i just want to say that this rampage 308 bios is so easy to get set up after learning it a little. i stuck my crucial 4x1 pc8500 back in and ran memtest past 3 hours without any errors. it never passed on any maximus bios or settings i ever tried.. it would never go over 20 min before.
I just got this board, nothing is oc'd.. everything is well cooled, a lianli full tower and an AC 7 pro
My E8400 idles at like 44C (coretemp, hwmonitor, everest), and the nb is showing 56C.
The e8400 idled around the same temp with a tuniq tower on a p5w dh deluxe.
Suggestions?
are you sure that your case is getting good flow? those numbers seem a bit high to me... i have no experience with either that board or cpu... but i could pull 33c idle on a e6750 OVERCLOCKED on a lesser air cooler (asus silent square or something like that... its orange and im looking at it wondering what the exact model is.) perhaps the sensor is stuck on your cpu? try realtemp. what is your northbridge reading volt-wise?Quote:
Originally Posted by triple
Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
this motherboard is quite finnicky but once you stroke it the right way it purrs. it seems that this board is all about trial and error. 1 guide does not really help another even with near identical setups. it seems that there is no real base for which to start overclocking or memory tweaking. just to get it running proerly requires different settings for each user. this is my observation at least.
Waht are you complete timings plus sub now and compared to before at a given FSB and RAM spd?Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
ie: mine for my 485x8 profile in v602~903 are as follows;
DRAM Frequency: [DDR2-1166]
DRAM Command Rate: [2T]
DRAM Timing Control: [Manual]
Primary Info : 5-5-5-18-3-42-6-3
CAS# Latancy: [5]
RAS# to CAS# Delay: [5]
RAS# Precharge: [5]
RAS# Active Time: [15]
RAS# to RAS# Delay: [Auto] = 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time: [Auto] = 42
Write Recovery time: [Auto] = 6
Read to Precharge Time: [Auto] = 3
Secondary Info : 8-3-5-4-6-4-6
Read to Write Delay(S/D): [Auto] = 8
Write to Read Delay(S): [Auto] = 3
Write to Read Delay(D): [Auto] = 5
REad to Read Delay(S): [Auto] = 4
Read to Read Delay(D): [Auto] = 6
Write to write Delay(S): [Auto] = 4
Write to Write delay(D): [Auto] = 6
DRAM Static Read Control: [Enabled]
Ai Clock Twister: [Moderate]
Transaction Booster: [Auto]
Performance Level [N/A]
Still waiting for some kind of feedback or comment on the sub timinges used in auto by BIOS as to where and why I should adjust and in what order and direction. Odd, this tread was heavily into RAM sub timings tweaking just a month ago. Like I said before, I'm not looking to crash the board, just wondering if it has room for improvements for real world performance with stability.
Furthermore, I am occassionally getting the det_ram msg on random resumes from S4, and I can only guess lots from S3 since it just hangs on resume from S3. Nevertheless, I can simply reset and it is good to go. I notice it happens a lot from cold wakes as my office gets cold in night and in day w/ A/C on. If it is warmed up and on and off all day, it's fine. mind you, these are soft hangs, not the hard hang ups I had in 907 BIOS requiring a hard pwr off and reset. later I may test w/ OCZ Plats to see if it makes a difference.
I continue to get the occassional blinking LCD poster issue. I confirmed it is dropping detection of all mobo temps except CPU and MB and reads out 4.08 for all volts except for CPU and PSU rails (12v/5/3.3). Is or has anybody experienced this yet? To my thermal probing, it is just a fluke since surface temps of various parts are same as before the drop our. Performance is the same too.
yea, well I just happen to have an e6750, and my oc'd e6750 was getting the same temps (33c) overclocked.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenEffect
so its not the case or the heatsink.
hmmm
http://www.tripler6.com/temps.jpg
my guess is the northbridge is not seated well and the sensor is stuck on your cpu. try giving realtemp a go and see what your temp is there.Quote:
Originally Posted by triple
10C lower, exactly.
