ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

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10-01-2008, 12:42 PM
nugzo

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Originally Posted by Zucker2k

If you're running 4Gb or more, then yes.

Yes to enabled or disabled?
10-01-2008, 01:38 PM
Nunzi

I have it enabled
10-01-2008, 01:50 PM
SiGfever

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Originally Posted by glauber.herbert

Hi Guys!!!
I really need some help here!!
Yesterday, I was trying to start to overclock my system. I was able to get only 3.4GHZ in the Q9550.
And sometimes, even in this over, I have some troubles to load Vista.
Is there someone here in the forum with Q9550 and Maximus Formula II that can help me?
If somebody post the settings of the BIOS ( actually 1307 in mine ), I will be grateful!!! :)

Gl@uber

What Revision is your Q9550? "E0", C0", or "C1"?
10-01-2008, 02:07 PM
screwtech02

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Originally Posted by nugzo

Just installed my maximis with 8gb gskill ram. It runs soo slow with the 8gb installed. took over an hour to install windows. desktop is non responsive. took 4gb out and it runs perfect. anybody having issues with 8gb ram?

No issues here with 8gb installed, runnin 467fsb, 560ram.... Took a bit to get my clock stable, but well worth it.... I even installed Ultimate with the 8gb in, no problems whatsoever...:cool:
10-01-2008, 03:11 PM
nugzo

i enabled memory remap and all is good now. Thanks. I will be bugging the snot out of yall the next few days though, until i learn enough to start contributing. Sooooo many settings its overwhelming. This is way different than the nforce i've been using the past 3+ years. I have my q9650 at 4400mhz atm on mostly auto settings, only 100mhz shy of my goal but memory benchmarks are poor. I'll post my settings in a few for some suggestions. Oh and thanks again!!
10-01-2008, 03:42 PM
Grnfinger

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Originally Posted by CryptiK

Impressive result, what made 4GHz stable vs your previous 3.9GHz?

PLL was the key to success, 2 notches and a little vcore and she primed all night :up:

Now for the ram , still not totally tweaked but more than accpetable for the first run.

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../40_gskill.png

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...finger/20k.jpg
10-01-2008, 03:54 PM
The Nemesis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grnfinger

PLL was the key to success, 2 notches and a little vcore and she primed all night :up:

Just curious what do have it set too? I had posted the same discovery several pages back. I didn't want to chance such voltages though and settle for my current oc.
10-01-2008, 05:27 PM
nugzo

Ok this is where i'm stable so far. Well i cant really call it stable cos ive only been running it an hour, but i've had no issues at theses settings. vcore could probably come down, this was my starting point. I'm still reading this thread. Made it to page 15 so far. What should i adjust next? Thanks!
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10-01-2008, 05:33 PM
TouGe

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Originally Posted by nugzo

Ok this is where i'm stable so far. Well i cant really call it stable cos ive only been running it an hour, but i've had no issues at theses settings. vcore could probably come down, this was my starting point. I'm still reading this thread. Made it to page 15 so far. What should i adjust next? Thanks!

Wow, I'm scared of your temp. I'm sure to some here that >60 is acceptable but I don't even like going above 50 on full load. Since I fold 24/7 I'm always at full load.
Get that baby under water and enjoy a ~10 degree drop:up:.
10-01-2008, 05:36 PM
The Nemesis

Temps are too high for me. What voltages & temps were 4GHZ. I'm sure you curious to see how high it will go but after your done drop down to 4Ghz anything over that just seems like overkill for casual day to day use. You can alway crank it up when u bench or game.
10-01-2008, 06:01 PM
nugzo

I actually thought the temps were bearable coming from dual cores with similar temps at similar clocks/volts. I'll drop vcore and see what happens. I'm idling 35-40c. 78F ambient.
10-01-2008, 06:38 PM
radaja

@cryptik, check this out . all i did was disable LLC and set 1.4vcore in bios,changed fsb from 445 to 456 and its sill priming fine. before i couldnt get prime any higher than 4050.http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/q...cs/4100135.jpg
10-02-2008, 09:11 AM
ztop

someone can tell me if those 2x2gb ddr2 kit are good for the asus maximus 2 formula?

teamgroup extreme dark series pc2 8500 1066 mhz 5-5-5 15 2x2gb
g.skill f2-8500cl5d-4gbpk 2x2gb
thanjs
10-02-2008, 12:27 PM
DiscoTech

I have just bought a p5q deluxe and I had trouble even loading vista at stock settings with my q9450. I have been told to downgrade bios and that the new bioses were problematic. This gave me a bad taste on my first day.

Is maximus 2 formula a better overclocker than the p5q deluxe? Do the bioses have less quirks? At least the layout seems to be better. I can keep my sound card on the bottom slot away from my video card.
10-02-2008, 12:54 PM
TouGe

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Originally Posted by DiscoTech

I have just bought a p5q deluxe and I had trouble even loading vista at stock settings with my q9450. I have been told to downgrade bios and that the new bioses were problematic. This gave me a bad taste on my first day.

