ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[TheSamurai]

those of you that are having all these crazy problems should really think about rma'ing your board. the issues you're having are rediculous.

[E.R]

Yeah, i might be going to the 780i SLI as well, the new games tax my single GTX too much, i need dual 8800GT's , but before i make me decision, im going to wait for the 3870's to show up, if it shows to be as good as the 8800GT, i will go for crossfire this time around, some say crossfire is more efficient than SLi, but well have to wait till November 15th.

I set my hope for 3870 CF or perhaps next highend GPU if accepable CPU clock is the name of the game. 780i supposed to be a 680i with the PCIe 2.0 chip, not something that fix the poor quadclock with most of 680i board.

[btdvox]

I just noticed Majorrams temps were not being OC'd at all, in that case yeah somethings really too hot- Those temps should be your temps if you at your MAX Stable OC. pretty much.

[Aldy402]

anybody getting the restart issue with 404 bios?

[andyr(uk)]

I havnt tried 8GB's yet, but with 4gb's this set is awsome, got it at ddr 1111 with no issues, 2.1v only, this is my fav set of ram yet, very easy to overclock, dont expect ddr 1200 but if your looking at a stable 1100 with low voltage this is a good set, and cheap too!

Hi Gar i have the same cpu/ram and mobo and whilst i can get into windows with ramm @1111Mhz it wont run prime at all, which slots are you using for your ram , i know my chip will do 3.7 Ghz 463x8 as it primes fine with mem on the next divider down which is at a crappy 1:1 ddr463. any clues ?

[ChaosMinionX]

both ram and NB voltage should be increased with 4gb, puts more strain on the NB with more ram.

Well not necessarily ram voltage go up with 4GB.... usually if they are rated 2.2v they will run at that and be stable, its usually the NB that has a hardtime keeping up. I set my NB on Maximus to 1.53v, it would error with mine running super tight timings at 1.49-1.51v.

[bill_d]

temp sensor maybe will work

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/63..._-_2_Pack.html

[TheSamurai]

Hmmmm, try setting all voltages to auto, except for cpu and dram, that works good usually, the board itself will adjust the voltages to what they would need to be.........try that see if it helps.

also remember to turn off any performance enhancements in the bios, the booster etc........

nothing gar... not sure why. i'm using the black slots for the single kit, that's the one that the board prefers, right? tried different multi and fsb combos and nothing. it would start booting to windows and then it would restart. any other ideas?

[GAR]

Hi Gar i have the same cpu/ram and mobo and whilst i can get into windows with ramm @1111Mhz it wont run prime at all, which slots are you using for your ram , i know my chip will do 3.7 Ghz 463x8 as it primes fine with mem on the next divider down which is at a crappy 1:1 ddr463. any clues ?

try this, this worked good for me, set all your voltages to auto, only set cpu and dram voltages....dram use 2.06 see if that works for 463x8 and ram at 1111, also im using the blue slots.

[Majoram]

Hi all,

Just an update. My Ballistix failed on the other Memtest (v3.3) as well.
Right now I have some OCZ RAM in there and testing away.
So far it's on the 2nd Pass with no errors. I'll see how it is in the morning.

Either way, I already requested an RMA for the board and I think I will do one for the memory as well. Maybe they will let me exchange for 2x2GB sticks.

Does anyone recommend any 2x2GB DDR1000+ RAM? Other than GARs GSkills of course

Or should I just stick with the Ballistix DDR1066 (after all it's pretty good RAM)?

[yobi]

smal oc

[ShawnTRD]

Hi all,

Just an update. My Ballistix failed on the other Memtest (v3.3) as well.
Right now I have some OCZ RAM in there and testing away.
So far it's on the 2nd Pass with no errors. I'll see how it is in the morning.

Either way, I already requested an RMA for the board and I think I will do one for the memory as well. Maybe they will let me exchange for 2x2GB sticks.