But at what kind of OC. I get 32c idle on 500x7 @ 1.36v or 36c on my 485x8 @ 1.480v and only 37/38c @ 4GHz as 500x8 @ 1.56v Note: these ratings are with high flow Sythe S-Flex in push single only in SilverStone TJ-06 case. CPU and base lapped to smooth.Quote:
Originally Posted by triple
e6750 400x8 @ 1.35 = 30-33C idle
Stock 8400 @ way lower voltage (i dunno) = 15C higher? way to suck, intel.
Wow, I am totally astonished, is this for real? I had 2 other of these and could barely ever boot to XP x64 w/ 1.488v let alone prime. Is this the bare minamium for boot or actual prime 95 stable? And I got my 2 early on in production. So is it to say the recent cores are needing less to OC. Mine was a 1.3000 vid and 1.3250 vid on the 2nd if that helps. Oddly my Q6600 is like 1.2550 vid.Quote:
Originally Posted by triple
it was rock stable.. could do prime in its sleepQuote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
just did it to get my ram up to 800
anyways im sending the 8400 back to newegg, bringing the board back to microcenter.. ill get a replacement on the mobo, I want one for the cpu too, but I doubt they'll have it in stock so ill just get a refund most likely.
since the 308 bios is a little different then the maximus here are some pictures.. sorry they are a little big as i don't have any picture resize tool installed yet. i set up the speed and volts knowing what 907 ran at then left the rest at auto then shut down and went right back into bios. it reset the settings that it wanted to run the timings with the pl level at that speed then just added them in. then re started to make sure it worked. i played with moderate and strong a little also.. on 8x450 on the 333 strap at 1081 it changes a few timing settings and the pl shows up as 7 it ran good there. i just need better cooling then i can start to play with it as i am kind af scared to go any higher especially with the nb volts and temp getting up there. i ran memtest on the picture settings for a couple hours. then i played games and 2 hours in. i had a crash where it changed my fsb termination voltage back down to 1.20 then it gave me the f1 to go back into bios and it took me a few min to find it.. wtf??? i am going to lower it back down untill i get water for it..
Looks cool. So to all the RAM peeps tweaking for th gold. What do these new settings probide for us in reality? We never got a clear answer on the use of our previous RAM< tweaks;
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage -- [Auto]
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage -- [Auto]
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage - [Auto]
How can they be used, and when or why?
it does have many sweet settings that i don't know enough about yet. especially since i was stuck on my old computer with pc3200 untill i bought this thing.. it has been months since i have been able to use this one without it being a paper weight for days at a time.. this bios and or me getting rid of my raid for a single drive made my board work long enough so i can actually test stuff. i am going to give raid another go on it. something changed the way it works now.. it has never started or stopped and restarted they way it does now from when it was new..
When I do a cold boot and would have the "det dram" hang, under hardware monitor my ram volts were showing 1.88.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
So as I was not 100% sure what these settings did I started playing around.
So after a few experiments I have found setting all to DDR2-REFF +10mv removes my det dram issues completely.
I used to get 2 or 3 det dram hangs a week, after making the setting change, I have not had a hang for over 1 week.
Interesting find. I have problems with booting my computer cold as well. Funny thing though it didn't start happening until after I installed my QX9650, this never happened while using my x6800. I've heard people suggest upping NB volts and/or switching trans booster to "auto" but neither of those fixes worked for me. I'll give yours a shot and see what happens. Thanks...Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
Is there any way to skip the IDE and RAID check at startup? It makes startup so slow...
I never found one...:(Quote:
Originally Posted by tiesum
got a new board
nb: 52c idle
cpu (6750): 25-30c idle
think im keeping this one.. the e8400 got rma'd though, 45-50c on that is ridiculous
That's interesting... I might give that a shot and lower my NB volts again... Cheers dude! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
IDE is simply an add on from J-Micron, just disable it in CMOS. The RAID (ICH9R) can be converted back to IDE mode and act as legasy SATA, no AHCI and of cose no RAID function anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiesum
This is only good if you use no IDE/PATA (not many anymore) and have NO RAID array or need no AHCI SATA performance boost. In AHCI/RAID mode (ICH9R) detection can be shortened, however, it heightens the risk of one or more drives not fetting detected on a given POST/BOOT and only having to reboot and still take longer now. Same would go for EIDE on J-Micron.
