DFI... WHY!

Ok, so as some of you may or may not know, I bought a DFI SLI-D motherboard to replace my A8N-SLI which had a premature death.

However, the computer would become hard-locked after a random amount of use ranging from 6 minutes to 45.  I looked online and saw that it is very picky about it's power supplies, and it ticked me off because I had recently bought my Antec 550 watt PSU.

SO... I bought an adapter to make it 24 pin.  I wasn't sure if it would work... it didn't.

SO... I went out and bought a PSU that is on the reccomended powersupply list.  It continues to hang randomly.

I think that it is a joke that DFI users play off this incompatability as normal and acceptable.  WHY THE HELL DOES OTHER HARDWARE HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MOTHERBOARD... especially when other manufactures work perfectly fine with inferior hardware!?

I am going to RMA my motherboard, and if the new one does not work, I swear I will seek vengance.  Don't get in my way... <_<  :wacko:

Try an RMA. I think you have a bad board.

Also, your RAM, the Corsair XMS, that might be a problem. Did you try any other RAM sticks into your motherboard?

Tried a stick of cheap PC2700... didn't work.

I have heard that DFIs are very picky, but it's no question that when you get it running well, it is the best of the bunch. Hopefully your RMA replacement will be better.
If you're still having problems with the replacement, I'd suggest trying a different video card with it. Which card do you have right now?

i thinks it 2 6800GTs

if it still doesnt work you should get a refund and get the asrock 939 SLI MOBO which arent that much for an SLI board and has full X16 Bandwidth each lane while running SLI.

still... if he decided to upgrade. and the mobo is the price of ones that arent full bandwidth

I've had, surprisingly, good experiences with DFI... everytime I've used them. They've all booted immediately, so I cannot honestly say they've been bad to me. ASUS is the one I hate.