DFI nF2 Ultra B problems

Zoogle · Post by **Zoogle** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:24 pm

This mobo is pretty old school but it's performed wonderfully for the 3 yrs I've had it. However, more or less recently, I've started getting system corruption over time, ending in BSOD. This happens if I leave the computer on for a day or if I use suspend, it doesn't ever happen w/in 5 hrs of use.

Usually, I start getting weird mouseclick echoes from the speakers. Then programs will slowly start locking up. Finally I'll either get a BSOD or system freeze up. I initially thought it might be the audio drivers because of the echoes but updating them didn't help. I'm using the 6/19 DFI bios since the newest one doesn't recognize the mobile 2500+ and seems really buggy when I suspend (even more so).

Any suggestions? I know NF2 boards weren't the most reliable or bug-free...

Zoogle · Post by **Zoogle** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:44 am

I guess the board is too old....

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:40 am

I used to own that board, but I think that it was back in 2003 or 2004 when I last used it. Sounds like something is not working right as you know. I'm sure you can find a replacement board pretty cheap or find now is the time to upgrade.

The Black Pumpkin · Post by **The Black Pumpkin** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:16 am

Have you memtested and stuff? Could be that, or the cpu could be going.

If you decide to get a new mobo, you could sell that one on ebay, provided you tell your problems, of course.

As far as NF2/Socket A boards go, that one is the most sought after.

tnynyn · Post by **tnynyn** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:43 pm

The Black Pumpkin wrote:Have you memtested and stuff? Could be that, or the cpu could be going.

If you decide to get a new mobo, you could sell that one on ebay, provided you tell your problems, of course.

As far as NF2/Socket A boards go, that one is the most sought after.

never knew alot of people wanted it. i have the same board right now with a 2400+ (my pops uses it for chatting,web and emails) runs windows xp pretty good. it actually bootups faster than my current rig

The Black Pumpkin · Post by **The Black Pumpkin** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:21 pm

Well, maybe not quite as much anymore, but in the hey day of A (

) and for a while since, it's been the most sought after. People who are still interested in Socket A would pay money for it. I personally know of one person who got, with a few modifications, an overclock at 2.75 ghz on a Barton with that board.

Zoogle · Post by **Zoogle** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:03 pm

Yeah, I've performed memtest on it and it seems to pass without any problems. I've done plenty of burn-ins with Prime95/Orthos and nothing seems to be amiss. I guess it's just a really weird problem with the board not liking the hardware configuration...

The only reason this is a big deal at all is because this computer runs as my main work computer. It runs my engineering apps. I do my gaming and entertainment on an Athlon64 system.