Asus Rampage Formula Memory Compatibility & OC Info

Hello everybody!

I have created this thread to bring together everybody that owns an Asus Rampage Formula motherboard and has been able to overclock certain kits of memory past 1066mhz.

To my own experience, I find this board is very picky with memory. I've tried:

OCZ Plat.XTC 6400 Rev2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
- Certain rating timings aren't availible under the options in rampage bios
- Will not OC with stability past 400FSB, and have ran 500FSB 1:1 on my previous P35 boards.
OCZ claims they are compatible, I think they are incompatible.

UPDATE:Patriot Vipers 9600 (PVS22G9600ELK)
- Website claims compatible with 680i and P35 chipsets.
- Patriot claims they have tested this kit with some x38/x48 boards, but not the maximus or rampage.
Thus, incompatible however, Patriot claims these kit uses Micron D9's which are rampage QVL.

UPDATE:Patriot Vipers 9600 (PVS22G9600ELK)
- I got a response back from patriot. The 9600 Viper Fins do use the micron d9 chips, thus making these sticks semi-compatible.
- USE THE WHITE SLOTS! I couldn't even get 1134mhz on the blue slots and now, i'm at 1164mhz 5:6 ratio 485FSB. Still no 1200mhz tho.
- 5-5-5-12 seems to be too tight for the rampage. 5-5-5-15 seems okay with the rampage.


UPDATE:Patriot Vipers 9600 (PVS22G9600ELK)
I was able to get the Viper fin 9600's at 1200mhz by using the Maximus Bios however, the performance decrased by almost 50% with read and write speeds of only 5gb/sec. tRD 60 helped as well.

Crucial Ballistix Tracers 8500 (BL2KIT12864AL1065)
- Crucial website claims 100% compatible with maximus and rampage
- Some threads i found claim they are not compatible
- I just bought these sticks, and yes they run at rated 1066mhz but reviews state hitting 1200mhz is no sweat yet any devider I try and timings/voltage, 1200 or anything past 1066 is no go.

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UPDATE: Crucial Ballistix Tracers 8500
There are two versions of these kits which aren't mentioned in any reviews or on any of the packaging of the kits offered by crucial:

BL2KIT12864AL1065.16FD3
This version was the first release, dual sidded micron D9 chips and are listed in the QVL rampage list. They also clock to 1200mhz without a sweat.

BL2KIT12864AL1065.8FE5
This is the newer kit, and they are crap. They are one sided sticks, and they are NOT micron d9's.
They are NOT listed in the QVL, thus crucial is false advertising on compatibility. This kit also barely oc's to 1100mhz, and has crappier cooling.

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I'm starting to lean towards that the rampage needs work with new bios's. Oc'ing memory with this board has been challenging.

Anybody else that has experience with oc'ing their memory on a rampage board please share your experiences. Thanks! :welcome:

Here is the most updated QVL for Rampage Formula.

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

Hello everybody!

I have created this thread to bring together everybody that owns an Asus Rampage Formula motherboard and has been able to overclock certain kits of memory past 1066mhz.

To my own experience, I find this board is very picky with memory. I've tried:

OCZ Plat.XTC 6400 Rev2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
- Certain rating timings aren't availible under the options in rampage bios
- Will not OC with stability past 400FSB
OCZ claims they are compatible, I think they are incompatible.

Patriot Vipers 9600 (PVS22G9600ELK)
- Website claims compatible with 680i and P35 chipsets.
- Patriot claims they have tested this kit with some x38/x48 boards, but not the maximus or rampage.
Thus, incompatible.

Crucial Ballistix Tracers 8500 (BL2KIT12864AL1065)
- Crucial website claims 100% compatible with maximus and rampage
- Some threads i found claim they are not compatible
- I just bought these sticks, and yes they run at rated 1066mhz but reviews state hitting 1200mhz is no sweat yet any devider I try and timings/voltage, 1200 or anything past 1066 is no go.

I'm starting to lean towards that the rampage needs work with new bios's. Oc'ing memory with this board has been challenging.

