thx, seems to work fine for me, hoped for few new options that i was missing tho, but no luck :<Quote:
Originally Posted by Brama
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thx, seems to work fine for me, hoped for few new options that i was missing tho, but no luck :<Quote:
Originally Posted by Brama
Also note that Adaptec has recently released new firmware for our 3405 raid controller.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brama
so far 0501 undervolts more than 0407-0410 for me, its faster (a few seconds in superpi)Quote:
Originally Posted by Brama
and the pci-e controller issue
now i can pass the post - but there is no controller detected anymore ......:down:
Does anyone else have this issue with thie motherboard? After the system posts but before it starts loading Vista, there is a double wide, blinking, white cursor in the upper lefthand corner of the monitor for about 15-20 seconds and then it boots.
That is to do with your OS booting. Possibly the Vista bootloader taking longer than normal? I get it when booting from a couple of CD Boot Discs.
Maybe check your boot options and see if it's attempting to boot from am empty CD drive before the HDD?
I get a delay if DVD drive is set as #1 in boot order. Solution, set it after your primary OS disk. Then boot from DVD via the F8 bios boot selection window. If this isn't the issue then it probably wont help!
Also bios 0501 seems a little better over all. I managed to drop 0.06v vDIMM off and skewed my ram to -300/-250ps clock cha/chb. Dram controller ref -20mv instead of +10mv. vDIMM 2.28v -> 2.22v in bios for 5-5-5-15 1150mhz. I dont remember being able to do this on the 040x bios, maybe i Just selected the magic combination of settings and it passed tests who knows. It may or not be because of bios, probably pure luck!
I got a bit dispointed when I flashed the 0410 BIOS in my Rampage, I had 0407.
My max OC with my Cellshock PC8000 and Kingston HyperX PC9600 went down with ~35MHz, not much but it get lower and I donīt like it, it was the same with 2x1 and 4x1.
I tried my 2x2 Corsair Dominator PC8500 and it went down with ~10MHz.
I flashed back to 0408 but it was the same as 0410, so I flashed back to 0407 and I got my max OC back.
It seems like Micro D9GKX donīt like the 0410 or 0408 BIOS.
I could not clock my E8600 any higher with 0408 or 0410 then with 0407, so for now I stay with 0407 until something better comes along.
One last question here. I have replaced the thermal pads and paste on the nb and sb cooler with as5. Should I replace the thermal material with ASC on the pwm's as well? Also is bios 0501 helping improve overclocks any?
I suggest not to use a thermal paste with any electric and capacitive effect (like as5) on pwm, as there are high voltages and frequencies.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElAguila
I get 20 MHz more on FSB, passing from 403 to 501. Not sure if 501 is better than 410.
I'm still running BIOS version 0403...any major improvements with the latest BIOS'? Should I flash up to something more recent?
I was looking at using arctic ceramique on the pwm's rather than as5.
how did you optimize your skew settings ?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyakame
MX2 a one stop TIM solution.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElAguila
Brama, really?? the 0501 bios gets you an additional 20MHz on the NB?? Have any of the other bios updates increased your max FSB overclock?? What are your full specs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brama
Q9550 E0 VID 1.25 - Rampage Formula Bios 0501 - 4x2GB Corsair PC8500
Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
OC From CPU Level Up: AUTO
CPU Ratio Control: 8.5
FSB Frequency: 460
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 333
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1105
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
RAS# Precharge: 3
RAS# ActivateTime: 13
RAS# to RAS# Delay: 50
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 1
Write Recovery Time: 3
Read to Precharge Time: 3
Read to Write Delay (S/D): 8
Write to Read Delay (S): 3
Write to Read Delay (D): 5
Read to Read Delay (S): 4
Read to Read Delay (D): 6
Write to Write Delay (S): 4
Write to Write Delay (D): 6
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister: Stronger
Transaction Booster: Auto - PL7
CPU Voltage: 1.375
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.54
North Bridge Voltage: 1.41
DRAM Voltage: 1.94
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.40
South Bridge Voltage: 1.10
Loadline Calibration: Disabled
CPU GTL Reference: 0.65x
North Bridge GTL Reference: 0.67x
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage: Auto
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage: DDR_REF
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage: DDR_REF
SB 1.5V Voltage: 1.50
All voltages set in bios.
