Heh, don't have another one laying around.
I'm gonna pop the CPU back into the P6T and see if the RAM works there. If not, then it's CPU. If it does work, then that leaves.......something with the Rampage itself I guess......?
Printable View
Heh, don't have another one laying around.
I'm gonna pop the CPU back into the P6T and see if the RAM works there. If not, then it's CPU. If it does work, then that leaves.......something with the Rampage itself I guess......?
To follow up on tis issue I called Asus tech support this was not much help and they advised I RMA the board. After some back and forth with the EGG they RMA'd the original board for a replacement. The new board arrived on Friday and it was DOA. Seems I am not having much luch with these boards. I was quite impressed with the first one for the 4 days it was working so I will try a third.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2chesapeakes
Man...talking about bad luck...hope for a better third one.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2chesapeakes
Disabling EIST, prevents the use of Turbo mode...right? So how do you get the multi to stick at x21 in WinXP without a load? In Vista, I can do it by setting "performance mode"...but I can't figure it out in XP. Can someone please help me out? Thanks!
Hello..
I am new to overclocking, this is my first ever to try it out..the dark side draws me to it...
I have been trying for a couple of days with all kind of settings ive seen here on the forums..
I know i am doing lots wrong since to be honoust i have no idea how to proceed, i have been reading up about it alot tho, still i am no technician, and most of this puzzles me..
I would appreciate any help..
Atm i am just running it on the crazy setting on 4.0Ghz and my memory is downclocked to 1243 automaticly..
I have a thermaltake triton 81 cpu cooler and a Lian Li pc-p80 and im on 50 degrees on idle..
Now i would like to run it at 4.2 or even 4.4 which i think must be possible on air only..(so ive read)
And for my memory which is 1333, i want to run at 1600mhz..
Now ive tried cpu multiplier on x21 and bclk on 200 and i boot fine in windows but crash while running vantage cpu test..
i got my cpu volt on 1.4350 ive raised it by 0.05 volts up to 1.58 and am to scared to go any higher..
Now do i need to raise any other volt ? like qpi/dram or ICH volt or IOH volt or Dram bus volt ?
It must be one or 2 of those but i have no clue which ones and how high..
if you need anything for me to answer please ask away for i am here all day..
Tnx
Whoa whoa whoa. Slow down some. The best thing I could recommend would be to go back to stock settings right now. After that, I'd do reading, and study lots on here, and get an idea of trends and what every single setting in your BIOS is, and why it does what it does. If I were new to OC'ing I'd say about a few weeks would be the very least I'd be reading on here.
Or, you can do it the quick way, and copy settings from another system that probably won't work well on your speciffic system (every system is a bit different and not all CPU's OC the same). The quick way is usually the more expensive way. It results in learning, but replacing alot of hardware.
Back when I started years ago, I learned the easy way, the slower more methodical route, and about the only thing I've lost hardware wise is a couple of dead HDD's that kicked the bucket on their own.
What you're talking about (up to 4.4GHz) is not easy, and very few CPU's will do that, and it's very risky unless you know exactly what those settings are, and know the physics involved.
One thing I can say without a doubt. Set that thing back to stock right now. Using Auto settings is asking for trouble. I hope that stuff has not already suffered damage. Also, you need to control the heat. You are way way too hot at idle. I hate to think what your load temps are. Please, turn that thing back down to stock and do some study. These are awesome systems and you can get alot out of them, but it takes understanding them or they live short lives when they are not OC'd properly.
The thing is, i have this system for a few months now, and want to take it to the next level.. i have been searching the net for ways to do it, as far as i have seen there arnt any clear step to step guids for overclocking a i7..
Now if there is anyone out there who could guide me through it step by step, it would sure clear up the basics for me and to anyone who wants to learn this proces..
As for setting it on auto, the crazy setting to 4.0Ghz, how could that hurt my system if it is a bios option ? it is a auto overclock right ?
tnx
Auto doesnt mean it wont harm anything.
Auto overclock is still an overclocks so yes, it could damage your system just like any other overclock. It is not built into the CPU, it is a motherboard feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by AceBaran
Basically, here is a post that will guide you through the OC basics for Nehalem...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...90&postcount=1
Also, some terms you may need to know on the R2E board...
