ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[Aldy402]

Mine is at 118mhz

did u test b4 and after for performance increases?

[TheSamurai]

whats the big deal... http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=264643

is this stable in prime or occt? if so,since everything is the same with us... would you mind posting using the template? i can get it to boot and run but it's not stable and windows runs in to problems eventually and restarts.

[Warboy]

a little something i grabbed before hitting a FSB Wall/Hole or even a voltage bug.

These is only at 1.65 volts in bios. Thing has some potential behind it.

[sdumper]

Ill test for a much higher run once I water cool the chipset but this is about the best I can get for everyday use and not crash in my games...

it is what it is....I dont need that much vCore but didnt bother to change it...
Vista x64 and 4gigs of ram has been tricky for me so far...

[sdumper]

Well it seems that its true Vista is a tad slower than XP but I have all the bells and whistles running with Vista so its not too much slower...

[SuperMiguel]

is there any mod for this motherboard???

[ashefps]

After getting a chance to play with the Maximus this week I finally got it stable, huzzah!

The sticky wicket for me was getting the RAM stable. Two different brands in a 4x1 configuration wouldn't even boot in my old Asus P5W DH Deluxe at anything other that PC2-6400 speeds. I think that is a testament to the new X38 chipset.

Rest of my spec's in signature.

[binormalkilla]

GAH! My board won't be here until Friday.......they just HAD to ship from the New Jersey warehouse rather than the Memphis one.....which is only 1 hour driving distance from my apartment. I guess they didn't have a part there....

[ChaosMinionX]

with bios 0701, i lost abit of bandwidth with everest......

0701 should be a gain, they tightened timings.

[Aldy402]

is anybody running 1t on this board?

[GAR]

0701 should be a gain, they tightened timings.

Test the 3:4 divider, it will be slower than 0602/0505

[Talonman]

FYI - The stock ROG water cooling chart is up and rolling for the Maximus SE!

Come register your membership in the ROG SE club, and report your temps too.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=164610

So far:
ROG Member ----- NB volts -- NB Loaded --------------- CPU ------------------
Renegade5399 ---- 1.65v ------ 34°C ------------ Intel Core2Duo E6850 G0 @ 4ghz
bill d ------------- 1.30v ------ 34°C ---------------------------- Q6600 Stock
ragge86 ---------- 1.65v ------ 36°C ---------------------------- Q6600 @ 3.8ghz
j0nnyr0773n ------ 1.54v ------ 44°C ---------------------------- Q6600 GO
Clump ------------ 1.62v ------ 46C (After 1HR or Prime 95) ------ Q6600 @ 3.6ghz
raju -------------- 1.65v ------ 49°C (Prime95 Torture Temp) ----- ??????
Note: After Raju remounted, max temp went down to 39°C

[jonny_ftm]

These are the settings I have used to get my 4x1gb pc8500 tracers stable at 1066 as well as oc my q6600 to 3.6@400x9.

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 400
FSB Strap to North Bridge : Auto
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1066
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 25
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6
DRAM Static Read Control: Auto
Ai Clock Twister : Auto
Transaction Booster : Auto

CPU Voltage : 1.41875 = 1.4
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.52 = 1.648
North Bridge Voltage : 1.49 = 1.520
DRAM Voltage : 2.12 = 2.224
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40 = 1.472
South Bridge Voltage : 1.05 = 1.088
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : Auto
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : Auto
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5 = 1.552

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED :

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled

@Majoram
@Sdumperper
@Warman

Would you mind filling the table as above. It will be great as you're the only people getting your quad core at above 3.8GHz, many thanks for your help

[Warboy]

@Majoram
@Sdumperper
@Warman

Would you mind filling the table as above. It will be great as you're the only people getting your quad core at above 3.8GHz, many thanks for your help

Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 450
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333mhz
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR-1074
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Auto
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster : Auto

CPU Voltage : 1.60000
CPU PLL Voltage : Auto
North Bridge Voltage : 1.80
DRAM Voltage : 2.25
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.86
South Bridge Voltage : 1.125
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.67x
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67x
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : Auto
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.6

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED :

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled

[thelawns]

Hmmm, seeing as I have had no response to my last post on p63 i'll try to break it down a bit...

