The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[cuke2u]

maybe 0907 will give acurate temps. 0903 doesn't (at least for me). I'm on 0505 and although it OCs nicely and is stable, it seems a bit flaky.

Hi, not really sure what you mean by inaccurate temps. If you are using probe, or the cpu reading in everest, then your temp reading will alway be inaccurate. You should use either coretemps, or the ones marked core#1, and so on, in everest. All this stuff about the bios reading the temps inaccurate is tosh, it's always been that way as it uses the external diode to take its reading from..
Chris

[Zucker2k]

Why is that when I choose 1T in bios, cpuz shows me 2T?

Pro'lly CPU-Z bug. Everest does read it right.

[Krav]

Hi guys got my system up and running yesterday, i really want to overclock this but have never overclocked before.

I was going to try the example bios settings for anandtech on the first but noticed it was for dual core, and the other example settings from users i really dont know what to try first i dont want to zap my cpu straight away with wrong settings

Is there any settings guide for say 3ghz? as i just want to push it up gradually.

Im currently on q6600 with 4gb (2x2gb stick) of ocz reaperx ram, any help would be really appreciated.

edit: oops first example was for quad core my bad gonna try it out.

[fornowagain]

Just playing with the board. Primed at 450x8 without much effort.



Can't for the life of me get it to bench at 4GHz (445x9), instant restarts as soon as the load starts, regardless of any voltages set. Tried 401, 602 & 903. Its not the cpu, put the same one back in my IP35 Pro and it'll bench all day at 4GHz 1.6v. I have a feeling its something to do with GTL settings. Setting 70% on my Abit made it stable, cant set past 63% on the maximus. Any ideas? Tried all the user configs, didnt help.

[pazza316]

Just testing 0907 now. I can report the straps are still not working correctly 266 still no boot .Also 1:1 mem with 400 strap and 333 strap remains unstable.

[Grendel66]

All this stuff about the bios reading the temps inaccurate is tosh, it's always been that way as it uses the external diode to take its reading from..

Well, I like to check the temp once in a while while poking around in the BIOS. My current reading w/ a 6850 and 907 is 4C. Would be nice tho.

[Family man 72]

Problem: A friend of mine has this mb and computer will not boot unless all settings are AUTO. Even if he changes AI Overclock Tuner to MANUAL then exit and save, comp shut down then boots and then shutdown. After that he has to press button to restart again and recieves message OVERCLOCK FAILED. He has tried 2 diff memories (Gskill HZ and Dominator 8500 in both slots) and 2 ps (TT1200 and Silverstone 850). Bios is 0903. All help is appreciated!

[pazza316]

Guys 0907 seems the same for clocking as 0903 really. Only done short testing but no real difference I can see. Just testing all STRAP / DDR combinations to see if any have improved in terms of both speed and high FSB clocking.

[NoobCake]

JUst wondering guys, i was looking at buying a Asus maximus formula and are any of you guys gonna be upgrading to X48 and ditch ur asus maximus formula?

[ShawnTRD]

JUst wondering guys, i was looking at buying a Asus maximus formula and are any of you guys gonna be upgrading to X48 and ditch ur asus maximus formula?

X48 maybe be worth waiting for, but I don't think it's worth ditching this $250 MB. Plus isn't X48 going to be DDR3 only?

[Krav]

JUst wondering guys, i was looking at buying a Asus maximus formula and are any of you guys gonna be upgrading to X48 and ditch ur asus maximus formula?

definately not upgrading to x48

[pazza316]

I will see how the FSB overclocking goes on X48 not that impressed with the attainable FSB's on this board yet but I believe improved bios revisions should sort that out. Which ever clocks better I will end up with.

[iadstudio]

Hi, not really sure what you mean by inaccurate temps. If you are using probe, or the cpu reading in everest, then your temp reading will alway be inaccurate. You should use either coretemps, or the ones marked core#1, and so on, in everest. All this stuff about the bios reading the temps inaccurate is tosh, it's always been that way as it uses the external diode to take its reading from..
Chris

Don't know what ur talking about, but the temps were inacurate. Dunno why, but I was getting 43c in bios and everest and TAT. Stuck there and it didn't move during idle no matter what voltage the cpu was at, 1.3 or 1.7. I know the shortcomings of cpu temp reading and trust me something was causing inacurate readings. I'm on bios 0907 now and the temps seem right, but the board I RMA'd was WAY off with 0903.