BCLK - base clocks (133MHz by default), increase this to overclock based on BASE clock, but since you have the XE you are better off to OC using your multiplier (i.e., set it higher than its default setting of 24x)
DRAM - RAM memory, should be set to whatever your memory is rated at (e.g., 1600MHz)
QPI/DRAM (a.k.a. VTT, a.k.a. QPI/VTT) - QPI (VTT) voltage, do not exceed 1.35000V if you want to be sure of long term stability
DRAM Voltage - sets the voltage of your RAM, should be no more than 1.65681V on the R2E
The only other voltage you should care about is CPU voltage. All other settings you can leave on Auto. One other point you may want to adjust is DRAM timings, and to start you should be setting them to whatever is the default for your DRAM. In my case that is 8-8-8-24-2T (2T == 2N on R2E, 1T == 1N, and 3T == 3N) but in your case it may be different...
Now there is a repley i can work with, thank you very much buddy.. ill go to work with it...Quote:
Originally Posted by dejanh
Ok now ive put my multiplier on 32x, bclk is on 133 which gives me 4200GHZ.. ive set my DRAMM timings on 9-9-9-24 volt on 1.56 (1.48 to 1.58 max says the specs)
ive started with a low CPU volt of 1.35 which didnt boot me in windows, 1.36 did tho, my temps are 45 degrees..
i have QPI/DRAMM volt on auto still couse i dont know what is the best to start off with..
What should be my next step ?
EDIT: this is with HT disabled, it wont boot with HT on at this 1.36 volt..
BTW Dejanh may i private msg you about this proces if you have the time, dont want to bother everyone here with my stuff..
OK, 19 multi works great so far @ 200 BCLK (3800.06) HT ON / Turbo/EIST OFF. Stable as a rock in LinX & Prime and with a drop in vcore from 1.44 to 1.42. :) I'll probably try reducing vcore some more and settle for the fact, that this chip just aint gonna do anything special, when the multi is 20x coupled with BCLK's over 192. Throttling annoys me with the 21x multi also, so I'll avoid that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BringerOdeath
However, progress :up::D
Yeah you can PM me, it's fine. By the way, the best chips will do 4.2GHz with 1.38V roughly, so quite likely for 4.2GHz you need to set your voltage to at least 1.425V to start.Quote:
Originally Posted by AceBaran
Decent chips will do 1.4V-1.45V for 4.2GHz, and some cannot even do 4.2GHz with reasonable voltages...
I'd start a little more conservative initially, maybe 30x multiplier with 1.35V.
So I have to ask and I haven't saw any reference to this, but does the Rampage II Extreme exhibit the same poor heatpipe system as the Rampage Extreme? I read a few reviews on the RIIE and nothing mentioned excessive heat on the NB and SB, I assume Asus engineered the heatpipe system much better on the RIIE.
Thanks.
You assume correct. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aln688
Needs no extra cooling really, for the little difference in temp drop, air or water on either SB/NB is not worth bothering about.
Excellent news. Couple of questions:Quote:
Originally Posted by scaramonga
1) With the 920 and 940 CPUs from Intel, in the US the 920 is about $300, with 940 is about $550, I assume if the 920 can be overclocked, that the 940 is a complete and utter waste of money?
2) What is the highest overclock of the 920 CPU? I see numbers of 4.0 GHz although I look in the signature of the person with an overclock that high and usually watercooling is used. I have no intention of putting water anywhere near my board, I'll be using a Noctua U12P 1366.
This cold boot issue, is it random who gets it? I see "fixes" such as using the 8-pin plug on the board, increasing the IOH value and putting fibre washers on the board where the screws are to "ground" the board.
Thanks.
1. That is correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by aln688
2. 3.8GHz to 4.0GHz is about what you can hope for in most cases. 4.2GHz is luck of the draw. With a i7 940 4.2GHz is a little easier but not worth paying $250 premium for it (trust me on this, I have a i7 940 and I am pretty pissed about the fact I bought one).
