***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

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Originally Posted by Stelios

BCLK test with Bloomfield 920 .

Cooling at Mini Cascade -80C . :D

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1301065

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Originally Posted by Stelios

That's right . You need high PCIE in order to achieve high BCLK.
Up to 250 BCLK , 118Mhz PCIE is enough.
For 260+ BCLK , i had 126Mhz PCIE .

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So that's why I can't get above 253! My PCI-E was at 115. I'll stick the 5450 in there and see if I can get higher.

Thanks man! :up:

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Originally Posted by Toritechie

I tried 21 x 200; no go. Maybe 19 multi and up the BCLK? It's only my first day with an i7 - I'm a noob to this tech.

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you should be able to pull off 21x205 with a voltage of 1.35 if i remember correctly. 21x210 should be doable aswell @ 1.38-1.4v.

here's my 930 results w/ 12gb of G.skill ECO CL7's at CL6 timings and OC'd to 1700mhz from 1600.

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y71...s.jpg&newest=1

Will the RE3 run a dual QPI 32nm Xeon?

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Originally Posted by Utnorris

Will the RE3 run a dual QPI 32nm Xeon?

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Yes it does.

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/q...4/IMG_4081.jpg
Now playing with R3E... :D

Initial test on core 4.4Ghz, uncore 4.2Ghz, dram 2100Mhz 7-7-7-20-1T

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/q...ikh84/44-1.jpg

GFlops a lil bit lower than expected, need to bump up some voltages so that vCore, vtt, and vdimm can be reduced.

I stress test with Linx, with all my other programs running, that way, I only get 57GFlops at 4.3 Ghz (i7 930)

Should I close all of them

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Originally Posted by KaRLiToS

I stress test with Linx, with all my other programs running, that way, I only get 57GFlops at 4.3 Ghz (i7 930)

Should I close all of them

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57 gflops with ht enabled is normal for 4.3. The guy with 63 gflops has ht disabled. Are you using ht?

Has the cold-boot issue been fixed yet? I remember another thread on this forum regarding that issue, I wonder if you guys are still experiencing this or not. The reason is I'm thinking of pulling the trigger to order one for myself.

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Originally Posted by jcniest5

Has the cold-boot issue been fixed yet? I remember another thread on this forum regarding that issue, I wonder if you guys are still experiencing this or not. The reason is I'm thinking of pulling the trigger to order one for myself.

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I don't believe I'm aware of any specific cold boot issue. CBB exists for every board and is mostly reliant on the chip.

I have not experienced any cold boot bugs. I have only been running with H20 :)

The cold boot Jcniest is referring to has got nothing to do with sub zero temps. Some boards are reluctant and will not post, only pressing resets or hard reset get's them booting... usually a bit higher QPI voltage solved it for me

cbb is still there for me.. No cb though.. :D Lately I've been frustrated with the cpu not making proper contact with the pins.. Is there a way to make sure.. When it's not, it just haults on the memory and stays there.
Also get lots of bsod's when that happens.. Other times everything is perfect..

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

57 gflops with ht enabled is normal for 4.3. The guy with 63 gflops has ht disabled. Are you using ht?

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Yes, I have HT on. Didnt know that, never tried with HT off...Im still a newb :rolleyes:

Thank you for the answer

Has anyone benched this with a NB pot? I'll be making one in the next few days and I just took the chipset heatsink off (that yellow stuff was impossible to get off). Since it's all connected into one big heatsink, I lose all of the cooling for the VRMs and the SB if I put a NB pot on.

Any suggestions?

I have a question about the 4 pin power connectors on the motherboard. Are these for increasing the current to the pci-e slots? I don't have them connected and my graphics cards seem to cause a shut down of my system when I overclock the cards.

Yeah, your GPUs need power that you're not supplying, thus, you're tripping your mobo. (rough explanation)

Perhaps someone else can chime in on this and give a more technical explanation.

newer and more powerful graphics cards require more power than just what the 6 / 8 pin connections can handle sometimes. if you're using multiple cards like this all at once, you're putting a heafty load on the MB PIC-E slots... thus why the 4pin points are there. plug those in and i bet your problems will go away.

