Asus Striker Extreme, E6600, small review

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12-01-2006, 05:57 AM
sdumper

Quote:

Originally Posted by xgman

It seems like a total of about 3 people got one on the first go round. I hope more show up next week.

Got lucky and bought one from Ben {TankGuys} I think it was the only one he had though...
12-01-2006, 06:18 AM
ShoNuff

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowdog

And where might one get this bios from :rolleyes:

The bios that ships with the board is 0302 and this is the only bios rev on Asus download site atm. :fact:

Bump for a good question. I'm sure the 0505 bios addresses the sound issue. The bios can't be found via the FTP site either.

edit: so who has a link to the 0505 bios?
12-01-2006, 08:22 AM
Raja@ASUS

lets hope the oc ability of this board goes even a small way to justifying it's price. I hope the new bios surfaces soon.

regards
raja
12-01-2006, 10:42 AM
Robilar

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdumper

Got lucky and bought one from Ben {TankGuys} I think it was the only one he had though...

Good find Sdumper. I was planning on gettin the striker as well but canada has even less stock. Settled for the Asus P5N32-E. With the new bios I've seen 532 FSB on air so I'm hopeful
12-01-2006, 11:07 AM
xgman

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShoNuff

Bump for a good question. I'm sure the 0505 bios addresses the sound issue. The bios can't be found via the FTP site either.

edit: so who has a link to the 0505 bios?

I hope the bioses are more forthcomming than the evga ones were.
12-01-2006, 11:22 AM
icon57

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdumper

Got lucky and bought one from Ben {TankGuys} I think it was the only one he had though...

...lol...these days we consider ourselves "lucky" to buy a mobo for 410.00, whatever happened to the good old days?

anyways as soon as tankguys or newegg get em in stock, i am gonna add this mobo to the arsenal, as they seem to all be hitting 500fsb :woot:
12-01-2006, 11:28 AM
xgman

0505 bios link (i haven't tested it yet)

http://download.popsoft.com/download.aspx?id=64923
12-01-2006, 01:09 PM
bingo13

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowdog

And where might one get this bios from :rolleyes:

The bios that ships with the board is 0302 and this is the only bios rev on Asus download site atm. :fact:

Apparently it has already leaked out. ;) Oh well, using the 0508 now. :fact:
12-01-2006, 01:10 PM
bingo13

Quote:

Originally Posted by xgman

I hope the bioses are more forthcomming than the evga ones were.

Asus has done nine different BIOS releases since 0202. They are working on it night and day currently.
12-01-2006, 03:36 PM
ShoNuff

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingo13

Apparently it has already leaked out. ;) Oh well, using the 0508 now. :fact:

...and you are not sharing it because? :stick:

@xgman thanks for the link Bro!
12-01-2006, 04:52 PM
lowdog

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingo13

Apparently it has already leaked out. ;) Oh well, using the 0508 now. :fact:

How about giving it out :fact:

What fixes does it incorperate :fact:

And wtf does DDR termination voltage mean in asus probe and where/what should it be adjusted to in the bios, cause I'm sick of the warning messages probe keeps giving about this, it's at 1.01 atm :confused:
12-01-2006, 06:43 PM
426hemi

I think I am happy I waited for a mobo now!:D
12-01-2006, 09:06 PM
bingo13

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShoNuff

...and you are not sharing it because? :stick:

@xgman thanks for the link Bro!

NDA.
12-01-2006, 09:53 PM
Babsy

i ordered this mobo from newegg.will be arriving monday i'm gonna see if it's gonna make me a very happy man with my current hardware
12-02-2006, 12:01 AM
ShoNuff

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingo13

NDA.

Bummer.:( Why did I know you were going to say that? Does the 0508 or better yet, the 0505 bios address the sound/SLI/PCI issue(s)?
12-02-2006, 03:33 AM
Raja@ASUS

well I had the board running fine until I used asus update to flash to 0505. shipping bios was 402. I tried different sticks of ram, discharging psu every time. have any of you gus flashed yet to 0505?

I will have to reinstall the infinity and try a hotflash, unless someone knows of a workaround?

regards
raja
12-02-2006, 03:42 AM
Pt1t

Quote:

Originally Posted by raju

well I had the board running fine until I used asus update to flash to 0505. shipping bios was 402. I tried different sticks of ram, discharging psu every time. have any of you gus flashed yet to 0505?

