ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[Warboy]

sure it is, I have newer than 0907

Anyway You could share them? Since I know Fugger has shared some bios before. Or are you under NDA?

[Tony]

Told not to share, plus it has a few issues

[Tony]

tRFC effects all boards with options below 54 on DDR2 and 130+ on DDR3

[JohnMike]

tRFC effects all boards with options below 54 on DDR2 and 130+ on DDR3

Well, i'm testing a Asus P5E3 Dlx with 2GB OCZ DDR3 1333 Platinium Series (7-7-7-20, 1.84v) @1600mhz and so far no problem at all.

System with 2GB DDR3 @1600mhz runs faster then 4GB DDR2 @1200mhz on Vista64.

Can decide what board i should keep....

[Tony]

if you want my honest opinion i would say 8GB DDr2 around 1000 or so is killer with vista 64, i have actually grown to like vista with all the testing but it does need the 8GB.

[JohnMike]

if you want my honest opinion i would say 8GB DDr2 around 1000 or so is killer with vista 64, i have actually grown to like vista with all the testing but it does need the 8GB.

But where do you see that 8GB kills 4GB?!....Games, SO boot/shutdown, applications access?!

Thanks for all the info!

[xgman]

Told not to share, plus it has a few issues

Can you share what those "issues" are? Are they new issues that 907 doesn't already have?

[Jodiuh]

if you want my honest opinion i would say 8GB DDr2 around 1000 or so is killer with vista 64, i have actually grown to like vista with all the testing but it does need the 8GB.

After putting in 4GB w/ Vista 64, I almost wish x86 had never been released. So it gets better? Where/how?

[jorgito05]

Are these bad results? Hope not I spent to much money if they are. Also Everest said 72ns latency on memory why? thats bad too isn't it. what do I change?

[Grnfinger]

Are these bad results? Hope not I spent to much money if they are. Also Everest said 72ns latency on memory why? thats bad too isn't it. what do I change?

post your bios setup, with that chip I would have expected much higher scores.
What ram do you have and how many sticks?

[jorgito05]

post your bios setup, with that chip I would have expected much higher scores.
What ram do you have and how many sticks?

OK, got a little better. Bios now set as Follows:

AI Overclock Tuner: (manual)
CPU Ratio: (8)
FSB Frequency: (400)
FSB Strap: (400)
PCIE: (100)
Dram Frequency: (800)
Dram Comand: (2T)
Dram Timings: (auto)
Dram Static Read: (auto)
AI Clock Twister: (auto)
Transaction Booster: (Disabled)
Relax Level: (0)
CPU Voltage: (1.3)
CPU PLL Voltage: (1.52)
NB Voltage: (1.35)
Dram Voltage: (1.8)
FSB Termination Voltage: (1.3)
SB Voltage: (1.075)
CPU GTL: (.063x)
NB GTL: (.067x)
Channel Ref A & B and Channel Control Voltages all: (auto)

What do you suggest?

[Nuckin_Futs]

What USB glitch? I've noticed my new Ikari mouse's white "CPI status" light stays on, but that's about it.

2nd that, I haven't heard of this yet. I have had issues with my USB mouse and sometimes keyboard on the MAXIMUS FORMULA when on the 901-907 BIOS. mostly in 903, since I used it more, where mouse would just drop out of detection leaving me to have to unplug and replug and it was good to go. It happened mostly on resume from S3 or long screansaver activity.

Haven't had any feedback yet on teh ACPI S3/S4 failure in BIOS v0907. Am I the only one then? I quickly recverted back to v0802 because of it. I was fine on that for a while till this recent attemp to move back to v0903.

Just curious!

[Warboy]

My Maximus and Q6600 died

[zlojack]

Oh man...that sucks.

When's the funeral?

j/k

Any idea how?

[andyr(uk)]

My Maximus and Q6600 died

I thought mine had died the other day , would not post at all , even left the battery out for 24hrs then took it over to my brothers to do some fault finding using his bits and up it came with all my componants in , very strange

[Warboy]

Oh man...that sucks.

When's the funeral?

j/k

Any idea how?

