Love my Asus Maximus III Gene :
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Love my Asus Maximus III Gene :
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Crosshair IV Gene?
I would just like to have the latest BIOS versions available to download from ASUS, beta or not! Hello! RIIIE BIOS 0504 and 0531 are in the wild but nowhere to be found to download from ASUS!
Would you sue Asus if it bricked ya board ? some biosses are better to not see the living daylight...
No, I would not sue ASUS. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
I have lived through all the the Striker versions without bricking a mobo, so I am a bit careful about which I load, (knocking on wood as I type). I realize that there are instances where some BIOS versions that caused a few bricks, but I really wonder if most were user error rather than actually caused by the BIOS itself.
Not lieing to consumers... Example the X-Fi software that came with the motherboard worked great.. Until i had to reformat, Downloaded the new drivers off the site, first thing i noticed lack of THE MARKETED ENHANCEMENTS, CMSS, ETC.. though no need for activation..
Then i got the old drivers to work on Win7 X64 bit, but just realized i lost my serial key, called Asus TAIWAN, after few minutes, they said to download the latest drivers off the site.. ( did not need key ), but they do not realize that the new one has no support for optimizations....., also they would not provide me with a new key.
I own the following
A8N-SLI Deluxe
Maximus Formula SE
Rampage Formula
Maximus II Formula
Maximus III Formula
Heres what I can say .. your ROG line is .... well lets say is a marketing gimick and leave it there. Owning several ROG board and the P55 being the latest you are consistant with poor bios support, your lates bios for the MIIIF 1607 has destroyed my ram stability underclocking ram to 1600MHz still will not keep it stable. Quality control is piss poor and you know it, the MIIF line was plagued with poor contact some boards were hitting 100c on the NB right out of the box and frying mobos, the MIIIF is no different very poor mosfet contact. I had to RMA my MIIIF board for no other reason than a bad bios I called Asus for a replacement bios they WONT SEND IT, why did you finally follow DFI and make a replaceable BIOS CHIP AND NOT SHIP THEM??? So its RMA time for a rediculous avoidable problem at least Asus finally coughed a few bucks for a Canadian depot.
I am a loyal Asus customer and will try to remain one but bios support/department should have a major overhaul, not sure if you let the cleaning crew code bios or not but it sure looks that way, Charging a premimum for a board is fine but give the product dedicated support so ppl know why they paid top dollar for the ROG line other wise you look greedy and ROG is chalked up to marketing
I am currently running my first ROG board, RIIE.
Love it.
The last selection has always interested me. I would love to have a board without onboard sound or NIC. Gives us a choice in using what we want. Sounds silly, I know I can just turn them off.
Rampage II Extreme
Rampage Extreme
Crosshair III Formula
i love CLR Cmos Button & LCD Poster
Solid Vcore (increase when load)
many slot for overclock setting mem (CMOS)
many Temp & Voltage reading via BIOS & Probe (Windows)
An LCD poster should be come with the rex3 I think or release the OC panel .
Rampage III Gene?
Pretty please?
(O hai, first post...)
Something like this ? : Rampage III Gene
Asus is reading my mind!1!! It'z a consipracee!!11Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
I wish I had in the BIOS the relative Vcpu option in R3E, like it is in R2E. :)
What can I say? Mixed feelings about my Maximus III Formula and resignation.
So far its running well for about 8 month now with my I7-860.
Usually I use the Bios to make OC. I tested TurboVEvo and after short time (adjusting the VCore) TurboVEvo dies under Windows.
When I went inside the Bios I saw, that TurboVEvo had adjusted my IMC Voltage to 2,0 Volt what is absolutely danger for the CPU.
I reported this at the Asus.com Forum and found out, that I was not the only one.
I was thinking, If TurboVEvo killed my CPU, would Asus give me a new one? I don´t think so.
The other thing what disturbs me a lot is the big VDroop and VOffset if LLC is off (what is recommended from Intel).
Setting for 3,87Ghz (BCLK=184 Multi=21)with LLC of inside the Bios a VCore of 1,4V result in this:
CPU Idle (VOffset) = 1,36V, CPU Load with Prime (VDroop) = 1,272V.
I need for stable 3,87Ghz a Vcore Load 1,288V. So even setting 1,4V in the Bios its not enough to run my settings stable.
As more BCLK I use, as more VDroop and VOffset I have.
So I make OC only with Multi 22, to keep the BCLK down.
How poor is this for a ROG Extreme OC Board.
Also this matter I reported to Asus and I am not expecting that they can solve this.
Maybe my next Board will be a EVGA or a Gigabyte with a I7-930.