Thats why for daily use, it's best to really make use of the ACPI functions of S3/STR (Stand By) or S4/STHDD (Hibernate) if you overclock profile supports it. S3 is usually unstable on a divider and tight timings.
Any word on the higher comfort vcore zone for these Xeon X3350's or X3230? Is 1.35~1.4v too high for these?
Has anyone tried the MF 1006 bios yet to compare with older versions ?
Haven't seen a link to get it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sources
Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
DOWNLOAD http://seanet.com/~keeper/B1006.ROM
SCREENSHOT @BOOT http://seanet.com/~keeper/init.jpg
BIOS DUMP http://seanet.com/~keeper/bios.jpg
dated 03/27/08
A guy had this bios on a new MAXIMUS FORMULA version 1.03G he bought from NewEgg last Friday. Any S3 issues he said don't exist with this bios, S3 works fine.
C'mon fella's share your experience. Anybody overclocking any quality 2x 2GB RAM sticks to 1150~1200MHz on x38/x48? If even at 1150MHz, can those OCZ really stable out at only 2.1v? If that's so, I'm sold already, but how much further can they overclock?
Members please share links to reputable lab reviews if you would. Or at least comparing how 2x 2GB sticks OC next to 2x 1GB kits for us interested.
ThankX!
I've been through three different sets of 2 x 2 GB so far:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
OCZ ReaperX 1000MHz - Maxed at about 1066 MHz - 5-5-5-18 at 2.1v
G.Skill 1000MHz - Run at stock speeds, but when I tried to OC them, got Memtest86+ errors - seems they only like 333 FSB on this board (in my case anyway)
Mushkin Redline 1000MHz - 1056 MHz is the highest I could get. 5-5-5-12 TRD 7 at 400 FSB with a quad seem to be their sweet spot on the 266 strap at the stock speed of 1000MHz. Anything above 400 FSB and they require a higher TRD and the bandwidth actually can go down.
Of course I'm not the best overclocker around, but I do a lot of reading and research on stuff.
I am now going to try the Dominators 1066 MHz and also a 4x1 set of Mushkin 1066MHz XP2 sticks (which supposedly can do 5-5-4-12 1200MHz) and see how things go.
If you want, I can run some tests when I get everything in, as I will hopefully have all of this memory here in the next week or so.
Memtest 2.01 stable don't impress me anymore! Run Prime95 in "blend mode" for 4 hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Imprint
BTW. I'm going to try your Trans Booster = Auto tonight and see if I can get to 500 as well on that. I'd like to try FSB 500 / DDR 1000 and tighten the timings as well. Could be speedy!
If I find settings that work I'll post.
I thought the whole point of this board is to exploit it! :shocked:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimsdale
Well I'm taking the Vista x64 jump with my rampage bios right now. WIll let ua know how it goes.
The problem with this MF board is the totally VOODOO settings! :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by chawks2
Completely bizzare and totally unexpected combinations of settings are used to get to higher speeds.
Being based in Geordie land we've opted for Ragimus Formula. A 'Ragie' is an aggressive youth in local dialect, kind of fits since a Rampage softmod may allow a more aggressive overclock.Quote:
Originally Posted by ericab
I found it somewhat lumpy, had to reinstall most drivers etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sources
Acording to OCZ the trick to high frequencies on 2GB modules is high tRFC, setting it to 60 helps us get some 2GB Reapers past 1200.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
Link to the announcment on OCZ forums
my Cpu runs prime stable at well over 4.3ghz yet when I press the reset button the computer reboots and hangs at a blank screen. However, if I use the windows shut down function or a hard reset it boots fine. LCD poster doesn't show a error code. I cannot be the only one with this problem. Yet I have yet to get a response. If you have had this problem how do you fix it.
