ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[iadstudio]

I don't have my board yet so I can't check myself, but does the Component Overheat Protection - EX allow you to shutdown the machine due to temps?

[S1mon-]

I don't have my board yet so I can't check myself, but does the Component Overheat Protection - EX allow you to shutdown the machine due to temps?

Yup... I Primed 95 a few days ago and my system restarted cuz the cores hit 85 degrees :S I'll have to back up a bit on my overclock it seems hehe

[leoftw]

how do you update the bios without a floppy disk or cd ? is there any way ?

[Arcanedeath]

how do you update the bios without a floppy disk or cd ? is there any way ?

Just use a USB thumb drive and EZ flash from within the bios

[Arcanedeath]

Also Status update I got my Maxmius Formula up and running replacing my P5K deluxe and seems to be working ok, but does Anyone know what the OPT_3 temp sensor is for? my system rebooted while priming and the bios came up w/ a msg it overheated, any idea?. I just disabled monitoring for that sensor (it was set at 90C) this is w/ bios 802 as I'm awaiting a final version of 9 before upgrading.

[leoftw]

dont have a flash drive

[Eastcoasthandle]

I don't have my board yet so I can't check myself, but does the Component Overheat Protection - EX allow you to shutdown the machine due to temps?

Make sure you read this post on how to remove the N/S Bridge heat sinks.

[Arcanedeath]

dont have a flash drive

You can use a USB floppy drive or even possibly a floppy although I haven't tried a normal floppy

[Nuckin_Futs]

testet 0903 now, but the problem with to high temperature also exist :-(

My cores are hot from 34 to 39°C, but the CPU-Temp reports 46°C. :-) Cores are hotter than Die-Case :-)

Are you stating, that asside form confirmed in BIOS and matched with Everest core temps, that you actually get a reading higher then reported by any of the other apps?

If you guys are speaking of the temps reflecting the combined core temps, (numbers around 10c higher then previoue CPU die temps) then this is norm since v0701 and is most preffered since this temp is more important then the heat sink die temp.

[leoftw]

what settings for 3.6GHZ please ?


Q6600 G0
DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix 4GB
Tuniq Tower
XPSP2

let me know

[iadstudio]

Yup... I Primed 95 a few days ago and my system restarted cuz the cores hit 85 degrees :S I'll have to back up a bit on my overclock it seems hehe

restarted!?!? Is there a way to change that so it just shuts down?

[Arcanedeath]

Welp seem stable w/ my Old overclock of 3.2 that I had on my P5K Deluxe although I have lower temps

edit: although I'm only currently running 2x1 GB of the balistix as my other set is still on RMA w/ newegg.

[leoftw]

what settings did you use for 3.2?

[Grendel66]

dont have a flash drive

$9 at Staples will get you more flash drive than you'll ever need for a BIOS..

[leoftw]

$9 at Staples will get you more flash drive than you'll ever need for a BIOS..

I ordered one a 2gb one from buy.com for 1$ but I'm not going to wait :P I'll pick one up tomorrow then return it when I get the other one :P

[ElEctric_EyE]

To Warboy and others with RAM voltage spikes:
I remember reading way back from a post on product reviews for maximus se on newegg's site that your PSU would need 30A at 3.3V for this board... Total Watts doesn't necessarily matter. Also I read for improved performance, if you are using 2 sticks of RAM, use the B slots...

[Warboy]

what brand is the other power supply? just because you've tried using both power supplies to to run the system doesn't mean they can give enough current to the motherboard.

The only other thing that could be causing this problem is the ram itself.

if that's the case a newer bios might fix the problem. bios 0903 seems much more stable than 0901 or 0505 did when pushing a higher speed with the ram.

edit: what is the voltage you are setting in the bios for your ram?

if it was the memory, why would there be a huge ripple in the Chipset too? The Other Power Supply is a Apevia, and its really good from what I've used it for.