I just wait, if Intel bring the new socket 1356 end of this year.
Best regards from Brazil.
Mikel (Germany)
I have never seen such a big vdroop. :eek: But why don't you use LLC then?
I use LLC now, but I don´t like to use it, when I make OC, to protect my CPU from peaks.
Today I received an Answer from Asus Brazil (about my VDroop) and they are asking Taiwan what to do.
So lets wait and hope.
ROG boards are good, but overpriced. Asus sure think their name alone magically makes the ROG board millions of times better than a competitors board thats £50 less. Its just not true. So in summary;
- ROG boards good, but not worth the £50-£70 premium over a competitors board.
- Cooling solutions on both ROG boards I owned were/are crap.
- Ditch all the fluff people don't give a rats arse about (excessively fancy packaging, craploads of extra cables that will never get used etc) and pass on the saving
- Windows OC software is rubbish. Anyone worth their salt buying a ROG board won't use the Windows OC software either.
- Focus less on "flash" and more on effective.
About my big VDroop and VOffset issue I got an answer from Asus US:
Here is what they say:
"Asus Gaming Series is different from normal motherboard.
Normal motherboard get all hardware monitoring data from Super I/O chip.
But on Asus Gaming Series motherboard, correct data only available from onboard iROG chip.
So that you should use the Asus PC Probe or ROG connect utility to get the correct data.
Third party software cannot get correct data from iROG chip, so you may see odd value from them.
Customer also can get the correct measurement from the onboard Asus ProbeIt points (by a multimeter)
For this customer, please let him measure the actual voltage from the ProbeIt point and adjust it to a suitable value."
So what they are saying is, that I see the wrong VCore in CPU-Z and I should use my Multimeter, to make OC.
This answer is really funny, but I will check this and send them the results.
Lets have a look, what happens then.
I have tested it using the Asus tools:
- LLC deaktivated
- VCore Bios 1,4125V
- VCore Idle 1,34V
- VCore Load 1,26V
I have no idea, what they like to teach me!
I have no clue what you want to teach us... you disabled LLC so you get droop/drop... normal not ? Indeed yours is pretty big. Question what happens if you enable LLC and measure everything out with DMM ?
I don´t like to teach anybody anything.
I like to share my experience with this Board (what is the reason for this thread).
Yes I make OC with LLC enabled because I don´t have another choice. With LLC enabled it works fine (no doubt).
I just would like to make OC with LLC off (like I always do), to protect my CPU from peaks if switching from Idle to Load and back.
Thats all.
Been an Asus ROG user for MANY years and general the boards themselves are good.
With the latest REIII I've got some issues.
1. Poor contact between chipsets and cooler.
2. ROG connect needs to be able to use BT from a PC instead of cable, I mean how hard could that be. Plus WM 5 doesn't work from a PPC. And why has the iPhone app not been realeased?
3. Also why not include that cool remote control board with the package?
4. I want my ROG poster back.
5. I like all the extra's, it makes the experience of owning ROG more fun.
5. And the Biggest Issue of all is your POOR customer support!!!!!! In all these years Asus support has NEVER helped me. For the price one pay's for the board you should implement a dedicated ROG support system, with trained people!
Oh, yea a BIOS utility that allows us to print our BIOS setting to a printer or file. Would make it much easier to track changes as well easy sharing of settings.
I have only owned a Maximus formula x38 board, so i can not comment from a ownership stand point on any of the newer boards. If however the rep from ASUS still reads this thread to get costumer feedback and suggestions I would like to offer my input on what i would like in a future ROG boards, in no particular order:
Drop the on board audio altogether. instead you should do something of the following; put the cost of including on board audio into another area of the board that would help increase performance.
Another option would be to offer a coupon towards one of your Xonar sound cards in the box with the motherboard. That gives your company a chance to increase its earnings potential while still appealing to the consumers of your motherboard products by reducing the price point of the motherboard.
Another topic that i feel needs to be addressed, and ASUS you are not alone in this but could take lead in correcting it. This is the over dressed with flash problem. What i am refreshing to is where you cut into mosfets, north bridge and lesser, south bridge heat sinks with ascetic plastic art and badges. Every thing should be done to try and maximize the cooling potential of the heat sinks used on the board.
Speaking of heat sinks, i think that separate heat sinks for each device that require cooling is a better solution in most cases. Why? Two reasons; first it prevents unnecessary heat transfer between components that otherwise would not get as hot if cooled separately. Secondly do too complications from board flex from heat or stress from mounting devices, the single piece or joint fixed heat sinks that span multiple surface do not make as good of contact leading to less than optimal cooling.