I'm starting to play with the overclock settings.
I'm now cranked to 3.2 on my Q9450 with voltage settings at way below peak. :D:up::rofl::bounces::bounces:
Zero errors Memtest86+. Zero errors after 6 hours of Prime95.:D
Big difference from my early build posts in this thread. :D
:cool:
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hi!
I have P5E+RF BIOS 403. and ?-data AD2800X001GU (D9GMH). max OC - 970 MHZ with any options, 2.2-2.5v. Why?
maybe i should update bios to 501?
Why this memory don't O.C. on the p5e@rf bios? :( OCZ Flex O.C. to 1212 MHz PL6
try skewing the clocks on the dram channels. micron needs strong DQ amplitude, so advanced the skews to 350ps ch b, 250 - 300ps ch a., the more recent bios' seem to be designed around the milder PSC ic's. Since we dont have data strobe drive amplitude adjustment in the bios to correct this all we can do is skew the clocks in relation to the data strobe. Advancing the clock address phase decreases the period between it and when the data strobe phase begins, kinda like increasing the drive amplitude voltage, and delaying the clock address strobe increases the period between it and the data strobe phase, doing the opposite of reducing the drive amplitude for the data strobe. It's not the most adequate method by far, but it works reasonably well if you have the patience to fine tune the skew values.
I set advance 150-350, but it was not help me
1) As kup suggested - make sure hdd is set as the first booting device.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElAguila
2) Enable fast boot in boot menu.
Really and now I am at 480 MHz, 30 MHz more than with 403. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 003
But, as you know, MHz are not the ultimate performance indicator.......
Everest benchmark gives a lot of memory bandwidth more than with 403, but a synthetic benchmark, like PC Mark Vantage, gives the same results than at 450 MHz with BIOS 403. :confused:
I suppose that Asus BIOS engineers was able to find the trick to fool Everest benchmark.......
mikeyakame, thanks for advice :)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/...2334da8a_o.png
DDR2-667 +DDR2-1066 @DDR2-1140 2.128V +0501 :up: :up:
I can't wait for 0501 then! If I could get the same increase, I would finally be able to get my Q9450 at or over 4GHz!! Right now my FSB tops off at ~490 no matter how much voltage I use on anything. I am currently using 0410.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brama
Who used sata hotswap on this board? Its really works?
@mikeyakame - thanks for the explaination
but iīm still wondering how you test skew settings -
my system is stable so far on 500Mhz fsb and ram 5:6 @1200MHz
but i would like to optimize my skew settings to get tighter timings
so what am i supposed to do - lower the voltage for ram and northbridge
set tighter timings and wait for errors in prime (large fftīs) or memtest -
to see how they develop with different skew settings ?
Let me help; the DRAM Skews help optimize latency between individual dimms (since they're positioned at different distances from the NB) and the NB. The following screenshots show:
Q9550 @ 8.5x475
G.Skills PC2-8500 @ 1140, 2.128v
VNB @ 1.550v
DRAM Static Read Control = Enabled
AiClock Twister = Stronger
DRAM Skews A = 250
B = 350
thanks a lot for your help Zucker2k
but still not sure if i got it -
all i have to do is tweak my skew settings
to get the lowest values for "clock fine delay" in everest ?
thatīs it ?
always thought i have to push the chipset and ram to its
limits (of course without changing fsb) and than test with
different skew settings ...
The skews are not about getting the lowest latency, they're about dictating length of signals. When I'm running 500FSB 1:1, for example, my channel A latency is usually around 12t. If I had all four ram slots populated for this particular overclock, the latencies would have shown different because the NB would be working harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by chris8325
You can further adjust skews to lengthen signal even further by delaying skews; keep in mind that for this shot, I advanced channel B to the maximum possible, usually, that dictates or sets the lowest margin for operation. This is all aimed at playing nice with your overclock. Generally, this is not necessary, but if you want to wring everything out of your ram (in my case, my ram 2x2Gb G.Skill is holding me back) then these fine-tuning or adjustments are handy in accomplishing that.
