brandon Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 i say the same thing about MSI, except it was three My old MSI board worked great, but I've went through almost 1 of them. I hate bad BIOS flashes! Link to post Share on other sites
caintry_boy Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Brandon, if you knew someone close to you, or you had another MSI board of the same kind, you could try hotflashing it. I've done it before, takes much caution and steady hands. http://www.rainbow-software.org/hardware/hotflash.html I have that UniFlash prog. and it's great!! Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 Brandon, if you knew someone close to you, or you had another MSI board of the same kind, you could try hotflashing it. I've done it before, takes much caution and steady hands. http://www.rainbow-software.org/hardware/hotflash.html I have that UniFlash prog. and it's great!! Nobody I know has another MSI board. Link to post Share on other sites
Crow Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Im looking for a used board, don't know what to get yet. Looking for used because I put them through hell, poor things Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 Im looking for a used board, don't know what to get yet. Looking for used because I put them through hell, poor things Ebay... Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-180-057&depa=0 how does it have raid if the chipset doesnt support it, Chipset: Intel 865PE + ICH5 it should have an ® like ich5-r meaning raid Link to post Share on other sites
Crow Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I will never use ebay, no thanks Link to post Share on other sites
OneCool Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 how does it have raid if the chipset doesnt support it, Chipset: Intel 865PE + ICH5 it should have an ® like ich5-r meaning raid Onboard SATA/RAID: 2 x Serial ATA by ICH5; 2x Serial ATA and 1x ATA133 RAID 0/1/0+1 by Promise PDC20378 Link to post Share on other sites
Air Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Nobody I know has another MSI board. Http://www.badflash.com 24.99 sounds better then 100+ Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 it must have an extra chip for raid, but yea sorry it is raid compliant http://www.promise.com/index_eng.asp Link to post Share on other sites
Rev. Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Get a DFI and the 3.4vdimm BIOS Link to post Share on other sites
gordesky1 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 you will be happy with the dfi i am heres my test with it http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=J94ZMWBWXARS6KW7 got it too 2.6ghz not stable but im useing some cheep kington 3200 ram im stable at 2.5ghzs:) my first board died on me in 7days but i think it was cause by a bad ram stick because this board ben thew alot of overclocking and still didint give up on me i even tried 2.7 and it booted up on windows but it restarted because wasint anuff vcore because of my cooling i even flash the bios a few times and it booted right up im useing the 10/15 beta with the memtest built in the bios and 4.0vdimm cant get that far because of my powersupply but i like my 2.5ghz oc the way it is scores 20k on 2001 with my 9800se mod pro and i think it was 5700 in 2003 might be higher now tho. Link to post Share on other sites
flewpastu Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 i had a nightmare of a time with the DFI ( 754 ) and got the ASUS ,,,,,,,, best thing i could have done 3700+( 1mb L2 cache ) 2X SATA maxtors with 16mb buffers in raid 0 a 6800GT and a gig of ballistix .......... that thing was fast .......... still is tho sold it to a bud Link to post Share on other sites
crossfire Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 i gotta know.. is Best Buy going to build it for you this time too? Link to post Share on other sites
UDTSEAL Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Well, since my old mobo pooped out on me after a bad BIOS flash, I'm looking for a new one... I was thinking of the DFI LanParty 250GB, but I need to know of others... What should I get??? MSI NEO platinum .... By far the best 754 board Link to post Share on other sites
one2gamble Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 if it works Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 i gotta know.. is Best Buy going to build it for you this time too? Only thing I'll need help with is installing the processor, that's why I had them put it together. Other than that, I have everything covered. I'll give builiding it myself a shot though, it'll save me $50 Link to post Share on other sites
ronniecoleman Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Brandon take your time install the motherboard and processor yourself. If you have any problems just ask. Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 The only part I will have trouble with is installing the processor, so you can expect a thread when it gets here. I would've gotten it today, but my dad had to go to my uncle's funeral, so he couldn't sign for it. It should be here tomorrow though. Link to post Share on other sites
Crow Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 having problems installing the processor? Thats like the easiest part to install. Line up the pins with the holes, don't force it in, it will go in easily when done right, clamp it closed, and viola, your done Link to post Share on other sites
ctran503 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 you forgot to tell him to open the clamp first Link to post Share on other sites
OneCool Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 might want to put a HSF on there too Link to post Share on other sites
ctran503 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 (edited) also might wanna put on some artic silver 5(or any other compound AS ceramique, or as 3) on the CPU correctly so you dont burn up your chip Edited February 9, 2005 by ctran503 Link to post Share on other sites
spookywillow Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 then you wanna close the clamp so the heatsink dont fall off Link to post Share on other sites
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