Update @ 20:20: 3hrs Prime stable in blend, good temps. S3/STR does not work at all for me and my set up in v1004. as w/ my 485x8 in 5:6. I will test in 1:1 later when I test for FSB over 525. However, I was able to reduce my vdimm much and upp the row refresh cycly time to 50 and read to precharge from 3 to 4 and it felt much smoother. RAID loading was also smooth. the use of vdimm 2.2v @ 1165MHz has required less FSBT and PLL and of corse overall mobo temps to lower a tad. Oddly the RAM temps barely reduced by 2c of 30c form 32c when at 2.27v (monitored by probe 1&2).
Can somebody on v1004 and E6x50 on Intel RAID or at least AHCI on 450FSB + divider (ie; 5;6) confirm S3 working for them. It fails imediately upon entering, yet it never really enters, just hangs as if in S1 yet S3 only is selected in BIOS. Any ideas. And atx reset is inactive, requiring hard pwr off and reboot. I get the OC fail @ CMOS &entering only to view save & exit is fine & I'm up and running again
O.K. I decided to ginve BETA BIOS v1004 a test run and see how it goes. I hope I dont have another BETA v0907 again. Lol! For a sec. there just after entering set up to load deaufaults, it hung at the det_ram again. I hard pwr down and clear caps charge and it was good to go full auto, save and exit, and stt8 to XP x64.
I will ediut here to keep any other E6750 or E6850 user in the loop. I will be testing for normal everyday use since everybody else already gave maxed out results.
Thanx Kup for the USB boot apps, it worked like a charm the very 1st try using my trusty lil' pal, the PSP FAT on CF 3.90/M33-2 and 32mb Pro Stick Duo.
good going.. have you tried the rampage bios yet? it plays nice for me.. now being able to use my computer i found out the reason for my crashes.. my hd3870's with cf are not working right with 8.4 drivers. all other temps stay good and everything works with 1 card with oc @ 3.6 on air. i think i need the bios fix for my ati cards..
BIOS 1006 WILL ONLY FLASH IF YOU USE WINDOWS BASED ASUS UPDATE; IT WILL NOT WORK FROM EZ FLASH IN BIOS (IT GIVES A "BOOT BLOCK IN FILE IS NOT VALID" ERROR
That being said I took the risk and flashed to it. Nothing seems different.
anyone know why fsb termination voltage would change in bios by itself when set manually.. i set it for what it runs at auto 1.47/1.48 and twice it has changed to 2.0 on it's own..
Is there a cut off FSB limit for S3/STR not to work anymore in BETA v1004? I'm curious cause so many claim it now works for them where it didnt before. But I notice a lot of mild FSB levels reported, so maybe thats it.
This mobo overvolts. FSBT and PLL will drift as FSB is raised. Start w/ FSBT 1.40v (CMOS set) to get actual 1.472v, 1.42v may give 1.488, 1.44 may give 1.504. Keep PLL set manually as it climbs up there if left to Auto, ie; mine can hit 1.680 if only at 485FSB, and upto 1.712 at 505FSB, Ionly use PLL: 1.632 at 500x8.Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
it just happens when setting above 1.45 here...board gets really flakey with more ovlts than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
thanks.. i had the fsb termination volts set at 1.40/2 resulting in 1.47/8 but had the pll set at auto as it is about 1.65 on auto in bios. not under load or anything so i have no ideah what it was getting up to.. i will set it manually and see what it does. i have no clue about the s/3 stuff yet but i am sure i will find out now that i have a board with that stuff.. i am a nooob at this. trial and error for me all the way.. i also notice my mouse bounces all over the place too.. even with everything at stock clocks.. i just re installed the drivers for it and it still does it. i think it looses conection through the usb.. kind of like my raid did all the time..
i used to think the same thing with my mouse. i described it as "my mouse is having seizures".Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
come to find out, i had a little hair inbetween the plastic on the optical part. got it out, and no more problems. hope this is the same issue you are having.
I used to have that problem on 0900 series BIOS's... since going to 1000 series I have not had that problem. Usually its after a failed OC and saving new settings did it goto 2.0v... After that it should be fine :)Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
Any good daily real world results with BETA v1006? Does S3 work for higher FSB and dividers?
