ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[cliffy]

CPU temp deffinately changed with 0701. Mine is also now higher than my core temps. Looks like they have tightened up the timing with this release though. Heres my Memory results. Clock speed are as shown in the screenies.

0602


0701

[ChaosMinionX]

Maximus Formula Bios 0701 Bios Changes

[ 0701 ]
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1. Enable support of PECI for the detection of CPU surface temperature
2. Enhance memory compatibility

That would explain why my dram static read and stuff wasnt working

I will reflash that and retune on new bios.

[doom_st]

where is the option to disable peci in this bios?
it doesn't show minus temps anymore

[kup]

It's still there for me...

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...ula/MF0701.zip

EDIT: Lol...Lee was asking about the bios? Apparently he found it because the post vanished...

[Renegade5399]

So wait, what do I believe for temps now? Coretemp or the board?

[GAR]

OK, my problem is related to the X-FI drivers in vista 64, stupid creative..................what should i do, is the onboard sound good enough?????

stupid creative, i went from returning 2 great overclocking 8800GT's to thinking its my board, all because of stupid drivers, went ahead and took apart my computer all because of this , F*ck creative labs, sorry for the language fellas, but this is crap support from a HUGE company like creative wich makes million a month, but cant release decent drivers for a 64 bit OS.

[cadaveca]

It's ok...you tried the slot above the pci-e?

[Aldy402]

OK, my problem is related to the X-FI drivers in vista 64, stupid creative..................what should i do, is the onboard sound good enough?????

stupid creative, i went from returning 2 great overclocking 8800GT's to thinking its my board, all because of stupid drivers, went ahead and took apart my computer all because of this , F*ck creative labs, sorry for the language fellas, but this is crap support from a HUGE company like creative wich makes million a month, but cant release decent drivers for a 64 bit OS.

whoa sorry to hear that, you returned it already?

[Maglin]

Man Creative has had hugh driver issues ever since the X-FI came out. They are very bloated and in general I see more people with issues that not with Creative sound cards. Glad you figured out the cause. Now for a solution.

[Leeghoofd]

Funny noone blames Microsoft for releasing another POS OS, no issues at all here with WinXP 64, I'll never switch XP for Vista unless it gets some serious service packs...

[ShawnTRD]

cliffy:

Do you find Everest to be stable? When i was trying it (4.20.1170) I would get Blue Screen restarts. I stopped using it and haven't had another one yet. This was on XP Pro.

[Leeghoofd]

Everest 4.20.1170 works fine here you think it's like that coretemp version that made several Pc's BSOD.... but my version looks totally different then Cliffy's one...

and I can confirm Cliffy's findings; with Static read control on and transaction booster off (level 0) I get way better ram scores than with 0505... Read and copy improved drastically, write though stayed almost the same....

[GAR]

whoa sorry to hear that, you returned it already?

Yeah i returned the BFG, but i got myself another one, XFX 8800GT, the BFG was a good overclocker, i feel bad for returning it, wish i knew this problem last night! anyway, either i can use the onboard sound or just go back to good old windows XP, or just use vista 32???

[ShawnTRD]

either i can use the onboard sound or just go back to good old windows XP, or just use vista 32???

I've given up on Vista. I run a Dual Boot, but I use XP 90% of the time.

[sdumper]

Im using the ASUS suplied PCIe 1x sound card and it sounds good to me.

I tried my x-Fi but with Vista x64 and 4 gigs of ram all I got was an ear full of static...

[Maglin]

Funny noone blames Microsoft for releasing another POS OS, no issues at all here with WinXP 64, I'll never switch XP for Vista unless it gets some serious service packs...

I started running Vista about 2% of the time in a duel boot. After some game testing I've found Vista to be superior to XP. Not in FPS but in memory managment, and in so more stable frame rates with virtually no dips below 30 FPS unless I'm running more then 2 games at the same time. Vista's S3 sleep state actually works where XP would be hit and miss 50% of the time.

I personally have almost zero issues with Vista. I only use XP for legacy hardware that doesn't have Vista drivers which is like .05% of the time now.

[Scope666]

does anyone know if this is available for download yet? Does Asus have something that does this? (tweaking volts / timings from Windows)

This is supposed to work for the X38 and P35 chipsets.

[dMITIj]

ill get my maximus none SE mobo by the day after tomorrow, and i think ill get my memory that day too, so i would like to know what BIOS to get? 505 ore the new one 701?
and is there any other thing i have to have in mind?

[cuke2u]

Man Creative has had hugh driver issues ever since the X-FI came out. They are very bloated and in general I see more people with issues that not with Creative sound cards. Glad you figured out the cause. Now for a solution.

Hi, no even before the X-FI, I remember the file corruption issues caused by audigy drivers and via chipsets. You wouldn't think X-FI was so bad when the audigy driver trashed your hard drive..
ChrisC

[ChaosMinionX]

OK, my problem is related to the X-FI drivers in vista 64, stupid creative..................what should i do, is the onboard sound good enough?????

stupid creative, i went from returning 2 great overclocking 8800GT's to thinking its my board, all because of stupid drivers, went ahead and took apart my computer all because of this , F*ck creative labs, sorry for the language fellas, but this is crap support from a HUGE company like creative wich makes million a month, but cant release decent drivers for a 64 bit OS.

Go buy an Auzentech Prelude you wont regret it, no silly creative problems either.

[Budwise]

Check Creative's Website, there is a new X-Fi driver out today and people are cheering that it fixes most of the 64 bit and 4Gb ram bugs

[GAR]

Check Creative's Website, there is a new X-Fi driver out today and people are cheering that it fixes most of the 64 bit and 4Gb ram bugs

sounds good, will give it a shot, if its not fixed, i wont even bother selling this card, im gonna shoot it.....ill take a video for you guys and put it on youtube.........and im not kidding

[Budwise]

i hope it works ok cuz my board arrives today and I have an X-Fi...

[ChaosMinionX]

Ok so I cant get 0701 stable....does anyone know exactly what they changed in this release? Was it subtimings, or the way DRAM Clock twister/Static Read or Transaction booster works? because I tried alot of things and it simply would not work.. Think I will stick with 0505 and wait for actual release and see if they say anything about it.

[sonicsallen]

Ok so I cant get 0701 stable....does anyone know exactly what they changed in this release? Was it subtimings, or the way DRAM Clock twister/Static Read or Transaction booster works? because I tried alot of things and it simply would not work.. Think I will stick with 0505 and wait for actual release and see if they say anything about it.

Try disabling Transaction Booster and set the level to 1 or 2.