Cold boot issue is a crapshoot. You may get it, you may not. Some people fixed it by playing around with memory settings (e.g., me with voltages, timings) but some people cannot get rid of it no matter what. 8-pin plug, IOH, etc., do not seem to have any effect unless you happen to be somebody who did not plug in the 8-pin connector and is complaining about cold boot problem.
@aln688
1) It has allot to do with luck. The only benefit of a 940 is you can theoretically clock it higher because the multi is higher. Unfortunately I had no luck with my 940.
2) The highest clock you can get with a 920 is luck also and the cooling is most important as this cup’s goes very hot.
I never had the cold boot issue, so I cannot tell anything about.
Greats
It is purely theoretically in case of i7. I have gone through quite a few i7 940s so far, different weeks, different lots, all clocked the same at about 4.2GHz for 24/7 use. Only difference was temperatures and voltages needed to get to the same clocks. Any higher does not seem to be practically possible for 24/7 use.Quote:
Originally Posted by crashmax
Don't create problems for yourself. I cannot get over the fact that I bought a i7 940 and that I cannot clock it higher than a i7 920. Practically threw away $300. Sure I can get uber-low voltages for say 3.8GHz (1.192V) or for 4.028GHz (1.296V), and a 222MHz BCLK at 1.47500 QPI/DRAM (VTT) but all of it is meaningless when a processor that is half the price can get the exact same overclock as mine using basically the same settings.
Then I will be "happy" with my 4200GHz. This is the price for buying the latest hardware as soon as it will available...
Thank you dejanh for the verification
Yeah indeed. Not a small price either. I could have picked up another GTX 260 216 or even a 280 for that amount of money. I wish that instead of confirming it I was denying it, but sadly it is not to be :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by crashmax
.., just a lil note.., significant differens will occur a soon as you cool these chips a lil more.. :-)
What are normal NB/SB temps for this board? When not overclocked, my NB and SB temps are around 50-52C for idle/low load, and max out around 55-56C. I'm running 3-way SLI'ed GTX280s.
If you are talking about Phase or LN2 then yes...but if you are talking about water/air, then I do not agree...Quote:
Originally Posted by fubarswe
Water and air with these chips yield about the same overclocks.
And the yield drops in turbo mode above 1,35V Vcore (with an i-920) :shakes:
How can anybody develope such a beautiful board, call it
Extreme Overclocking and tweaking fun and build in such a brake :shrug:
I can´t believe it. I still hope, that this is repairable by a new bios. :mad:
Hes talking about Dice/phase or ln2. even with that some are saying the differences are not that great, but of course it will deal with the thermal throttling that is occuring, even 'chilled water' will help and probably the most cost effective way of getting the most from the chip.Quote:
Originally Posted by dejanh
Recently a friend had a 965 on a single stage phase unit which incidently copes well with qxxxx series chips but struggled with the 965 holding any reasonable clocks at high bclk. of course that could have been a bum chip.
My cascade will be regassed withing 2 weeks, im running a 920 so it will be interesting to see what difference that makes, ill let you guys know how it copes up.:up:
Having said all that for anyone looking for 24/7 clocks, Id say 3.8ghz is perfect even on air with this set up the performance gains are noticable and comparible generally with much higher clocked 775 socket chips so in that respect im happy and its all good!:)
I just added a new sound card (X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro) to my bottom pciex16 slot and ever since, I've been experiencing random bsod's in 2d mode, just opening windows, ie explorer, etc. Hasn't bsod'd in games yet, but probably just a matter of time.
This happens with stock settings, ( cpu, mem, gpu)....
Do I need to mess around with IOH/ICH??? They're all auto so far..
Quad sli vantage!:D
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g.../Capture-1.jpg
:up:
Thats score its with Physics X enable right ;)
Yes.., I talk bout SS/Cascade/di or ln.., else I agree with dejanh.., no significant differens between chips.., obviously the 965 offers a great deal of more variety in settings.., can use ram more accurate...Quote:
Originally Posted by bustamove44
A lil tip.., below is dual channel GSkill 1800.., 1.9 vdimm.., 1.4 Qpi singel GTX 295
So.., if old nice rams from previous 775 setup lays around.., test them.. :-)
Ofcourse PPU disabled and cascade is cooler...
http://i41.tinypic.com/j7dt89.jpg
.., not always need for tri channel.. :-)
Thanks scaramonga and dejanh for the useful replies on the 920 & 940 processor.