UPDATE: S3/STR does not work at all on any divider including 1:1 at all my previuos profiles as in v0903 and below. This is feeling like v0907 yet everything else is actually smooth, even my 500x8 in 5:6 is using 2.2v dim now w/ 46.7 latancy in Everest. nIce Before, best was 48.4.
I havent noticed any changes in 1006... and I dont use S3 states so I couldnt tell you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
I just had this happen to me last night, but I was changing my bios settings but after a couple reboots and a successful o/c it was okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
Its odd that they released it on a shipment of mobo's but don't have it posted on their website downloads.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX
It could just be a 1004 Final that was good for release. I gained nothing from 1006.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sources
nm, seems to be something else!
Oh. Sorry, am on vacation. Will do so this weekend if it's still of value to you, but here it is for 5-4-4-12-3-25-6-3:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...Capture-21.jpg
After upgrading earlier from bios 903 to Rampage bios 308 i logged into vista to check the voltages. I launched everest and what i saw was very unusual. Fisrt of all the were no NB/SB Volt or Temp at all, Cpu core was wrong and the list goes on. Is this normal after the bios upgrade? I tried to re intall but nothing changed? Anyone had the same problem?
You need a newer version of Everest. Grnfinger had the same problem and updating his Everest version solved it for him. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosAD
Download : EVEREST v4.50.1355 Beta
Is this a general problem or we are the unlucky two? Anyway i ll give it a shot and i ll report back. Thanx a lot :up:
New version of everest is working great :D
Thanks, I would be interested in seeing the other timing scores if you get a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dostoyevsky77
Enjoy your Vacation:D
Were not unlucky, we win the prize:rofl: :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosAD
Woot , after reading this huge thread i flashed my P5e with the 308 rampage bios :)
Everything fine , im happy with the new things i got in the bios ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
Here is 5-5-5-15-3-30-3-6. Best of three. Very nearly as fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dostoyevsky77
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...Capture-26.jpg
Keep in mind, I'm 4x1GB so one can expect lower performance than @ 2x1.
Hey, forgive me if you guys have already gone over this...
I just got a brand new P5E using the newest beta bios and I'm messing around with it for the first time...I have an e8400 at 9x430MHz, stable at 1.37V (auto). I have C1E and EIST enabled.
When it's idle, every program that monitors voltage reports 1.37V. Then, when it's at load, it reports 1.34V. This seems a little ridiculous as when it's idle the clock speed drops by over 1GHz, isn't the voltage supposed to go down when it's idle? not up?
First off, I dont reccomend using EIST (Intel Speedstep) on an overclock, it's not very stable and is why ASUS usually locks it out of OC above certain FSB levels. Second, I for sure would not use EIST and C1E together. Use C1E+TM mode for better results.Quote:
Originally Posted by panfist
As for the loading drop in vcore, this is normal, it's the vdroop. Enable Loadline Calibration in CMOS to fix. In normal C1e+TM2 mode, vcore and ratio should drop to reduce power in C states (idle). ASUS does not comply w/ true C+P state but will reduce only the ratio from set value to lowest.
For the first part of your reply, for the last three ASUS boards I have owned I have never had a higher overclock by disabling EIST. I'll experiment with this one if you recommend it, but to me "EIST is unstable" is just a myth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
Second, about vdroop, from what I've read I'm unconvinced either way whether it is a good or a bad thing. I'm not sure I want to disable it. I was merely pointing out it's ironic that I'm running 1.37V@2.6GHz, and a lower voltage level at more than 1GHz faster.
Lastly, isn't it EIST that lowers the ratio? So if ASUS does not comply with true C+P states, if I don't set EIST, then my processor is running at full speed, full voltage all the time?
edit: I was just reading about C1E and EIST...C1E lowers the ratio, too, I guess? So there is no reason to enable EIST as far as I can see...
