ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[MrToad]

Lads i made a bo bo. Pulled stock cooling off, guess what came off as well



Heheh i now have a naked X38.

The IHS is very very stuck to the stock HSF!

Jur jur jur...

Phelan must be reaching for the razorblade now :P

Well, at least we don't have to put the whole MB on a frying pan to take the IHS off...

[ChaosMinionX]

Cant get this damn board stable yet

Anyone got some settings yet?

[Viss]

If dividers is the issue try to flash back to bios 0401. Tried 4x1024, only 1M though.

[Pete]

When i first saw your photo i thought, what is this????
It came off cause u run the pc for a few days with the stock cooler on. If u'd remove it on day 1 then it probably wouldn't come off.

I shall get a 2nd bord and try it!

Pete,
Was the NB IHS adiquetly covered with TIM? And did it dry out? Just wondered why it just poped off and why the IHS is glued to the HSF.

On the top of the IHM there is a sticky sheet which is rock hard and stuck to the IHS really really well! Cover the full size of the IHS

Inside the IHS again same thing but only covers the X38 DIE

The IHS aint glue, more it bonned with it i think.

If you's lifting the stock off do it from the RAM side then the back!

[ChaosMinionX]

What is everyone using for Voltage settings in regards to NB and FSB? I have GTL's set to .63x on CPU and AUTO for NB because I didnt know which to set for NB....

[SVTSnake]

i have crucial ballistix working 4*1gb they are running 1066 though with 425fsb they are as solid as ever...i dont know if that helps

Can you post your settings, cause this thing isn't even stable with 2 of the 4 dimms installed! Its about to be catapulted out the window and my DFI UT P35 back in! This is on bios 0401 BTW.

[SVTSnake]

What is everyone using for Voltage settings in regards to NB and FSB? I have GTL's set to .63x on CPU and AUTO for NB because I didnt know which to set for NB....

I am running .63x on the CPU as well, auto for NB, 1.5 for the NB, 1.5 for FSB. Still isn't NO WHERE NEAR STABLE HOWEVER! Very frustrating board to say the least!

[Pete]

Jur jur jur...

Phelan must be reaching for the razorblade now :P

Well, at least we don't have to put the whole MB on a frying pan to take the IHS off...

LOL aye too true, though i duno how easy it is to as the IHS is stuck with the same as the CPU on the edge just the core is free, but it's like an AMD with all the SMD's

[hornet]

Hello..

Some results.

Bios -> 1.425v
Win idle -> 1.408v
Win load -> 1.408v
Win load again -> 1.408v


Win idle


Win load


Win ilde again




Thanks XT-Portugal

[Nocturno]

The wonders os the vmod!

[tylerw13]

Can you post your settings, cause this thing isn't even stable with 2 of the 4 dimms installed! Its about to be catapulted out the window and my DFI UT P35 back in! This is on bios 0401 BTW.

im have the following if i remember correctly next time i restart ill let you know for sure

cpu 1.54
nb 1.5
sb 1.75
ram set 2.2

just a quick update as well i flashed to the 504 bios and had to back down my ram to 900 mhz because it wouldnt let me boot with 1066...i had to keep flashed 504 because of errors with my graphics card drivers and with 401 my computer wouldnt run videos or games...but with my ram set where its at im cool with what im running now just waiting for another bios update to see if i can get my ram running @ 1066 again...other than that this board is rock solid much more solid than my damn 680i!!

[GAR]

is there a pencil vmod we can do? for vdroop?

[mjb1206]

GAR: You downed the Gigabyte X38 board, and switched to the Asus, now show us what improvements you got. Show us some stable overclocked screen shots, and I mean stable! Not some 1 or 2 min orthos run, how about an 8-hour run!

Come On Do Some Braggin In Black & White...........

[Supershanks]

Have been following the maximus threads here,
Clunk.org.uk Asus Maximus Formula SE X38 - Living Review
ASUS Maximus Formula SE : Complete Test : CPU, Memory, 3D including Max FSB and CF !
&
ShePearl's ASUS MAXIMUS Formula SE : Few questions.

Appreciate it's still relatively early days, but what's the general opinion ??
Clearly a decent bios will help, hopefully including a fix for the Loadline Calibration.

The PSU issue of Clunk's, is also odd (see Continued..... section , although like he says, similar to issues seen originally with the commando.