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on another note... here's my offering with the 980x on water:

oddly enough both bench marks are set to the same standard startup settings yet Vantage seems to always score higher than 06 bench for me for some reason... i dunno. at the same time, with 06, no matter what settings i put it to it ALWAYS gets roughly the same score with a difference of only around 150-250 points each time...

only thing limiting me now is my memory, but the 12gb 1866 Dominator-GT pack coming in a few days will fix that right up :P

system:
CPU - 980x @ 4.4ghz 1.38v, not 1.45v as CPUz states
Mem - G.Skill ECO's @ 12gb 1600mhz 7-8-7-24-72 2T timings w/ 1.62v
GPU - HD5970 @ 950core / 1253memory

sorry for image size, i can't seem to make it smaller without making it unreadable...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71...mybench2-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

The cold boot Jcniest is referring to has got nothing to do with sub zero temps. Some boards are reluctant and will not post, only pressing resets or hard reset get's them booting... usually a bit higher QPI voltage solved it for me

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Ohhh... After a bit of research, I've read (and shown to be true) that this only happens to people who used Gigabyte boards before the RIIIE. Gigabyte won't admit it, but their first X58 boards applied VTTPWRGood that was too high. Because of this, the chips degrade and will only work in a board if the VTT is high enough.

So for whatever reason I cannot complete the second CPU test in Vantage, the one with the planes flying into the suspended circles. It's Linx stable, runs BOINC all day with no issues and I can play games all day, but if I try and run a Vantage benchmark it hangs there. I can hit the escape button and it stops the test, but for whatever reason it just hangs there and stays on the "warming up" part. I can even see my cpu throttling, but still no go. Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by UrbanSmooth

Yeah, your GPUs need power that you're not supplying, thus, you're tripping your mobo. (rough explanation)

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Originally Posted by skuldarin

newer and more powerful graphics cards require more power than just what the 6 / 8 pin connections can handle sometimes. if you're using multiple cards like this all at once, you're putting a heafty load on the MB PIC-E slots... thus why the 4pin points are there. plug those in and i bet your problems will go away.

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6 / 8 pin connectors can supply enough, problem is the MB. Thin lines on the PCB that cannot supply enough through PCI-E if needed. That is why extra power connectors are close to PCI-E, so the power can be supplied via thick short lines.

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

Ohhh... After a bit of research, I've read (and shown to be true) that this only happens to people who used Gigabyte boards before the RIIIE. Gigabyte won't admit it, but their first X58 boards applied VTTPWRGood that was too high. Because of this, the chips degrade and will only work in a board if the VTT is high enough.

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Are you referring that Gigabyte MB's supply to much voltage on VTT or VTTPWRGOOD? Don't mix those two.
If you are talking about VTT, it is known that using XMP on any board and especially on GB, it will set extreme VTT (1.55-1.65V). That's why people degrade their CPU's.
If you are talking about VTTPWRGOOD, which is just a signal line and not a power supply line, then that is a major issue.

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

Has anyone benched this with a NB pot? I'll be making one in the next few days and I just took the chipset heatsink off (that yellow stuff was impossible to get off). Since it's all connected into one big heatsink, I lose all of the cooling for the VRMs and the SB if I put a NB pot on.

Any suggestions?

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Don't waste ya time with subzero, watercooling or a good air cooler are more than enough. IMC is in the CPU...

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Originally Posted by Utnorris

So for whatever reason I cannot complete the second CPU test in Vantage, the one with the planes flying into the suspended circles. It's Linx stable, runs BOINC all day with no issues and I can play games all day, but if I try and run a Vantage benchmark it hangs there. I can hit the escape button and it stops the test, but for whatever reason it just hangs there and stays on the "warming up" part. I can even see my cpu throttling, but still no go. Any ideas?

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It's not stable for Vantage... Lower your clocks, add more cold or pump volts :)

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Originally Posted by donmarkoni

If you are talking about VTTPWRGOOD, which is just a signal line and not a power supply line, then that is a major issue.

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He is talking about VTTPWRGOOD pull-up deterioration to the extent where the voltage needs to be disproportionately high for the processor to POST. The reason I think it was being done was to encourage the early i7 processors to POST in the said boards regardless of the applied VTT; this had an unfortunate side-effect over time as some users unwittingly found out. BTW, this was checked in a HW lab, so is not solely based on forum level conjecture.

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Originally Posted by Utnorris

So for whatever reason I cannot complete the second CPU test in Vantage, the one with the planes flying into the suspended circles. It's Linx stable, runs BOINC all day with no issues and I can play games all day, but if I try and run a Vantage benchmark it hangs there. I can hit the escape button and it stops the test, but for whatever reason it just hangs there and stays on the "warming up" part. I can even see my cpu throttling, but still no go. Any ideas?

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Had the same problem with 980X - Just update with the Vantage Patch 1.0.2 !

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Originally Posted by donmarkoni

6 / 8 pin connectors can supply enough, problem is the MB. Thin lines on the PCB that cannot supply enough through PCI-E if needed. That is why extra power connectors are close to PCI-E, so the power can be supplied via thick short lines.

