i7-980x hexacore(32nm) are supported from bios 1802Quote:
Originally Posted by xpower
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i7-980x hexacore(32nm) are supported from bios 1802Quote:
Originally Posted by xpower
Hi mates ! Which BIOS would you NOW prefer for RIIE ?? Now I am on 1639 but have a problem to pass 207x21 (on my i920 D0) . 207BCLK is rock stable but when I rise to 208-210 system is unstable and hangs. (no blue screen) I need to reset manually... Any ideas ? Try the newest Bios ?
Here is my bios template settings:
Code:CPU Ratio setting - 21
CPU Turbo Power Limit - Disabled
BCLK Frequency : 207
PCIE Frequency : 100
DRAM Frequency : 1659MHz
UCLK Frequency : Auto
QPI Link Data Rate : Auto
CPU Voltage - 1.38750
CPU PLL voltage - 1.81592
QPI-Dram voltage - 1.28750
IOH voltage - 1.11341
IOH PCIE voltage - 1.51106
ICH voltage- 1.11341
ICH PCIE voltage - 1.51106
DRAM Bus voltage - 1.65681
CPU configuration
CPU Ratio Setting : 21
C1E Support - Disabled
Hardware prefetcher - Enabled
Adjacent Cache line prefetcher - Enabled
Intel Virtualization Tech - Disabled
CPU TM Function - Disabled
Execute Disabled bit - Disabled
Intel HT Technology - Enabled
Active Processor Cores - All
A20M - Disabled
Intel Speedstep Tech - Disabled
Intel C-STATE tech - Disabled
Load-line calibration - Auto
CPU differential amplitude - Auto
Extreme OV - Disabled
CPU spread spectrum - Disabled
PCIE spectrum - Disabled
CPU clock skew - Auto
IOH clock skew - Auto
Descent clocks. What cpu are u using? I'm wondering especially for the 2050mhz clocks?Quote:
Originally Posted by zsamz_
my 920Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeBar
man clockin good hypers is:up:
i have 2 sets of hyperx with hypers and they not even close to these ocz reapers with hypers
on another note i took off nb heatsink and put on an enzotech sb copper heatsink with mini fan and my nb temps dropped by 10-13c glad to see it @ 37c now
And u're running stable @ 205mhz fsb with 10x multi...?
:rofl: you will never catch me below 200blkQuote:
Originally Posted by JoeBar
n on 775 you wont catch me below 500fsb
i reduced my overclock to 202x21 for the supercomputer thing
Reverted my question...
i wouldnt bother with 10x lolQuote:
Originally Posted by JoeBar
@ SwIe
bclk is not dependent on bios but your board and chipset.
Nice, SPI32M stable?Quote:
Originally Posted by zsamz_
Droop is worse on software than reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookiesowns
I measure Vtt at the CPU socket, and got 1.21v idle / 1.19v load. Vdimm there was no droop at all under load and voltage was almost exactly what was set in BIOS. Short answer, the software is wrong.
See below:
Quote:
Originally Posted by CryptiK
never ran SPI32MQuote:
Originally Posted by CryptiK
but i did 2 full passes of memtest
had em 24/7 cas6 1720mhz i'm sure they got alot more to give
they restin now:D usin the trident 2k bbse set
once the supercomputer thing is over i'll be able to push
i got my loop in :D finally lol
doin wgc @ 4.2 most i hit is 62c ambient 23c
What ICH / IOH voltages do u need to get 210x21 = 4.4GHz ?? Do u increase PCI-e frequency ?
ICH stock, IOH 1.15 BIOS set should be fine.
bios 1903
http://www.uploadarea.de/files/q8gsu...klsa7zqycl.zip
password: asusbetabios
Didn't tried yet!
Running at 1903 by air cooling
Attachment 103720
Attachment 103721
just updated to bios 1903 to and itīs strong bios.... booting in to win 7 with 205 bclk on my extreme 975 easy...
pci-e at 115mhz :D tested just 219 bclk to np there. :)
:devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by PytonOrm
Not sure about BIOS 1903, it's not even on Asus' ftp yet.
i'm still on 1504 should i upgrade to any newer bios?Quote:
Originally Posted by CryptiK
Not sure mate, I'm on 1802 with no benefits over 1504. Once 1903 is on their ftp or main site I'll give it a go but not sure what gains to expect unless they made the changes I requested which I doubt.
with the rexIII commin out i doubt we will see much:shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by CryptiK
Anyone know what PCI-E is max safe for 24/7 ?
