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

[eSp!s0]

475x8=3800Mhz, still testing, but it looks good:
BIOS 903
Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : Auto
CPU Ratio Control : Auto
FSB Frequency : 475
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 100

DRAM Frequency: 1141
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 5
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 15
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: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Moderate
Transaction Booster : Disabled
-Relax Level 1

CPU Voltage : 1.42500 | 1.400 Cpu-z
CPU PLL Voltage : Auto
North Bridge Voltage : 1.25 | 1.26 Everest
DRAM Voltage : 2.14 | 2.20 Everest
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.20 | 1.22 Everest
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050 | 1.06 Everest
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63x
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67x
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : Auto

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

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

[Dostoyevsky77]

Wow. Thanks for posting that, Loc.O! I might have to change my order to an E8400... crap.

[Chuck12]

Hey guys , been over a week now trying to post and finally i`ve been processed,,yippee. firstly thanks to all who have contributed their bios tweaks , i cant thank you blokes enough! anyway an hour or so ago i changed the stock HS on my e6850 which was running at 67c load at 3.6 gig oc and around 33-34 idle. Well today i picked up a thermalright 120 extreme and i was scared very scared !firstly i had to dismount the MB to slip the thermalright bracket underneath,,scary for an absolute novice but i managed , then i was gonna go way beyond my comfort zone and lap the cpu,which i did and i must say iam still in a state of shock:o),,anyway i wont bore you blokes much longer other than to say thanks again and check out the stable prime 95 specs below. p.s idle 31-32 load 59c prime95 for 2 or so hours!

bios 907

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 430
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-860mhz
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 4
RAS# Precharge : 4
RAS# ActivateTime : 12
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: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster : disabled
Relax level: 0

CPU Voltage : 1.46875
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.58
North Bridge Voltage : 1.53
DRAM Voltage : 2.16
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.50
South Bridge Voltage : 1.075
Loadline Calibration : Enabled

CPU GTL Reference : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : Auto
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage DR2-Ref
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : DDR2-Ref
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-Ref
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5


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

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

[Chuck12]

ok my timing re events may be out a little but prime stable for atleast 2 big ones..:o)...thx

[neo_rtr]

Neo_Rtr, I can get 4+ GHz, but my temperatures are totally unacceptable even with a high multi. What multis have you tried?

I have try to run with the following
400 X 10, 380 X10, 450 X 9, 425 X9 , 333 x 12 etc.
i did manage to get it stable with 3.8 ghz but didnt last long.
Voltage wise i have try from 1.40V up to 1.70V with variations
Iam about to change the memory to a 1200Mhz stick and see if that helps out. Glad if you can post your settings for me to try them out.
Thank you

[Warboy]

Wow. Thanks for posting that, Loc.O! I might have to change my order to an E8400... crap.

Just get a Q9650

You do know a Quad core will be a Dual core no matter the clock right?

So a 3.7Ghz Quad Can be a 5Ghz Dual. Well... In Pure Performance, maybe not SuperPI.

[Dostoyevsky77]

Yeah. Right now, that's all a C2Q is good for: benchmarks. Today, nothing is taking advantage of my quad. Maybe in a couple months or a year, it'll matter. But, by then there should be more C2Qs to choose from.

[Enzane]

It seems like i have a problem overclocking with this board.

if i go with the cpu lvl up to Q6850 all works great, but i want to OC manually, nothing works. even with 350 fsb, which is absolutly nothing, i cant boot.

i lower the memory to 700mhz for example, and give like 1.4V to the CPU, and 1.5 to the NB but nothing works. if the pc does boot, i gives me a blue screen and doesnt want to get into windows.

i am really frustrated here... can u give any advice, tips or tricks?

[neo_rtr]

I have again try the 475 X8, 425 X 9 with
DDR2 HyperX PC9600 2048MB CL5, HyperX 1GB DDR2 1200Mhz
but will not even boot. volts 1.4 to 1.55V nothing...
as soon gets into vista blue screen and reboots.

[Warboy]

Yeah. Right now, that's all a C2Q is good for: benchmarks. Today, nothing is taking advantage of my quad. Maybe in a couple months or a year, it'll matter. But, by then there should be more C2Qs to choose from.

Well, Not really, Crysis takes advantage of it, and most games coming out will. Its a good investment.

In crysis i get 50-80% CPU usage.

For a Dual, that would mean 100-160% usage.

So, Its fair, also, Physics in most games runs better with a Quad-Core system. Like Crysis, UT3, and HL2.

[Raver]

What would you guys associate a hard lock up in windows under prime test #5 (blend test), cpu, ram or nb?

Windows lock's up but my LCD poster's time keeps on working, mouse and kb are non responsive.

[Warboy]

What would you guys associate a hard lock up in windows under prime test #5 (blend test), cpu, ram or nb?

Windows lock's up but my LCD poster's time keeps on working, mouse and kb are non responsive.

It could be a mix of them.

CPU - Lock ups or shutdowns.
NB - Lock ups or Random Reboots.
Mem - Lock ups or Image Artifacts.

(I can go deeper in this but I choice not to)

So Bump up your voltages, and Tweak, Overclocking takes time.

