That's weird, with the aircond on shouldn't it be cooler hence the PSU more efficient? Anyway looks like i'll be getting the OCZ although there's still a pretty long wait. According to supplier ETA is tomorrow or Monday

Hopefully the new PSU's come with 2 PCI-E power connectors too!

I saw the Silverstone one too and initial impressions seem to be pretty good! User however have complained about the noisy fans and due to its quad rail setup, it isn't very good apparently. I guess i'll just have to wait for the OCZ before I can fire up my SLI-DR

Do you guys have a link to the pc aircond you're talking about? Never heard about that before

Just got my PSU yesterday. I tried using my BH6 which wasn't even stable at 235FSB at any vdimm on my LPB NF2 and I manage to boot into Windows at 260FSB 3.4vdimm with A64. Haven't tested stability yet but it was good for surfing and installing drivers

Will bench soon when I have more time on hand

I'm not aware of anyone here running SLI yet but I will be soon in a couple of weeks when I get more cash. Currently using my old but trusty GF4MX 440 PCI

To run SLI, both cards have to be identical - bios, speeds, manufacturer, everything identical basically. The graphic card in the first PCI slot would have higher temps I suppose as the flow of air will be disrupted by the 2nd graphic card. You may or may not have to drop overclock speeds to run in SLI successfully.

Are you planning to do SLI? Let us know how it goes

Hehe funny la u fellas

Anyway I got a question and i'm not sure if it should be posted here. I'm running the SLI-DR and I got 2 SATA drives. When I load into WinXP SP2, I have the Safely Remove Hardware icon in my taskbar. Funny thing though its my 2 SATA HDD's that are available for remove??? Doesn't make sense to me. What if I remove my C:\ where Windows is?

I don't think you can safely remove your C:\

Well, anyone figured out how to remove that icon? I hate unecessary icons like this.

Hahaha!

When I installed WinXP SP2 slipstreamed, first boot in and I saw that icon already. Don't think its the drivers.

Which bioses perform the best for you guys with BH5/UTT chips?

I tried a couple of bioses like 310 official, 313-1, 313-2. I now have trouble booting up my SLI-DR using the orange slots. Tried one BH6 stick in the 1st yellow slot and managed to flash back to 310 official. Put in 2 sticks Twinmos UTT in yellow or orange wouldn't boot either after that. Any idea what caused this?

Managed to boot in again using first yellow slot and I get a warning to use slot2 for single channel and 2 modules in slot2 n slot4 for dual channel.

So I tried again in slot2 and 4 as recommended but I can't boot again. The LED lights show 1,2 and 3 lit up. Can anyone help me please?

Yeap, I always reset CMOS after flashing. Any other ideas that could fix this? I managed to flash back to 310 official though using my BH6 in dimm1.

Hmm, that didn't help too

JP1 is near the Reset switch and BIOS chip right? Do I have a dead dimm slot?

Can anyone give me more information about RMA-ing a motherboard? I found the problem and its due to one of the connectors in dimm2 not making contact with my ram. There's one metal connector that appears to be flattened when the ram is inserted.

My dad got this motherboard for me from Viewnet in Lowyat plaza. Do I have to send the board back to Malaysia for RMA? Hopefully I don't have to and a local distributor can do it here for me

If anyone knows about RMA please enlighten me. My SLI-DR is inoperable for now

Thanks for all the replies guys! Really appreciate your offers and concerns

I've contacted a few distros here in Australia but to my understanding, if it wasn't bought locally (in Australia) there won't be any warranty for me. So i'll just finalise that first when they reply tomorrow before I decide my next step.

Atm, I think the best is to return back to Viewnet asap. I'm not sure what is their 1 to 1 change policy like but atm, it is still under 1 month from purchase date. Hopefully can get this sorted out soon. My 2 week holiday just started today and this happened to me What tough luck eh?

EDIT: I forgot to ask, for RMA purposes do I have to return the whole package or just the motherboard box? The SLI-DR package isn't very small

This post has been edited by De_Cruelz: Apr 18 2005, 09:51 PM

Wow, that's great news then if its really for the first 3 months. I looked at the invoice though and it says 1 to 1 exchange is only for 1 week? If any of you could confirm that, it would be great!

Also, do I have to return the whole package or just the motherboard for warranty claims?

Hehe irenic, you and the FX too enjoying a holiday eh! Damn, just can't wait for my SLI-DR to be approved for RMA. My CAA2C sitting in the box doing nothing now!

I thought about that but too ex la the SLI-D or SLI-DR here. SLI-DR cheapest in Australia excluding postage is $369 AUD. Somemore now got problem with RMA. Those interested can read my post at dfi-street: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10829

Its a long read though. Looks like my SLI rig will be delayed much longer. Don't know if they will approve RMA or not yet also. I can send it back to Taiwan for repair or replacement but it would cost me approx $100 AUD. See what they can do first for now


This post has been edited by De_Cruelz: May 5 2005, 03:04 PM

Send back to Malaysia should be cheaper compared to sending to Taiwan I think. I'm not sure how long Viewnet will take before I can get a replacement though. They might have to send it back to distro, bla bla bla, and dunno how long it'll take. If I send back to Taiwan i'm assured of a repair or replacement. Only concern atm is the shipping price there

Hey all, if any of you were following my problem with RMA i've decided to purchase another SLI-DR and RMA the faulty one direct to DFI Taiwan. I guess i'll have to bear the $55 AUD post charges but that's the best solution already to cut my losses. Hopefully the price won't depreciate too much when I sell it later as it's eating into my savings for a SLI setup

Hopefully by Monday i'll receive it and then I can start some crazy overclocking with it again.

Hehe my CPU managed to bench at 2.8Ghz with 1.6vcore using STOCK cooler

I wonder what can it do with water cooling and more vcore. 2.9Ghz prime stable perhaps? . It'll be awhile before I get enough funds to complete my water cooling setup though

Hehe that's the first thing I did when I first got my mobo. Will do that again when I get my new mobo on Tuesday

Well, don't forget the vdimm power source is from the +3.3V rail and it has to be regulated to supply 2.6vdimm hence the heat. Energy cannot be destroyed hence turning it into heat

Looks like arj gonna be switching to SLI soon eh? I just missed out on the offer at xs.org. Very very good deal I must say

This post has been edited by De_Cruelz: May 9 2005, 09:50 AM