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I'm running 2 GTX295's, and I have been running with the 4pin near the CPU connected (EZPLUG 1). I've also tried running the one down low (EZPLUG 2), but if I do that, my system will not boot. It's a fiddly pin to put in, on my Cosmos 1000 it sits right near the PSU and is a pain in the butt. I'm assuming I'll be OK with just one of the 4-pins going?

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

Ohhh... After a bit of research, I've read (and shown to be true) that this only happens to people who used Gigabyte boards before the RIIIE. Gigabyte won't admit it, but their first X58 boards applied VTTPWRGood that was too high. Because of this, the chips degrade and will only work in a board if the VTT is high enough.

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mine posts, sort of, but keeps resetting constantly. it was working fine and then rebooted spontaneously and never posted successfully afterwards. it just keeps looping, gets to about 1 second after successfully posting (usually the CMOS error screen), and then resets. brand-new 980x on a brand-new R3E, has been RMA'd once after failing after 6 weeks, RMA returned with new mobo (not sure about cpu) and worked for 6 hours and failed in exactly the same way - rebooted, then reset cycling again.

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Originally Posted by Toritechie

I'm running 2 GTX295's, and I have been running with the 4pin near the CPU connected (EZPLUG 1). I've also tried running the one down low (EZPLUG 2), but if I do that, my system will not boot. It's a fiddly pin to put in, on my Cosmos 1000 it sits right near the PSU and is a pain in the butt. I'm assuming I'll be OK with just one of the 4-pins going?

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Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

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Originally Posted by raju

He is talking about VTTPWRGOOD pull-up deterioration to the extent where the voltage needs to be disproportionately high for the processor to POST. The reason I think it was being done was to encourage the early i7 processors to POST in the said boards regardless of the applied VTT; this had an unfortunate side-effect over time as some users unwittingly found out. BTW, this was checked in a HW lab, so is not solely based on forum level conjecture.

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Thanks! Very precise info. :up:
But, IMO, it is inexcusable, will GB RMA deteriorated CPU's? This was just a rhetoric question, no need for going off-topic.

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Originally Posted by Toritechie

Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

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Strange... :confused: I'll try with my board to see how it reacts, if I can plug EZ2 without removing MB from case.

Well, good thing is it works with one. :)

BTW, in which slots are your VGA's?

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

Don't waste ya time with subzero, watercooling or a good air cooler are more than enough. IMC is in the CPU...



It's not stable for Vantage... Lower your clocks, add more cold or pump volts :)

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Not true: There is a patch 1.0.2 that specifically addresses this issue. The freezing is a bug tht only affects systems with more than 12 processors. The 980X effectively has 12 processors and the patch fixes the issue.

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Originally Posted by donmarkoni

Thanks! Very precise info. :up:
But, IMO, it is inexcusable, will GB RMA deteriorated CPU's? This was just a rhetoric question, no need for going off-topic.

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No they will not. I consulted them about it and they denied the issue fully. Luckily Intel is really easy about RMAing stuff. I told them the Gigabyte board killed it and they sent me a new processor.

I'm currently in the process of RMAing my UD4P because it stopped working fully. I really hope they send me an X58A board...

Raju, do you have a link to the results you were talking about? I'd like so have something on my side.

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Originally Posted by Toritechie

Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

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Odd. I currently have my R3E hooked to a Corsair 1000HX with both 4-pin EZPlugs connected as well as both 8-pin 12v EATX and it's never given me any issues. I've got two 9800GTXs and a Sound Blaster Titanium installed.

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Originally Posted by donmarkoni

Strange... :confused: I'll try with my board to see how it reacts, if I can plug EZ2 without removing MB from case.

Well, good thing is it works with one. :)

BTW, in which slots are your VGA's?

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Slots 1 & 3; quad SLI GTX295's - running at about 725 core, both on water and slightly overvolted. The molex near the CPU is the most stable one, I've found. I can use the bottom one also - but the two combined just result in ... nothing ... no boot post.

I'm not overly concerned, everything is working well, hit a 40k Vantage (physX cheating) with some early overclocking ... perhaps I would need a card in slot 2 or 4 for the bottom molex to work with the top one?

I noticed the CPU VTT set in bios is different as compared to the one set in BIOS and Turbo-V
BIOS & Turbo-V set 1.55625v but PC Probe2 reads as 1.49v only.
My LinX GFlops is fluctuating on every run. Inconsistent & random failure & pass with the same BIOS settings.

