Well, I just tried 0903 and it is quite simply atrocious.
It is causing ntfs.sys errors, where-as previously everything was fine with 0901.
Is it forcing a higher PCI-E frequency or something? I've locked it to 100, but I remember reading that ntfs.sys errors are usually associated with the PCI-E frequencies being pushed too hard.
Hmm.. odd, the voltages seemed fine according to hardware monitor, so I'm not sure why 0903 is so unstable for me
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 / Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP3
MB: Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition (BIOS Version 1302 SLIC)
Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 / Akasa Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm (x4 Side Intake, x1 Back Outtake)
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, CPU Stepping G0, 3600 MHz (9 x 400)
CPU HS: Scythe Zipang / Scythe 140mm
NB HS: Thermalright HR-05-SLI
RAM: G.Skill (4 GB DDR2-1066 DDR2 SDRAM) 5-5-5-15 (CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (621 GPU Clock, 2000 MHz Memory Effective Clock)
SND: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeMusic/Platinum Sound Card
Backplane: ICY Dock MB454SPF-B Multi-Bay Backplane Module
CD 1: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S SATA Device
CD 2: TSSTcorp DVD RW SH-S223F SATA Device
HD 1: WD 1002FBYS Intel Raid 0 Volume (2 TB)
HD 3: WD 5000AAKS External (500 GB)
maybe your settings under 0901 weren't fully stable. I'm using my settings from the 0901 bios in 0903 and I'm not having any trouble. My pci-e is at 100 as well. I hope your not using prime to judge stability because I did that and my system was completely unstable.Originally Posted by devilhood
Well, I just tried 0903 and it is quite simply atrocious.
It is causing ntfs.sys errors, where-as previously everything was fine with 0901.
Is it forcing a higher PCI-E frequency or something? I've locked it to 100, but I remember reading that ntfs.sys errors are usually associated with the PCI-E frequencies being pushed too hard.
Hmm.. odd, the voltages seemed fine according to hardware monitor, so I'm not sure why 0903 is so unstable for me
Last edited by safan80; 12-02-2007 at 09:52 PM.
Asus Z9PE-D8 WS with 64GB of registered ECC ram.|Dell 30" LCD 3008wfp:7970 video card
LSI series raid controller
SSDs: Crucial C300 256GB
Standard drives: Seagate ST32000641AS & WD 1TB black
OSes: Linux and Windows x64
Under my 0901 settings everything was working fine, no crashes or BSOD's during 24/7 operation, that includes Prime and general usage.
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 / Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP3
MB: Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition (BIOS Version 1302 SLIC)
Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 / Akasa Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm (x4 Side Intake, x1 Back Outtake)
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, CPU Stepping G0, 3600 MHz (9 x 400)
CPU HS: Scythe Zipang / Scythe 140mm
NB HS: Thermalright HR-05-SLI
RAM: G.Skill (4 GB DDR2-1066 DDR2 SDRAM) 5-5-5-15 (CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (621 GPU Clock, 2000 MHz Memory Effective Clock)
SND: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeMusic/Platinum Sound Card
Backplane: ICY Dock MB454SPF-B Multi-Bay Backplane Module
CD 1: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S SATA Device
CD 2: TSSTcorp DVD RW SH-S223F SATA Device
HD 1: WD 1002FBYS Intel Raid 0 Volume (2 TB)
HD 3: WD 5000AAKS External (500 GB)
Hmm... ok the system is now stable, but only if I set SPD to Auto... I guess the new BIOS must be doing something completely different with the RAM.
I used to have 4-4-4-9-3-25-3(10)-3 and 7-3-5-4-5-4-5 working fine on 0901.
Reason for (10) is because Transaction Booster set to 0 changes tWR to 10 if it is set to 3 in the BIOS.
Everest seems to report Read Delay Phase Adjust as Neutral now, I don't think it was like that with the 0901 BIOS.
Guess I'll have to re-tweak the latencies bit by bit with this new BIOS, should be fun I guess *dies*
Last edited by devilhood; 12-02-2007 at 10:26 PM.
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 / Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP3
MB: Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition (BIOS Version 1302 SLIC)
Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 / Akasa Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm (x4 Side Intake, x1 Back Outtake)
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, CPU Stepping G0, 3600 MHz (9 x 400)
CPU HS: Scythe Zipang / Scythe 140mm
NB HS: Thermalright HR-05-SLI
RAM: G.Skill (4 GB DDR2-1066 DDR2 SDRAM) 5-5-5-15 (CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (621 GPU Clock, 2000 MHz Memory Effective Clock)
SND: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeMusic/Platinum Sound Card
Backplane: ICY Dock MB454SPF-B Multi-Bay Backplane Module
CD 1: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S SATA Device
CD 2: TSSTcorp DVD RW SH-S223F SATA Device
HD 1: WD 1002FBYS Intel Raid 0 Volume (2 TB)
HD 3: WD 5000AAKS External (500 GB)
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