Learn from your competitors new and old. If your competitors are offering your customers a solution that genuinely offer better performance, Don't sling mud and and try and down play it, instead offer it twice fold on your counter products.
Take a page from the former DFI, if you are going to offer a premium motherboard offer the full register control in the BIOS, to allow your consumers to take full advantage of said motherboard.
Theses are just a few of my thoughts, and opinions about what should be done that could improve your motherboards...
The new Rampage Extreme III Formula rocks. Played with it at Quake Con and it is nearly identical component wise to the RE3. Definitely a home run for Asus.
Something I was thinking about today while benching...
I corrupted an OS which is no big deal because it was a dedicated benching OS. However, I had files which I had no submitted yet on it. It would be sweet if there was some sort of onboard Linux based troubleshooting device. I had to boot up to Paragon Recovery Pro and transfer files using that. It seems like it would be awesome if I didn't have to do that.
The other thing I was thinking of, which might be limited by USB capabilities, would be to allow me to save files to the device which is connected. That way I could save my screen shots on my laptop and upload them immediately. I realize I can basically do this with a USB drive, but it would be a neat feature regardless.
How about the ability to overclock and/or monitor my Maximus III Formula with an Android phone thru the USB cable? Seems to me it would be simple to do. I know the new one has "Bluetooth ROG Connect lalaldifreakinDA! It only works on WinBlows mobile devices right via bluetooth only. A hardwired connection for the Android devices would be nice. Show some love for the folks who already bought that $300 motherboard from you. Android is open source c'mon dudes!
dont know if this thread is still monitored by asus, but anyway:
have two rampage 3 extreme boards here in front of me. after using abit boards for the last years and abit UNFORTUNATELY has left, i decided to switch to asus.
what i miss is the ability to control fans! its fine to have all this 4 pin headers spread all over the board, but unfortunately 90% of the aftermarket fans out there are simple 3 pin fans. as we all know, connecting such a fan to a 4 pin header simply runs the fan at full speed with no ability to control it anymore!
so first point for improvement would be to implement the option of switching every single fan between 3 pin and 4 pin:
come on, its not that hard to control the speed of a 3 pin fan by modulating its 12V power line with the pwm signal instead of simply sending the pwm signal to nowhere. remember 3 pin fans wont use the pwm signal! ok, you need to amplify the pwm signal first, but the transistor doing this is already there.
next would be the relation between fan speed and temperature. its fine to have some sensors packed with the board to use them for temperature sensing and controlling the fan speed of the opt fans. but what about using the already built in sensors. the board is already monitoring various temperatures. lets link this temperatures to the fan control. no need for additional sensors any more. so each fan header could be switched between 3 pin and 4 pin fan and each fan header can select any of the available temperatures to be used for fan control.
abit did this years ago. cant understand why none of the remaining motherboard manufacturers is doing this? again, this is not rocket science!
i hate to build my own circuits to control 3 pin fans with the 4 pin headers available on motherboards, when all this can be done in software (bios) very easy!
having a gui to control this from within os would be nice, but don't waste your time on this. would be already happy if fans can be controlled by bios. wont even dream of controlling them from the os. dont come up with fan expert now. this is completely useless as it allows control of cpu fan only and the fan used needs to be a 4 pin fan ...
I have the Gene 1156 micro board and I can control my fans?
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Originally Posted by fgw;
you have 3 pin fans connected to the 4 pin connectors and can control them? how?
That's lame actually. My older P5Q Deluxe was able to control RPM on either 3 or 4 pin, much more expensive and advanced RoG class Rampage II Gene can't...
OVERPRICED!! there's no reason to pay a premium for a board that doesn't have a performance advantage even comparing to the $200 Sabertooth X58. The premium is for the fancy chipset cooler. Nothing else. That is not called innovation asus! The other thing Asus needs to do is offer better support on their forums and quicker replies to emails. You would think with all their money and with all their efforts to make their products visually superior they could invest some energy to make their website/forums more aesthetically pleasing. It needs to have a design that reflects their so called "commitment" to innovative products. It needs to be redesigned stat!! No NF200 chip for a $400 board. QC another issue. A board costing this much should have no DOA issues.
No one can argue that Evga has the best customer support. What really intrigues me as that no one capitalizes on their idea of "being closer" to the gamer. I don't get the same feeling with Asus. With Evga I get the feeling there's someone to talk to if I have a problem with the gear and with Asus it feels like they hide from the public.
