***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[brolloks]

your 940 is overclockable? those are the worst i7 chips...

definitely does not fall in the gem 920 class but not bad for an old lady

[shadewither]

No BIOS 9124 users except me?

With my 3x2gb mixed hyper sticks,
9124 refuses to recognize all 6gb at higher frequency/timings;
at lower frequency/timings, 6gb are recognized but RTLs are apparently abnormal.
There also comes more weird issues with my rams.

Besides, 9124 requires more voltage(vtt most apparently) and less stable than 0602.
I think it's related to my ram problem.

[tistou77]

With my 3x2gb mixed hyper sticks,
9124 refuses to recognize all 6gb at higher frequency/timings;
at lower frequency/timings, 6gb are recognized but RTLs are apparently abnormal.
There also comes more weird issues with my rams.

Besides, 9124 requires more voltage(vtt most apparently) and less stable than 0602.
I think it's related to my ram problem.

I have the same problem but with the bios 802

3*2GB 2000MHz are not recognized at first boot (only 2 or 4GB) but if I turn off and restarts, the 6GB is well recognized

is that with the bios 704, there is also this problem?

thanks

[newhit]

definitely does not fall in the gem 920 class but not bad for an old lady

I was thinking of trying an R3E but cannot justify changing from my GIG-UD7. I know of your experience within the O/C'ers forums and was wondering if you feel that your R3E is the "canines cajones" or that you stick with ASUS whatever..............hastening to add quickly that I am far from "brand loyal" and was just wondering on your opinion.

[tistou77]

is what bios 9124 is better than the 704/802 or not? (voltage, etc...)

thanks

EDIT: is that the Xeon E56 ** are good with this motherboard for OC?
I'm interrested by E5640, I'd like to do the same OC on my i7 920 (21*200)

for the memory controlleur, if the ram is at 2000MHz, it must be to 3000MHz, that's ok?

thanks you very much

[brolloks]

I was thinking of trying an R3E but cannot justify changing from my GIG-UD7. I know of your experience within the O/C'ers forums and was wondering if you feel that your R3E is the "canines cajones" or that you stick with ASUS whatever..............hastening to add quickly that I am far from "brand loyal" and was just wondering on your opinion.

If you are happy with your UD7 I'd say stay with it, the RIIIE is great but I prefer the feel of my older RIIE to the new one. The RIIIE is more complex and has many bios options but does not feel more stable. I have not yet tried the UD7 so can't compare.

[kurumi_Japan]

Does anyone knows R3E rev differences?
I hear 1st lot is Rev 2, recent lot is Rev 1.
Basically rev1 to rev 2, it's very misterious rev change.

[niemion]

Should I install Intel Matrix Storage Manager v.8.9.8.1005 or Intel Rapid Storage Technology v.9.6.4.1002 for this mobo?

What is the difference anyway?

[tistou77]

the RST 9.6.4.1002

the Matrix Storage should disappear

[niemion]

Thing is, Matrix Storage Manager rebuilds a RAID1 array in just a few minutes whilst Intel Rapid Storage takes it's sweet time ~6 hour or so.

But Matrix Storage Manager has been discontinued?

[Rasmus66]

Anyone got problems with overvolting?

If i set QPI/DRAM voltage at 1,30 in bios then it reads 1,44 on my multimeter.

Save story with cpu vcore it overvolts really bad and LLC is full enabled.

Should i trust my meltimeter or the voltage in bios?

[brolloks]

Does anyone knows R3E rev differences?
I hear 1st lot is Rev 2, recent lot is Rev 1.
Basically rev1 to rev 2, it's very misterious rev change.

The 1st ones were rev 1.0G and the later ones rev 2.0G, this is my 2nd board...the 1st one I had was a rev 1.0 and sucked badly, and could not get pass 210 bclck with a variety of CPU's...my current one is a rev 1.0 as well and is great and does 255 blclk on the 980X. From what I can gather the rev 2.0 fixed a lot of issues the 1st one had especially with low bclck walls.

[donmarkoni]

any chance you could post your settings so i can get my w3570 started...

thanks

Start here and search that thread a little to find some more templates.

With my 3x2gb mixed hyper sticks,
9124 refuses to recognize all 6gb at higher frequency/timings;
at lower frequency/timings, 6gb are recognized but RTLs are apparently abnormal.
There also comes more weird issues with my rams.

Besides, 9124 requires more voltage(vtt most apparently) and less stable than 0602.
I think it's related to my ram problem.