Partly off as board is a GENE, but any idea what to do when:
- flashed a pcie card - HD5770, it resulted in card's death, no signal after reboot
- put in an old pci card to reflash the HD5770, but whenever both cards are in, the system always tries to use the pci-e, looking for signal, which it does not find ofc and the system won't boot. Pci only is OK. Tried various settings in the BIOS wihch may help, but no luck. I see no option in bios where I could set anything regarding init. display for example. Do you, Rampage owners, have anything?
Thanks!
Does anybody have one usb header (on the mb) not working? I was wondering if it is a bios issue or hardware defect considering it was all working till now.
Is there a trick to getting the ide controller working on this mobo? I plugged a drive that I wanted to pull data from and move it over to my sata drive. I didn't see anything in the bios about enabling the ide controller. I only saw settings for the sata. Is it hidden at the bottom of one of the screens or is there a jumper on the mobo? The drive works in another system. I plug into this sytem and it is not even detected in the bios.
You have an option in BIOS to enable IDE controller, I'm 100% sure...
Anyone have an idea why increasing IOH / ICH voltages make my board unbootable ?? Only at 1.11 - 1.12 i can boot to Win being at 210x21... :(
PS.
HARDWARE PREFETCHER - enabled or disabled ?
Adjacent Cache line Prefetch - enabled or disabled ?
A20M - enabled or disabled ?
That is what I thought but for the life of me I could not find it. I will look again today after my brain has gotten cleared from staring at a blue screen with white writing. :shocked:Quote:
Originally Posted by madmax999
EnabledQuote:
Originally Posted by SwIeRsZcZ
Enabled
Disabled
Anyone using the new 1903 BIOS - can you tell me what the minimum voltage you can set for PLL is?
Quote:
Originally Posted by CryptiK
same as the others bios... 1.81592v
im hoping for some dry ice this weekend then il test out the new BIOS (hoping by some freak chance i can go above 250 bclk). if i update my bios will i lose my saved settings? it takes so long to write everything down
I'am using bios 1504 and it's working very well any one can tell me if the 1903 is better ? thank's
1903 probably sucks as much wang as any other BIOS in terms of overclocking. Asus ignore my requests for this board in terms of BIOS options etc, implement them in new boards I don't want to buy, and release new BIOS with "support new CPU" as change log. Short answer if you don't have problems with your current BIOS don't bother upgrading.
:yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by seraphs
you shoulda writin it down already :rofl:
i memorise it;)
I can be stable at 221.5 X19 with bios 1504
http://www.zimagez.com/miniature/201...7h43-vcore.png
Anyone here using BIOS 1704? So far I cant see anyone use 1704, should I flash to a newer BIOS to get more stability in OC?
Thanks
I am using v1802 . For what its worth v1704 was as stable at v1802 is now .
Not sure if this has been asked in the 100's of previous pages, which I have tried scanning through, but here goes.
Has anyone used aftermarket cooling for their NB and SB, something like a Thermalright cooler. If so could you please post a pick?
Thanks
For me 1504 it's very stable i don't no if the news bios we have now are better ?
Im still a long time with 1504. Tried 1903 - make my system with the same setting not stable in Linx. Back to 1504.
@pcgamers i am on 1704 and its ok for stability for me.
for me, with the bios 1504, I have no problem "cold boot" with ram @2000MhZ but it's not stable
with the 1802, I have problems "cold boot" with ram @2000MhZ but it's stable with the same parameters....:confused:
I test 1903....
When I had my i7 920 D0, bios 1504 was very stable. But now that I have a Retail i7 980X cpu Batch#3003B475 i'm using bios 1903 on my R2E. I've had this motherboard for over a year now and its time to watercool it. I believe it deserves it. Thanks Firewire for the bios.
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010007.jpg
Custom Watercooling parts:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010008.jpg
My Table of stuff:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010006.jpg
XFX HD 5970 Black Edition:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010229.jpg
Thanks guys for the all the replies..think i just stick with 1704 then, unless i'm moving to 980x [dreaming:)] . Nice Rig you got there psygnosi...you're using H50 or other watercooling kit? I can see H50 there, I use the same cooler but I cant get past 4.4GHz with my i7 930 chip due to heat problem...how about your temp using H50?
Hi pcgamers,
The corsair H50 will be replaced by this Swiftech Apogee XT Extreme waterblock:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s.../P10100082.jpg
Mosfets and NB/SB blocks:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s.../P10100062.jpg
close up of the 5970 Black Freezer GPU Block:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s.../P10100072.jpg
Temp on the H50 is Okay but it does not compare to a dedicated CPU block like the swiftech. I get 35 on idle and 70+ on load for the Corsair H50. I need the load to get lower. Hopefully the swiftech will take me there.
