bent98 Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 Yea im gonna call newegg.com on monday. I wondering if its because its a UT model. Did you get the UT or not? If its a bad batch of UT's Ill spend the extra $18 and get the regular. Also is there a way to prevent this from happening again. I assume the bios got corrupt and nothing more. If that the case is there a way to have a external flasher on hand to flash it or an extra bios chip so one can be send back to DFI? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaKo Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 I would bet dollars to doughnuts you guys are dealing with corrupt bios with 4 leds showing. Only reason I say this is based upon all the times I have had to deal with it. It would appear I have an uncanny ability to corrupt mine on a somewhat regular basis as of late. One thing you can do to avoid downtime is to acquire a RD1 Bios Savior. PMC-4 is the proper one for the DFI. This baby will save your butt more times than not. If you are just interested in acquiring a spare chip, with a working bios, to have on hand for emergencies then hook with Tmod. He will fix ya up for a small fee. But, if you end up like me and find yourself predisposed towards this kind of malady then you may want to invest in a bios programmer. I found the enhanced version (proper sockets for PLCC 32) on Ebay? for $50 and being the geek that I am....well, whats 50 bucks. Just gotta tinker, ya know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent98 Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 What I wanna know is why doesnt this bios have one built in. Gigabyte and Asus do. This board is highend. Its just insane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent98 Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 Ive read a thread from angrey gamer said you can do a hot flash with a nf2 or nf3 DFI board. Well I have a NF2 DFI board. How the hell do I do it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaKo Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 How to Hotflash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent98 Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 damn. I just tried to take out bios chip with tool DFI gives you. Jesus. Unless Im doing something wrong I cant get the chip out. Infact took the board out of case and I cant get it out. Tool keeps slipping off. If I cant get it out of a mobo sitting on a desk there is no way Im gonna be able to hotswap with one inside a case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 You have not seated or bottomed out the tool if it slips off. It takes a touch of skill to do the task. Brute force is not the answer either but a gentle rock back and forth across the axis of the fully seated tool with pressure applied to squeeze the tool together > forces the tool feet down and applies upward force to pull the bios chip out. Skill and a progressively applied force will do it. RGone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guffnuts Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 Anyone got any ideas on how to obtain bios chips (preferably flashed) from the UK? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony420 Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 what switches should be used when hotflashing on nf2? (nf7s) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h41t3r Posted June 14, 2005 Posted June 14, 2005 ok, yet another update. Got a response from DFI RMA dept today and apparently everything is working on their end and there is nothing wrong with the mobo.. I forgot to tell them in my RMA form that I was using a San Diego processor as apart of my setup so I am not sure if they used that to test my mobo or the older winnies. Either way, I asked them to update me to the lastest BIOS so that I would have no problems w/ BIOS incompatibility. Now... I expect my motherboard here sometime nearing the end of this week or beginning of next, if it still fails to work than the only other thing left that I have been unable to test is my PSU. So for those with the 4 LED Debug problems I would suggest on top of testing your CPU and RAM in another computer, update your BIOS (at a store or friends house) and test your PSU as well before sending to the RMA Dept. I spent my $70 for overnight shipping and I cant get it back, but I can help you guys not to make the same mistake=) cheers and I'll update on what exactly was the culprit of my 4 led probs when I get my mobo back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony420 Posted June 14, 2005 Posted June 14, 2005 I fixed my 4 LED problem. NOTHING more than bios corruption. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjj Posted June 14, 2005 Posted June 14, 2005 *sigh* sounds familiar.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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