I have just updated my system slightly this week to include this Maximus Formula SE board, which is a 1.02g revision. Spec as follows:

Processor: C2D E6550 2.33ghz FSB1333 4mb
Memory: Kingston Hyper-X 2gb(2x1gb) 800mhz Low Latency 4-4-4-12 KHX6400D2LLK2/2G
Graphics: XFX 8800GTS 640mb
Sound: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude (in PCI slot above graphics card)
Case: Antec P182 SE
Power: Antec Neo HE 650w Blue
Drives: 2x 36gb Raptors, 1x 320mb Seagate 3gbSATA, 1x Sony SATA DVDRW

Now, its all setup and working. I have a Win XP Pro SP1 installation disk.

Despite using the Makedisk option(on another PC) so I could RAID0 my Raptors, XP setup was having none of it and kept rejecting the disk saying it couldn't create some sort of OEM file? In the end I have installed XP Pro on just one of the Raptors and I am using the other as the 'My Documents' disk. This is not ideally how I wanted it though of course.

Once I had everything installed and all the latest updates(SP2 etc) and antivirus installed I ran the 3dMark06 prog and got a score. Everything was fine and dandy.

Using the AI Suite I ran the auto system test button in the Gearbox area and then ran 3Dmark while using the Auto overclock option, which gave me about 400 extra on the score. I tried the Turbo option and this was slightly less than the Auto option. I then decided to start changing the multiplier in the manual overclock section. This was set at x7 so I simply changed it to x8 and rebooted. But it didn't reboot and the overclock failed. Fine, I thought I'd leave this manual overclocking alone for now and set about putting it on the Auto overclock option again. Now, every time I change it to that setting or re-run the system test for that option I get a BSOD. I did have Kingston KVR 667mhz memory in the system but I have just changed it yesterday to the Hyper-X 800mhz but it makes no difference, I still get the BSOD. Win32.sys seems to be the problem.

I have tried to clear the CMOS using the button at the back but I am not sure if that actually clears it? Have I corrupte my install and should I do a clean XP install, again? Have I broken something, namely my processor? If so I'll get it RMA'd asap?!?

I have now flashed to the latest official bios from the Asus webpage, 0602. Still same BSOD when changing the above settings.

Also, I am guessing its best to manually enter the timings for my memory in to the Bios as 4-4-4-12, as its showing up in grey as 5-5-5-15 on the Auto option??

Should I remove the black covers from the fusion block or not?

Lastly, every time I reboot my system since the above happened, the Wave volume is slid all the way to the bottom and the volume is Muted??

All help is greatly appreciated...

[jonny_ftm]

Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
CPU PLL Voltage : Auto
North Bridge Voltage : 1.80

Great, gives an idea of what we could expect and what voltages we need for such a high OC.
On jmax-hardware ASUS interview about their X38 boards, ASUS representatives explained the PLL voltage usefullness. But they say that with a PLL voltage of 3.2v they noticed a degradation of their CPU overclocking capabilities.

As ASUS tends to overvolt in auto mode, I would check the PLL voltage for a manual setting one or two notches below the 3.2v limit

Thank you again for filling the table. Hope that Majoram and Sdumperper fill it also for a comparision

You got a great OC on air. But, I do believe more and more that the passive cooling of the motherboard won't handle such extreme OC sttiings in the short term when I see the NB voltage and FSB voltage you need (1.8v).

With your results, and if Majoram and Sdumperper confirm their settings, I'll make the step to the Maximus, remove the stock cooling, put two HR-09U on the mosfets with 2 silent 60 mm fans, my HR-05 IFX+80mm silent fan on the SB and cut th epipes from the NB fusion block to watercool the X38 chip, then give you my feedback

Thanks again

[ShawnTRD]

is anybody running 1t on this board?

I tried once. I don't think it was working. CPU-Z or Everest was still showing 2T.

[TheSamurai]

warboy is that 450 x x9 prime or occt stable???

[TouGe]

What are your settings for the Static Read control and transaction Booster ? FSB and Multi used, ram timings/speed ?

Sorry for the long wait, just got in from work.

