ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[crazyea]

I don't think its that, the 200C can be simple, I'm mainly looking at why the high temps, I beat its the EPU Driver, I wonder if there is a way to uninstall it.

its a known fact that running monitoring apps alongside probe can cause this issue.

[Warboy]

its a known fact that running monitoring apps alongside probe can cause this issue.

Obviously your not understanding, Even when I'm not running any temp programs besides coretemp, I still get those types of readings. I know the 200C bug can be made by using mutiple temp programs running. I'm saying that for some reason, Even in Low temp ambients, The Core temps are not dropping at all.

Where did you install the EPU driver from? I don't think it is the driver. I believe it's the board itself.

Pop in the Maxiums CD and look under drivers, It installs a EPU Driver then AI Gear 3 as well. But I think just having the EPU Driver installed is causing a problem of some sort.

[crazyea]

Obviously your not understanding, Even when I'm not running any temp programs besides coretemp, I still get those types of readings. I know the 200C bug can be made by using mutiple temp programs running. I'm saying that for some reason, Even in Low temp ambients, The Core temps are not dropping at all.

Whats not to understand? your screenshot clearly shows the progs running side by side, and not one point in your argument did you say, until now, that it happens when your not running both together. and even if you switch quickly from one to the other without rebooting this issue can still happen. anyway, i hope you get it sorted......

[Warboy]

Whats not to understand? your screenshot clearly shows the progs running side by side, and not one point in your argument did you say, until now, that it happens when your not running both together. and even if you switch quickly from one to the other without rebooting this issue can still happen. anyway, i hope you get it sorted......

......Go re-read my post, I am not WORRIED about the 200C bug, Its the High temps on the cores....Its not program triggered. I even get the same readings in the bios....I'm trying to discussion and you come in saying its all the 2 temp programs running at once, When I just wanted the ProbeII open to show voltages....

[crazyea]

ok, there are two parts to your post. i was addressing the 2nd part under your screenshot. dude, if you have a problem with the help I am trying to give, ignore it and move on. dont really need to get rude.

[Warboy]

ok, there are two parts to your post. i was addressing the 2nd part under your screenshot. dude, if you have a problem with the help I am trying to give, ignore it and move on. dont really need to get rude.

I'm not being rude...Its just abit annoying when you repeat yourself when i said in the first reply its not having multiple temp programs running.

I don't mind the help, Thats why these thread is here, to help everyone so we can make the maximus shine.

Majoram has a point, There is voltage jumps for "unknown" reasons, I'm just trying to found out why, Also my memory is set to 2.2v and the read outs from it say 2.3-2.4 volts. why such big overvolt?

[jonny_ftm]

For any who knows OCCT, if it fails only after about 33 minutes or so stressing the RAM, is that okay?

As I understand, if your system passes after 30 minutes then it's supposed to be pretty stable?!

Look at this post
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1678

OCCT is being rewritten. It is mistaken about, because of that "30mn PC Stable" message. New releases will put the minimal test at 1h. And never forget, to be 100%, you'll need a few hours run like any other proggy.

In RAM mode, OCCT is much more sensible than Prime95 Blend

If only OCCT fails, just run it at stock. If it doesn't fail, you know the answer: The PC is tsable until you find a game/program that stresses the RAM/NB subsystem and you'll hang up. Also, if you have an unstable PC, each time you have bugs, you'll have to test without OC to rule out an unstability. So, it's better to run a rock stable config, rather than a so so stable

[jonny_ftm]

Majoram has a point, There is voltage jumps for "unknown" reasons, I'm just trying to found out why, Also my memory is set to 2.2v and the read outs from it say 2.3-2.4 volts. why such big overvolt?

Also GAR noted it. Would be great if some one can sort it out with a multimeter. If it is real overvolting, than suerely that's why some DDR modules are buggy, as many don't support overvolting

Also, if the NB, FSB, CPU, PLL and RAM are overvolting, it will suerely deteriorate the motherboard / components

If a multimeter shows overvolting, it could be really a hardware issue needing a new revision. GAR did a great choice RMAing his board

I'd really like it sorted to get more OC of my CPU too. Crazy that there's no board released since the P965 without some nasty bugs

[ChaosMinionX]

I dont have the EPU driver installed, and I have yet to have any voltage problems with the board after retweaking to account for overvolting and droop.

EDIT: On another note, without the driver EPU is not functioning/on right? I havent read much into this.

[crazyea]

certainly then, it is possible that pc probe could just be buggy. i haven't personally seen any of these crazy voltage spikes in my bios or everest. mind you I cannot attest to what other programs people have on their computers that could cause conflicts, but i avoid that one like the plague. do you see the voltage spikes in everest?

As for the comparison between a p5k and this board, i had a black pearl and it was cooler for sure but it didn't have the extra x16 slot and in general used less voltage. i think that the heatsink design on this board is a little ineffective when not used as intended, ie a WC rig.

also what do we believe? extreme tweaker or hardware monitoring tool for our volatges? its a little rediculous that we cant rely on what the settings are potraying.

as for your quad, this may make you laugh, but have you tried reseating the hsf? also, what bios are you on and what gsf are you using? forget that, ultra 120, try taking the pull fan off, this can cause probles sometimes. i tried it myself and it wasnt very effective.

[Trice]

Can anyone help me tweak the RAM in my sig? I just want to be able to run at 1GHz, and this is what everest says......