Psygnosi
HiQuote:
Originally Posted by tistou77
one to tell me why with the bios 1504 my OC is not stable, so that with the bios 1802, 1903 is stable with the same settings ....
what settings will be amended with the 1504 bios?
thank you ;)
i got up to 230blk
but i seem to lose a memory slot after 226:shrug:
pcie@115
Hi psygnosi...I envy you hehe...Please update me on cooling performance between H50 with those Apogee XT yea! I'd love to see the difference as i might consider buying those WC if it is that Good!Quote:
Originally Posted by psygnosi
Thanks in advance..
Hi,Quote:
Originally Posted by zsamz_
sorry i'm such a noob in this kind of things, can we really get better OC on CPU by increasing PCI-E freq? I thought increasing PCI-e freq will eventually damages our GPU(s), am i correct? If it can be done, how much actually safe freq we can up over a stock of 100?
Sorry for so many questions...any old timer please help and I appreciate your help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by pcgamers
i think so lol
it depends on the card
nvidia handles higher pcie frequency than ati
i thonk youv safe @ 110
as long as the card is stable you ok
after 120:rofl::shrug:
if you dont need to up it dont go too high
i'm tryin to break 330blk;) well pass linx:rofl:.god i wish my pretty little freind had a higher multi
you have a 930 so blk limit will be your cpu not the board i doubt you goin above 4.5
heres some good stuff
but i lose 2 gb after 226blk:(
swapped 4 sets n :(
uped qpi n other volts n :(
Everyone starts as a noob. First I would suggest staying between 101-112. Going above 112 can be risky not in terms of frying your graphics card (no voltage is being modded) but causing instability in other hardware, such as linked SATA controllers, which can and have caused hard drive corruption at settings above 115. I am running twin 5870's in crossfire and upped PCIe to 103 simply for better system stability; I have no illusions that any PCIe increase given my configuration (and you are in the same boat with 3 x 5850's in crossfire) could lead to any NOTICEABLE increase in performance of already very fast configurations (beyond possibly an uptick in a benchmark score with no real world implications given program code). If it were my system (especially given the early state of 5800's series drivers) I would likely not change the setting unless I was experiencing some instability. However just my opinion. Good LuckQuote:
Originally Posted by pcgamers
well saidQuote:
Originally Posted by marleyman
i dont see no real difference in goin over 4.5
goin higher is just for kicks
Hi PCGamers,
Here is an update of my watercooling adventure:
R2E with heatsinks removed:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...P1010008-1.jpg
R2E 1 year old Heatsinks:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010011.jpg
All waterblocks installed:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010012.jpg
Tygon Tubing installed:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010017.jpg
Radiator Installed:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010019.jpg
XFX 5970 watercooled by Bitspower Black Freezer:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010030.jpg
Completed System:
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/P1010027.jpg
I7 980x just overclocked to 4.2Ghz. Will try more later.
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...80xdesktop.jpg
Thanks for viewing.
Psygnosi:)
nice build there psygnosi :up:
Nice Block U Have Psygnosi
Good Luck With 980x ;)
Thanks guys. I still need to clean up all the miscellaneous wires but overall it was pretty straight forward. It took 3 Hours total. Waiting for New Logitech G110 Keyboard and Gaming Mouse now. That should be it.
Psygnosi:)
Thanks Psygnosi for sharing with us...it means a lot to me who planned to go all WC for my system later.... please keep us posted on your successful OC and temperature wise on that WC system :).
Very good job Psygnosi congratulation.
Lads, I was wondering would someone be able to help out a noob here? :)
I bought a Xeon X5550, which is a lower TDP version of i7 920, with a higher QPI link. I just finished my build yesterday, and tried to get 4GHz out of it but failed.
I followed the guidelines from the start of the thread, put bclk to 200, upped the voltage and tried running mPrime from UBCD to see if it's stable before doing anything else.
At 1.45v it crashes with the prime hardware error almost immediately, at lower voltages it just reboots. How far can I push this thing?
Also are there any other settings I could tweak to get it stable? I've tried disabling HT, turbo, C1E, SpeedStep, pretty much everything, but it doesn't get any more stable.