What make and model of RAM modules is everyone using on this board? I have some "old" Kingston HyperX DDR3 1625 modules, I'm unsure they'll work though.
Dejanh, for your 940 CPU, can't you clean it up and sell it on eBay? You'd at least get over $300 for it, which would buy you a 920 and have some cash spare. Just an idea.
Also the fan headers on this system, do they need 4-pin PWM or is 3-pin with tach output from the fan good enough for the board to control my fans?
Thanks again.
I have my settings manuely.. stock thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by nuclearjock
Wow really nice work there mate and thnx for the tip, I'll test that out tommorow. Is that performance mode btw? If it is that is one sweet score, well done!:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by fubarswe
Edit: yes it is I just checked, really nice score man.
They may work? I suppose it depends on minimum vdimm for them, not too sure. I'm using Corsair Dom C8's, they work great.Quote:
Originally Posted by aln688
I never use motherboard fan headers personally. I prefer to draw power from the PSU directly, rather than through the board, stability being the main reason. :)
Yes, With physx off, I get the same GPU score, but cpu is about 24500....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BringerOdeath
Technically yes, I could sell the chip on flea-bay but I like it :( I am just not happy that I paid so much for it only to have it clock basically the same as an i7 920. I will most likely keep it, eventually modify my FZE to make a chilled water loop and then see what I can get with it. Probably fiddle with this in the second half of this year :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aln688
Quote:
Originally Posted by BringerOdeath
That stuff they pulled about having to turn off PhysX is really lame. Nobody is gonna turn PhysX off and go for less performance in real life. It makes the bench even less comparable to real life than it already was. Benching used to be about tweaking a system to get max scores so that your real life apps would perform at a higher level, and so that you'd have at least some measure of performance, but now it's been turned into a dang game. Now it's all about spending rediculous amounts of money just to get a higher number that doesn't apply to anything.
Try manually set the PCI Express Selector to x16 x1 mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclearjock
This any good? :confused:
Intel i7 Quad 920 @ 3.80GHz (HT on)
1 x EVGA Geforce GTX280 @ 738/1512/2646
Nvidia Forceware 181.20
Windows 7 Beta x64
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rkADVHT-ON.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ark06HT-ON.png
Thx bustamove44! :-)
Yea.., works just fine.., give a lil edge in some applications.. :-) My GSkill are only DDR3 I kept from 775.., so I decided to try them...
I just added a X-Fi Titanium Fatality also! To the bottom slot. Small world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amuro
Anyways, for whatever bug got up me I went and switched to x16 x1 right off the bat. No BSOD here. Vista64.
I see. Can you please tell me the exact model of your Corsair Dominators? Just so when I order my RAM I get something that is known to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaramonga
As for fans, I get your point, I like the idea of my fans controlled via the motherboard header, Q-Fan I believe it's called.
Known problem with Xfi titanium and non 3d BSOD. Check creative forum about it, a web beta update fix it. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclearjock
Cpu score looks about right, I am not sure about the gtx 280 though as I have never owned one.....Quote:
Originally Posted by scaramonga
Windows 7 lowered my vantage scores quite a bit. Even with the same exact driver. I was scoring about 3K less with windows 7 compared to vista with the same exact drivers. Right now i score P26,460 in vantage with only one GTX 295. Pysix Enabled. 24,500 with physix disabled
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aberration
I checked through bios and couldn't locate an option for setting x16 to x1.
Where in bios do you find this setting???
I'm currently running a Intel Core i7 920 on a Asus Rampage II Extreme @ 1001 board..
It's mounted within a Lian-Li PC-P80 and cooled by a Thermalright TRUE Black with 2x Noctua NH-P12 fans in a "pull-puss" combination, along with the three massive 140mm fans in front of the PC-P80 pushing a decent amount of air providing a good airflow throughout the box!
It's also a 120mm fan back that pulls the hot air out, along with one 120mm at the top..
