Maximus Extreme - Results/Info/Bios

[eternal_fantasy]

This might be slight offtopic, but...

How come this board (if that's the reason) has so many probes in ASUS Probe?
On my P5E i only have the Vcore,12,3,5 + CPU & MB temp... ?

Anything special you need to do, or is it just the boards that determine what you can see?

Both my Maximus Formula and Extreme have extra probes on the NB/SB etc, with the Extreme having 3 extra thermal probes you can place yourselfs. My P5K Premium don't have these sensors. I think it's just a X38 chipset function?

@ infa :
that was exact my problem.
But I though PCIe goes through NB.
I had to clock down the memory. Now I a waiting for response from OCZ cause my mem should work @ 1600 ... but when I clock my RAMs to 1600 it´s only a matter of time till nvlddmkm.sys quits.... it recovers a few times but over the time I´ll get a bsd.

I have also had the 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR3-1600 EB Kit that cost almost £600!! , which refuse to boot at the advertised speed.. so I RMAed it and got the 1800 CellShock. Absolutely loving it!!

FWIW the Maximus Extreme is the only board on which I've been able to boot a q6600 at 500 fsb:[/IMG]

Note that the Maximus has a 2 phase Northbridge power controller, whereas the Formula, and in fact all my other motherboards, has only single phase. It might have contributed!!

[metro.cl]

Hmmm, did not work here.
I changed PCIe to 110 and switched my memory to 1600 ...
afterwards I took me some time to get it at least for 15minutes stable.
Raised NB to 1,49V , CPU PLL to 1,6V FSB term 1,4V
then it passed my 15min prime-test.
So I tried next with a game :
took only 2 minutes to let nvlddmkm.sys crash again.

Maybe you could post me your settings.
What did I wrong ?

Maybe is just a Memory / Motherboard problem, i'm running higher Northbridge volts that is the main diference i see.

Ai Booster ON level 2 or 3

[camouflage]

so anyone else using 904 can provide feedback?

Yep - I flashed it in Windows with ASUS Update @ 4GHz.... - all went fine, running stable without issues, but dunno if they fixed the problems with some not running programs at the ASUS X38 & FSB333 CPU combo.....(AI SUITE, PRIME, etc.).

Here's my thread - the 4.2GHz shot is done with BIOS 0904:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=170318

[Infa]

God dammit

im sick of my system BSOD at stable speeds.....
now i will put som hoze and adapters in and cool that freak'n NB and see if it helps.

its about 50c if i raise it to 1.65, and now its 41c IDLE at 1.45v
maybe its to high? but its not very high that it would do worse in OC?

whats your temp Camo on NB, and what vMCH are you using?

[PalmeAsus]

FWIW the Maximus Extreme is the only board on which I've been able to boot a q6600 at 500 fsb:

what cpu pll voltage are you using ?

[Smooth]

@ eternal fantasy :
Thx, for your info. These rams were very expensive - I paid 640€ ! And now I am so sick of them, can´t make them run on their announced speed.
But I wanted 4GB and I thought, if I take a 4GB in 2 slots, I´ll pass some potential troubles that some boards have with memories on all slots.
But I think I´ll rma them also ... I am so fed up.
This is the second pair of OCZs ( not on this board )that have been expensive for performance I did not can achieve !
I think I am through on OCZ.

[eternal_fantasy]

@ eternal fantasy :
Thx, for your info. These rams were very expensive - I paid 640€ ! And now I am so sick of them, can´t make them run on their announced speed.
But I wanted 4GB and I thought, if I take a 4GB in 2 slots, I´ll pass some potential troubles that some boards have with memories on all slots.
But I think I´ll rma them also ... I am so fed up.
This is the second pair of OCZs ( not on this board )that have been expensive for performance I did not can achieve !
I think I am through on OCZ.

I have had a pair of OCZ DDR3-1800 sent to me for testing while waiting for the 4GB kit. That pair ran awsomely, as all the DDR3-1800+ at the moment uses the same Micron chips, and is absolutely amazing silicon. I also thought using just 2 sticks of ram for 4GB, although at slower speed will make my system easier to clock, but it turns out for some reason much worse, and not even stable at advertised settings.

[Smooth]

@ eternal :
short question :
Now you´re using 4 x 1 GB Cellshocks with 1800 or only 2 GB ?
If so - did you expirienced any trouble with 4 rows ?

[Z3R0-CooL]

@ eternal :
short question :
Now you´re using 4 x 1 GB Cellshocks with 1800 or only 2 GB ?
If so - did you expirienced any trouble with 4 rows ?

Not the person you asked but i am using 4x1 GB cellshocks @ 1800 (8-7-6-18) @ 1.80 BIOS not problems whatsoever.

havent done any tuning as yet though

[Smooth]

Thx Z3r0.
So I think I´ll change these OCZ to some 1800er Cellshocks.

[Aivas47a]

what cpu pll voltage are you using ?

1.5 for everyday, 1.6 when pushing for max fsb.

eternalfantasy, thanks for pointing out that dual phase NB power control. Nice touch!

[HammerJacks]

I am in the middle of a build and really on the edge of buying the Max. Extreme to pair up with my QX9650. Does anyone know if the Max. Extreme has any issues with this memory:

Corsair TWIN3X4096-1600C7DHXIN (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145190)

Although I am looking for an answer to the memory question, but also, would you recommend the maximus extreme to others based on your own experiences with the board? (I will be using it with air cooling)

Thanks!

