ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[jonny_ftm]

I was willing to settle for this when I tried OCCT RAM mode for final stability testing. It consistently fails between 28 and 38 minutes.

After 100's more combinations and cycles, I decided to test OCCT at stock.
OCCT still fails at stock 2.4Ghz with DDR-800 5-5-5-18. With any combination of the Ballistix.
(OCCT isn't stable even at stock).

Jonny, my Maximus Formula is now stable @ 450MHz FSB! I've run the OCCT Beta 1.2 Auto 30min test with it 4 times, as it's more of a blend test. And I've run an hour long 1024MB test on it...get this...with my window closed, so case temp of about 27*c and the North Bridge didn't break 50*c!!!

@.....>

Dell to get next. (OCCT isn't stable even at stock).

This board consistently undervolts the ram at reboot. I´ve too been through ALOT of powercycling it demands a dram volt adjustment to
boot properly, since it gets stuck on DET RAM. Probably it tries to boot with 1.8 default or something, that´s why you can sometimes boot without power cycling with cheapo ram.

Even changing the dram voltage and then rebooting via power cycle allows a POST with your new bios settings, so yes this board and its current bios versions has this flaw.


Had this issue with the commando as well, even with later ´bios versions.

Looks like many fails OCCT RAM at stock too. But, it is a good idea, try keep your OC then wait and see. If it never fails, you're safe, if you have wired errors from time to time, than this damn board is broken or unstable, or maybe the whole X38 thing. Everywhere, it sounds that the X38 is very tricky on RAM settings and brands. Maybe this board is really unstable even at stock when you ask too much of it. In any case, all the P35, P965 and many eVGA boards are rock stable with OCCT in RAM mode. OCCT, like any benching program, has nothing to do with the NB. It only send large 1024Mb data to CPU to calculate it. So, if it bugs, there's a bug somewhere.

I just tried the last bios 1223 on my P5B deluxe. My overclock (see my signature) was again rebooting under OCCT in RAM mode. Back to 1221, it is rock solid. So yes, ASUS bioses are real crap. After 2 years of producing the P5B deluxe, they're still able to produce bioses as stable as sh*t.

As ZilverPhish noted, he found an explanation why it fails on stock. So, I'm sure, there's always an explanation when a software make your OS or system fail. And the problem is serious if it impacts a whole system and not only the causing program

So, if you really don't care, ignore OCCT in RAM, but just keep it in mind if by case you have wired errors (often induced by RAM)

Under Vista 32, it should be rock solid, or it's hardware issue/bios issue


For me, under bios 1223 (last final and previous 12xx except 1221, my system will reboot under OCCT in RAM mode)