Ive never seen that "Profile" deal before, is it possible I could just run those settings?

http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ramdw1.jpg

[crazyea]

you should be able to just run those settings, that memory was made for it. that is the enhanced profile you are seeing. Have fun

[Warboy]

certainly then, it is possible that pc probe could just be buggy. i haven't personally seen any of these crazy voltage spikes in my bios or everest. mind you I cannot attest to what other programs people have on their computers that could cause conflicts, but i avoid that one like the plague. do you see the voltage spikes in everest?

As for the comparison between a p5k and this board, i had a black pearl and it was cooler for sure but it didn't have the extra x16 slot and in general used less voltage. i think that the heatsink design on this board is a little ineffective when not used as intended, ie a WC rig.

also what do we believe? extreme tweaker or hardware monitoring tool for our volatges? its a little rediculous that we cant rely on what the settings are potraying.

as for your quad, this may make you laugh, but have you tried reseating the hsf? also, what bios are you on and what gsf are you using? forget that, ultra 120, try taking the pull fan off, this can cause probles sometimes. i tried it myself and it wasnt very effective.

The Fans on my Ultra 120 are fine, and Yes, I tried resitting it and that didn't help.

[Maglin]

My Q6600 G0 also idles pretty high. Currently 1.45v BIOS 1.43 Probe vCore and I'm idling @ 45* Probe and usually around 35* CoreTemp (I'm running Vista 64 and didn't disable driver signing this log on so can't run core temp atm). My P95 loaded temps are 65* Probe and 58ish* Core Temp. And I also resetted my 120 as at one point when I was pushing 1.55v to the CPU I was seeing over 72* Core temps. But I also gave up going over 450 FSB and brought the vCore down but I don't think reseating my HSF did anything as idle temps remained the same.

I forced a bad o/c and pulled the battery and reset CMOS and lastly started up with defaults. I've not seen any strange voltages since I've done that. NB temp gets to about 60* w/ 1.60v and I'm not using water cooling on it. I've got it stable at 400 FSB now with 3:4 mem divider. Being that 3.6 ghz was what I was shooting for I'm happy for now. I'm thinking about getting a small w/c rig just for the NB.

The double reset issue I think is a build in item. Before I uninstalled that stupid asus window's O/C crap app it would do the cycling reset. Now that it's gone it only does that after I've made any changes to the BIOS other wise it's a normal reset.


Honestly last night I was pulling my hair out and was ready to poop on this board. Now I've got maybe 18 hours put into this thing and have my temps and voltages under control and a fairly stable O/C. Going to run P95 overnight to verify.

Trice what setting are you wanting to know about? I have that same RAM and it doesn't like over volting in my experience. I killed 2 sticks that way. I ran DDR 930 @ 4-4-3-10 with 2.12v on a XBX2 975 board.

[ashefps]

So what's the final verdict on the black rubber caps on the Fusion block?

If you use air cooling only, should you take them off or leave them? Or perhaps it simply makes no difference either way.

Plastic is not a good conductor of heat. Take them off and replace with a small square of aluminum foil. That way if you ever decide to water cool, you won't have a buildup of dust/crud on the inside.

[cris]

is this compatible with Thermalright IFx14?
Thank's

[CyberDruid]

Afer updating to 0701 I found I could not boot at the stored OC settings for 3600 that worked in 0501..

Weird

And the CPU temp in BIOS seems more realistic now...17C with an ambient of 23C was obviously wrong.



Going to see how 0701 works for me in Vista 64...I just completed some runs in XP.






I have more to add..but will wait until I can get some more runs in. I can pass the F marks at 9 x 440...so it's a stout performer..

Nothing on stability testing yet...I'll post some photos of the BIOS screens to show what I am using.

[sdumper]

whats your max FSB with a cooled chipset ?

Also are you going to try your SS?

[ashefps]

Afer updating to 0701 I found I could not boot at the stored OC settings for 3600 that worked in 0501...

Ever since my old P5W DH Deluxe had problems with using OC Profiles from older BIOS revisions, I always load defaults, flash BIOS, then change the BIOS and re-save the OC Profiles.

It may be that the new BIOS can't handle your previous OC Profile, but I've had enough problems in the past with OC Profiles that I don't keep them between BIOS revs.

[Budwise]

would anyone else mind running some SuperPi? thats the only program i have trouble with...

[Maglin]

would anyone else mind running some SuperPi? thats the only program i have trouble with...

what problem are you having? On Vista 64 SuperPi 32m will just stop at loop 6. It says their is a problem with the application. It's not throwing out a rounding error nor locking up the computer.

I get one strange thing. When I run a 2m calc with Prime95 running as soon as I the finished box pops up my FSBT jumps from 1.5 to 2.02v in Probe. I'm thinking PC Probe is having some issues and it's not actually happening as the times I've seen 3x voltage increases would have probably fried something.

[CyberDruid]

whats your max FSB with a cooled chipset ?

Also are you going to try your SS?

So far the highest FSB I could manage was 450...I think I will be able to finagle at least 47* out of it.

Not sure if I want to goop up this fine looking board with grease and foam

But SS would no doubt provide a nice chill.

I think that the DFI might respond bettr to phase because you can pretty much link it to the heatpipe assembly without a big ordeal.

Again the board is too pretty.

Getting familiar with the BIOS etc so that I will be ready for more serious efforts with 45nm

[cadaveca]

Maglin....check bios after and you'll find that bios is set to 2.0v for FSB now. there are major bios issues at play here...but it's good to see that someone else other than me had luck after forcing bad overclock, and then having default loaded.

[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.

[ShawnTRD]

I dont have the EPU driver installed, and I have yet to have any voltage problems with the board after retweaking to account for overvolting and droop.

EDIT: On another note, without the driver EPU is not functioning/on right? I havent read much into this.

I don't think I installed the EPU driver. But how can I be sure?