Strange... For me 9124 requires less voltage, .0250 less VTT and .0125 less vCore.

Anyone got problems with overvolting?

If i set QPI/DRAM voltage at 1,30 in bios then it reads 1,44 on my multimeter.

Save story with cpu vcore it overvolts really bad and LLC is full enabled.

Should i trust my meltimeter or the voltage in bios?

It is very alarming difference. Check it with another multimeter. I would RMA it if it confirms to overvolt so much.

[Rasmus66]

It is very alarming difference. Check it with another multimeter. I would RMA it if it confirms to overvolt so much.

Will try a another multimeter tomorrow.

But i really hope it's the multimeter there is the problem. Was benching last night in watercooling and was pushing 1,46 volt through the cpu i really dont want to know what the real vcore was.

It overclocks really good the board i got.

243 mhz blck 3dmark stabile with my 920 cpu on watercooling

Hopefully i will test it on dice next weekend

[niemion]

How to tell whether you have a rev 1 or 2 board?

[Mydog]

Anyone got problems with overvolting?

If i set QPI/DRAM voltage at 1,30 in bios then it reads 1,44 on my multimeter.

Save story with cpu vcore it overvolts really bad and LLC is full enabled.

Should i trust my meltimeter or the voltage in bios?

Had the same problem here until I changed the battery on the multimeter.

[brolloks]

How to tell whether you have a rev 1 or 2 board?

It shows up in CPUZ as Rev 1.xx or 2.xx under the motherboard tab...it is also noted on the board or box

[skuldarin]

seems i'm having a new issue here...

i put my Dominators back in to do the voltage difference test again and now i can't hardly get my system stable at the memorie's stock speed of 1866... memory i'm using is in my sig. it's 1866 @ 9-9-9-24-72-2N timings. stable voltages between 1.643-1.66v W/1.25-1.32v qpi... this being said from corsair... yet it wont even post unless i put qpi to 1.43 and dram at 1.656... the strang epart to me is that 8-9-8-24-72 timings seem a bit more stable than it's rated stock speed... i just don't get it. many people with this kit on this same board running a 980x cpu have been able to easily clock these to 2000 *like i had last week* and be fine... now they wont stabilize at all. i've even reseated them several times in many different ways and i come with the same issue over and over again...

[Bodar]

So the ioh was at 45c last night! I replaced everything once again to make sure there was good contact.. Then, today while using LN2, It's back up to 70c again!! What the ****

[brolloks]

So the ioh was at 45c last night! I replaced everything once again to make sure there was good contact.. Then, today while using LN2, It's back up to 70c again!! What the ****

Bodar my IOH gets darn hot as well even if my CPU is subzero, I always put a hefty fan across it so it cools down a bit

[Bodar]

I noticed that I was putting alot of pressure on both sides of the board.. Cpu side and gpu side.. It was bending in the middle causing one of the skrews to come out and therefore making the temps rise..
Once I centered the board and made it more even all the way across, I was stuck with 41c max on the ioh. Also.... This is what happened.....!! All on LN2

[Hondacity]

Bodar

nice 41c ....good you figured it out...

is your cpu degraded? whats your observation regarding cpu degradation?

[Bodar]

Hey man! Yeah, sadly this cpu has been degrading over time.. It still has alot in it though.. Only times I've noticed degrade is when I go over 1.50v vtt.. In all honesty.. When the LN2 pot is seated right, there
was never any reason for me to go over 1.50v vtt if it was a great chip.. Wish I would have known that before.. Then this cpu may still be what it was.... Also, I tested insulation techniques around the LN2 pot itself..
1 wrap of sheet foam maxes at -167c ... two wraps of sheet foam = -176c ... 3 wraps of sheet foam = -185c.. That's where this cpu should have been the whole time.. You live and learn I guess. Cheers man!! -Beaux

[Bodar]

Also, these gpu's in tri sli did not scale well over 1100mhz in 03 for some reason. I lost high framerate... Lowering the gpu clocks and raising the cpu clocks helped alot..

[nickshih]

I noticed that I was putting alot of pressure on both sides of the board.. Cpu side and gpu side.. It was bending in the middle causing one of the skrews to come out and therefore making the temps rise..
Once I centered the board and made it more even all the way across, I was stuck with 41c max on the ioh. Also.... This is what happened.....!! All on LN2

mate , good result

thx for sharing .... i got the same problem with the gpu frequency too