Besides the Core i7 920 and Rampage II Extreme, I've got a set of 3x Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz @ CL8 @ 1.6V RAM, EVGA GTX295 graphic card, Intel Pro/1000 GT NIC, Auzentech Prelude 7.1 audio card, 3x VelociRaptors in a RAID0 configuration and 2x Western Digital Black 500GB in RAID0 configuration.
I've been running with the onboard audio, NIC etc.. turned off, no need for those. I'm running my hard drives in RAID, along with setting the DRAM to 1.6V (not auto) and the BLCK to 190 giving me 3.8GHz with HT enabled, the vcore is still set to auto?
This gives me around 2.0GHz idle, and 4.0GHz under load (no idea why the Intel SpeedStep actually boost the CPU frequency even more?) which ran Prime95 perfectly for over 14hours?
Though the Intel BurnTest is failing after like 1-3seconds? I don't really know if I should be worried about that or not?
Any suggestions on how I can enchant my settings?
Perhaps give a specific vcore voltage? Increasing / decreasing the BLCK? Lowering the multiplier?
Goto Advanced page, IIRC, the setting is under Chipset > Northbridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclearjock
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amuro
So it's "hidden".
I'll check it out when I get home but I did find the driver mentioned that is supposed to resolve this issue.
Gonna try that also..
Thanks..
Since i use the beta drivers for titanium: XFTI_PCDRVBETA_2_17_0006
No BSOD anymore (before 4 to 5 per day).
Sure buddy, these are the exact ones I bought :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aln688
http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...prodID=B175104
tell me guys... i gonna buy my new PC today...
For all i've read since few weeks here,
It seems that this R2E or the P6T Deluxe are the worst swindle about Asus has done cause of this un-fixing bios, isnt it ?
if u confirm that, i think its better to buy the Gigabyte Extreme, true ?
No problem at all with the R2E. The only "problem" is the impossibility to use a sound card with ti-sli if you d'ont use watercooling.
Installed, no bsod's for 24 hrs....Quote:
Originally Posted by pinto
Many thanks!
Hmm..
Was trying to get this stable:
Multiplier = Auto
BLCK = 200
With HT on and SpeedStep activated, I really like the SpeedStep feature, makes the CPU produce much less heat and noise when it's not needed! :)
Sadly though, I wasn't able to get that stable at all?
It would just random restart after launching Prime95, even on 1.45V?
So a BLCK = 200 overclock with SpeedStep functioning doesn't seem to be possible for me, without going over 1.45V?
A BLCK of 190 is working flawlessly, even with the turbo mode making the CPU run at 4.1GHz on 1.45V? I don't really see the logic in that?
But BLCK at 190 will make the QuickPath Link slower, so that's the hatch with doing that :(
Currently I've got 19x x BLCK 200 (aka 3.8GHz) working perfectly at 1.32V, but when the multiplier is not set to Auto the SpeedStep feature is gone :(
Which cpu is this?Quote:
Originally Posted by RamGuy239
Guys, any ideas why this keeps happening?
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/4982/p1000113ul5.jpg
Notice the error next to one of the WDC HDD's.
the HDD's have been tested and are 100% OK by the way. Sometimes it also happens to the Samsung HDD's as well.
However, the machine still boots and Windows seems normal??
Moderate overclock and everything is Prime, LinX & Memtest stable by the way.
Initially I suspected the Velociraptors, then it happened to one of the Samsung drives. So now I'm thinking it could be drivers or firmware related??
Or... should I be looking @ IOH/ICH voltages or something perhaps?
Thanks for the RAM module page, very useful.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaramonga
Tell me something, for someone like myself that will air cool this board and also use a single 4870 X2 on it (no SLI or Crossfire), why would I choose this board over the Asus P6T Deluxe? I know this board is hyped more, has a fancier box, more metal heatsink on the board, but other than that, what would be a compelling reason to pay $100 more over the P6T?
I will likely never use SLI, my 4870 X2 is more than capable, so number of PCIe 16X slots is irrelevant to me, nor is the spacing of them. The top black PCIe slot being useless on the R2E is a design error on Asus's behalf, P6T doesn't have this flaw. I've ordered the CPU heatsink, a Noctua U12P SE1366 and will order the same RAM as you.