Any help or suggestions are more than welcome :)
Edit: Also, would QPI link have anything to do with instability? i7 920 has 4.8 GT/s QPI and my X5550 has 6.4 GT/s QPI. I've read somewhere that anything over 7 GT/s could cause problems, and well, mine's at 6.4 on default with 133 bclk!
what are you cooling your cpu with?Quote:
Originally Posted by zsamz_
mcp 320+ 655 pump+car heater rad:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by yiannit
i backed down my overclock to 4.5 for daily use i see no diff in 4.77 not worth the voltage boost
its nice when cpu is under 40c;)
yeah thats pretty nice, what voltage at 4.5?Quote:
Originally Posted by zsamz_
1.39Quote:
Originally Posted by yiannit
do you mind telling me what your settings are? i just finished my first w/c project and hoping to get 4.4-4.5 oc if i can
Quote:
Originally Posted by yiannit
this by memory lol
225blkx20
lc off
cpu 1.4v i get 1.38v you got different cpu so different voltage
pll 1.81v
qpi 1.48v you can go lower if you go lower blk but need higher for 2000mhz
vdimm 1.65
try gettin to 215blk to start not all boards or cpus gonna do above 220;)
i got it to 220 but not stable and thats with hight voltage like 1.52 another thing when i'm running p95 my voltage was going from 1.52 to 1.58 why is it juping like tht?
As stated many times in this thread, vcore increases under load with LLC enabled.
oh ok should i leave it enabled?
thanks
um silly question maybe, but i've been messing around with my x5550 and i got it stable with a fixed multiplier, but i can't seem to get it stable using normal mode, with c1e, tm, speedstep, turbo etc.
it would be nice to have it drop to a lower multi and voltage when its not being used. are there any tricks to doing it, or should i simply forget about that and run it at full speed and full volts all the time?
@psygnosi: Nice setup. Been wondering about removing the NB and SB heatsink, but according to your picture all the heatsinks on motherboard seems "linked"? Reason i've been wondering about this, is because NB and SB temperature seems to be pretty high the are at 52c and at a hot day i've seen them raise upto 60, not sure if this is normal or not, anyone know? Also any advice on cooling it? Beside watercooling.
Hi Nitrius,
If you have had your R2E for a while the stock heatsink should come off without any problem. Dexgo has a video on installing a koolance waterblock on the R2E. He shows you how to remove the heatsink assembly correctly. Then you can replace the gunk underneath both the NB and SB with AS5 so your temps should drop to about 40-45 or even less. Hope this helps you. It helped me when I removed mine.
Psygnosi:)
i posted this before...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrius
i put an enzotech sb heatsink with fan on nb and now my temps are 40c instaed of 50c+
you can remove that pos alluminium heatsink;)
Blocks look sweet psygnosi ! Very nice
Thanks pcnazz. Those blocks finally got me in the 4.5Ghz Club! Woot!:D
http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/Finished.jpg
Still optimizing to get the cpu voltage lower if possible.
which enzotech heatsink?Quote:
Originally Posted by zsamz_
Enzotech SLF-1Quote:
Originally Posted by yiannit
Enzotech CNB-S1L is cheaper but doesnt come with a fan
Now we need a CLUB of 4600.
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3665/46061448v.png
Your running my settings almost Le Titi . Your NB frequency is lower then mine , but your CPU frequency is the same . Your tRFC of 88 clks might be able to tighten up to as low as 48 Clks . Your NB frequency should have some more left to go if you wanted to , will require more QPI voltage . Click on my sig to see my configuration as a guide . Nice work Le Titi !
User Name: Mike211
CPU: i7 980x
FPO/Batch #: 3003A957
Store: Microcenter - Marietta, GA
Purchased In: March 16th 2010
OC: 4200mhz
Stability: 8hrs 22mins Prime95
Temp mid (Idle / Load): 32C / 76C
Hyper Threading / Turbo Boost / Multiplier: Yes / Yes / 21x)
Stepping: 2
Revision: B1
Vcore/Core Voltage: 1.31vcore
Cooling: Air
Cooler brand/model: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme
Bios Version: 1802
Operating System: Win7 x64
RAM brand & type: Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB)
RAM Part #: TR3X6G1600C8D
RAM rated speed: 1600
RAM actual speed: 1603
RAM Latency: 8-8-8-24 2T
RAM Voltage: 1.65v
http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1274189936
Newb here at XS.... Have been lurking for a bit though.
I have the RIIE (Taiwan Version) and an i7 920 purchased from Microcenter.
I am currently running @ 20x200 w/HT on, 1.275 vcore, and 1.275 qpi. I will post all my settings when I get home.
