At wit's end with this board.
So, I have posted a few times here in the past and check in on this thread every so often. I am personally at wit's end with this board today, the longer I own it the quirkier and more faulty it apparently is becoming.
I bought my Maximus Formula in early October last year when it first hit the market if memory serves correctly, I had paired the system with a Corsair Dominator 4x1GB DDR2-1066 kit. In the beginning, it was possible to install one module, boot to BIOS (0401) and up the voltage (kit uses 2.2v by default, and I've been running them on 2.35v) to the required level. I could then install the other 3 modules and get the entire kit to boot.
Each time I made a change that kit did not like, it required to me to go through the process of reseting the CMOS and installing one module, upping the voltage, and installing the other modules. I upgraded to BIOS 0505 but it had no impact on the memory booting (DET DRAM) issue. I had setup the system to run a modest 320x9 (Q6600 B3) with DDR2-1067 memory divider in play. If I was lucky enough to get the system to boot up, I would leave it turned on for months at a time on a UPS. The overall system is apparently very stable and reliable, but the DET DRAM issue plagues me if I ever have to do a cold startup or snags the occasional reboot.
Fast forward to October 2008, I have to shut down the system one day to move some furniture around, but now the system does not let my old trick of installing one of the modules and booting to change BIOS settings. With a single module installed it would still display DET DRAM after a full BIOS reset. Since memory prices had dropped, I picked up a 512mb DDR2-667 module for $8 at newegg and was able to boot the system and up the voltage, and install the Dominator DDR2-1066 4x1GB kit. After this fiasco, I upgraded the BIOS to 1207 from 0505 hoping it might address these issues, but nothing appears to have addressed the DET DRAM issue.
So jump ahead to this week, after a spontaneous reboot the system restarted and then froze during the nightly backup the next day. After shutting it down, and using the DDR2-667 module to perform the same usual tricks, I can only get one of the DDR2-1066 modules at a time to boot with the new BIOS settings. Switching out 2 or more of the DDR2-1066 kit modules causes the system to hang at DET DRAM. I tried upgrading the BIOS again to the available beta 1302 version, but it appears to not to address the DET DRAM issue.
I should note this latest fit of interoperability is being attempted under the lightest of settings, full auto and default clock settings, DDR2-667 for the DDR2-667 diagnostic module and the DDR2-1066 Dominator kit. I have tried using the 333/400 straps with transaction booster disabled and relax 0/1. No combination of settings appears to address the issue, nor have any of the BIOS updates since the time this board came available. To say it's frustrating is an understatement, I'm ready just to toss the system in dumpster.
Any thoughts? Anyone have a Maximus Formula SE with Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066 4x1GB kit who can post their BIOS version and settings for me? I'm not a happy customer at the moment.
Advanced CPU Configuration?
I just seen that some people are showing that they have changed theres. Are changing these important? Why?
help! I'm having random crashes with this settings, sometimes it gives me memory dump error, sometimes it will restart instantly specially when i play games such as GTA IV.