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

[eSp!s0]

Yeah I kinda noticed the red X on the network icon also, but I thaught it was due to the fact that Vista was busy doing something else and hadn't initialized the nic yet.

Installed the realtek drivers and rebooting...

Edit#1
Rebooted and rex X is still there and the delay is still there, cant open programs or folders for about 30-45 sec's after the OS has loaded.
Once the NIC's red X is gone everything starts working fine, there is alot of drive activity during this delay.
Gonna disable the second NIC in BIOS and see what gives.

Edit#2
I disabled and enabled the proper NIC's in BIOS and hooked up my cat5 cable to NIC port #1, it's the upper one, disabled NIC #2 and now after a couple of reboots my NIC initializes right away and I can now open programs and folders no more delay.

Edit#3
Wow this is weird I disabled NIC #1 in BIOS, hooked up my cat5 cable to NIC #1 and still have connection to the web?!?
Going to try the opposite becaus the delay was happening when I had my cat5 connected to NIC#2 and possibly had IT disabled in BIOS at the time.
Dont know if it's Vista or the board but net ttraffic is redirected to either working NIC independetly if it's disabled in BIOS.

NIC 1 and 2 are changed for me in bios. Means, that NIC 1 runs and NIC 2 is disabled, when disabling NIC 1 and enabling NIC 2 in bios.
NIC 1 in bios is NIC2 in windows for me and NIC 2 in bios is NIC 1 in windows, hope you understand what I mean.

[eSp!s0]

X38 DQ6 blown PCI Mosfet = Total Instability when PCI card connected so I RMAe'd it and needed a new one [ i hate to wait] and only Maximus Formula in this category is available. DQ6 was allready set as End of Life product

Yes omg, I had same problem with P35-DQ6 and my PCI X-Fi. Had a lot of hardware conflicts and X-Fi like 30times listened in hardware-manager and things like that.
That`s why I switched to Asus and Formula. Have no problems with my formula and network or my X-Fi
But there are this other issues I have... posted it already

[ZenEffect]

I don't want to dissapoint you guys, but Vista doesn't use boot.ini anymore. Instead it saves its bootsettings in Boot Configuration Data Store (BCD Store) which is in binary format and therefore not editable with a texteditor.

You can change settings using bcdedit. But even don't know without googling if there's a setting for coreamount is required.

http://www.techenclave.com/operating...eak-97626.html

im on xp so i posted the xp way....i looked up the vista way so here is a link on how to do it with vista... same process really...


anyone here use teaming with their nic's? if so, did you see any diff?

[xgman]

In the beginning of this thread someone posted that the black 1x slot was proprietary for the included sound card. Can I use an Asus Xonar PCiex 1x sound card in that same slot instead? The white ones are blocked.

[iadstudio]

In the beginning of this thread someone posted that the black 1x slot was proprietary for the included sound card. Can I use an Asus Xonar PCiex 1x sound card in that same slot instead? The white ones are blocked.

should be able to. I think that slot was specified in ordere to avoid hardware issues with soundcards in general. not just the one provided. However, I would call them and ask.

[eSp!s0]

I just checked the manual and the black slot is called "audio slot" there, but there are no other useful infos about. I would just try it and then give feedback here

[CERO]

Cool, cheers MC2K!!! I'll give the Blitz a whirl before I choose which board to attach the Phase Change to. I want the most stable of the two when I'm pushing for 4.2GHz 24/7 stable!

Would the PCI-E v2 really make a huge difference on the Maximus?

Not at all with the current GFX m8. You are good to go let me know how it turns out

[Matt C.]

quick question for you guys.. I just got my Maximus. I have the 602 BIOS..should I upgrade to the newer ones? If so, which are the best for quads?

[theonlybabyface]

I'm using 907 with my Quad and it works perfectly. Easily overclocked it to 3.6 ghz in less than 5 mins. Have not tried to push it farther yet as unfortunately, my memory voltage regulator fried...new one is here today though.

Here's a pic...

[R3d]

Hey everyone, I'm looking at picking up this motherboard and pairing it with an e8400.. now my question is what bios is needed for it to be compatible out of the box.. I don't have any other s775 cpu's to throw in if need be..

The other motherboard i've been looking at is the DFI LP LT X38-T2R..
Parts that would going into this build would be
2x3870's
2GB mushkin 8500 5-5-4-12's
150gb raptor
corsair 620w
SS TJ09

what i'm looking for is stable overclocks
Cooler i'll be picking up is the ultra extreme 120

The amd quad in my sig is going to be turned into a VM box

[CERO]

0802 or higher, but 0903 or 0907 are needed for the 1/2 mulitpliers, most board that got shipped doesnt have 0802 or higher I think, so I am afraid u got a big chance they might not work right out of the box. Unless some1 here confirm that it does works with older then 0802

[Zucker2k]

602 supports Exxxx too; I think support goes a bit earlier than that even. Don't wanna be the one to find out where it stops tho.

[CERO]

yea hence maximus are "45nm ready", but half multipliers support are from 0903 on.

