ASUS Maximus Formula SE

**Leeghoofd** · 10-25-2007, 02:09 PM

Very good cooler , almost beats my D-tek Fuzion & thermochill PA 120.3 : 300 euro setup pfffffffff...

Windows BSOD on me during install I have to use slightly more volts with my Gskills PC8000 here then with the Striker ( maybe it overvolts less here hehehe )

**kup** · 10-25-2007, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

You guys all think 0505 is the best bios to use ?

I've wondered this too, what would be the vote for best bios to use? And by best I think you all know I mean best for overclocking?

**CERO** · 10-25-2007, 02:11 PM

btw Do u need additional fans on these boards for NB + Mosfet ( which mosfetsink , seperate 1 or the 1 that is connected) ? I added a old amd fan @ the seperate Mosfet heatsink ( as that 1 gets blazing hot without as the 1 connected with the heatpipes barely warm) and a 60mm fan sideways mounted on the NB@ my P5K deluxe.

**CERO** · 10-25-2007, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

Very good cooler , almost beats my D-tek Fuzion & thermochill PA 120.3 : 300 euro setup pfffffffff...

Windows BSOD on me during install I have to use slightly more volts with my Gskills PC8000 here then with the Striker ( maybe it overvolts less here hehehe )

hehe never tried W/c , and I always wanted to try it, untill I started to lap it + cpu :

before lap:

After lap:

Super aircooler

**DeViTTo** · 10-25-2007, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

Yeah I put in my name with the Striker no idea of this works here... board seems prety stable to me out of the box till now...

You guys all think 0505 is the best bios to use ?

I tried 505 after i had upgraded from the original bios to 504. Had a slight problem the divider kept flutuating in CPUz from 9 to 6, so I tried 504, it cured it but came back again so I set to manual it fixed it. I've since gone back to 504 like GAR because everyone else has, but it seems people are now in favour of the 505 bios.

**DeViTTo** · 10-25-2007, 02:31 PM

Can someone explain why coretemp reports 4185Mhz while CPUz reports 3.7Ghz on my Maximus?

**Darkatom** · 10-25-2007, 02:36 PM

Coretemp does not calculate the correct speed when the multi is dropped.

**kup** · 10-25-2007, 02:37 PM

CoreTemp has issues with reading any multiplier other than the stock one, and as such produces crazy clockspeeds. Use CPU-Z or Everest for reading Clockspeed!

**Leeghoofd** · 10-25-2007, 02:40 PM

Yep wayyyyyy old issue if you can call it an issue

**DeViTTo** · 10-25-2007, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Darkatom

Coretemp does not calculate the correct speed when the multi is dropped.

Thanks Guys didn't know lol

**Darkatom** · 10-25-2007, 02:58 PM

Anyone have any issues when enabling Ai Clock Twister or Transaction Booster ? I cant post when they are enabled.

**TheSamurai** · 10-25-2007, 03:26 PM

i've been reading that people are having all these issues and can't hit 3.8 and blah blah blah... i'm wondering if i was just a lucky one or something. i'm still a noob so maybe i'm missing something. i have 425x9 with the cpu at 1.5 (haven't tried lower yet) and it's 4 hours stable in prime95. i'm enjoying this board and definately looking forward to better thought out bios versions.

**OverClocker_gr** · 10-25-2007, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by Darkatom

Anyone have any issues when enabling Ai Clock Twister or Transaction Booster ? I cant post when they are enabled.

me.
But when i set twister tou light i boot but whith worst timmigns if i remember correct

**~~T2k~~** · 10-25-2007, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by DeViTTo

Thanks Guys didn't know lol

I just keep repeating:" Everest, Everest, Everest...

**~~T2k~~** · 10-25-2007, 07:58 PM

So far, so good, I'm reporting. Quick test w/ some crappy 5300LE PCIe card and default Intel air cooler showed it's quickly booting at 3.6GHz with everything on default.
However we couldn't reach 500FSB no matter what - tomorrow or on Saturday I'll hook up the water and 4GHz must work...

**GAR** · 10-25-2007, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by TheSamurai

i've been reading that people are having all these issues and can't hit 3.8 and blah blah blah... i'm wondering if i was just a lucky one or something. i'm still a noob so maybe i'm missing something. i have 425x9 with the cpu at 1.5 (haven't tried lower yet) and it's 4 hours stable in prime95. i'm enjoying this board and definately looking forward to better thought out bios versions.

its stable becuse it doesnt load the cpu 100%, check process's in task manager and you will see prime 95 doesnt use 100% cpu, my cpu is stable at 3.9 but it doesnt load all the way, im sure if it did, it would crash....this is with 1.5v and up.

**Aldy402** · 10-25-2007, 10:55 PM

anybody getting a restart issue? whenever i restart from vista, it just hangs

anybody else or is it just me? 505 bios

**gs274** · 10-25-2007, 11:04 PM

most interesting thing...all my parts arrived today q6600 g0, maximus formula se and of course GAR's fabulous ram...installed xp pro as quick as can be while oc'd to qx6800. flashed 505 bios, manually set fsb to 333 and ram to 1002 with everything to auto except ram at 2.1v...10 minutes later. socket on the board is dead. no lights above the socket, keeps rebooting at cpu init., swapped out the q6600 for my e6700 and same thing. appears that the cpu socket just...died. it's a rev 1.02g btw.

**Scooby** · 10-26-2007, 03:33 AM

Hey guys...I'm getting my MAX in about a week and would like to know their is one unified drivers set for the board or do I have to download all the seprate drivers from Asus's site.

I would like to also know if their are any of the drivers I shouldn't load. I'm not going to be using the bundled soundcard so I don't need to load the Audio drives...right?

Thanks

**gs274** · 10-26-2007, 04:52 AM

actually appears to be one of these 2gb g.skills modules is dead...not as bad as the board but still...nice.

**TheSamurai** · 10-26-2007, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by GAR

its stable becuse it doesnt load the cpu 100%, check process's in task manager and you will see prime 95 doesnt use 100% cpu, my cpu is stable at 3.9 but it doesnt load all the way, im sure if it did, it would crash....this is with 1.5v and up.

prime and occt were using 99% of the cpu while something else was using the 1%. overall it was 100% according to task manager. i went into bios to test a lower setting as i thought it was set to 1.5 but it was actually 1.49***. if there is something you want me to test out gar, let me know. i'm not sure if something might be different with my board. the revision is 1.02, and i'm starting if there really is a new revision out or if there was some photoshoping going on hahahah.

**TheSamurai** · 10-26-2007, 05:55 AM

gar, how long were you running prime/occt before you noticed this problem? i just cranked the cpu voltage up to 1.51 and it's still running at the 99% with the occasional drop to 98%, but at the bottom it's saying 100% usage of the cpu. if i remember correctly, your drop was quite significant?

**ShawnTRD** · 10-26-2007, 06:35 AM

Do these voltages and temps in red look to high for this board or is PC Probe just set to low?

**TheSamurai** · 10-26-2007, 07:38 AM

probe is progably just set too low. happened to me too... that's not idle is it?!?!?!

**ShawnTRD** · 10-26-2007, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by TheSamurai

that's not idle is it?!?!?!

haha, no I just turned off PRIME95 like 2 seconds b4 the screen shot.

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