ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[safan80]

finally got 3.6Ghz occt stable. the only voltage I had to change was the SB voltage from 1.1 to 1.12 to give me 1.15 actual(for USB to work right).

I should add that vista x64 installed with 4GB no problem.

[Warboy]

My Ballstixs are not playing well with these motherboard at all. Sometimes I have to remove one stick to get the system to post.

[safan80]

WB have you tried 0701?

[CERO]

Go for Crucial Ballistic BL2KIT12864AA1065 2GB kit will clock to over 1200 at 5,5,5,15 or 1066 at 4,4,4,12 on this board excellent memory.

I'm at 600mhz at 5,5,5,15 stable all day long,

If your in the UK try overclockers.co.uk £79 +vat

what voltage are u running , I assume you run 4x1GB?

[Warboy]

WB have you tried 0701?

Yes, I've tried every bios 0201 - 0701

[CERO]

hey warboy is that 2x1GB or 4x1GB?

[Sgt. Slaughter]

I have just put my new board in the case and hooked everything up. I cannot find the connector to the front audio/mic connections. The manual mentions how to set the bios settings, but I did not see any reference to the connector on the MB.

[kup]

I have just put my new board in the case and hooked everything up. I cannot find the connector to the front audio/mic connections. The manual mentions how to set the bios settings, but I did not see any reference to the connector on the MB.

On the back on the SupremeFXII card.

[Sgt. Slaughter]

Thanks Kup for the quick response. I was looking on the board and not there. Didn't see it in the manual either. Thanks again.

[safan80]

i set to 1.5v(lowest) on CpuPLL in bios, 423x9=3.8G, both prime and occt stable!
since my system is stable in this lowest setting, it is unnecessary to set it higher to produce more heat!

well post your bios settings then.

[Warboy]

hey warboy is that 2x1GB or 4x1GB?

2x1GB

[ShawnTRD]

To test system stability would it be best to stress it out to the max? When I run Prime95 or OCCT I can still perform most simple computer tasks. But if I start OCCT's CPU and RAM test, and then Prime95's Blend, I can't do much of anything. I don't really know if this works to know how stable my system is running. I'm just thinking if there would be a problem that’s when you would know.

[TheSamurai]

you can change the priority level in OCCT.

[Century Phoenix]

Thanks Kup for the quick response. I was looking on the board and not there. Didn't see it in the manual either. Thanks again.

It is not in manual, but you can use the connector on the back of the supreme FX pci-e card

[binormalkilla]

My Ballstixs are not playing well with these motherboard at all. Sometimes I have to remove one stick to get the system to post.

Yea mine are the same. I actually had to buy a stick of value RAM to get this motherboard to POST for the first time.
The reason is that Ballistix need more voltage than 1.8V (DDR2 standard) so I have to install 1 stick of DDR2-667 Kingston Value RAM, POST, go to the BIOS and set the VDIMM to 2.16, reboot, enter the BIOS to check the VDIMM, then hard shutdown and install my 4 sticks of Ballistix. It WILL NOT boot any other way for me!

[Warboy]

Yea mine are the same. I actually had to buy a stick of value RAM to get this motherboard to POST for the first time.
The reason is that Ballistix need more voltage than 1.8V (DDR2 standard) so I have to install 1 stick of DDR2-667 Kingston Value RAM, POST, go to the BIOS and set the VDIMM to 2.16, reboot, enter the BIOS to check the VDIMM, then hard shutdown and install my 4 sticks of Ballistix. It WILL NOT boot any other way for me!

I mean, not even with the right volts, Like i wanted to push 2.6 volts with ultra low timings and low clock rate, and the motherboard failed to post.

I can't even post at 2.6volts with 4-4-4-4 timing and a clock of 1050mhz no matter what memory strap.

[eternal_fantasy]

Humm, nothing on ASUS site on a PCB v2, could it be an error? or maybe a marketting in purpose omission?

If you look at the aluminum fins above the FETs on the Asus Maximus on the Scan site, you can see it is now etched "R O G" instead of "Asus".