Does anyone recommend any 2x2GB DDR1000+ RAM? Other than GARs GSkills of course

Or should I just stick with the Ballistix DDR1066 (after all it's pretty good RAM)?

I get crap about this but I've never had a problem with Corsair. I had a lot of problems with GSkill. The only Crucial I've had was PC133. But I want to stay with Corsair now.

[ShawnTRD]

VCORE Dropst to 1.16V!!! Is that normal?

[CyberDruid]

Man you guys are reporting soooo many issues I am getting nervous. I still have the unopened mobo sitting here waiting for the CPU. Is this board a dud or what?

[GAR]

Man you guys are reporting soooo many issues I am getting nervous. I still have the unopened mobo sitting here waiting for the CPU. Is this board a dud or what?

every board has issues, and trust me THIS board is anything but a dud, one of the best boards i have used.

[Majoram]

I get crap about this but I've never had a problem with Corsair. I had a lot of problems with GSkill. The only Crucial I've had was PC133. But I want to stay with Corsair now.

Yeah I hardly think it is the RAM. I'm gonna give the RAM a second chance and see what happens. I really don't want to part with them anyway

Hey does anyone know of a good fan-based RAM cooler?
Just wondering since air flow in my case may not be the best and I hope it will help.

Plus I think I will get a few temp sensors and monitor temps around the board.

Here's hoping I get the 1.03g revision of the board!

Man you guys are reporting soooo many issues I am getting nervous. I still have the unopened mobo sitting here waiting for the CPU. Is this board a dud or what?

I've read all the pages in this thread and I agree there are a lot of issues and I'm even tempted to just go back to the Gigabyte DQ6.

I feel though that the Maximus will get much better before the year end. Just a feeling mind you. Plus despite all the issues, many people keep saying how much they love this board (even if you put aside GARs posts too) that's gotta mean some thing.

[-=j0nnyr0773n=-]

After trying many many different settings I became slightly frustrated and set my voltages to what I feel are a little higher than they should be just to try and keep a prime stable overclock. Here's my settings 16 hours Prime stable:

CPU Ratio Control Manual
Ratio CMOS setting 9
FSB Frequency 400
FSB Strap to NB Auto
PCIE Freq 100

DRAM Freq DDR2-961mhz
DRAM Command Rate 2T
DRAM Timing Control Manual
cas 5
ras to cas 5
ras precharge 5
ras active time 15

Everything else AUTO

-----------------------------------

Voltages


CPU Voltage 1.5 (1.488 droop)
CPU PLL Voltage 1.66 (overvolting to 1.776-1.792)
NB Voltage 1.63 (overvolgint to 1.68)
DRAM Voltage 2.22 (overvolting to 2.352)
FSB Term Volt 1.4 (overvolting to 1.472)
SB volt 1.075 (overvolting to 1.120)
Loadline Calib Enabled
CPU GTL Ref .63x
NB GTL Ref .67x
DDR2 channel A auto
DDR2 channel b auto
DDR2 Controller auto
SB 1.5v auto

Both spread spectrums disabled.


I am running my ram with a divider to eliminate any stability issues to just the processor. What voltages on there do you think I can lower? Obviously I will be testing with lower vcore now, but wat about the nb, sb, fsb term, and cpu pll? I would like to get lower temps if I can. It was 71c after 16hours on water. It is about 90f in the room it is in though.

[Aldy402]

Man you guys are reporting soooo many issues I am getting nervous. I still have the unopened mobo sitting here waiting for the CPU. Is this board a dud or what?

its been one of the most pleasant boards I have ever owned (overclocking wise) but theres a lot of small problems everywhere that plagues like board like my soft restart issue from vista

it's in desperate need of a bios update..

[ChaosMinionX]

Man you guys are reporting soooo many issues I am getting nervous. I still have the unopened mobo sitting here waiting for the CPU. Is this board a dud or what?