Anybody else that has experience with oc'ing their memory on a rampage board please share your experiences. Thanks! :welcome:

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for me this board is so easy to o/c (just using auto function for the most part), but i have to say i have not had the time to familiarize with the so many options available with this bios.

are the tracers double sided or single sided dimms?

i have 6gb's of the good tracers and do not think i'll get around to playing with them on this board.

but when i used them on the commando they were excellent. tracers on commando were 4x1gb @ 4-4-4-12@1000mhz 2.2v

Rampage Ram -
i've been running 8gb's of mushkin 24/7 - first used em2-6400's 4x2gb
now mushkin hp2-6400 4x2gb q6600@3.51ghz

I'll just upgrade my CPU, Video card and heatsink..... Check my signature :up:

G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK is compatible at 1066.

guys help me out here. i'm walling at 470fsb, 1129mhz on the ram.

they should go a lot higher shouldn't they?

i don't know what you mean by single sided or double sided, but they are the black sticks with the led's 8500 series 5-5-5-15 for 533mhz

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=742763

I think you're referring to this?

yeah i got the one sided chip sticks. time to return these as well, i will not tolerate being ripped off.

Welp, returning those tracers wasn't a problem after explaining that they pretty much falsified their revision of the 8500's.


I'm no back on my viper 9600's. currently walling at 473 fsb, 1136mhz DDR.

I sent an email to patriot asking if the viper 9600's use micron d9's which are compatible with the rampage and are QVL listed.

The non viper 9600's use micron d9's but the cooling on those sticks are pretty bad, and they are $30 bux more than the vipers.

C'mon patriot, pull through PLEASE!

Bad crucial, SHAME ON YOU!

and OCZ, well, self explanitory ^.^

Yesterday was my first day with the rampage formula.

I have used cellshock pc8000cl4 at 583Mhz 5-5-5-18 and run some 3dmarks for fsb check.
Memory was with 2.2V . CPU was at 583Mhz with 1:1 divider.
No stability problems . I could run 3dmark06 at 583 , spi32m at 585 and wprime1024m at 590mhz .

Today i bought one kit of red cellshocks 1150mhz cl5 ! :D ... and one kit of teamgroup 1300mhz cl6 . I haven't checked them yet , but i hope for some good results !

I have had many problems with Super Talent T8UB2GC5 2GB DDR2-800 with my Rampage Formula in both 2x2GB and 4x2GB configurations.

Many people have reported luck with 2GB GSkill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQR sticks.

For an indepth description, please see my post here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=172

UPDATE:

Patriot claims Viper fins 9600's use Micron D9's.

Buffalo Firestix PC2-9600, Micron D9GKX are loving this board thus far. voltage is high because thats just where i started. i am priming right now at 640MHz 2.30v, could probably still go lower. the Everest vDIMM is bang on with my board as measured from the DIMM slot...all other information should be in the screenshot.

click for full size...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ual32m-1sm.png

BTW, this is the same kit as the OC Report in my signature which was done on a P5B-Dlx. same limit it seems at 650MHz for dual 32M as i haven't been able to get past it on this board thus far. i have only had the board for a couple days but it is very easy to work with for memory and clocking in general...gotta love PL5 at 430FSB+ with next to nothing for MCH volts.

***oh yeah...white slots or you are wasting your time :up:

what bios are you using? i upated to 0308 and it seems to be a bit more stable.

I still can't hit 1200mhz on my micron d9's, i've tried several different straps, deviders, timings voltages you name it.

I think asus needs to release more bios releases.

Yesterday i tried my 1300mhz teamgroup . The run perfectly fine with 2.2V at 1300 CL5 . No problems with any dividers .
The red cellshocks did better with CL4 though .... 2.48V bios and 1200CL4 stable . :)

Bios 0219 here .

The white slots seem to allow a higher OC. I wish they woulda mentioned that in the damn manual.

with the blue slots, I was walling at 1134mhz but now i'm at 1164mhz.

here are the results:

just wondering if anyone have used any kingston ram on the board, cause im grabbing one soon and was hoping to use 2 sets of kingston hyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G.

