ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

Hi all!:confused:
Saw a strange thing today thayt i had no noticed before.One memory is marked as a PC-8500 and the other one is PC-6400...it is bought as Corsair Dominator TWIN2X8500C5DF 4096MB, DDR2, 2x2GB(KIT), DHX, E.P.P, with FAN,is it motherboard that is f***** up or is there a chance that the PC-6400 modul is mismarked as a PC-8500?Have some other computer i could chek it in but it is a bad time for that now because i had a broken right arm...:(..just wanted to hear what you are thinking..Lars

Have it checked by everest,cpu-id,and mem set 3,5...they all say 1 pc-8500,1 pc-6400

whats the label say on both sticks?

ram can be installed with 1 hand :)

its probably just a glitch but i would install in another computer just to check

Label says PC-8500...but there is this shield on...dominator you know...changed bios to 1501.....no difference...maybe thats why i cant get stable at 8,5x471...will test soon in my q6600....Lars

sh** out of luck....it says same thing in other rig (q6600,Asus P5K)..had those dominators earlier in a my third comp.(E8400@4.05....+Gigabyte EP-35 DS4..thats why i havent noticed it earlier...i run that cpu 9*450)..thought that it was strange,couldnt get stable at 4+ Ghz with my Q9550 ...only at 3,8..its a E0 and its stable at 8,5*450 50 times in Intel Burn Test with vCore 1,3 V.Coretemp is then 72,64,64,64...think i can run this cpu at at least 8,5*500....if the formula ll rampageboard will pass 500...just have to go to store and change the dominators...hope i can find my receipt
(Must been some big misses in factory....CORSAIR...labeling pc-6400 to pc-8500...then sell them in pair like 2*8500...Twinx)

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Originally Posted by sladden

sh** out of luck....it says same thing in other rig (q6600,Asus P5K)..had those dominators earlier in a my third comp.(E8400@4.05....+Gigabyte EP-35 DS4..thats why i havent noticed it earlier...i run that cpu 9*450)..thought that it was strange,couldnt get stable at 4+ Ghz with my Q9550 ...only at 3,8..its a E0 and its stable at 8,5*450 50 times in Intel Burn Test with vCore 1,3 V.Coretemp is then 72,64,64,64...think i can run this cpu at at least 8,5*500....if the formula ll rampageboard will pass 500...just have to go to store and change the dominators...hope i can find my receipt
(Must been some big misses in factory....CORSAIR...labeling pc-6400 to pc-8500...then sell them in pair like 2*8500...Twinx)

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CPUZ ( depending on what version ) has a bug and shows 8500 ram as 6400
If your really concerned talk to yellowbeard or ramguy in the Corsair forums
www.houseofhelp.com, they lurk on the XS corsair thread but not sure how often they respond there.

That's strange Sladden.

1066 MHz RAM is just 800MHz RAM that's rated to run higher. So the programs often read it at 800 MHz RAM.

However, if it's not labelled the same, I'd take some photos and show them to Yellowbeard or the Ramguy, for sure.

Yes...but everest and mem set showed one pc-6400 and one pc-8500...then i find some old crucial ballistiX pc-8500...ran 5 times intel burn test at 8,5X471....just fine...cant imagine the dominators are worse..must be like i suspect..1 is a 6400 and the other 8500...both marked pc-8500 and sold as twinx..well im happy for the 4GHz+ anyway i am at 1.3750 vCore,1,63 pll,1,37825 fsb TermVolt,1,51 NBvoltage Mem oc charger enabled ..all other disabled or auto,will have too see how long im prime95 stable...hope for 24 hours

My Dominators also identified as PC6400 so dont care about it.

Ok...but i do...especially when they cant do 471 Mhz....thats crap...thought they would at least do 500Mhz...have my old crucial ballistiX up in 490x8,5 atm...only 1.3750vCore and 2.2 dram voltage..not bad for a Quad 9550 and 3 years old memorymoduls....sad that they only are 1Gb-modules

471 FSB with a quad puts a lot of stress on your NB.

I wouldn't be so quick to condemn the RAM. What other settings are you running? But I would definitely check out the fact that the sticker says 6400 with Yellowbeard (He has an account here too, so you could PM him)

My Dominators will do 1225MHz all damn day long @ 2.2 volts
You should look at NB volts higher FSB as Jack said will tax the NB harder, depending on what trd setting you have and clock twister you might just need a NB volt increase.

Not a good idea to PM corsair reps, its kinda against the rules.

i currently have my CPU fan connected to a fan controller instead of the mobo, so every time i boot, it says "CPU fan error" which adds an extra 4 sec to booting. is there any way i can disable this detection in the BIOS? if not, is there any way i can put a jumper to connect any of the CPU fan pins on the mobo to trick it into thinking there's a fan there?

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Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon

i currently have my CPU fan connected to a fan controller instead of the mobo, so every time i boot, it says "CPU fan error" which adds an extra 4 sec to booting. is there any way i can disable this detection in the BIOS? if not, is there any way i can put a jumper to connect any of the CPU fan pins on the mobo to trick it into thinking there's a fan there?