Sorry, correction, ASUS apears to lock out the TN2 function so it doesn't comply when overclocked. In full auto it does in either EIST or C1E+TM2. The "2" of the TM mode is what would also lower the vcore along w/ ratio. Or in other words, ratio is held on lower multi untill a CPU loading is called for usually over 3~7% or 7~15% then works at full spd. On a mobo that allowed TM2+C1E in an overclock, the vcore would also be lowere at idle too. So full spd is used when needed not just for playing MP3 or surfing the web. EIST steps between low to high multi ie: 6/7/8/9. This stepping is going on between the CPU and chipset where control is made so it does use system resorces to do its switcing. Whereas C1E is done on the die and no lag is felt when going from 6 to 9. You dont get 7/8. In EIST, it's the stepping of the middle ratios that cause a drag and is noticed by slight delay. So if your OC isn't rock solid, it may baug down and feel sloppy.
I believe most mobo makers tend to disable TM2 during manual OC mode so to keep stable. Cause if a certain CPU VID couldnt match a FID, it would or may just crash. This happened on my Abit w/ E6600 (where 1.12v was too low for 2.8GHz at 480FSB on 6x and yet it needed 1.45 @ 3.8GHz on the 8x.
Hope this helps a bit!
Nope, didn't work for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
When I cold boot I also get DRAM voltage of 1.90V but changing the DDR2-REF to +10mV still resulted in a det dram hang. I have to enter the BIOS and exit in order for the board to boot. I'm thinking about sending this board back to Newegg since I signed up for their 1 year replacement plan.
Whenever i try to overclock higher and get a Det Dram hang i up the NB Volt 1-2 steps and i am able to load with no issues. This work for me great.Quote:
Originally Posted by TouGe
Hello there everyone,
Hope some gurus out there can give me a hand or two.
I am new at OC and looking for help before doing so. I just bought a new computer and currently it is up and running. Here is a list my hardware before I ask a few questions.
- Lian Li (PC-V1110A/B) case
- ASUS Maximus Formula SE
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor (Kentsfield)
- Corsair CMPSU-620HX
- ASUS Radeon HD 3870 X2
- OCZ Reaper Hpc Edition PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 4GB (2x2GB)
- Zalman CNPS9500A
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB SATA2
- Vista Ultimate X86 32bit
I have a few questions:
1 - What is the difference between Maximus formula vs Rampage?
2 - Is it worth while converting to Rampage?
3 - Can someone post some of there Extreme Tweaker setting?
Thanks everyone for your help.
1. The binning of the chipset and the biosQuote:
Originally Posted by HDPC
2. So far it has shown to be worthwhile for some. Depends on how much you want to do.
3. Search through the thread here, there are dozens :D
1. x38 chipset vs x48 chipset (but both these versions are DDR2 mem)Quote:
Originally Posted by HDPC
2. IMO yes. Was easier to achive o/c to my experience.
3. I can post mine when I get home from work today since we have an almost identical setup except for the manufacture of the RAM.
Damn Zlojack, you have 2 HD3870X2's with EK water blocks. That is like 1,000 buck right there. I want to order a block for mine soon also to get mine into the loop.
Thanks Zlojack, and Sources for the replies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sources
I will be converting to Rampage tonight. :)
Sources, please post your setting. That would be great. Thanks.
Cheers,
-HDPC
Go for it. They are beautiful blocks! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sources
Just don't tell my wife how much they cost:cool:
Has anybody else had trouble with the maximus formula reading subzero temps even in the bios? I bought a Prometeia Mach II and the cpu (E8400) temp is stuck at 17c. Idle or full load for hours it doesnt move Currently Running The CPU at 4500MHz 1.6V. Thanks
I am wondering I have been trying to install a HD3870x2 and a sapphire hx3870 toxic edition video card in my maximus formula, but I have not been able to get crossfire to enable on it, does anyone know if this motherboard if crossfireX compatible to where I can run 3 gpu's in it in crossfire mode?
It should be. I run 4 GPUs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smallz750
Very interesting then, I wonder why I am unable to run 3 GPUs then on mine, when I try to go to enable crossfire, it tells me I need both bridges connected, but on the 3870x2 there is only 1 connector, so I'm not able to do that. not sure what I'm doing wrong
what os?Quote:
Originally Posted by Smallz750
Are you using Catalyst 8.3 or later ?
my mouse issues i ran into after going to the rampage 308 bios were from my 4 month old DeathAdder. it's now a Dead Adder.
