UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[zsamz_]

i booted strait to blk224 and so far i'm impressed with this board
i tried 230 but i gonna need to learn the i7 now

anyone got a tweeked template as a refference i'm a bit lazy lol

primin now @ 4.5 1.4v is 80c too hott?
i guess i should put the megahalems on lol

[sunny7day]

234 boot directly to windows! No setfsb used.
234bclk.jpg

[Kain XS]

damn spoke too soon it seems..to get past that 200base clock mark on higher multi than 21 all this cpu needed was little bit better cooling lol i should have known
this was done with watercooling, water block was d-tek fuzion v1, and rad that i used was thermochill pa 120x3

Sorry, I personally thought that was i7 920, maybe because thats the most bought CPU.
Great to know you already have more BCLK.

[Solarfall]

Sorry, I personally thought that was i7 920, maybe because thats the most bought CPU.
Great to know you already have more BCLK.

hehe dont worry mate its an honest mistake

anyways did some quick clocking with my 2stage cascade today and sadly the cold boot problem remains that i had on my evga vanilla. too bad i cant control the temps on my cascade i would need dry ice or ln2. i have a validation file at 5.2ghz but the damn thing was corrupted i was still able to snap this quick super pi score. lol the score needs some serious tweaking to say the least, i ran that just to see some general stability under subzero. im sure this chip has some mhz left in it i barely scratched the surface on that quick run.



and some 3d.. 4950 mhz is not bad but not really great ether, but its a good start

[Dani-boy]

hey guys
im running af i7 920 D0 and im getting in trouble about 210bclk
by 210 x 21 vcore is 1.38 and qpi is ca 1.45 and i need to set pci to 102 minimum
i have tried loosen the timings and freg on ram but that is not the problem.

210 i vantage stabil.
I can push it up to 211 and 212 but then it is only 3dm06 and 05 stable (haven't testet with other programs)
if necessary i can post som screens

for cooling im yousing the xspc delta 2 cpu block and a tripple radiator
temps are about 50 - 55 at load

i hope some of you guys can help me out, and maby post som of your settings
and finally what are you yousing for pci freg? i have tried up to 110 but it doesn't seem to helt

[Le Titi]

Is the bclk is better with bios 1639 than the 1504 ?

[Solarfall]

Is the bclk is better with bios 1639 than the 1504 ?

the latest bios was better for me, but i guess the results may vary depending on what sort of cpu you have..


update on my 3dmark 05 score. i broke 40k, too bad this 295 gtx that i have wont clock any higher and i cant use voltage tuner software cos this is a single pcb model

[Le Titi]

the latest bios was better for me, but i guess the results may vary depending on what sort of cpu you have..


I have a very good cpu in WC.

[SwIeRsZcZ]

CPU spread spectrum - enabled
PCIE spectrum - enabled

May it improve OC stability if I enable these options, as it is supposed in Bios description.. ??

[TheGame]

hi guys is there any review that the R2E beats The gigabyte x58 extreme ???

[Salamndar]

Beats it in what exactly?

I had the x58 extreme and I would say it is a better mobo than the R2E, for me on my old C0 920 Iw as able to run it on air using th X58-extreme @ 3.8 but the R2E could only do 3.7Ghz on the same CPU using a little more voltage !!!

I replaced the gigabyte because it hates the CWT based PSUs that I have, also the gigabyte seems to not follow intel specs when using caps. arround the sockets making some water blocks a little hard to fit.

Also the x58-extreme is much cheaper.

[TheGame]

Beats it in what exactly?

I had the x58 extreme and I would say it is a better mobo than the R2E, for me on my old C0 920 Iw as able to run it on air using th X58-extreme @ 3.8 but the R2E could only do 3.7Ghz on the same CPU using a little more voltage !!!

I replaced the gigabyte because it hates the CWT based PSUs that I have, also the gigabyte seems to not follow intel specs when using caps. arround the sockets making some water blocks a little hard to fit.

Also the x58-extreme is much cheaper.

tnx bro
i have d0 920 i can boot 4.5 in windows 7 on air very normal and stable
validation link

Core i7 920 @ 4585.55 MHz @ Air

[Xtreme Addict]

who needs classified?

Rampage II Extreme


235.5 MHz SPI



240 MHz SS



i7 920 C0 na R2E this CPU does 233 - 235 bclk stable but I haven't got more screens, maybe later



2000 MHz CL6 stable 3x2 GB Win 7 64BIT HYPERPI32M





picture...

249,22 bclk

validation

[TheGame]

Validation Link
Core i7 920 @ 5391.99 MHz @ Air & Ice

[Salamndar]

Ok here is the maximum I could get from my D0 and the R2E, not as good as I hopped for...



If I raise Bclk to 211 or 212 the PC would fail linx randomly even when I boost CPU voltage to 1.48 which I don't really like, If I raise the Bclk any more the PC would fail to POST!!!

[Lonely_Warrior]

i7 920 d0 + TRUE Black with Thermaltake fan
R2E 1504? BIOS
Thermaltake Toughpower 750W Modular
Ballistix 1600MHZ 6GB 8-8-8-24 1.65v
Antec 902 + Sidefan! (was a pain to fit with the TRUE)
2*1TB WD Black in Raid 0
MSI GTX 280 OC
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Ok fitted my lovely new system together but having some major stability issues. Initially all went well. I left everything at stock and messed around encoding, played some games, ran 3dmark and all was well. Then did some overclocking, and finally got it stable at 4GHz (200*20) and adjusted voltages accordingly. Whilst playing Resident Evil 5 i got a freeze and BSOD. Was Machine Exception something or other. I decided to run prime95 but upon starting the test the system shut down and restarted itself. After a few voltage increases etc it was the same every time. So i decided to load up BIOS defaults and everyting running at stock, RAM even running at slower than default (1333MHz) but the system still can't contend with prime95 or Intel Burn Test. Prime95 does not even last 1 second and the system shuts down and restarts!!!