I checked the QVL for rampage and those sticks are not listed. Neither were mine though, but micron D9's are QVL for rampage.

At this point it doesn't matter what 9600 memory you're going to use, 1200mhz is not achievable with this board yet due to immature bios releases.

with bios 0207 i was only able to achieve 1132mhz.

with bios 0308 I am able to achieve 1164mhz.

So it is getting closer....I would check with kingston and ask what chips they use because this board is super duper picky with mem.

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

At this point it doesn't matter what 9600 memory you're going to use, 1200mhz is not achievable with this board yet due to immature bios releases.

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first off, it is 600MHz or DDR2-1200...no such thing as 1200MHz DDR2.

second, are you forgetting my screenshot above. D9GMH/D9GKX have absolutely no problem clocking well past 600MHz on this board....you simply can't with your kit of memory. stop blaming the board, there is nothing wrong with it.

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Originally Posted by 3oh6

first off, it is 600MHz or DDR2-1200...no such thing as 1200MHz DDR2.

second, are you forgetting my screenshot above. D9GMH/D9GKX have absolutely no problem clocking well past 600MHz on this board....you simply can't with your kit of memory. stop blaming the board, there is nothing wrong with it.

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:rolleyes:

exactly

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...76/binorma.jpg

here is the kit i used. works perfectly out of the box.

http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/...ail.asp?id=632
HP2-8500
996578 (2x1GB)

*edit* found who makes the chips
Elpida A2

I ment DDR2, duh of course it's not native 1200mhz.

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Originally Posted by ZenEffect

:rolleyes:

exactly

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...76/binorma.jpg

here is the kit i used. works perfectly out of the box.

http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/...ail.asp?id=632
HP2-8500
996578 (2x1GB)

*edit* found who makes the chips
Elpida A2

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Why is your everest showing x38? is your board a maximus flashed to a rampage?

Beware, there are differences. a NATIVE rampage board is not the same as a maximus, or a maximus that has been flashed to a rampage.

What makes you think I'm blaming the board? I'm sharing my experiences with my rampage with the kits above. My information is to be taken as reference and not fact.

So either help out by adding your experiences and stick to the topic or get the hell off my thread.

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Originally Posted by 3lfk1ng

G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK is compatible at 1066.

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Did you try to push a bit farther? I need around 1080 for my setup.

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

Why is your everest showing x38? is your board a maximus flashed to a rampage?

Beware, there are differences. a NATIVE rampage board is not the same as a maximus, or a maximus that has been flashed to a rampage.

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can you explain the differences to me then? x48 is nothing but a re-labeled x38...

yes my board is a maximus flashed to rampage btw... and by the way it performs... it might as well be labled x48 (guess im lucky)

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

What makes you think I'm blaming the board?

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

At this point it doesn't matter what 9600 memory you're going to use, 1200mhz is not achievable with this board yet due to immature bios releases.

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:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by ZenEffect

can you explain the differences to me then? x48 is nothing but a re-labeled x38...

yes my board is a maximus flashed to rampage btw... and by the way it performs... it might as well be labled x48 (guess im lucky)

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Right now I'm not exactly certain the full differences, but there are differences. Everyone that i've talked to that is using a native rampage is using completley different bios settings to achieve certain clocks and memory OC'ing.

If i were you, i'd flash back to a regular maximus. To me right now, the only true difference between the rampage and maximus is the rampage has more quad core tweaking options and possibly more memory tweaking capability however,

rampage boards are natively designed for DDR3, so using DDR2 is all backwards compatibility.

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Originally Posted by 3oh6

first off, it is 600MHz or DDR2-1200...no such thing as 1200MHz DDR2.

second, are you forgetting my screenshot above. D9GMH/D9GKX have absolutely no problem clocking well past 600MHz on this board....you simply can't with your kit of memory. stop blaming the board, there is nothing wrong with it.

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If the D9 chips have no problem clocking that high how come my D9's are walling?

are you using a native rampage or a flashed maximus?

and what other kits have you tried (9600)?

