Maximus Extreme - Results/Info/Bios

[eternal_fantasy]

i need to know how hot is only PCIe chip, not with SB under blue heatsink ... but only way to test it is disassembling of cooling system and touch the IDT chip ...

The IDT chip is not very warm to be honest, at least when it is not working to split the second PCIe 16x lane. I placed 4 Swiftech Memory coolers on it just to make sure: (that SB heatsink was taken from an old Asus P5B )


Using an infrared thermometer, it is at around 33 degrees, which is just 2 degrees higher then the motherboard PCB next to it.

While I was at it I discovered that the FETs for the Northbridge was really hot, so another memory ram sink was placed on the 4 FETs, which fits perfectly:


These sinks, when under load goes up to as high as 48 degrees, also measured using the infrared thermometer.

Another was placed on the Memory FETs, although they were not that hot anyway powering DDR3, with temp reading at 37 degrees under load.


These little heat sinks can be found on DFI boards that are factory fitted, but not from other manufactures.

[mnemonick]

I have tried 1gb OCZ plat 1333 and 1gb Corsair 1333, if i put in 2 sticks everything works fine, if i put in 4 sticks the board locks on vista boot, if i do a vista memory test everything is fine, but as soon as it tries to boot vista it locks up. I am thinking of going to 2x2gb and try that... FYI this is all at auto everything, no OC.

[Grendel66]

These little heat sinks can be found on DFI boards that are factory fitted, but not from other manufactures.

Those are Swiftech MC14 sinks. Pricey.

[peterpiper]

Eternal, Do you have a pic of the board from a bit further away. I'd like to see all the components. What cooling do you have on NB and on Mosfets now?

[camouflage]

[GLENBOY]

which ram slots everyone using i am on the white ones from installing and seems ok any ram slots preffered, don;t know where but i read somewhere the white slots are supposed to better but not sure

[eternal_fantasy]

"These little heat sinks can be found on DFI boards that are factory fitted, but not from other manufactures."
Those are Swiftech MC14 sinks. Pricey.

Sorry, let me rephrase:
"Small heatsinks placed on the same hotspots can only be found factory fitted on the DFI motherboards."

Eternal, Do you have a pic of the board from a bit further away. I'd like to see all the components. What cooling do you have on NB and on Mosfets now?

The earlier version before I redone the tubing:



The slightly updated setup:

Those are Mips NB and MOSFET blocks.

[metro.cl]

Im having a HELL of a time with this board and the OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum Dual Channel.

Running it with SS on CPU, Water on Nbrige and a E6850.
ALL the time when I change somthing in bios, it has boot problems.
I will have to start from scrats once more, if I cant make it run I will take some bios pictures just to make sure im not messing somthing up.

2x around here couldnt even install windows last night loading setup defaults on BIOS, had to set stock clocks for the cpu manually.

Now im having all kind of issues with it, bios 803.

CPU at 400x9 = windows boot but SP2M stable only if dram is under 1333MHz tryed 2 kits of DDR3 same issue.

8x400 also completely unstable if ram at 1600mhz

Can anyone put bios screenshots of a working set up please.

Also AiSuite doesnt even load give a error

[camouflage]

2x around here couldnt even install windows last night loading setup defaults on BIOS, had to set stock clocks for the cpu manually.

Now im having all kind of issues with it, bios 803.

CPU at 400x9 = windows boot but SP2M stable only if dram is under 1333MHz tryed 2 kits of DDR3 same issue.

8x400 also completely unstable if ram at 1600mhz

Can anyone put bios screenshots of a working set up please.

Also AiSuite doesnt even load give a error

You just found my thread - forget AI Suite yet..........

Here are some BIOS shots for stable 4GHz, with E6850 & Cellshock 1800:











There are two important things in BIOS - do not set PLL voltage to AUTO, the BIOS will give 1.85 volts which is pretty much........, and the NB voltage - set it only to AUTO up to 450 FSB, BIOS will give 1.44 volt. But above 450 FSB the board needs 1.61 and BIOS will set only 1.55 which is pretty less...

All mentioned voltages are real shown in hardware monitor in BIOS, setting in BIOS may vary.

Hope this will help You metro, and a lot of other ppl...........

[metro.cl]

Thanks camouflage, i got it working after all but i will take notice of your settings to optimize voltages.

Here are my runs

1960MHz 7-7-7-21-1T boot from BIOS 2.1v




2000MHz 7-7-7-21-1T boot from BIOS 2.16v (might be able to use less)



Board seems to respond a lot better than P5K3 Deluxe at over 2.1v on DDR3, will keep testing.