[eternal_fantasy]

@ eternal :
short question :
Now you´re using 4 x 1 GB Cellshocks with 1800 or only 2 GB ?
If so - did you expirienced any trouble with 4 rows ?

I'm currently running 2 GB so I can push the system to it's limit, but unless you are also doing the same I see no problem using 2 pairs on all 4 memory slots.

1.5 for everyday, 1.6 when pushing for max fsb.

eternalfantasy, thanks for pointing out that dual phase NB power control. Nice touch!

No prob! it is an awsome board with top notch R&D behind it.

[sdumper]

Hmmm is it just me or is this really no better than the Maximus Formula SE.

I can run DDR3 1900+ with my Crucials but to be honest my superPi score 10m is better with my old Maximus SE using DDR2 at 1100mhz...

Im using the 0904 bios...

Heres a link to my thread so far...
http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showt...30/index3.html

Im hoping its something im missing...

[Infa]

Are there any way to get back to an old Bios, without Crashing it first?
why would they do such a thing.. to not be able to go back in bios, its just stupid, what if the new one wasnt good? Bioses are quite induvidial i think... dependent on hardware.

btw, watercooling my NB did lower my temps between 6-10c but it didnt do a shajjt on my Bsod, all are the same, 1-2hours to hell........bah.. damn cpu i think its slowly dieing on me.

[Infa]

Hmmm is it just me or is this really no better than the Maximus Formula SE.

I can run DDR3 1900+ with my Crucials but to be honest my superPi score 10m is better with my old Maximus SE using DDR2 at 1100mhz...

Im using the 0904 bios...

Heres a link to my thread so far...
http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showt...30/index3.html

Im hoping its something im missing...

Cant see your timings picture, and in not going to register there just to see it , to keep a lower s-pi you got to keep the timings atleast at 7 in 1900+ speed, i won a minute in s-pi with cpu at 4.2ghz and mem 1872mhz cl 7-6-5-16 i think, and with ddr2 i kept cpu at 4.3ghz(100mhz more) and ddr2 at 960Mhz Cas 4, and i won a minute EVEN with cpu at 100mhz lower.
getting about 11700 read. Dunno exactly what your problem are, some more hints?

[sdumper]

7-6-6-14

I wasnt asking you to register and you didnt have to ... lol

[Infa]

7-6-6-15

its hard getting worse time with high.end ddr3 vs ddr2 ..

dont know what ur missing

tried all the boos settings? Clock twister - strong , booster enabled lvl 3.
they do alot for the bandwith and latency.

[sdumper]

lol its even worse with trans booster:

[Infa]

lol its even worse with trans booster:

heh i get those numbers on 4ghz atleast!

11600 on 3.9Ghz, mem 1755~

see that Trans booster are not on RELAX and on ENABLED , easy to miss..
if not STRANGE..... you should get higher than that, but its a diffrence in memsped and bandwith..

i get about 11700 read, 43 latency at 9x445, and at 8x500 ddr3 2000 i get about 13000k and 38 latency so its a big diffrence how you run ur ram..

and at 4900 you should go a divider higher and fix that multiplier to a lower.

[HammerJacks]

Does anyone have ANY idea if this memory works with the Maximus Extreme? Its not listed on the ASUS Site, its not listed on the Corsair site (for the ME), so I would appreciate it if anyone can go out of their way to provide me some feedback. Thanks in advance.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145190

[mnemonick]

Does anyone have ANY idea if this memory works with the Maximus Extreme? Its not listed on the ASUS Site, its not listed on the Corsair site (for the ME), so I would appreciate it if anyone can go out of their way to provide me some feedback. Thanks in advance.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145190

I have that EXACT ram in mine, works fine Im using QX9650 @4.2 with 2 of those sticks @ 1520.

[sdumper]

heh i get those numbers on 4ghz atleast!

11600 on 3.9Ghz, mem 1755~

see that Trans booster are not on RELAX and on ENABLED , easy to miss..
if not STRANGE..... you should get higher than that, but its a diffrence in memsped and bandwith..

i get about 11700 read, 43 latency at 9x445, and at 8x500 ddr3 2000 i get about 13000k and 38 latency so its a big diffrence how you run ur ram..

and at 4900 you should go a divider higher and fix that multiplier to a lower.

Thats the point its slower or perhaps the board is slower than the Maximus SE and my old Crucial DDR2 sticks.

Heres a shot where i tweaked a bit and transbooster doesnt give me anything thats i can set myself in memset

[mnemonick]

THere is a Thermochill PA 120.2 in there, with 2 Panaflo U1s on the back and 2 LED thermaltake 120s on the front for looks. I am using the stock Maximus Extreme chipset cooler, i know its restrictive but im runing a QX9650 @ 4.2 Ghz and havnt seen 50c doing a 24 hour prime95 FFT run with panaflos @ 70%! EVGA 8800 GTX SSC, 2 WD Raptor 150 in Raid 1, 2 Hitach 1TB in Raid 1, An asus 20x SATA burner, and a BLU-RAY Drive! Shhhhaaaaawing!






Notice i removed the big 24CM fan, but it leaves plenty of air into the case.

[PalmeAsus]

i must say my kandalf allows alot more space =).