Alex** Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 Right i have read the build thread and im not new to building a system. i have also read all the crap and hearsay about the expert board blowing cpu's. i dont believe them in that dfi would have recalled the boards if there was an issue. what i cant find and what id like to know is the following: 1. is there a bad bios and if so which one should i use 2. is there away to upload the bios prior to the first boot with the cpu installed 3. is there a way to see if the board powers without ram cpu and gpu without risking any damage to anything in my system 4. is there anything else specific to the expert i need to know beofre the first power up? cheers guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rry6961 Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 1) use 12/07/05 bios. the latest non beta Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evancold Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 1. Use the 12/07 BIOS 2. Do not be afraid of the board frying your CPU, as long as you know what you are doing there will not be any issues. 3. see the answer for #2 4. on first power up you will most likely need to adjust your ram timings, make sure your ram is stable before you install the OS. I have used 3 different sets of ram on this board, and I have found dram strength to be very important for stability. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evancold Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 One more thing. If you power off the PSU wait for at least 10 seconds before you power it back on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex** Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 well its my first dfi board and my first overclock the only time ive done anything like oc wa on my nf7 which invloved fsb and multiplier only. what setting will i have to change any chance u could list them not the setting itself but the option i will need to change Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rry6961 Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 read the OC stickies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex** Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evancold Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 the following are the settings that you might want to set at first to get your ram stable. Of course what you set it to is not going to be the same as someone else. good luck DRAM Configuration Tlc Trcd Tras Trp And you might need to change DRAM Drive Strength DRAM DATA Drive Strength Might be a few other things that would need changed as well, but this should be a pretty good starting point. Also you may need to adjust the voltage for your ram as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex** Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 cheers evancold, looks like we have similar spec, or will have when my gpu and ram and cpu finally bloomin arrive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evancold Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 What can I say, we both have very good taste..lol btw....I love the ZALMAN!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex** Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 the zalman does look wicked i hope it works well. so i read the sticky on oc'ing whats the deal with drive strength Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpegripper Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 i have a similar setup to you guys but i was unable to use the 12/7 bios. It wouldn't boot into windows after. With the 11/2 bios i had to have the ram in slots 2 and 4, and with the 12/7 bios, i had to move it to slots 1 and 3, but even in slots 1 and 3, i was unable to get the computer into windows, it would just freeze when it suppose to load windows. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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