ZenEffect
Just got home and pop'd the quad in, took a cool 30 seconds to get it upto 3.6GHz. Temps are :banana::banana::banana::banana:, I guess in my haste I have not properly applied the AS5.
Going to go for 3.8-4.0 depending on the volts required, just wanted to thank you again for the great deal :up:
If you have a heatware account let me know so I can post some positive comments.
Bought this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227299 dropped it into my Rampage rig cannot get it to overclock past ddr800 or I get det ram error. I had transcend axe ram until it died. It worked great was using these settings. Any Idea what the problem might be.
Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 500
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1200
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 18
RAS# to RAS# Delay : auto
Row Refresh Cycle Time : auto
Write Recovery Time : auto
Read to Precharge Time : auto
Read to Write Delay (S/D) : auto
Write to Read Delay (S) : auto
Write to Read Delay (D) : auto
Read to Read Delay (S) : auto
Read to Read Delay (D) : auto
Write to Write Delay (S) : auto
Write to Write Delay (D) : auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
Ai Clock Twister : moderate changed this to light
Transaction Booster : Disabled
Relax level: 0
CPU Voltage : 1.38v
CPU PLL Voltage : AUTO
North Bridge Voltage : 1.53 upped this to 1.57v
DRAM Voltage : 2.12
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63X
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67X
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5
I've had problems getting my RAM to boot with a 500 FSB with that tRD (disabled (0) is 8, right? ) in the past. Basically, when I set my FSB to 500 and put everything on AUTO, I was getting performance level 13!!! So you could try to manually set that up way high and walk it down. You might get it down to 10, but I'm not sure what that will do to your bandwidth and latency on the memory.
You also might want to try a 450 FSB and see what you can get there.
well i had to go and play with s3 and now it won't turn back on.. how do you get out of s3 i tried clearing c mos/ reset and removed the battery for few min.. any help please and thanks..
I am very interested in these too so I will be glad to help and see what they can do. Please include you reported RAM sub timings (highlighted in primary and secondary sections of DRAM timings). I do know for OCZ on 2x 2g moduals, they like to run a trfc of 50 or so at the same spd of a 2x 1g kit (as so for my OCZ Platinum PC2-6400 OC'd to 1050MHz0 @ 2.2v. Also look at what I edited for stability at 500x8.
All voltages as reported actual by CMOS power managemnet, This mobo overvoltsQuote:
Originally Posted by trt740
If anything else, if you could for me, confirm That they do 1153 on a 480x8 in 5:6 (everthing else the same for now). I'd be happy if I can match the performance of my Tracers at same clock and less vdimm. Right now I run 1 set as 1165MHz @ 5-5-5-15 @ 2.24v (row refresh -trfc @ 50).
I cannot speak for the worthyness of hacked BIOS so if all else try BETA v1004 and I can compare notes.
Does S3/STR function at such an oC level or at all in hacked Rampage BIOS, any version? Any word on the RMA experience if modded to Rampage BIOS upon return? Will they know if you can get it back to official Maximus Formula?
What BIOS ver and CPU and OS? I am on BETA v1004 and it does freeze at attempt to enter, as if stuck in S1 cause aI can see case led blink and hear HDD's pwr dwn. Yet it is unresponsive. I can however hard pwr off bt holding case pwr for over 4secs and pwr on cold boot with ease. I did however have the issue you mentioned in BETA v0907, always requiring a full pwr off and clear of stored energy and sometimes CMOS reset just to get to f1 option to enter set up. I never stuck around to figure it out and moved back to v0602 imediately. Too late, the damage was done.Quote:
Originally Posted by zlojack
I also read from the ASUS site that BETA v1004 also can corrupt eprom if flashed w/ Live update old versions. I played it safe and flash from now on in Afudos.
i have power to the lcd poster and the sound card light was on i just switched it to s3 in bios and now it is sleeping.. i got the battery out right now, i don't know what else to do.. maybe i will try putting in a ps2 keyboard and see if it will power up from ps2 because i think that is also on in bios..
