BearBear Posted June 20, 2004 Posted June 20, 2004 Sung to the tune "Bye , Bye , miss American pie" Bye bye my DFI I loaded the new cat drivers right after installing Far Cry, I rebooted my puter and I don't know why my DFI suddenly died. So I was singing bye bye my DFI, a new X800 installed and a copy of Far Cry,all I wanted was some gamming and my beloved DFI died. My new bios savior was to no avail as I couldn't reboot because my DFI failed, so I brushed away the tears and rolled back my sleeves maybe I could fix it ,So I got out the post card some different ram, I knew right there I was in a jam, I couldn't reboot not even to read some spam the day my DFI died. So I got on the phone the very next day, talked to Randy in Hayward about an RMA, the day my DFI died.So off it went on it's journey north with USPS second day I could only hope, the day my DFI died So I was singing bye bye my DFI, I sent my MB to Hayward for an RMA.I don't know now what I'll do if I get a working board , that lasts a day or 2 but one thing I will probably say is ....... Hey Man want to buy this ole DFI? "this song in no way whatsoever is an attempt to endorse any companies products or to sell replacements of said products there of" Umm unless you really want it LanParty NFII Ultra 400 when last seen had suffered from acute computer arrest":angel: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted June 20, 2004 Posted June 20, 2004 kewl, you put a lot of time into that. (Bye, Bye refrain ringing in head) sorry to hear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted June 20, 2004 Posted June 20, 2004 Sad news about the board (Excellent post though!! very well done!!) any idea what happened?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBear Posted June 20, 2004 Posted June 20, 2004 I have no idea what caused the board to crash.I had just gotten Far Cry as a gift that day.And I had been feeling pretty tired most of the day so it was late in the evening when I got around to loading the game.Everything was going fine I uninstalled some older ATi drivers made sure they were totally gone with the uninstaller software, installed the latest drivers and rebooted, well I tried to and I had a black screen.No mods to my board I had never even gotten around to EVER overclocking it and then nothing.I'm rebuilding my computer on an Asus board right now but I take so many medications now that I can't maintain long periods of concentration, so I still haven't palyed Far Cry with my shiny new BBA X800 Pro. How could you not want what this board has to offer though? When i first started reading about it I thought wow I think I would really like one of these, so I ordered from Newegg a whole system almost a new hard drive the lanparty mb, 1gb of PC3200 Corsair the best stuff they has at the time a radeon 9800 pro and a athlon 3000+ XP 400mhz, I had to rma the board right after getting it , and had newegg cross ship me another , I got the new board and it had problems as well turned out to be the bios I shipped it to DFI that time not wanting to play package tag with Newegg, I can't say enough about that company, not always the best prices but unsurpassed service every time. Got the new board and started reading about great overclocking Ram made by Mushkin that had almost disappeared the PC3500 level 2 1gb set turns out Mushkin had some of the last of it so I got it and kept getting ram errors which was strange after fully testing the ram I was able to determine nothing was wrong with it, I have a stand alone DDR testor here, I was ready to open a small repair shop. I ran every test I could on that board and came to the conclusion that the bios is a major factor in it's optimum operation, but what killed it I have no idea. I was getting ready to try additional bios with that board after contacting a few places that write bios for small to corporate accounts.I have no idea what I'll do with the board when /if I get it back I may just give it away to someone who needs it and can handle the problems that seem to be inherent with this design. Oh it's a Taiwan board BTW. Rgone was trying to help before the mb's demise and I've been in contact with Randy and Donna said she would send me another board. For all of you that have been troubled hang in I think there is real help on the way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagg Posted June 20, 2004 Posted June 20, 2004 If it's any consolation - you will love Far Cry once you're able to play it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elts_drac Posted June 20, 2004 Posted June 20, 2004 Except the save system sucks, even with the save anywhere patch, but the graphics and gameplay are pretty damn good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwackme Posted June 20, 2004 Posted June 20, 2004 Yeah, on the Fort level... before you blow the place, go back down the hill, and kill the FKr in the big boat shelling the fort. A new patrol boat will have shown up too. I havent figured out how to get the dunebuggy all the way to the top yet. Makes a great war wagon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 I already beat the game. Twice D: Once on medium, once on hard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwackme Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 Ditto.... but Im trying to figure out how to beat it for real....ie: get to the other side of the Island the HARD WAY....by BOAT!!! Keep finding new helicopters/patrolboats that kill me. I need a rope, so I can tow a spare patrol boat :nod: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 Once I took the boat around one of the islands, kept getting those "TURN BACK" messages. I found out why they kept saying that. Found 10 or so enemies just standing there... 50 feet above the ocean! They couldn't move, but they had a great view of me! Floored it, got up on a hill, out of their range, slowly snipered them one by one That'll teach them to hover Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBear Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 It looks like Bye,Bye My Dfi could make the American DFI top forty. I am currently in negotiations with a guy claiming to have a better sound card then me for recording rights. I've been somewhat resistant to this because I sincerly believe that he should offer something better then someone who will offer to be my girlfriend for one night. I just want to play Far cry right now and am faced with a board that uses a different set of drivers for s-ata and it's looking like I may have to re-format not one but both of my 160gb maxtor drives...."sniff" " OH the HUMANITY!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMMa Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 can i have it? I could make some use of some parts on it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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