ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[Hockster]

Question about the EATX 4/8 pin plug. I use an Enermax Infinity 650 PSU that has 2 four pin connectors, should I plug both into the mobo? My Gigabyte P35 DQ6 wouldn't boot with both connected. Currently I'm only running with one plugged in, I didn't want to kill something by using both.

[Zucker2k]

BTW, i'm still looking for that iNTEL HTT option in the BIOS.... does anyone have that in their BIOSes or am i HigH?

Q6600 has NO HYPERTHREADING . You want an 8 core processor on a desktop huh? Me too; we'll have to wait a few years for that though.

[Trooper_GR]

I'm really fed up with this board, it has been bugging me for weeks now I am using a 6750 (no o/c yet) and I get random lock ups and reboots. Sometimes it will just lose the lan and I have to reboot and most of the times it will freeze up with no error. Everything is default in bios (I am using 0907), I have Vista 64 with 4GB of Mushkin on. My CPU temp in bios is 11 degrees celcius which doesnt sound right of course. Rest of the temps are in the 40s (MB,SB,NB)

Also the LCD poster stopped working at some point, and hasnt turned on since no matter what I choose in bios...

I managed to get some o/c done when I first installed the board, but after upgrading to 0907 I am not stable even at defaults. Should I go to an older bios ?

[ChaosAD]

ok, you guys suffering from the ~47 minute crash in prime95 blend :
try running a custom test with whatever k size is not passing.

At some point, I was always crashing at prime95 blend at about 47min. Turns out the 896k test always failed. So I ran 896k tests only and upped my vcore until stable. I had to up it a few notches to pass

there ya go



Krav : what bios are you using?? I have stable settings at 3.4 on 0903 bios.

So what you recommend in not to deal with any of the other voltages other than the vcore?Why should vcore be a problem when i pass the small fft's test?It didnt cross my mind to be honest but i ll give it a try and i ll report back.

[MonkY]

I'm really fed up with this board, it has been bugging me for weeks now... I managed to get some o/c done when I first installed the board, but after upgrading to 0907 I am not stable even at defaults. Should I go to an older bios ?

0907 is a beta bios after all... so yes, i would recommend you go to a stable oficial release. Even if 0907 seems to be best for some ppl. And yes, 0907 also shows me too low temps, so it's not only your board. I guess that's the price you pay for flashing beta bios versions. Good luck !

[mhdabiad]

0907 is a beta bios after all... so yes, i would recommend you go to a stable oficial release. Even if 0907 seems to be best for some ppl. And yes, 0907 also shows me too low temps, so it's not only your board. I guess that's the price you pay for flashing beta bios versions. Good luck !

907 is official, in fact i tried even 0601 which supposed to be the best and
did not find suitable for my ram corsair 8500c5 x 2.
and now i'm back to 907.

[MonkY]

907 is official, in fact i tried even 0601 which supposed to be the best and
did not find suitable for my ram corsair 8500c5 x 2.
and now i'm back to 907.

Here is a screenshot from Asus download page. Which part of the "beta" word is so complex to understand ? In fact, in my town if you point a problem at your tech support while using a beta bios/firmware, you will only get a warranty void issue :evil:

P.S. Beta version = use it on your own risk. It may also void your product warranty !

[Nunzi]

I'm really fed up with this board, it has been bugging me for weeks now I am using a 6750 (no o/c yet) and I get random lock ups and reboots. Sometimes it will just lose the lan and I have to reboot and most of the times it will freeze up with no error. Everything is default in bios (I am using 0907), I have Vista 64 with 4GB of Mushkin on. My CPU temp in bios is 11 degrees celcius which doesnt sound right of course. Rest of the temps are in the 40s (MB,SB,NB)

Also the LCD poster stopped working at some point, and hasnt turned on since no matter what I choose in bios...

I managed to get some o/c done when I first installed the board, but after upgrading to 0907 I am not stable even at defaults. Should I go to an older bios ?

Yes....I had problems with 0907 went back to 0903 working fine.....

[nuttah]

Damn I dont think i had this, I had run OCCT some time ago and it didnt happen.
bios 0802 rig on sig

WTF Custom volt 1 is ram voltage and custom volt 2 is NB

PSU problem?? wtf my psu is supposed to be a good one

[Grnfinger]

Anyone post some good settings for 3.4ghz, my room is hot so want it at 3.4 till i get more fans,

Please help using the step up to qx6850 @ 3ghz at the mo.

Check my sig for my system details. thanks

This is my 3.4GHz setting BIOS 907

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 425
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400MHz
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1133
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: AUTO
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster :Enabled
Boost Level: 0

CPU Voltage : set what you need here
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.52
North Bridge Voltage : 1.49
DRAM Voltage : 2.0
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : Auto
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : AUTO
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5


These settings passed 24 prime 12 hour OCCT

[cadaveca]

Here is a screenshot from Asus download page. Which part of the "beta" word is so complex to understand ? In fact, in my town if you point a problem at your tech support while using a beta bios/firmware, you will only get a warranty void issue :evil:

P.S. Beta version = use it on your own risk. It may also void your product warranty !

Um, before you get all up in his face about the beta bit....


