ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[CryptiK]

Hey guys. Having a helluva time with this Mobo. I cannot get ANY oc to stick and after applying settings, board reboots and hangs and needs a hard reboot to get back into bios.

I have been trying with my Q6600 that is 4Ghz capable and proven as such with 2 other boards, and will be trying my E8400 that has done 4.7Ghz. I have 2x2 set of 8500 Dominators and a HX-1000. I can run stock with no issue till the cows come home, so needless to say I am frustrated as hell.

I have tried what worked on all my other boards as well as many toher templates with not so much as a unstable boot. Always ends up with hard lock.

Really starting to regret moving from my P35-T2R...

Make sure the maximum difference between the vFSB and vNB is no more than ~0.11v. So if you set 1.2 vFSB, set no more than 1.21v vNB otherwise it will just lock on reboot. This is a very annoying 'feature' of the M2F, and Asus need to fix it (along with a lot of other stuff I keep mentioning) to make this board what I would call decent.

[turtletrax]

Make sure the maximum difference between the vFSB and vNB is no more than ~0.11v. So if you set 1.2 vFSB, set no more than 1.21v vNB otherwise it will just lock on reboot. This is a very annoying 'feature' of the M2F, and Asus need to fix it (along with a lot of other stuff I keep mentioning) to make this board what I would call decent.

Thanks

Gonna give it a shot here.

Asus needs to realize that if they are gonna charge a premium for Enthusiast boards it need more than a cool heatsink and flashy box. I mean get real.

Edit: Worked like a charm Cryptik. Thanks for that. Kinda halarious tho, I mean I have never heard of this before... makes no sense.

[CryptiK]

Thanks

Gonna give it a shot here.

Asus needs to realize that if they are gonna charge a premium for Enthusiast boards it need more than a cool heatsink and flashy box. I mean get real.

Edit: Worked like a charm Cryptik. Thanks for that. Kinda halarious tho, I mean I have never heard of this before... makes no sense.

Good to hear that sorted it out mate. It drove me nuts for a couple of hours too when I first got my M2F, I just kept stuffing around with it until I worked it out. I have not had that issue on any other P45 board either, my P5Q-Deluxe would be fine using 1.11 vFSB and 1.36 vNB if I wanted to. What made me think of it was remembering that the Biostar I45 board has vFSB and vNB linked so I tried to bring them close together and it worked.

I hope the next bios revision fixes the issues this board has, I can't overclock my ram past 1210 MHz with it and I know for sure my D9 GMH/GKX kits do 1300+ (did that on my P5Q-D) but even 1220 is not possible on the M2F. Also I could get 590 FSB on my P5Q-D on 1.26 vNB but my M2F cannot go over 540 FSB on the same vNB. If I increase the vNB to 1.33v I can get 550 out of it and thats it.

[FuryPT]

Hey people i am looking for 4gb memory (2x2gb) and i am very interested on the these ocz!

Link : http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...n_dual_channel

I would like to know if i will have any type of problems with this combination (OCZ + MIIF)

Cumps,
FuRy

[LookyKai]

Hey people i am looking for 4gb memory (2x2gb) and i am very interested on the these ocz!

Link : http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...n_dual_channel

I would like to know if i will have any type of problems with this combination (OCZ + MIIF)

Cumps,
FuRy

i believe that memory ram will be fine on MIIF, make sure to update the latest BIOS

FYI, that memory ram isn't high-end class ram, it's mainstream class memory ram, so if you're looking for better speed read/write/copy it doesn't suit you, same class as my late memory ram "Team Xtreem Dark" series

I would like to know if i will have any type of problems with this combination (OCZ + MIIF)

i'm sure there will be no problem with combination of OCZ + MIIF, it's just when the memory ram isn't fully compatible with the BIOS, it will be hard to get stable when OCing (CMIIW)

anyway, how much budget would you like to spend for 2x2GB memory ram?

[Sem]

well i got the memtest errors sorted now i have another problem

random hard locks mostly when idle

using 400FSB with ram at 1066 using x6 multiplier so its not my CPU

vNB @ 1.41
vFSB @ 1.3
RAM @ 2.1
PL @ 7 & 8

[Grnfinger]

Hey people i am looking for 4gb memory (2x2gb) and i am very interested on the these ocz!

Link : http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...n_dual_channel

I would like to know if i will have any type of problems with this combination (OCZ + MIIF)

Cumps,
FuRy

I would avoid that kit like the plague
there is alot better ram out ther than that.

Corsair has a line about the same price and would perform alot better.
So does GSkill, and Mushkin. OCZ is not the best choice imo

[vaderat-at]

Asus definitely need to revise the software and fix the bugs, the poor quality of asus software is legendary.

Asus really need to bring out a new bios too, that corrects the inability of D9 GMH/GKX ram to overclock past 1210 MHz, I have sticks that do 1333+ MHz but I can't get them over 1210 on this board no matter what. Also the low FSB should be addressed, as at the moment, the P5Q-Deluxe is better than this board in every way doing 590 FSB on 1.26 vNB (whereas the M2F maximum FSB is around 560 using 1.30 vNB) and being able to clock ram above 1350 MHz.
Asus better fix these issues with the next bios release or the M2F will become a legendary failure, as it is being outclassed by boards 30% cheaper than it (P5Q-D, DFI P45 Dark Plus etc).

Is that possible with a Bios update?

[vaderat-at]

BTW, what vFSB/vNB are you running for 555 FSB stable?

vFSB=1.24575
vNB=1.28550

[Ender3rd]

They are not specifically listed on the Max II QVL @ asustek.

http://www.asus.com/999/download/pro...66/2166_10.pdf

That certainly does not mean they will not work. You might want to browse the OCZ support forum and see how they get along with the P45 boards. I would browse the user comments at Newegg as well and see if issues have come up. My OCZ2N1066SR2GK sticks get along very nicely with the Maximus II, but it's only a 2GB kit, and they are on the QVL.

Ender

[turtletrax]

With DDR2 prices such as they are, being cheap makes very liittle sense. Many 2x2 kits that OC quite well at low volts can be had for around $100 or less. These are primium ICs and lifetime warranty.

Cheaping out on ram for a $300 board is a big mistake IMHO

[Lloyd]

With DDR2 prices such as they are being cheap makes very liittle sense. Many 2x2 kits that OC quite well at low volts can be had for around $100 or less. These are primium ICs and lifetime warranty.

Cheaping out on ram for a $300 board is a big mistake IMHO

Totally agree

[oxyyy]

Make sure the maximum difference between the vFSB and vNB is no more than ~0.11v. So if you set 1.2 vFSB, set no more than 1.21v vNB otherwise it will just lock on reboot. This is a very annoying 'feature' of the M2F, and Asus need to fix it (along with a lot of other stuff I keep mentioning) to make this board what I would call decent.

anyone fixed this problem? For me it works with a maximum difference of ~0,15v.
But my CPU do realy well with low VTT, ~450FSB with 1,1v VTT...