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

[Sources]

Hey guys, heads up if you have DDR2 800 or 1066 Tracers 1GB sticks:

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Crucial has removed X38 and X48 from the compatible chipsets list for these sticks. Call them up yourself and ask them. On 3/7/08 the Engineering department invalidated the compatibility spec. The lady I had on the phone said she saw a "note in the system" dated 3/7/08 stating this.

I wonder if it is because if a lot of the less experienced over clockers are setting 2.2v in the bios here and its actually running at around 2.28v

[ZenEffect]

Having trouble with your DDR2 800 or 1066 Ballistix Tracers?

See here.

mabye that is why i couldnt do anything with that ram RETURNED!

[Eastcoasthandle]

Why has newegg and tiger direct stop selling this motherboard?
ZZF and a few other online retailers are still selling them but I have to wonder if it's based on overstock? This doesn't look like a case of "out of stock" for NE and TD either.

[Xilikon]

Just get Mushkin and be done. I had my sticks survive a NB death...

[ZenEffect]

Just get Mushkin and be done. I had my sticks survive a NB death...

im using mushkin now, was looking for something better

[Mic]

Ok this rampage bios really is good, this overclock is far better than what I had reached with the Maximus Bios.. Q6600@4.5 Ghz with 4 Ram modules.

[tc17]

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question or not.

But I have the Asus Maximus Formula. I was wondering if anyone here uses the Corsair cm2x2048-6400c5dhx memory with this board?

I bought this memory kit from buy.com. However both memory sticks appear defective. One stick won't even boot to the bios, the other will lock up soon as I start memtest.

Both sticks have the exact same problem in my amd board (Biostar). Yet one guy on the Corsair forums is trying to tell me its unlikely both sticks would be bad and that it must be my motherboard because its been discontinued.

This whole switch to an Intel setup is costing too much.

Now I don't know if I'm better off returning the ram for a refund, or having buy.com exchange it, or Corsair exchange it. Maybe the board is bad, I don't know, but personally I doubt it, seeing that it has the same problem on another totally different board.

[Sources]

This mobo is a limited edition. It has been discontinued from what I have heard. They were only manufacturing them for a certain time period.

Note: with the learning curve for this board I would have been happier sticking with my P35 Platinum MSI board (cheaper and almost as good), I was VERY happy with its over clocking and stability, but I got this ASUS free so I took it.
But on a good note, with all these good peeps in this community a lot of the guess work is done for any new owners of this board. Most new issues that come up now would probably be due to compatibility.

Why has newegg and tiger direct stop selling this motherboard?
ZZF and a few other online retailers are still selling them but I have to wonder if it's based on overstock? This doesn't look like a case of "out of stock" for NE and TD either.

[Sources]

See if a friend will let you put that RAM into his mobo and test it, or take it to a local computer store. Also try a stick of another RAM in your mobo.

I think this board can be pretty picky with memory. Did you clear your cmos when installing this memory or was it the first sticks you put into it.

Maybe they need more than the default 1.8v the board boots with.

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question or not.

But I have the Asus Maximus Formula. I was wondering if anyone here uses the Corsair cm2x2048-6400c5dhx memory with this board?

I bought this memory kit from buy.com. However both memory sticks appear defective. One stick won't even boot to the bios, the other will lock up soon as I start memtest.

Both sticks have the exact same problem in my amd board (Biostar). Yet one guy on the Corsair forums is trying to tell me its unlikely both sticks would be bad and that it must be my motherboard because its been discontinued.

This whole switch to an Intel setup is costing too much.

Now I don't know if I'm better off returning the ram for a refund, or having buy.com exchange it, or Corsair exchange it. Maybe the board is bad, I don't know, but personally I doubt it, seeing that it has the same problem on another totally different board.

[ZenEffect]

Ok this rampage bios really is good, this overclock is far better than what I had reached with the Maximus Bios.. Q6600@4.5 Ghz with 4 Ram modules.

if your cputemp that real, you would be doing a fine job posting while your house is burning down

[ericab]

@Sources;

you didnt by chance have modified heat-spreaders on your ram modules did you ?

[tc17]

See if a friend will let you put that RAM into his mobo and test it, or take it to a local computer store. Also try a stick of another RAM in your mobo.

I think this board can be pretty picky with memory. Did you clear your cmos when installing this memory or was it the first sticks you put into it.

Maybe they need more than the default 1.8v the board boots with.

I did try it with another motherboard I own (AMD Biostar tforce 550) and it has the same problem with it. Both motherboards are on the Corsair "approved" list.

This ram came with a rebate, which I haven't sent yet. I would have probably purchased the Mushkin memory, but the Corsair was cheaper after rebate and on their approved list.

[ChaosMinionX]

My 6600 G0 will booot 3.8/4ghz but simply will not become stable. Guess I will have to buy a 9450, and crank it out

[Sources]

Nope just had the OCZ ram cooler over them. When I first put the board system together though I had no cooler blowing on the RAM and I noticed they sure got hot, so I invested into the OCZ cooler with the dual fans. WOW what a difference, it kept them quite cool.

I will take some clear pictures of my system when I get home to show you an idea of how my setup is.
and post a link to them in my sig

@Sources;

you didnt by chance have modified heat-spreaders on your ram modules did you ?

[ZenEffect]

My 6600 G0 will booot 3.8/4ghz but simply will not become stable. Guess I will have to buy a 9450, and crank it out

the multi on that processor is not appealing though
if you have found reports of them oc'ing through the roof then i guess its a different story

[Zucker2k]

the multi on that processor is not appealing though
if you have found reports of them oc'ing through the roof then i guess its a different story

The two I've seen didn't go higher than (8x)438 fsb. I'm kicking myself for letting go my L737B. That cpu did 3.825 @ 1.376v.

[Marvin54]

Exactly what is it WR1 and WR2 ?

[ZenEffect]

Exactly what is it WR1 and WR2 ?

obsolete. use afudos 2.29es and flash using afudos /iROMNAMEHERE /n /pbnc

[Marvin54]

And / n / pbnc what does it do?

[ZenEffect]

And / n / pbnc what does it do?

/n = dont check rom id

/p = program
b = Program Boot Block
n = Program NVRAM
c = Destroy System CMOS

[Brama]

Does someone know what is contained in NVRAM?

I confirm that a vanilla P5E works perfectly with the rampage BIOS 219.
I can read now all the voltages in BIOS (NB, SB, RAM, etc.) that with P5E BIOS was not displayed. I guess my MB has all the voltage sensors of a formula mobo

[ZenEffect]

Does someone know what is contained in NVRAM?

I confirm that a vanilla P5E works perfectly with the rampage BIOS 219.
I can read now all the voltages in BIOS (NB, SB, RAM, etc.) that with P5E BIOS was not displayed. I guess my MB has all the voltage sensors of a formula mobo

the stilt should be able to answer that one... but i think it contains the bios hardware info...

[Grnfinger]

Ok this rampage bios really is good, this overclock is far better than what I had reached with the Maximus Bios.. Q6600@4.5 Ghz with 4 Ram modules.

Very nice!

Now the important part...is it stable? I see alot of bandwidth posts but I have yet to see any stability screen shots.

[ZenEffect]

Very nice!

Now the important part...is it stable? I see alot of bandwidth posts but I have yet to see any stability screen shots.

i will download the new occt and give it a spin on blend for 4 hours tonight JUST for the screen shot as ive already passed 6 hours small fft and a few hours of memtest...

[Grnfinger]

My wife just got home with my new v/c HD 3870 X2 1GB

Now I need a waterblock for it, any opinions on this???

http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/produc...d2b390b801e3fc