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

Right now I'm not exactly certain the full differences, but there are differences. Everyone that i've talked to that is using a native rampage is using completley different bios settings to achieve certain clocks and memory OC'ing.

If i were you, i'd flash back to a regular maximus. To me right now, the only true difference between the rampage and maximus is the rampage has more quad core tweaking options and possibly more memory tweaking capability however,

rampage boards are natively designed for DDR3, so using DDR2 is all backwards compatibility.

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how are rampage boards designed for ddr3 yet only support ddr2? its not backwards compatibility, its that the x38/x48 support both ddr2 and ddr3 because they are the same chip. the rampage does not have more quad tweaking vs maximus. where do you see these "extra options" the cpu gtl of 67? gtl on both boards are not only exactly the same but a joke. people with "native" rampage motherboards will vary with different settings to achieve different clocks because they all use different hardware. cpu's dont all clock the same and neither does memory. in fact, it would be exceptionally rare to see 2 of the exact same configurations take the exact same settings. i dont know where you get your info....:rolleyes:

sorry dont mean to flame, but what you just said is silly.

The native rampage's northbridge is 65nm die, the maximus is 90mm.

that's one difference.

The "Row Refresh Cycle Time" on maximus has options in incriments of 1 "41, 42 43 etc). The rampage has incriments of 5 (40, 45, 50).

That's another difference :)

The rampage bios has "3rd information" timings not sure for what, i was told by a friend it's for quad core.

The maximus's bios's do NOT have 3rd information timings.

There's another difference.


The rampage extreme is DDR3, thus rampage series is NOT just DDR2.

I don't want this to go off topic here. I see members of XS are very good at that. If you go to tech powerup forums and check out maximus/rampage bios threads you'll see that a flashed maximus's settings don't work well with a native rampage's bios.

That's from my experience anyways, and anyone else i've read that has a native rampage that tried a flashed maximus's settings with the SAME cpu aiming for the SAME frequency, it should work. Maybe not 100% stable, but close anyways.

I am very aware that all cpu's clock differently and yadeya ya ya bla bla but the fact that the northbridge on the native rampage boards is a smaller die (for many reasons) PROOVES that the boards are NOT the same.

Now, back to the topic.

can we PLEASE, for the love of floating jesus, stick to the damn topic! MEMORY PEOPLE. memory, and NATIVE rampage. if you have a flashed maximus and it's not noted in your sig, plz state so.

THANK YOU.

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

The native rampage's northbridge is 65nm die, the maximus is 90mm.

that's one difference.

The "Row Refresh Cycle Time" on maximus has options in incriments of 1 "41, 42 43 etc). The rampage has incriments of 5 (40, 45, 50).

That's another difference :)

The rampage bios has "3rd information" timings not sure for what, i was told by a friend it's for quad core.

The maximus's bios's do NOT have 3rd information timings.

There's another difference.


The rampage extreme is DDR3, thus rampage series is NOT just DDR2.

I don't want this to go off topic here. I see members of XS are very good at that. If you go to tech powerup forums and check out maximus/rampage bios threads you'll see that a flashed maximus's settings don't work well with a native rampage's bios.

That's from my experience anyways, and anyone else i've read that has a native rampage that tried a flashed maximus's settings with the SAME cpu aiming for the SAME frequency, it should work. Maybe not 100% stable, but close anyways.

I am very aware that all cpu's clock differently and yadeya ya ya bla bla but the fact that the northbridge on the native rampage boards is a smaller die (for many reasons) PROOVES that the boards are NOT the same.

Now, back to the topic.

can we PLEASE, for the love of floating jesus, stick to the damn topic! MEMORY PEOPLE. memory, and NATIVE rampage. if you have a flashed maximus and it's not noted in your sig, plz state so.

THANK YOU.