You reckon it's the makings of a winner of the magnitude of the p5k or p5b deluxe, or something a bit less

Cheers

[GAR]

GAR: You downed the Gigabyte X38 board, and switched to the Asus, now show us what improvements you got. Show us some stable overclocked screen shots, and I mean stable! Not some 1 or 2 min orthos run, how about an 8-hour run!

Come On Do Some Braggin In Black & White...........

Hey bro, i will have my board tommorow morning, will have results up soon as i get some good results, my cpu is good for 3.8ghz stable air cooled with about 1.55-1.6v...........anyhow i will have results up tommorow.

[SVTSnake]

Man I cannot believe the vdroop this board has. Set to 1.56** in bios, under load its at 1.456

Board still has problems running CAS5 266 with the Ballistix. Using the stock 0401 bios. Had to drop down to 2gigs of my Ballistix just to get Vista installed without BSOD of final installation. Not very happy with this board to say the least. The X38-DQ6 was much easier to run, with less problems it seemed. Think I am going to go back to my DFI UT-P35 T2R...

[GAR]

Man I cannot believe the vdroop this board has. Set to 1.56** in bios, under load its at 1.456

Board still has problems running CAS5 266 with the Ballistix. Using the stock 0401 bios. Had to drop down to 2gigs of my Ballistix just to get Vista installed without BSOD of final installation. Not very happy with this board to say the least. The X38-DQ6 was much easier to run, with less problems it seemed. Think I am going to go back to my DFI UT-P35 T2R...

Vista has issues being installed with 4gb's of ram, you need to install with 2gb's, install the hotfix and put the other 2 gigs in......the gigabyte also has issues running 4 sticks of ram, seems the x38 doesnt like 4 gigs of ram, i got BSOD's with 4 sticks of ram, even on stock settings.......gigabyte board sucked for me, vdroop was horrible, vcore was horrible, trying to get 1.55 volts i had to squeeze to 1.65 in bios, wich gave me 1.62 at load, no way to get 1.57 volts with that board, overall i was very unhappy with the gigabyte board, i sold my 4 sticks of d9gmh and got the new g.skill 2x2gb ddr1000

[ChaosMinionX]

Anyone been doing some work with RAM subtimings? I will have some results up soon.



No real tweaking done on this....

EDIT:

Heres some tweaking of subtimings as well....

[cuke2u]

Vista has issues being installed with 4gb's of ram, you need to install with 2gb's, install the hotfix and put the other 2 gigs in......the gigabyte also has issues running 4 sticks of ram, seems the x38 doesnt like 4 gigs of ram, i got BSOD's with 4 sticks of ram, even on stock settings.......gigabyte board sucked for me, vdroop was horrible, vcore was horrible, trying to get 1.55 volts i had to squeeze to 1.65 in bios, wich gave me 1.62 at load, no way to get 1.57 volts with that board, overall i was very unhappy with the gigabyte board, i sold my 4 sticks of d9gmh and got the new g.skill 2x2gb ddr1000

Hi, no issues running 4x1gb of ram here on standard settings, however OC's are a different matter, put in exactly the same setting that ran fine with my P5B Premium Vista Edition and no boot, stops at Det Dram...
ChrisC

[Extera]

I have a big problem passing 580mhz FSB... What ever I do, I can get past it, doenst matter what multi ect.

This board has a lot of potential, but why do I alway get a board wich just cant pass 600mhz fsb



This was FSB testing only! Spi can be much faster with some tweaking.

Ik looks like the board cant hold load @ + 575 fsb, I get 580mhz fsb on multi 6,7 and 8...

[Zeus]

Perhaps CPU FSB wall?

Try raising Pll volts.

[Extera]

I've tried Vpll from 1,8v to 2,3v @ bios set. I don't think is the cpu, A website in holland has send out 10 of these boards for a overclocking contest, sofar everyone is strugelling to get over 570 - 580 mhz fsb. Only Rol-co had 600mhz validated, but also his board can hold load like spi 1M.

I think this is the same for cornerjack, ho is running in cascade now.

[Zeus]

And how 'bout some more xtreme cooling solution on the NB?

This might net you some hard needed MHz.

[Extera]

I will try... Rol-co has chilled water on the NB btw. I have normal watercooling on the NB with asetek chipset block. Temp of the NB never raises above 30*C.

[Pete]

I'm going to test the IHS les bord today to make sure it works. LOL though i don't think i will keep it IHS less, think it's wort much?