CommGuru Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 As the title implies, I'll be ordering a new NF4 SLI-DR board and a 4400+ x2 processor and I'm wondering in the shipping BIOS on these monsters supports the dual core cpu's straight out of the box? I ask because if not, I won't have another 939 pin CPU to put in there to flash it on up?.. Also, what BIOS is everyone having the best results with? I will be doing some mild oc'ing but stability is more important at this point. Any recommendations would be appreciated. v/r Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boppo Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 You will need to update it most likely to 6/23-3 which is the most recent official BIOS. You should be able to boot to do that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommGuru Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Ok, so it will boot with old bios and allow me to flash to new one. I can handle that. Thanks for the info. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erekosse Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 I flashed the bios at first boot to the latest official with the X2 seated without a problem. I've been fine so far on that bios. Other folks seem to be using the 7.04 bta from the BIOS factory board in the Overclocking section. It's up to you and your comfort level. I also read the disclaimers associated with the beta and/or unofficial bioses before flashing with them. I am quite happy that it was unlike the MSI P4N I built for someone with an 830 Smithfield. I had to strip a 775 socket P4 chip from another machine to flash the bios on that board before I could do anything. I was luck I had a machine from which I could borrow an older socket 775 CPU... David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xguy Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 I have even installed XP before I realized that performance was degraded due to the bios, http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15727 I then flashed to 6-23 and I've been fine every since, BTW XP saw the 2 cores no problems with the old bios, the only thing was that performance was low in benchmarks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommGuru Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 Well, this is certainly good news guys. I look forward to getting it up and running. This is my 1st nf4 rig so what is everyone running for chipset drivers these days? I take it the IDE driver is still a no-no. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderOCZ Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 I take it the IDE driver is still a no-no.Mike Hi Mike, That has been my experience yes.....been using the 6.66 (latest I believe) with no issues Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_Teach Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 My system had the weirdest bootup problems with an old (unknown) bios version, it took me about 10-reboots to get to the bios flash-screen... After flashing to 6.23-3 version, it worked like a charm and havent had any issues since... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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