Aaron's Big Ll64 Upgrade

[wtf8269]

Yeah, that's not going to stop me from trying though. I remember hearing that DFI boards don't like Corsair ValueSelect RAM, so I grabbed some of my dads Apacer RAM and I'm testing to see if that fixes it. It probably won't, but I can dream.

Edit: Tried the other ram, no success. Tried using ports 5-8 as well, no luck there either. It wouldn't even recognize it as a raided set of drives. So I just decided to install it on one drive and I ended up getting a disc error.

 

[wtf8269]

You know, I'm starting to think that maybe my CPU isn't compatible and I need a BIOS update.

 

[Solaris17]

compatible w/ the board..? you mean u didnt chek?.....id grab a bios update ASAP

 

[djbbenn]

If it wasn't compatiable the board simply wouldn't post. Thats the way most boards act, so I would say it would do the same with that. There shouldn't be any compatability issues, but might as well try, I think there is an updated bios out now.

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

If it wasn't compatiable the board simply wouldn't post. Thats the way most boards act, so I would say it would do the same with that. There shouldn't be any compatability issues, but might as well try, I think there is an updated bios out now.

-Dan

Yeah, that's what I told my dad. But he didn't believe me. I'm really considering just about anything right now. I just can't figure it out. I can't even get a single drive to boot. I'd call DFI if it weren't Thanksgiving day. Oh well, atleast I get my RAM tomarrow. Not that I'll be able to use it any time soon.

I checked for BIOSs also, and there are two on the site, but they both say first release. One is a larger file than the other. Do you think I should try flashing to the larger one in case mine doesn't have it?

 

[zAAm]

When does it give you a disk error? When posting, installing or going into Windows?? What other signs is it showing with the single drive as opposed to the RAID?

 

[djbbenn]

The bigger bios file will be a .exe form that makes it's own disk, the other is just a bios.

Do you have the sata set up properly in the bios?

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

Yeah I do. I've read the directions numerious times. Everything works fine until after it loads the setup. Like I've said, it will recognize the drive, format the drive, load the installation files on there, then tell you you need to remove the floppy disk because it's going to restart. Then after it restarts it's supposed to go into the installation. Well instead of loading that it just give me a black screen, sits there, and stares at me.

When I try single drive now I just get a BSOD somewhere along the line. It varies. So considering it seems I've pretty much figured out how to setup a RAID configuration better than I can setup a single drive configuration on this board, I figure I might as well stick to getting that to work.

I guess atleast there will be a lot of food and stuff today to get my mind off of this.

Edit: Alright I tried booting without the Windows CD since it's mostly on the hard drive at this point. Since I did that it tells me NTLDR is missing. Which I know means that it doesn't have anything to boot to. So it seems to me that it's not even actually effectively loading anything to the hard drives. Or am I wrong here?

 

[Solaris17]

that sucks punch it in the face


have you wiped the drives after every failed attempt or do you try to install again over the old files?

 

[djbbenn]

Have tried starting a thread on the DFI forums?

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

Yes I've reformatted everytime.

No I haven't but I figure I might as well. I have a friend I met on here that has a DFI NF4 that is running RAID that I could ask for help but he's not online right now and I'd rather not call him during Thanksgiving. And since I can't call DFI right now I suppose I might as well register and post on their forums.

EDIT: Bitchin! They've got a BETA BIOS that they say has solved people's SATA problems! Might as well give that a shot.

2nd EDIT: I flashed to the new BIOS. Still having the same problem. My mom is yelling at me to clean my room and shower before verybody gets here for Thanksgiving so I guess I'll have to do that before I can post on DFI-Street.com.

 

[wtf8269]

OMFG I'm serriously going to kill something!!

I've posted here on DFI-Street.com and I've tried everything they've suggested but no cigar.

 

[wtf8269]

IT LIVES!!!

A guy suggested I run 2.8v to my ram and it worked!! I just installed the X1800XT drivers. I'm so excited. I'm soooo staying up all night working on this.

 

[djbbenn]

What voltage was it running at?

I want pics now... give me pics... and benchies...

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

It was running at 2.65v. Lol no benchies or pics for a long time. I'm going through hell trying to get all these drivers to work. I keep getting errors out the ass. My friend tells me this is all worth it once it's working, but I'm starting to think DFI (or atleast this board) is a piece of sh!t.

 

[djbbenn]

But I want pics now.

New board too... give it sometime, the bioses always suck at first.

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

Argh, every single driver on the DFI disk gets an error when it's trying to install.

 

[djbbenn]

What kind of drivers are you putting on? And what type of error?

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

The drivers off of the DFI disk: chipset drivers, RAID drivers, LAN drivers, etc. Usually they'll say something like "Catostrophic error", "Fatal error", or "The server has made an exception".

 

[djbbenn]

Try getting the drivers off the DFI site.

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

Yeah I tried that earlier thinking I had a bad disc or something, but I got the same errors.

 

[wtf8269]

Well this post is coming from my new computer. A guy on DFI-Street suggested some chipset drivers of ATI's site and that did the trick. Just need to install some software, do some updates, then overclocking here I come!

 

[djbbenn]

Pictures!!!

Get some stock benchies in there too first.

-Dan

 

[wtf8269]

Pictures will be awhile, I've got a lot of tidying up with the wires to do. I just kinda threw everything together because I knew I'd have to fiddle more with the wiring. I'll get some stock benchies after I get my updates done and Norton's installed.

I'm gonna set a low goal of 2.8ghz for now. 3ghz is where I'll be satisfied, but if I can I'm going to shoot for 3.2ghz.

Edit: Alright got 2.8ghz no problem. Here's the problem though: my RAM won't go a hair over 200mhz. Even with it running 3.3v. You and I both know it should go well over 200mhz. Any suggestions? I can get it to boot at 3ghz but only with a huge RAM divider.

 

[djbbenn]

What timings are you running?

-Dan