[iadstudio]

Well, I like to check the temp once in a while while poking around in the BIOS. My current reading w/ a 6850 and 907 is 4C. Would be nice tho.

sounds right to me.

[Marvin54]

what is max OC for E6420 on air ?

[jas420221]

what is max OC for E6420 on air ?

There is no concrete answer for that. Every chip varies...

[cuke2u]

Don't know what ur talking about, but the temps were inacurate. Dunno why, but I was getting 43c in bios and everest and TAT. Stuck there and it didn't move during idle no matter what voltage the cpu was at, 1.3 or 1.7. I know the shortcomings of cpu temp reading and trust me something was causing inacurate readings. I'm on bios 0907 now and the temps seem right, but the board I RMA'd was WAY off with 0903.

Hi, then something must have been flakey with your motherboard, not heard of the 903 causing stuck temperatures. Good thing you rma'd then
Chris

[iadstudio]

Hi, then something must have been flakey with your motherboard, not heard of the 903 causing stuck temperatures. Good thing you rma'd then
Chris

Must have been. It was screwy out of the box.

[Grnfinger]

So is there an advantage to flash to 907?
seems to be mixed reviews on this one again, has anyone seen the data sheet on 907 yet?

[FZ1]

There should be a section (or a poll) in the after where the BIOS's are posted for user feedback of which ones seem to be working or have PERCEIVED issues. After reading the thread, it sounds like everyone who has tried the 0903 and posted about it seems relatively happy. All of the other data is consolidated, sounds like a good add.

BTW, I have the board and all components except for a CPU which I'm waiting on someone to send me This will be temporary until the E8500's come out! I'm looking forward to tweaking this bad boy.

[ChaosMinionX]

To further, does anyone have problems sometimes on reboot still getting the "DET DRAM" POST error, or sometimes after the post reset double boot, the board will reboot 1 more time and you hear like a cap discharging then you gotta dump value ram into a DIMM?

[iadstudio]

Anybody care to help me out here? I think I have this thing pretty stable, but it seems that I get some lags/handups in UT3 after playing for a bit and superPi has some issues is I run calculations back to back too soon after on another. I've tried a few different setting and they all seem to give me the same result. Here's what I have now.

Extreme Tweaker 
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual 
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO 
CPU Ratio Control : Manual 
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 420
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400 
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2- 840
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 : Auto
Transaction Booster : disabled

(voltage are actual)

CPU Voltage : 1.64
CPU PLL Voltage : Auto
North Bridge Voltage : 1.57
DRAM Voltage : 2.2
FSB Termination Voltage :1.55 
South Bridge Voltage : 1.14
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 : auto

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

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 : Disabled 
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled 


USB Configuration 
USB Functions: Enabled 
Legacy USB Support : Disabled

Does anything jump out at you? Thank in advance.

[Grendel66]

Well, I like to check the temp once in a while while poking around in the BIOS. My current reading w/ a 6850 and 907 is 4C. Would be nice tho.

sounds right to me.

Right, I should file a patent for the cooling below env. temp. w/ water. Turns out that the temp is about -15C off. Hm, where did I see that before..

[ChaosMinionX]

Anybody care to help me out here? I think I have this thing pretty stable, but it seems that I get some lags/handups in UT3 after playing for a bit and superPi has some issues is I run calculations back to back too soon after on another. I've tried a few different setting and they all seem to give me the same result. Here's what I have now.

Extreme Tweaker 
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual 
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO 
CPU Ratio Control : Manual 
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 420
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400 
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2- 840
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 : Auto
Transaction Booster : disabled

(voltage are actual)

CPU Voltage : 1.64
CPU PLL Voltage : Auto
North Bridge Voltage : 1.57
DRAM Voltage : 2.2
FSB Termination Voltage :1.55 
South Bridge Voltage : 1.14
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 : auto

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

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 : Disabled 
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled 


USB Configuration 
USB Functions: Enabled 
Legacy USB Support : Disabled

Does anything jump out at you? Thank in advance.

Just set CPU PLL to 1.5-1.6v, also set CPU GLT Ref - .63x and NB ref .67x and try it then.

[iTravis]

I'm at 3.0Ghz now. Checking core temps while running Prime95 give me 86-86-78-78 and Speed Fan gives me 75 for CPU and 63 for all 4 cores. Is that too hot for the Q6600 G0? I think it's suppose to run a lil bit cooler. I'm on the process of testing right now and I'll let it run straight for at least 3 hours b4 moving up further.