ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[thelawns]

Well I did something potentially foolish last night...

I should have my Thermalright bits and bobs arriving today so I thought I'd prepare the mobo a little by getting the Fusion block off. The foolish part was doing it while the PC was still on! It worked and came off pretty easily but the temp started rocketing from 40ºC right up to 85ºC+ by the time I managed to shut the thing down. Hopefully it'll switch back on OK!

Please do no not try this at home kids!

[nuclearjock]

I'm trying to install the matrix storage manager from windows on my X38 board and I get an error message saying my system doesn't meet the minimum requirements..

Upon further investigation, the current chipset identification utility doesn't work.

Any ideas??

Has anyone tried to use the chipset identification utility on X38??

[Maf]

Been having ram issues since I got the board.
It wont post with 4 sticks installed (8GB).

It will post with 1 or 2.
It will post with 3 in a specific order (of where/which ram is placed).
In some orders with 3 I will either get : DET DRAM or 3326MB ram detected.
With 4 sticks it will never post.
I've tried close to anything imaginable (voltages , timings).

Things I know :
Every stick tests fine with 2048MB single.
They test fine with 2x2GB and 3x2GB (in the "right" order).
When I get 3326MB detected (3x2GB), switching out 1 specific stick with another one (same dimm slot) will net me 6GB.

Mem : 4 sticks of OCZ2RPR800C44GK

Is it the mem or the mobo ?
I'm unsure about what I should do atm

[Sly Fox]

Well I did something potentially foolish last night...

I should have my Thermalright bits and bobs arriving today so I thought I'd prepare the mobo a little by getting the Fusion block off. The foolish part was doing it while the PC was still on! It worked and came off pretty easily but the temp started rocketing from 40ºC right up to 85ºC+ by the time I managed to shut the thing down. Hopefully it'll switch back on OK!

Please do no not try this at home kids!

If you don't mind me asking, why in God's name DID you do that haha? I've done my fair share of stupid things too, don't get me wrong. I just have to know what motivated you to remove it with the system running though

[thelawns]

If you don't mind me asking, why in God's name DID you do that haha? I've done my fair share of stupid things too, don't get me wrong. I just have to know what motivated you to remove it with the system running though

Well I figured it was already hot and would come off easier! I was right... Lol. Saved me using a hair dryer!

(Plus I had downed a few pints while watching that pathetic England match )

[giorgos th.]

just worked the 4:5 divider with the 0901 bios....but its working only with 8 multi...
450x8 its ok,400x9 not booting..

[initialised]

Just got mine! It's the V2 revision.

[Warboy]

Just got mine! It's the V2 revision.

Post pics and such!

[Maf]

Just got mine! It's the V2 revision.

Wonder what they've changed !

[kup]

V2 revision? What are the differences? Is it an SE board or the normal version?

[JohnMike]

just worked the 4:5 divider with the 0901 bios....but its working only with 8 multi...
450x8 its ok,400x9 not booting..

You have to remember that the Strap is very important once you play with FSB and dividers... Also don't forget Transaction Booster and see if you need to relax memory controller timings.

[thelawns]

If its the one that Scan are selling in the UK as "Asus Maximus Formula SE V2" then its just got some updated heatsinks on it (allegedly) which also incorporates the ROG moniker instead of Asus next to the I/O panel.

I wonder what PCB revision it has on it??

[kup]

nF7-S anyone? First revision sucked bad, Rev2 blew away the competition! This kinda feels like that here...

[Warboy]

nF7-S anyone? First revision sucked bad, Rev2 blew away the competition! This kinda feels like that here...

if these is true, then I'm RMA'ing my board right away, once its proven.

[kup]

Well i just see no reason to relabel the board to "V2" just for a new shroud on the heatsink!