i got it it was just leaving the battery out long enough. time to reset everything in bios again..
ja, I had to do that in v907 too. But in my current v1004 it is not in regular S1 or S3 caus eRAM is still lit up (Tracers) they never stayed lit during S3 on prrevious 903 and below BIOS. So something is not working for me either. Only my old Corsair Xpert PC2-6400's would remain lit with messgae on marque when in S3 or S1 of corse. They only went out in S4 and S5 of corse.Quote:
Originally Posted by loften
Anybody having any look with 266 strap at 480FSB to use DDR1204 in v1004? is it easier in v1006? How loose does the RAM need to be to boot? Or is it even worth it over 1165MHz at 333 strap in 485x8. I like only having to use as lil as 2.22v now. And real world app performance has not changed, if anything it is smoother and less app crashes like in NeroVision.
i just sent you a pm wondering about the oc before i checked this thread :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
im actually digging this cool laboratories liquid pro. just got some the other day and re-did my water loop. what temps are you getting now, and how is it being cooled?
what are your settings for 3.6? i need 1.31 or so volts to be prime stable w/ same vid.
Priming a easy 3.825GHz (9x425) @1.45 volts. using 8/6 divider for a nice 1133MHz ramQuote:
Originally Posted by ZenEffect
Temps are hideous, idle at 52c and load is insane at 70c.
Ambiant air is rather warm here today 25c so that may account for the temp issue.
I have a Swiftech kit, 2x120 rad, stealth full coverage cooling the gpu and a Apogee GT for the cpu. NB is also in the mix using the stock fuzion block (SE for me)
Been priming for awhile now so I'm confident it will be solid at these settings
can anyone recommend some good DDR2 my transcend died no more to be had and this ocz kit DDR2 1150 came DOA error city.
There bad both sticks failed the hell out of memtest test 6, no to the second question you can flash it back. Also rampage and maximus boards are physically the same. Bios is the only difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
Was never able to push my 3110 past 425 FSB. Pretty easily I was able to get 460, stability is next. Man I love this board!
Can not even imagine my 8400 on this baby. :worship:
I found the MCR220 Barely adequate for an OCed Q6600 G0 with nothing else in the loop. I do believe you should seriously consider a radiator upgrade. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
I like my Maximus Formula but it's definite overkill for my little E6300... I'd like to get a quad (thinking Q6600) soon though. :D
There are some good tips here though, and I should flash to a newer BIOS since it's still on the one the board came with... :yawn: (Me being lazy)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148070
anyone have this memory
See my sig, and read my POST. I cant say for sure it's the best, but it sure is nice for decent 1200MHz, But it can really benifit from good cooling. And the light show is awsome.Quote:
Originally Posted by trt740
I wouldn't say that. If anything, this mobo offers the best your E6300 can get. It can make the cheapest CPU's feel good. for example, 532FSB in 1:2 gives you 1066 RAM. I think we have higher dividers so you can get more on less FSB if your CPU lags. I got that on my P5WDG2-WS Pro so imagine how this mobo will do. Those E6300's were quite the clockers when it came to high FSB, Almost all 500+. I'd stick to stable official v0602 untill we hear better. This offers the best of ACPI support at 500FSB and is more then modern enough for an E6300. I can only say BETA v1004 is good for RAM tweaks w/ 2x 2g kits and less vdimm, but S3/STR does not work, so it's a trade off. Do not flash in Live Update to these newer BETA BIOS as they are often getting corrupted. Use Afudos for safest results, or EZ-Flash for official BIOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moneyless
I have it mine is currently running at 1304Mhz at 2.26v on the maximus formula ive had it up close to 1400Mhz all at 5-5-5-15 2T timimgs.Quote:
Originally Posted by trt740
i think you need a better rad. :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grnfinger
Hey man heres the screen shot. And a little something extra.....http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=351714Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuckin_Futs
A bit confused regarding ram here...Is a lower numeric performance number better or is a higher numeric performance number preferable??
Ive seen everything from 13`s to low 5`s...
Thanks.
Lower the better....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BigKriss
Thought so ! Thanks bud..