I was having problems hotswapping on the ich9r controller and was told that inorder for it to work, you have to have achi enabled on that controller.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timo92
argh you got yourself confused!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
dimm1 - 4 clock fine delay are mch internal timings, associated with the clock strobe for the handshake between mch and dram for read delay (tRD). if you pull in any phase but the last one under AI transaction booster or similar, those values change..and if u pull in the last phase the read delay phase adjust value changes.
Mikeyakame, I know what I'm talking about; what you term as handshake, is what I've explained as "latency" denoted by the "t" appendage in everest. DRAM clock skews do impact the read delay phase adjust, and I've experimented with it enough to know this. Below is an example:Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyakame
I switched to Advance 300 on both A/B channels and now see how both diims on have the same latency? Now go back to my previous and check the 300/350 advance setting and you'll realise dimm A1 is slower than A2 by 1t. So where exactly am I confused?
Try -50 on CHB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timo92
What I meant was confused in explanation not understanding. I realised you know what you are talking about so I don't question your knowledge, rather just the outline topic of what you summarized. I'd be curious to see if the CMD skews have any effect on those values, I can't run 1N command rate to see what effect they have if any on those particular handshake timings. I do know that by changing the skew of the clock strobe on any slot does change the value of DIMMx Fine Clock Delay on the DRAM controller side, but also when you pull in certain tRD clock strobe phases on the MCH side it has a counterproductive effect on those handshake / latency timings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
I can confirm that with ACHI enabled you can hot swap the SATA disks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElAguila
I'd also recommend installing the latest version of Intel Matrix Manager (it solves a couple of annoying issues).
Hi guys,
I'd appreciate if somebody can share experience building a rig with Antec P182 and Rampage. I am struggling to create a decent air flow to cool down NB and SB. I've already brought down temps to ~42C SB and ~44C NB idle and ~45C SB ~50C NB when priming (ambient is ~24C). Still a little bit on the high side to my liking.
I've replaced the thermal paste with MX-2. I also tried to remove the stock cooling and put Thermalright HR-05 SLI/IFX on the NB and Zalman ZM-NB47J on the SB.
The stock fans of the case were replaced with Scythe slipstreams 800 (rear and top exhaust) and Scythe slipstream 1200 for middle intake. I also added Scuthe Kama Bay as top intake fan.
CPU temps are fine: TRUE + Noctua P12@1100 RPM gives me almost ambient temps when idle and ~50C when priming.
All temps above are at stock settings without any overclocking.
Specs:
Case: Antel P182 + Scythe slipstreams 800 x2 (exhaust) + Scythe slipstreams 1200 (middle intake) + Scythe Kama Bay (top intake)
CPU: QX9770 + TRUE + Noctua P12@1100 :up:
GPU: Bfg 8800 GT 512
RAM: Corsair 8500C5DF 2x2G @ 1066/2.1V, performance level: 06
HD: 500GB Seagate and 500GB WD in the lower chamber
PSU: Enermax Modu 82+ 625W :up:
All other voltages on auto
P182 does not have a side fan, and I suspect that heat builds up around the graphics card, especially when gaming, keeping NB and SB hot. When I remove the side door and force some air from the side the temps go down ~5-10C easily.
Any advice? :shrug:
I recently struggled to get above 3.66ghz stable, after biting the bullit and lapping the cpu, cooler and NB, temps seemed about the same but OC went to 3.80 without even trying.
Lesson here maybe is that whatever readings your getting, there are hotspots that cant be seen and causes instability. Did more for me than spending hours twiddling or buying more stuff ever did, from now on its my starting point, you may want to do the same.
How were the voltages for 3.8GHz compared to 3.66GHz? When I lapped my Q6600 (1.2375v VID, 3.825GHz @ 1.5v, crap CPU got worse and worse over time) it made no difference at all.
speaking of my particular Q6600 g0 it tops out in efficiency around 3.48-3.5ghz. Frequencies above 3.5ghz require greater amounts of additional vCC for even 10mhz more, 3.51ghz will need around 1.4675v in bios, while 3.48ghz runs happily on 1.445v or so. Another Q6600 a friend has is efficient at least to 3.6ghz which we have it running at now on air cooling, and the rate of vCC increase at this point is still sensible, but most importantly adding more vCC only adds very minimal amounts of additional heat to the chips which is a clear indicator that you are within the efficiency curve still.
the problem with going outside the efficiency of the chip is that it displays inconsistent performance from one task to the next, even more so when the chip is air cooled and there is quite a large variation between idle and load temperature. It brings out the worst in a chip thats clocked beyond its sweets spot.
