ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Simps]

This is the best board arround!

[WhiteFireDragon]

which new BIOS are you guys trying out? should i try out 1501 or 1403?

[Nunzi]

1501

[WhiteFireDragon]

i just flashed to 1501, but it seems every time i change some kind of setting from default, the new setting would not save to the BIOS and i would get an error saying to press F1 for setup or F2 to load defaults. anyone else having this problem?

i can't flash back to any previous version BIOS either. i'll probably just switch back to the other ROM until there's a solution for this

[Grnfinger]

i just flashed to 1501, but it seems every time i change some kind of setting from default, the new setting would not save to the BIOS and i would get an error saying to press F1 for setup or F2 to load defaults. anyone else having this problem?

i can't flash back to any previous version BIOS either. i'll probably just switch back to the other ROM until there's a solution for this

I flash with AFUDOS version 229ES and have no problems.
I would recommend making a bootable USB stick and tossing AFUDOS on it

[Guacamole]

Is anybody running this board with a quad and 8gigs of memory could you please post your settings??

[clip]

So, whats all this rack mounted stuff all about then : )

[psygnosi]

Is anybody running this board with a quad and 8gigs of memory could you please post your settings??

I'm running 8 gigs of Kingston HyperX without any problems. Running 4.0 Ghz as well. Set 1, 3, 5 on SATA ACHI ports and running bios 1501. I have my settings listed here in a previous post. Cryptik helped me get my system stable.

[Nunzi]

Her's what I use, nothing special Hope it helps

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 450
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
North Bridge Clock Skew : Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1088
Dram Clock Skew CH1 A1 : normal
DRAM Clock Skew CH1 A2 normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B1 : normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B2 : normal

DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
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
Write to PRE Delay : auto
Read to PRE Delay : auto
PRE to PRE Delay : auto
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : auto
ALL PRE to REF Delay : auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Dram Read Training : AUTO
MEM OC Charger : enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Stronger
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level [8]

Pull-In of CHA PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH5 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH5 Disabled

PCIE Frequency : 100

CPU Voltage : 1.375
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.50
FSBT : 1.3285
DRAM Voltage : 2.12
North Bridge Voltage : 1.312
South Bridge Voltage 1.5 : 1.5
South Bridge Voltage 1.1 : 1.1

CPU GTL Reference 0 : auto
CPU GTL Reference 1 : auto
CPU GTL Reference 2 : auto
CPU GTL Reference 3 : auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
North Bridge DDR Reference : AUTO

Load Line Calabration : Enabled
CPU Sread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

[Teppo]

Sorry to get a little off topic here, but maybe I am just being anal about this, but does anyone notice when booting up after bios screen then screen goes black it seems to take a while to actually get to windows log on and this is where I am being anal, awhile being 15 seconds or so, or is this just normal? Would there be any setting on the mobo that could speed this up?

[Grnfinger]

Sorry to get a little off topic here, but maybe I am just being anal about this, but does anyone notice when booting up after bios screen then screen goes black it seems to take a while to actually get to windows log on and this is where I am being anal, awhile being 15 seconds or so, or is this just normal? Would there be any setting on the mobo that could speed this up?

Its all part of the Maximus experience

[Teppo]

Its all part of the Maximus experience

I take that as a NO

[Sem]

Sorry to get a little off topic here, but maybe I am just being anal about this, but does anyone notice when booting up after bios screen then screen goes black it seems to take a while to actually get to windows log on and this is where I am being anal, awhile being 15 seconds or so, or is this just normal? Would there be any setting on the mobo that could speed this up?

that used to annoy me as well
what i do is change the boot device priority to Hard disk as the first one with everything else disabled

that should speed it up

if you need to boot from a cd just press F8 at start up

[DSL_PWR]

Is anyone having sound card issues with this board? I seem to be getting a constant lag and ticking in music and when playing games. What would cause this? I am at a loss to figure it out.. Been doing some searching but not coming up with much...

[ATLNY]

I am currently runing this setup on my E8400 (stable)
how much changes I have to make to get this to run on the Q9550 cpu when I get
I know the multiplier is 8.5

[QUOTE=CryptiK;3289895]This is an adapted version of my setting for 4GHz with an 8400 for you to try.

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 445
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
North Bridge Clock Skew : Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge : Auto
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-892 MHz (ie: 1:1 ratio)
Dram Clock Skew CH1 A1 : Normal
DRAM Clock Skew CH1 A2 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B1 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B2 : Normal


DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 5
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 60
Write Recovery Time : 8
Read to Precharge Time : 5

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

Write to PRE Delay : Auto
Read to PRE Delay : Auto
PRE to PRE Delay : Auto
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : Auto
ALL PRE to REF Delay : Auto

DRAM Static Read Control: disabled
Dram Read Training : disabled
MEM OC Charger : disabled
Ai Clock Twister : Moderate
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level: 10 (lowest you can set is 10 on 1:1 ratio)

Pull-In of CHA PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH5 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH5 Disabled