[KALISPIMENTA]

Quick question, how do i set the ram manually to 800 mhz it keeps over clocking it to 866+ preventing me from booting higher then 3.8ghz

Can i unlink the memory to the cpu?

[Zucker2k]

Hey guys , been over a week now trying to post and finally i`ve been processed,,yippee. firstly thanks to all who have contributed their bios tweaks , i cant thank you blokes enough! anyway an hour or so ago i changed the stock HS on my e6850 which was running at 67c load at 3.6 gig oc and around 33-34 idle. Well today i picked up a thermalright 120 extreme and i was scared very scared !firstly i had to dismount the MB to slip the thermalright bracket underneath,,scary for an absolute novice but i managed , then i was gonna go way beyond my comfort zone and lap the cpu,which i did and i must say iam still in a state of shock:o),,anyway i wont bore you blokes much longer other than to say thanks again and check out the stable prime 95 specs below. p.s idle 31-32 load 59c prime95 for 2 or so hours!

bios 907

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 430
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-860mhz
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 4
RAS# Precharge : 4
RAS# ActivateTime : 12
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: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster : disabled
Relax level: 0

CPU Voltage : 1.46875
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.58
North Bridge Voltage : 1.53
DRAM Voltage : 2.16
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.50
South Bridge Voltage : 1.075
Loadline Calibration : Enabled

CPU GTL Reference : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : Auto
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage DR2-Ref
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : DDR2-Ref
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-Ref
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5


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

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

[Z-301]

I've had this board for about a week now. First 4 days, everything was great - stable in OCCT and Prime (overnight). After a heavy gaming session on day 5, I shut down and restarted later and XP 32-bit wouldn't load fully - it kept blue screening. After a few hours, I traced the problem to the wireless card (Dlink DWA-556). I put it in the lower x16 slot instead of a PCIEx1 slot and things started to work again, but now about every third or fourth boot, I'm getting an "overclocking failed" message - don't know why because everything is stable when it does boot up (OCCT and Prime again). I couldn't get anything to work with default BIOS settings when the wireless card was in the x1 slot, and I couldn't even get in to do a Windows Repair! HDs all passed tests fine. RAM passed memtest. Here are my critical specs and settings:

Celeron 420 (waiting for Q9450)
Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 2GB
PCP&C Quad 750 Sliencer
Raptor 150s in Raid 0

Bios 0602

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : AUTO
FSB Frequency : 375
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1200mhz

Everything else at AUTO or the defaut setting.

The NB and SB both go to about 50C on a load (SB got to 54C at max one time).

So what I need help with is figuring out if the board is bad (with the PCEx1 slot or something else) or if I just need to do a BIOS update, or add some cooling, or even something else. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks...

[MKM]

So this is my first over clock, based on the anandtech setup, but with 475x8 fsb and 1.39 vcore (E6850 g0 cpu). 0401 vanilla maximus bios.

I tried to run prime 25.5, but the cpu temp reached 64C so I stopped it rather quickly. Now, this shouldn't be correct, as I've got watercooling and once I stopped it, the temp dropped from 64 to 34 in 3 secs. shall I flash my bios to the newest version or something?

Any advice that may improve my stability is more than welcome.

[Dostoyevsky77]

Zucker2K, how is your E8400 coming along? I have one in the mail. Care to share any tips?

MKM, it is normal for the temperature to fall that quickly. It means you have good cooling! Your vNB and FSB Termination voltages look a touch high, too. Can you dial back on vCore?

[MKM]

Ok, so should i try lowering the vcore?

What should the FSBT and the vNB be like? And what max temperature should I avoid for my CPU and NB, is 64C fine?

[Grnfinger]

You got any 3DMark scores to post on that wolfdale???

I'm getting mine on Saturday
They have 5 comming in on Saturday and I bought 2 of them as well.
Going to pick the sweet chip and sell the other on ebay

[Dostoyevsky77]

How will you know the sweet chip, or are you opening both?

I'm in for the E8400... should be here by the weekend. Hoping it goes something like THIS (he's running a Tuniq).

[Grnfinger]

of course I will open both

[Dostoyevsky77]

Not a bad strategy.

How much $ will you loose selling an open box?

[Grnfinger]

Dunno I guess its up to the bidders on Ebay
If the first one is rather promising and I get my 4.2GHz at respectable temps and voltage then I will just return the other CPU.
If I am forced to open the other cpu no biggie I might build another box and sell my quad, dunno exactly the whole plan but I'm sure I will do ok.
I bought my FX-60 for around 500 bucks, ran it for a year and a half, sold it on ebay for 425 so I can say I lost nothing on that deal.

[neo_rtr]

Gents, any suggestions on the QX6700 overclock problem of mine, ianm dying here... cant pass 3.6Ghz and it is eating me alive..
there must be a soul out there or in here running same or similar set up as i do
any suggestions

[jorgito05]

Here are my timings for 1t

3-3-3-3-1-20-1-1-7-1-4-4-6-4-6

333 strap, 1:1, fsb 333 = DDR2 667 (you can also do it on the 266 strap, but at fsb 266; 4:5 = DDR2 667)

DRAM static read = enabled
AI Clock Twister = Strong
Transaction Booster = Enabled, 1
NB = 1.55
VDimm = 2.2 (2.4 actual)

Hope this helps

Thank you.