Btw, what the heck do you offer 5 years warranty for the Sabertooth x58 but for the most expensive motherboard R3E, 3 years. That's ridiculous. Boards over $300 should have lifetime warranty. Although most will have replaced theirs within 1 year, some might want to hold on to theirs for a backup pc. The option should be there.
I own an ASUS Rampage Extreme Motherboard (Socket 775). I think it is a very well made motherboard, however there are a few niggles which are quite frustrating.
1) Poor application of poor quality thermal compound on in built Heatpipe assembly, I would have hoped that on a high end board which costs the earth decent thermal compound and proper application of the thermal compound would come as standard.
2) Poor BIOS updates. There are still a few outstanding BIOS bugs on the Rampage Extreme. Such as using a Manual Multiplier on a QX9650 causing a HALT at POST on a COLD BOOT. This bug was resolved on the ASUS P5E3 standard motherboard, yet oddly is STILL in the RAMPAGE EXTREME Motherboard.
3) SATA Option Rom STILL uses the archaic P35 era 7.5 ICH9R Firmware. This is useless for Solid State Drives. I had to mod my own BIOS to incorporate the 8.9 firmware which would let me RAID my SSD's. For some reason ASUS support listened to my request for this to be resolved on the P5E3 Standard, yet did not respond to my request to resolve this issue on the RAMPAGE EXTREME?!
I agree that the board is over priced, but you do get some great features (LCD poster is one of them), as well as the higher quality capacitors and overall build quality. I would like to see a 5 year warranty and a better quality Fan supplied for the NB Cooler. Other than that I am pretty happy with the physical components, just a bit miffed by glaring bugs/issues which still need to be resolved with the BIOS.
John
Half the problems with lack of bios updates, lacking support, ect, has to do with asus having so many damn motherboards. Selection is nice, but at the rate you guys create new boards and leave the older ones in the dust it doesn't pay to buy an asus board. Spend some time on your products and offer some support. I posted in the asus forums about my R3G not having a bios flash option over ROG Connect... even though it is marketed has having this feature everywhere... not a single reply.
Basically this is a prime example of a company spreading themselves too thin. I'd rather buy from a smaller company that specializes at something, rather then one who has it's hands in everything.
I solved all my problems with a Gigabyte board. I've grown so weary of watching all the pointless, useless iphone/ipad ROG updates. Meanwhile, the BIOS' have issues and there has never been any existing support that "speaka engrish" and now our only link to any of Asus' productivity has more important things to do (rightfully so).
Asus is going downhill fast. Just switch to another brand that's still in business. Suck though cause I've been loyal to Asus, but after the past 2 months of useless updates to icrap and ROG. I'm done.
Asus, you've only made this thread for appearances. Period. You could care less.
"speaka engrish" :lol:
Asus, you've only made this thread for appearances. Period. You could care less.
YUP YUP!
asus better get in here and tell us whats going on. I just bought a sabertooth open box on newegg and need to know if I did the right thing. should I have spent the extra money on a rampage 2 or 3 or will this board clock just as good. im on a xeon w3540. anyone with this similar setup what temp should I expect the cold bug at? are there any known mods like hicookies on 1156? lemme know. thanks I dont care about bells and whistles or overclocking with my cell phone I just want a 1366 board that is cheap and can clock and has 2x16 at actual 2x 16 and a way to save settings in the bios. that all I care about and that is what most of us want. cheap boards that are strong and have a good bios. very simple. screw the fancy crap. we just want to overclock.
hello and i dont know if this is a good idea but here it goes!
product integration:
Asus ROG Display/GPU
this can work...i want to see this type of integration deeper. :up:
- HD ROG ASUS DISPLAY
- Option for OSD to monitor/tweak cpu/mobo pameters
- Integration with ASUS OC Util.
- ROG Edition ASUS GPU/*intergrates with ROG Display
Hello....
I have to say that I was really disappointed with the ASUS Maximus II Formula.
I bought it when it came out in order to oc my cpu's...
It runs well with dual-cores but unfortunately not with quad-cores - especially when OC...
A Much better board would be the Gigabyte P45 UD3P !
I found even HTT at 500MHz @ quad to be possible...
On top of that I didn't really want to spend that much money anymore for asus boards.
After some months I switched to socket 1156 and bought an Intel i5-760 together with a P55 board from evga. It runs well but not awesome.
For example; 4 ram modules didn't really run stably, only with vtt over 1.26V
So I changed my evga board and got an asus maximus III extreme.
What should I say .... It is one of the best boards I've ever had!
High OC possibilities and very stable - even with 4 ram modules... just need 1.17V VTT - awesome.
Also the new Asus Maximus IV Extreme seems to be pretty good for OC!
