Maximus Extreme - Results/Info/Bios

[v_parrello]

I'm seriously thinking to sell my mobo since I'm not stable at all!!!

ANY HELP before I take my last solution???

Put your RAM in blue slots.

Try the following settings:
DRAM Static Read Control:-------------------------Disable
DRAM Dynamic Write Control:---------------------Disable
Ai Clock Twister:-------------------------------------Auto
Ai Transaction Booster:----------------------------Auto
North Bridge Voltage:--------------------------------1.49-1.55V

[techno_17]

Put your RAM in blue slots.

Try the following settings:
DRAM Static Read Control:-------------------------Disable
DRAM Dynamic Write Control:---------------------Disable
Ai Clock Twister:-------------------------------------Auto
Ai Transaction Booster:----------------------------Auto
North Bridge Voltage:--------------------------------1.49-1.55V

Blue slots? Are the best slots for overclock?

I thought the best slots are 2 and 4. White slots.

[v_parrello]

Blue slots? Are the best slots for overclock?

I thought the best slots are 2 and 4. White slots.

I agree with you, but in my experience blue slots are best slots for stability!

Maybe you did not read D3m3tr3s thread. If I understand well, He asked for stability on prime, and according to his bios settings he ran 370x9 CPU frequency and RAM at DDR3-1184Mhz 6-5-5-15 2T.

[techno_17]

I agree with you, but in my experience blue slots are best slots for stability!

Maybe you did not read D3m3tr3s thread. If I undertand well, He asked for stability on prime, and according to his bios settings he ran 370x9 CPU frequency and RAM at DDR3-1184Mhz 6-5-5-15 2T.

yea.. u are right

I have some crash's, maybe for the rams are in white slots.

Im waiting for a new bios... the best BIOS for me right now is the 0904. i had tested 1001 bios and is some instable.

Asus like always in begin of new chipset's with very "fresh" mobos

[icon57]

i need some help or ideas....i will try to make this as short as possible

i am running this mobo, with q6600, 2 x 1gb g.skill, silverstone 1100w psu, and 2 x 500gb wd hd's in raid 0, and evga 8800GTX.

i own 3 8800GTX's, all 3 give me the same results about 3~4000 in 3d06.

i cleaned out all the nvidia drivers, and put in an ati 3850, installed the latest ati drivers and i run 3d06 get 11,000...

i pop back in the 8800gtx.....same crappy score

i used to have the maximus se and it was the same thing, i rma it thinking it was the mobo....

i see some of you guys running gtx's and ultra's so i know its not hardware compatability...

any thoughts, ideas, or help on this...?

[polar bear]

I have the Q6600 running stable at 3840 max (480*8) - Vcore 1.50 V_NB 1.71. Limited by heat output / Reserator XT. 3DMark06 = 19284. 4000MHz seems to be out of reach.

Thinking to make the switch to 45nm. Considering either E8400 or QX9650. Any ideas? Will I see any overclocking benefits from going 45nm? I am not planning to change the watercooling setup as I like the XT, although of course it's not meant for high-performance WC.

[JPxM0Dz]

Finally got around to putting my Extreme together with a E8400, booted right away and updated to latest bios to fully support 45nm processor.
Also installed Vista 32bit for the first time, installation and setting up raid0 went extremely well with no issues whatsoever.

Here's some pics of my results so far after a couple of days of tweaking. Been awhile since I've played with Asus bios, so still getting familiar with it's many settings.


http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=319466

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=328153

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=326679


I did manage to boot into windows at 4.5Ghz, but immediately crashed.
With more voltage and tweaking, I'm sure this chip can put out more


Here are my current settings: 24/7

Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting : 8.5
FSB Frequency : 503MHz
FSB Strap to North Bridge : Auto
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR3:
DRAM Command Rate : Auto
DRAM Timing Control: Auto

RAS# to RAS# Delay : Auto
Row Refresh Cycle Time : Auto
Write Recovery Time : Auto
Read to Precharge Time : Auto

