UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

**xpower** · 05-31-2011, 10:01 PM

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**DEFLORATOR** · 06-27-2011, 10:43 AM

Seems that ASUS will be releasing 2002 bios for R2E in a few days with support of recently announced Core i7 980 (2002 is mentioned in CPU Support List for R2E).
Does anyone have it already?
Hope they updated Option ROMs at last.

**JWM_Jankowitz** · 07-01-2011, 09:38 PM

Just downloaded it from there FTP site ;-)

**DEFLORATOR** · 07-01-2011, 10:32 PM

Just checked. No, they didn't update option roms in 2002 bios (Intel Sata Raid, Marvell LAN, Jmicron Sata Raid). Unbelievable.

**CryptiK** · 07-02-2011, 05:15 AM

What did you expect? They routinely use ancient roms when other companies are on the latest. Lazy.

**DEFLORATOR** · 07-02-2011, 05:47 AM

Yeah, but they released bios for R3E with updated Intel ROM, so I hoped that they do the same for R2E. But no. It seems that, according to Asus, this board is SO MUCH outdated, and of course, R2E owners will never buy the latest and greatest SSD - those old school people simply never heard about SSD.

Azalin79 · 07-13-2011, 01:59 AM

Hey Guys. Long time reader, recent sign up

Finally started getting into stretching the 920's legs on the r2e to see what it can do and have now realised that the overvolt protection will kill me. I take it BIOS releases past 1914 ( what im on) havent happened to correct the issue??

Im fairly confident ive hit my bclock wall at 220 as it wont even boot windows at 221 with a decent qpi vtt of 1.45 ( 220 needs 1.35) so will sadly limit the top speed.

One other query i have with you owners/past owners : Is it better to run llc off or on? Ive always ran it on, but with the r2e adding the 0.03v odd extra, wonder whether i should be turning it off or not. Sorry if the answers are in this thread, im still reading through it

Cheers
Az

**CryptiK** · 07-13-2011, 07:19 AM

Hi and welcome. What overvolt protection are you referring to? I've run 1.60v load on the R2E with OCP disabled in BIOS and there was no issues.

220 BLCK is pretty normal for this board, unless you use slow mode for QPI data link rate, which allows you some headroom if your board and CPU can go higher with BCLK. I ran up to 240 BCLK or so on my 920 using slow mode.

There's no right answer for the LLC query - some run it on, others off. Technically from what I understand allowing the load line to droop with increased current draw is preferred as it prevents large overshoots when the cpu load drops, like when tests finish for example. There are people who have run it enabled since day one and haven't reported noticeable cpu damage clearly linked to it, so its up to you really. I ran it off, but then again I wasn't running mine at 4.5GHz 24/7 either.

**zsamz_** · 07-13-2011, 08:56 AM

llc off i needed less voltage to be stable

i was able to reach 229x21 blk fully stable
never bothered with slow mode
i found that bbse chips ran best cause of qpi voltage droop
psc should work as good

Azalin79 · 07-13-2011, 02:29 PM

Thanks for the replies guys. As to overvolt protection, I meant how the turbo multi drops when the vcore gets up near 1.35 or more and drops back to X20 under load .. or is there an easy way to stop this happening? (vr override im talking about)

Might try slow mode and see if the bclock wall moves at all.

Edit : Answered myself after finally reading it. CPU Turbo Power Limit

**hyper_2002** · 07-19-2011, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by DEFLORATOR

Yeah, but they released bios for R3E with updated Intel ROM, so I hoped that they do the same for R2E. But no. It seems that, according to Asus, this board is SO MUCH outdated, and of course, R2E owners will never buy the latest and greatest SSD - those old school people simply never heard about SSD.

Could you explain what is that 'Option Rom' and what about those 'latest' SSDs ?:/ What do they have in common ??

**hyper_2002** · 07-31-2011, 12:30 PM

With LLC enabled my vcore during stress raise from 1.38 to 1.442v (as CPU-Z shows) Why so huge droop ??

My settings are : 207x21 , QPI 1.35 PLL1.82v , VDRAM 1.67v , IOH1.11v ,ICH 1.15v

What else I can not see in my BIOS option:

EPU II phase control - full phase

which is listed in this thread on first page in bios template settings.... ?? Why ??

My Bios is 1504

Thank you for help.

