ASUS Official X79 Motherboards Support Thread

[stasio]

I wonder why Asus didn't just go with Maximus V Extreme since P67/Z68 already has the M4E! It's too confusing...

I think,because upcoming Z77.

[the_real_7]

thanks LardArse for the advice will get to it right away , board seems stable as hell the with all memory secondary timing tight as can be . .
very strong in memory dept

[OC Nub]

running hypers on it?

Yes, DominatorGT 2000c8's. Im working on 2000c8 stable now, this is a much better board for hypers than my previous p67/z68 boards.

[OC Nub]

I need more work getting stable at 2000c8 with the hypers, so I decided to go up on the cpu multi.
4.7 seems to be running ok, a short blend run.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2yvs2nr.jpg

[Boulard83]

Ordered my Rampage IV Extreme

[owikh84]

I need more work getting stable at 2000c8 with the hypers, so I decided to go up on the cpu multi.
4.7 seems to be running ok, a short blend run.

nice! how many GBs of rams are you stressing?
should as well show us the task manager performance tab.

[OC Nub]

Im using default blend at the moment, have 3400mb of free memory available out of 8gb. Im not going for 24/7 stability on this oc, but this is IMO the best way to learn a new setup. Then off to benching.

[bill_d]

got my R4E up and running
just getting everything reloaded now



had it lose it's boot drive a (two ssd raid) till i unplug a usb memory card reader with a compact flash card in it then it booted fine
i'm on 0076b bios

[TheHardCase]

Thats a smoking setup, love that nicotine setup.
Too bad the board does not match but just need to wait after the next 100packs it will blend just fine...

[bill_d]

Thats a smoking setup, love that nicotine setup.
Too bad the board does not match but just need to wait after the next 100packs it will blend just fine...

i have not smoked in years, that's mostly arizona dust

[OC Nub]

Nice build bill_d

Went up 100mhz, set memory to custom to stress more.

http://i39.tinypic.com/rjpemg.jpg



Not the fastest time, a crappy w7 install but it did complete the test

[Rheagar]

Ok, so updated( I think) the BIOS to 0802 using the EZ Flash utility. It all appeared to go well. The bios was updated and the system restarted a couple of times. Then I get to the Amibios screen and I can't get beyond it. It reads the bios as 0802 but tells me at the bottom to enter set up to recover bios setting. It says to press F1 to enter setup, but F1 has no effect. Hopefully I'm missing the obvious here?

Forgot to add, I now have the P9X79 Deluxe with the 3930K and a 32gb Gskill kit.



Can someone help me out with a suggestion?

Thanks!

[Raja@ASUS]

Ok, so updated( I think) the BIOS to 0802 using the EZ Flash utility. It all appeared to go well. The bios was updated and the system restarted a couple of times. Then I get to the Amibios screen and I can't get beyond it. It reads the bios as 0802 but tells me at the bottom to enter set up to recover bios setting. It says to press F1 to enter setup, but F1 has no effect. Hopefully I'm missing the obvious here?

Forgot to add, I now have the P9X79 Deluxe with the 3930K and a 32gb Gskill kit.



Can someone help me out with a suggestion?

Thanks!

Clear CMOS and try again (try using a different keyboard also if you haveone), if that does not work, use BIOS flashback to reflash the BIOS.

[christefan]

What's with the 3:30 plus minutes sitting on a code of 99 during post? The board and processor seemed fine a couple of days on bios 0604--then I moved up to 075b and then 076b. With a few crashes now the machine posts holding at code 99 forabout 3 and a half minutes and then completes normally--is the board gone bad or the processor? why such a long time and why such an extended post process and time? Thanks for any help

[Raja@ASUS]

What's with the 3:30 plus minutes sitting on a code of 99 during post? The board and processor seemed fine a couple of days on bios 0604--then I moved up to 075b and then 076b. With a few crashes now the machine posts holding at code 99 forabout 3 and a half minutes and then completes normally--is the board gone bad or the processor? why such a long time and why such an extended post process and time? Thanks for any help

What USB devices are you using?

[st0ned]

Any ideas how much a 3960x 5Ghz with 1.41v would worth ?

[Raja@ASUS]

Updated first post:


AIDA 64 stress test (with AVX) and simultaneous Unigine loops run by JJ on all boards at 4.8GHz CPU with 32GB of memory:


P9X79 Pro:


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P9X79 Deluxe:


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P9X79 WS:


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Sabertooth X79:



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Rampage IV Extreme:



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[Rheagar]

Thanks a lot! I am trying the BIOS Flashback. Is there any idea how long it takes? The Flashback button has been illuminated for 10 minutes or so. Will that light turn off when it is done?

I was looking for a 'BIOS update light' near the bios chip like on the ROG boards, but I didn't see one.

Thanks for the help.




[Update]This the screen I get stuck on. It shows the updated bios, but will not move beyond this screen. I have cleared cmos several times, to no avail. I know the keyboard works because I can restart from here with a ctrl/alt/dlt.

USB BIOS flashback has not worked, The light will come on, but will n ever turn off(up to an hour).

Did I brick the board?

[Raja@ASUS]

If you can still to the screen you show above, sse only one memory module and see if you can make it into UEFI. BIOS flashback should only take a few minutes so something is amiss.

-Raja

[Rheagar]

If you can still to the screen you show above, sse only one memory module and see if you can make it into UEFI. BIOS flashback should only take a few minutes so something is amiss.

-Raja

Thanks for the tips Raja. There is no change with one dimm populated other than the screen I showed above does recognize 4 gb now. I really do appreciate the help.
It is strange, because it's not as if the keyboard is not working because I can reboot with it on that screen, but pushing F1 does nothing.

Any other suggestions?

[Raja@ASUS]

Thanks for the tips Raja. There is no change with one dimm populated other than the screen I showed above does recognize 4 gb now. I really do appreciate the help.
It is strange, because it's not as if the keyboard is not working because I can reboot with it on that screen, but pushing F1 does nothing.

Any other suggestions?

Try removing the CPU from the socket, clear CMOS, insert CPU and mount cooler, power up and see if it will enter UEFI.

[Rheagar]

Try removing the CPU from the socket, clear CMOS, insert CPU and mount cooler, power up and see if it will enter UEFI.

I'm sorry to say no change.

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[Raja@ASUS]

I'm sorry to say no change.

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I would RMA it if you cannot get it to proceed to UEFI.

[Rheagar]

Roger. Will do, thanks for the effort.

[christefan]

What USB devices are you using?

A g19 keyboard and mouse from logitech, a dell 3007hpc monitor with ports/slots (in the slot a lexar 4gb card, in the ports a headset charger without headset attached so it would come up as nothing and a microsoft sensor for a gamepad), 2 r5000hd video dvrs, a HTC phone, an ipod jack but without a device attached to boot, a canon printer. I suspect it is the r5000 dvrs that are causing the problem on an Asus Maximus 4 extreme and extreme Z that I previously used after I would hook up the dvrs the motherboard would show "no keyboard error' on next boot and I would have to attach an old fashion ps2 plug keyboard in to be able to make selections before post completes or after post to select different operating systems to run--steve