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

[Exentler]

i flashed my MF and a have now "Rampage Formula"

shall i use MF drivers or RF drivers ?

[Grnfinger]

lol
I think you mean MF drivers and yes you use the Maximus drivers.

[Spyrus]

With PL=8 and phases enable you should have better memory bandwidth/latency.

[Grnfinger]

With PL=8 and phases enable you should have better memory bandwidth/latency.

Its a tad better thats for sure
Great difference in L2 cache

PL7 all disabled



PL8 all enabled

[gurusan]

Thanks Stilt and everyone else for all the helpful info in this thread!

Successful P5E to Rampage 219 BIOS! Very easy.....now I've got to figure out all these darned settings.

Also, any ideas when the next Rampage bios will be released?

[ericab]

Also, any ideas when the next Rampage bios will be released?

no

[jakku]

@ Grnfinger why u use PCI-E Frequency: 110 ? Not 100 ?

[ante_ante]

What do u guys prefer on this board? Should i buy old rev 2x1gb crucial so i get 4x1gb total or should i try to find a nice par of 2x2gb memorys ??

[Grnfinger]

better performance

[gurusan]

Guys....Is this really the vCore read point? Because I have it set to 1.4v in the BIOS, it says 1.38v via CPU-Z and I get 1.5V from the DMM!!!! Is this a result of flashing to the Rampage BIOS?



****Update***

BIOS SET: 1.3V
BIOS READ: 1.24
CPU-Z READ: 1.280
DMM READ: 1.45


What's goin on?

[ericab]

What do u guys prefer on this board? Should i buy old rev 2x1gb crucial so i get 4x1gb total or should i try to find a nice par of 2x2gb memorys ??

personally; i think 4gb is a waste on this board.... actually; x38's in general. but if you insist, id go with 2x2GBs, over 4x1GBs

[Grnfinger]

I agree with ericab 2x2GB will clock easier than 4x1GB sticks and put less stress on the NB

[icecpu]

I try to modd to rampage with no success , I got to this part

When DOS has loaded and you see C:\ type in AFU236U /iLOADER.rom and press enter.

I enter AFU236U /iLOADER.rom
but nothing happen, it says bad file name or command, something like that . help please

[VoMeT]

Hi guys i've switched back and forth between MF and RF a couple of times as I was having some issues with my memory, as I was trouble shooting, I was running memtest2.01 and noticed that in the chipset section it said x38/x48, I was like wtf if I had to RMA this board they would find out, so I went over to my bro-inlaws to check as he has the same unflashed board,ran memtest 2.01 and it also reported it as having chipset x38/x48. I do not know if anyone else has ever noticed this, just thought I would share my findings, if someone else can verify would be great.

[kup]

Its a tad better thats for sure
Great difference in L2 cache

PL7 all disabled

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/test1-1.png

PL8 all enabled

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/test2-3.png

I've just tried this too, I didn't get the same boost as you (% wise I mean) but I got a significant boost all the same!

[gurusan]

^says the same on my P5E. Memtest86 probably just can't tell the difference between x38 and x48 chips because they are basically the same thing.

[icecpu]

ok , I have successfully flash to rampage 207, now I need advise on setting, anyone would post there setting for E8400 please ?

[Eastcoasthandle]

You guys do realize that the number of processes running (Xp/Vista) can effect Everest's Cache & Memory Benchmark scores right? Run the benchmarks with 40 processes then run it again with 20 processes and see what you get

[Grnfinger]

I've just tried this too, I didn't get the same boost as you (% wise I mean) but I got a significant boost all the same!

Have you played with skew settings yet?
I have tried them but I cannot see / feel any difference
Gonna take the ram above 1200 and see if it has any effect then.

[gurusan]

You guys do realize that the number of processes running (Xp/Vista) can effect Everest's Cache & Memory Benchmark scores right? Run the benchmarks with 40 processes then run it again with 20 processes and see what you get

I have never understood why people post up screens showing a "difference" of 50mb/sec bandwidth and .2ns latency.

Even on a fresh boot with only a few processes open, try running the benchmark...then run it again immediately afterward. It will be different. I only use it to get a rough estimate of performance changes....but to count on it as an accurate tool is foolish IMO.

[kup]

Not tried the Skew settings yet but when I get some time I'll give it a go. A few people have reported a minus Skew improved FSB/Ram clocking.

[dude_500]

Just upgraded 207 to 219, still can't get 460x8 to post but never could, running 450x8 now (on q6600). I noticed they got rid of speedstep option in bios, but it appears to be enabled which is kind of annoying. CPUz reports 3.6ghz at 1.188v, speedfan reports 1.43v (what it should be), and windows reports 2.13ghz. What a conflict of numbers. Am I actually not running an overclock? is cpuz the best way to check the CLOCK but not the voltage?

[dc2]

I was playing around with my mobo settings and basically Im trying XtremeTiramisu bios settings with some additional changes (marked in red)

my room temps are around: 25c
Bios: 1004
evererest is reporting NB temps of 49c and on load it goes as high as 53c is that safe temps?

as for CPU temps im in high 30's on idle and high 60's on load that should change as Im waiting for my W/C kit to arrive this week

can anyone poing out where I can make some more changes? thanks!


Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 465
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1117
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 4
RAS# Precharge : 4
RAS# ActivateTime : 9
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 30
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO [More bandwidth]
Ai Clock Twister : STRONG
Transaction Booster : AUTO [More bandwidth]

CPU Voltage : 1.475
NB voltage: 1.61
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.60
DRAM Voltage : 2.12
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.48
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63x
North Bridge GTL Reference :0.67x
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED :

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting :
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : ENABLED
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled

[icecpu]

ok I manage to convert to Rampage bios 219 successfully and seem so far so good, no more hang DET DRAM.

[icecpu]

Grnfinger, thank you for advising to do a convert to Rampage bios. Now so far so good, no more hang DET DRAM, seem to be go away.