ASUS Official X79 Motherboards Support Thread

[Hondacity]

thats the funniest sh*t ever.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

I'm actually surprised he would admit to that!!

Wow...some folks aren't meant to build their own.....lol.

haha just plugged in to the wrong header?

[andressergio]

hey guys the RIVE seems an amazing mobo for SBe just like the MIVE for SB

im itching to have a 6 core and just read again that ivy wont be 6 dang so maybe i jump on this platform, since gulftown i want one lol

i read somewhere that new stepping 7 OC better, intel corrected the virtualization an other stuff

the new stepping should be out on sales in some days

cheers
Sergio

[mdzcpa]

haha just plugged in to the wrong header?

He plugged the CPU fan into one of the black 2 prong voltage reading ports. I have the P9X79 in my son's rig, and I guess I can see how it could happen. The port is near the CPU fan header....it's just that the voltage reading port looks nothing like a fan header. I mean its not even close!!

[DualCpuUser]

@Raja,

Hi Raja, see if you confirm with me on this being a BIOS "bug", if I set my Dram Volts, to 1.65, "Auto" shoud set VttDDR to 1/2 of Dram voltage. Also the DDR CH[a-d] [Ctrl |DATA] are fixed at .5v, should that float higher/lower with Dram voltage?

On my sabortooth OVP/OCP doesn't see to be disabled when disabled is selected. The board powers off when under load at 5GHz and 1.55v (LLC) even though temps on VCORE are < 90. I hit 80 often, its like the board isn't right when VRM cooling. Yes I have a 120mm 72 CFM fan blowing on it.

Thoughts? Mostly the UEFI behavior, then if time the 2nd paragraph.

Side not, on all the Dram timings the Jedec Acronyms should be used. Its not like we don't have room for proper help in the F/W now with UEFI.

R

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

He plugged the CPU fan into one of the black 2 prong voltage reading ports. I have the P9X79 in my son's rig, and I guess I can see how it could happen. The port is near the CPU fan header....it's just that the voltage reading port looks nothing like a fan header. I mean its not even close!!

but. they. both. look. so. different.

haha

[Raja@ASUS]

@Raja,

Hi Raja, see if you confirm with me on this being a BIOS "bug", if I set my Dram Volts, to 1.65, "Auto" shoud set VttDDR to 1/2 of Dram voltage. Also the DDR CH[a-d] [Ctrl |DATA] are fixed at .5v, should that float higher/lower with Dram voltage?

On my sabortooth OVP/OCP doesn't see to be disabled when disabled is selected. The board powers off when under load at 5GHz and 1.55v (LLC) even though temps on VCORE are < 90. I hit 80 often, its like the board isn't right when VRM cooling. Yes I have a 120mm 72 CFM fan blowing on it.

Thoughts? Mostly the UEFI behavior, then if time the 2nd paragraph.

Side not, on all the Dram timings the Jedec Acronyms should be used. Its not like we don't have room for proper help in the F/W now with UEFI.

R

1) VTTDDR will be at half of VDD, the voltage is derived by a resistor network that is set to 50% by default. Ignore what BIOS reads. This is also unconnected on most modules so will have no effect.

2) Again derived from a voltage divider that is set to 50% of VDD by default. If it really were at .5V when VDD is at 1.65V the system would be very unstable and perhaps not complete POST. All references are set to track at 50% of VDD by default.

3) If the shut off temp is breached the board will shut down regardless of OCP and OVP. Either way, you are at one of the limits and the board is shutting down to protect from a failure.

-Raja

[Nizzen]

Where can i find the Latest beta bioses for Asus x79 WS.

Is there any thread like the thread: "GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS"

[Jayyde]

For some reason, I'm getting random lag spikes in game, mainly TF2. Even more noticeable when a lot is going on at once. Servers I play on range around 30-40ms and when using my other computer, I don't experience this. Even got a new modem and router (needed one anyway) to make sure that wasn't it. I checked for latest drivers and even tried reinstalling the ones that came with the disk. Is anyone else experience this? Could it be the fact that I have TF2 installed on a HDD while my OS is on an SSD? Networking really isn't my strong point. :/

Thanks!

[DualCpuUser]

Hi Raja,

AI Suite should be smart enough to know what the values are and display them correctly. if VttDDR is in fact 1/2 of Vdd of the drams, it should NOT be showing .5, when I have my RAM set at 1.65, nor should the other voltages for DRAM.