It looks like Asus learned from their biggest mistake with the Maximus II Formula. But I still think these boards are to expensive - especially with their crappy customer support team in Germany!
GaBBa
Got my new Sandybridge, now where is my Rampage/Maximus IV Gene?
Random idea: a p67/z68 m-ITX board. Overclocking friendly, of course, and designed so that decently-sized CPU coolers will fit. Oh, and actual heatsinks on the MOSFETs.
Probably not feasible, but its an idea.
Good things are coming I promise :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MassiveOverkill
Thanks for the re-assurance, although it's only a 2600 (non K), I still believe it deserves the best mATX mobo, and I'll hold out for it. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mason@ASUS
Mason any ETA on any new Gene mobo with the Sandy/1155?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mason@ASUS
Also any sneak peeks on the boards with color schemes? PICTURES :yepp:
Not sure why so many peeps are crying over the prices. Asus sells many versions of the same boards if you can't afford the higher priced ROG setup you should not bash Asus or others for owning them because you can afford them.
Also I really like how Asus has the new polish look on the caps along with the color schemes as well. I just wish Asus would come out more quicker with the ROG boards along with the GENE when the new sockets hit the market. Seems like the GENE boards always 3 months behind then when you finally get it now its out dated..:mad:
I'm planning to build now. How far out is the new Gene? I was going to get the ASUS P8P67 M Pro but if the Gene is coming out in next month or so I may want to wait. Can you tell us the month or at least the year quarter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mason@ASUS
I got my MIIF back from RMA months ago, and recently decided to use it for a backup pc...same problem: 'can't find storage device'....looks like another RMA-
This board has had more down-time than up-time, very disappointing...
rog bluetooth fail.
in past i've got an asus crosshair IV extreme, and now i've got an asus rampage III extreme .... with this two mainboard there's no way to use rog bluetooth. it sends files and receive to & from my smartphone and that's ok , but ... The RC bluetooh DOES NOT WORK! ... oh.. my I8000 is on the QVL on the both motherboards... so why the hell isn't working with the rog app?! fail.
latest bios 0505 for Rampage 3 Formula is dated from September 2010
thats really a bad bios support
no hpet option in bios nothing
2 bios updates since the board is out
wow
I second that... RAID ROM in most BIOS is ridiculously outdated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire4Wire
And is not addiction to higher numbers for the sake of it, manufacturers released updates for the firmware of their controllers to address issues that users are experiencing, in many cases not just niggles but real showstoppers.
Personally I have two R3Gs that won't do RAID 0 with Sandforce based SSDs. Intel fixed that 3+ months ago, but ASUS hasn't updated their BIOSes yet...
And is not that they're not aware of the issue, many users (including myself) have raised tickets with this issue in the last few months, but nothing has come out of it.
So yeah, in a nutshell better after-sales support would be a really cool feature to add the ROG range.
i got bios 0602 dated on 19-11-2010 for Rampage 3 formula this bios fixes an sleep issue with usb controller and the 0 grad issue shown as cpu temp
thats it and till then no more updates
i called asus support germany bios 0602 is the GREATEST and LATEST one
lol
I can't believe 78 people think Asus ROG products have "great long term BIOS support"
The Rampage III Extreme has not had a BIOS update for 5 months!
Heaps of memory compatibility issues for many people (the now famous 'cold boot' problem), odd issues with certain CPU and memory but try the same gear on a UD5/UD7 it works flawlessly. Also has old intel ICH10 firmware and very poor support/results for SSD's and I know quite a few people have not purchased this board for that reason, or the cold boot problems.
Pick up your act please Asus BIOS team. Give us the support we pay so much for.
Don't release 50 different models then forget about them faster than you make them. FOCUS your energy on a few good boards and stop letting your marketing team ruin everything.
Hey ASUS, wake up! Give us a bios update for our expensive boards! We paid you good money for the equipment AND support. If you want your ROG series to be taken seriously then support it seriously!!!!!!
I totally agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by WangChung
I bought my Rampage Formula x48 less than 3 years ago and it has been unsupported for a long time already (latest BIOS release was in 2009!). There are issues with the BIOS that can be seen in the "x48 Rampage Formula Preview" thread on these forums as well as on the ASUS forums. ASUS doesn't seem to listen or care that there are problems with this board. I expected better support for such an expensive board (which was pretty much top of the line at the time besides the Rampage Extreme) In hindsight, I wish I'd gone with the EP45-UD3P.