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x38 and x48 are both 90nm fab. whoever told you otherwise has lied to you or doesnt know what they are talking about. 3rd timing information is for memory, thus why it is grouped with the memory section of the bios. if you say the rampage extreme is ddr3 and rampage series is not only ddr2 then the same could be said with the maximus. the xtreme is ddr3 while formula is ddr2. once again, there are NO differences hardware wise other than a re-labeled x38 to x48. the only differences are in bios.

ive read through the tpu forums... you guys have trouble clocking to 3.4 on quads :rolleyes:

and where is the rampage extreme? try pinot noir.

memory compatibility will not differ between x38 maximus converted to rampage and x48 rampage.

p45 will be the first mch on 65nm fab

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

The native rampage's northbridge is 65nm die, the maximus is 90mm.

that's one difference.

The "Row Refresh Cycle Time" on maximus has options in incriments of 1 "41, 42 43 etc). The rampage has incriments of 5 (40, 45, 50).

That's another difference :)

The rampage bios has "3rd information" timings not sure for what, i was told by a friend it's for quad core.

The maximus's bios's do NOT have 3rd information timings.

There's another difference.


The rampage extreme is DDR3, thus rampage series is NOT just DDR2.

I don't want this to go off topic here. I see members of XS are very good at that. If you go to tech powerup forums and check out maximus/rampage bios threads you'll see that a flashed maximus's settings don't work well with a native rampage's bios.

That's from my experience anyways, and anyone else i've read that has a native rampage that tried a flashed maximus's settings with the SAME cpu aiming for the SAME frequency, it should work. Maybe not 100% stable, but close anyways.

I am very aware that all cpu's clock differently and yadeya ya ya bla bla but the fact that the northbridge on the native rampage boards is a smaller die (for many reasons) PROOVES that the boards are NOT the same.

Now, back to the topic.

can we PLEASE, for the love of floating jesus, stick to the damn topic! MEMORY PEOPLE. memory, and NATIVE rampage. if you have a flashed maximus and it's not noted in your sig, plz state so.

THANK YOU.

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I'm sorry to disappoint you but a maximus formula with rampage bios works just perfect and there are no bios issues. The overclocking capibilitys after flashing to rampage are even better as there's a few more options to play with.

Maximus:
http://i30.tinypic.com/149a344.jpg
Rampage:
http://i26.tinypic.com/acapa0.jpg

Okay I'll admit I was wrong about a few things (like the die) it is 90mm but just because the boards look identacal doesn't mean they are the same.

the asrock 775dual-vsta and the 4coredual-sata/sata2 looked identical and they had their differences.

Now back to the memory and the board:

I do believe it is the board with memory problems. With bios 0217 i wasn't able to hit anywhere close to 1150mhz. Then when I updated to bios 308, I was able to hit 1164mhz.

Now that I'm on bios 401, I can hit 1181mhz so it is getting closer.

Since the updated bios releases are achieving higher memory clocks for my memory, that prooves that this board does have memory issues with certain kits.

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

Okay I'll admit I was wrong about a few things (like the die) it is 90mm but just because the boards look identacal doesn't mean they are the same.

the asrock 775dual-vsta and the 4coredual-sata/sata2 looked identical and they had their differences.

Now back to the memory and the board:

I do believe it is the board with memory problems. With bios 0217 i wasn't able to hit anywhere close to 1150mhz. Then when I updated to bios 308, I was able to hit 1164mhz.

Now that I'm on bios 401, I can hit 1181mhz so it is getting closer.

Since the updated bios releases are achieving higher memory clocks for my memory, that prooves that this board does have memory issues with certain kits.

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in further bios releases, they seem to be relaxing timings you cant change in bios. what row refresh are you using?
and trust me. the boards are the same. even the box that it came in, all they did was re-silk screen the motherboard and re-did the front of the box... they were even so lazy they didnt change the back and it reads x38.

i'm using 45, the ram's rated is 42.

Like i mentioned before, the rampage bios does not allow incriments of 1 in row refresh, where the maximus does.

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Originally Posted by slugzkea

i'm using 45, the ram's rated is 42.

Like i mentioned before, the rampage bios does not allow incriments of 1 in row refresh, where the maximus does.

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but it does allow skew which is what i would be playing with to get your ram clocked up. mine is on advance 50 both channels *though im only really using 1 channel*

Interesting. I set mine to 100 on both channels and now I'm at 1200mhz.