Multi: 9x
FSB: 400MHz
FSB Strap: 266
DDR2-1003MHz
5-5-5-12-3-42-6-3
8-3-5-4-6-4-6
DRAM Static Rd: Disabled
Transaction Booster: Disabled
Relax Lvl: 1

[Majoram]

Great, gives an idea of what we could expect and what voltages we need for such a high OC.
On jmax-hardware ASUS interview about their X38 boards, ASUS representatives explained the PLL voltage usefullness. But they say that with a PLL voltage of 3.2v they noticed a degradation of their CPU overclocking capabilities.

As ASUS tends to overvolt in auto mode, I would check the PLL voltage for a manual setting one or two notches below the 3.2v limit

Thank you again for filling the table. Hope that Majoram and Sdumperper fill it also for a comparision

You got a great OC on air. But, I do believe more and more that the passive cooling of the motherboard won't handle such extreme OC sttiings in the short term when I see the NB voltage and FSB voltage you need (1.8v).

With your results, and if Majoram and Sdumperper confirm their settings, I'll make the step to the Maximus, remove the stock cooling, put two HR-09U on the mosfets with 2 silent 60 mm fans, my HR-05 IFX+80mm silent fan on the SB and cut th epipes from the NB fusion block to watercool the X38 chip, then give you my feedback

Thanks again

Hey jonny,

Wish I could help but it wasn't me that got that overclock above 3.8. It was just some person I chatted with in a computer store yesterday.

Sorry about that but I don't have any of his settings.
My system is still giving problems with 4 sticks of RAM even though I've tried setting the DRAM voltage to 2.3v

Maj

[Warboy]

warboy is that 450 x x9 prime or occt stable???

32m SuperPI Stable, and 1 hour Prime/Otheros stable. I even dropped the volts too. and it is still stable.

Also, I got a Peak overclock of 465x9 which is basiclly 4.2Ghz, But I can run 450x9 for 24/7 and be safe.

[sdumper]

@Majoram
@Sdumperper
@Warman

Would you mind filling the table as above. It will be great as you're the only people getting your quad core at above 3.8GHz, many thanks for your help

I can fill it out but I will wait until I water cool my chipset and get something more in line with my BlackPearl which I ran at 4.3 ghz for daily use. Also you wont be able to directly compare what I do with what others can do because I run my chips cool as can be seen in my sig...sorry I thought that it was known that Im a phase guy...

Also I cant go above 470 FSB right now even with phase...my chip has a known FSB wall of 490 so I know the chipset is holding me back right now. I am assuming that its just the heat so when I do add the water chipset cooling I should be able to push it up to a comfortable 480fsb or so...

[FrobinRobin]

Hi All,

I had an Intel XBX2 previously and it ruined two sets of RAM beause I used them in slots 1+3.. I'm using slot 2+4 now, even on my x38 mobo.

I've only got 2x1GB and I REALLY need another 2GB pronto (x64 Vista)
I want to get another 2x1GB but I'm scared that the mysterious memory problem will ruin them

Does anyone know the real reason behind this problem? or has anyone been running OCZ (particuarly the 1066 reapers) in 4x1GB config??

Many thanks

[Leeghoofd]

Sorry for the long wait, just got in from work.

Multi: 9x
FSB: 400MHz
FSB Strap: 266
DDR2-1003MHz
5-5-5-12-3-42-6-3
8-3-5-4-6-4-6
DRAM Static Rd: Disabled
Transaction Booster: Disabled
Relax Lvl: 1

I leave FSB Strap on AUTO
I only set the primary timings 5-5-5-15 rest on auto (not a ram tweaker)
Dram Static Read : enabled
Transaction Booster Disabled & Relax level 1

Gave me a decent boost in ram bandwith with 0701, gonna compare with my P5K DLx tomorrow...

[Leeghoofd]

Hi All,

I had an Intel XBX2 previously and it ruined two sets of RAM beause I used them in slots 1+3.. I'm using slot 2+4 now, even on my x38 mobo.

I've only got 2x1GB and I REALLY need another 2GB pronto (x64 Vista)
I want to get another 2x1GB but I'm scared that the mysterious memory problem will ruin them

Does anyone know the real reason behind this problem? or has anyone been running OCZ (particuarly the 1066 reapers) in 4x1GB config??

Many thanks

I don't know why your XBX ate ya ram, just keep in mind that the Maximus overvolts the ram so be carefull if you need 2.2 volts set max 2.1 volt plz and for 4 dimms I would recommend a ram cooler blowing some cool air...