1) verify jumper setting of clear cmos, clear cmos using said jumper
2) loosen cpu cooling mount
3) use only one stick of ram
4) move single stick of ram to every dimm slot until it fails to boot in all of them.
report back
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jump bios 2 ??
To answer the questions that were asked about PCI-E configuration.
I've installed the following on an R3E mobo:
#1 PCI-E GTX 480
#3 PCI-E GTX 480
#4 PCI-E X-Fi Titanium
Both GPU cards run in PCI-E 2.0 x16
X-Fi runs in PCI-E 1x
There's still a free PCI-E x4 slot available as well if you like to run another card. I think you might also be able to run the #2 PCI-E in x1 mode concurrently as well, but haven't confirmed that.
BTW, during idle the PCI-E 2.0 x16 GPUs will clock down and switch to PCI (1.x) x16 in order to save power.
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I have a problem the bios does not read the correct cpu temp at all.When booted into windows and i run pc probe it shows cpu temp like 38-40 c at idle which i know it cant be as i am watercooled.If u run a a program like everest ultimate it will read the same as pc probe because pc probe is running in the background.If u shut down pc probe and reboot pc and just run everest ultimate program u will see the correct cpu reading and its like 23c idle where as pc probe reads 38-40c.
Temperatures
Motherboard 33 °C (91 °F)
CPU 23 °C (73 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 25 °C (77 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 18 °C (64 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #3 24 °C (75 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #4 22 °C (72 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #5 30 °C (86 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #6 24 °C (75 °F)
North Bridge 53 °C (127 °F)
South Bridge 51 °C (124 °F)
GPU1: GPU 49 °C (120 °F)
GPU1: GPU Memory 41 °C (106 °F)
GPU1: GPU Ambient 44 °C (111 °F)
GPU1: GPU VRM 42 °C (108 °F)
GPU2: GPU 49 °C (120 °F)
GPU2: GPU Memory 41 °C (106 °F)
GPU2: GPU Ambient 44 °C (111 °F)
GPU2: GPU VRM 42 °C (108 °F)
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 32 °C (90 °F)
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 32 °C (90 °F)
Seagate ST31000333AS 30 °C (86 °F)
anyone else having this issue or could it be the 980x cpu config.
With my i7 930, I'm also water cooled and Im idleing at 38-40'C too, so does it mean I have a monitoring problem? Does it has something to do with TJ Max???
Can any of you help
I'm looking for a really good HSF that will fit the Rampage III Extreme and will not come in contact with the cooling fins on top of Corsair Dominator ram, plus be good for 4GHz.
I have been looking at a Noctua NH-D14 and the Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir but they look as if they could clash.
What are all the coolers so far that fit the R3E and clear Dominator ram??
MB should start with no other components on it. It would just light the first Q LED indicating CPU problem.
There are no tests before PSU starts. It starts, then MB check, CPU, RAM, VGA...
There is one more thing you could try. Take latest BIOS, rename it to R3E.ROM, save it on USB stick, plug it in ROG connect USB port, hold ROG connect button until it flashes (as described in manual).
My 980x idle temps rang from 20 to 33 C on the cores and 20 C is impossible when ambient temps are 25 and water temps are 30C( measured with Real temp, Core temp and Everest). Just forget idle temps and look at your load temps.
IIRC, there is one thing specific for Gulftown: when CPU is idle it slows down cores to almost a halt, so it shows incredible low temps (that contradicts laws of physics :D ).
unclewebb could back me up or correct me, as that is his field of knowledge.
EDIT:
That should be it: 33 idle, 20 halted.
4 cores halted ??
Idle temps 31-23-24-20-23-21-33
CPU @ 4,3 GHz, Vcore 1,33125 and QPI 1,34375.
Mem 1950 MHz CL 8
Reason I reported the temp problem is because I have seen it reach 65 in the bios and I ain't even booted into windows yet and every things at stock settings.
So here's a little mystery that I have uncovered. I have two HD 4870x2's and was running them in the #1 PCI-E slot/#3 PCI-E slot (for X16 each). A few days ago I noticed under CCC that the second HD4870x2 was showing a disabled adapter. I thought the card lost one GPU core ... I was very upset.:mad:
Today for grins and giggles, I switched the second HD4870x2 to the #2 PCI-E slot and all of sudden, there is the lost adapter!! I show all four adapters. Now, if I switch the second card back to the #3 PCI-E slot, and I loose an adapter (GPU core) good chance it could be a bad PCI-E slot, right? Sounds like an RMA to me, huh?
Any thoughts?
A number of us have reported intermittent CPU temp problems on the official forum. For me it's settled down and I haven't seen it for a while. There was time when it would report anything from a negative number up to 80C. And it would stick wherever it was until the next re-boot. Last I heard ASUS was looking at the BIOS settings to see if was a specific combination that was causing this.
So which bios is the best?
im using 0704 with my 980x. I like it, haven't noticed anything worse than 0534 thats for sure (which was also fine with me)
Heh, my 4250 Mhz CPU = PC fail in video games, but 4209 Mhz is fine 24/7.
:(
The great thing is that my board only needs 1.25v for 200 BCLK, and 1.43v for the ram at 1600 Mhz Cas 7 at T1. The bad thing is that the ram wont work at 2000 Mhz due to having 6 sticks regardless of having so much headroom, the highest it works at is 1800 Mhz Cas 8.