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My setup
http://bandwidth.se/imgs/nouser/img0728b46ca0fd6.jpg
First quick result : QX9650 490x9=4400
http://bandwidth.se/imgs/nouser/qx9650490x40ad7dda.jpg
Here's 3 hours of everest with all voltages and temps, stupid me forgot to display cpu-z, but this is also on 490x9.
http://bandwidth.se/imgs/nouser/490x9evere406f8661.jpg
Hope next bios will give fsb 500+ as i see alot on SIIE with QX9650 hit a wall at 490.
On the other hand it might off course be the cpu limit.
Very nice setup Justifire... What radiator(s) are you using with this setup? Also what 3DMARK06 scores are you getting with this setup as well..
Justfire,
can you post your bios settings for this overclock?
voltages, mem timings etc
Please?????
and what bios are you on? 507?
Very slick setup. I love it!! :clap:
Please post your voltages!
Guys am having a tough time with this board. Please refer to
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=467
Any help is really appreciated.
If you look at the screenshot theres all the voltages you need in the Everest monitor.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
Mem timings, unlinked 1333, first testing my cpu, later i will push the mem to it's limits ;)
Very important thing !!! In bios standard mem is set on 1T, set this to 2T !!
Altough i did nothing with my memory, this setting on 1T won't let me boot over fsb420 !
Gonna look after this later on when i'm gonna play with my memory.
Cooling: I watercool the NB, keep this in mind when you see i use 1.7v on the NB, maybe it's ok with aircooling, i dunno, just keep an eye on those temps.
I don't use radiators, i use a Hailea 1500 ultra waterchiller, wich is capable of removing 790 watt of heat.
My water is 16-17 `C
Bios: yes, latest beta 507 and i hope newer beta will support FSB500+ on the QX and that it will arrive soon !
Very slow bios support on this mobo, think they have quit some bugs to fix.
Also hope they fix the temps and voltage readings/setting
Are the Everest reported voltages accurate? I ask cause they're not for me. If it wouldnt be too much trouble, could you post your bios entered values?
thanks
I bet the northbridge voltage is the key.... I have used all of your volatages and I get stuck at about 460fsb but I havnt cranked the NB up yet until I have my water loop connected. Thanks for the update, I'll try the 2T setting as well.
My code is missing too....wtf?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fusion2002
Any luck finding it or getting one from Asus?
I haven't heard a thing yet, its been 3 days :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by my87csx481
I looks like you have to email Asus to get the key. I kinda of gave up and bought it from futuremark's site itself for like $20.Quote:
Originally Posted by my87csx481
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us
In other news, my problems with my board seems to be RAM related. I am getting memtest errors as I go over 360 FSB in sync, put in a RMA request @ newegg and am gonna return the RAM(lost 15% in restocking :mad: ). The 4 GB OCZ EB platinum that I ordered from mwave will get here tomorrow. Hope I will have better luck with this RAM than I had with my 2GB OCZ sticks. Thanks for all those who took time off to respond to my whining.
I sent back mobo to Asus, but I will try again with S2II Extreme.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikolas61
Can't remember all settings, but here some:
- all cpu feature disabled
- Unlinked mode
- LDT 2X ratio
- all device disabled what no need (sound, firewire etc)
Voltages:
cpu : 1,2875v (cpu-z show 1,25v)
vtt: 1,44v (real 1,46v)
pll: 1,54v (real 1,56v)
NB: 1,7v
South bridge: 1,6v
new bios 0508
ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socke...treme/0508.zip
1. Fix AI Tuner item will disappear when SLI Memory is enabled with certain CPU installed.
2. Support AI-GEAR3 Vcore adjustment for P4 CPU.
3. Support new CPUs, please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/download/dow...reme&type=bios
Vcore 1.45Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
PLL 1.60
VTT 1.60
NB 1.70
SB 1.60
rest on auto
ram unlinked 2T !
Bios 0509: http://www.ccook.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/0509.BINQuote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
Forget it.. Improper bios ID string, corrupt.Quote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
Other posts in Asus forum confirm same behavior.