[intothefantasy]

if these is true, then I'm RMA'ing my board right away, once its proven.

yea me 2...btw wan to give wat excuse to rma? lol i am kinda new to this stuff

[eSp!s0]

Hallo guys,

I`ve tested my 500x7 config from a few pages before over night with OCCT. I used this programm first time and have some questions:
I used the userdefined-test without time, cpu and ram and the slider in the middle (nothing changed there).
Are these settings ok for testing overall stability?
The test ran over 10hours without an error, is that enough for calling my system stable?
Thanks for your infos

[initialised]

If its the one that Scan are selling in the UK as "Asus Maximus Formula SE V2" then its just got some updated heatsinks on it (allegedly) which also incorporates the ROG moniker instead of Asus next to the I/O panel.

I wonder what PCB revision it has on it??

Thanks, will take a look when I open it and yes, it was from scan.

Here's their comparison with the non SE (they don't seem to have the non 'V2' SE any more). Only difference is that it loses the 4 pin motherboard power connector.

[TheSamurai]

How would we test the speeds? I have 2x 36gb raptors set up now in RAID0. Tell me what to do and i'll test it now??

Edit: Just found a prog called DiskBench. To copy a Copy an avi file:

Size: 727961600
Time: 13797 ms
Transfer Rate: 50.318 MB/s

Hows that?

using hd tach i got 6.1 ms

I have my raid setup with 2 74 gb raptors and all is well. But I have a 500gb seagate that I can see in the bios and it was shown in the Intel matrix storage manager, but I cannot see it in explorer. Also is anyone having any problems with utilities that came on the Asus CD and Vista 64. I loaded the utilities and started to experience look-ups when I went on the internet and had to delete them. I have updated my bios to 802. Thanks for the help.

read quote below.

For your Seagate drive, have you been to the following:

Right Click 'My Computer' and click 'Manage'
Under the Storage tree you should see 'Disk management'
You should see a list of drives. You may need to Enable the Seagate drive or Activate it.

So you want to bench your array.

hdtach is better than hdtune.

6.1 ms here!! working great!

I'm trying to install the matrix storage manager from windows on my X38 board and I get an error message saying my system doesn't meet the minimum requirements..

Upon further investigation, the current chipset identification utility doesn't work.

Any ideas??

Has anyone tried to use the chipset identification utility on X38??

you're trying to install the console. you need to switch it over to raid in bios, setup the raid config, load the drivers before you start windows, install windows, then install that console. read the manual and you should get an idea of what you need to do. there are newer drivers out at intel. use those.

[Renegade5399]

I am loving 0802.

[TheSamurai]

the question is, is it stable in OCCT?

[thelawns]

Right my mobo is lying without mossfet & NB heatsinks. The SB heatsink, once the ROG label fell off is just not budging!! How hot do I have to get it before it comes off?? Am I being impatient or what?

[dMITIj]

you're trying to install the console. you need to switch it over to raid in bios, setup the raid config, load the drivers before you start windows, install windows, then install that console. read the manual and you should get an idea of what you need to do. there are newer drivers out at intel. use those.

I don't quite get it? what do i need to downloade to make a Raid0 on my 2 x Raptor 36.6Gb.
it would be nice if you could post a link ore two

Best Regards.

[TheSamurai]

Right my mobo is lying without mossfet & NB heatsinks. The SB heatsink, once the ROG label fell off is just not budging!! How hot do I have to get it before it comes off?? Am I being impatient or what?

be patient!!! haha. just take your time and DON'T force it.

I don't quite get it? what do i need to downloade to make a Raid0 on my 2 x Raptor 36.6Gb.
it would be nice if you could post a link ore two

Best Regards.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Prod...ProductID=2101

that will bring you to the page to get the correct drivers. from there, there should be two files. one, will be a console (i think the top file). the second will be the drivers that will help you make a floppy disk that you use during boot. when you install windows, you press F6 when it tells you. you then choose "s" and it looks in your floppy disk for the files. you should choose the ICH8R/ICH9R (desk/work/server) one. then it continues on with install.

if you nee step by step, shoot me a pm and i'll help you out. i don't know your level of knowledge. hope it helps!

[initialised]

There you go. It's revision 1.02G. The VRM heatsink has an ASUS logo. Which is exactly the same as the one reviewed by clunk. I was under the impression that it should have R.O.G on the heatsink and a different revision i.e. 2.0x being a V2. Do you think they've sent the wrong board?