PCIE Frequency : 100

CPU Voltage : 1.3500v
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.51325v
FSBT : 1.2v
DRAM Voltage : 2.1v
North Bridge Voltage : 1.32v
South Bridge Voltage 1.5 : 1.5
South Bridge Voltage 1.1 : 1.1

CPU GTL Reference 0 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 1 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 2 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 3 : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
North Bridge DDR Reference : AUTO

Load Line Calabration : Enabled
CPU Sread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled 

[Sem]

seem to be having stability problems in XP

my system is rock stable in vista 64
it passed 20 hours prime blend and 20 passes of linpack 64

but when ever i try to run prime on XP 32 the system hard locks within 1-2 hours

is it because its not a fresh install?

i installed it originally with a DFI x48 then installed a striker ii extreme then the maximus ii formula

i plan to do a clean install i just want to get the system stable first

[Guacamole]

Her's what I use, nothing special Hope it helps

Thanks Nunzi I appreciate it, tried it but no go with 8 gigs but I have figured out with the Q9550 and 8gigs that to get 4.0 I have to run on the 1:1 divider I am testing right now but seems to be doing well..

[Nunzi]

Guacomole, try 445fsb with the same settings

[Vega]

ATM I use this settings but I plan to increase the multiple to hit 4.5GHz. If this is stable I only have to increase Vcore when I change to mult. x8.5 and x9, right?

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 500
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
North Bridge Clock Skew : Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge : Auto
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1000 MHz 
Dram Clock Skew CH1 A1 : Normal
DRAM Clock Skew CH1 A2 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B1 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B2 : Normal


DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
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

Write to PRE Delay : Auto
Read to PRE Delay : Auto
PRE to PRE Delay : Auto
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : Auto
ALL PRE to REF Delay : Auto

DRAM Static Read Control: disabled
Dram Read Training : disabled
MEM OC Charger : Enable
Ai Clock Twister : Moderate
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level: Auto

Pull-In of CHA PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH5 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH5 Disabled

PCIE Frequency : 100

CPU Voltage : 1.2500v
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.50v
FSBT : 1.30v
DRAM Voltage : 2.18v
North Bridge Voltage : 1.34v
South Bridge Voltage 1.5 
South Bridge Voltage 1.1

CPU GTL Reference 0 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 1 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 2 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 3 : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
North Bridge DDR Reference : AUTO

Load Line Calabration : Enabled
CPU Sread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled 

[/QUOTE]

[Grnfinger]

ATM I use this settings but I plan to increase the multiple to hit 4.5GHz. If this is stable I only have to increase Vcore when I change to mult. x8.5 and x9, right?

NB volts might have to be increased.
FSBT looks ok and PLL should work.

You should take the time to to get the other values off auto, you might be surprised at what you hardware can do.

[humeyboy]

I'm at 400FSB with lowest possible Chipset Voltages etc but cannot get 500FSB stable (for any length of time) no matter what I try.

Again I know its some setting I'm missing.

I do not understand why I do not have this line bellow :


Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO <<<<< THIS is missing.

Is it because I have changed another setting or on newer bios ?.

[vab206]

i need some help getting my cpu and ram to work @ 1:1... i know that may be pushing what i have on air, but if someone has a spec (lol) for this mobo that is working on a 1:1 CPU:RAM ratio could you please either post it or pm me to see. im in the midst of converting to 24/7 phase, which im dreading considering how tight everything is packed around the socket on this mobo, if someone knows of someone who is running phase on the m2f then please point me in their direction as well, specs are as follows

e8400
4x1gb corsair dominator ddr21066 5-5-5-15
m2f
hd4870

i also am having a pretty big issue with the sound on this mobo, everything works fine until i install the creative suite... then it fubars it all. anyone had this problem?

[Vega]

NB volts might have to be increased.
FSBT looks ok and PLL should work.

You should take the time to to get the other values off auto, you might be surprised at what you hardware can do.

Yes you are right there. I installed this mobo just some days ago so I have very much to learn. I was a DFI fan before so this bios it new for me you see....
If you want to help so please enlighten me!!

[GeorgeVasil]

Preparation for a Phase..









After 12h of playing with this mobo...

32m >530 FSB was impossible..

1Μ>584 was impossible

600*8 1M PL 13 was possible..

1 have tested 2 8400's 746A..both of them stopped FSB 585 1M and FSB 530 32M. Maybe i run out of cpu fsb or this mobo is chiquita aprroved..and it not worth's to take place at the 200$ budjet range.I tried several settings..several voltages ...several GTL settings..32M>530=no go.

Next week i will try with other Cpu's..

For the history..

[sladden]

Hi all!
Saw a strange thing today thayt i had no noticed before.One memory is marked as a PC-8500 and the other one is PC-6400...it is bought as Corsair Dominator TWIN2X8500C5DF 4096MB, DDR2, 2x2GB(KIT), DHX, E.P.P, with FAN,is it motherboard that is f***** up or is there a chance that the PC-6400 modul is mismarked as a PC-8500?Have some other computer i could chek it in but it is a bad time for that now because i had a broken right arm.....just wanted to hear what you are thinking..Lars

Have it checked by everest,cpu-id,and mem set 3,5...they all say 1 pc-8500,1 pc-6400