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Originally Posted by Toritechie

... perhaps I would need a card in slot 2 or 4 for the bottom molex to work with the top one?

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I don't think that's it. I'm running in slots 1 and 3 with no issues when both EZPLUGS are used.

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Originally Posted by Visard

Had the same problem with 980X - Just update with the Vantage Patch 1.0.2 !

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Not true: There is a patch 1.0.2 that specifically addresses this issue. The freezing is a bug tht only affects systems with more than 12 processors. The 980X effectively has 12 processors and the patch fixes the issue.

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Thanks guys. I will download the patch later today.

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Originally Posted by tomb18

Not true: There is a patch 1.0.2 that specifically addresses this issue. The freezing is a bug tht only affects systems with more than 12 processors. The 980X effectively has 12 processors and the patch fixes the issue.

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I assumed that everyone always uses the latest version... but apparently this was not the case as he still had an old version dating before february 2010

did some messing around ... my max bclck is 221 ... anyone get any higher? what should I try and do to get higher?

Bios template plz of ya current settings

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Originally Posted by The Duke

did some messing around ... my max bclck is 221 ... anyone get any higher? what should I try and do to get higher?

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more PCIE-E mhz :up: or slow mode unfortunately

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I assumed that everyone always uses the latest version... but apparently this was not the case as he still had an old version dating before february 2010

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Yeah, you would think I would have been up to date, but I didn't even think about that being an issue. Hopefully I will have time tonight to do some benching.

how are you guys liking 860? my LED poster on the side of the board doesnt work with this bios, anyone else, is it off in the bios by default or somethin?

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Originally Posted by Splave

more PCIE-E mhz :up: or slow mode unfortunately

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you think 105-110 or even higher?
just curious before i spend a night messing with it

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Originally Posted by Toritechie

Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

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I have both 8-pin for the CPU connected and both of the EZ_Plugs for VGA are connected. Encounter no problem, I notice no difference between all plugged and only 1 of each plugged

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how are you guys liking 860?

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I don't like it. i noticed that it requires higher VTT then 802.

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Originally Posted by KaRLiToS

I have both 8-pin for the CPU connected and both of the EZ_Plugs for VGA are connected. Encounter no problem, I notice no difference between all plugged and only 1 of each plugged

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Hmmm. Slightly annoyed that both of mine don't work properly ... but since it's fine with one and the board otherwise is great ... I think I'll put up with it.

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Originally Posted by Toritechie

Hmmm. Slightly annoyed that both of mine don't work properly ... but since it's fine with one and the board otherwise is great ... I think I'll put up with it.

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So I started thinking it was a power isssue ... I connected both EZ-PLUGS, but removed the second 8-pin CPU connection ... and what do you know ... boots fine. I guess my Corsair 1000HW can't drive everything ... I'm running 2 x GTX295's, 4 HDD's, DVD-ROM, Laing pump (high flow).

Any advice ... what would be considered best for my overclock ... run the 2 x 8pin CPU and 1 x EZ PLUG ..... OR ..... 1 x 8pin CPU and 2 x EZ PLUG? Perhaps I'm just splitting hairs anyway?

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So I started thinking it was a power isssue ... I connected both EZ-PLUGS, but removed the second 8-pin CPU connection ... and what do you know ... boots fine. I guess my Corsair 1000HW can't drive everything ... I'm running 2 x GTX295's, 4 HDD's, DVD-ROM, Laing pump (high flow).

Any advice ... what would be considered best for my overclock ... run the 2 x 8pin CPU and 1 x EZ PLUG ..... OR ..... 1 x 8pin CPU and 2 x EZ PLUG? Perhaps I'm just splitting hairs anyway?

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hx1000 is two power supplies...load balancing is an issue...

nice hardware:up:

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Originally Posted by Splave

how are you guys liking 860? my LED poster on the side of the board doesnt work with this bios, anyone else, is it off in the bios by default or somethin?

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i've got 860 going too, but i also ntoice a higher VTT to be stable. on 0802 it was stable with an easy 1.4-ish volt... on 860 it's nearly 1.5v

@ Toritechie - as Hondacity says, it's load balance is slightly off, a good reason why i went with an ABS 1,100watt Majesty and used it's 1x 8pin plug and it's 2x 4pin = 8pin plug for the two EZPLUG ports. as stated before though, one of the 4pin holding clips needed to be cut in order for it to fully connect due to a capacitor being too close to the lower EZPLUG. the ABS Majesty is a single rail design with lots of power filtering for stability and has yet to show me any real voltage instability for anything at all.