You would think that if the issue was heat then it would at least last 10 seconds before dying but the fact it restarts instantly has me baffled. Even at 4GHz my temps seems ok, idle at mid 30's to 40 ish. NB and SB in mid 40's, MB around 26. Playing resident evil 5 also kept all cores in mid 40's only. I really believe I have decent airflow and heat is not the issue.

First thing I checked was the RAM. Running overnight in memtest produced no errors. I've checked the CPU and it seems to be seated correctly...I don't get high temps so i'm sure it's ok. Feedback from the power supply seems ok as well, all voltages seem to be as per normal. I'm really losing my marbles here. Even with all bios settings at stock i cannot run prime95!! As soon as i start the test the system resets.

Any info appreciated folks, I really wanna run this mutha at 4ghz or as close to that as possible.

[monza1412]

Ok here is the maximum I could get from my D0 and the R2E, not as good as I hopped for...


If I raise Bclk to 211 or 212 the PC would fail linx randomly even when I boost CPU voltage to 1.48 which I don't really like, If I raise the Bclk any more the PC would fail to POST!!!

Are you in the latest bios (1639)?
If so, try downclocking your QPI link in bios..That did the trick for me.

[Salamndar]

No I'm on 1504 !

[trt740]

fellas how do you down grade your bios I would like to go back to 1504. My video card bugs out past 4.0ghz with 1639 and I need to down grade but cannot remember how.PCIE is at 100 in bios.

[Salamndar]

fellas how do you down grade your bios I would like to go back to 1504. My video card bugs out past 4.0ghz with 1639 and I need to down grade but cannot remember how.PCIE is at 100 in bios.

If you can't boot into DOS and use old style downgrade then I suggest you do the following :

1-Log into BIOS and force boot from BIOS 2
2-Backup BIOS 2 to BIOS 1
3-force boot with BIOS 1 which well be the same old version of BIOS 2
4- update BIOS 1 with 1504

[trt740]

If you can't boot into DOS and use old style downgrade then I suggest you do the following :

1-Log into BIOS and force boot from BIOS 2
2-Backup BIOS 2 to BIOS 1
3-force boot with BIOS 1 which well be the same old version of BIOS 2
4- update BIOS 1 with 1504

I cannot use that procedure because I accidental copied the 1639 bios to both bios chips. I tried Afudos but the bios won't fit on a floppy and I tried using it with a usb drive that I made it bootable and it says bad file name when I type afudos /ibiosname

it appears that once I go over 4.0ghz the 1639 bios is over clocking my PCIE slot and effecting my video card. It tried setting the bus manually to 101 but it acts the same as the default 100. My screen goes crazy

[kuup]

Validation Link
Core i7 920 @ 5391.99 MHz @ Air & Ice

nice chip u got there
can u post a bios template please?
seems unbelivable.

hitting the wall at 230 bclk with my setup

will get the classified 760 in few days so well c .

[trt740]

fellas how do you down grade your bios I would like to go back to 1504. My video card bugs out past 4.0ghz with 1639 and I need to down grade but cannot remember how.PCIE is at 100 in bios.

No I'm on 1504 !

I cannot use that procedure because I accidental copied the 1639 bios to both bios chips. I tried Afudos but the bios won't fit on a floppy and I tried using it with a usb drive that I made it bootable and it says bad file name when I type afudos /ibiosname

it appears that once I go over 4.0ghz the 1639 bios is over clocking my PCIE slot and effecting my video card. It tried setting the bus manually to 101 but it acts the same as the default 100. My screen goes crazy

Okay I figured it out, after you unzip the file for the flashing tool to down grade your bios, you must renamed it from AFU236U to AFUDOS and then loaded it on a bootable usb drive, or dos will not find it then you use the command
to flash the bios AFUDOS /iFILENAME.ROM . Then it works like a charm. If you have a 5770 video card it will malfunction bad with 1639 bios, but with the 1504 bios it works great.

here is a instructional thread to help you downgrade

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

usb drive tool http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/at...7&d=1222699942

Here's the bootfiles I used
http://www.4shared.com/file/43544416...FILES.html?s=1 (Extract them, then make a folder called BOOTFILES, stick the extracted files into the folder)

Plug in the USB drive that you want to use.

Install and run HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.
Select the USB Drive. In the "File system" drop down box, pick FAT32. Tick "Quick Format". Tick "Create a DOS startup disk, using DOS system files located at and click the "..." and direct it to the BOOTFILES folder you made.
Click start.

[PytonOrm]

i got new Revision on my new Asus Rampage II extreme i just picked up on my local post office =) and it comes with Bios 1504 to

REV 1.3

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6829/47g.jpg

[Brama]

i got new Revision on my new Asus Rampage II extreme i just picked up on my local post office =) and it comes with Bios 1504 to

REV 1.3

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6829/47g.jpg

Enjoy it but keep your eyes on NB and SB temps. Early build of this MB using revision 1.3 of chipset had a fast degradation of these sensors that after few weeks of use started to measure higher and higher values, till the 90° safety prevents to boot the system.