Ready to give up on DFI NF4 SLI-DR

[Kiros]

I'm on my second DFI NF4 motherboard. The first one (Ultra D) worked for days, then refused to boot past the LANPARTY screen. Got the SLI-DR as a replacement. Worked for two weeks, then one day just refused to boot. I did all the steps - remove BIOS battery, set BIOS jumper to clear, unplug power supply, wait 2 hours to 2 days, put everything back in, hold INSERT key as I plugged in power and crossed fingers.....didn't work for several days then just got lucky once and I got to the BIOS screen. Lowered some settings just in case, rebooted and everything was running great for 3 weeks. Shut it off one night normally, then next day turn it on...you guessed it NO FRIGGIN BOOT. It stops at the last LED. I have had probably 15-20 different motherboards in my day and I have never seen this kinda of totally random unreliability. I have spent the past several days doing the famouse RGONE sequence hoping that I can get the machine to boot again, but no go. I have seen several other people posting this exact same type of problem. There has to be a design flaw in this. This kind of failure is just rediculous. Any suggestions before I throw this thing in the trash and order some other brand?

 

My system:

AMD 4000+

OCZ Platinum PC3200 Rev2 512x4 (2 gigs)

3/10 BIOS DFI NF4 SLI-DR

OCZ OCZ52012U ModStream ATX 2.0 520W Power Supply

 

 

 

Kiros

[Kiros]

Reading this some minutes later I see that it sounds a bit harsh. Sorry, but my frustration level got the best of me.

 

 

Kiros

[Angry_Games]

make a siggy for us like in post #2 of the critical info sticky stuck to the top while i read this

[Angry_Games]

There has to be a design flaw in this. This kind of failure is just rediculous. Any suggestions before I throw this thing in the trash and order some other brand?

 

this is your second board and it does the same thing. You can eliminate the board from being the problem in all but the most extreme chance cases.

 

i see you have 4x512MB modules. have you tested at any lenght with just 2x? pre-E0 stepping cpu's don't like 4x dimms, especially double-ranked dimms. They force the memory controller to work extra hard. Shouldn't kill a chip nor a board nor memory but its worth testing to eliminate that.

 

 

your parts description isn't detailed enough either...missing hdd's, vid card, any other stuff you have plugged in. They can be a big factor.

 

 

I have seen several other people posting this exact same type of problem

 

this is a support forum, as are most of the forums you will see this at. If I visited Ford's forums, I bet there's a lot of customers complaining about their Mustang over this or that, save with Chevy and their Corvette. People come to forums to get help...you are going to see 99% complaints and 1% satisfaction at help places

[Kiros]

Thanks for the replies. I've updated my sig.

I've disconnected the SATA drive and pulled 3 of the memory sticks out (leaving the one closest to the edge of the mb). No go.

What I don't get is how this thing can work for weeks then just fail to boot. I have a good powersupply, good quality memory etc.

Could the BIOS chip fail? Anything else I should try?

 

Kiros

[Angry_Games]

you can send your bios chip in for reflashing. That is possibly a solution. You should put your location in in your control panel too so we know where you live (and know which DFI office to send you to!)

[Kiros]

I'd give that a shot. I've updated my sig.

 

 

Kiros

[Angry_Games]

hit me with an email (link in my sig) and I'll get you on the right direction.

 

you always have the option of sending the board/cpu/memory to me and letting me test it. If BIOS doesn't cure it, I do suggest trying this and letting me see what I can make of it.

[Kiros]

Sent you an e-mail. Thanks.

 

Kiros

[clinthammer]

Hey did you ever sort out this problem with your board?