Is maximus 2 formula a better overclocker than the p5q deluxe? Do the bioses have less quirks? At least the layout seems to be better. I can keep my sound card on the bottom slot away from my video card.

IMHO, the P5Q-D is a better performer than the M2F and, from past experience, the 13xx BIOS for the P5Q-D was rather stable. Have you tried Ket's moded P5Q BIOS's? You might be having RAM issues, what's your hardware?
10-02-2008, 12:58 PM
TouGe

Quote:

Originally Posted by ztop

someone can tell me if those 2x2gb ddr2 kit are good for the asus maximus 2 formula?

teamgroup extreme dark series pc2 8500 1066 mhz 5-5-5 15 2x2gb
g.skill f2-8500cl5d-4gbpk 2x2gb
thanjs

Have you considered PC2-8500 2x2GB kits from Mushkin? Leeghoofd runs a set in is P5Q-D and they performed rather well. If interested check out the initial posts in the P5Q-D thread.
10-02-2008, 01:22 PM
DiscoTech

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiscoTech

I have just bought a p5q deluxe and I had trouble even loading vista at stock settings with my q9450. I have been told to downgrade bios and that the new bioses were problematic. This gave me a bad taste on my first day.

Is maximus 2 formula a better overclocker than the p5q deluxe? Do the bioses have less quirks? At least the layout seems to be better. I can keep my sound card on the bottom slot away from my video card.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TouGe

IMHO, the P5Q-D is a better performer than the M2F and, from past experience, the 13xx BIOS for the P5Q-D was rather stable. Have you tried Ket's moded P5Q BIOS's? You might be having RAM issues, what's your hardware?

No, I have seen other people having problems on the p5q thread with the same combo. All my components were working on another motherboard. Everything is at stock, I tried with one dimm, also increased ram voltage. Memory is micron d9gkx.

why do you say p5q-d is a better performer? higher max fsb? higher cpu or ram overclock?
10-02-2008, 01:30 PM
Grnfinger

Quote:

Originally Posted by TouGe

Have you considered PC2-8500 2x2GB kits from Mushkin? Leeghoofd runs a set in is P5Q-D and they performed rather well. If interested check out the initial posts in the P5Q-D thread.

I have Mushkin XP2-8500 and GSkill 8500 the GSkill actually out perform Mushkin. I find them to be rather poor ram for the money. Alotta hype and no balls, kinda like AMD :rofl:
10-02-2008, 01:40 PM
ztop

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Originally Posted by Grnfinger

I have Mushkin XP2-8500 and GSkill 8500 the GSkill actually out perform Mushkin. I find them to be rather poor ram for the money. Alotta hype and no balls, kinda like AMD :rofl:

wich model of g.skill?
10-02-2008, 01:46 PM
zlojack

For me Grnfinger, the best 1066 2x2 sticks were, hands down, the Corsair Dominators.

1147 on 478 FSB with an E8400 PL7
1122 on 421 FSB with a QX9650 PL6

Great RAM. :up:
10-02-2008, 01:47 PM
Grnfinger

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Nemesis

Just curious what do have it set too? I had posted the same discovery several pages back. I didn't want to chance such voltages though and settle for my current oc.

Set PLL at 1.56 actual and chip stabilized after that.
Now its getting the ram tweaked out at 1130MHz, GSkills should be able to do it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zlojack

For me Grnfinger, the best 1066 2x2 sticks were, hands down, the Corsair Dominators.

1147 on 478 FSB with an E8400 PL7
1122 on 421 FSB with a QX9650 PL6

Great RAM. :up:

I have a 2x1GB kit of them I might grab a 2x2GB kit this weekend. Really want 1130MHz for ram.
10-02-2008, 01:48 PM
SiGfever

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grnfinger

Set PLL at 1.56 actual and chip stabilized after that.
Now its getting the ram tweaked out at 1130MHz, GSkills should be able to do it.

What voltage are you running your G.Skill?
10-02-2008, 01:49 PM
zlojack

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grnfinger

Set PLL at 1.56 actual and chip stabilized after that.
Now its getting the ram tweaked out at 1130MHz, GSkills should be able to do it.

I have a 2x1GB kit of them I might grab a 2x2GB kit this weekend. Really want 1130MHz for ram.

These ones loved my Maximus.
10-02-2008, 01:57 PM
Grnfinger

Quote:

Originally Posted by SiGfever

What voltage are you running your G.Skill?

2.1 actual, I might try tossing some more juice to them
10-02-2008, 02:14 PM
SiGfever

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grnfinger

2.1 actual, I might try tossing some more juice to them

I have mine set in bios @ 2.13125, what do you think is safe for these guys?

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