OK what is REALLY going on with the Lanparty NF4 series?

[LuckMan212]

After reading (and posting a few of my own) many posts here and on ocforums, xtremesystems, and DFI-street I am really starting to wonder if there is not something bigger going on with the Lanparty NF4 series mobos. I myself am not a newcomer to building systems nor to OCing and have had a heck of a time with this board so far. I see many other experts having issues too, so I would like everyone's opinion as to whether this is just "teething" pains of a new board/beta BIOS or if there are honestly some actual design flaws or unsolvable hardware issues with these boards?

I myself have purchased 2 of them (bought a 2nd after I had problems with my 1st, thinking maybe it was a "dud") and have similar problems with both of them. So this is not a random sample.

Please post your thoughts. I am not trying to start a flame war or anything just want peoples honest opinions. Thanks.

[highoctane]

The only issue I've had since building mine a couple weeks ago was when I was originally tinkering with OC'ing, vcore would drop back to default a couple times after I made changes in the bios.

I haven't had that problem since, vcore holds wherever I set it, I think it might have been related to leaving the vcore% adjustment at auto, whereas now I have it set to a percentage increase rather than auto.

I never really tracked the problem exactly as it hasn't been an issue since initially assembly and testing of the system, I'm just guessing that it was related to the vcore% adjustemnt.

Anyways I voted for the 2nd option and that there are probably some issues as every board has its qwerks I guess but all in all its been completely trouble free outside of that issue, no install problems, nothing in particular is disabled, works great, what else can I say.

I do understand there are going to be problem boards but that happens with every manufacturer, guess we'll have to wait until more people report if this becomes a trend but I'm very happy with the board I recieved, trouble free.

[LuckMan212]

the issue with the Vcore resetting to default was I believe part of the 0125 bios. I think it was fixed in 0201+.

[soundx98]

What kind of problems you havin Lucky? maybe someone can help.

[Abducted]

Wow, some interesting results so far.

[LuckMan212]

What kind of problems you havin Lucky? maybe someone can help.

thanks for the offer soundX, but I have all but given up trying to stabilize this mobo. I have built many a PC in my time, and this thing just doesn't want to cooperate. I just keep getting random BSODs even when running at stock speeds or very modest Overclocks. I have tried 3 different sets of RAM including some known-good BH-5 and TCCD sets. Tried all the different BIOSes including 021x betas. Problems installing XP, problems OC'ing my previously 2.7ghz prime stable 3500+. The list goes on. Even though only a few people have voted, I find it interesting that 30% of the votes so far are people who feel that there are some serious hardware issues with this board.

I myself have bought 2 of these boards, just to rule out a "bad board" but both of them have been equally frustrating.

I congratulate the people who are enjoying their board and having no issues, but for me it has been a rocky road.

[Electric Bill]

Lucky - since this board just came out I know that we can't just jump in and tell you what's wrong but then again this is got to be one of the best forums on the net so maybe we can be of some assistance. You've got some really 1st rate components so that's obviously not a problem and although you're new here it doesn't sound like you're new to computers. Perhaps if you listed some of your settings we might be able to spot something you missed. Besides I'm thinking (well not quite sure now) about getting one myself so I have a personal interest.


Bill

[Wolf]

The installation of this board was completely trouble free for me. Possibly the easiest ever. This board to me screams quality from the top down. Voltage regulation is great, bios options are all there. I truely believe this could be the best board I've had the pleasure of using and I've been doing this for quite a while. As long as it stays alive...

I'm not discounting others problems but if this board works like mine does anyone would be happy to have it.

[FastEddie]

I think one of the most important components in todays builds has to be the psu. Not all power supplies are up to the task with these power hungry boards.

[panumas05]

I don't have problem because I don't use nForce4 ei ei.

But I will buy Ultra-D in few day.

[Sparx]

Mine works fine, still working the overclock.
257 x 10 now- priming, 1:1 with 1t (cpc enabled)
sparx

[supershanks]

Just completed building DFI NF4 SLI-DR for my son, his money my pleasure.
Build went great very impressed with mobo & accessories. Jaw dropped at some of the undocumented features - Memtest in bios , how cool is that.

rest of kit
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester
Asus Extreme N6600GT GeForce PCX6600 GT
Enermax EG701AX-VE(W)SFMA 600W
G.Skill 1Gb PC4400/PC3200 TCCD Dual Channel kit
Thermalright xp120 + Delta 120mm Focussed Flow Fan (EHE) (FG-003-DE)

booted up 1st time, only issue was his old USB Microsoft Trackerball, caused xp install to hang, swapped in another usb mouse alll was ok.

Everything now running great , just hopes he lets's me have a play now & again.

[Sparx]

Mine works fine, still working the overclock.
257 x 10 now- priming, 1:1 with 1t (cpc enabled)
sparx

My success has turned sour.

I cleared the Cmos a couple of days ago to set BIOS up fresh. (I was stuck at 260 x10).

After clearing the Cmos I could not boot into Windows using "Optimized Defaults" or after setting all BIOS using the previous values, with no overclock. Then after using some Twinmos RAM I got it back up and running.

Yesterday I wanted to flash to 310 BIOS, so I dropped the FSB (HTT) from 260 to 200 then the rig once again would not BOOT Windows. I did get it back up, again with the Twinmos RAM, and flashed to 310. But after that I have not been able to set BIOS to get a BOOT. Rig just loops attempting to Boot. This is not a unique issue with the DFI Nf4.

I tested the Corsair on another machine with Memorytest86, has no errors.

sparx

[LuckMan212]

well I am not out of the woods yet but I am having some success with the new 3.10 final BIOS from DFI...

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/114

give it a try

[Mark099]

Yesterday I wanted to flash to 310 BIOS, so I dropped the FSB (HTT) from 260 to 200 then the rig once again would not BOOT Windows. I did get it back up, again with the Twinmos RAM, and flashed to 310. But after that I have not been able to set BIOS to get a BOOT. Rig just loops attempting to Boot. This is not a unique issue with the DFI Nf4.

I tested the Corsair on another machine with Memorytest86, has no errors.

sparx

I am having the same problem. Had to clear the CMOS, boot to a floppy, and then flash back to 1/25.