Don't waste your time.
yeah thats me on the Asus site that started that thread.... still waiting for an Asus response...Quote:
Originally Posted by tekjunkie
Quote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
webwilli, I'm surprised that since you started this topic ...Quote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
http://www.lavalys.com/forum/index.p...topic=3092&hl=
that you haven't downloaded this latest Everest beta ...
http://www.lavalys.com/beta/everestu...1scfd4mcyx.zip
and commented on the SPP temp values compared to your BIOS readings. Hopefully you'll find that the Everest 4.50.1347 Beta reading are closer to your BIOS values.
Argh!!! It gets worse.Now windows hangs instantly after boot. Has anybody come acroos this!!!!
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5...0009jx6.th.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4...0010es5.th.jpg
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/51/img0011fj5.th.jpg
It's quite possible I might have gotten a dud in the first place. Also, am suspecting that my mobo ate my RAM(much like the earlier striker). When I first tested it with memtest @ default 333 FSB(1333 QDR) unliked with the RAM @ the rated 1600 7-7-7-20 1T i got 3 good passes. Now,memtest is giving errors @ the same setting.
As a last ditch effort, I will have to try the 0508 BIOS and see what happens. I already got the RMA # for the RAM from newegg.
0508 Is a no go on my board. It complains about the id not being compatible with the existing bios or something like that. I guess it's RMA time. Never dealt with NCIX for an RMA. Actually SIIE was my first purchase from them.Hope the RMA goes smooth for a replacement from NICX.
I've got a similar problem with my P5K Deluxe, but after updating BIOS it wouldn't even POST, pretty lucky with the 30 day return policy :)
i use dos flash and it works. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclearjock
790i is very picky with ram settings.Quote:
Originally Posted by tekjunkie
Try 2T and see if this solve the problem, it did for me anyway.
Bios 0511 : http://rs169.rapidshare.com/files/104763333/s2e0511.zip
Have you flashed to 0511, justfire? any thoughts on the bios? Does it require an awdflash or can a person use ezflash? Thanks for using RS ;)
i have flashed bios 0511 and found no changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
if you use bios 0507 or older you can use ezflash. 0508/0509 requires dos.
Guys what BIOS is working the best so far for the S2E? 0511?
Thanks
Man, this board is weird.
My ram is unlinked, set at low speed (1333)
So I would say it cant influence the board and cpu fsb speed.
I'm still working on my cpu overclock.
Whatever i did, voltages in/decrease, auto, it wont boot above 4450 mhz
No error in prime, just that the whole system frooze after 15 mins.
I tought that it was the max of the cpu, but why wouldn't i get an error instead of the freeze?
After a lot of voltage testing i took the silly step to look at the ram settings.
I couldn't imagine this was the problem, but why not give it a try?
The speeds were 7-7-7-20 and i set it to 8-7-7-20
And there you have it, no freeze anymore and am still rising the speed of the cpu :D
I can't understand why this has such an influence on the board while the ram is unlinked?!
So for everyone who is trying to get the most out of this board, take a look at the ram settings and try to loosen them, it might definatly help !
that is a kickass product :D
STRIIEX is awesome :D
http://pics.mwirths.de/pics/thumb/550.JPG
Validationscreen:
http://pics.mwirths.de/pics/thumb/vali.jpg
Link: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=340269
what bios web?
I just ordered the e8500 from Tiger...Quote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
What BIOS and SETTINGS are you using webwilli??
Lol I already put evrything in the box to be RMAed, but realised even if they cross ship, it would take atleast Monday for me to get the board. So I decided to keep the board and keep trying atleast for this weekend and see what happens and RMA it monday and hopefully get the replacement cross shipped to me overnight. Thanks for the new BIOS , will try it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justifire
I put my system back together and it gets really interesting. First up, I flashed to 0511 no problems. The wierd problem about the POST mesaage complaining about the NB,SB and the CPU temperature on a cold boot went away and also the voltages and temperature are showing up properly.
Test 1:
CPU-E3110
RAM-OCZ 4GB Platinum EB
Mobo- SIIE
Left everything on auto and ran memtest no problems for 3 passes.