Overall, I'd give the hardware 4/5 stars. I'm pretty happy with it except for the heatsinks. The contact the stock heatsinks make with the nb/sb/fets is just terrible (though this is expected). Also, the heatsinks themselves are mediocre. On the high end/overclocking boards I would like to see pure copper heatsinks rather than copper plated junk that needs to be replaced by new heatsinks or water blocks for high overclocks.
The support I would give 2/5 stars. As I mentioned above, there hasn't been a new BIOS release in YEARS! Just because there are new boards coming out does not mean you should stop supporting the old ones. The fact that the last BIOS for this board was released a YEAR after I got it is pretty disappointing as there were a number of features that were asked for to be added as well as some problems that needed to be fixed. I see a number of people have had better success on DFI and GIGABYTE boards, and it has me wishing I'd gotten one of them.
My next motherboard will probably not be a ROG board. I think I'll try another brand.
Modular Motherboard:p:
sick and tired of upgrading due to minimal changes.....
give me a Modular LGA CPU waffle, a IOH Block, modular PCI (expansion slots) just about a system that when the new LGA2011 comes out all i have to buy from you "manufacturers" is expansion upgrade cards.......
oh yeah i want lots fiber optics to transfer data.......lets do away with copper:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked :
+1. ASUS bios updates for die shrinked CPUs are pretty bad. Lets see if its going to be the same with ivy b.Quote:
Originally Posted by CryptiK
Interested in changing your Win7 boot animation by this ?
http://data.imagup.com/9/1124688069.gif
I am! :) Looks great! :up:
I want a new ROG Station type unit for changing volts and OC anytime but with actual firmware updates and proper function unlike OC Station
If have got ASUS MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z.
IT GOT NO SEPERATE SETTING FOR VCCSA AND VCCIO - I HAVE TO SET VCCSA OVER INTEL SPECS TO RUN IT WTF.
Please fix this ASAP - overclockers will return it back to dealer for a fail like that.
Here a thread I made but in FR forum, easy to translate with google :Quote:
Originally Posted by donmarkoni
http://translate.google.fr/translate...t_891902_1.htm
Thanks! Didi it! :up: But only with my new SP1 installation. Had serious trouble with old system w/o SP1. I'm currently in process of migration to fresh SP1 install, so it doesn't matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by noobzed
I have got ASUS MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z, but I miss a MEM-ok button.
huh? it does have mem-ok button afaik, there's a small red button beside the dimm slots. isn't that it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullu$
any revision bios update on Rampage III Black edition? i need it
I have a few ASUS items "Striker II extreme and a G73 laptop" my thoughts are on the laptop, tho it is a very nice PC, the issue i have with it is the shape of the rubber feet. i assumed that it would be fixed with the next version of the laptop but i now see they did change the shape. unfortantly they went with something that is going to have the same trouble. issue with the rubber feet = they are shaped into points and on a desk the rubber foot has more traction then the adhesive that holds them on has. so when and or if you have the laptop sitting on a desk or alike surface and want to slide it, the feet roll right off the laptop. fixing this will take a rounded foot with no points or to greatly reduce this from happening feet that are actually attached to the laptop. if it were a run of the mill laptop i could understand but it is not and nor is the price you pay for it.
It's the GO-ButtonQuote:
Originally Posted by Retrolock
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hmm in a review they say also about a mem-ok button. but where can I find it?
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mot...us-iv-gene-z/1Quote:
That’s not to say that all the crazy features have been cut out, though (it wouldn’t be a ROG board if it was completely sensible). Niche items such as the ProbeIt voltage monitoring points and the ROG connect external overclocking features are still present, for example. The board also comes with a healthy count of four USB 3 ports (two on the back panel, and two via an internal header), Asus’ useful MemOK! memory debugger and onboard power, reset and overclocking buttons.
Look on page 2-19 of your manual, the GO button and the MemOK button are the same switch. The function the switch performs depends on when you press it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullu$
Tnx, it's indeed in the manual. With the WS revolution it's written as MEM-Ok button, so it was confusing for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by idahosurge
M4E will support the new Intel 22nm cpus ?
Post code reader for CH V Formula
Would be nice if ASUS followed MSI for voltage read out points, can easily do multimeter readings while I have the motherboard in the case this way.
Infact MSI have it this way even on their budget clocking boards, add this to your ASUS PRO and DELUXE motherboards as well please.
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3663/vrpkjn.jpg
I am a new owner of a Rampage IV Extreme and having been out of the game for a while this board absolutely floored me. The amount of detail that was given and the plethora of options in the bios and even directly on the board is astounding, so major kudos to you folks for building an incredible board.