I see no "BETA" label here. So there's no worry about vioding warranty, etc...because ASUS has NOT labelled these bioses as BETA

see here:

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...%20Formula

[Grnfinger]

Q6600 has NO HYPERTHREADING . You want an 8 core processor on a desktop huh? Me too; we'll have to wait a few years for that though.

Congrats on the good auction btw, you got a really decent price for your cpu.
I was really interested in it, but I'm going to grab a Yorkfield as well

[ReZ_]

Q6600 has NO HYPERTHREADING

I cuold have sworn that i've seen that option in my bios at one time, and it was ENABLED.

My bios did boost my FSBtm to 2.0v too, by itself. I showed over 2v in pcprobe and everest and in the bios hardware monitor

damn board makes me lose my credibility!

[Leeghoofd]

Maybe you have got another mobo then a Maximus as in your sig lol, as you also talk about settings that are not really in the Asus bios engineers dictionary...

soz mate no Hyperthreading here either... with Q6600, could well be it's mentioned in the manual as the board supports CPU's that have hyperthreading

[ReZ_]

to quote :

The Maximus Formula Special Edition motherboard is based on the Intel X38 Northbridge chipset and the Intel ICH9R Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium D , Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and Celeron D4xx Processors, with Hyper-Threading Technology and 800/1066/1333/1600MHz Front Side Bus support.



I'm not kidding guys, i DID see that hyperthreading option in my bios. I was in the section where you have C1E, TM, Vanderpool, etc..... it was located at the very bottom of that list, now it's a blank blue line.......

[Grnfinger]

[mhdabiad]

Thanks cadaveca.
I'm an old man with limited info. and sometime I just hate to argu.

Currently working two boards, X3230/qx6700 on maximus apogeeGT/ thermochill 120.2 and QX9650 on P5E-D D-tek/thermochill 120.3.

Love the first board from the first sight although I know it won't be the one
i'm sticking with aka mistress!, or not 24/7.
The second is decent enough to be my 24/7 lady (that's till rampage becomes available).
immature ddr3 is limiting cpu is not i'm doing 50% mild o/c trying to stablize
the memory @ 1600 and not suceeding although can do 1800 @ the expense of latency.

Rez, yes it is in the bios but cpu does not support it.
last ht enabled cpu was something like p4 3.0E suggest that research some more in that area.

it seems this mbo is driving everybody .
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yes and thanks Fugger and all admins. for XS in 2007.

[MonkY]

Um, before you get all up in his face about the beta bit....

I see no "BETA" label here. So there's no worry about vioding warranty, etc...because ASUS has NOT labelled these bioses as BETA

see here:

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...imus%20Formula

Then Asus guys must be smokin' something, because in the Bios page, it's labeled as BETA: http://support.asus.com/download/dow...imus%20Formula

[Leeghoofd]

some webpages differ , no worries, some aren't directly updated either,... dunno what the fuzz is here , beta or not the final releases differ mostly zilch zero from the beta...

I have already RMA'd boards with a betas on it , no probs for the RMA...

[Zucker2k]

Congrats on the good auction btw, you got a really decent price for your cpu.
I was really interested in it, but I'm going to grab a Yorkfield as well

Thanks. I was pleasantly surprised. That was a very good chip though; I had a hard time selling it, as it does 3.16Ghz @ 1.080v. My L737B can't do that. But then again, the L726B has a vid. of 1.2125, while the L737B has a vid. of 1.2250. In the end though, I knew the latter has more potential for stable clocking in the high Ghz. I was able to push the L726B to 495 fsb and the L737B won't post past 475 fsb... for now . I am currently running 3.825Ghz 24/7 with a cpupll of only 1.5v. voltage is 1.376 prime stable, on the 333 strap. I'm more than happy. I will keep pushing though.

[Zucker2k]

to quote :

The Maximus Formula Special Edition motherboard is based on the Intel X38 Northbridge chipset and the Intel ICH9R Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium D , Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and Celeron D4xx Processors, with Hyper-Threading Technology and 800/1066/1333/1600MHz Front Side Bus support.



I'm not kidding guys, i DID see that hyperthreading option in my bios. I was in the section where you have C1E, TM, Vanderpool, etc..... it was located at the very bottom of that list, now it's a blank blue line.......

Hyperthreading is a processor feature. If the processor does not have it, the board, even if it supports it, cannot enable it all by its own. The Q6600 has no HTT feature, period. Were you using another processor with the maximus before switching?

[ChaosAD]

Since now i was using the 333 strap.I thought to give 400 strap a try,but pc didnt even post.Anyone experienced the same problem?

[ReZ_]

Were you using another processor with the maximus before switching?

no, i'm not fiddling with any other hardware either, as a matter of fact.

[Grnfinger]

Since now i was using the 333 strap.I thought to give 400 strap a try,but pc didnt even post.Anyone experienced the same problem?

I find when I use the 333 strap I need trans booster disabled level 0 and the 400 strap trans booster enabled level 0

if it's not set this way (for me anyways) I always get the "DET RAM" hang

[ChaosAD]

I find when I use the 333 strap I need trans booster disabled level 0 and the 400 strap trans booster enabled level 0

if it's not set this way (for me anyways) I always get the "DET RAM" hang

Already tried 400 strap.Trans booster enabled or disabled or auto didnt matter.Could not post.333 strap trans booster enabled didnt post.ill give it a shot with booster disabled now.Will it give me better performance than auto?If not why should i even bother?