Maximus Extreme - Results/Info/Bios

[Infa]

Hey, Im going to get my hands on one of these on tuesday, and thought a thread about this mb could help, have noticed that some people allready got one, and more will i think

so please post some results and findings etc etc
will update with results on my own soon...

Heres some pics and info.

Latest Bios Available: 702 - http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...eme/ME0702.zip

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200..._and_extreme/4

* Support for Intel LGA775 processors, including the latest 45nm with 800MHz, 1,066MHz or 1,333MHz front side bus
* Intel X38 Northbridge
* Intel ICH9R Southbridge
* Support for up to 8GB DDR3 1,333MHz, 1,066MHz and 1,800/1,600MHz OC memory modes
* Three PCI-Express x16 slots with support for ATI CrossFire technology - either dual graphics PCI-Express x16 at Gen-2.0 or three-way CrossFireX at x16, x8, x8 with the x8s at Gen-1.0
* Two PCI-Express x1 slots
* Two PCI 2.2 slots
* Six SATA 3Gbps ports with Intel Matrix RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5
* JMicron JMB363 chipset providing one PATA port and two eSATA 3Gbps ports
* Two Marvell PCI-Express x1 Gigabit Ethernet with teaming function
* Asus SupremeFX II Audio Card with ADI SoundMAX 1988B HD audio codec
* Two Firewire and 12 USB 2.0 ports
* Fusion Watercooling Northbridge Block
* Asus EPU, LCD Poster, AI Gear 3, AI Overclocking, AI Booster, OC Profile, Voltimeter LED, Asus C.P.R, Asus Q-Connector, Asus Q-Fan 2, Asus EZ Flash 2, Asus CrashFree BIOS 3 and Asus MyLogo3

[ncnickusa]

Bios 702 was removed from Download by ASUS. 802 and 901 are the latest with 901 being BETA. I know you can still down load the Bios 702 from the link you provided but from the Main web site it was removed because of problems!

[Infa]

aha ok, noticed... will change ...but it was still on the site when i put the link there
its still in bios as usual on download?

cant find any of that bios you are talking about .. look for yourself

[Infa]

now i see, you have mixed FORMULA up with the EXTREME edition..

[ncnickusa]

MAXIMUS That's all my eyes looked at and my brain had a

[nut311]

woaw this mobo better than "big" regular size.... two chip one passive cooling....

[safan80]

still no Esata on the back.

[GLENBOY]

below is link to asus ftp for the maximus extreme software and bios

ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socke...ximus_Extreme/


latest bios as of 26/11/07 is 802 which i have installed no really obvious benefit but is penryn ready as it allows for .5 multipliers,
500+fsb no problem on this board as with most p35 and x38, really fast board for crossfire paired with ddr3, i can run the pc15000 at 2000mhz plus on this board and pass memtest in windows on stock volts which is 1.9v on these patriots at 9 9 9 28 , still exploring the bios really , lot in here ,

if anyone knows of a new 901 beta bios

anybody whos thinking of replacing the thermal paste on the northbridge do it before you use the board as the paste used set like rock once used a bit

whipped this off the asus formula thread gives some good explanations of bios options
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3156&p=4

any other helpful info i'll post on here ,

personally can't take my e6850 any higher than it was on my p5w dh just over 4 gig so maybe cpu limit or some other bios setting i haven't figured out although i can run this board at the 8 multiplier over 500fsb stably

[Infa]

Aahhh! that was what ive been looking for the 8x500 and ddr2000 STABLE
my p5e3 cant handle 500fsb, tough my cpu CAN handle 4ghz 16h stable..but not on this board! looking forward to play with this, its goin to be my wolfdale board when it gets out

is it needed to change the paste on the nb?