Like I've said in other threads, I think a Batch of X38, More specificity the ASUS Maximus forumula first few batches. Were bad. As I reported though out the Maximus thread i kept having odd undervolt problems, Just Like overvolting, Undervolting can degrade stuff. Mainly The CPU, Chipset, FSB VTT and Memory were all undervolting, Like One second it would be normal, then the next like 1.0 on the memory, 0.8 on the Chipset and such. I guess thats what killed my Q6600, My Maximus and 2GB of my memory (the PC2-8500 sticks)

[CERO]

hey warboy i am sorry for your loss, My maximus went also flakey last week but I sold it just in time...... Not sure if I am going to jump in the same wagon again but with the rampage flavor....

[Grnfinger]

2nd that, I haven't heard of this yet. I have had issues with my USB mouse and sometimes keyboard on the MAXIMUS FORMULA when on the 901-907 BIOS. mostly in 903, since I used it more, where mouse would just drop out of detection leaving me to have to unplug and replug and it was good to go. It happened mostly on resume from S3 or long screansaver activity.

Haven't had any feedback yet on teh ACPI S3/S4 failure in BIOS v0907. Am I the only one then? I quickly recverted back to v0802 because of it. I was fine on that for a while till this recent attemp to move back to v0903.

Just curious!

I did notice that my system would hang if ACPI was set to AUTO, once it was set to S3 it would resume without a hang this was on bios 907 and 903, 802 never had an issue. Unfortunately 901 would not play well for me and I never tested it

My Maximus and Q6600 died

Very sorry for your loss

[Warboy]

hey warboy i am sorry for your loss, My maximus went also flakey last week but I sold it just in time...... Not sure if I am going to jump in the same wagon again but with the rampage flavor....

Very sorry for your loss

Yea it sucks, from what I can tell. Both the CPU and the Motherboard are no longer stable at any clock.

[theonlybabyface]

Like I've said in other threads, I think a Batch of X38, More specificity the ASUS Maximus forumula first few batches. Were bad. As I reported though out the Maximus thread i kept having odd undervolt problems, Just Like overvolting, Undervolting can degrade stuff. Mainly The CPU, Chipset, FSB VTT and Memory were all undervolting, Like One second it would be normal, then the next like 1.0 on the memory, 0.8 on the Chipset and such. I guess thats what killed my Q6600, My Maximus and 2GB of my memory (the PC2-8500 sticks)

Yeah. My first Maximus had a bad memory voltage regulator. Took my Team Xtreem ram with it. Let's see how the second one does...only been a few days so far.

[Zucker2k]

Yea it sucks, from what I can tell. Both the CPU and the Motherboard are no longer stable at any clock.

You mean they're not dead then? Also, when you power on the machine, does the system power led turn from red to green? The only way you know your cpu is dead is if it hangs on cpu init all the time. Even then, I'd still test it in another mobo just to be sure.

[Warboy]

You mean they're not dead then? Also, when you power on the machine, does the system power led turn from red to green? The only way you know your cpu is dead is if it hangs on cpu init all the time. Even then, I'd still test it in another mobo just to be sure.

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/Broken/

and When I get it to boot into windows, It reads 90C on all 4 cores now. and Then Shutdowns 5mins later.


So I'm confused, and Disappointed.

PS. I'm using my Dell Microns (D9s) to get it to semi-work. and that CPU Failure pic was after i had a random reboot. And It hung several times on CPU Init

[S1mon-]

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/Broken/

and When I get it to boot into windows, It reads 90C on all 4 cores now. and Then Shutdowns 5mins later.


So I'm confused, and Disappointed.

PS. I'm using my Dell Microns (D9s) to get it to semi-work. and that CPU Failure pic was after i had a random reboot. And It hung several times on CPU Init

Are u sure the CPU is back to stock clock? If the mobo tries to pull 3,83GHz with the stock cooler, no wonder why it hits 90 degrees...

[Spyrus]

Just did some testing today and thought it is useful for beginners at least. NB voltage 1.25-1.65V

[Warboy]

Are u sure the CPU is back to stock clock? If the mobo tries to pull 3,83GHz with the stock cooler, no wonder why it hits 90 degrees...

Of course i did it at stock.