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I see the ram is still mating, another week and you could open a retail outlet
I have just wasted 15 mins of my life on here.
Yes, I get the Det Ram post error. Btw thanks for your posts in the big thread youve been quite helpful.
Its funny but crackling sound and UT crash doesnt mean instability. Google the Ut3 crash and you ll see. Most people have it.
And something else.
I see many misleading posts here, I dont like the way some people OC. Getting every voltage they see as high as they can without finding the sweet spots. For example to get 400 fsb stable you dont need 1.4x voltage. Even lower works. People that dont use WC for their NB should be careful of their voltages.
Dont forget that each mobo gives different voltages even if you set the same settings in bios.
It is very important that people monitor the temps in full load, OCCT and everest work fine.
Well, unfortunately for me, I DO require more than 1.4v on NB for stable operation with 4GB of D9GMH and a quad core. My board requires 1.5v for proper operation.
wit ha dualcore, yes, I can use less votlage, but there is far less load put on the northbridge from a dualcore than from a quadcore, so while those volts may be good for you, there is no way you can say that ANY votlage is too much, or too little...it depends on alot of things, not just the board! Instaleld components and cooling greatly have an affect on required voltage!
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I tested my QX9650 on the maximus formula non-SE. 0907 bios seem to be the better on my mobo for the stability, but sometimes, it is very hard to recover after black screen. Cut the power suply, cmos don't work. I need to use before my E6850. Someone have an idea ?
I just installed my Formula NON -SE rev 1.03g, it came with the BIOS 0505 along with a Q6600, and various ram laying here( Crucial 2GB/ G.SKill 4GB), still dont know if there is a improvement from 0802 official BIOS to the newer betas 0903/ 0907, or shall I wait for a official release. I just want to run 400x9 or 425x9 , depend how good my new Q6600 is, it has a VID of 1.2125, seems promosing. So can I achieve this with 0802, without bumping to much volts, and having some nice ram overclock aswell.
I have exact the same vid on my CPU as you. My results are:
440x8 -> 1.3375vcore
450x8 -> 1.3500vcore
460x8 -> 1.4375vcore
410x9 -> 1.4000vcore
420x9 -> 1.4400vcore
all min. 5hours prime stable.
can´t go over 420x9 got still reboots in prime95. Also over 1.5xvcore on the CPU.
Yea it seems low VIDs isnt telling everything, I think I just have to test this sucker out:)
I got my non-SE today. It`s revision 1.03G and I installed it with the whole asus pipe still mounted first. I flashed to 0903 and the settings from 1. post for 3,6ghz are working with one change: I had to lower TB from enabled level 1 to enabled level 2 and it works, rest is still the same but did only short tests with prime and memtest.
My NB temperature is very good with standard asus pipe: 39° idle and 44-45° load.
Going to play wc3 now :)
Will completely testing this board the next days/week.
Pretty stupid, huh. Newegg is giving me a refund though so I have a new one on order. I'll send the old one out as soon as I get the new one. I swear, the first board I got was awesome, just the firewire didn't work. This one is chugging away at 400fsb with no problems now, just the stupid soundcard. It kills me, but I do like this board a lot and can't wait for a healthy one.
Just buy the audio card from someone not using it. A lot of ppl use SB X-Fi cards etc
How is the soundcard that came with this board? Is it any much worse then X-Fi Extreme Music?
I just flashed to Bios 0802, @ 400x9, it wouldnt just boot, untill I disabled transaction booster. Only now testing the cpu first. Priming now 400x9 / 3.6ghz @ 1.272 vcore small ffts, hopes it will end up stable.
I will part with mine if anyone is interested. I also have the fusion block with the SB HS too. Also, my Q6600 GO (in my sig.), Vid: 1.2125 (3.16Ghz with only 1.088v P95 small ffts stable) is also available to anyone interested. You can see my postings for what this chip can do. PM me if interested in any of the above.
Anyone had some problems with the USB ports when trying to connect and transfer any data to WD Passport 160GB (external non powered USB HDD) for example?!?!
When i try to connect my WD Passport on the usb ports at the back of the mobo, and start to copy any data to my WD, i loose the connection to the WD HDD.
It's not a PSU problem (Seasonic 700W), OS problem (have Vista Ultimate 64Bit, but in XP with a fresh installation i've the same problem), WD Passport 160GB work fine on any other PC, and it's not the MB (I think), because i had the chance to test other one, and had the exactly the same problem!
My USB front ports (Silverstone TJ07) connected to the USB headers on MB, have the same problem. If i connect the WD Passport 160GB there, the HDD turn on but i can listen a "click" (it sounds like the HDD start spinnig but doesn't have power to boot) and then stop, another "click" and then stop (and so on), and i don't even get OS to recognise the HDD.
With USB pen like Corsair 2 or 4GB i don't have any problems at the same usb ports! :confused: Even in the front USB ports of the TJ07 connected to USB headers on MB.
Any suggestions?
Thx!
My System:
Asus Maximus Formula (bios tested: 505/903/907)
Intel Q6600(L726A951)@3.4GHz(380x9) 1.39v
Teamgroup DDR2 Xtreem PC2-8500 4GB@1140 2.28v 5-5-5-15
eVGA 880GTX
Auzen Digital X-Meridian 7.1 DTS
1x WD Raptor 74GB 16MB Cache
1x Segate 320GB SataII
2x Segate 500GB SataII
ASUS DVD±RW-1814BLT
Seasonic M12-700 700W
SilverStone TemJin TJ07
System cooled by WC
Grnfinger: No. Only the mini-usb->usb cable that came with the WD Passport 160GB.
One strange thing, is when i connect this WD Passport 160GB on a friend PC, with the same hardware (except gpu's and CPU - my friend have 2 x ATI HD3870 in CF and QX9650), this WD Passport works like a charm! In the front ports (on a TJ07 too) and the back ports! :confused:
At first, i was thinking it could be my usb frontal with some kind of prob, but now i don't have any clues about what's wrong!!!
you may need one of these to provide extra power, there about 10 bucks
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...finger/usb.jpg