UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[BringerOdeath]

I was looking at the EK-NB Asus HP Waterblock, but it looks wider and probably wont allow cards to fit in the first 1x slot...

[BringerOdeath]

can you post a pic of how close your NB WB is to your wireless card? That would really help me!!

[Fitseries3]

im not by my rig right now but this is of my friends rig....

[BringerOdeath]

Thanks!! Looks like barely enough room, so your network card is actually up against the NB cooler when you have it in that top slot right? Thanks agan for posting that as I couldnt find anyone with pics on the net!!

[BringerOdeath]

I could probably shave a bit of the acetal on the WB so any sized card could fit i believe....

[dejanh]

Anyone noticed cold boot issues with this board? Only way to get it to boot in the morning is to cycle the main power switch on the back of the powersupply. Otherwise nogo
Had the same issue with my Blitz Formula

Can't get 4.0Ghz 200x20 stable either, not even 3DM06!
3.8Ghz is perfectly stable @ 1.375V. But no mather wath Vcore i give the cpu, 4.0Ghz will only get me to windows but nothing more. Bad chip maybe

WTF, I have the same problem. Which BIOS are you using? I'm on 0804. I thought that maybe I was shutting something down incorrectly...I was not sure. However, now that I think of it carefully I was not. If I shut it down, and then boot again in the morning I cannot boot and I have to reset CMOS before I can boot. This is so dumb. If it's not the BIOS then me thinks time to RMA...

Anybody else with the cold boot issues?

Also, I've been having a lot of trouble stabilizing 4.0GHz. I have tried a lot of settings but I can't really say that any of them are long-term Prime stable. Could it be our boards maybe and not the chips? It's too coincidental to be the chips IMHO.

[vega22]

I have a Tri-Channel OCZ 1600 CL8 installed in a Gigabyte x58 Extreme. Im thinking to go for a RIIE. Anyone knows if this dram is perfectly compatible for this board?

[jasonelmore]

I'm almost totally positive it is. But not 100% because i'm running Corsair Dominators. Those were not on the Certified Memory list on Asus's website but they work anyway. As long as they have the XMS memory profile set by intel your alright.

[Fitseries3]

what am i doing wrong here? my 920 needs 1.57v to boot 20x200 with HT disabled turbo off. WTH is going on?

[jasonelmore]

ouch... what are you running that ram at? Try my settings on the first page.

[Fitseries3]

tried your settings. my chip wont boot at low voltage at all.

i've tried ram at 1600 and 1200. neither help at all. tried loosening timings too and still no go.

tried,
more NB, more pll, more qpi/dram, different ram, different psu, different video cards, resetting bios, different bios, im just not getting anywhere at all it seems.

idk what the deal is. i get really close and then it stops working all together.

[jasonelmore]

sounds like you just got a really bad overclocking chip. order you another one.

[Fitseries3]

while running p95 temps rise to 56c after about 30seconds then hardlock.

the thing i dont understand is the first week i had this setup this cpu ran 4.3ghz easily. i even got a screenshot at 4.5ghz.

[T_Flight]

BIOS's guys...we're gonna have to wait on BIOS revisions. I wouldn't sell anything yet. It's only been 3 1/2 weeks since these were out. It's gonna be months before they get all the little gremlins out.

[vega22]

I'm almost totally positive it is. But not 100% because i'm running Corsair Dominators. Those were not on the Certified Memory list on Asus's website but they work anyway. As long as they have the XMS memory profile set by intel your alright.

Thanks for the feedback

[sonofander]

BIOS's guys...we're gonna have to wait on BIOS revisions. I wouldn't sell anything yet. It's only been 3 1/2 weeks since these were out. It's gonna be months before they get all the little gremlins out.

Too late!!!
I went and returned my 965 and exchanged it for a 920.
My max stable oc on the 965 was 4.3 and guess what my max stable oc on the 920 is... Give up?

4.3

Guess for me the 965 was just a waste of money since I can do the exact same thing with my 920. With the exact same volts by the way.

Huh

[OcAddict]

WTF, I have the same problem. Which BIOS are you using? I'm on 0804. I thought that maybe I was shutting something down incorrectly...I was not sure. However, now that I think of it carefully I was not. If I shut it down, and then boot again in the morning I cannot boot and I have to reset CMOS before I can boot. This is so dumb. If it's not the BIOS then me thinks time to RMA...

