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  • 2GB DDR Kits

    AnandTech: FAST 2GB DDR Kits – Part 2. Well it has been along time in coming, but we are finally at the point where you can get 2GB on your machine with a pair of 1GB memory. Good for really memory hungry games. The recommendation is for the OCZ 2GB PC4000 from “part 1”:http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2560 but…

  • DFI and OCZ compatiblity

    DRAM Settings for DFI NF4 (all) VX, TCCD/TCC5, BH-5, 3200 Gold & General BIOS Info – Forums on the BleedinEdge. Wow what a great site I just found that talks about really making OCZ fly. Nice to have a memory vendor who knows their audience. Some quick things I learned: * All OCZ memory seem…

  • Latest DFI BIOS

    DFI NF4 Bios Files – Forums on the BleedinEdge. A good list that includes the coveted 704-2BT

  • OCZ VX Bad Ram

    DFI Forums – NF4 Ultra-D – 1 LED hang on 702-2. After hours of debugging, it turns out all these problems seem to be from a failing “OCZ PC4000 VX”:http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_4000_dual_channel_gold_vx memory stick. Finally did a swap for some OCZ 3700 Gold Rev 3 and it booted fine and found there was one good one and…

  • BIOS Beep Codes

    Well, I really torqued the DFI last night. Got it all working again and even played a game for a while. Got it back to the 81.98 BIOS and disabled the dual cpu enhancement, but I went a bridge too far. I also updated the bios I thought to 702-2 but now it hangs on…

  • BIOS 702-2 for DFI with OCZ VX and Athlon X2

    DFI Lanparty nF4 SLI/ULTRA Bios. This table is hard as heck to read, but what it says that if you are willing to try a non-official BIOS (that is a BIOS which is not 623-3), then for a DFI LanParty UT nf4 Ultra D with OCZ VX PC4000 memory and an Athlon X2 you will…

  • Disable Dual Core optimizations for 7800GTX and Forceware 81.98

    NVIDIA Forums -> AWARE: NOT USE 8x.xx AT X2 DUAL CORE. _Apparently, lots of folks are like me, having trouble with BSODs and other crashes. Besides adding the AM processor driver, folks suggest disabling the dual core optimizations in the nVidia drivers. For high screen resolutions e.g., bigger than 1280×1024, they don’t help anyway since…

  • Athlon X2 and Windows XP hotfixes

    How to install the AMD X2 drivers, hotfix, the correct way. – XtremeSystems Forums. OK, I don’t know if this is valid, but the recommendation on this site is to apply two hotfixes to improve Athlon X2 stability and to make it work with ACPI… # Install the amd athlon 64 x2 dual core processor…

  • Athlon X2 and Windows XP hotfixes

    How to install the AMD X2 drivers, hotfix, the correct way. – XtremeSystems Forums. OK, I don’t know if this is valid, but the recommendation on this site is to apply two hotfixes to improve Athlon X2 stability and to make it work with ACPI… # Install the amd athlon 64 x2 dual core processor…

  • DFI LanParty Cold Boot Problem Temporarily after BSOD

    How to use the Zippy and 850SSI on DFI nF4 – 56K caution – XtremeSystems Forums. _This is reminder for me, that using the 5V and high voltage OCZ VX on the DFI LanParty is a little hazardous._ The long and short version is that you have to have the 618 or higher BIOS, this…