So is 704 BIOS still the best for 980X? Haven't tried the newer bioses yet

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So I started thinking it was a power isssue ... I connected both EZ-PLUGS, but removed the second 8-pin CPU connection ... and what do you know ... boots fine. I guess my Corsair 1000HW can't drive everything ... I'm running 2 x GTX295's, 4 HDD's, DVD-ROM, Laing pump (high flow).

Any advice ... what would be considered best for my overclock ... run the 2 x 8pin CPU and 1 x EZ PLUG ..... OR ..... 1 x 8pin CPU and 2 x EZ PLUG? Perhaps I'm just splitting hairs anyway?

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You could go dual psu , thats what I did, its not to hard to set up if you have a spare one kicking around, you just need a 4 terminal relay, doing this frees up the main psu for m/b and gpus and the other one for fans pumps etc.

just an idea !

edit : the reason Im suggesting it in your case is, not that long ago I was running 2 gtx 295s on water, they are power hungry when under load.
http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/v...igmarch4th.jpg
but when fermi came out and was such a disapointment compared to what we all where expecting I went to ati, Im now running 2 5870s on water and the difference is remarkable as quad sli does not scale to well in many games.
http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/v...ingleloop3.jpg
when fermi is as good as it should have been at launch I will buy it !!

Thanks for the help in getting Vantage running everyone that helped. Hit some decent numbers with two GTX470's in SLI overclocked to just 802Mhz on the GPU. With Physx P38575 and without P33606.

Without Physx
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1690/gtx470800w.th.jpg

With Physx
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/829...hphysxx.th.jpg

A quick question, perhaps its been answered before. not sure, anyhow.

I have a i7 930 @4.2, 2 x GTX470 in SLI, Chieftec 1200W PSU, do i need to attach the EZPLUG cables for this setup? Atm my case looks all nice and tidy, so dont want to add extra cables if not needed :)

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A quick question, perhaps its been answered before. not sure, anyhow.

I have a i7 930 @4.2, 2 x GTX470 in SLI, Chieftec 1200W PSU, do i need to attach the EZPLUG cables for this setup? Atm my case looks all nice and tidy, so dont want to add extra cables if not needed :)

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I think you will be fine. I have 3x GTX480 (not overclocked) and I don't use any of the EZ PLUGS. :)

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So is 704 BIOS still the best for 980X? Haven't tried the newer bioses yet

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I think "0860" is much better than "0704", totally. :yepp:

Here are my test results for Voltage and Heat comparing Official BIOS 0802 from ASUS VS. Beta 0860. i used the 0802 official release from ASUS's Support page, though i believe it's the same 0802 seeing as it's got the same release date.

hardware:
i7 980x cpu
G.Skill ECO 1600 CL7 mem (didn't want to put any scratches on the new corsairs :rolleyes:)

0860 results: Stable at 4.4ghz (33x133), 1600mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.44v
qpi voltage = 1.51v
ram voltage = 1.667v
peak cpu temp = 70-72*c
average cpu temp = 68-70*c

0802 results: Stable at 4.5ghz (39x115), 1613mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.41v
qpi voltage = 1.44v
ram voltage = 1.643v
peak cpu temp = 62-64*c
average cpu temp = 58-60*c

helps proove that 0860 is voltage hungry on just about everything... a near 10*c drop in temps from voltage alone yet still able to increase speeds by a hair and still is an improovement.

Good data skuldarin, thanks
Would be good to know which bios is favored by the GT users and which by the Bloomfield...I know my 940 hates the board and 980X loves it...I'm still on 0704 though, maybe time to update to 0802.

i'll do another test with the Dominator-GTs back in there again when i get home after the weekend. i'm pretty sure i'll get similar results with QPI being a little lower on that time around. also let it be known this is with 12gb (6x2gb) memory, thus why QPI is so high.

No BIOS 9124 users except me?

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Originally Posted by skuldarin

Here are my test results for Voltage and Heat comparing Official BIOS 0802 from ASUS VS. Beta 0860. i used the 0802 official release from ASUS's Support page, though i believe it's the same 0802 seeing as it's got the same release date.

hardware:
i7 980x cpu
G.Skill ECO 1600 CL7 mem (didn't want to put any scratches on the new corsairs :rolleyes:)

0860 results: Stable at 4.4ghz (33x133), 1600mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.44v
qpi voltage = 1.51v
ram voltage = 1.667v
peak cpu temp = 70-72*c
average cpu temp = 68-70*c

0802 results: Stable at 4.5ghz (39x115), 1613mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.41v
qpi voltage = 1.44v
ram voltage = 1.643v
peak cpu temp = 62-64*c
average cpu temp = 58-60*c

helps proove that 0860 is voltage hungry on just about everything... a near 10*c drop in temps from voltage alone yet still able to increase speeds by a hair and still is an improovement.

