ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[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???

[gs274]

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

I'm loving my 2nd one

[Scope666]

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

My first board didn't work out. Ironically, a lot of the issues I had with my 680i went away when I rebuilt it. NB is running 10 degrees cooler, maybe because I switched the RAM and it's running .2 volts lower, or it's just a fluke.

I think I'm going to wait a little while for the bios to mature and maybe new H/W revisions and I'll try again. I can't think of enough reasons to switch feature and performance wise. I'm gun shy with Asus as this is the 2nd board I've used that had weird startup / reboot issues, and falsely tested negative RAM that was good in other boards.

[Severance]

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

Prolly should but maybe you should give the DQ6 a shot . I think you might be surprised. I started off with the Dq6 and was happy with it. Was able to get my q6600 to 4.2 3dmark stable. For the heck of it i tried the maximus and Im having no success with it at all.

[Scope666]

Prolly should but maybe you should give the DQ6 a shot . I think you might be surprised. I started off with the Dq6 and was happy with it. Was able to get my q6600 to 4.2 3dmark stable. For the heck of it i tried the maximus and Im having no success with it at all.

I'm also curous how the Abit IX38 QuadGT will be, considering the great reviews the IP35 received. It's supposed to be out any day now. I'll probably try either that or the DQ6 soon (as soon as the 680i gives me another reason to want to replace it)

[Aldy402]

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

yea give it another shot, what would your alternative be? 780i?

[sdumper]

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

Well i do like my P5K Premium blackpearl but to be honest I think this board is faster at lower clock speeds...

[ShawnTRD]

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

I think this board will be great once the bios improve, and everyone learns what the likes and dislike of the board are. Might be the RAM/Motherboard not liking each other. I had G.Skill DDR500 and my NEO2 Platinum would let that ram go over 430. Ended up frying the RAM.

[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...