ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[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...

[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.

[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?

[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)

[Leithfield]

I would definitley RMA and trial a replacement motherboard. A quick perusal of other forums confirms that it is more the rule rather than exception that X38 boards are presenting a multitude of teething problems consequent of immature bios; hence, there is no guarantee that a competitors product will not present equal or greater challenge than that which you are presently experiencing.

[jorgito05]

Hi everyone, First build here !
Maximus Formula SE
QX6850 1333 fsb (333)
Kingston ddr2 800 (400)

How do I OC the cpu to get the 333 to 400 like the mem. I dont want to run mem a 667 if I can safely OC the cpu to kik up the fsu ???????????????
anyone and everyone thank you in advance.

[GAR]

I actually returned it, will wait for the 780i or the Abit x38, wich ever comes first........it was a good board in the beginning....then all of a sudden the problems started :/ i have a feeling x38 isnt too great with DDR2.....very picky.

[cadaveca]

Are you really running 4gigs on a 32 bit os? Why? You cant address all of the ram unless your running a 64 bit os so its sort of a waste of hard earned money.

I just like to waste money. And it places more laod on the chipset, thereby stressing the board beyond typical use...seems like a good idea, to me.

Hi everyone, First build here !
Maximus Formula SE
QX6850 1333 fsb (333)
Kingston ddr2 800 (400)

How do I OC the cpu to get the 333 to 400 like the mem. I dont want to run mem a 667 if I can safely OC the cpu to kik up the fsu ???????????????
anyone and everyone thank you in advance.

Set FSB speed to 400mhz, and adjust ramspeed in bios as well. you may have to set the FSB STRAP to get the ramspeed you like.

[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...

[sdumper]

I just like to waste money.

In all seriousness give Vista x64 a whirl its matured alot and you might be happy with it.

[GAR]

Vista 64 has matured alot and is very stable, looks like 64 bit is finally going to pick up in 2008.

[cadaveca]

Man, seriously, if i don't waste it, my wife or kids will.

but most users complaining of issues with Vista are using x64. I got about 30 gigs sitting here, so it's more of a waste to see 'em collect dust...I origanally planned on x64, but app support still sucks, imho. both came in vista box...just gotta install when it's ready, or when i find replacement apps.

[sdumper]

Man, seriously, if i don't waste it, my wife or kids will.

LOL I hear you on that one...I have the same issue

[jorgito05]

I just like to waste money. And it places more laod on the chipset, thereby stressing the board beyond typical use...seems like a good idea, to me.


Set FSB speed to 400mhz, and adjust ramspeed in bios as well. you may have to set the FSB STRAP to get the ramspeed you like.

Thank yiu for your quick responce, in what area of the bios do I set the fsb speed to 400 ? and strap ? my ram is arlready there right it is ddr 800.

Please explain, dont want to mess things up, I am new at this. Thank you

[sdumper]

this may help... http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showt...907/index.html

extreme tweaker - > fsb freq

[cadaveca]

Isuggest you read through the entire thread first. then, you'll see posts shong what people have set for thier own speeds.

you must change the setting, then test to ensure stabilty, then maybe make more changes. this can take a long time...usually i spend several weeks on each board, then buy a new one. I just enjoy the testing part


anyway. read the thread, find the setting template that's in some of the posts, copy it down in notepad, and then post back here, with what you think you should chnage...then we can tell you YES!!! or NO!!!...very many settings there, and it's alot to explain each one...and what you change will depend on how your stuff responds to these changes.


Welcome to XS, BTW.

[Creek Tha Gray]

Beta Version 0701 2007/11/05 update

OS DOS / All OS

Description Maximus Formula BIOS 0701
1. Enable support of PECI for the detection of CPU surface temperature
2. Enhance memory compatibility

File Size 823.62 (KBytes)

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[CrackaBoi]

Anyone get any better luck with that new BIOS? Divider improvements?
Lets hear it.

[Viss]

Just wondering, what are your BIOS settings?

For daily use i only set 5/5/5/15, vcore 1.35 vdimm 2.04 everything else = auto/default. CPU tab all disabled.

[jonny_ftm]

If OCCT would tell you what test it was running when it crashed, then it may be of use

Yes, OCCT does that. It is a code in the generated error.dat file. In the last betas, it is temporarily thread0x.txt files, one thread for each core...
Of course, if system reboots, than no code generated.
Prime95 doesn't give you any code too, just saying calculation error.

I took them off, I didn't like the idea of hot air building up inside and being trapped there... Northbridge temps dropped maybe 1 or 2 max! Nothing major... TBH, I think reseating with AS5 would do more good but I've run it so much that I'll probably have no chance of removing the heatsink now!

It is easy, just use a hair dryer, and blow hot air on the heatsink for about 20 sec. The Heatsink should come effortless. If it doesn't, just reapply the hairdryer until the heatsink is well hot and comes effortless