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Why not test them at the same speeds?

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No BIOS 9124 users except me?

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I didn't even realize that worked for the RIIIE. It only has optimizations for Gulftown, right?

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I didn't even realize that worked for the RIIIE. It only has optimizations for Gulftown, right?

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Yes, it's for R3E, and it's best of all, at least in my case (Xeon W3540). :)
Lower voltages required, tighter timings possible - tWR is now exactly what you set, not +1 or +2 from what you set. :up:

owikh84 | Core i7 920 [4C 4T] @ 4504.4MHz | 1.424 | Asus Rampage III Extreme | Water | 3914A113

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7273/97493170.jpg

excellent tweaking owikh!!!

ram timings are very good...

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Yes, it's for R3E, and it's best of all, at least in my case (Xeon W3540). :)
Lower voltages required, tighter timings possible - tWR is now exactly what you set, not +1 or +2 from what you set. :up:

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any chance you could post your settings so i can get my w3570 started...


thanks :up:

Man, temps are high at 4.5GHz. What's your water cooling setup (fans, etc?)

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Originally Posted by brolloks

Good data skuldarin, thanks
Would be good to know which bios is favored by the GT users and which by the Bloomfield...I know my 940 hates the board and 980X loves it...I'm still on 0704 though, maybe time to update to 0802.

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your 940 is overclockable? those are the worst i7 chips...

If benching the R3E at high clocks or high memory frequency be sure to enable the extreme OV setting, then disable OCP on DRAM, VTT and the IOH. Failure to do so will cause the board to throw BSODs during benches. This is a bit of an isolated case here, I have 12GB at DDR3-1945 1T, without disabling the OCP this will not pass Cinebench.

http://img205.imageshack.us/f/hyper1945mhz798crop.png/

Later
Raja

Hello, my friends!

I will be testing today 2 new 980X B1 on Rampage III Extreme. Some questions:

ALL OCP settings - disabled?
Memory Configutation Protect - disabled/enabled?
PWM Volt. Control - ?
QPI/Dram/ IOH PWM frequency - ?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by raju

If benching the R3E at high clocks or high memory frequency be sure to enable the extreme OV setting, then disable OCP on DRAM, VTT and the IOH. Failure to do so will cause the board to throw BSODs during benches. This is a bit of an isolated case here, I have 12GB at DDR3-1945 1T, without disabling the OCP this will not pass Cinebench.

http://img205.imageshack.us/f/hyper1945mhz798crop.png/

Later
Raja

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weird your tripping ocp but good to know

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Originally Posted by slamms

Hello, my friends!

I will be testing today 2 new 980X B1 on Rampage III Extreme. Some questions:

ALL OCP settings - disabled?
Memory Configutation Protect - disabled/enabled?
PWM Volt. Control - ?
QPI/Dram/ IOH PWM frequency - ?

Thanks

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1. yep
2. disable and set subtimings manually
3. max 10v
4. max 1.33x

Thanks bro!!! I will try it tomorrow with other cpu, my 2 cpu is bad, only 5,9Ghz in 3DMark05. СBB -120, CB -165-175 degress(

single channel and dual channel tried?

Man, this has been a crazy weekend.. I hav'nt played a game in a few years so I wanted to do that.. I installed a new copy of win 7 for that and the IOH on the rampage lll goes up to 70c and keeps climbing.. I took it apart 3 times and replaced all thermal grease and still the same thing.. I decided to put a small LN2 pot on there.. Then everything worked fine as it was -3c :D But I just wanted to game and it gets hot! :( I decided to throw on the ud9.. Same issue.. Gets really hot and shuts off.. Even when the cpu is at 4ghz.. bummer all around.. tried cleaning that one and still it gets hot as well..
Is it possible the boards are only use to -180c now.. They dont like the hot.. Man, what a pain

did you use the big heatsink?

mine stays @ 45-50c...

Thanks man! Yeah, I used the big heatsink as well.. Still nothing.. Also, I tried water cooling on the ud9 and that gets hot and shuts off too.. Maybe I'll try one more time.. :(

try putting some weight/pressure on the heatsink...maybe its a contact problem

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

your 940 is overclockable? those are the worst i7 chips...

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I have mine running at 4.2ghz with 1.35vcore intel burn test stable.:)

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Originally Posted by Zaxis01

I have mine running at 4.2ghz with 1.35vcore intel burn test stable.:)

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i had mine to about 4.4ghz...till my supposes friend killed it

i was talking about 940 on ln2...

