and such.
Theres a couple comments about this, but I'd like some more input. My memory (2X512 corsair value select) won't run at stock voltages and timings. According to newegg the default voltage should be 2.5. My board defaults ot to 2.6V, but it is totally unstable at that setting. At 2.7V it is almost stable, but it crashes during big compiles. I ran memtest through about 4 passes with no errors, so I figured it was somthing else, but then i let memtest run overnight through about 80 passes, and there were around 10 errors. I'v raised it again to 2.8V and will run memtest again, but I'm kinda annoyed I need that much voltage just for stock timings (2.5-3-3 200mhz). Is everyone else experiencing this with this board, or do I have bad ram? I'm also planning on memtesting one stick at a time at 2.6Vwhen I get home, which should make it pretty obvious if one stick is bad while the other is good. I'l report my results.
Yes, it is common for people to have to up the voltages on this board to get their rated timings. Don't worry.
I didn't have any SP2 problems. I've got SP1 and a SP2 update disk like darkSwordsman.
Updating my previous post, I ran memtest all night on a single stick with no errors, so I guess my mem is ok. I'm running it all today on both sticks. I tried voltage upto 3V on the single stick to try and get it to install widndows with no sucsess. How can I check my CPU w/o having another CPU?
Updating my previous post, I ran memtest all night on a single stick with no errors, so I guess my mem is ok. I'm running it all today on both sticks. I tried voltage upto 3V on the single stick to try and get it to install widndows with no sucsess. How can I check my CPU w/o having another CPU?
I am thinking of getting one the DFI MB, but am concerned about my ram. I have some:
Adata Vitesta - DDR 500. It's decent ram, and has wored well in ny nforce2 platform. The timings are not great, but as long as it works, I'll be happy.
Here is a link to the website:
http://www.adata.com.tw/en/products-d-un-ddr500.htm.
The timings are rated at: 2.5/6/3/3.
A review ( http://xtremeresources.com/modules.php?...views&file=index&req=showcontent&id=8) shows them capable of 271MHz on a 754 platform when using 1T.
Anyone using anything like this?
Adata Vitesta - DDR 500. It's decent ram, and has wored well in ny nforce2 platform. The timings are not great, but as long as it works, I'll be happy.
Here is a link to the website:
http://www.adata.com.tw/en/products-d-un-ddr500.htm.
The timings are rated at: 2.5/6/3/3.
A review ( http://xtremeresources.com/modules.php?...views&file=index&req=showcontent&id=8) shows them capable of 271MHz on a 754 platform when using 1T.
Anyone using anything like this?
Anyone know if running ram in all 4 DIMMs might affect stability/speed?
And I can't change my DRAM voltage in the bios, it won't let me, I can select 2.5V or 2.7v but it always goes back to 2.6.
And I can't change my DRAM voltage in the bios, it won't let me, I can select 2.5V or 2.7v but it always goes back to 2.6.
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