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

[ericab]

@TURBODREAM

many of us have had better luck with our software, with a full reinstall of windows....

but you could just try a complete uninstall of your GFX drivers, and then a new reinstall...

and if that doesnt work;
shutdown computer
open case
remove 2nd GFX card (and sli cable)
boot up
shut down
reinstall 2nd GFX card (and sli cable)
reinstall drivers

[tc17]

Would this bios have any better compatibility with ram than the Maximus bios? (in terms of just being able to run with the memory, without errors, not overclocking)

[ZenEffect]

I'm guessing cpu pll = SB2 in pcprobe2.

If so, it's 1.52

sb2 i think is southbridge... should say ppl or something like that...

[ericab]

Would this bios have any better compatibility with ram than the Maximus bios? (in terms of just being able to run with the memory, without errors, not overclocking)

although i have no hard evidence; i would assume so since its a nextgen board, and has a newer bios then the maximus

[ante_ante]

In CCC the crossfireX is enabled. I can clock both cards, but when i´m looking in gpuz it´s says disable. Talk to one guy using crossfire also and his gpuz says enable for him, he sitting on a Formula Maximus to. I have tried to reinstall drivers with only 1 card and i have tried to reinstall with both cards. The strange thing is that earlier today i tried a run in 3dmark01 ( know that CF doesn´t improve anything ) with both cards and i got 51000p , then i tried with 1 card same clocks and everything and got 53000p that time. Really strand i think.

" Ericab " i will try that thing you told me, with boot up u mean just fire it up and shut down or go the full way and load windows and shut down ??

[Grnfinger]

@Turbodream

I had a few "issues" after the mod, a fresh OS install solved them all
I would recommend it, its worth the hassle

[bobbobson]

Some more feedback on my "P5E Rampage Formula". After performing the vdroop mod on my P5E i was down to 0.008 vdroop under load. Which is quite good. But now the option in the bios actually works! Now i GAIN 0.008v under load.

[ante_ante]

@Turbodream

I had a few "issues" after the mod, a fresh OS install solved them all
I would recommend it, its worth the hassle

I have to trust u then Only sux that i´m running dualboot with XP & Vista. But what the heck, i have a fast rampage

[ninjagordy]

mate im sure you already did this but can you post me your settings for 4.05ghz on your q6600...

cheers man...(i cant get stable at 4ghz + but im sure i will with the right bios/bios settings combination....

cheers

gordy!

[kevinali]

Can the Asus maximus formula handle 2 x 4gb ddr2 ram (or more generally can the X38 do this)

See link for this ram

http://www.pccanada.com/viewitem.asp?id=7425

Kevin

I know it can do 4 x 2gb no problems (with the right bios)

[Yay for Cheese]

sb2 i think is southbridge... should say ppl or something like that...

For me, there's no CPU PLL voltage in Probe2, everest, or HWmonitor. The only thing I have with PLL in it is the southbridge PLL.

[necron66]

yup, you can even create the bat in dos with the following commands

copy con afu.bat
afudos /iINSERTROMNAMEHERE /n /pbnc

ctrl + z

now you have a afu.bat!

I made a dos usb stick following this > http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm

Then I put the afudos and RF0219 bios on it, booted from it, and done the above quoted commands. Whats the bat do?

What do I do next, sorry for asking this

If I type afudos i<romname> /n or afudos i<romname> /n /pbnc I get a error saying this program must be run in MS DOS. Do I still need the cripple files from the OP?

This is P5E btw.

[ZenEffect]

I made a dos usb stick following this > http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm

Then I put the afudos and RF0219 bios on it, booted from it, and done the above quoted commands. Whats the bat do?

What do I do next, sorry for asking this

If I type afudos i<romname> /n or afudos i<romname> /n /pbnc I get a error saying this program must be run in MS DOS. Do I still need the cripple files from the OP?

This is P5E btw.

mabye it doesnt like the dos version you got. follow the boot instructions from page 1 as they are verified to work. skip the rest of the flash instructions, just the boot disk instructions. then continue with the afudos and stuff.

*edit*
i personally have not heard of nor experienced a bios as felxible as this rampage bios... we all owe The Stilt a big thanks for pioneering this whole adventure.

[STaRGaZeR]

After playing with Maximus and Rampage BIOSes I will keep Maximus' 1004. Faster and more stable, the extra options of the Rampage do almost nothing for 2x2GB overclocking. I've noticed too that Rampage looses timmings at high FSBs, much more than P5E and Maximus.

[Zucker2k]

After playing with Maximus and Rampage BIOSes I will keep Maximus' 1004. Faster and more stable, the extra options of the Rampage do almost nothing for 2x2GB overclocking. I've noticed too that Rampage looses timmings at high FSBs, much more than P5E and Maximus.

QFT.

[ElEctric_EyE]

Not too impressed here either. L727A Q6600 here w/ 2x1GB Dominators under Vista x64. Extra settings in BIOS did nothing to "push the limits". X38 WC'd. X48 must be lamo mass production BS... Waiting for Nehalem platform.

[necron66]

mabye it doesnt like the dos version you got. follow the boot instructions from page 1 as they are verified to work. skip the rest of the flash instructions, just the boot disk instructions. then continue with the afudos and stuff.

*edit*
i personally have not heard of nor experienced a bios as felxible as this rampage bios... we all owe The Stilt a big thanks for pioneering this whole adventure.

Ok seems to have worked..... Bios is very different looking now with the rampage spash screen. Everest still reports it as a p5e tho.

[dude_500]

Can the Asus maximus formula handle 2 x 4gb ddr2 ram (or more generally can the X38 do this)

See link for this ram

http://www.pccanada.com/viewitem.asp?id=7425

Kevin

I know it can do 4 x 2gb no problems (with the right bios)

I'm thinking the site got it backwards and it is 4x2gb. As far as I always knew the DDR2 protocol can only use 2gb per slot... that's why all the boards are 8gb cap.

[ericab]

Not too impressed here either. L727A Q6600 here w/ 2x1GB Dominators under Vista x64. Extra settings in BIOS did nothing to "push the limits". X38 WC'd. X48 must be lamo mass production BS... Waiting for Nehalem platform.

all to their own

[jakku]

How I can set FSB : DRAM 1:1 on Maximus Formula rev 1.3g? Bios 1004..

[TheOriginalTB]

Ok more updates from me

Seems like the timing on the PCIe ports are different - using the same overclock on my 8800GT and the display driver crashes - just tried reverting back to 1004MF BIOS, and it runs smoothly again, going back to RF0219 - and I have to lower the overclock on the 8800GT. Max temp on the 8800GT is 46, so seems like it's not a temperature issue

[Xilikon]

Keep in mind Rampage bios is still beta as the board isn't out in public yet. I bet that by the time it's released (very soon from what I heard), there will be a new version...

[cstkl1]

rampage bios 0219

hmm something weird happened
my e8500 core temp vid was 1.05v..
that was on the maximus testing over a week etc
then went to rampage it was the same..

for some reason i was curious at the effect of the SB 1.5 standby and i upped it to 1.6v after failing orthos/OCCT for a certain clock..
then my vid suddenly became 1.1125???
and it seems to be that vid from now on and weird part now occt/prime passed that clock.
changed back to maximus bios and after a few tries it went back to 1.05v..

weird..
but everest vid reading is still the same.

[cuke2u]

Hi, 1004 more or less official now ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...rmula-1004.zip
Chris

[xgman]

Hi, 1004 more or less official now ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...rmula-1004.zip
Chris

I wonder if there are any changes form the beta that was leaked. That bios messed my 9650 setup up. Not sure if I'll try this one or not after that.