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

your 940 is overclockable? those are the worst i7 chips...

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definitely does not fall in the gem 920 class but not bad for an old lady ;)

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Originally Posted by donmarkoni

No BIOS 9124 users except me?

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With my 3x2gb mixed hyper sticks,
9124 refuses to recognize all 6gb at higher frequency/timings;
at lower frequency/timings, 6gb are recognized but RTLs are apparently abnormal.
There also comes more weird issues with my rams.

Besides, 9124 requires more voltage(vtt most apparently) and less stable than 0602.
I think it's related to my ram problem.

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Originally Posted by shadewither

With my 3x2gb mixed hyper sticks,
9124 refuses to recognize all 6gb at higher frequency/timings;
at lower frequency/timings, 6gb are recognized but RTLs are apparently abnormal.
There also comes more weird issues with my rams.

Besides, 9124 requires more voltage(vtt most apparently) and less stable than 0602.
I think it's related to my ram problem.

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I have the same problem but with the bios 802

3*2GB 2000MHz are not recognized at first boot (only 2 or 4GB) but if I turn off and restarts, the 6GB is well recognized

is that with the bios 704, there is also this problem?

thanks ;)

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Originally Posted by brolloks

definitely does not fall in the gem 920 class but not bad for an old lady ;)

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I was thinking of trying an R3E but cannot justify changing from my GIG-UD7. I know of your experience within the O/C'ers forums and was wondering if you feel that your R3E is the "canines cajones" or that you stick with ASUS whatever..............hastening to add quickly that I am far from "brand loyal" and was just wondering on your opinion.

is what bios 9124 is better than the 704/802 or not? (voltage, etc...)

thanks ;)

EDIT: is that the Xeon E56 ** are good with this motherboard for OC?
I'm interrested by E5640, I'd like to do the same OC on my i7 920 (21*200)

for the memory controlleur, if the ram is at 2000MHz, it must be to 3000MHz, that's ok?

thanks you very much :D

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Originally Posted by newhit

I was thinking of trying an R3E but cannot justify changing from my GIG-UD7. I know of your experience within the O/C'ers forums and was wondering if you feel that your R3E is the "canines cajones" or that you stick with ASUS whatever..............hastening to add quickly that I am far from "brand loyal" and was just wondering on your opinion.

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If you are happy with your UD7 I'd say stay with it, the RIIIE is great but I prefer the feel of my older RIIE to the new one. The RIIIE is more complex and has many bios options but does not feel more stable. I have not yet tried the UD7 so can't compare.

Does anyone knows R3E rev differences?
I hear 1st lot is Rev 2, recent lot is Rev 1.
Basically rev1 to rev 2, it's very misterious rev change.

Should I install Intel Matrix Storage Manager v.8.9.8.1005 or Intel Rapid Storage Technology v.9.6.4.1002 for this mobo?

What is the difference anyway?

the RST 9.6.4.1002 ;)

the Matrix Storage should disappear :D

Thing is, Matrix Storage Manager rebuilds a RAID1 array in just a few minutes whilst Intel Rapid Storage takes it's sweet time ~6 hour or so.

But Matrix Storage Manager has been discontinued?

Anyone got problems with overvolting?

If i set QPI/DRAM voltage at 1,30 in bios then it reads 1,44 on my multimeter.

Save story with cpu vcore it overvolts really bad and LLC is full enabled.

Should i trust my meltimeter or the voltage in bios?

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Originally Posted by kurumi_Japan

Does anyone knows R3E rev differences?
I hear 1st lot is Rev 2, recent lot is Rev 1.
Basically rev1 to rev 2, it's very misterious rev change.

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The 1st ones were rev 1.0G and the later ones rev 2.0G, this is my 2nd board...the 1st one I had was a rev 1.0 and sucked badly, and could not get pass 210 bclck with a variety of CPU's...my current one is a rev 1.0 as well and is great and does 255 blclk on the 980X. From what I can gather the rev 2.0 fixed a lot of issues the 1st one had especially with low bclck walls.

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Originally Posted by systemviper

any chance you could post your settings so i can get my w3570 started...

thanks :up:

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Start here and search that thread a little to find some more templates. :)

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Originally Posted by shadewither

With my 3x2gb mixed hyper sticks,
9124 refuses to recognize all 6gb at higher frequency/timings;
at lower frequency/timings, 6gb are recognized but RTLs are apparently abnormal.
There also comes more weird issues with my rams.

