mrlobber Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Hey guys, Just got my SLI-D board, along with a Winnie 3200+. The board looks absolutely a killer, it's look is plainly awesome. But that's not the story nor the question Set it up quickly on the desk just to check it works (and it does :nod: - the EZ power button rules!), then I noticed it has the 19/01/2005 bios installed, and is a R.A00 board. On DFI's website, the initial bios release is named 25/01/2005, and I've seen people getting R.A01 and even R.A02 boards already. So question is for you Angry, do these "symptoms" mean, I've got a version of the board, before the 20 significant small hardware fixes were made and my board doesn't have them or does it? I consider this a plausible scenario as some German shops had already some DFI in stock and right then the news broke out that DFI is delaying the shipment for a week to make these changes - the "updated" boards were all supposed to ship with the 25/01 bios. The bios flashing to a newer one is a no problem for me, I just wanted to know whether it's the full final revision board with all the fixes implemented or not. So can you confirm the situation I'm in now, and maybe elaborate a little bit if possible? (I'm living in Europe, btw, if it means something). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 i would send that board back to DFI and have it replaced with the most current board, the R.A02 with all the hardware modifications and latest bios. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlobber Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 i would send that board back to DFI and have it replaced with the most current board, the R.A02 with all the hardware modifications and latest bios. :eek: Damn, does that mean, the A00 doesn't have the final mods? Just saw on Xtremesystems, Tony (bigtoe) from OCZ has the A00 boards as well, and here is a quote from him: I have asked the same questions, both my new boards are A00 and i have been assured the boards have the ECR although some boards have been shipped witht he 119 bios. I must stress to you that you MUST flash to the 125 or later bios before you do anything else. Btw, with which DFI should I deal with this issue? The retailer I bought the board from, had 10 boards in stock, and all are A00, as far as I know. So should I deal with DFI Europe then or what? Edit: Now of course I won't let the board slip away without testing it's overclock (and letting you all know it), but I still didn't catch, does it have all the mods or not? The point of sending it back might be perceived just like getting the most up-to-date version of this piece of hardware (which is always advisable), but if the R.A00 when flashed to the latest bios, performs just like or very close to the A02 boards, I'd like to avoid all this mess. That's why this question is so important for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 to the best of my knowledge, and i dont know exactly what is changed between revisions, the A00 does not have all of the latest ECR modifications, and neither does it have the latest bios. you SHOULD be able to flash to the latest bios, should being the key word. my A00 board is the same one in the thread where I showed you all it was running @ 310*8 with TCCD memory and a 3200+ Winchester. Your board SHOULD be able to do everything that a latest revision board will do. but only you can truly answer that as you will have to install it and test it yourself. Any problems, you should immediately contact DFI-EU and deal directly with them, asking them to receive your board, make the latest ECR revisions to it along with the latest BIOS, and ship it immediately back to you. the only problem with all of this is that I have no control nor influence with the EU office. I can only suggest what I would have you do were you a USA/CDN customer. They might do things a little differently over there, I don't have any idea. Normally they are very much like us and will do all the things we will do. You can only test it out yourself and see what is what. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCZTony Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 I was assured that both my A00 boards from the EU stock have all the mods in place. Now, the best way to check if we have fully modded boards is to have key resistors pinpointed by DFI that can only excist on the fully ECR modded boards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlobber Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Thanks for the insight, guys. I'm testing it all out tonight (in 12 hours), and I'll report back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 missuerELobbaire. After the awesome way that both OCZTony's and AG's boards would hauleth the major @ss, I would if you; flash away from the factory shipping bios and get it on man and throw that shipping bios in the trasheth can. You will be sumstounded by the way that board will clock most specially if you are using VX memory and/or some rather good tCCd stuff like MisserTony and company sales. Those NF4 badboys is very smooth. RGone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eva2000 Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Wht not have on DFI web site a guide to identifying the revised components on the different revs ? is the rev a label or imprinted into the board ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlobber Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Wht not have on DFI web site a guide to identifying the revised components on the different revs ? is the rev a label or imprinted into the board ? Yes, a sticker on one of the PCI slots. Btw, a good idea, I was just almost about suggesting the same thing. AG, do you have any information on the minor differences? RGone, learning to speak french? :shake: Always fun reading you :angel: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...022&postcount=2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eva2000 Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 stickers can be replaced i guess so being able to visually indentify the revised components would be nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 Placement and values of components on mobo is likely proprietary to DFI as all manufacturers saw the 'sample' build boards sent to them by Nvidia. I doubt that the physical changes will be so easily displayed to every other manufacturer; not ever. IMHO. RGone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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