I have run 10 loops (runs?) of IBT (maximum stress) with max temp of 79c (using a TRUE 120). Finishes with zero errors. I have run Prime for about 6 hours without any problems either.
Did I get a really good chip, or am I missing something? Everything seems stable. I play BC2 without issue, L4D2, HAWX. I've ripped a couple of movies.
I am just really curious because most of these posts I am seeing people running at 1.3xxx and up so I'm not really sure how I am seemingly able to run at a much lower voltage.
This is a serious post as well. I'm not trying to troll, or anything of the sort. Just want to make sure I am doing everything right. This is my first ever higher end setup, so I am trying to learn what all these BIOS settings are for and how I should be going about my OC.
Congrats!!! I think your 930 are about average. There are 920s which can run @ 200x20 w/HT on below 1.200v, even around 1.12v :)
http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/r...gegpu30068.jpg NO Physics / 23c Room Temperature Cooling / 10.4 Drivers / Single 5970 / 975X @ 4.6GHz HT & Turbo Disabled / This run is not dialed in . I ran it with my 24/7 cpu clocks and ran the gpu core voltage @ 1.2375V & memory @ 1.0V . Basically wanted to show how well a Single 5970 does .
The 5970 does very well indeed!
[IMG]http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...em/3dmark3.jpg[/IMG]
Nice HT Enabled pass there psygnosi .
Thanks pcnazz. I'm going to try without HT and see how far I get. I'll try your GPU voltage settings also.
Anybody else have to use a lot more voltage on their i7's when they swapPed from the 1504's to the 1802 Bios? i used to get 4.2 with 1.315 and now it's taking 1.385
yes, I had that problem too, flash back bios 1504 it's the best one
Sounds like a plan .Quote:
Originally Posted by psygnosi
even qpi takin more juice to run cas6@ 1683mhz:shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by jasonelmore
Thanks for sharing your experiences guys... :up:
I was about upgrading to 1802 and u just saved me time... :D
I'm trying to OC a Xeon X5550 (server version of i7 920 with 95W TDP) and I got as far as 4 GHz on reasonable voltages (1.35), but it needs 1.4v on VTT.
It will run on 4.4 GHz at 1.54v but not LinX stable (it passes Prime95 tho). Not sure what to do really, it seems to have the most problems with higher bclk and I have a feeling it stems from the QPI link.
I've read somewhere that Intel chips exibit instability with QPI link over 7 GT/s and it certainly seems to be the case here. If I set it to "slow" it works, but I can see the text drawing on the screen.
My 4 GHz overclock brings the QPI to 6.8 GT/s and it's happy there, but I feel the chip could do more. Is there anything else I can try?
I dropped the multi to 19 (the highest odd-numbered multiplier I can use) and dropped the RAM to around 1000 (from around 1600) and basically took everything out of the equation except bclk, and it failed to load windows.
182-183 bclk seems to be the limit. ?!
Are there any other "hidden" fixes in 1802 bios? Am running 1704 atm, been working good so far. Am wondering if i should upgrade to 1802 or not.
how to downgrade Rampage II Extreme bios to 1504 or any other one this is the way
Make bootable flash drive with HP USB Format Tool inside its folder you will find Win98BootFiles just select the folder when you go to format the usb drive under option Create a DOS startup disk and its done after that copy 1504.rom and AFU236U.exe files into usb drive then go to bios and disable Quick Boot Option, boot from the flash driver use command:
afu236u/i1504.rom
or
afu236u/i1504.rom/pbnc/n
to flash the bios
http://rapidshare.com/files/39380978...grade.zip.html
http://www.mediafire.com/?wmctk0menym
when i go above 226 bclk i need to increase PCIe frequency to at least 106mhz. anything above 102mhz makes my 3D performance decrease to a stutter.
is there any way to prevent the PCIe frequency from causing this or at least give me a few more mhz on the PCIe before it happens?
due to this happening i was limited to 4,8Ghz 3D on a 920
indeed the 1802 is not a good bios will try with the 1504. thanx all for the info.
Lot things depend on the quality of the hardware CPU,MB etc.very little on bios. com'on guys share your 250 BCLK.......
100% agreed with you. but if in testing with hardware that does not change we're hanging by something that we can change, especially when there is a 1% increase in overclocking which is influenced by the bios so we can call this version better than the other versions.:p::p:Quote:
Originally Posted by xpower
Bios stand for? (BASIC IN OUT).nothing so much for overclocking.