That said, I think it would be amazing if you were to create an Android app that utilizes USB Host Mode capabilities on the Android tablets/phones so that we can use the Asus ROG Connect directly from the tablet, rather than another PC. That alone would make the Asus Transformer Prime the ultimate Overclocking companion ;) Hope you guys consider it in the (near) future!
Not sure how you could do this but it would be cool if the ROG boards came pre insulated for sub zero. Pre installed neoprene or something that would be replaceable if it got damaged over time.
Also please stop using that red plastic on your boards (PCI-E and mem slots) that turns pink over time. Find a plastic that can retain the color.
^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly
Only the Extreme has the the plug and cables. The other ROG have just test points. Would be nice for all the ROG to have the plugs and cables.
I have owned the X38 Rampage, the R3E which caught fire, A G50VT laptop, multiple video cards... I am kind of a fan of ASUS products. But I am on the fence this time around for X79.
a friend of mine have maximus iv gene/zen3 but the problem is flashing the latest new bios and the mobo didnt post never...
very big mistake in irog mobo...
Why is it that all the top end ROG boards have lost Firewire ? If you do decide to put them in .. please and please for heavens sake use a TI ( Texas Instruments ) chip and not those Via chips . A lot of people also use these ROG boards for their workstations too and would love to see the return of firewire.
Also i have noticed that the Z77 boards also have not got Thunderbolt. This is not very smarty guys.. top end boards should have every connector option under the sun and the ROG boards used to be like that .. why is this changing ?
If its not possible to put in a port on the back panel because of lack of space its cool but atleast give us a a header !
cheers and kind regards :)
Get us the amazing feature to use bootup cpu voltage on all recent ROG mobos, same like Rampage IV Extreme has.
I have used ROG boards for a long long time and I (for most) love them. There's many things to love them for really. Hat down for them. Probably the only thing that "surprised" me on the last three (Maximus V GENE, IV Extreme and extreme Z) was that if you leave the Vcore at default and raise the multiplier, they pushed 1.5V in the CPU which is crazy. set the offset to +/-0.005 and the voltage is OK. - could this be fixed in next BIOS revisions? If someone does not keep track of the voltage, you can easily fry an Ivy Bridge on air with that voltage!
If I had the option to tell what I want from a board, then I want a strong VRM, Good and usable BIOS (Just like the ROG boards usually do), NOTHING extra, I mean NOTHING extra - no additional SATA controllers, no additional USB, Firewire, Audio controllers, Nothing except the standard features of the given chipset.
A very nice touch would be BIOS configurable PCIe Lanes - for instance If I want the third slot to be x16, the first to be x1, the fourth x4 and all the rest be powered down if I do not use them.
Also, a nice touch would be dual Intel Ethernet controllers (maybe ones that are supported in windows server?), and by the way, who on earth uses PS/2 ports anymore?
Further, if the board has video out, I'd prefer a single mini or full size DP from the board and adapters to say, DVI and HDMi. If one needs more, will probably have a discrete GPU anyway.
It would be interesting to have more influence on the different voltage levels of the CPU - like IDLE voltage, various voltage offsets for varoius multipliers when speedstep is active of course.
Simply said, a rigid, stable, highly configurable board with nothing extra (but the two Intel NICs) and as many USBs on the IO, and the least other connections (like video) as there can be. I wan to chose my audio, my additional SATA ports (IF I need them at all).
This would yield a very clean board with a lot less traces and possibly the lowest (unwanted) power consumption amongst all motherboards. Oh, and I think you can save the EPU stuff too, It either does nothing, or saves a few watts and freezes the machine at the same time. I can switch off anything I do not use myself.
Asus, please get us ROG boards with black PCB in future, not dark brown! Gigabyte has this long time ago.
I have a Maximus V Gene...
- Bios Layout is crap. Otherwise seems good (maybe to many options imo)
- Asus AI suite is Crap imo. AI Charger causes some warnings in systemlog ...
- Fan management supports only pwm -> would like voltage too
Otherwise I like it. Nice features... but i think abit boards µguru features were more useful in my opinion.
well... mostly i like my M5G... but i belive it have annoying bug... -> the usb port will always supply power (vsb?) although the system has been shut down, even when i set "ErP ready" to "ENABLED" ... i know some ppl might want this feature (allways on usb) to charge their ipod,tab ect2.
....BUT please cut down all the power to usb when we choose "ErP ready" to "ENABLED" otherwise we can simply choose "disabled" (to have all the power back on)
maybe you guys (asus rep) can fix this on next bios update ...
oh btw i currently using bios 0881.
note : all the usb port, even the usb 3.0 all have the same this particular behaviour
regards
I just received a Maximus V Extreme and i7-3770k today to discover that the board wont post with my ARC1882ix-24 unless it is plugged in the black pci-e slot. When I put it in any other slot, the led stops at 95. The strangest thing is that my 1880ix-12 will allow the board to post regardless of which pci-e slot I use. I flashed it to the latest bios but the problem stays the same.
