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26th February 2004, 23:17

Quote:

Originally posted by RichBa5tard
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. : /

yep, I've heard great stuff from that board

26th February 2004, 23:19

Quote:

Originally posted by RichBa5tard
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. : /

you have the wrong ultra edition then

the good overclocking one has 4 s-ata ports and costs 89euro (from where i bought it)

/edit for dutch people only : http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/...essages/870083

RichBa5tard · 26th February 2004, 23:21

Where did you buy it?!

Only store where i found it is funcomputer:
DFI NFII ULTRA-AL Athlon/Duron Socket A nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400 UDMA/133 S-ATA Sound USB2.0 LAN AGP 8x €83,99

26th February 2004, 23:27

http://www.reichelt.de , in the pc-technik compartment (DFI NFII UL INFI)

27th February 2004, 10:27

The DFI lanparty NF2 untra (A) has a PATA raid controller, but I think the prim master ALSO has a SATA convertor attached to it onboard. So it just sucks.

The B model does not have this problem, it used a dedicated 4 port SATA controller.

I got 2 epoxes 8RDA+ that both run 200FSB, both without any problems.

RichBa5tard · 27th February 2004, 11:34

Yeah, I've read you must stay away from the DFI NF2 version A because of many reasons (one of them not having mounting holes, juck).

Pfffrt, i don't know what to do anymore. I could buy a cheap amd board (which has a higher rate of failure?), but then I still have a Chaintech NF2 board with a bad bios. : /

At this point the Asrock K8S8XE seems to be the best choice: faster than nf2 (except gaming), extremely cheap, sata & linux support.

A-star · 27th February 2004, 12:14

I'm thinking iof buying a nf7-s which will be used for my main rig.
Since this has to last 1 year or even 1,5 year is this a good choice?
Or should I stick with something else?

4th April 2004, 00:34

Sorry to bump this tread but i think it in place here.
I got a bios chip of an 8rda rev1.1 and want to hotflash it my infinity to have an backup.

These chips are both the same?

RichBa5tard · 4th April 2004, 13:23

It will fit, but your infinity will most likely not want to flash a different bios into it but a DFI one.

I had the same problem with a chaintech and an abit nf7. The award flash utility didn't want to flash another motherboards bios into it.

4th April 2004, 17:54

Is there a way (command) u can use to force it in or another flash program?
I think its been done before tho...

Booting of the infinity with its own bios ,remove it while running and place the new chip and flash infinity bios into it.

If I do try it the danger of killing my infinity is almost nihill?
I cant short cirquit it as the bios is only used when booting/flashing?

I might end up getting the error "cant flash..." and thats it ?
Just plug the infinity chip back in and reboot?

26th February 2004, 23:21	#23
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Where did you buy it?! Only store where i found it is funcomputer: DFI NFII ULTRA-AL Athlon/Duron Socket A nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400 UDMA/133 S-ATA Sound USB2.0 LAN AGP 8x €83,99 __________________ 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

27th February 2004, 11:34	#26
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Yeah, I've read you must stay away from the DFI NF2 version A because of many reasons (one of them not having mounting holes, juck). Pfffrt, i don't know what to do anymore. I could buy a cheap amd board (which has a higher rate of failure?), but then I still have a Chaintech NF2 board with a bad bios. : / At this point the Asrock K8S8XE seems to be the best choice: faster than nf2 (except gaming), extremely cheap, sata & linux support. __________________ 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

4th April 2004, 13:23	#29
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	It will fit, but your infinity will most likely not want to flash a different bios into it but a DFI one. I had the same problem with a chaintech and an abit nf7. The award flash utility didn't want to flash another motherboards bios into it. __________________ 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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26th February 2004, 23:27	#24
quarantaine Posts: n/a	http://www.reichelt.de , in the pc-technik compartment (DFI NFII UL INFI)

27th February 2004, 10:27	#25
FreeStyler Posts: n/a	The DFI lanparty NF2 untra (A) has a PATA raid controller, but I think the prim master ALSO has a SATA convertor attached to it onboard. So it just sucks. The B model does not have this problem, it used a dedicated 4 port SATA controller. I got 2 epoxes 8RDA+ that both run 200FSB, both without any problems.

27th February 2004, 12:14	#27
A-star Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 596	I'm thinking iof buying a nf7-s which will be used for my main rig. Since this has to last 1 year or even 1,5 year is this a good choice? Or should I stick with something else?

4th April 2004, 00:34	#28
Tum0r Posts: n/a	Sorry to bump this tread but i think it in place here. I got a bios chip of an 8rda rev1.1 and want to hotflash it my infinity to have an backup. These chips are both the same?

4th April 2004, 17:54	#30
Tum0r Posts: n/a	Is there a way (command) u can use to force it in or another flash program? I think its been done before tho... Booting of the infinity with its own bios ,remove it while running and place the new chip and flash infinity bios into it. If I do try it the danger of killing my infinity is almost nihill? I cant short cirquit it as the bios is only used when booting/flashing? I might end up getting the error "cant flash..." and thats it ? Just plug the infinity chip back in and reboot?