Test 2:
CPU-E3110
RAM-OCZ 4GB Platinum EB
Mobo- SIIE
CPU@1333 QDR(default), RAM @1600 "Unliked" everything else on auto.
Memtest hangs. I tried 3 times to run memtest and all 3 times it hung on me @ various times.
Test 3:
CPU-E3110
RAM-OCZ 4GB Platinum EB
Mobo- SIIE
CPU@1333 QDR(default), RAM @1700 "Unliked" everything else on auto.
Memtest passed for 3 passes.
So, it does look like there is a hole between DDR3 1500 to DDR3 1700. I don't think it's the FSB guys, I think it's the RAM speed.
Now, will try to run on sync mode with both QDR and RAM @ 1700 and see how it goes.
Good going tek! waiting for your results! :D
Bios 0511Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofander
Bios 0511Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu(ky
Settings:
Quote:
Extreme Tweaker Menü
CPU Level Up: Auto
Mem Level Up: Auto
CPU Mulitplikator: 9
FSB Speichertakt Modus: Verknüpft
FSB Speicher Taktverhältnis: Sync Modus
FSB (QDR), MHz: 1622
MEM (DDR), MHz: 1622
LDT Frequenz: 5
NB PCIe Frequenz, MHz: 100
SB PCIe Frequenz, MHz: 100
SPP <-> MCP Ref Clock, MHz: Auto
Speicher Timing Einstellung
P1: Auto
P2: Auto
tCL (CAS Latency): 8
tRCD: 7
tRP: 6
tRAS: 18
Command per Clock (CMD): 1T
tRRD: Auto
tRC: Auto
tWR: Auto
tWTR: Auto
tFAW: Auto
tRD: Auto
tRTP: Auto
tRFC: Auto
tREF: Auto
Over Voltage
VCORE Spannung: 1,30000
Loadline Calibration: Aktiviert
CPU PLL Voltage: 1,50
CPU VTT Voltage: 1,28
Memory Voltage: 1,56
NB Core Voltage: 1,42
SB Core Voltage: 1,50
CPU GTL_REF0 Ratio: Auto
CPU GTL_REF1 Ratio: Auto
CPU GTL_REF2 Ratio: Auto
CPU GTL_REF3 Ratio: Auto
NB GTL_REF Ratio: Auto
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Voltage: Auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Voltage: Auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Voltage: Auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Voltage: Auto
CPU Konfiguration
CPU Internal Thermal Control: Auto
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Deaktiviert
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Aktiviert
Execute Disable Bit: Deaktiviert
Virtualisierung: Aktiviert
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tech.: Deaktiviert
Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum: Deaktiviert
PCIe Spread Spectrum: Deaktiviert
MCP Spread Spectrum: Deaktiviert
SATA Spread Spectrum: Deaktiviert
LDT Spread Spectrum: Deaktiviert
web, is the fusion block "a must" if we only need 1.45 for the nb? Are you using the fusion block? Thanks for sharing the bios settings ;)
not "a must" i think. but water i better then air ;)
yes i use the block and i hope it not crack.
i hope you can unterstand the bios settings. it is german.
i have to ask something...:(
i can't find setfsb for this mobo..
Do you know any tool for changing fsb from windows?
no SETFSB for nv-Board ;)
I can understand the German a little. Thanks for your quick response too. I had a crack waterblock and I now know of 4 other people from a community that has experienced it too. There is a thread on the asus forum about it as well. I've called asus tech about the issue too and they told me they would report it to their engineer team. w/e I guess.
I tought I had a crack too :eek:
Water was dripping from the block on the vga :mad:
After some good looking i noticed it was that the iron O-ring wich come with the mobo was squeezing the tube and made room for the water to come out.
After throwing away all the O-ring and using tie-wraps no leakage anymore and happy benching :yepp:
You guys might wanna take a look at that, because it looks like the block is cracked but in fact it might be water from the tube leaking over the block (round the top)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Justifire
Basically saying that the barbs on the waterblock suck because they have no tight fit inside the tubing? Use tie-wraps instead of metal hose clamps or make sure that the all camps are tight around the hose barbs.
I'm running 0511 Bios ad I can't alter tRFC.