Areca has released a firmware to fix this issue:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tutto
http://www.mediafire.com/?r6npdn57qhuv6bb
Follow this link to learn how to update Areca Firmware
http://www.areca.com.tw/support/main.htm
Would be wonderful to have a oc key that would do 2560x1600 instead of being limited to 1920x1200... and eventually allow the built-in leds on the board start and reset buttons to be switched off...
can we get AC3 support on all motherboards that have digital in (toslink/coax ports,) i also thought it was dirty to not have the good sound hardware on the m5e, i dont see how $100 makes it worth it for basically all the same but with no audio amp, no creative drivers, and a thunderbolt port. if it had the creative drivers it should support AC3, it would be nice to see that authorized in a bios update, i know it would cost some money to license but i dont think they sold that many that it would be a huge loss, i would even pay for the creative drivers.
Not sure if this is mentioned yet, but there should be at least 2 USB3 20-pin ports on the front of the board...so that we can have 4 USB3 ports up-front.
And, Give Us Full Control of the CPU OPT fan both in the bios and Fan Expert. I have my water pump on the CPU PWM header and my radiator fans on CPU OPT header, but I can only control the pwm pump. Give me the code and I will work on it myself, i'm a software engineer.
All I want in my Rampage IV Gene is a proper Fan Xpert like on my old MVG not just control for two fans (CPU and Chassis/front/rear). Otherwise I love my ROG boards :)
Hmm what do I think...
I dislike the power and reset buttons, I don't like the looks of them.
They look goofy to me, I'de rather it be in the style of some of the other brands or like the style of the cmos reset button on the i/o plate area.
Dual lan, I had use for this..
How long has it been now since pci-e has been out?
Isnt it about time that boards had a full set of of pcie slots?
What I mean is 6-7 16x slots per board.
No more 1x or whatever slots, especially since those type of cards fit and work just fine in a full sized slot.
Doesn't matter to me if they are a full 16x speed or not, just make them all full sized...
I also miss coax digital audio ins and outs.
I don't use fiber, its to expensive.
Coax is cheap as heck, very handy stuff, it bugs the heck out of me to see fiber hookups but no coax.
I'de rather have the coax.
Speaking of audio...
Do we actually need the full set there on the i/o plate on the back of the board?
Line in and out is enough for me.
The rest wastes space, they could be done with a io bracket and and plug in thingy to the board.
Audio drivers...
Take the ch4 formula board for example, theres 1 driver and it's never been updated.
I'm still using that driver :(, if I want the creative sound stuff I have to use it.
I cant use an updated via base driver for it because then the creative features don't work.
Thats all I can think of off hand.
AM3+ seems dead, hard to say what about future and AM4...
But...what about Crosshair VI Gene FM2+ board?:) Some cute mATX for Kaveri/Excavator enthusiast. MSI has here Gaming series for FM2+, ASRock Extreme 6+, Gigabyte has G1 Sniper
+1, however AMD needs to get Kaveri into the retail market asap, seems more like a paper launch sadlyQuote:
Originally Posted by FlanK3r
Need some LN2 with Kaveri, but A88X Pro can "only" around 1.9V as maximum. And Im not good for some voltmod :D
Crosshair VI Gene or Impact is my wish for AM4
i would really love digital audio input, my rampage v extreme just feels missing when the m5e had it. it should also come with temp probes in the box.
temp probes I have also in Maximus VIII Extreme I think. But its good bonus as flashdisk install USB (no more DVD :-) )
I think this has been discussed in ROG forum. why don't asus add a option in bios for users that has problem booting at certain multi when system overclocked to avoid That cold double boot at startup. I just hate that. will switch to msi as my next upgrade then seems they has sorted it.....
The poll says this.......Have a great bios design and great long term bios support
In reality it needs an option for this ........Have a great bios design and NO long term bios support
How about just fixing simple problems in older but otherwise great motherboards/products instead of just preety much dropping support because its not longer the latest and greatest.
The m4e p67 board drops all USB devices at random on cold boots still to this day. This is not a random single case issue. It was widespread for everyone who used this board.
It's rather annoying to power it down flip PSU off let it sit for a few seconds then power it back on just because I have no USB devices and can not even type in my password to login to windows.
A rather annoying problem for a top tier product.