I see a lot of Everest Ultimate, is that a good program and should i get it, i am finally getting to my rampage formula and want to take my time and really learn what all the settings do and how to tweek the S*&^ out of the system for best performance.
thanks in advance/
ahh.... what i did for a starting point is going in BIOS & set all the voltages @ the highest green value ( the Voltage #'s turn green for ok , yellow for not so good & red for yer an idiot ) then set the CPU ratio & DDR setting inline with the FSB & worked back from there . left the voltage setting as high green. get the MoBo to boot into O/S then tested the stabitly in Prime, after getting the FSB & clock stable I moved down on the voltages & checked stable or not & the temps
.. got both boards stable @ 4ghz with my QX9770(8 gb ddr2-1066) & my Q9650(8 gb ddr2-1000) both G.Skill
still fine tuning the O/C's but this give me a starting point from which to work with ... but still working it up
gonna try some of that G.Skill ddr2-1100 super PI & G.Skill ddr2-1300 super PI as soon as it show up on my doorstep & install my single rail 1200w PC PWR & Cooling PSU
Yes it is great and is constantly updated.Quote:
Originally Posted by systemviper
Hey fellas, i loved this board, but i just couldnt get anything above 425fsb stable, no matter the setting, recently switched to the maximums formula II 3.8ghz stable on first try, 475 fsb is easy with q9450.
Huh... I can do 491MHz with my Q9450, and i hope for a max FSB increase with the 0501 bios, as reported by Brama. Guess it's luck of the draw.
either you have really bad luck with x48 boards or well you and x48 dont mix! :D
i think the fsb limitations are due to design, no amount of bios work could make that much of a difference. I can post with 499mhz fsb, but 500 and above fail miserably. weird aye
Yeah bro im sure its a great board, it's very stable and all, but i ran into a bad one i guess, as far as overclocking goes that is. is 491fsb stable for your q9450???
I battled with stability above 485 fsb with my q6600, i ended up giving up since my current 4 x 1gb setup wont go beyond 1165-1170mhz no matter how finely i adjust the sec/ter timings and fine tune the dram controller / channel voltages. I believe if i could run 1200mhz on these sticks there would be a fighting chance to get close to 500 fsb stable on my board.
anyone check out what they are getting on this board ??
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=203272
Fugger posted this ....
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=204277
got from NewEgg today on sale 116$ out the door with rebate & free shipping
damn they are burnin up with this bad boy !!
Linpack stable, yes. But not without 1.55V to the CPU with LLC and 1.67v to the NB. And both the CPU and NB are on water. For regular use I keep it at 459Mhz and 1.425v with LLC, and 1.35v on the NB.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
Did someone mention fsb?
Damn man, im jelous!!!!
So far, same voltage. 1.512v (1.31v vid)Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
I plan to go to 3.76 then reduce volts where i can.
i got a little bored and figured i'd make a few small adjustments.
running a pass of memtest86+ atm roughly 50% complete.
495mhz fsb, 1190mhz ram, 5:6 divider 333mhz bclk, 1.55v vNB, pl 7, 1.64v vCPUPLL, 1.42v vTT, 2.24v vDIMM, dram controller ref -30mv, 5-5-5-16-45-5-2N, 0.62x CPUGTLREF, 0.57x NBGTLREF, ai clock twister = stronger, dram static read enabled, cha clk skew = -250ps, chb clk skew = -200ps, pci-e = 102mhz, vSB = 1.10v, vSB_SATA = 1.60v, cpu multi @ 6x till i certify mem subsystem stability then i'll make couple of adjustments and change it to 7x.
i'll update this once I have some results worth adding.
update: failed at 94% in modulo 20, so made a few small changes and rerunning that test. i'm still surprised it made it through 42mins. changes : vTT -> 1.44v, dram controller ref -> -20mv, cpu gtlref -> 0.63x, vNB -> 1.57v
seems those changes did the trick, running block move test again just to make sure the changes don't effect timings
I will give those settings a try and see how it goes on mine.