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you'll need to go into the hardware monitoring section in the bios, and just change the cpu fan to ignore.

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Originally Posted by Grnfinger

My Dominators will do 1225MHz all damn day long @ 2.2 volts
You should look at NB volts higher FSB as Jack said will tax the NB harder, depending on what trd setting you have and clock twister you might just need a NB volt increase.

Not a good idea to PM corsair reps, its kinda against the rules.

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Can you share your mem.settings please? I have everything on auto exept for 5-5-5-15-3-50 so give me something to start with. I will use 1:1, 533fsb.

heres some link about memory...http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/T...48-8500C5D.pdf
notice this lines..in data sheet
Two matched CM2X1024-8500C5D modules
100% tested at 1066MHz in high performance
DDR2 motherboards.....
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http://webshareimage.com/images/ht98...bjdycakxr8.jpg
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Originally Posted by GeorgeVasil

Preparation for a Phase..


After 12h of playing with this mobo...

32m >530 FSB was impossible..

1Μ>584 was impossible

600*8 1M PL 13 was possible..

1 have tested 2 8400's 746A..both of them stopped FSB 585 1M and FSB 530 32M. Maybe i run out of cpu fsb or this mobo is chiquita aprroved..and it not worth's to take place at the 200$ budjet range.I tried several settings..several voltages ...several GTL settings..32M>530=no go.

Next week i will try with other Cpu's..

For the history..:p:

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I can do 534 FSB dual SPI 32M stable, I can also run orthos at that speed.


http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...5-5-12PL10.jpg

Perhaps it is your cpu's?

:confused:

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Originally Posted by Grnfinger

My Dominators will do 1225MHz all damn day long @ 2.2 volts
You should look at NB volts higher FSB as Jack said will tax the NB harder, depending on what trd setting you have and clock twister you might just need a NB volt increase.

Not a good idea to PM corsair reps, its kinda against the rules.

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First I want to say, hi to everybody, because I'm a newbie here :) I have read XSForums from long time, but this is my first post here. I will try to do my best to help members and be good member too :)

I need now some help. I have Maximus 2 Formula (my system is in my signature) and I want to overclock my memory a little bit.

I have TWIN2X2048-8500C5D, what timings and voltage will u suggest for better preformance ? Because this motherboard have a lot of options :confused:

Thanks in advance !!

P.S. This Motherboard ROCKS !!!! My CPU is rock stable at 7*500 FSB ! Awesome ! But I think is too much FSB for 24/7 work :)

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Originally Posted by CryptiK

I can do 534 FSB dual SPI 32M stable, I can also run orthos at that speed.


http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...5-5-12PL10.jpg

Perhaps it is your cpu's?

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I dont know my friend..

! have tried several ranges of voltages..

Cpu : max 1.84
Pll :1.53-1.65
VTT: 1.34-1.45
nb: 1.35-1.65

So i did for the CPU gtls..

1 thing i should Mention i that the mobo cant post with the Pcie ex >100 (105-108 for ex) >500 FSB.

Also i had better results with low vtt and gtl on auto.

IMO the bios is in its infancy stages, once Asus gets there act together this board should do rather well.

Dram clock skew doesnt work as well as it should, pull-ins do not work, so in all honesty can you say for sure that GTL's are working correctly?
I tried for days to get 4.0GHz stable with no luck, setting GTL's with positive values and negative values still didnt help, if anything it made matter worse.
GTL's on auto and I had the chip stable in 20 mins. Now the rumor is the next bios release will include further overclocking options...more that wont work I assume
Asus has done a stellar job with the eye candy on this board, now if the could do the same with bios support I think we would have a winner here.

Man, you said "Asus" and "support"..... :ROTF::ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

What is a safe 24/7 voltage for NB on this board.
I use 1.41V (in bios) and quess that is ok. On my old chipset (x48) up to 1.6V was safe.

ATM this is my settings..

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Thank you Grnfinger and zlojack for the tip about houseoffhelp.....got an RMA from Ramguy..np there.....Lars

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Originally Posted by sladden

Ok...but i do...especially when they cant do 471 Mhz....thats crap...thought they would at least do 500Mhz...have my old crucial ballistiX up in 490x8,5 atm...only 1.3750vCore and 2.2 dram voltage..not bad for a Quad 9550 and 3 years old memorymoduls....sad that they only are 1Gb-modules

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Have you tryed both the blue and white mem. slots?

Yes...did that today...tried Memtest aswell....70 errors in test 7 at only 943MHz(2x471 MHz)....they are suppose to be tested at 1066MHz(2x533)so after that test i got my RMA

http://www.asktheramguy.com/v3/showthread.php?t=57334

Here is a list of ICs used on corsair modules, maybe it's helpful to determine the oc potential of your chips...

Can someone list all bugs and things that are not working properly on the board and can be refered as bios related problems?