[intothefantasy]

If you look at the aluminum fins above the FETs on the Asus Maximus on the Scan site, you can see it is now etched "R O G" instead of "Asus".

omg i have to agree with that changes in the asus web...

http://www.asus.com/999/images/products/1850/1850_l.jpg

[eternal_fantasy]

Its probably just a revised heatsink though. Might even be the elusive REV. 1.03G

[intothefantasy]

bah i hate this went it happen btw new bios up....0802

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...ula/MF0802.zip

[ChaosMinionX]

bah i hate this went it happen btw new bios up....0802

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...ula/MF0802.zip

Hmm, wonder what they have killed now

EDIT: This is faster than 0505 MB/s Everest Read/write/copy went up... latency decreased from 0505 about .04ns from what I can tell.... will do some more testing.

[Warboy]

Hmm, wonder what they have killed now

EDIT: This is faster than 0505 MB/s Everest Read/write/copy went up... latency decreased from 0505 about .04ns from what I can tell.... will do some more testing.

I'll be bring these bios under benchmarking and testing, yar!

[jonny_ftm]

If your really going to complain about memory stability go use Memtest Windows version or the Dos version.

Memtest will only test, not stess, it does some read/write routines and blocks. If there are some physical damage it will show easier in Memtest as it can test quiet all the RAM when launched from a boot CD.
Prime in Blend mode or even Large FFT, and OCCTP in RAM mode, will both stress the RAM-NB: just look at the heat on the NB and your RAM sticks generated by OCCT. But, they can't physically test all the ram as they run under windows, so they can't access certain memory areas reserved or alrady occupied

[Nuckin_Futs]

BIOS v0802, it's not up on US sirte yet. as of right now , 12:45AM on 11-19-07. Where did you guys find it? ASUS BIOS history list it as latest but not showing as available to download yet.

As for that RAM issue on this mobo. Half the problems you guys are having is likely the Strap and RAM deviders.

@ the guy who "I can't even post at 2.6volts with 4-4-4-4 timing and a clock of 1050mhz no matter what memory strap.". 1st off, that's a lot of volts for this RAM. I have the same and 2.34v is pretty hot already unless you're gonna go water or heatpipe w/ extreme fans. 2nd, if on BIOS v0701 still, I couldn't get anywhere with manual strap with 1:1. Had to leave strap and RAM frequency in Auto to get it to POST and get 1:1 (confirmed in CPU-Z). Also, if you're looking to OC on this, stick with 2 sticks of 1 g each for 2gb kit total for best OC stability and goopd timings and performance. 4 sticks can work but w/ reduced timings and of corse not best for OC'n too high. Just my experince on past few Itel chipsets.

Good luck!

[Warboy]

BIOS v0802, it's not up on US sirte yet. as of right now , 12:45AM on 11-19-07. Where did you guys find it? ASUS BIOS history list it as latest but not showing as available to download yet.

As for that RAM issue on this mobo. Half the problems you guys are having is likely the Strap and RAM deviders.

@ the guy who "I can't even post at 2.6volts with 4-4-4-4 timing and a clock of 1050mhz no matter what memory strap.". 1st off, that's a lot of volts for this RAM. I have the same and 2.34v is pretty hot already unless you're gonna go water or heatpipe w/ extreme fans. 2nd, if on BIOS v0701 still, I couldn't get anywhere with manual strap with 1:1. Had to leave strap and RAM frequency in Auto to get it to POST and get 1:1 (confirmed in CPU-Z). Also, if you're looking to OC on this, stick with 2 sticks of 1 g each for 2gb kit total for best OC stability and goopd timings and performance. 4 sticks can work but w/ reduced timings and of corse not best for OC'n too high. Just my experince on past few Itel chipsets.

Good luck!

omg...*smacks forehead*
I have no idea OMGZ i'm so wrong about everything OC. Someone should assassinate me. /sarcasm off

You are just feeding me common knowledge...You know these right? If you look at my P5K records, I was able to get 1350Mhz 2.5 volts easy, 5-6-6-17 timings.

And Yes If you read though these thread I have Hardcore air cooling. I got a 8800GTX to idle at just 40C with stock cooling. A Highly overclocked Quad to run at 27C, So please....

I have 2 x 1GB sticks...I've stated that a few pages back too.