**Nitrius** · 08-30-2011, 03:09 PM

Anyone know how i should go about fitting a PCIe soundcard on this board? Got a Asus GTX 580 DirectCU II(takes up three slots), so the white PCIe x1 slot is covered, as well as the second blue PCIe x16 slot, can barely fit an "old" PCI soundcard in the 1 PCI slot. Got the black PCIe x1 slot ontop, but the heatsink is in the way for normal length PCIe soundcards i believe. But i got the third white PCIe x16 slot, though you can probably not put soundcard on that slot?

Any tips on the matter?

Edit: Looks like it should be possible, so am gonna give it a try once i buy a new soundcard.

**ElAguila** · 09-14-2011, 03:12 PM

I still have this board running my 920 at 4.2GHz. I have a quick question about it though. Is it okay to enable the intel virtualization while oc'ing? Will it cause any problems or make the oc unstable?

**Breit** · 10-17-2011, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by ElAguila

I still have this board running my 920 at 4.2GHz. I have a quick question about it though. Is it okay to enable the intel virtualization while oc'ing? Will it cause any problems or make the oc unstable?

I don't know for sure, but i'll have it on at all times 'cause vmware likes this...

Maybe try to disable it for your bench or record sessions, but for 24/7 use i like to have all functions available...

Cheers!

**xpower** · 10-18-2011, 09:50 AM

no problem while overclocking yet its enable all the time............

**mpower1001** · 11-27-2011, 07:21 AM

Is it possible to go back to a older Bios?

Curious what BIOS others are using for a stable overclock with a Ci7920?

Thanks

**gejmer** · 12-18-2011, 01:45 PM

My result in 3Dmark vantage.
HT enabled,bios 2002.

**JWM_Jankowitz** · 12-30-2011, 10:22 PM

Hi,

Just downloaded the latest BIOS rev 2101 from the ASUS FTP site and works pretty solid ;-)

**xpower** · 01-02-2012, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by JWM_Jankowitz

Hi,

Just downloaded the latest BIOS rev 2101 from the ASUS FTP site and works pretty solid ;-)

thanks

**xpower** · 01-02-2012, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by mpower1001

Is it possible to go back to a older Bios?

Curious what BIOS others are using for a stable overclock with a Ci7920?

Thanks

yep its been discussed in this thread on how to flash back bios.
just using 2101 and had no issue with overclocking

**Scooby** · 01-03-2012, 02:19 AM

Hey gang,

I'm looking in to getting a SSD for my Rampage II and I've noticed that a few of you already have them set upped on your rigs.

My question is the board has SATA2 ports and the new SSD's comes with SATA3 out the box. Would the SSD not preform to it's max because it is connected to a SATA2 port?

My setup has been (for the most part) rock solid since day one. And would like to upgrade to SSD, just want to know if this great board can take it.

You comments and feedbacks welcome.

Scoob

**Breit** · 01-04-2012, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by Scooby

Hey gang,

I'm looking in to getting a SSD for my Rampage II and I've noticed that a few of you already have them set upped on your rigs.

My question is the board has SATA2 ports and the new SSD's comes with SATA3 out the box. Would the SSD not preform to it's max because it is connected to a SATA2 port?

My setup has been (for the most part) rock solid since day one. And would like to upgrade to SSD, just want to know if this great board can take it.

You comments and feedbacks welcome.

Scoob

Maybe I don't understand your question right, but a SATA2 port is a SATA2 port and behaves as such, no matter if there is a SATA2 or a SATA3 device connected to it. This means that you could get full SATA2 speed out of your SATA3 SSD (if there isn't a firmeware bug in your particular SSD preventing this).

Allthough this isn't optimal. I suggest you get yourself a PCIe SATA3 controller AddOn card and hog your SATA3 SSD to that or (if you plan on using your R2E for a while longer), get yourself 2 SSDs (SATA2 or SATA3, whichever is cheaper) and put them in a RAID-0.

But please read some tests and then decide what SSD to get. Don't just get the cheapest SSD around. There are huge differences in every day performance. Trust me. A good starting point would be anandtech.com.

Btw: Intel is releasing TRIM support for RAID-0 SSD arrays in the next version of RST.

Cheers.
Breit

**BringerOdeath** · 02-10-2012, 08:24 AM

Hello guys.....It's been a while since I have posted in this thread. I have started having an issue with my Rampage II or my PSU. I am trying to figure out which one would be causing the problem. I have been losing usb devices whenever i put a large load on the system, gaming, prime95, etc. For example, I have usb powered external HDD's that stop working along with other devices when I start gaming. When I stop prime 95 or when I stop gaming the USB devices start working again. Usb devices that require less power still work fine though, like mice, keyboard, etc. I also noticed some strange fps drops while gaming in tri sli....Would this be a motherboard voltage regulation issue or psu issue?