nforce2 motherboards failrate - Page 2

26th February 2004, 21:31

feel free to ship it to me, a backup might come in handy

RichBa5tard · 26th February 2004, 21:41

Nope, doesn't work.

... but it might be the replacement bios is fuxored too, i can't remember whether this is the same one that died in my previous 8rda+ or not. : )

piotke · 26th February 2004, 21:59

first NF7 died also after 4 months, no extreme mods done or something like that.

the replacement board is now running for 7 or 8 months

RichBa5tard · 26th February 2004, 22:10

So many deaths...

I tried a third bios: doesn't boot. Damnit. 1 motherboard for the price of 4... new kind of marketing? : /

26th February 2004, 22:38

maybe bad luck is haunting you :grin:

my abit nf7-s and now my dfi infinity work flawless, but thats not the point afaik.
i heard of people doing the strangest things to revive those Nforce 2's
putting the jumper on clear for a night or removing the battery for a long time.
maybe thats an idea?

(btw offtopic i know, but gentoo on a gaming rig?!? does that go with the modern games?)

piotke · 26th February 2004, 22:49

UT2k3 and 2k4 work fine

26th February 2004, 22:51

RTCW:Enemy Territory too. this game is free and fully downloadable!

jmke · 26th February 2004, 22:51

try Max Payne 2 or NFS:U , or Fifa 2004, or SimCity 2004 , or...

RichBa5tard · 26th February 2004, 23:04

Hmmm... the DFI NF2 ULTRA gets great reviews (extremely overclockable, fastest nf2 at stock speed) and it's reasonably cheap (83 euro), but it comes with a sata controller i've never heard of with just one port. : /

@quarantaine: linux gaming is no prob at all if you have an nvidia card (ati linux drivers suck) and stick to games which support OpenGL.

jmke · 26th February 2004, 23:13

Quote:

Originally posted by RichBa5tard
and stick to games which support OpenGL.

don't be afraid to mention this part.. the number of OpenGL powered games is very very small...

26th February 2004, 21:41	#12
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Nope, doesn't work. ... but it might be the replacement bios is fuxored too, i can't remember whether this is the same one that died in my previous 8rda+ or not. : ) __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

26th February 2004, 21:59	#13
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	first NF7 died also after 4 months, no extreme mods done or something like that. the replacement board is now running for 7 or 8 months __________________ .

26th February 2004, 22:10	#14
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	So many deaths... I tried a third bios: doesn't boot. Damnit. 1 motherboard for the price of 4... new kind of marketing? : / __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

26th February 2004, 22:49	#16
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	UT2k3 and 2k4 work fine __________________ .

26th February 2004, 22:51	#18
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	try Max Payne 2 or NFS:U , or Fifa 2004, or SimCity 2004 , or... __________________

26th February 2004, 21:31	#11
TeuS Posts: n/a	feel free to ship it to me, a backup might come in handy

26th February 2004, 22:38	#15
quarantaine Posts: n/a	maybe bad luck is haunting you :grin: my abit nf7-s and now my dfi infinity work flawless, but thats not the point afaik. i heard of people doing the strangest things to revive those Nforce 2's putting the jumper on clear for a night or removing the battery for a long time. maybe thats an idea? (btw offtopic i know, but gentoo on a gaming rig?!? does that go with the modern games?)

26th February 2004, 23:04	#19
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Hmmm... the DFI NF2 ULTRA gets great reviews (extremely overclockable, fastest nf2 at stock speed) and it's reasonably cheap (83 euro), but it comes with a sata controller i've never heard of with just one port. : / @quarantaine: linux gaming is no prob at all if you have an nvidia card (ati linux drivers suck) and stick to games which support OpenGL. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

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