nforce2 motherboards failrate - Page 4

5th April 2004, 19:05

it will work. you can flash the chip with any nforce² motherboard, with some luck even with other mainboards like a KT333.

try to force the flash

RichBa5tard · 5th April 2004, 19:20

it didn't work on my chaintech to flash an abit nf7 bios, and there was no way to force flash it according to the awflash manual. I found similar conclusions on google.

5th April 2004, 19:43

This might be usefull
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...7371~mode=flat

-f should force the flash?
wow even kt333? then i have 3 bios chips for my infinity

7th April 2004, 16:25

The infinity seems to have a 4mb chip while the epox has 2mb.
The nf7 is a nf² mobo that has a 4mb chip aswell.

Anyone that has a spare 4mb chip?

RichBa5tard · 5th May 2004, 07:58

Quoting a hardware seller @/.

Quote:

When it comes to the motherboards, power supplies, heatsinks, quality is extremely important. For example, based what I have seen, a motherboard that has an Intel chipset on it will last 10x longer than on with a via chipset on it. Same applies to AMD vs Via. I love nvidia chipets as well - but I have seem some nvidia based boards die after a single year of use - and I'm not talking about a single board, I'm talking a batch of 10 all die within 2 months of each other. These were using Antec True Power supplies, so faulty power was not a problem, and no overclocking was going on. Just a bad batch of boards - but I think that has more to do with the board manufacturer, not the chipset.

The Senile Doctor · 9th May 2004, 09:45

I'm quite fearful for socket 939...
nforce2 had extreme failrate, nforce3 mainbaords up until now have all sorts of problems...
if the socket 939 boards go the same way...
haven't had one problem with heavily overclocked i875 boards in a year 'asus p4c800 and ic7 max3)

RichBa5tard · 9th May 2004, 12:23

I found the kt266a & kt333 extremely stable, even more reliable than the i865 motherboards i had. I hope VIA succeeds in making a worthy successor for the 939 platform, because I don't like nf2/3 either.

9th May 2004, 19:44

are KT600 mainboards more stable (at default speed!) then the nforce² boards ?

RichBa5tard · 9th May 2004, 21:21

Dunno. I'd love to try it out but it bothers me all kt600 boards are very low end.

9th May 2004, 21:22

even an asus a7v600 ?

it looks good, ... it's also got gigabit network

5th April 2004, 19:20	#32
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	it didn't work on my chaintech to flash an abit nf7 bios, and there was no way to force flash it according to the awflash manual. I found similar conclusions on google. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

9th May 2004, 09:45	#36
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	I'm quite fearful for socket 939... nforce2 had extreme failrate, nforce3 mainbaords up until now have all sorts of problems... if the socket 939 boards go the same way... haven't had one problem with heavily overclocked i875 boards in a year 'asus p4c800 and ic7 max3) __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

9th May 2004, 12:23	#37
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	I found the kt266a & kt333 extremely stable, even more reliable than the i865 motherboards i had. I hope VIA succeeds in making a worthy successor for the 939 platform, because I don't like nf2/3 either. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

9th May 2004, 21:21	#39
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Dunno. I'd love to try it out but it bothers me all kt600 boards are very low end. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

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5th April 2004, 19:05	#31
TeuS Posts: n/a	it will work. you can flash the chip with any nforce² motherboard, with some luck even with other mainboards like a KT333. try to force the flash

5th April 2004, 19:43	#33
Tum0r Posts: n/a	This might be usefull http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...7371~mode=flat -f should force the flash? wow even kt333? then i have 3 bios chips for my infinity

7th April 2004, 16:25	#34
Tum0r Posts: n/a	The infinity seems to have a 4mb chip while the epox has 2mb. The nf7 is a nf² mobo that has a 4mb chip aswell. Anyone that has a spare 4mb chip?

9th May 2004, 19:44	#38
TeuS Posts: n/a	are KT600 mainboards more stable (at default speed!) then the nforce² boards ?

9th May 2004, 21:22	#40
TeuS Posts: n/a	even an asus a7v600 ? it looks good, ... it's also got gigabit network