Has anyone else noticed this??
i tried to use the included metal clamps and had encountered leaks no matter how much i tightened them. like many others, i also thought the block was cracked but it was from the fuzion barbs. do yourself a favor and use a different clamp. i'm using nylon clamps and better tubing which work a lot better.
Thanks for your input. I'll try the nylon clamps as well. What tubing do you use? I'm currently using primoflex.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAID
for those of you missing the 3DMark06 registration code:
i bought my s2e from newegg and the mobo cd did not come with the registration code for 3dmark06. i've noticed several others have the same expericence with this.
i went to asus live customer service chat (similar to newegg's live cust serv chat) and was given a new code within a few minutes.
I can't get this board stable at all. It's gonna be RMA ed for sure.
Go with tie-wraps, very cheap and always the right size :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Myke
i looked but may have missed it... has anyone hit over 500 fsb with a quad?
I can change it in BIOS and it sticks after reboot and back into BIOS....seems to have straightened out memtest errors too....crosses fingers....I'm having problems with my memory, cus i'm such a n00b. Which leads to my question: How can I see if it (tRFC) sticks when I get to windows?Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclearjock
fsb/4*cpu multi = cpu speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by psilos
1700 / 4 * 9.5 = 4037.5Mhz
Not sure if anyone saw this on AnandTech (SOURCE)
We share test notes on an almost continual basis with each other when testing boards. We thought some of the test notes from our upcoming roundup would be interesting. In all fairness to NVIDIA, we are including our X48 thoughts as we wrap up testing.
790i test notes:
a) CPU multiplier likes to changes at will, causing an inability to POST after changing BIOS options. (Problem is likely linked to bad NVIDIA base code).
b) Poor memory read performance above 475FSB unless you enable “P1” and “P2” which NVIDIA refuses to document operation of or provide information about.
c) EVGA/XFX (NVIDIA reference design) lacks support for tRFC tuning - high density DDR3 configurations often refuse to work unless the module SPDs are tuned from the manufacturer. (This makes them needlessly slow in low-density configurations.)
d) The chipset does not do a very good job of balancing read vs. write priorities with respect to memory access - copy scores lower than X38/X48.
e) Regardless of what NVIDIA says, we think PCI-E 2.0 (and 1.x) implementation is still better on Intel’s Express chipsets - give us SLI on Intel to prove it!!!
f) Possible problem with NVIDIA reference design: sustained overclocked operation at >~1.9V for VDIMM may cause critical failure of 790i (Ultra) SPP. This does not seem to affect ASUS S2E design and is the most critical issue facing the board; we need to verify before making recommendations.
g) Possible HDD corruption issues. (We lost the two 74GB WD Raptors so far…)
X48 test notes:
a) Chipset defaults to tRD values that are excessively loose and are not competitive with NVIDIA’s new 790i. The problem is most MB manufacturers do not allow this to be specifically tuned in the BIOS.
b) DMI interface (x4 PCI-E link) is sloooow….X38/X48 should have been paired with ICH10(R), which will be PCI-E 2.0 compliant on the link interface.
c) Haven’t found an Intel X48 board yet that will handle 8GB of DDR3 properly, even though this is a major bullet for chipset support - board or memory makers? (We need to test this on the Intel DX48BT2 that just arrived.)
d) Chipset runs HOT…might even be hotter than 790i. Intel should have shrunk this thing long ago!
Anyone get Ntune to work on this board yet?
Till now i can't get higher than 490, maybe it is possible, board has a huge learning curve !Quote:
Originally Posted by RAID
b) Poor memory read performance above 475FSB unless you enable “P1” and “P2” which NVIDIA refuses to document operation of or provide information about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justifire
I would think when the BIOS matures things will only get better.. I hope...
GTL settings - can someone tell me what this is and what it does?
i haven't touched it at all, just left it on 'auto'... is it helping anyone's OC experience?
