Maximus Extreme - Results/Info/Bios

[DR3]

Think I have a bad MB.
I hope not, because it took a lot of work to get this beast put together.

The problem is that the RAM performance never goes below 10 no matter what setting. I have OCZ DDR3 FLEX 1G*2 1600 6-6-6-18 WATERCOOLING.

ye_3333 what are you getting for your performance level with your RAM?

Second in AI the FSB guage never moves even though the FSB speed is listed.
Very strange.

What do you think bad MB or bad RAM or both?

[ye_3333]

Think I have a bad MB.
I hope not, because it took a lot of work to get this beast put together.

The problem is that the RAM performance never goes below 10 no matter what setting. I have OCZ DDR3 FLEX 1G*2 1600 6-6-6-18 WATERCOOLING.

ye_3333 what are you getting for your performance level with your RAM?

Second in AI the FSB guage never moves even though the FSB speed is listed.
Very strange.

What do you think bad MB or bad RAM or both?

i think it kiled my ram! cant do even 1600mhz 6-6-6-18!!
also with defult setting my memory cant go over 1400 mhz...
how mach mhz you rich with your ram? thanks

[todda7]

Finally got my Maximus Extreme.. What is the best BIOS atm? And btw.. How is biosflashing in windows in these days?

[Warboy]

WTF? I can't get these board stable at all no matter what I do, I'm running bios 904. I've been tweaking the voltages and haven't gotten anywhere. check out the error messages Prime95 shot out at me.

[scooter.jay]

Finally got my Maximus Extreme.. What is the best BIOS atm? And btw.. How is biosflashing in windows in these days?

Flashed yesterday in windows fine with latest asus update software. So i would say 0904 is best i have used so far.

[Warboy]

I made a HUGE idea from what was wrong.

So I removed the Quad-Core and Popped in my Dual-Core just for tests.

100% at 450x6 / DDR3-1800
Now I'm testing 450x7 as I speak.
I think the Loadline is broken, I can't prove this but when its currently set to Auto it works fine.

[DR3]

i think it kiled my ram! cant do even 1600mhz 6-6-6-18!!
also with defult setting my memory cant go over 1400 mhz...
how mach mhz you rich with your ram? thanks

I have only been able to get the system stable with 1:1.
Still think it is strange that the RAM has such a high performance level.
Can not get it below 10 no matter what.
Use Memset to see what performance level you have.
Memset can be downloaded here

Sorry I can not help more.

[Warboy]

Ah dammit, I tried to Upgrade my bios and it got corrupted I guess and Wouldn't boot, And CrashFree Utility wouldn't activate

[simri]

Ah dammit, I tried to Upgrade my bios and it got corrupted I guess and Wouldn't boot, And CrashFree Utility wouldn't activate

How do you update BIOS and what version?

[Warboy]

How do you update BIOS and what version?

via Bios EZ-Flash. Version 1004. ASUS is trying to hook me up with a advance RMA, Intel is great, they set me up with a Advance Next Day RMA for My Quad. Since that went bad as you can notice in the Prime95 pic.

[dread77]

Well, don't even try the 1004 bios. It sucks big time, it crashes all the time, more voltages needed to have a rock stable system and when it crushes it just wont recognize the HDD.
I have to CCMOS to bring my hard drive back to life. I also had to RMA my Cellshock 1800 kit, I am not sure if 1004 BIOS was responsible for this (I helped a bit by using 2.32V to achieve PL 6) though I had to mention it.
Well, until now I think that 1001 is less buggy than the others, BUT Asus OWES us a good Bios version.

[soundx98]

I've had no issues with ME1004 at all.
http://premium1.uploadit.org/soundx98//Maximus-4050.JPG

[Warboy]

When I was running 1001.

[simri]

After flash 1004 after you need to power off the PC.
1004 have updated bootblock!

Now im use 1004 and E6600 ES @ 3.6GHz

[DR3]

simri, Notice you have a FireGL icon and would like V7600 Bios dump.
I have a V7600 how would I go about getting a bios dump from it?

Bios 1004 is a very tricky/buggy.
I think I will go back to 904 again.

[simri]

simri, Notice you have a FireGL icon and would like V7600 Bios dump.
I have a V7600 how would I go about getting a bios dump from it?

Bios 1004 is a very tricky/buggy.
I think I will go back to 904 again.

Use GPU-Z v0.1.9 to dump ATI bios.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...-Z_v0.1.9.html

Tnx

[OBR]

I am on 904, and OCCT Mem and Pime95 super stable at 450MHz + Mems 1800at 20-7-7-7 ... with Knsfield Quad

[camouflage]

All FSB junkies plz notice:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...aximus+extreme

[OBR]

i can to run some stupid benches at 500+ too, but is not even rock stable (3D games are everytime unstable with FSB above 450+)

[Herbal]

Having major issues getting games stable above 450Mhz too. Starting to think the NorthBridge can't handle it...pump more volts in and isn't helping despite keeping it's temp below 40C

[dubtown]

bump...

[DR3]

Use GPU-Z v0.1.9 to dump ATI bios.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...-Z_v0.1.9.html

Tnx

Got NewEgg to exchange my motherboard for another one.
Maybe the next one will not be so whack.

Will dump the V7600 bios tomorrow before I tear it all apart.

[DR3]

Simri,
Here is the dump from GPU-z 1.9

http://mysite.verizon.net/drose20619...V7600/940F.bin

Not sure when NewEgg will send me a replacement board.
So it might be some time before I am back up and running.

[simri]

Simri,
Here is the dump from GPU-z 1.9

http://mysite.verizon.net/drose20619...V7600/940F.bin

Not sure when NewEgg will send me a replacement board.
So it might be some time before I am back up and running.

oh! GPU-Z.0.1.9 makes corrupt ati bios dump file.

940F.bin

U.z.....................@.......M6.............. 761....20......................09/1....
 09:....5........5.........L............................B002....01.F....600.....EXPR....
DDR3....13-B....1-10....L R6....DDR3....x32 ....it 5.... 601....0m  ....    ....   .....
YOU .... NOT....NECT....HE P.... CAB....O YO....IDEO....D.PL.... REF....O TH....ETTI....
TART....UIDE....R PR.... HAR....E IN....LATI......(C....88-2.... ATI....hnol....s In....
ATOM....BK-A....ER01....0.00....0.02.....S3B....1.10....7800....0594....    .....B00....
Conf............ATOM......e.............@.......PCIR............z.<.....ATI ....BIOS

9400.bin (ATI HD 2900XT)

U.x.....................<.....IBM&.............. 761295520......................07/04/07 
12:08..8......../.........L.d........B1............113-BA0602-100.R600.PCI_EXPRESS.DDR3.
..113-B00602-100 R600 GDDR3_8Mx32 512bit 512MB 507e/514m                      .....YOU H
AVE NOT CONNECTED THE POWER CABLE TO YOUR VIDEO CARD.PLEASE REFER TO THE 'GETTING STARTED
 GUIDE' FOR PROPER HARDWARE INSTALLATION....(C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc. .ATOMBIO
SBK-ATI VER010.047.000.000.024849.S3B00602.100.335394  .35610   .        .B00601\Config.h
....$...ATOM......a...J.......B1<.j.....PCIR............x./.....ATI ATOMBIOS

Use ATIWinFlash (ATIWinFlash -> Save)
http://biphome.spray.se/simri/temp/A...sh_2.0.0.7.zip

[camouflage]

Just posted it into the Info & Support section - but test was done with the ME so maybe important to see it here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=183753