Any thoughts you have would be useful to see. I also hear there is a V2 version of the P6T Deluxe, which appears it lacks the SAS controller.
Core i7 920 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bustamove44
Hello everybody
The Core I7 is so much different from the older socket 775 CPUs when it comes to oc. Im having a hard time getting stable at anything over 3800MHz. Ill post my settings and if someone with more experience could maybe look at them and give me some advice. Thanks in advance
MB - Asus Rampage 2 Extreme
CPU - I7 920
RAM - Corsair XMS DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24
CPU Cooler - Custom water, Laing DDC - 1Plus, ThermoChill PA120.3, Slightly modified Cuplex HD
Fan -
VGA - ATI Radeon 4850
PSU - Corsair TX 750 W
HDD - 2X Velociraptor in RAID 0, 2X samsung spinpoint 750GB
----------------------------------------------
AI overclock - manual
OC from CPU level up - auto
OC from Memory level up - auto
CPU Ratio setting - auto
CPU configuration
CPU Ratio Setting - auto
C1E Support - enable
Hardware prefetcher - enable or
Adjacent Cache line prefetcher - enable
Intel Virtualization tech - disabled
CPU TM Function - enable
Execute Disabled bit - disabled
Intel HT Technology - enable
Active Processor Cores - all
A20M - enable
Intel Speedstep tech - enable
Intel Turbo Mode tech - disabled
Intel C-STATE tech - enabled
BCLK frequency - 190
PCIE frequency - 110
DRAM frequency - DDR3 1523MHz
UCLK frequency - 3047MHz
QPI frequency - auto
Dram timing control
1st iformation - Insert Timings Here in 8-8-8-22 -X-X-Xformat
2nd information - Insert Timings Here in X-X-X-XX -X-X-Xformat
3rd information - Insert Timings Here in X-X-X-XX-X-X-X format
EPU II phase control - full phase
Load-line calibration - enable
CPU differential amplitude - auto
Extreme OV - disabled
Current voltage 1.54v - 1.812v - 1.35v (May be different)
Cpu voltage - 1.360V in windows 1.36250v BIOS
CPU PLL voltage - auto
QPI-Dram voltage - 1.33750v BIOS
Current voltage 1.131v - 1.508v - 1.111v - 1.508v
IOH voltage - auto
IOH PCIE voltage - auto
ICH voltage- auto
ICH PCIE voltage - auto
Current voltage X.xxx v, X.xxx v, X.xxx v ,X.xxx v
DRAM Bus voltage - 1.64356 v BIOS 1.640 Win
DRAM REF voltage - auto
Debug mode - string
Keyboard TeakIt comtrol - disabled or enable
CPU spread spectrum - disabled or enable
PCIE spectrum - disabled or enable
CPU clock skew - auto or XXXX ps
IOH clock skew - auto or XXXX ps
Please read this thread.., its full of great tips and actions to take.., read also Saaya´s thread http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=205688
GL HF (pm me if you get unsure... :-)
I've heard somewhere of unstable overclocks causing RAID corruption and problems in general. Just for kicks, try to back down your OC to stock settings and see if you still get that error.Quote:
Originally Posted by mremulator
Quote:
Originally Posted by electricl
C1E Support - DISABLE
CPU TM Function - DISABLE
Intel HT Technology - DISABLE (if your looking to clock higher)
Intel Speedstep tech - DISABLE
Intel C-STATE tech - DISABLE
So I have pretty much settled down to two motherboard picks that I want. Either Asus Rampage II Extreme or Gigabyte EX58 Extreme.
I am posting here to ask if 12GB of Corsair Dominator Ram TR3X6G1600C8D that they have on Newegg will work, stable and run well at 1600MHz. I know by looking at the QVL doesn't list the C8D it list the C9(XMP). I don't want to just run 6GB I want to run all 12GB.
I saw on another website, Hardocp I think it was, he took that C8D and ran 12GB on a P6T 1525MHz(ish I forget the exact frequency) at 1.66V. Does R2E work the same, or can it achieve 1600MHz at 1.65V or lower and with all 6Dimm slots working?
