ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[thelawns]

Why did you have to RMA? How on earth did you change the multiplier in the first place? LAWL

Just by clicking on the Apply button... They make it too easy to make mistakes!

Well, I have RMA'd my processor because its now causing the BSOD everytime I try to do anything other than standard? Surely I must have done something to it? Or have I just corrupted my XP install??

[sdumper]

Just by clicking on the Apply button... They make it too easy to make mistakes!

Well, I have RMA'd my processor because its now causing the BSOD everytime I try to do anything other than standard? Surely I must have done something to it? Or have I just corrupted my XP install??

Your CPU is fine...

If I were you id reset your CMOS and start again from scratch

[thelawns]

Your CPU is fine...

If I were you id reset your CMOS and start again from scratch

Ok, thanks. But why does the AI software cause a BSOD now, when it ran fine before I set it to 8x?

[egandt]

I'm having a lot of issues where USB hubs (such as those on a monitor or a card reader) are losing devices (well actually just not finding devices), when this happens I need to reboot to get it to be detected. I'm not sure the cause, as these same devices were never lost on my old MB using the same layout. This leads me to believe that this is a MB issue, but I wanted to ask it anyone else has had a similar issue.
Also while the USB devices will work if detected on resume from hibernate, most often one or more are not detected.

ERIC

[GAR]

OK guys, i have to say, in the beginning i loved this board, but as of late, im beginning to hate it, it might be specifically mine, but im having bunch of problems that are very annoying, mainly my specific to my ram, just wont be stable, even at rated speeds, anyway i have packaged my board and am going to return it while i still can to my local fry's..........guess my participation from this thread will probably be gone but good luck to everyone else, im going to wait it out for the 780i to SLi my 8800GT.....

[STaRGaZeR]

OK guys, i have to say, in the beginning i loved this board, but as of late, im beginning to hate it, it might be specifically mine, but im having bunch of problems that are very annoying, mainly my specific to my ram, just wont be stable, even at rated speeds, anyway i have packaged my board and am going to return it while i still can to my local fry's..........guess my participation from this thread will probably be gone but good luck to everyone else, im going to wait it out for the 780i to SLi my 8800GT.....

My P5E is loving this kit man, 1113Mhz 5-5-5-15 with 2,14v so far, damn stable with only 1,31v NB. Tomorrow i´m going to low the voltaje and tight the timmings

[sdumper]

OK guys, i have to say, in the beginning i loved this board, but as of late, im beginning to hate it, it might be specifically mine, but im having bunch of problems that are very annoying, mainly my specific to my ram, just wont be stable, even at rated speeds, anyway i have packaged my board and am going to return it while i still can to my local fry's..........guess my participation from this thread will probably be gone but good luck to everyone else, im going to wait it out for the 780i to SLi my 8800GT.....

Im just the opposite I was so so and now im starting to dig this board.
Looks to be killer once i cool the chipset. Also strap 333 makes my ram unstable other straps including 400 work fine...nope id dont know why...but im running 4 sticks of crucial pc8500...under vista x64

[GAR]

Do you guys think i should give another board a shot???? instead or returning it exchange it???

[cuke2u]

OK guys, i have to say, in the beginning i loved this board, but as of late, im beginning to hate it, it might be specifically mine, but im having bunch of problems that are very annoying, mainly my specific to my ram, just wont be stable, even at rated speeds, anyway i have packaged my board and am going to return it while i still can to my local fry's..........guess my participation from this thread will probably be gone but good luck to everyone else, im going to wait it out for the 780i to SLi my 8800GT.....

Hi GAR, I'm with you there with the ram issues. This motherboard seems to be particulary finicky when it come to memory modules, I wonder if all x38 chipsets have the same issues. At the moment I've found a satifactory medium between performance and stability, but one below my expectations. I'll stick with it for a while to see if the bios matures enough, if not I'mm move on in about six months. I guess we are paying a price for being ealy adopters...
ChrisC

[sdumper]

I'm having a lot of issues where USB hubs (such as those on a monitor or a card reader) are losing devices (well actually just not finding devices), when this happens I need to reboot to get it to be detected. I'm not sure the cause, as these same devices were never lost on my old MB using the same layout. This leads me to believe that this is a MB issue, but I wanted to ask it anyone else has had a similar issue.
Also while the USB devices will work if detected on resume from hibernate, most often one or more are not detected.

ERIC

Increase your SB a tad...

[binormalkilla]

Just by clicking on the Apply button... They make it too easy to make mistakes!

Well, I have RMA'd my processor because its now causing the BSOD everytime I try to do anything other than standard? Surely I must have done something to it? Or have I just corrupted my XP install??

Oh that's all you did man? You don't have to RMA your CPU. Just boot into safe mode by pressing F8 and uninstall the AI suite, then delete the registry entries. You're getting BSODs because AI suite has written a registry key that changes the FSB via software.....even though it contradicts what the motherboard is reading off the microcode of the CPU. TBH I wouldn't even bother with AI except for fan control.

[thelawns]

Oh that's all you did man? You don't have to RMA your CPU. Just boot into safe mode by pressing F8 and uninstall the AI suite, then delete the registry entries. You're getting BSODs because AI suite has written a registry key that changes the FSB via software.....even though it contradicts what the motherboard is reading off the microcode of the CPU. TBH I wouldn't even bother with AI except for fan control.

He he. I requested the RMA anyway and the new CPU arrived today before I even returned the old one!

Last night, I finally got my 2x 36gb Raptors working in RAID0 after many BSOD and head scratching moments. I now have XP Pro fully installed (using my new SP2 Slipstreamed disk thanks to Leeghoofd for the link) and fully updated. I didn't install the Asus AI software, just the latest Intel & LAN drivers downloaded of the Asus webby before I formatted. I will installe PC Probe later too.

I ran 3DMark06 and it came back with a score of 8713 (or thereabouts) with everything as standard.

Edit: Just to add, the new score was nearly 200 points better than the first time I ran it after a clean install a couple of days ago!!