ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[ShawnTRD]

does anyone know why I can't change the multiplier on this 907 BIOS ??? Does it stay locked at 9x till I change another setting??

I finally figure out how to get it to 2.8 and keep my memory down as well

The multiplier can only go down from 9. And you need to punch the number you want manually.

[FZ1]

I want to try it out, but I won't be able to complete testing b4 I go up to OH for the holidays . I really look forward to fully testing it starting next thursday. Good luck you guys! Man I want a stable 4+GHz, even though I'm happy now...

Hey, where in OH?

[iadstudio]

Sorry but I cant help you about your SuperPi problem.
But did you solve the temp reading problem on your previous board? Like flashing to other bios or so?

Although the temp readings on this board with 0907 are a little more reasonable, basically I submitted to the fact that I will never know acurate temps on this board, just approximations.

[Donnie27]

Folks still in the market for buying one of these should check out CompUSA. They're marked down 20% and that means their price is less than many Online places.

[Zucker2k]

Thought I'd share this...
Bios 401
8x425 @ 3.4ghz, 1.2v

I think I have something special here... still priming as I type this. I didn't have the chance to play with 401, but I'm liking it a lot. Solid so far with far less hard crashes. Might stay here for a while.

[raidalg]

Folks still in the market for buying one of these should check out CompUSA. They're marked down 20% and that means their price is less than many Online places.

Just be CAREFUL and price match other places or online first. I've been in CompUSA twice now and everything was marked up to full retail before the % "sales" were added. Didn't see a single deal that couldn't be had for cheaper at BB or newegg.

The time to look will be next week for real deals.

check the Hardforums at HardOCP in the Hotdeals section. There is an ongoing thread about Compusa and some folks are posting as they find deals. It will be worth a visit to the stores when they get serious about markdowns.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1249997

[ElEctric_EyE]

Hey, where in OH?

Wadsworth. Wife's area...

[TheBiznes]

Iv'e upgraded to Bois 907.

Wish I hadn't my memory performance under Everest has dropped by almost a meg per second and my Latency has increased to 58 from 50 under 602.

Any tips on how to revert to older bios. I have tried earlier asus update but it will not install winNT error.

[FZ1]

Iv'e upgraded to Bois 907.

Wish I hadn't my memory performance under Everest has dropped by almost a meg per second and my Latency has increased to 58 from 50 under 602.

Any tips on how to revert to older bios. I have tried earlier asus update but it will not install winNT error.

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

What BIOS version were you using before 907?

[cuke2u]

Although the temp readings on this board with 0907 are a little more reasonable, basically I submitted to the fact that I will never know acurate temps on this board, just approximations.

Unfortunantely that's always been the case with the more recent Asus motherboards, I do wonder though, if someone was to place a temperature probe next to where Asus place the external diode they use, whether it would read the same...
Chris

[iadstudio]

Unfortunantely that's always been the case with the more recent Asus motherboards, I do wonder though, if someone was to place a temperature probe next to where Asus place the external diode they use, whether it would read the same...
Chris

dunno. but I have 6 temp probes I can plug into the mobo. I'm just waiting til I have time to rewire ky lighting switches and I'll put the probes in. Any suggestions on where to place the probes?

[Renegade5399]

Iv'e upgraded to Bois 907.

Wish I hadn't my memory performance under Everest has dropped by almost a meg per second and my Latency has increased to 58 from 50 under 602.

Any tips on how to revert to older bios. I have tried earlier asus update but it will not install winNT error.

That's really odd as I am seeing the exact opposite with 0907 compared to 0903. My L2 cache scores have gone up quite a bit with 0907.

[iadstudio]

That's really odd as I am seeing the exact opposite with 0907 compared to 0903. My L2 cache scores have gone up quite a bit with 0907.

0907 definately required different settings to get stable. (at least I'm experiencing that)

[pazza316]

The same settings and better performance with me.

[Grnfinger]

On bios 802 at 3.6 I needed 1.4875
same setting running 907 only needs 1.40, 3hours occt and still running :-)

[kup]

On bios 802 at 3.6 I needed 1.4875
same setting running 907 only needs 1.40, 3hours occt and still running :-)

Are you being deadly serious? Bios change and you've dropped the vCore 0.08v and still stable?!!!! This may explain why I could pull 3.825GHz with 1.48v on the Striker but needed 1.55v on the Maximus to get OCCT stable...

You've got me intrigued now...

You've not changed anything other than then bios? No new PSU? No extremely different temps? Just a bios change?

[Grnfinger]

Only changed BIOS absoloutly nothing else.
Started dropping vcore 1 notch and ran occt 30 min test , below 1.40 it bsod at 1.40 currently running occt

temps are not any different from 802 bios, using everest to monitor

[kup]

This is OCCT with CPU Test, right? Not the 30min Auto test?

[Grnfinger]

used 30 min auto test till I bsod now its running "custom" for 3 hours 38 mins
temps are 57-55-49-48

[Grnfinger]

oh forgot slider is in the middle

[kup]

The Custom test is the only way to make sure the CPU is OCCT stable. I could run the Auto 30min test all day @ 3.8GHz with like 1.35v but it wouldn't last 5seconds in games or Folding...

[TheBiznes]

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

What BIOS version were you using before 907?

I was on 602 and happy lol, I'll check thread, but I think I have allready I tried version 6 but wouldn't install.

That's really odd as I am seeing the exact opposite with 0907 compared to 0903. My L2 cache scores have gone up quite a bit with 0907.

Mine have gone down used to get nearly 10mb's a sec now 9040 odd with Latency at 58,

I'm running 350 x 8 3.6ghx 600mhz 4GB Crucial memory, been resonable happy for a few months but i saw a change in memory when trying 701 so reverted to 602 now 907 sucks it seems.


Ok Iv'e found out why mem performance is down, with this bios performance level is set to 10 I used memset and changed it to 7 back on same Latency now and throughput. Guys check it out yourselves download memset and save setting so it runs each time windows loads you will see 1mb extra and 8 ns less performance.

[JoeBar]

I finally installed my 2nd Maximus and at last i have my main system back and running...

Now playing with it. First impressions very good. One quick question, sorry if it has been posted in the past.

Has anyone measured vdimm via a multimeter? With bios 802, i set 2.36v in bios and everest/asus probe shows 2.45v. Is it correct?

[kup]

The vDimm massively over volts, yes. Up to 0.1v higher in some cases.

[Talonman]

I also wonder if the ram still will overvolt by 0.1v's with the new BIOS?

My ram is rated at 1.8 volts, and I want to insure I still should set it for 1.7v's in the BIOS.