All auto settings should show currect true values; else what is the point of the program? You can't make valid logical choices when the application you are using is lying to you.

Another thing, the BIOS should display the chosen 'auto' value and put it on that line next to auto so we know what it did. I don't like CPU+auto-offset to display the total.. I can't tell what the BIOS is thinking or doing to correct up or down with any degree of accuracy.

-Ron

1) VTTDDR will be at half of VDD, the voltage is derived by a resistor network that is set to 50% by default. Ignore what BIOS reads. This is also unconnected on most modules so will have no effect.

2) Again derived from a voltage divider that is set to 50% of VDD by default. If it really were at .5V when VDD is at 1.65V the system would be very unstable and perhaps not complete POST. All references are set to track at 50% of VDD by default.

3) If the shut off temp is breached the board will shut down regardless of OCP and OVP. Either way, you are at one of the limits and the board is shutting down to protect from a failure.

-Raja

[Raja@ASUS]

Hi Raja,

AI Suite should be smart enough to know what the values are and display them correctly. if VttDDR is in fact 1/2 of Vdd of the drams, it should NOT be showing .5, when I have my RAM set at 1.65, nor should the other voltages for DRAM.

All auto settings should show currect true values; else what is the point of the program? You can't make valid logical choices when the application you are using is lying to you.

Another thing, the BIOS should display the chosen 'auto' value and put it on that line next to auto so we know what it did. I don't like CPU+auto-offset to display the total.. I can't tell what the BIOS is thinking or doing to correct up or down with any degree of accuracy.

-Ron

.5 IS Auto or 0.5 X VDD. It is not "lying" - just confusing for some.


So just to answer your last statement about displaying the offset, .5 represents 50% of DRAM voltage (DRAM voltage X 0.5). To find the actual voltage just multiply whatever you have set by DRAM voltage. Or leave at 0.50X to track 50% of DRAM voltage.


-Raja

[Jayyde]

Any insight Raja? I've talked with my internet provider and everything is fine. I am able to run BF3 just fine so my guess is something with TF2. I did talk with a steam friend and he said people he knows still have problems to this day with tf2. I'm about to try a single gpu and see how that goes. My old computer which was built in the GTX260 series on 1366 socket doesn't have this problem so maybe it's an sli problem.

[Raja@ASUS]

Any insight Raja? I've talked with my internet provider and everything is fine. I am able to run BF3 just fine so my guess is something with TF2. I did talk with a steam friend and he said people he knows still have problems to this day with tf2. I'm about to try a single gpu and see how that goes. My old computer which was built in the GTX260 series on 1366 socket doesn't have this problem so maybe it's an sli problem.

Hi,

It has to be a game issue, so not something to do with the board I think.

-Raja

[HelixPC]

Bios 0906 was pulled from the asus website, is there something wrong?

[Raja@ASUS]

Bios 0906 was pulled from the asus website, is there something wrong?

It's not pulled, server issues which HQ are trying to rectify.

[Jayyde]

Hi,

It has to be a game issue, so not something to do with the board I think.

-Raja

That's what I'm leaning toward too. I tried older drivers as well single gpu without sli. Tried turning on vsync. Also talked to my isp and they said everything has been fine for the past 5 days so I don't believe its that. When this stutter does happen, my ping doesn't go up either, so I'm leaning to a source problem. I did talk to a friend of mine and he knows people who still have this problem to this day. I just don't know why old computer runs it fine. Guess I'm just waiting for Valve to hopefully fix this.

Thanks Raja!

[ci2kla]

Hm..does anyone experianced some CPU bclk strap issue?
I'm using 3930K + Sabertooth X79 w/ 0906 UEFI.
When I run 100Mhz CPU bclk strap it's fine. (100x45)
However if I change to 125Mhz (125x36) it will POST for the first attempt.
Then any system failure (e.g. 0x101 BSOD) will cause the system always fail to POST with the same setting.
Any workaround / solution for this issue please? I'm pulling my hair out and having a hard time playing 125Mhz strap...

