ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[jonny_ftm]

I've found the same issues with the Maximus, since using the new OCCT Beta.

I can use OCCT 24/7 if I keep cold air blowing directly over the vregs, mosfets and caps around the CPU. As soon as I take that extra airflow away it lasts a few hours MAX before crashing and Folding can crash within hours too... Right now with window open and case temp of only 23*c (temp sensor seems out, it's about 10*c by the window...) I can Fold/OCCT/Prime/Game as much as I want, but seeing as I don't like my hands turning blue I keep the window pulled shut. This instantly increases the temp in the case and then I lose my stability...noticably with voltages going, then crashes/reboots!

What particular parts would people recommend for extra cooling/heatinks to be attached? I'm building a caseless testbench so I'll be able to get closer in to the motherboard and use my 'OPT Sensor@ temp sensors from my Striker Extreme on the Maximus to read these temps correctly around the NB and CPU area!

Just confirms what I say about OCCT
Otherwise, I'll cool the NB either with the fuszion block or the MCW30. The mosfets should be either watercooled, or at least active air cooling .I'll use HR-09U and HR-09S type 2 from thermalright. Depending on your CPU cooler, you can stick at them two 60mm fans on low volt
But yes, extreme OC involves cooling not only the CPU but also the motherboard

what are you running right now for a case and air flow? i have my mcr320 YL SH push/pull at the bottom along with my mcr220 YL SH push/pull at lower then normal air flow through my fan controller (remember these are the SH series) and i'm having no problems... also, no side panels on the case. could this be why mine seems to be stable while others are having problems?

keep us posted! i'm running OCCT beta in high ram mode. temps seem alright i think (CPU 55*, MB 28*, NB 49*, SB 39*). so far and it's been an hour. NB is still on air but will be WC'ed when i get new vid cards and blocks for them. how is that NB temp anyway? is it good/bad?

so i was running my OCCT beta all the way on 1024 RAM and i had a "The system has recovered from a serious error" thing pop up and everything that was running on screen shut down... any ideas? does this mean that it wasn't stable?

this has happened again... is it a bug maybe????

Raja at Anandtech, the guy who reviewed the Maximus, is also preparing the X38 roundmap soon. He already stated that they noted a NB temp at 47°C will begin to bug Prime95, so suerely OCCT. So, if you believe Raja tests on the X38 motherboards, you're already on the red side at 49°C, you should watercool or active cool that NB
You know, RAM errors can trick many type of errors. Especially, explorer memory access errors, windows desktop hanging, applications fatal errors and sudden reboots. If your NB is too stressed, the errors are RAM type.

Are you on VISTA64? GAR noted OCCT is unstable on his Vista64 even at stock, so could be a bug in VISTA64-OCCT. Or try it on stock settings for your CPU-RAM-MB. If it rocks, than maybe you could try more cooling on the NB like Raja stated

NB was sitting @ 55*c Load with 1.73v (Bios). Just dropped all my volts right down, because one of them too high is causing reboots, it's either vPLL or vFSBT but I can't determine which...?

Folding again, as I find if OCCT fails, Folding will, but not as Fast, and if Folding fails, OCCT will but obviously in a fraction of the time. So why not get my WU pumping while I test, eh?!

Again, same results I find in OCCT/F@H. It is not a bug so...
And same thing, NB at 55°C is way too hot based on Raja reviews