I will have to reinstall the infinity and try a hotflash, unless someone knows of a workaround?

regards
raja

:( mine is dead before i flash it ! when i turn on power , it stay on CPU INIT.
Just after a boot @ 500*9 ...
12-02-2006, 04:27 AM
lowdog

Never flash using windows utilities or when sys is overclocked :slapass: Always use dos flash utility when bios has been set to failsafe defaults. :fact:

If the flash went bad then pull everything off the board, clear cmos and remove the battery and leave the board overnight then try it again the next day.....has worked before. :fact:
12-02-2006, 05:33 AM
Raja@ASUS

cpu was at defaults!!!!:fact:
ez flash shouild work if asus provide it, I have my infinity back online now, so will attempt a hotflash..

regards
raja
12-02-2006, 06:59 AM
xgman

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingo13

NDA.

please . . :rolleyes: since when are asus beta bioses really nda? They leak them regularly for testing here. That is why I prefer the asus to the evga etc.
12-02-2006, 07:31 AM
Raja@ASUS

well ez flash definatley sucks for bios flashing on this board, I am now stuck, I can't hotflash the chip, i tried forcing it on a different motherboard but the softwwrae won't allow it due to incompatibilty. I will have to wait until I can get hold of a new chip, or this one will come back to life. Oh well..

Initial experiences; (while I had the board working on 0402 bios), the heatpipe blocking the atx 2.0 socket is definatley a hinderance for some connectors, I cannot get the connector to home square, as the heatpipe blocks the housing of the connector from sitting true. The board will still power up of course, but the connection itself does not inspire confidence.

Secondly the whole cooling array (heatsink.heatpipe) get's very hot, most of the heat is from the chipset which then spreads to the mosfet areas too via the heatpipes, in essence actually raising the temprature of all other connected devices. A lone solution for the nb would have been appreciated as it would have undercomplicated the fitting of a superior cooler by the user. The reason the issue is sensitive is that I noticed that stability anywhere over 1600fsb is directly dependant on how cool the board is running (more so than on other boards), the stock solution is a complete hinderance for extreme overclocking tbh, you'll need to hack up those pipes and seprate the nb or remove the whole assembly and go for single heatsinks in each area. Only other solution is to cover the whole board with fans at full blast. Asus do privide a clip on fan, but it does not look like it will really cool the chipset very well.

Hopefully I can get hold of a new bios chip soon...

regards
Raja
12-02-2006, 04:25 PM
bingo13

Quote:

Originally Posted by xgman

please . . :rolleyes: since when are asus beta bioses really nda? They leak them regularly for testing here. That is why I prefer the asus to the evga etc.

They are not coming from me anymore unless there is a written release from Asus. They are under NDA and there is a stringent list now about who gets the betas. :fact:
12-03-2006, 12:41 AM
Phil The Greek

1 Attachment(s)

This is what I got with my board so far.This is with watercooling on cpu and 2x90mm Tornados @low rpms on chipset heatsinks.
vcore=1,7(1,55reading)
nb=1,4
cpuvtt=1,4
The interesting is that when you find a wall on fsb,you symply have to find the memory settings that it likes.It might be 3-3-3-9-1T@800 or maybe 5-4-4-12-2T@1200 or somthing else...really confused.I am looking on my notes and I get more confused:confused:
12-03-2006, 04:46 AM
Raja@ASUS

I got the board to boot finally, a single stick of ram in the farthest slot allowed the board to boot.

the issue was the low ddr voltage upon boot, around 1.8v only.

using 0505 bios now, finding a few knots over 1740fsb.

regards
raja
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12-03-2006, 07:30 AM
xgman

Quote:

Originally Posted by raju

well ez flash definatley sucks for bios flashing on this board, I am now stuck, I can't hotflash the chip, i tried forcing it on a different motherboard but the softwwrae won't allow it due to incompatibilty. I will have to wait until I can get hold of a new chip, or this one will come back to life. Oh well..

Initial experiences; (while I had the board working on 0402 bios), the heatpipe blocking the atx 2.0 socket is definatley a hinderance for some connectors, I cannot get the connector to home square, as the heatpipe blocks the housing of the connector from sitting true. The board will still power up of course, but the connection itself does not inspire confidence.

Secondly the whole cooling array (heatsink.heatpipe) get's very hot, most of the heat is from the chipset which then spreads to the mosfet areas too via the heatpipes, in essence actually raising the temprature of all other connected devices. A lone solution for the nb would have been appreciated as it would have undercomplicated the fitting of a superior cooler by the user. The reason the issue is sensitive is that I noticed that stability anywhere over 1600fsb is directly dependant on how cool the board is running (more so than on other boards), the stock solution is a complete hinderance for extreme overclocking tbh, you'll need to hack up those pipes and seprate the nb or remove the whole assembly and go for single heatsinks in each area. Only other solution is to cover the whole board with fans at full blast. Asus do privide a clip on fan, but it does not look like it will really cool the chipset very well.

Hopefully I can get hold of a new bios chip soon...

regards
Raja

It's sounds like some customizing of the heatsinks might be in order. I don't like the all tied together solutions either. At least the reference boards separated the mofsets out.

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