BB_One Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 I recall seeing a post by A_G suggesting that you would get a Mach 2 I believe. If so have you gotten it and set it up? And have you tested 1 ideally 2 different Winchester processors in the DFI nf4 and confirm that this nasty sub zero problem ( system not booting and the likes), does not exist with DFI Nf4? If answers are NO and NO, do you plan on doing so and if so when do you think you might have an answer for us? I know all is new and could take a little while to test, but I guess I'm trying to finalize my processor order and this is the sticky point. Help would be appreciated. Thank you. PS: Please note that as it stands the jury is still out on whether it is a winchester processor problem or not, users keeping the same processor but replacing either their bios or mobo have resolved their issues. Hence my question. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 My board got sacrificed to the gawds of beta testing so that you guys could get a better one and I have set with no board or processor for over a week now. RGone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow of chaos Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 I recall seeing a post by A_G suggesting that you would get a Mach 2 I believe. If so have you gotten it and set it up? And have you tested 1 ideally 2 different Winchester processors in the DFI nf4 and confirm that this nasty sub zero problem ( system not booting and the likes), does not exist with DFI Nf4? Damn.. i hope this problem does not exist on NF4 with a prommy rig, otherwise im going to be a very unhappy chap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoN3R Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 yea if this i nquier write up is wrong (prolly rumors ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB_One Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 yea if this i nquier write up is wrong (prolly rumors ) Euuhhh? Inquirer write up? You in the wrong thread dude or what? This ain't rumours from Inquirer it's a known fact sadly with the Winchester under phase change giving heartache to many, irrelevant of what brand of mobo they have. Sorry to hear R_Gone, so you did not participate in the beta testing phase, rats you should petition to have your boss fired ! Even worst now he's left you with no tools to support the paying community, well hope all gets resolve soon for you. Umm that does not resolve me challenge, back to flipping a coin I guess...Newcastle or winnnie, nc, or winne....4 out of 5 or 7 out of 9 flips? Darn another decision to take. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoN3R Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 o hot damn im lost Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbi Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 Think what RGone is saying is, he did take part in beta testing... but board came off second best. RIP. From what I've read I think the sub zero bug is localised to the MSI Neo2 939 nF3 board... am I wrong on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 RGone is actively participating in testing the NF4 RGone, in his usual style, has murdered his board in cold blood so that you (the customers) won't have to go to jail for the same crime. ie: we both try to kill the boards and use them in a manner that is both extreme, and at the same time how normal users would use them everyday. we know some dudes are going to extremely kill their boards as best they can we also know that MOST are going to do some killer overclocking and use them daily (as much as possible) to play games, listen/make music, etc. Normal stuff. RGone found a problem and had to sacrifice his unit (sounds dirty) so that we could be sure it didn't happen later down the road to a regular customer. as for the phase-change unit, I dont think he got the full kit...just the phase change unit itself (not the extra case to house the board and such in). And I don't think the unit came with the proper mounts for Athlon64 on the NF3/NF4 *but with a dead board, it was a moot point to try and find out until the board is replaced* I also hope that Rabbi is correct and that it is only a problem with someone else's board...I see some of the other beta guys like OPP that use these extreme cooling solutions (albiet much more expensive im sure than a Mach2) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcicle Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 .... my money says it's a Winnie chip problem. Winchester chips are S939. I just built a MSI Neo2 Plat. but used a FX53 instead of of a Winchester and have no problem running it under my modded Mach 1. The Winchester doesn't want to boot at anything below -20C regardless of which brand mboard it's mounted on. Tells me the cache memory system is going south on the Winnie. This same thing hapened to us when the original Barton chips came out. Some of those would drop 1/2 of their L2 cache when we put 'em to phase-change. The Big Guns have no sub-zero problems as they stay with the FX55's. onepagebook over at XS had some recent success with a Winnie on an ASUS NF4 but I think it may have been because his chip was one of the latest ones to recently come out of AMD's supply fron Driesden. Pops. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlobber Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 Ouch RGone, so that DFI board fried your cpu? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 so that DFI board fried your cpu? That is not exactly how I would say it although in the end the ability to get 3.8Vdimm; seems it took the memory controller out and is why I said in post above to take it slow and easy and read the Addendums. In the end the beta testing has benefitted the ones to come after me, which was the whole point of the exercise. That about sums it all up. And in that summation is nothing ventured on the prommie because the board was out of action but further unwrapping found a bunch of parts and pieces that externally I thought was a power supply. Dang MS red-nake and new toys to play with is like a kid in a candy shop. RGone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewzer Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 From the genreral public and myself....Thanks RGone for your sacrifice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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