Yes it will, but do not expect that you will be able to overclock as high with 12GB ram.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedFang300
I assume you mean overclocking the CPU, if I was to have 12GB how far could I OC a 920? How far could I OC a 920 with just 6GB of the same memory or perhaps a higher speed memory? In the end I am not trying to be a number cruncher I just want to be able to play video games at 2560 x 1600 resolution and not have my CPU choke my GPUs.Quote:
Yes it will, but do not expect that you will be able to overclock as high with 12GB ram.
To anyone that's removed their stock heatpipe from the Rampage II Extreme for water cooling purposes, did you notice on the back on the heatpipe if the motherboard NB, SB and/or MOSFETs made an imprint in the thermal tape or thermal compound?
I'm trying to determine if the heatpipe assembly is making proper contact with the components on the board. Yes, the Rampage II Extreme may run warm/cool when overclocking, but as I found out this is due to the technology of the X58 chipset and the memory controller move to the CPU.
Asus could still have badly engineered the heatpipe assembly and due to the better cooling properties of the NB and SB on the X58 chipset, no-one would know if it's an improvement over the Rampage Extreme's heatpipe construction.
Just curious.
Yes. I removed the heat pipe assembly and installed a Koolance X58 block on the NB/SB with EK blocks on the MOSFET's. While there was an imprint on the NB/SB thermal material, there was none on the MOSFET thermal tape. It came off like it had never been used.
Hope this helps.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RedFang300
I run 12Gb & it's hard to get over 1600/1700 mainly because you need high vQPI for running 12Gb & as I believe it will also depend on your particular CPU sample (internal memory controller quality)
It's nice to run without pagefile, windows is more responsive & games load quicker, although there's no performance increase, at least that I have noticed.
Things get a bit more complicated with 12Gb but it's deffinately attainable together with a nice CPU OC, you will need to slowly raise vQPI & maybe loosen a bit some subtimings
My pc got dumb when i did some Sandra benchmarks , although it passed 120 runs IBT , ~5 hours blend stress, 3dmark vantage, prime 1024M, hyperPi 32M. I don't know why? What's going on?
I use the top slot with an x-fi titanium, you just have to use a different nb cooler. Th stock one comes off the heatpipe very easily. I us a thermalright hr-sli nb cooler!:D Though i plan to add a WC block there!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pinto
To run prime at 200xauto with ht and turbo on with a 920 [mine at least] first you need good cooling, water minimum.. because you need iro 1.45-1.5 vcore and 1.45-1.5 vqpi along with the other settings you previously listed, at that i set my ram voltage at 1.72v.Quote:
Originally Posted by RamGuy239
As you will know those voltages are above rec voltages so 'at your own risk' applies.
Tbh I dont think its worth it, hopefully they will sort out the thermal throttling with a bios untill then there isnt much point imo unless you just want to run short bench runs.:up:
Nice overclock you've got there m8, how did you get the 4.0GHz uncore clock stable? Been fiddling around with those yesterday but didn't get em stable so far :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by cstkl1
ok here is the trickQuote:
Originally Posted by OcAddict
first get the vcore stable first of course with lower qpi and lower ram bandwith
once thats the confirm stable
then confirm ure ram setting with lower uncore
for 4000 uncore
the trick is balancing the ioh voltage /ich voltage to the qpi
so far found ioh must be always set higher than ich roughly 0.4v difference
and setting 1.28v in bios will result in 1.24v
if voltages is in sufficient for ioh/ich say i set at 1.139/1.1v will result in 1.11/1.11 which is stock..
during 4x memtest hci around 400% or so two of them will result in errors.
and the ioh voltages will suddenly increase automatically to 1.24v in probe read and according to turboV 1.28set.
also u can tell from the bsod and error..
usually bsod is when qpi voltage is way inssuficient
and error is because of some off setting.
well ive so far gone right up to 221 bclk.. anything higher not possible as the bios doesnt allow me to do so.. setting 222 will result in 221 only..
no idea y..
also after 200 bclk every increament of 1 is 0.8 bclk read.. no idea why thats happening also.. so so far 210x20 will result in 4195.8 approximately..
ps also could be relevant here for my resoning of higher nb voltage
runnin asus xonar d2X on pcie 3
and 2xgtx285 pci at 110.
wd raptor x 150gb
wd 640gb aaks
ioh/ich pcie is at 1.51 stock.
also advice to set all the subtimings manually and test it
the bios defaults are way higher.
