Maximus Extreme - Results/Info/Bios

[GLENBOY]

yes infa asus update works but only the older version i have listed above in my post , install it then go on options and select bios dowgradable andf thats it

[Infa]

Ok, thanks, does it work to update with the older update too?

[GLENBOY]

Ok, thanks, does it work to update with the older update too?

yes you can go back to older bioses i have flashed about 6 times in maximus, to be safe downclock to be safe so you know windows is stable before you flash, only people i have heard having problems are people flashing at 4.1 ghz etc, i have probably used this asus update 50 times (i had a p5w dh ) before this board

[Infa]

no i meant if you can use the older asus Update to flash upwards to, or do you need the new one for that? thats all

EDIT: Glenboy worked like a charm to flash, havent backflashed couse it dont work any better than the bios that the board came with, 602 i think.. my conroe sucks on this board, OR the cpu died by changing boards?

[sdumper]

Just for kicks and giggles i flashed to 1001.

Very unstable bios..now for some fun and try and flash backwards back to 0904

[Toritechie]

Loving my board, running 3870's in crossfire, getting some good performance in Crysis @ 1900x1200.

3dMark06 scores around 18,500 - 19,000 - with my q6600 clocking in at 3.84ghz.

Just checked my bios, it's 0403 - seems old now that there's a 1000 version available.

Think I should do a flash? I suppose the ASUS updater is the way to go?

Cheers for all the information :o)

[GLENBOY]

no i meant if you can use the older asus Update to flash upwards to, or do you need the new one for that? thats all

EDIT: Glenboy worked like a charm to flash, havent backflashed couse it dont work any better than the bios that the board came with, 602 i think.. my conroe sucks on this board, OR the cpu died by changing boards?

get yourself an e8400/8500 infa you know you want to

[sdumper]

Just for kicks and giggles i flashed to 1001.

Very unstable bios..now for some fun and try and flash backwards back to 0904

Loaded the windows update from the install cd and flashed back to 0904 no problem at all...

[Crazypinoy9]

Can anybody that has successfully OC'd a quad and using 4gb post their bios settings? Just got back from Singapore and brought back a max extreme and I gotta say that this board is a lot harder to tweak 4gb than the P5E3 Deluxe. I can't even get this board to go more than 350 FSB and boot into windows.

I know the the cpu can go at least 425 FSB because i was using it on a 780i.

I'm pretty sure that this is an issue related to the 4gb of ram.

any help would be appreciated!

[metro.cl]

Just for kicks and giggles i flashed to 1001.

Very unstable bios..now for some fun and try and flash backwards back to 0904

Unstable how? i finally have all dividers working, but the QX9650 wont do more than 4.5GHz on water, might be a BIOS problem. what do you think? what cpu did you use?

[Crazypinoy9]

ok so i found out that if i drop my memory speed to 1081 with a 333 FSB Strap i can prime this baby for at least an hour. Huge step from not being able to even boot when set to 1600, but this blows!

Anything above 1081 won't boot. I've tried everything from 1.71v on NB and all the way up to 2.38v on the mem and no go.

I guess i can't complain too much cuz the q6600 is running 4GHz stable with only 1.52v. Not too shabby!

Anyone have any input about my little memory issue??? Please???

[Infa]

get yourself an e8400/8500 infa you know you want to

I have one ordered a while ago, its shipped and i think i will get it on monday or so.. (E8500)

[GLENBOY]

I have one ordered a while ago, its shipped and i think i will get it on monday or so.. (E8500)

i ordered an e8500 on pre order then thought it would be ages so ordered an e8400 in meantime now both are going to turn up monday, i'm too impatient , i think these new e series will fly in the maximus

[Infa]

I have that feeling too, that x38 are made for 45nm and not conroes..

[Nosfer@tu]

yes I am and Sduperis 2.

[v_parrello]

u mean in a few days

... maybe in a few hours!

Ok! I have already understood waiting better bios!

[sdumper]

Can anybody that has successfully OC'd a quad and using 4gb post their bios settings? Just got back from Singapore and brought back a max extreme and I gotta say that this board is a lot harder to tweak 4gb than the P5E3 Deluxe. I can't even get this board to go more than 350 FSB and boot into windows.

I know the the cpu can go at least 425 FSB because i was using it on a 780i.

I'm pretty sure that this is an issue related to the 4gb of ram.

any help would be appreciated!

[sdumper]

Unstable how? i finally have all dividers working, but the QX9650 wont do more than 4.5GHz on water, might be a BIOS problem. what do you think? what cpu did you use?

It will not run stable at 4.8ghz at 400x12 using the same voltage i used with 0904 also easy flash doesnt work in the bios...

QX9650

[Crazypinoy9]

Ya it's a little strange why I can't get 4GB to run at that speed. earlier today I switched all 4GB to my other rig with the P5E3 and I got all 4 sticks running 1600 without breaking a sweat.

Which bios are you using?

[sdumper]

Which bios are you using?

0904

[camouflage]

Now I'm back on 0904 again - tried 1001 but while OCing my system it killed my RAID 0 - so I had no chance to backup my system. Had to delete RAID & lost all data - new installation took time again.

All after 0904 is buggy - temp reading is wrong, EZ flash doesn't work and maybe there are some hidden bugs I even don't know..........

Think it's time for the ASUS guys to do somthing on it - very annoying that later versions cause malfunction.......

[OBR]

i am now second week pretty stable at 450x9 with QX9650 ... voltages of everything is only in "yellow" numbers ... Mems are on 20-7-7-7-2T at 1800MHz ... with latest bios 1001

[sdumper]

All after 0904 is buggy - temp reading is wrong, EZ flash doesn't work and maybe there are some hidden bugs I even don't know..........

0904 is the most stable that I have used and EZ Flash works fine for me.

[Roger_D25]

Well guys I just fired up my Maximus Extreme for the first time late last night and finished installing Windows about an hour ago! The board came stock with 0501 which is obviously very old so I'm going to flash it after I get done posting here. I have indeed read through the thread but I didn't memorize everything unfortunetly as there is lots of great information posted!

At the moment I've only got one question regarding the flashing of my board to the 0904 BIOS. If I'm going to flash using the Window Updater should I still be using the version that Glenboy mentioned on the previous page (HERE) or is the version on the installtion CD just fine? I realize there is a few different ways to do it but I've used the Windows Updater in the past and its worked quite well for me with very little trouble! Thanks guys, looking forward to posting intitial results tonight!

[sdumper]

Roger_D25: If you have a USB stick copy the bios to the USB stick enter the Bios and tab to the last menu and select EZ Flash.

It will allow you to select the BIOS from the USB stick so that you can flash it.

As a last resort use the windows flash from the cd or flash from a floppy drive.