Dont sweat it, I am sure they will fix the BIOS

[mondocool]

It's just fits around the mosfets but it's doable, enough clearance between the heatsinks and the cooler, will take some piccies for ya. Here they are :

Wait wait wait by looking at those pictures it seems there is no way to install my hr-05?? Or would I have to buy the hr-05 ifx sli? and I'm hearing some terrible things for this board on the qx6700 I'm scared

[kup]

Mondo, you could mount the TRUE so that it blows upwards, from bottom to top, as opposed to from front to back? That should give enough room I think?

[sup3rfly]

After trying many many different settings I became slightly frustrated and set my voltages to what I feel are a little higher than they should be just to try and keep a prime stable overclock. Here's my settings 16 hours Prime stable:

CPU Ratio Control Manual
Ratio CMOS setting 9
FSB Frequency 400
FSB Strap to NB Auto
PCIE Freq 100

DRAM Freq DDR2-961mhz
DRAM Command Rate 2T
DRAM Timing Control Manual
cas 5
ras to cas 5
ras precharge 5
ras active time 15

Everything else AUTO

-----------------------------------

Voltages


CPU Voltage 1.5 (1.488 droop)
CPU PLL Voltage 1.66 (overvolting to 1.776-1.792)
NB Voltage 1.63 (overvolgint to 1.68)
DRAM Voltage 2.22 (overvolting to 2.352)
FSB Term Volt 1.4 (overvolting to 1.472)
SB volt 1.075 (overvolting to 1.120)
Loadline Calib Enabled
CPU GTL Ref .63x
NB GTL Ref .67x
DDR2 channel A auto
DDR2 channel b auto
DDR2 Controller auto
SB 1.5v auto

Both spread spectrums disabled.


I am running my ram with a divider to eliminate any stability issues to just the processor. What voltages on there do you think I can lower? Obviously I will be testing with lower vcore now, but wat about the nb, sb, fsb term, and cpu pll? I would like to get lower temps if I can. It was 71c after 16hours on water. It is about 90f in the room it is in though.

i think ur vpll is a lil too high.... try to lower it down to 1.6v and see whats displaying in the hardware monitor.... iirc 1.8v will potentially kill ur processor

[ChaosMinionX]

i think ur vpll is a lil too high.... try to lower it down to 1.6v and see whats displaying in the hardware monitor.... iirc 1.8v will potentially kill ur processor

Set PLL to 1.5v (closer to 1.6v actual) it shouldnt have to go higher than that. You could even set it less if your processor allows you to.

[sup3rfly]

yeah pll lower is always better....i put 1.6v when i m losing my hope on my proc.... E6850 fsb walled at 465...its been all the same for 3 mobos....Dark, P35 DS3P and maximus.... will post my 3.6 settings later tonight...in the office now cant remember what settings did i put all i remember is 1.4125v for vcore and 2.00v for vdimm at ddr 900 4-4-4-8-4-42

[njkid32]

Damn this is a pretty long thread The only problem I can see so far with this board is the vcore. This cpu was 100% prime95 stable at 3.6ghz at 1.38v on my Asus Premium P35 board. I understand there are alot of new settings in this bios and I'll have to really dig into it but for now like I said the only thing I can see an issue with is the vcore/vdroop control. Or lack of. I started out by setting the vcore similar to how I had it on the Premium at 1.4v to get 1.38v real. That was obviously a no go. So, I worked my way up with vcore and it seemed like it just wasnt changing at all. I finally landed on 1.5v to get 1.41v real. I am still on the original 0401 bios and am not sure if any issue have been solved with a new bios revision (I guess once I read this thread I'll find out)

One other thing I found out that was total garbage with that cpu clock up or whatever that software was. I kept getting bsod's all the time. But then again I disable all cpu features in the bios so it wouldnt work either way.

I am running 4gb of memory on Vista x64 without any issues. One thing I did notice is my vdimm did overvolt a bit.

http://www.njkidxs.org/Q6700-3.6ghz.jpg