To Warboy and others with RAM voltage spikes:
I remember reading way back from a post on product reviews for maximus se on newegg's site that your PSU would need 30A at 3.3V for this board... Total Watts doesn't necessarily matter. Also I read for improved performance, if you are using 2 sticks of RAM, use the B slots...

Where did you read that? Anyways my 3.3 gives off 25A and the 5V is 30A

[Warboy]

The voltage you see on the graph is being influenced by 2 things;
1) Any hardware malfunction on the board due to failure or overclocking
2) Software

The only way you can verify those voltages are correct, is using an outside meter. I really dont think they are real, even with a component failing on the board somewhere, I doubt you would see those kind of spikes. But I definately think there is a failure somewhere that is causing false readings, and you should RMA it.

I finally got the whole graph and Everest thing working. My second run shows my vDIMM just after 6 minutes dropping from 2V to 1.7V. I have seen similar issues on the tools I work on, and it has always been a software bug, but thats not necessarily the case here. I still dont think its real.

If it was a software problem, Why would there be a huge stability issue then? Because I know for a fact that I can run at these overclocks i want.

[Arcanedeath]

what settings did you use for 3.2?

I'm at work atm so can't post them, but it's a pretty moderate OC and 3.2 is nothing special my chip will run 3ghz if you leave everything on auto and just up the FSB to 333 I'm still trying to dial things in as I have a new cooler, I left it running Prime 95 until i get home

[Grnfinger]

I ran a test to compare some information that was posted a page back.

9x400 1.55v ram at 1066 2.2v ( ram in blue slots )



9x400 1.55v ram at 1066 2.0v ( ram in white slots )

[Grnfinger]

what settings for 3.6GHZ please ?


Q6600 G0
DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix 4GB
Tuniq Tower
XPSP2

let me know

My 450x8 settings OCCT and Prime stable

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 450
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400MHZ
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1199
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time : AUTO
Write Recovery Time : AUTO
Read to Precharge Time : AUTO

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S) : AUTO
Write to Read Delay (D) : AUTO
Read to Read Delay (S) : AUTO
Read to Read Delay (D) : AUTO
Write to Write Delay (S) : AUTO
Write to Write Delay (D) : AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster : Disabled

CPU Voltage : 1.55
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.60
North Bridge Voltage : 1.55
DRAM Voltage : 2.20
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.50
South Bridge Voltage : 1.10
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : Auto
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : DDR2_REF
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : DDR2_REF
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2_REF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED : Disabled

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Enabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled


USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support : Enabled

[NysoO]

i had xact same issue, try upping sb volts abit. i'm running 8x multi 470fsb=3.760 with mem at 564 rock stable at these settings

Tried increasing it a bit, still wont launch windows. Exactly how much did you raise the SBv?

[Warboy]

Tried increasing it a bit, still wont launch windows. Exactly how much did you raise the SBv?

Ok, Here is My ram in the blue slots, The slots they have always been in. Here also, Is my Chipset voltages.



Orange is the chipset, Black is the memory.

As You can see here, When the Memory/Chipset spikes its counter part Memory/Chipset also spikes.

Which is highly abnormal.

[CountChoculaBot]

Are all 3 pin fan connectors speedfan compatible (barring the PSU fan connector)? I heard that the CPU fan connector couldn't be controlled by Speedfan if a 3 pin fan was in there, only a 4 pin, but that all the other connectors were speedfan compatible. Is this true?

[NysoO]

Ok, Here is My ram in the blue slots, The slots they have always been in. Here also, Is my Chipset voltages.



Orange is the chipset, Black is the memory.

As You can see here, When the Memory/Chipset spikes its counter part Memory/Chipset also spikes.

Which is highly abnormal.

So what is your suggestion to fix this? And making it possible to load windows with a bit higher fsb. It's so wierd, I'm running the computer at 457 * 8 right now and it seems to be stable. And why is it always when the windows is loading that the computer gets stuck. Is the harddrive connected to the fsb in some way?