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

**ZenEffect** · 03-12-2008, 11:33 PM

well i have some progress...
i got past the invalid rom id error msg but now im stuck at

ERROR INVALID BOOT BLOCK

then no flash

**ZenEffect** · 03-13-2008, 12:12 AM

found a afudos 2.21(ES) wtf does the es mean?

**The Stilt** · 03-13-2008, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by ZenEffect

found a afudos 2.21(ES) wtf does the es mean?

Please post a link.

**Leeghoofd** · 03-13-2008, 12:36 AM

set manually to 8 or 10 mate, you prolly stil got EIST enabled... no go to set to fluctuate between 8 and 10 that's not possible, it's value 6 and the one you define if you leave EIST enabled...

**Spyrus** · 03-13-2008, 12:47 AM

I have been lost somewhere. Why are you looking for the correct afudos?
In order to find a reversible way back to Maximus?

**ZenEffect** · 03-13-2008, 01:03 AM

Originally Posted by The Stilt

Please post a link.

*edit, stupid zip format... should just allow rar too*

@ Spyrus

in short... yes.

**~~Grnfinger~~** · 03-13-2008, 02:43 AM

H8 to be a wet blanket here, but I changed my sig to "Maximus /Rampage" on the day that I made the conversion

So is there any advantage with the new bios 214?

**Dostoyevsky77** · 03-13-2008, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by TheScavenger

The fact that NewEgg only has Open Box Maximi available is very curious. Could they be discontinuing them already?

It's not just that, look HERE. It says "Deactivated Item"...

TigerDirect still has them, but ZZF is out. They better still give us BIOS revisions for Yorkfield (and the 1600FSB chips).

**kevinali** · 03-13-2008, 05:10 AM

I have 8 gb of ddr2-667 on my Asus Maximus Formula running at the standard 333 Mhz. I have the ram timmings set to 5-5-5-15. The RAM is generic K-Byte 2GB modules but they have the Micron D9 chips. I had these modules in my old gigabyte board running at 4-4-3-9 with no problems at all. After exchanging the motherboard for the Asus (and reading the horror stories about this board and its picky ram requriements), i left the timmings at 5-5-5-15. Will i notice any speed increase, just doing "normal" work in going to a 4-4-4-12 timming or keep the super stable 5-5-5-15 settings

So far the system is very stable at 5-5-5-15

Kevin

**kup** · 03-13-2008, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by ZenEffect

well i have some progress...
i got past the invalid rom id error msg but now im stuck at

ERROR INVALID BOOT BLOCK

then no flash

I used to get that same error when I flashed a SLIC edited bios, forced a flash using the old Asus Update and it would work just fine anyway.

Not vouching for it 100% but I never had any problems...

**Dostoyevsky77** · 03-13-2008, 05:47 AM

In the normal course of things, you won't notice much - if any - difference between CAS4 and CAS5. The differences will become more noticeable when you are coming closer to peak performance when RAM bandwidth becomes a bottleneck. For day-to-day operations, this condition is almost never met.

Incidentally, I was not aware that Micron made D9 ICs for 2GB modules. Are you certain that is what they are? Can you point us towards a source?

**~~Pete~~** · 03-13-2008, 06:39 AM

I have the Asus ES tool your after. No i will not give you it. However what you wanting done and i might be able to fit it in my work load and do it for ya

**kevinali** · 03-13-2008, 06:46 AM

I think that i will avoid any tempation (read: frustration) and leave the ram timmnig alone

As for the source of these modules

I picked up 4 of these from Best Buy of all places...they had K-Byte 2gb modules with ram ic from two different manufactures 1. Specktek and 2. Micron. I grabbed the micron based memory (i know its micron from the M logo on the ram chips) and the model # are the D9HND (7KE22 if that means anything) on the chips. There are no ram heatsinks attached to the modules...so reading the types were easy

Kevin

**ante_ante** · 03-13-2008, 07:07 AM

How does 0214 performs ? Is it worth upgrading from 0207 ? I´m on a E8500 and 2gig memory.

**andyr(uk)** · 03-13-2008, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by Pete

I have the Asus ES tool your after. No i will not give you it. However what you wanting done and i might be able to fit it in my work load and do it for ya

That would be great if you could Pete ! be nice to be able to change between Rampage and Maximus and visa/versa

**~~Zucker2k~~** · 03-13-2008, 08:25 AM

I think *Rampage* Formula is good enough

If you live in the US, you know how useful an asterisk can be.

**ReverendMaynard** · 03-13-2008, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by kup

Maximus Rampage for Presi...err...yeah...

what about Maxipage or Rampaximus? Okay, one sounds like a feminine hygiene product and the other sounds like a brutal sex-toy.

Maximus Rampage it is!!!!

**coo-coo-clocker** · 03-13-2008, 08:52 AM

Rumpicus Maximus!

Oh come on, you know you were thinking it...

**ZenEffect** · 03-13-2008, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Pete

I have the Asus ES tool your after. No i will not give you it. However what you wanting done and i might be able to fit it in my work load and do it for ya

why would you not share the afudos?

**ZenEffect** · 03-13-2008, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by kup

I used to get that same error when I flashed a SLIC edited bios, forced a flash using the old Asus Update and it would work just fine anyway.