Anybody else with the cold boot issues?

Also, I've been having a lot of trouble stabilizing 4.0GHz. I have tried a lot of settings but I can't really say that any of them are long-term Prime stable. Could it be our boards maybe and not the chips? It's too coincidental to be the chips IMHO.

I was on BIOS 0705 but since this morning i flashed to 0804. I just got home from work this evening and put the pc on and guess what, had to flip the powersupply switch to get the pc to boot but i don't need to clear CMOS. Try to flip the powersupply switch to get all of the power away from the board, then flip it again on and it boot's up just fine.

The cold boot issue on my Blitz Formula never has been resolved and i just sold that board, if you set everything @ stock there was no problem!
This is exactly the same now on the REX II, if i however set CPU level up to Core i7 965 EE there's no problem at all

[Fitseries3]

ah... im gonna stick with this chip then. i may get a different one. i think i need a different board. 16x 8x 8x is NOT enough bandwidth for my video cards. im looking to locate a P6T6 Revolution.

[Fluke_Dallas]

WTF, I have the same problem. Which BIOS are you using? I'm on 0804. I thought that maybe I was shutting something down incorrectly...I was not sure. However, now that I think of it carefully I was not. If I shut it down, and then boot again in the morning I cannot boot and I have to reset CMOS before I can boot. This is so dumb. If it's not the BIOS then me thinks time to RMA...

Anybody else with the cold boot issues?

Also, I've been having a lot of trouble stabilizing 4.0GHz. I have tried a lot of settings but I can't really say that any of them are long-term Prime stable. Could it be our boards maybe and not the chips? It's too coincidental to be the chips IMHO.

Cold boot problem here as well. Seems related to power supply used. My BFG ES-800 is worst, PCP&C 750 silencer not as bad, and the Corsair HX620 almost no problem at all. The problem occurs at stock speed also. Will be RMAing the board.

[T_Flight]

Too late!!!
I went and returned my 965 and exchanged it for a 920.
My max stable oc on the 965 was 4.3 and guess what my max stable oc on the 920 is... Give up?

4.3

Guess for me the 965 was just a waste of money since I can do the exact same thing with my 920. With the exact same volts by the way.

Huh

Yeah, but you lost the multi's and the QPI. When things mature and the 965's are getting 4.5GHz max, would that have been a good plan?

Like I said, these things have not even been out but 3 1/2 weeks and guys are already RMA'ing stuff just because it doesn't OC as high as they want. For one thing, there was nothing wrong with the chip to be RMA'ing it in the first place, and for another, none of this stuff is mature enough to make any kind of decisions about what it's gonna do. There could be any number of revisions to BIOS's or there could be Chipset Drivers (which I also believe to have a few bugs).

So you RMA'd a CPU, made the company you bought it from loose 1300 dollars on the deal, and got the same clocks?

[scaramonga]

Yeah, but you lost the multi's and the QPI. When things mature and the 965's are getting 4.5GHz max, would that have been a good plan?

I'd say yes. An extra .5Ghz along with the multi's/QPI ain't worth an extra few hundred bucks, no matter what way you look at it.

[sonofander]

All I know is 4.3 for $320 is WAY better than 4.3 for $1150. Seriously

And my ram, qpi and uncore speeds are almost identical to what they were on my 965 4.3 overclock.
So I put $700 back in my pocket and lost 200 pts on everest read, write and copy.

You're right that was a terrible decision

[Fitseries3]

where are you guys paying $1200 for a 965? i have found TONS of them for ~$850


i get the cold boot problem as well.

[scaramonga]

where are you guys paying $1200 for a 965? i have found TONS of them for ~$850

Well here in UK they are much more expensive:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151479

£849.00 for the 965 which equates to $1,322.55 USD

£249.00 for the 920 which equates to $387.983 USD

I know where my money went

[BringerOdeath]

ah... im gonna stick with this chip then. i may get a different one. i think i need a different board. 16x 8x 8x is NOT enough bandwidth for my video cards. im looking to locate a P6T6 Revolution.

I had 2 9800gx2's with one card in the bottom slot at 8x and one card in the top 16x slot and it had enough bandwith! Then i moved the lower card into the middle blue slot so I could have 16x and 16x and the scores were identical. With pci-e 2.0, I don't think it makes a difference!