Isn't that NBGTL a little low? My settings are very similar to yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyakame
yeah apparently if i like to be able to soft power cycle then 0.57 is too low! had to increase it to 0.60x for sake of soft rebooting otherwise it gave me no problems.
just some preliminary figures so far, i havent really got any more adjustment in most of the memory timings, they are pretty spot on for these sticks as is.
edit: now the fun begins to tune the voltages so that there is crosstalk on the pci bus, yay for that. i have a good idea what to do to prevent it unfortunately its blind assumptions and educated guesses!
knocked another 0.2ns off memory latency by loosening up some of the tertiary timings, tWTPD. tALL_PRE_to_REF. tALL_PRE_to_ACT and tWR_RD_DR, these seem to positevely effect the bandwidth of the system with slightly more relaxed values. trying to figure out a happy balance between the nb and the sb, voltages are getting very near to each other so i'll see what can be reduced and what can take more voltage to distance them a little more. with the limited gtl ref adjustment i'm trying the higher vTT route with minimal gtl ref multis, it may just work.
edit: back to memtesting guess a few little changes here and there add up to far too many without bothering to run tests!
Awesome job man! PLEASE post your bios settings/voltages/gtls you used to achieve this. They should give me a great baseline for my FSB goals with this 9650.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
yeah PLz post yer settings if u would !Quote:
Originally Posted by nugzo
vCPU_PLL is sitting around 1.78-1.79v for the time being time for fun
edit:
appears the cpu has hit an fsb wall around 480ish cause no matter what, there is two outcomes from heavy load onset, first is system lockup, the second one which after a few hours of tweaking I was able to consistenly produce has an outcome of < 30 secs before prime95 throws rounding errors, with 1.82v cpu pll i was able to push it out to about a minute which delays the onset. once i managed to isolate all the different voltages I could do normal tasks and run windows...unfortunately this is useless for anything besides screen capturing low latency everest shots! it wasn't all a waste as I managed to get 4 sticks of ram which were walling at 1150mhz out to 1190mhz at 5-5-5-16 and 2.26v.
My latest attempt for 500MHz FSB has failed as usual. I updated to the beta 0501 BIOS, and I can get 495MHz fine and linpack stable, but at 500MHz the system BSODs at the windows loading screen, regardless of voltages I use. Voltages for 495 were 1.531 on the CPU (with LLC), 1.69 on the NB, 1.6 on PLL, 1.38 on VTT. Admittedly, all DRAM settings and GTL settings have been left at auto, I don't have the patience to mess with them. Maybe if I did 500MHz or higher would be possible, but oh well.
can u post the link to the beta agin as the i got from an earler post says it not the right size ?Quote:
Originally Posted by 003
Thanx in advance .....
I got it from rapidshare, from this link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/15175657...rmula-0501.rar
I just downloaded it today.
thanx oo3 didn't realize it was rar file & had to D/l the utilty for it
I'm gonna sell my Q9450 the Q9650 is great !
Just a quick question. I have a E8400 E0, if I buy a new rampage will I need another cpu to flash this board to get it to start?
any of you guys using powerchip based 2gb dimms find the sticks overclocked better on either colour dual channel pair? white (a2/b2) or blue (a1/b1). i'm running a pair of gskill pi 1100s on the white slots now and couldn't for the life of me get them to pass memtest at 1200mhz! i'm going to try the blue pair later on tonight and see if I can manage it. Not sure whether its the sticks, the 266 strap the divider I want lies on, or the bios memory tables aren't all that great for powerchip ics.
Thank you. I'm aware of the official bios revision support. Doesn't answer my question, its likely to ship with an earlier bios than 407. I've had boards that allowed me to flash to the latest bios even when the cpu wasn't recognised correctly. What I want to know is will an E0 chip post on a new board so I can flash it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyakame
Quote:
Originally Posted by nugzo
Sorry it took me so long, I've been quite busy. So here it is...Quote:
Originally Posted by bigslappy
Rampage Formula
Q9550 C1 @ 8.5x495
G.Skill 2x2GB PC2-8500 (1:1); kit couldn't handle DDR2 1188 [jk] :down: [/jk]
I ran these same settings on bioses 308 (333 strap), 403 (400 strap), and 501 (333 strap) and there all stable. I chose 308 because it gave me about 200MB more read speed because of higher TRFC. I highly recommend 0308.