Not vouching for it 100% but I never had any problems...

what vers.? send a link and i can try it with the romid modded bios in a few hours *at work again

god i hate my job*

**kup** · 03-13-2008, 09:10 AM

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." - Rampage...

**ZenEffect** · 03-13-2008, 09:40 AM

****************************** Z96S-INTEL *****************************
This file is for internal use only, please do not pass this file
outside ASUS directly.
************************************************** **********************
Model : Z96S-INTEL
North : Intel Crestline
South : Intel ICH8M
SIO : No use ITE8511 Embedded Contoller
FlashPart : MXIC mx29lv800

AFUDOS Version : 2.27
************************************************** **********************
CPU MicroCode Support :
M206E10C , M206E008 , M206E426 , M206E839 , M206EC54
M206F005 , M276F111 , MF56F426 , M206F536 , M206F648
M806F538 , M806EC59 , M806F983 , M806FA91 , M021066114
M806FDA0

************************************************** **********************
PES Version : Unknown
************************************************** **********************
Rework Item : Unknown
************************************************** **********************
PGM Filename : Z96S.bin
************************************************** **********************

************************************************** **********************
0107.ROM 04/19/2007 S96S-INTEL-0107.ROM M/B 1.01
Hardware guy Alan2 Chen Hardware BOM number REV 1.00
Bytes Reserved : 3E000 Bytes Used : 66888 Bytes Free : 5B778
Non-Critical Block # 0 Size : 10000 Bytes Free : FE80
checksum F24B.
Model:S96S-INTEL
BOM:UnKnow
1. Update VGA option rom

************************************************** **********************
0106.ROM 04/17/2007 S96S-INTEL-0106.ROM M/B 1.01
Hardware guy Alan2 Chen Hardware BOM number REV 1.00
Bytes Reserved : 3E000 Bytes Used : 66884 Bytes Free : 5B77C
Non-Critical Block # 0 Size : 10000 Bytes Free : FE80
checksum 26C4.
Model:S96S-INTEL
BOM:UnKnow
1. Update SMBIOS 'BIOS information BIOS Version'

2. Restore 1394 UUID after resume S3

************************************************** **********************
0105.ROM 04/14/2007 S96S-INTEL-0105.ROM M/B 1.01
Hardware guy Alan2 Chen Hardware BOM number REV 1.00
Bytes Reserved : 3E000 Bytes Used : 66878 Bytes Free : 5B788
Non-Critical Block # 0 Size : 10000 Bytes Free : FE80
checksum 266C.
Model:S96S-INTEL
BOM:UnKnow
1. Update ICH SSID/SVID

2. Fixed Robson item can't choose

************************************************** **********************
0104.ROM 04/12/2007 S96S-INTEL-0104.ROM M/B 1.01
Hardware guy Alan2 Chen Hardware BOM number REV 1.00
Bytes Reserved : 3E000 Bytes Used : 66864 Bytes Free : 5B79C
Non-Critical Block # 0 Size : 10000 Bytes Free : FE80
checksum A320.
Model:S96S-INTEL
BOM:UnKnow
1. Add IDE/AHCI and Robson module items

2. Updated VGA rom

3. Updated Thermal control

************************************************** **********************
0103.ROM 03/23/2007 S96S-INTEL-0103.ROM M/B 1.01
Hardware guy Alan2 Chen Hardware BOM number REV 1.00
Bytes Reserved : 3E000 Bytes Used : 6673C Bytes Free : 5B8C4
Non-Critical Block # 0 Size : 10000 Bytes Free : FE80
checksum EB05.
Model:S96S-INTEL
BOM:UnKnow

1. Set Ricoh Device SSID/SVID

2. Set VGA spread spectrum

3. Updated Verb Table

4. Changed 1394 ID address(From SMBIOS to NVRAM CNFG Block)

5. Patch System hang when hot plug New card(Vista)

6. Open PCI Express root3(PR Machine support)

7. Updated VGA Rom

8. Fixed AFlash2 Updated issue

9. Power squence delay changed(HW Request)

10. LCD brightness value changed

************************************************** **********************
0102.ROM 03/08/2007 S96S-INTEL-0101.ROM M/B 1.01
Hardware guy Alan2 Chen Hardware BOM number REV 1.00
Bytes Reserved : 3E000 Bytes Used : 66518 Bytes Free : 5BAE8
Non-Critical Block # 0 Size : 10000 Bytes Free : FE80
checksum AA67.
Model:S96S-INTEL
BOM:UnKnow
1. Set VGA SSID is 826C1043h

2. Combine KeyBoard Matrix

3. Updated VGA rom

4. Fixed Aflash2 updated failed issue

5. Changed BKINFO attribute 0 to 1

************************************************** **********************
0101.ROM 01/02/2007 S96S-INTEL-0101.ROM M/B 1.01
Hardware guy Alan2 Chen Hardware BOM number REV 1.00
Bytes Reserved : 3E000 Bytes Used : 5E12C Bytes Free : 63ED4
Non-Critical Block # 0 Size : 10000 Bytes Free : FE80
checksum 26E2.
Model:S96S-INTEL
BOM:UnKnow
1 Initial Version

verification that it does exist and antoher lead to hunting it down