Thank you!

mm good topic. First sorry for my english , but i've a big issue with my rampage and my (single sided :'( ballistix pc8500).

I've test alls bios and always the same problem.

Xeon X3360@3.81 mhz 1.34V FSB 450
NB 1.41V

RAM @ 1080mhz 2.20V 5-5-5-15 (tested with 1:1 ratio 900mhz)

Stable on memtest with a boot CD
Stable on memtest XP

Unstable on vista memtest + OCCT and games... Every hours got a BSOD : Memory management

Single sided ballistix pc8500 do not work very good with this board from what I've read. You might need to rma for different ram.

Team Xtreme 1300 and GSkill 800 HZ working like a charm here....

I can't even run my RAM on SPD which is: 533Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v. :/

This is my system
E6400
Rampage Forumla
3870 CF
Corsair Dominator TWIN2X8500C5DF 4096MB
Tagan 550W

I'm running 400fsb and when I try to set my rams @ 533Mhz I can't even get into BIOS without a reset.
Do you think it's my CPU that causes these problems?
I have not flashed my BIOS, yet and I'm using the blue slots for my memory.

Help/Tips is appreciated.

I hope you don't mind me posting in this thread? I'm looking at getting one of these boards and was wondering if anyone has used this kit of OCZ RAM with it http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...pc_4gb_edition

Is there any compatibility problems with this RAM?

Using a mix of Ballistix 8500 and Cellshock PC8000 C4 for 4GB on flashed Maximus, no probs here.

I am finding this board really picky on 800mhz+ memory. I can't find the QVL for this board for 1066Mhz ram. Can someone point me to the link? I have tried some patriot and some corsair memory and haven't been able to get the board stable at either 800 or 1066 (and this was with 1066 ram). I am now using two 1GB sticks of 667mhz kingston and the board is rock solid.

8GB of G.Skill DDR2 1066 RAM here on a native Rampage, running at DDR2 1083 fully stable. Most RAM settings stock except for voltage. I was almost able to get DDR2 1141 stable (8 min of stress testing was the best I got), but in the end it wouldn't cooperate.

hi,this is my ddr2,Ocz Flex II 9200 2x2gb.
http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/..._primotest.jpg

New Ballistix Tracers 1066 2x1GB Kit (Double Sided) - Pics
Received this brand new kit from Crucial as RMA for my previous kit.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...su/Tracer5.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...su/Tracer4.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...su/Tracer3.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...su/Tracer1.jpg


Maximus Formula Rev 1.03G (Rampage Formula 0403 BIOS)
Current 24/7 setting :)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../DDR2-1240.jpg

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 465
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400 or Auto (No real diff)
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1240
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A : Advance 350ps
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B : Advance 350ps
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 42
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6

Write to PRE Delay : 14
Read to PRE Delay : 5
PRE to PRE Delay : 1
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : 5
ALL PRE to REF Delay : 5

DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled or Disabled (No significant diff)
Ai Clock Twister : Stronger
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level [6]

Pull-In of CHA PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3 Disabled

CPU Voltage : 1.47500
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.56
North Bridge Voltage : 1.65
DRAM Voltage : 2.14 (2.224v)
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40
South Bridge Voltage : 0.50
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.67X
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67X
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : DDR2-REF
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : DDR2-REF
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support : Enabled

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Originally Posted by n3vio

hi,this is my ddr2,Ocz Flex II 9200 2x2gb.

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Wanna try 8 gb? :)

hi! i'm from italy and i've the rampage formula motherboard.

i have also the crucial ballistix tracer 1066 single sided and they are not working at 800mhz:(

the G.Skill DDR2-1066 PK Series Dual Channel Kit (2x2048) or the Team Group DDR2-1066 Xtreem Dark Kit (2x2048) are rock solid on this board??:confused:

Hi,

I've got 4 x 2 GB Gskill 4GBPK installed on my Rampage Formula (MCH@only 1.32V).
Runs like a charm :).
I had a simple 800 CL5 Transcend-kit in there before, had nothing but trouble.... And as soon as I went above 3600 Mhz with the QX9650, I didn't get it stable at all, no matter what voltage.... Completely gone now....Running 12 hour prime95 stable at 4000@1.32V@1066 RAM stock settings....
Will try to oc the Gskills in the near future, but I don't really see the point....
Is fast as hell the way it is...