Updated front page with basicly everything anybody would need. Added all drivers and all utilities along with adding a few changelogs for the newer bios's. Enjoy!
Wow thanks for all of the apps and stuff on the front page. I have a few questions:
1) are all of the Asus utilities compatible with each other (like AI Suite and Turbo V, etc.)
2) it may also help people if you put links to the various freeware burnin stuff like Orthos, Linpack, coredamage, etc.
Thanks
^^ the thread is for Asus RIIE so putting OC stability stuff is kinda pointless!
yeah I alreayd have CPU-Z listed on the front. I just wanted to keep it nice and neat and not littered with a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with this board. Nice suggestion tho. someone needs to make a thread with a bunch of overclocking apps and download links all on one page.
great job jasonelmore !!
Yeah, your right, wasn't thinking of that. By my line of thinking, we should put links to windows updates too! :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by btdvox
Thx for updating jason :) nice work!
+1 Thanks Jasonelmore
I finally found a stable clock at 4.3 ghz but I did some testing and found my highest Vantage and 3dMarks score came from my 4.1ghz cpu clock wile overclocking my Asus 4870x2 (TOP) to 800/950(1900). Probably because my temps on my loop. Currently I am working on splitting it . I will try afterwards for a final 4.3 ghz clock . Thanks guys for the postings.. coudn't have got here without ya . :up: :up: :up: Jason thanks for the updated drivers... fixed my bsod's from my soundcard !
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8...9504095kf0.gif
Would there be any disadvantage to using the drivers for the X58 chipset and Matrix storage manager found on the stock intel x58 mobo? I saw that the chipset and storage raid drivers are updated from the ones on the Asus site. I figured since the R2e and the stock intel board run the same exact x58 chipset and same exact ich10r that the drivers would be swappable at least for those 2 pieces of the board. The rest of the board will require different drivers of course, but for those 2 pieces you can interchange the drivers. Anyone think its possible?
I found them here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...150&submit=Go!
Only one way to find out! Downloading now :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by posershadow
Edit: Does not seem to work. The installer does not appear to install anything on the system even though it extracts and says installation completed.
Maybe if its possible try installing just the inf through device manager?
also what do you guys think the advantage might be?
In the registry HKLM\Software\Intel\InfInst you can verify proper installation and version number.
But my OC is stable... very stable. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by dejanh
If you want to install a new Inf Update from Intel, unpack the downloaded file first and then run "setup.exe -overall" from the commandline.
This will force install all new drivers. I did this many times without any issues.
Well I just did a fresh install of windows vista x64 and used the drivers off intels site without using any sort of code. At the first installation screen I loaded my raid driver and then when it booted for the first time i just installed the inf chipset drivers normally, and looking through device manager, there is x58 naming on all sorts of system parts, which before the driver install, there was no mention of x58. So I think they went successfully. Also I looked the driver version up in regedit and it is the latest 1012 driver. So I guess it did install successfully.
The Command line parameter is only necessary if you update from previous drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by posershadow
For a new installed Windows this parameter is not needed.
Hey guys, just joined the site, and been lurking around for a while. So I have the memory disappearing issue with my R2E board, and 6g of corsair dominator when ran at 1.65v and corsair timings, random channels would disappear, but it runs fine at 1.55v and 1600 at 8-8-8-22-1t timings. So hopefully this might help someone.
[QUOTE=jasonelmore;
Intel Speedstep tech - enable
Intel Turbo Mode tech - enable
!!!![/QUOTE]
man in my bios i cant see this features, any idea?????
I cant put the multiplier x21
set multi to Auto ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kapitank
^^^ Sorry 4 the double post guys.
Glenn can you post settings you used to get 940 stable at 4.3 ghz please.Quote:
Originally Posted by glenn37216
I just managed to get a good deal on one. :)
Go to the "CPU Configuration" PageQuote:
Originally Posted by kapitank
FYI: You have to have Speedstep Enabled to see turbo mode and also make sure your ratio or multi are set to AUTO
So what INF should I be updating with? anyone have a linky?