Quote:
Originally Posted by RAID
http://edgeofstability.com/articles/.../gtl/gtl7.html
A very good article about the electrical noise and what GTL does with regards to VTT(Termination voltage).I just skimmed through it. I would have to sit and read through it whenever I have time. BTW, I borrowed the link from here, when I was doing my reasearch for my P5N-T.
bios beta 0511
Source
http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/12/09/36/55/strike10.jpg
Is that BETA 0511 a full BIOS or missing stuff? Also nice OC on that Q6600. What setting did you have it on.. I am getting my board in about 1-2 hours from now. Freaking UPS truck seems to not deliver in my area tell after 6:00pm :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by marcolecorse
My tech station is ready for this board though.. I will mess with my Q6600 1st before I buy myself a QX9650...
Ok I started over with this board, reflashed bios ect.
I really must say, just amazing how it runs.
Now that I've done some homework I can trully say really how stable 550FSB is. I had it running at 600FSB but really I have no idea why or what i'm doing up there LMAO.
So I like 550 it just seems to scream there, I played COD 4 for hours & truly it was a blast.
Striker II Extreme FTW :up: :up: :up:
Are we gonna see a bios 06xx before next christmas or what ?
Bios support for this board is really slow !
Quote:
Originally Posted by Justifire
:rofl:
:up:
:clap:
if this board doesn't work. I promise no..more..asus..boards..ever.
This is the 3rd horribly undersupported motherboard.
-commando
-680i (striker.."cpu init" absorbed cost)
-790i (just plain horrible, picky, unstable oc's, memholes?, worse bios than the original one).
Class action lawsuit?:shrug:
Dude,Quote:
Originally Posted by mahiman
There's lots of other vendors out there... Go for it...
I'm an Asus FanBoy and I took delivery of three, yes three Striker II Formulas before I got one that would post and remain stable. NewEgg blamed it on "poor quality control". How 'bout no quality control.
But my first S II E is an absolute winner. It should be for $469 US..!!
So I don't blame you if you by someone else. Lots of folks are very happy with their reference boards..
Good luck
Could somebody with a Striker 2 Extreme and a RAM kit capable of running CAS Latency ( tCL ) 5 at DDR3-1333 do me a favor and try running 5-5-5-15 @ 1333MHz FSB Linked - Synch Mode and tell me if the motherboard POSTs ?
Question has anyone tried a 9800GTX card with this board yet? I thought I read somewhere they are having problems? I get my new eVGA 9800GTX SSC cards tomorrow and just wondering if I may run into any problems with them...
Thanks...
Untweaked run with single stage....
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7...shot008ca8.jpg
oh sh**. i forget to test. :( Sorry, try it later. i hope my cellshock can do 5-5-5-15 @ 1333 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
why should the 98GTX not work?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu(ky
where have you read this?
i will buy 2 x 98GTX tomorrow
Your CellShock can do 5-5-5-15 @ 1333... on the other side... current BIOSes can't ( unless that's only happening on my board )Quote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
Anyone got this board running mem higher than 1150MHz?
P5E3 Premium or Striker II XTR...hmm...
Hey guys ;)
I've receveid my S2E yesterday, and after a whole afternoon with it ... I ask myself: How can I kill it ? ^^
More seriously, I encounter the worse issues I never seen on a board: BSOD everytime, OS unstable, restart and Christmas Tree mobo ...
I use: Q6600 B3, 2Go OCZ XMP and 2Go casual DDR3 1600MHz, 2 Raptors 74Go and 9600 GT in SLI.
First, my raptor were been killed down :( I can't install os anymore and disks are not recognised anymore ...
Then, maybe I've overvolted the NB 'cause I've set 1.58 for 1600 FSB on my Q6600 and after check the temp' I was near 60° for the NB ... Is that possible ?
So ! What's wrong with this board ? I use 0511 BIOS found in this topic ...
Thanks in advance guys ;)
PS: I'm french so please, excuse my english :)
Hey guys great first let me say great thread was a big help getting my new board up and running. my first board had a currupt bois but New Egg RMAed it no problem and all is fine now. I like it so far. My question is there anyone else with a QX9770 out there if we could share notes it would be great thanks.
Change to 2T and see if that helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by herwawan
Voltage shouldnt be an issue for the NB, running mine on 1.7v @ 40`c
typically I've installed the Northbridge waterblock/fusion system started up my SIIE for the first time only to be presented withan error message that isn't in the debug code table?