Bios 0308
Overclocker Tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8.5
FSB Frequency: 495
PCIE Frequency: 110
FSB Strap To North Bridge: 333
DRAM Frequency: DDR2 990
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: 250/300
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: 350
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
RAM Timings:
Primary:
5-5-5-15-3-52-6-3
Secondary:
8-3-5-4-6-4-6
Tertiary:
14-5-1-6-6
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister: Stronger
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level: 8
CPU Voltage: 1.4875
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50v (1.580v Real)
NB Voltage: 1.650v (1.680v real)
DRAM Voltage: 1.840v (1.90v real)
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.50v (1.38v real)
SB Voltage: 1.050v
SB 1.5v: 1.50v
CPU GTL Voltage Reference: x067
NB GTL Voltage Reference: x067
Load-Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Goodluck.
Next, I'll post my current settings for 24/7 @ 8.5x475, 4040Mhz and DDR2 1140 on my G.Skills (Max mem Linpack Stable).
yes it will, if its an older bios it will just say unknown chip but will work regardless. then you can flash the bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by fornowagain
gah tRD phase pull-ins are evil stuff. though I did manage to figure out something useful before I corrupted half my registry and wasted my night repairing my vista install!
for delayed dram clk skews, phase pull-ins on a/b1-> increment the dimm1/2/3/4 fine clock delay, and delay decrements it.
for advanced dram clk skews, phase pull-ins on a/b1-> increment the dimm1/2/3/4 fine clock delay, and advance increments it.
50ps seems to be equivalent to -+1t.
if all 4 dimm fine clock delay are not aligned, no read delay phase adjust clocks are added, if there is correct alignment then by pulling in phases the read delay phase adjust clocks are incremented, and mch data strobe is advance skewed with respect to DRAM data strobe.
you can use a phase pull-ins along with dram clk skews to adjust the dimm fine clock delay, but they are damned touchy and more likely you'll corrupt the cmos or your OS if you arent careful! so not for the weak at heart.
in a few days once I run my system through a bunch of tests to get 480-485fsb stable 24/7 properly, i'll work out exactly what the result of pulling in specific phases has in regards to data strobe skewing values. this time i wont be trying it with common pl of 7 at 486fsb on 333mhz strap, i'll be sticking to something like performance level of 8 or 9 since neither are too tight on this strap.
PL 8, phases pulled in. Advanced 300/350 A1/B1Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyakame
Thanks :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyakame
I have a problem trying to set up my raid after i enter the intel matrix storage utility and set it up i also have to go into the bios under sata configuration and select raid instead of ide
the thing is that my os is running from a single raptor disk
So when i selct raid it recognizers my raid drives boots up my os from the single drive but computer crashes instead when i select ide it doesn't detects my raid drives and os boots up normally
Anyone who can help...
Thanks
Hey guys... I'm having an issue. I want to set my CPU voltage above 1.6v, but the voltage choices on the Rampage Formula start taking much larger steps once you pass 1.6v, the next one after 1.6 is 1.65, and I don't want that much. Is there anything I can do to get voltages between 1.6 and 1.65?
I did try using 1.65, but for some reason, the board would POST but then give you an error about the CPU voltage being set too high. Umm... wtf, if that is too high then why even include the option for it. And anyway I should be able to use any voltage I want...
Anybody know a way around this?
Did you set up raid AFTER installing your OS? I think your OS doesn't have raid drivers. You may have to manually install drivers. you need iastor.sys in drivers folder. May work; better than a fresh install. I don't know if iastor.sys needs a registry path to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by pnsdls
Why have 1.650v+? Options. I'd disable LLC, enable eist and eic. You'll get lower actual volts in windows.Quote:
Originally Posted by 003
yes i did setup raid after installing osQuote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
i am using vista 64x don't they have native support for raid
gonna put iastor.sys in drivers folder see what happens
edit
:banana::banana::banana::banana: still doesn't works
do you know if that is possible having single disks and a raid set together.....sounds right but is it?
by the way my dvd rom is sata just to mention
so i tried to do a fresh install and when raid is on and vista dvd on drive it doesn't even boots from cd wtf ?
however i also used win xp 64x which booted pressed f6 to install raid drivers...i had 64x drivers of course....but it asks me x86 drivers again wtf?
