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

[devilhood]

Yeah, I honestly wouldn't worry about the SB unless you're using something made out of plastic, you shouldn't have any cooling issues
I'm just using one of those standard flat heatsinks on it, no Thermalright fancy stuff, mainly because it scratches the dual-slot GFX card casing (single slot cards shouldn't have this problem), and temps are within an acceptable range of 35-45.

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[devilhood]

Hi! It was already discussed in this threat. There are different opinions on this.
Best is to get information from source, which is the Intel thermal design sheet for X38 chipset which says max load longtimeuse NB temp is 92 C.

I have 67 C idle and I think 76 or so loaded. This are oced values but are prime and 3DM 48h stresstest rockstable.

Some say all over ~ 50 C is unstable, which my case and official Intel specs proof wrong.

But it's also true that the higher temps are, the less space there's for oc'ing stable. Also longtime life is influenced, but shouldn't be a problem in nowadays product lifetimes.

Hope that helped.

I was hitting 58-60 celcius with a passive Zalmann NB heatsink, and this caused problems with Prime95 if I had my FSB above 400.

As soon as I switched to the Thermalright HR-05-SLI, it dropped by an incredible 15 degrees celcius, and best of all, Prime95 stability was finally achieved.
If you are OC'ing and experience high temps, but not experiencing any problems during stress testing, I cannot explain why my system seems to respond differently when compared to yours.

[fordf250]

What´s the highest FSB u seen on this board on AIR ??

Air cpu or air on the nb?

Water with e6600 and air on nb 545fsb.

[p2501]

Hey guys, I just threw out my x38-dq6 and Ballistix (both dead), so can anyone recommend me a good 2x2 kit for maximus formula?

[devilhood]

Ballistix is the only RAM I have ever found to be consistently stable with OC'ing on this board.
I'm using 4 GB (4x 1 GB) and can still dip in timings to as low as 4-4-4-9 at DDR2-1066 at its rated 2.2v without a hitch.

[theonlybabyface]

Hey guys, I just threw out my x38-dq6 and Ballistix (both dead), so can anyone recommend me a good 2x2 kit for maximus formula?

Mine in my sig work great....

[Kondik]

I love Black Dragons from Geil .. i modded the cooling on them and i'm really really happy with them but i'm nota big fan of Memory OC so ...

[kup]

Warboy, the RapidShare link is my own. I rehost all the files so I know the links aren't dead.

[p2501]

Hmh ok, has anyone tried these: http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/T...6-8500C5DF.pdf ?

[Kondik]

I saw a couple of people complaining about those heatsinks that they fall apart

[p2501]

I saw a couple of people complaining about those heatsinks that they fall apart

Never heard but it certainly wouldn't be good... can someone confirm this?

[Warboy]

I got my hopes up too soon. Good thing I didn't cansle my RMA #.

After much testing it just became unstable even on once reliable v0602. I moved to v0903 (where I had good profiles and results) and all my save (on USB HDD) return a boot block cannot be read error. Same for my v0602 and even one just saved minutes before flashing and coming back.

Again, I can only guess since nobody has made comment on this, I am an isolated case and will just chock it up to a luck of the draw. It was a nice 5 months though. Now I get to start over and now maybe the all so talked about forced FSB strapping will actiually work for versions other then v0602.

I will keep on reading as I will be on my old P5K Deluxe by the end of the week.

From what I've been told, They are replacing any Maximus Formulas, SE or Non-SEs, because they are out of stock and if they can not "Repair" it, They will call me back with options....thats what they said about RMAs for me atleast. right now ASUS is on my list.

Warboy, the RapidShare link is my own. I rehost all the files so I know the links aren't dead.

well, You wanna check the checksums of the 2 files see if they are different?

[Tony]

Hey guys, I just threw out my x38-dq6 and Ballistix (both dead), so can anyone recommend me a good 2x2 kit for maximus formula?

No contest man check the pic...1.8V in bios to do this

Our 1066 is even better, plus features black pcb and black heatspreaders.

[.OCX]

Hey guys, I just threw out my x38-dq6 and Ballistix (both dead), so can anyone recommend me a good 2x2 kit for maximus formula?

4GB Geil Evo One BlackDragons
4GB GSkill 1066PK
4GB GSkill 1000PK

I would go with the Geil Evo as the reports are showing users hitting 1200 easily.

[outlandos]

Could anyone please explain to me on how to update the bios? Thanks!

I am using Windows Vista x64 and just downloaded the new 1004 bios file, but now I dont know what to do next!

[p2501]

No contest man check the pic...1.8V in bios to do this

Our 1066 is even better, plus features black pcb and black heatspreaders.

Tony, to be honest I was thinking about buying either OCZ or Corsair... which 2x2 kit are you talking about exactly? Reaper or something else?

4GB Geil Evo One BlackDragons
4GB GSkill 1066PK
4GB GSkill 1000PK

I would go with the Geil Evo as the reports are showing users hitting 1200 easily.

Thanks, G.Skill sounds good too but those Geil EVO sticks are too expensive for me atm..

[theonlybabyface]

Could anyone please explain to me on how to update the bios? Thanks!

I am using Windows Vista x64 and just downloaded the new 1004 bios file, but now I dont know what to do next!

Where did you get 1004 from?

[outlandos]

Where did you get 1004 from?

Oops i ment 1003!

[theonlybabyface]

No contest man check the pic...1.8V in bios to do this

Our 1066 is even better, plus features black pcb and black heatspreaders.

So...do you figure that 1003 is better than 907 for quads and 8GB configs?

[kevinali]

I just moved from a gigabyte X38-dq6 to a formula

I have 4 ram modules (Generic K-Byte 2GB - micron D9 chips rated for 5-5-5-15 at 1.8V each module) for a total of 8GB of ram

The problem is the following

1 module in A1 causes a Det-DRAM error and no post
the same module in B1 post fine

1 module in A2 gives Det-DRAM
the same module in B2 post fine

2 modules (4gb total) in A1 and A2 no post
2 modules in B1 and B2 post fine (in single channel mode though)

A1 and B1 no post
A2 and B2 no post

A1, A2, B1 and B2 all occupied no post

it looks like the A channel is not working

I have the ram set to 2.0V in the bios

Do i have a defective board...the bios is the current 0907

Please help

Kevin

[zlojack]

No contest man check the pic...1.8V in bios to do this

Our 1066 is even better, plus features black pcb and black heatspreaders.

Which modules are those? Model #?

I like the sounds of them...

[Tony]

Tony, to be honest I was thinking about buying either OCZ or Corsair... which 2x2 kit are you talking about exactly? Reaper or something else?

For cheapness go with the 8GB quad 800Plats, most look to be doing 1000+MHZ.

for looks get the 8000 reaper X, but remember if you want 8GB only get 1 kit and get 1 kit of the 8000 plats so you have no heatspreader issues.

If you want warranted 1066 then we have a new 1066 kit featuring the older reaper heatspreader, ofcourse 8Gb will fit no issue as the heatspreaders are not to fat.

[Tony]

So...do you figure that 1003 is better than 907 for quads and 8GB configs?

65nm quads are ok, 45nm quads you need to wait for Asus to sort the bios issues out.

The issue is tRFC , untill Asus get the bios applying this timing correctly and all cpu's working well we are all at their mercy.

[bro20000]

Has anyone tryed theses on this board!

Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-9600C5 1200MHz

[Tony]

Which modules are those? Model #?

I like the sounds of them...

for that 8GB test i used these modules.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...tinum_quad_kit

These are NOT rated at 1000, so anything over 800 is a bonus, most seem to be doing good clocks though