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : Auto
Write to Read Delay (S) : Auto
Write to Read Delay (D) : Auto
Read to Read Delay (S) : Auto
Read to Read Delay (D) : Auto
Write to Write Delay (S) : Auto
Write to Write Delay (D) : Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Disable
DRAM Dynamic Write Control : Disable
Ai Clock Twister : Enabled
Transaction Booster : Auto

CPU Voltage : 1.48750 - BIOS - Actual 1.464
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.55
North Bridge Voltage : 1.57
DRAM Voltage : 1.88 - BIOS- Actual 1.90
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.42 - BIOS - Actual 1.34
South Bridge Voltage : 1.14
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : Auto
DDR3 Channel A REF Voltage : Auto
DDR3 Channel B REF Voltage : Auto
DDR3 Controller REF Voltage : Auto
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.55 BIOS - Actual 1.58

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting : 8.5
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled


I'm obviously still in the early stages of tweaking, so hopfully squeaze out a few more Mhz

Please feel free to take a look at my settings and offer up suggestions if possible.

Thanks in advance

[Soto]

Is it normal to get this temperatures without watercooling?



Thanks

[Roger_D25]

Yes I would say that those temps are not to far from the norm when not using the watercooling option and using the voltages you have. Certainly nothing to worry about in my opinion.

[JPxM0Dz]

Is it normal to get this temperatures without watercooling?



Thanks

Well interesting enough, my NB voltage is at 1.71v and temps peak at about 45c max, no cooling whatsoever however my mobo is setup bench style.

Temps on MB are around 38c and SB is around 35c

Having said that, I did remove stock cooling and replace all thermal compound with MX-2

[Soto]

I haven't done that yet but I could do it.

I have some Arctic Silver 5 compound. Can I use it to the NB and SB Heatsinks?

What about the Mosfets? Arctic Silver 5 for them too?

A reduction of 15c in my NB chip would be just great

That would be a temporary solution waiting to collect some money to buy a Watercooling kit.

[JPxM0Dz]

I haven't done that yet but I could do it.

I have some Arctic Silver 5 compound. Can I use it to the NB and SB Heatsinks?

What about the Mosfets? Arctic Silver 5 for them too?

A reduction of 15c in my NB chip would be just great

That would be a temporary solution waiting to collect some money to buy a Watercooling kit.

I applied MX-2 to everything, you'll be ok with AS5 on NB & SB, just be careful to apply very little on the mosfets

If you can get your hands on some MX-2, might be a better choice that the AS5, especially on those mosfets.

[Herbal]

Is it normal to get this temperatures without watercooling?



Thanks

Are you running the board inverted? (i.e. with the CPU located at the bottom)

I'm guessing that this doesn't help either since running it this way I find the cooling solution loves to dump heat into the poor SB heatsink which can get mighty hot after a good prime session.

[madfaze]

Is it normal to get this temperatures without watercooling?



Thanks

whoaaaa 1.71v

[Varsos]

Hi guys
just a quick question.........do you think i can use the BLACK PCI-Express x1 slot for a sata raid controller or is it working only with the soundcard? I'm using crossfire and so i can't use the white one.

Thanks

[Mando84]

I just can't get my Corsair TWIN3X2048-1800C7DFIN stable at 1800MHz.

My system is Prime95 stable at
FSB 450
DRAM 1500

but if I try to sett the memory to 1800 I get errors after an hour of torture testing.