P.D. not sure why CPU-Z and Memset report 2T when i set 1T in bios

[systemviper]

Common Maximus Extreme, Startin my build in 2 weeks, all these pics and talk is getting me twitchy

I have the heatpipes off and am about to take off the fusion block to reseat but thaT IS AN INTERESTING watercooling setup, man everything is watercooled, tht must cost a fortune>?

[camouflage]

Thanks camouflage, i got it working after all but i will take notice of your settings to optimize voltages.

Here are my runs

1960MHz 7-7-7-21-1T boot from BIOS 2.1v




2000MHz 7-7-7-21-1T boot from BIOS 2.16v (might be able to use less)


Board seems to respond a lot better than P5K3 Deluxe at over 2.1v on DDR3, will keep testing.

P.D. not sure why CPU-Z and Memset report 2T when i set 1T in bios

Both are buggy - use CPU-Z 1.41, it shows 1T if set so.

[rbuass]

New bios plays well with yorkfield. 4.4 Ghz on water and I haven't even started pushing it yet:



FSB Term overvolting issue I had before seemed to be a function of early bios; with latest bios FSB Term drops around .04v for me from bios to actual, according to PC Probe.

Can you help me to overclock my system
QX9650 + Maximus Extreme + 4 X 1GB Dominator DDR3 1800 + toughpower 1200 + wc system swiftech + D tek fuzion ...the system don t reach more than 4000 Mhz i don t know why...
P5E3 i reach 4500 Mhz to bench...and prime more than 4 Ghz
Thanks

[Infa]

The Extreme are More NB voltage hungry even at a Dualcore..

And a Quad plus 4x1GB i think you will need some NB voltage, maybe you have tried that? Got to check atleast one tip if not..

Tried all slots? usally memory plays better if changed to secondary slots, the black ones.

EDIT, tired after work, didnt read good enough, you do have 4x1 hehe..

regards.

[OBR]

Maximus Extreme ...


My Penryn at 4GHz, and DDR3 ... 1600MHz with good timing ...

Striker Extreme ...


my second system with nForce + DDR2 ...

I like DDR3 ...

[Infa]

Got some testing time, got this after a while of trixing and fixing..





its a nice board i think

[GLENBOY]

hiya infa what volts are you giving the ram, are you on watercolling whats the temps like with that vcore on the e6850

[Infa]

at that time i had 2.06 vDimm, vMCH 1.67, and 1.73** at cpu resulting in 1.72, and loadline is working great.

Temps now in vista with orthos, same vcore, couse i forgot to change it, and were doin orthos now at 4ghz, the temp got to 70c.

I got so much dust between the fans and radiator hehe, its Full of it, thinks its doin 5c atleast, the fans are barely pushing trough hehe..
but its a PITA to release all the screws, and then release moore screws to get the fan of the radiator, and i DONT WANT to tear the system apart so all the hozes are still there when im doin it, and its a pita but i think i really need to do it now tough..

regards.

[camouflage]

Yep - great board:

[Infa]

Hehe, thanks for the timings of memset, they did work perfekt on my Cellshocks.. i almost had a 32m at 4250, but it BSOD me at nr 22 :angry:
werer at 10.33 on nr 22 looked good, well well ..to late to try again ..new day tomorrow

regards.

[mnemonick]

What is the BEST stability checking program for mem and CPU? I have been using everest, but does it truly test the memory and cpu? After runing a 1 hour stability test, the next day i had a total lock while installing Direct X.

[Infa]

Orthos, Prime, loop3dmark, Games ar a good measurement sometimes..

[lukas69]

what is best bios for Maximus Extreme?
now i have 0803 and i think work fine
i have look voltage on bios and vNB, Vsb and vram is overvoltage
ram 1,84 on bios is 1,90 -1,91 real
vpll if i put 1,50 is 1,59 real

[Infa]

Yepp, Extreme tends to overvolt all settings, just have that in mind then its no worry... and 803 beta i think everyone can agree on are the best bios so far, wonder when the final will come, and what it will bring

regards.

[Aivas47a]

Great results guys, thanks for the info.

Infa/camo I especially like the high bus speeds you're getting. At 9x450 it feels like I'm almost there with vcore 1.55, PLL 1.5, FSB Term 1.54 (big drop on that one according to PC Probe anyway), and NB 1.61 but Orthos errors at 6 minutes remaining. Interesting that my Yorkie seems to require so much more vcore to run at higher FSB (400 fsb is stable at stock vcore, 450 fsb requires 1.55 for same clock speed).

Also for me it is important for ram stability at higher clocks to keep dram static read and dynamic write on auto.