ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[kup]

Can you not even get it by following the Anandtech settings? Just change your ram strap to Auto instead?

[leoftw]

I have changed the strap to Auto on the 3.3GHZ settings its set to Auto . Are the anandtech settings on the Part#2 thread ? I can't find em.

[intothefantasy]

I haven't even ran memtest at any settings. I don't think its my ram because I have 6 gigs of crucial ballistix and have tried every single stick in 2x1 combinations and I get the same result every time. I get 3.3ghz easily so hopefully all goes well today as I will attempt once again to hit 3.6ghz. Funny how a 80$ MOBO can easily hit 3.6ghz but a 300$ Mobo has issues. Maybe I should downgrade BIOS but it scares the out of me :P I think what I have is user error and not the actual hardware to be honest . Since I'm a noob maybe this board was not a good decision for me.

tbh i guess u better downgrade d bios...with that stupid 0903 i cant get stable at 3.6ghz too...after downgraded to 0802 is much better and easier

[leoftw]

who here has had success with downgrading the bios ?

[kup]

I have changed the strap to Auto on the 3.3GHZ settings its set to Auto . Are the anandtech settings on the Part#2 thread ? I can't find em.

First post, scroll down.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=168119

[leoftw]

Thanks. I think I have tried those settings too but I'll give them a shot. How dangerous is a 1.55V on Q66 ?

[CERO]

I haven't even ran memtest at any settings. I don't think its my ram because I have 6 gigs of crucial ballistix and have tried every single stick in 2x1 combinations and I get the same result every time. I get 3.3ghz easily so hopefully all goes well today as I will attempt once again to hit 3.6ghz. Funny how a 80$ MOBO can easily hit 3.6ghz but a 300$ Mobo has issues. Maybe I should downgrade BIOS but it scares the out of me :P I think what I have is user error and not the actual hardware to be honest . Since I'm a noob maybe this board was not a good decision for me.

I understand your frustrations, but if u think you are " to noob" for this board, I can assure u DFI is much much much more complicated to tweak then Asus BIOS......

[intothefantasy]

who here has had success with downgrading the bios ?

me...under winxp 32bit..

[leoftw]

I understand your frustrations, but if u think you are " to noob" for this board, I can assure u DFI is much much much more complicated to tweak then Asus BIOS......

What options do they have that Asus doesn't ? I was also thinking of a P5k

[cuke2u]

Do you mean Seasonic stole Antec's name and put it on their PSUs? I guess you see where I'm drifting?

Haven't a clue, unless you cracking a joke Thing is, it is quite clear that seasonic have been making psu's for antec, and for quite sometime now...
Chris

[CERO]

What options do they have that Asus doesn't ? I was also thinking of a P5k

check The DFI threads. Thats the reason I stayed with Asus....for "simplicity"

[ElEctric_EyE]

Thanks. I think I have tried those settings too but I'll give them a shot. How dangerous is a 1.55V on Q66 ?

For you, who knows how dangerous. For me, I've pushed the Q6600 on the BIOS 0903 to 4.1GHz at 1.7V+. was it stable under load? no. It took the voltage though, and all the smoke stayed in the chip.

[Aldy402]

safan80, I got the 4gb of gskill working
I can choose the frequency now but I still can't specify strap..
I originally couldn't boot with anything but "auto" because I had Transaction Booster, enabled..

can you choose strap?

[Grnfinger]

who here has had success with downgrading the bios ?

Using Vista 32 I used my old Asus Update from a A8N-SLI disk ( thanks to Kup ) My version is 6.0 beta it flashed me from 902&903 back to good old trusted 802

If you have not tried 6.0 beta on a 32bit OS perhaps you should give it a go
I have a web link you can dl from if you like

[leoftw]

just say I hit Alt+f2 and go into the utility , cant I jjust flash it from there ? or is there is it different when downgrading .

[Grnfinger]

I have yet to downgrade via the alt+f2, but I know it will let you prior to the 9 series, it might be worth a shot..

This is the dl link if you wish to try the update utility
http://rapidshare.com/files/73214067/AsusUpdt.rar

[leoftw]

thank you very much.

[Grnfinger]

Hope it works m8

[mouawad]

What options do they have that Asus doesn't ? I was also thinking of a P5k

if you can't tame this board just forget about DFI

sorry but your statement made me laugh out loud...DFI more noob friendly than the Maximus

[TheSamurai]

I was lucky enough to read some posts in here so I decided not to upgrade to 0903 and stick with 0602. People seem to run into problem when flash to to 0902 and 0903 then can't get back to older version but I don't have that problem at all so I think it's a bit strange.
Anyway, best BIOS to stick with is still 0602 IMO and I'm waiting for the new one to come out as well, probably won't be anytime sooner than next year.
P/S: Btw, did you try Asus Update?

i did try asus update... the one that was posted on the "part 2" thread.

THIS IS FOR ALL THOSE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BIOS 0903, TRY THE 266 STRAP. I FOUND THAT IT WAS THE ONLY STRAP THAT PROVIDED ANY KIND OF STABILITY FOR ME.

Also, I was able to go all the way to 495 fsb on that strap. None of the others even came close to that without crashing. Just try it. My 2 cents.

i'll try this before trying to flash back again. thanks for the info.

Hi, with respect but have you actually bothered to read this thread. If you can't get back to an earlier bios then you are doing something wrong. The method of reverting back from the 0903 bios has been well documented here several times, as have the benefits of running with this bios version as well..
Chris

i'm thinking that this might be towards me... and yes, i have. i've been on this thread from day one and i've tride the asus update but it didn't work. i'm going to play around some more if the 266 strap doesn't work for me.

this stupid board and its stupid 903 bios. Asus fix this !!

just had to quote this because i liked all the dancing bananas!!!

Using Vista 32 I used my old Asus Update from a A8N-SLI disk ( thanks to Kup ) My version is 6.0 beta it flashed me from 902&903 back to good old trusted 802

If you have not tried 6.0 beta on a 32bit OS perhaps you should give it a go
I have a web link you can dl from if you like

i'll try this one if i can't get it to work with the 266 strap. thanks!

[ShawnTRD]

who here has had success with downgrading the bios ?

http://rapidshare.com/files/73983852/AsusUpdt61002.zip


AsusUpdate that allows downgrading from the 09xx series
Please note, you must use XP 32Bit to perform the flash, as the software fails to work on an x64 OS

Select 'Options', tick the downgrade box and the flash with bios of choice.

[pphx459]

Also, I was able to go all the way to 495 fsb on that strap. None of the others even came close to that without crashing. Just try it. My 2 cents.

Oh? Is that what it is? I'll try 266 bootstrap tonight. I can't get this puppy over 470 and lets see some screenshots with people in the upper 400's to lower 500's. I think it's pretty much impossible with a quad even though I know my quad can do 4ghz

[TheSamurai]

strap 266 didn't work for me.

shawntrd, thanks. my dumb ass never checked out the 'options' section. thanks a ton. i must have missed that written somewhere. i figured it would just do it with the option "choose bios from file."

[TheSamurai]

thanks again shawn, that worked.

[Darkstormz]

IF you´re using Vista x64 and wanna downgrade bios.
I did like this...

1. Flash the board with 0903 bios.
2. After the erase bios part, shut the computer down.
3. Restart computer and you´ll get a message for bios recovery.
4. Insert the CD that came with the box, or use USB-stick with the bios you want to be flashed. The bios must be named FORMULA.com
5. After successful bios recovery you are set to go