System:
E6600
Maximus Extreme (Bios 1001)
Radeon 3870X2
Corsair Dominator TWIN3X2048-1800C7DFIN

Settings:
Ai Overclock Tuner [Manual]
CPU Ratio Setting [8]
FSB Frequency [450MHz]
FSB Strap To North Bridge [266] (Tried 200 and 333 as well, no improvement)
PCIE Frequency [100]
DRAM Frequency [DDR3-1803Mhz]

DRAM Timing Control [Manual]
Command Rate: 2T
Primary Info; 7-7-7-20
DRAM Static Read control: Disabled
DRAM dynamic write control: Disabled

Volts are very high since I've tried everything to get it stable:
CPU Voltage [1,60]
CPU PLL [1,74]
North Bridge Voltage :[1.71]
DRAM Voltage [1.94] (2.0 real)
FSB Termination Voltage [1.6v]
Loadline Calibration [Enabled] Tried disabled as well

CPU Spread spectrum - Disabled
PCIE Spread spectrum - Disabled
C1E,CPU TM, and everything else - Disabled

CPU and NB on water.

Anyone have any clues? I'm all out of ideas.

[polar bear]

I have exactly the same problem. Setup is almost the same as yours - I'm running a Q6600 though. System cannot pass torture tests, and I get random lockups/freezes and odd hardware failures (network controller restarting, display driver stops working etc.)

Perhaps your CPU voltage is a tad high although this shouldnt affect memory stability. You could try to set memory subtimings as per the article. Also, consider setting ai clock twister to "strong" and transaction booster to "2". You could also loosen your primary timings a bit, although you are running on stock timings it seems. Maybe increase V_DRAM to 2.10 - all these are small changes but they might just be the right ones From what it seems you are running only 2GB which rules out 4GB as the reason for instability.

I'm using BIOS settings as per anandtech's X38 article here.



Anyway, hope someone is able to throw some light on this issue.

[EJTREM3]

hi,
i been own a asus maximus formula,
and yesterday i install all the programs and games, and in the first game i run, the screen appears black, and reseted de pc but the screen appears black.
and cleared cmos but the problem persist, and lcd poster shows CMOS ERR, and put off all and reinstall harware but the same problem.
i think the bios was been died. but i dont not what to do :S
please help me.

[polar bear]

Going back to 400*9 DRAM 1600 @ 7-7-7-20-1T same voltages to see if it resolves the issues I'm having with stability.

Will post back with results.

[Mando84]

Thinking about that too. Starting over from FSB 400 and see where it all went wrong...

[Lloyd]

Anyone using the new SB from Eddie (EK) yet?
Should have mine any day but the NB was out of stock

[polar bear]

Anyone using the new SB from Eddie (EK) yet?
Should have mine any day but the NB was out of stock

Yes, should have it here soon also, ordered just 2 days ago. Should be nice .

Well, I've done some stability testing with FSX for the last few hours and absolutely no issues so far. Now for some overnight torture testing with OCCT: so far haven't been able to do this successfully with FSB450/DRAM1800.

[OBR]

highest impact to stability in my system has memory voltage! Because this mobo very overvolting memory ... now i am stable at 450MHz ...!

[polar bear]

Sadly the system didnt pass the overnight test despite lowering DRAM MHz to 1600. Now for a cascade of troubleshooting into what the issue REALLY is... Strange, been using bios settings exactly as per anandtechs article for core2quads (see post #467). Same thing happens every time: when I come to check system in the morning it is completely unresponsive with a black screen and I have to do a forced reboot. No idea what causes this

[OBR]

Sadly the system didnt pass the overnight test despite lowering DRAM MHz to 1600. Now for a cascade of troubleshooting into what the issue REALLY is... Strange, been using bios settings exactly as per anandtechs article for core2quads (see post #467). Same thing happens every time: when I come to check system in the morning it is completely unresponsive with a black screen and I have to do a forced reboot. No idea what causes this

i had very similar problem like you, i cannot to realize this mobo super 100 percent stable at any options ( i tryed million various settings/memories/cpus/gfxs ... and nothing, system is stable but not fully in 3D games) ... this mobo is crap, now i have Striker II Extreme and i am finally satisfied with DDR3!
Now i am with Maximus Extreme stable at 450MHz, but sometimes games crashes again ... i gave up fight with this mobo ...