anyway i put on x86 drivers detects everything and rolls but as soon as boot process is over it crashes giving an error message 0x0000007 or something again wtf?
ps. when i try to install intel matrix storage manager in windows it says cannot install your system does not meet minimmum requirements again wtf?
to setup a new raid u must re-install the O/S after setting up the raid in Bios & have the raid drivers installed 1st .. & boot from the windows install CD,,, if i remember corecttly
The voltage throttling options do not do anything when you are using manual voltage control, and disabling LLC will only decrease the voltage at load, not idle. I need voltage between 1.6 and 1.65 at idle. Why the hell wouldn't asus just have the options to do so instead of making such a stupidly large jump from 1.6 to 1.65v??!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
I have a question about he ACHI options. I finally decided to install a small drive to install my operating system to and use the riad 0 arrays just for applications and data. I know that in the bios I have to set the sata to achi. Now in order to create a raid 0 with the achi enabled, do I have to install the matrix software and create the raid 0 using it or can it be done in the bios?
AHCI is a subset of RAID, meaning you get AHCI when you configure your system with RAID in bios, however, if you configure your system for AHCI in bios, you'll lose raid.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElAguila
Right now I have the bios set to RAID instead of sata or achi. With this setting when booting it says no achi devices found. That is why I was wondering if I had to set it to achi in the bios and then create the array in Windows via the Intel Matrix software.
Hello guys, any tip how to get FSB set to 575Mhz stable? i can run at 550Mhz for hours without error, but not 575Mhz, i want it because i have little better DIMMs, but due to problematic memory divider, i can only run them with 1:1 ratio.
dont think its possible on this board, insufficient power phases for the cpu/nb to get much higher than 533mhz fsb stable, the next fsb step up is 600mhz, and 575mhz is too far away from that, if you want try 583-600. they are the only frequencies you'll have much luck with. +-16mhz of 566mhz fsb base clock is somewhat of an fsb hole on the RF. The voltage circuitry can't drive a clean enough signal to the NB and CPU to stabilize the system, you need more phases to get these ranges working right like on the RE.
Are you trying to load AHCI drivers? You'll need raid drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElAguila
YOU CANNOT INSTALL RAID0 when you set the controller to AHCI, the RAID OPTION is there for a reason.
Highest FSB I could run stable (due to my 2GBx2 dimm limitation) was 7.5x560 24/7). It passed a couple of hours small ftts stable in Vista x64.Quote:
Originally Posted by spajdr
Disregard. I had one of those brain lapses after staying up too late and not seeing things properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
No problem, glad I could help.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElAguila
After getting a good night's sleep I realized that what I wanted to do was not something that I need AHCI for. :shocked:
Zucker2K > thanks for info, can you please post what exact voltages you have set for NB, SB etc. in bios?
I'm running a Q9550 now, I don't remember exact settings, but the screenies show the more important settings. I usually don't touch CPU PLL (1.50v).Quote:
Originally Posted by spajdr
Edit: This was with bios 410. It was my 24/7, completely stable.
The temperature is dropping outside, once I feel that it's cold enough I'm going to attempt to break my previous 4.64ghz (AIR) record.
Has anyone being able to get up to 4GHz on a Q6600 on this board? The max i've being able to get is 3.8Ghz.
I was not able to catch 4 Ghz stable, even with water cooling.Quote:
Originally Posted by jpe4ever
My max stable frequency was around 3.9 Ghz, but with very high voltages and temps.
24/7 stability was around 3.8 GHz.
Good idea! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 3lfk1ng
I will try on Alps nights, during Xmas holidays, when the temp is around -10 C°
I have just to put the case out of the window for a couple of hours. :D
Hi guys,
I'm gonna do a Raid 0 on my 2 x 300Gb Velociraptor.
Can u guys advice me if i will need a floppy disk drive?
1. I go to the BIOS to set as Raid
2. Insert Window Vista x64 disc
3.
4.
What's the set after that?
What are the intel software i need? Intel Matrix Storage?
Hope someone can helpQuote:
Originally Posted by FrOzE
you dont need floppy drivers disk for raid or ahci on vista, vista includes some old drivers so it will detect your raid, just install vista64 and install latest matrix storage manager after