[V Rod Guy]

Hello everybody. I am a newbie member here but have been a lurker for ages. I have always had a bookmark here to read and learn from the wealth of knowledge that lives here. I am a system builder and recently switched over to the Asus Sabertooth X79 board after many months of using the Sabertooth X58 and P6X58D Premium. Anyway, I ran into an issue with booting Win 7 Pro 64 SP1 and was only able to PM until the admin turned on my account on for posting here. I went back and forth a couple of times with Raja today and bingo, all is good! Thank you Raja!

My question at this point is what is the consensus here regarding a page file? with 32GB or 64GB of memory, is a page file even needed? I could see if someone was a power user of the Adobe CS5.5 suite and had all apps open and editing many large files but this is a rare instance and even then........

Thanks for having me here and I look forward to giving back to a community that has provided for so long.

[Raja@ASUS]

Hm..does anyone experianced some CPU bclk strap issue?
I'm using 3930K + Sabertooth X79 w/ 0906 UEFI.
When I run 100Mhz CPU bclk strap it's fine. (100x45)
However if I change to 125Mhz (125x36) it will POST for the first attempt.
Then any system failure (e.g. 0x101 BSOD) will cause the system always fail to POST with the same setting.
Any workaround / solution for this issue please? I'm pulling my hair out and having a hard time playing 125Mhz strap...

What memory frequency used at 100 BCLK and 125 BCLK?

[pazza316]

What memory frequency used at 100 BCLK and 125 BCLK?

I have problems with this on my Sabertooth to with 32gb of RAM and any frequency over 2000mhz. Its not a problem for me as its my 2nd X79 system and I am not bothered about absolute high clocks.

[Raja@ASUS]

I have problems with this on my Sabertooth to with 32gb of RAM and any frequency over 2000mhz. Its not a problem for me as its my 2nd X79 system and I am not bothered about absolute high clocks.

At 100 BCLK or 125 BCLK?

Bear in mind the Sabertooth is a different design from the R4E; the R4E is better for clocking memory.

[Leeghoofd]

Hm..does anyone experianced some CPU bclk strap issue?
I'm using 3930K + Sabertooth X79 w/ 0906 UEFI.
When I run 100Mhz CPU bclk strap it's fine. (100x45)
However if I change to 125Mhz (125x36) it will POST for the first attempt.
Then any system failure (e.g. 0x101 BSOD) will cause the system always fail to POST with the same setting.
Any workaround / solution for this issue please? I'm pulling my hair out and having a hard time playing 125Mhz strap...

16Gb ram - 125 strap - 2333 ram 10-11-10-27 - works fine here , but needed a lot voltage tinkering...

[wazoo99]

My question at this point is what is the consensus here regarding a page file? with 32GB or 64GB of memory, is a page file even needed? I could see if someone was a power user of the Adobe CS5.5 suite and had all apps open and editing many large files but this is a rare instance and even then........

Thanks for having me here and I look forward to giving back to a community that has provided for so long.

If you leave pagefile at auto, Win 7 will take a bunch of RAM. Peeps with 100GB SSD's wind up with with no space left - Win 7 and basic apps take 30, vidcard(s) take 1-4GB and page/hivefile could take 80 depending on running progs. You need to set it at 3000min 5000max for general useage. The new 79XX vidcards have 3GB RAM so 2 of them will take 6GB right off the bat. Just go to taskmanager/performance and see whats going on. I have a long discussion thread about no pagefile or RAM drive, some guys deleting the hiberfile etc., but the bottom line is 3-5 min max works best for 32/64

[ci2kla]

What memory frequency used at 100 BCLK and 125 BCLK?

I was using 1866 8-9-8-24 2T while on 100Mhz strap and down to 1666Mhz timing unchanged while on 125Mhz strap.
DRAM Module is G.Skill 12800CL7T-4GBECO. vDIMM set to 1.53v always. I know it's not designed for X79 systems but sadly it's a no-go even with memory clock down to 1333Mhz. Any ideas please?

[Raja@ASUS]

I was using 1866 8-9-8-24 2T while on 100Mhz strap and down to 1666Mhz timing unchanged while on 125Mhz strap.
DRAM Module is G.Skill 12800CL7T-4GBECO. vDIMM set to 1.53v always. I know it's not designed for X79 systems but sadly it's a no-go even with memory clock down to 1333Mhz. Any ideas please?

Relax some of the sub-timings, increase VCCSA and see if that helps. If it does not just run it at 100 BCLK instead, 125 BCLK is not essential.