Greetz,

Remorfer

Is there a possibility to find a QVL list for the rampage online as mine refuses to boot with a different fsb than 266. Which means when I set the fsb to 300 e.g. the board still boots with 266, and for the moment I´m blaming my rams which are SuperTalent 2x 1Gig DDr-2-800 4-4-3-8. Ive had them running fine on my old p5b even with 4 of them fitted.

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Originally Posted by kik

I can't even run my RAM on SPD which is: 533Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v. :/

This is my system
E6400
Rampage Forumla
3870 CF
Corsair Dominator TWIN2X8500C5DF 4096MB
Tagan 550W

I'm running 400fsb and when I try to set my rams @ 533Mhz I can't even get into BIOS without a reset.
Do you think it's my CPU that causes these problems?
I have not flashed my BIOS, yet and I'm using the blue slots for my memory.

Help/Tips is appreciated.

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try this

Dram Clock Skew on channel A and B - advance 300ps
should be able to get ram to 5-5-5-12

Sir. .

i have buffalo firestix 2x1gb 1066 on my asus rampage formula. . .i have a big problem with this board or maybe with this memory i dont know which one is causing the problem. . .

Ok here's the problem. . .

when my rig boots up running at normal, no tweaks on the board i get Det Dram on lcd post. . . and rig doesnt boot whatsover. . .to be able to boot i need to clear the cmos so i can go to bios. . . when im inside the bios and tried setting the dram voltage to 2.1 as it says on firestix manual and timings 5.5.5.18 then save and exit i still get "DET DRAM" then i need clear cmos again to be able to go to bios. . .now here the good part when i set the dram frequency to 800mhz no tweaks on the voltage just the dram frequency.. . the pc boots up and runs 24/7 no errors whatsoever. .. so what do you thin is the problem here?? can you help me??

[QUOTE=pinayskie;3310951]Sir. .

i have buffalo firestix 2x1gb 1066 on my asus rampage formula. . .i have a big problem with this board or maybe with this memory i dont know which one is causing the problem. . .

Try the White slots instead of the blue ones.

Also set your DRAM skew advance 50 or 100...that should help ease things.

I'm currently have some serious problem with this mobo with 8gb.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...55#post3390555

Can't post with 8GB with OCZ Reaper DDR2800!! not even with 533 or 667.

Even up to this day i still cannot reach 1200mhz no matter what skew or timings or anything!

I even attempted to use the latest maximus bios and that seemed more stable with memory but still not 100% stable...

I'm thinking of just going back to my p35 neo2-fr since these sticks are tested with the p35 chippy, and sell the rampage.

to my knowledge, the rampage offers great power tweaking for low clocks and power saving features and not gaining high clocks.

EDIT: I was able to get 1200mhz, but the performance decreased by 50%. Read and Write speeds in the 5gb/sec.

Hey guys, Im just wondering about this memory Patriot Extreme Performance Viper Series DDR2 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-9600 Enhanced Latency DIMM Kit latency is 5-5-5-12, these are the newer versions of the once slug has i think cuz these are the heatsinks that are green ones with fins(PVS22G9600ELKN) , i was looking at getting 2 of these kits so i will have 4gb in total ram, Im not worring about expanding becuase by the time i upgrade my rig again ill be going i7 and DDR3, also i need 4gb ram also i hav 64 bit vista. I was wondering if 2 of these memroy kits would run on my GA-X48-DQ6, becuase i've heard you guys are having trouble with them on your Asus maximus's and Rampages, and i think my board is newer than the Asus's and i thought therefore would be able to take the newer ram better. but yeah i was only thinking this cause slug said he was having trouble getting them to stock settings, so yeah just wondering will the 4 sticks all run at the stock settings.:shrug:
Cheers.