Error message is "ERROR MESSAGE", the word message is abbreviated to fit onto the screen. CPU, RAM and hard drives all past the post tests but this error manifests itself by not allowing me to have any display through my 9800 GPU, on either DVI sockets, so I can't even go into the BIOS!
The 9800 GPU which is also brand new works on another motherboard so I know that's not faulty. Any suggestions would be appreciated or shall I just RMA the motherboard after all the hard work of installing the water block/fusion block?
Before I go I would like to give out this warning, DO not under any circumstances used the reducers/fittings at Asus supplied with this motherboard, they leak or completely fail with any lateral pressure, as I found out to my cost, but fortunately I had no other components installed and I was using non conductive coolants!
Any help on the debug code error message would be appreciated as I'm sure you guys will be quicker than Asus.
The LCD shows "ErrMsg" whenever there is a POST error. It did it when I got the message during my post that my NB,SB and CPU was overheating.Also, look @ the sequence of the LCD post message. It usually gives you indication which component could be the trouble maker. It starts from "Code Init" then "CPU init" and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by optical10
An Asus forum member had the same issue and suggested trying another GPU. Fortunately I still have a 8800 GTX which lets me see the BIOS at least. Hopefully Asus have a BIOS fix?Quote:
Originally Posted by tekjunkie
Asus download page is down and I need to check the change logs for these particular OS to see if there is a fixed for the NVIDIA 9800 GX2 GPU non booting on the motherboard, if anybody has the BIOS I can download it would be much appreciated? Thanks in advance, optical10
Hello Optical.
Dont worry about this issue you comment. Ive had it too, and its too easy to fix.
Your grafic card is well, you only have to plug an hdmi cable, youre surely using dvi. If your monitor is not hdmi, buy an hdmi-dvi cable. I had the same problem when I cleared cmos. After doing it, the only way to see the bios was to plug an hdmi.
Oh, if anybody here is having corruption trouble, say it and will try to help. Ive got a stable system now.
And the error message of your lcd means you have cleared your cmos...
05 testing....Dunno but...
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4...shot009ts6.jpg
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2...shot013vi6.jpg
2 days later ... I've succeed in make this board work ... and it works well :D
http://www.enregistrersous.com/image...0417164808.jpg
I've bench all the afternoon at 500 FSB with minimal chipset's voltage (between 1.4 and 1.5 ... depend from the frequency, from 4 to 4,75 Ghz)
Great board so far :)
Justfire any luck breaking 4500 yet? Looks like you were pretty close in some of the older bios versions.
Seems like my processor doesnt like 4500 and anything above fsb 490 :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Fusion2002
Am still testing tough ;)
Core 4 is the bad one, when prime stops on core 4 , the other 3 can run for hours.
Well, one core has to be the weakest link.
Am working on my memory speeds now, have 4 GB ocz xtc platinum 1600 wich wont boot at 1600mhz but runs fine on 1800mhz.
Still a lot to learn, and will report back when i got some better results.
I 2 have this problem with everest.Quote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
Bios: 45 C
Everest:
CPU: 45 C
CORE1: 34 C
CORE2: 34 C
CORE3: 28 C
CORE4: 28 C
CORETEMP:
CORE1: 32 C
CORE2: 32 C
CORE3: 27 C
CORE4: 27 C
CPU (Q6600) currently running @ 3.6 GHZ, Vcore: 1.40462 (bios), 1.46 (windows) V.
Any idea why cpu temp is much higher than the core's? could the bios reading be wrong :confused:
To the people who have tried 0601, is the board still overvolting with this 0601?? Thanks.
i have the same ram but with 2GB,can run at 1600MHZ but not on 1800stabl,and no chance to run more than 1900,i will report back also.and i think they havent the D9 Microchip,but with Elpi Chip--- make good with low,but not good with high Frequenz.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Justifire
Guys,
what bios to use for a nice and stable OC? Nothing extreme, just needs to be fast & reliable.
Any hints performance-wise? 1T possible with 2x2GB sticks? Thanks!