[GLENBOY]

if you check on pc probe the ram seems to get overvolted so 1.9volt set in bios shows 1.97volt in pc probe , i would change the paste as on my motherboard it was like this, half on half off and on the s/bridge and crosslinks itr had those crappy thermal pads if you were going to put replacement paste on the mofsets use artic ceramic instead of artic silver 5 as its a non conductor, i am using the watercooled fusion block as well , seems a good motherboard to me always resumed from over ambitios overclocks, mines still a bit flakey yet still playing about with settings, theres so many

[Aivas47a]

I've had mine for a few days. Early observations:

According to PC Probe, FSB Termination voltage seems to overvolt -- watch out for that one.

403 has been the best overclocking bios for me so far.

450 fsb with 1:2 ratio runs great off the 266 strap, nice low latencies.

My first time taking a quad core (q6600) to 500 fsb.

[Pyr0]

still no Esata on the back.

there are two eSATA ports on the I/O panel

Pics: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200..._and_extreme/7

[Infa]

I see 2 MB Temps? what's that about?

[Pyr0]

looks like MB and NB to me

[GLENBOY]

have you got your maximus setup now infa , whats your max cpu clock compared to your other boards,same , not as high, higher thanks

[peterpiper]

have you got your maximus setup now infa , whats your max cpu clock compared to your other boards,same , not as high, higher thanks

Also interested in this, currently have an E6850 maxed at 3.915 on a P5B Deluxe. Expecting my Maximus Extreme any day now, not sure weather to fork out for a Q6600, or maybe stick with E6850 and wait for 45nm? Also looking at that Cellshock Memory, seems to be getting good reviews!!

[GLENBOY]

Also interested in this, currently have an E6850 maxed at 3.915 on a P5B Deluxe. Expecting my Maximus Extreme any day now, not sure weather to fork out for a Q6600, or maybe stick with E6850 and wait for 45nm? Also looking at that Cellshock Memory, seems to be getting good reviews!!

i'd stick with the 6850 for now the new cheaper 45nm quads are out in roughly a month

[peterpiper]

Just after reading on another thread that the new yorkies (non qx) are multi locked!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=163625

[Infa]

have you got your maximus setup now infa , whats your max cpu clock compared to your other boards,same , not as high, higher thanks

Im picking it up today at the postal office..
hope that i will mount it today and get it ready

I know i can do 4ghz stable atleast on any board..
and 4.2 in 3dmark benches etc..
will post some results later..

And yeah, the cellshocks are great!! its board limited so far... but 2000+ is no problem for the mem itself!
couse i have crash in windows at 2000+ its probably the NB that cant handle it.. couse it is error free in memtest

EDIT: you above said, that the temp showed, MB and NB, i thought that MB temp was the NB temp? so what are the MB temp then if not NB..?

[GLENBOY]

new 803 bios just posted on asus go to the ftp link in my post higher up to get it

[Aivas47a]

Thanks Glenboy, will give it a try.

[GLENBOY]

803 bios is the best bios so far , load line calibration works perfectly , seems perfectly stable at 4090 and booted in at that thats at 1.5875 set in bios shows 1.58 in pc probe and 1.576 in cpuz i watched it while doing 1meg super pi and it stayed at that no vdroop

[Infa]

Now im on my Board Feels nice so far..
Bought a Silvertone DA750 at the same time..
my 12v were about 11.59 before hehe...now 12.15 stable :P

anyway, What is the MB temp , where does it measure that?

now in with new bios and OC!

[GLENBOY]

glad to see your in the maximus club the 803 bios is a lot better than previous , just superpi'd at over4.2ghz at 1.6volt , with the other bioses i needed around 1.65 volt just to be stable over 4ghz so whatever asus has done has done the job, if you get an error with pc probe after a crash just reinstalling it solves it, loadline calibrator works rock solid shows slightly lower values than reported in bios but rock solid and never moves, not a lot more time tonight to play about with it but seems a winner to me

[GLENBOY]

Now im on my Board Feels nice so far..
Bought a Silvertone DA750 at the same time..
my 12v were about 11.59 before hehe...now 12.15 stable :P

anyway, What is the MB temp , where does it measure that?

now in with new bios and OC!

i think the motherboard temp is the pwm measurement