Official ASUS X38 Boards: P5E, P5E3 - Info/BIOS Thread

[Aivas47a]

Aivas47a: does the pencil Vdroop mod work on the Maximus Extreme board?

Haven't done the mod yet and now I'm visiting family for a couple of days. (I love them and all, but man I'm really itching to get back to my new mobo -- only had a couple of hours to tweak before I had to leave. What a dweeb I am! ). Anyway, I'll try the mod as soon as I get home and report back.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Haven't done the mod yet and now I'm visiting family for a couple of days. (I love them and all, but man I'm really itching to get back to my new mobo -- only had a couple of hours to tweak before I had to leave. What a dweeb I am! ). Anyway, I'll try the mod as soon as I get home and report back.

ok...waiting to see how it goes...thanks!

EDIT:...realized that the maximus extreme is really designed for a water system..not for me!...thanks anyway...

[sauria]

I got it built with an E6850, G.Skill PC2-8000 2 x 2G (Thanks Stargazer!), EVGA 8800GT SC, Hitachi 1TB, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Running Memtest 86+ v 1.70 though it doesn't recognize the chipset. Fastest RAM throughput I've seen. I guess I need to make a floppy from the ASUS CD to install AHCI driver? NO Vdroop mod yet -- no tape :|

[Aivas47a]

ok...waiting to see how it goes...thanks!

EDIT:...realized that the maximus extreme is really designed for a water system..not for me!...thanks anyway...

The Extreme does have the built in NB water block, but it seems to work fine as a regular air block too. I was seeing NB temps around 40-45C whilie pumping 1.6+ volts.

[Ace-a-Rue]

The Extreme does have the built in NB water block, but it seems to work fine as a regular air block too. I was seeing NB temps around 40-45C whilie pumping 1.6+ volts.

i don't like paying for something that i do not intend to use.