[WFO]

So the MOBO won't be problematic if good memory is used , correct me if im'm wrong. 4 x 2 GB Geil Black Dragon 800/CL5 not OCed will work and i won't be forced to throw half of them out because of something ...

I'm running 4 X 2GB G.Skill PC 8000 with no issues. This is the best board I've ever had. Easiest overclocking too. Others have had nothing but trouble. Good board/ Bad board? Or Extreme users being too extreme? Maybe a combination? Build it. Run it. You'll love it or RMA it if it doesn't work with known good components. Isn't that always the case though???

[atomicvai]

Well I've finally got XP and Vista dual boot installed and all is stable... no more pause when first loading etc in Vista. Also running at 3.6ghz on air with no issues... board is rock solid... my concern is the temps being reported in Everest and Coretemp. Idle temps show avg 35 degrees on cores at 3.6ghz... does that sound right? I figured they should be higher at that clock. Another weirdness is that some things report my CPU speed wrong, like 3dmark06 thinks I'm at 4.05ghz. Here's settings:

q6600 G0 @ 3.6ghz (450 x 8)
2x2gb Mushkin PC6400 @ 900mhz 4-4-4-10
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
p182 case
gt8800 @ 750/1900/1900 with HR03GT

This is with all settings on auto, other than ram timings. Can't get over 15,400 3dmark... guess I need to get a couple 3870x2's.

[chew*]

Its reporting speed based on default multi and fsb.........I get stuff reporting my every day speed at 3.6g but I'm really 8x400........

[Sources]

Woohooo got my NB down to 27 deg and my SB down to 36.. Love that water cooling.

[atomicvai]

Hmmmm.... maybe I should get some active cooling on my NB, it's hovering around 45 or so at 450 fsb.

[binormalkilla]

Is anyone using the SOunMax II PCIe card with a microphone in Vista (x64 preferably...)? I haven't installed the drivers yet, as my speakers seem to work fine without them, but I can't seem to get the mic to work.....


EDIT:
I remember why I didn't install the drivers in the first place......it messed up my 5.1 config. The mic works fine.............speakers don't. THe only configuration with my Z5500s and the mic is Dolby PL2 Music 5.1 with the driver installed........I've yet to get the SPD/IF working on this card yet.....I have to use it until I get the Xonar working.................

[Jodiuh]

Hmmmm.... maybe I should get some active cooling on my NB, it's hovering around 45 or so at 450 fsb.

Throw a quiet 5CFM 40mm on the main fin over the NB. I lost 7C that way.

[Robin77]

http://www.techenclave.com/operating...eak-97626.html

im on xp so i posted the xp way....i looked up the vista way so here is a link on how to do it with vista... same process really...


anyone here use teaming with their nic's? if so, did you see any diff?

So you should read the 2nd answer on this threat too: ;-)

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Tried..doesn't make any difference.

Vista automatically identified and uses multiple cores (if available) at boot time and hence this is not needed.

[Robin77]

Hmmmm.... maybe I should get some active cooling on my NB, it's hovering around 45 or so at 450 fsb.

You needn't place a cooler to your NB with your low temps! Official Intel max NB temps are around 96 C under load. This is directly from Intel thermal design spec for X38 Chipset and the only really counting value.

Many users have way higher NB temps than you, so do I. I've around 68 idle and 76 or so loaded. This are oced temps and they are 100% 48 hours prime and 3dmark 06 simultaniously running stable.

With your low NB temps you an be sure NB temp won't be a limiter to your oc results.


greets

[Warboy]

You needn't place a cooler to your NB with your low temps! Official Intel max NB temps are around 96 C under load. This is directly from Intel thermal design spec for X38 Chipset and the only really counting value.

Many users have way higher NB temps than you, so do I. I've around 68 idle and 76 or so loaded. This are oced temps and they are 100% 48 hours prime and 3dmark 06 simultaniously running stable.

With your low NB temps you an be sure NB temp won't be a limiter to your oc results.


greets

Yes, 96C.

The Northbridge is sensitive and can become damaged if it reaches over 54C with high overclocks from my studies.

The Optimized temp for the X38's is 40-45C, If you can get lower then that, Then

[Kondik]

Yes, 96C.

The Northbridge is sensitive and can become damaged if it reaches over 54C with high overclocks from my studies.

The Optimized temp for the X38's is 40-45C, If you can get lower then that, Then

Thermalright IFX / SLI non SLI series proppably ? if you put down that defalut cooling, i think they have the "power and technology" to cool it enough. I'll try it at monday and let you know

[JH_man]

Is anyone using the SOunMax II PCIe card with a microphone in Vista (x64 preferably...)? I haven't installed the drivers yet, as my speakers seem to work fine without them, but I can't seem to get the mic to work.....


EDIT:
I remember why I didn't install the drivers in the first place......it messed up my 5.1 config. The mic works fine.............speakers don't. THe only configuration with my Z5500s and the mic is Dolby PL2 Music 5.1 with the driver installed........I've yet to get the SPD/IF working on this card yet.....I have to use it until I get the Xonar working.................

I have used a mic with the SoundMax board, got no problem with it.

JH_man