0511 is nice if you dont look for anything extreme.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcool
Gonna try 0601 now, hope it bring some performance on the high fsb front and remove some holes.
edit : 0601 has a lot of fsb holes !!
Cant run any higher than fsb 450 with this bios, gonna give 0512 a try now and else it's back to 0511 for me.
edit 2 : flashed to 0512 and can run above 450 again :D , I advice to stay away from 0601
My initial impression of 0601 was very good. Several fsb holes have been filled or made smaller, and low multi/high fsb clocks seemed much easier to achieve and were even prime stable.
But upon further review, I noticed instability issues in games as well as Flight Simulator (which I don't consider a game) in the form of freezes and reboots.
This really seemed like a forceware issue, so I re-installed drivers, tried different drivers to no avail.
Since this was not an issue with 0511, I flashed back to 0511 and all's good.
So the fsb holes have been improved in 0601, and low multi/high fsb clocks are easier to achieve, but apparent instabilities arise. This is in spite of verifying the 0601 oc's with prime, memtest, orthos, you name it.
Edit::
Low and behold. Just after writing this, 0601 appears on their ftp site...
I'm surprised that I can achieve benchmark stability and still see issues in games/simulators..
So I'm back on 0511 for now, holes and all, but at least it's stable. 0601 shows some activity and improvement on Asus's part which is encouraging and should be expected after dropping $469 us for a motherboard!!!
Hopefully the next release will get it all right, (how many times have we said this before).
:rofl: :rofl: ....actually, it's not funny at all....still waiting for striker extreme bios....:rofl: :rofl: ....I'm having problems with memory errors on S2E (on my second kit)....:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by nuclearjock
Bios 0601Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
Corsair Dominator 1800 C7
All voltages default except RAM, vram = default =2.0v :P
***P1 Auto
***P2 Enabled
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7...ult1em7.th.jpg
Regards!
Was tCL ( CAS Latency ) set to 5 cycles from BIOS ? [ now flashing my board to 0601...perhaps they've fixed the bug ]Quote:
Originally Posted by fasterklander
Right'o.
0601 fixed the tCL 5 bug.
BIOS v0601 seems good.
Haven't done any serious work, just fooling around for a while ( 30 mins or so ), but it feels way better than the other releases.
Here's a low Everest
http://i31.tinypic.com/29e214w.png
Dang, just noticed that the bloody bast*rd...erm the bloody BIOS 0601 features the "Ignore user set tRFC" bug :(
http://i25.tinypic.com/mj3gg8.png
I'm sure I can get the bandwidth to 14.5k without changing my clocks a lot.
Hmm with 0507 my 4x2GB config worked (2:1 800 MHz 7-6-6-20-2T)... with 0601 it won't POST with this settings.
What's interesting - that difference between and - 0601 working 2:1 800 MHz 9-9-9-24-2T) is just around 300 MB/s on r/w + minor latency change. Not a lot.
However, or my sticks do not like 1T or high density chips have problems with 1T in general (don't have any other 2GB modules @home to test). It do POST, OS loads as well, but it's quite unusable :) VNB=1.50 didn't made any difference.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5715/cosol0.th.jpg
pmp, for the 4x2GB config, the cause is ( more than likely ) bad tRFC setting by the BIOS ( auto isn't good enough for 8GB "kits" most of the time ) and it also ignores your setting.
Oh you said 0611, not 0601.
Hope they fixed the tRFC in 0611.
OFC. no problems at all @TriSLI setup :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu(ky
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/7...ytuurr6.th.jpg
I'll try to go back for a while for 0507 and see what tRFC is being set @Auto, and what's tRFC is set @Auto@0601 in a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
Ofc i meant 0601 - just a mistype (0611). :rolleyes:
-- EDIT:
I think for 0601 tRFC setting is working. At least for me. I set 100. I get 100, etc.
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I thought 0601 was ok, but now I'm getting random restarts and freezing in world of warcraft. I'm 24 hour prime stable at 4ghz but the random restarts are getting anoying. I had to bring it all the way back down to 1333 fsb for the restarts to go away. I was prime stable at 1800 linked too. Kinda dissapointed so far, but I know I still have a lot to learn about this board.