Besides, 9124 requires more voltage(vtt most apparently) and less stable than 0602.
I think it's related to my ram problem.

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Strange... For me 9124 requires less voltage, .0250 less VTT and .0125 less vCore.

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Originally Posted by Rasmus66

Anyone got problems with overvolting?

If i set QPI/DRAM voltage at 1,30 in bios then it reads 1,44 on my multimeter.

Save story with cpu vcore it overvolts really bad and LLC is full enabled.

Should i trust my meltimeter or the voltage in bios?

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It is very alarming difference. :eek: Check it with another multimeter. I would RMA it if it confirms to overvolt so much.

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Originally Posted by donmarkoni

It is very alarming difference. :eek: Check it with another multimeter. I would RMA it if it confirms to overvolt so much.

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Will try a another multimeter tomorrow.

But i really hope it's the multimeter there is the problem. Was benching last night in watercooling and was pushing 1,46 volt through the cpu i really dont want to know what the real vcore was.

It overclocks really good the board i got.

243 mhz blck 3dmark stabile with my 920 cpu on watercooling:)

Hopefully i will test it on dice next weekend

How to tell whether you have a rev 1 or 2 board?

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Originally Posted by Rasmus66

Anyone got problems with overvolting?

If i set QPI/DRAM voltage at 1,30 in bios then it reads 1,44 on my multimeter.

Save story with cpu vcore it overvolts really bad and LLC is full enabled.

Should i trust my meltimeter or the voltage in bios?

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Had the same problem here until I changed the battery on the multimeter.;)

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Originally Posted by niemion

How to tell whether you have a rev 1 or 2 board?

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It shows up in CPUZ as Rev 1.xx or 2.xx under the motherboard tab...it is also noted on the board or box

seems i'm having a new issue here...

i put my Dominators back in to do the voltage difference test again and now i can't hardly get my system stable at the memorie's stock speed of 1866... memory i'm using is in my sig. it's 1866 @ 9-9-9-24-72-2N timings. stable voltages between 1.643-1.66v W/1.25-1.32v qpi... this being said from corsair... yet it wont even post unless i put qpi to 1.43 and dram at 1.656... the strang epart to me is that 8-9-8-24-72 timings seem a bit more stable than it's rated stock speed... i just don't get it. many people with this kit on this same board running a 980x cpu have been able to easily clock these to 2000 *like i had last week* and be fine... now they wont stabilize at all. i've even reseated them several times in many different ways and i come with the same issue over and over again...

So the ioh was at 45c last night! I replaced everything once again to make sure there was good contact.. Then, today while using LN2, It's back up to 70c again!! :( What the ****

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Originally Posted by Bodar

So the ioh was at 45c last night! I replaced everything once again to make sure there was good contact.. Then, today while using LN2, It's back up to 70c again!! :( What the ****

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Bodar my IOH gets darn hot as well even if my CPU is subzero, I always put a hefty fan across it so it cools down a bit

I noticed that I was putting alot of pressure on both sides of the board.. Cpu side and gpu side.. It was bending in the middle causing one of the skrews to come out and therefore making the temps rise..
Once I centered the board and made it more even all the way across, I was stuck with 41c max on the ioh. :D Also.... This is what happened.....!! All on LN2


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...best03ever.jpg

Bodar

nice 41c ....good you figured it out...

is your cpu degraded? whats your observation regarding cpu degradation?

Hey man! :) Yeah, sadly this cpu has been degrading over time.. It still has alot in it though.. Only times I've noticed degrade is when I go over 1.50v vtt.. In all honesty.. When the LN2 pot is seated right, there
was never any reason for me to go over 1.50v vtt if it was a great chip.. Wish I would have known that before.. Then this cpu may still be what it was.... Also, I tested insulation techniques around the LN2 pot itself..
1 wrap of sheet foam maxes at -167c ... two wraps of sheet foam = -176c ... 3 wraps of sheet foam = -185c.. That's where this cpu should have been the whole time.. You live and learn I guess. Cheers man!! -Beaux

Also, these gpu's in tri sli did not scale well over 1100mhz in 03 for some reason. I lost high framerate... Lowering the gpu clocks and raising the cpu clocks helped alot..

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Originally Posted by Bodar

I noticed that I was putting alot of pressure on both sides of the board.. Cpu side and gpu side.. It was bending in the middle causing one of the skrews to come out and therefore making the temps rise..
Once I centered the board and made it more even all the way across, I was stuck with 41c max on the ioh. :D Also.... This is what happened.....!! All on LN2

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mate , good result

thx for sharing .... i got the same problem with the gpu frequency too:shocked: