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

[trt740]

Your formatting FAT32? and pointing to the DIR where your dos files are located?

yes and then it says it is installing the dos files from the download you posted but the drive is blank, I tried to copy them manually but no go. They are there but when i boot to the usb stick it says not a bootable device.

[Grnfinger]

yes and then it says it is installing the dos files from the download you posted but the drive is blank, I tried to copy them manually but no go. They are there but when i boot to the usb stick it says not a bootable device.

put your USB stick in and resart the PC, press F8 when booting to get the option screen and then boot from USB stick
or try setting it as a HDD manually in the bios and then have it to boot from that drive.

[rcjian]

Ok, correct me if I'm wrong coz I'm new in stuff like these, in my understandings, this Digital Thermal Sensors which newer CPUs uses nowadays to measure core temps more accurately than before is the one which digitally transmits the signal to programs like Everest, Probe etc to correctly display the readings. True or not?

[Talonman]

Do you guys think BIOS 1004 is better or worse than the 907 BIOS for Q6600 processors?

If I am going to start messing with my BIOS again, just wondering if I should try out the 1004, or should I just keep working with 907?

[dimsdale]

Hi guys! I tried raising my NB from 1.47 to 1.49 and left it priming overnight, but worker thread 2 got the hardware failure error at 9 hrs and 18 min while worker thread 1 continued without error. Raised it again to 1.51 and priming stopped at 1hr or so! Dropped the volts to 1.50 and it primed for 3 hrs or so then error again. Now I put it back to 1.49 and set the values below to all 'auto' and its priming again right now.

I doubt its your NB voltage at this point. What's your CPU volts? Might want to look in to upping that a little bit if its not too high already.

[rcjian]

I doubt its your NB voltage at this point. What's your CPU volts? Might want to look in to upping that a little bit if its not too high already.

Vcore at 1.44 already, tried at lower volts at first but kept on giving me error when priming at Small FFTs test, raised it a little at a time until I finally settled at 1.44 coz it primed for 5 hrs + without errors then switch to Blend test. Seems with NB at 1.49, it primes longer, but gave me error at priming 9hrs or so. Dram is at 2. v .

[CaseMD]

Hey guys,
i´m new to overclocking and today i got my Maximus formula

i have the E6600 and dont want to go to the maximum on overclocking though i have everything on watercooling. (CPU,2xMosfet,NB,SB)

what are save settings to start with?? or can i start with some sttings shown in thread 1??

Thanx for reply.

sorry if my english is not that good

[dude_500]

Hey guys,
i´m new to overclocking and today i got my Maximus formula

i have the E6600 and dont want to go to the maximum on overclocking though i have everything on watercooling. (CPU,2xMosfet,NB,SB)

what are save settings to start with?? or can i start with some sttings shown in thread 1??

Thanx for reply.

sorry if my english is not that good

If you're not going for a super high overclock, you could just set it 400x9 for a 3.6ghz and try 1.4v on the cpu with maybe 1.45v on the NB and a few clicks over default on the FSB Voltage. There are some good settings on page 1 if you want more exact settings or read through some of the posts in this thread and you'll find lots of settings that people use.

[CaseMD]

thanx for quick reply.

i have read the nearly the whole thread.
Often the settings are for quad core or for 45nm cpu´s does this matter?
or is there no big difference for 45 vs. 65nm cpu??

[trt740]

put your USB stick in and resart the PC, press F8 when booting to get the option screen and then boot from USB stick
or try setting it as a HDD manually in the bios and then have it to boot from that drive.

That worked, almost there it starts to flash but says cannot open rom file?

[ZenEffect]

That worked, almost there it starts to flash but says cannot open rom file?

did you include the name of the rom with the extention in the /i portion so its like

afudos /iROMNAME.rom /n /pbnc

?

note there is no space between the /i and the rom

[dimsdale]

Well I finally found some settings I'm happy with! Over 7 hours prime stable:

Write Recovery Time : 60
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster : Disable
- Relax Level: 0
CPU Voltage : 1.39375

jwfitt,
I'm pretty much where you are at this point. I'm 5 hours (and running) prime95 blend stable at 3800 MHz, 9.5X, 400 FSB, 400 strap, 1066, and 1.400000V CPU.

You might be able to bring your Write Recovery Time down to 55 or lower. I seem to be stable at 55 - although I'm running Clock Twister = Light. Not sure what sort of difference, if any, that might make.

Right now, it looks like my problems were a result of insufficent CPU volts. In testing, I backed down to 3.6 GHz and was stable for many hours. I upped to 3.8 and started having problems immediately. So I finally said F-it and set the CPU volts for 1.400000 at 3.8GHz. Seems to be working.
Wouldn't be surprised if the memory settings all on AUTO were fine all along.

[trt740]

typed like this AFUDOS /iRF0219.rom /pbnc/n

[p2501]

I believe under Computer->Sensor it is "South Bridge PLL." I could be completely wrong though

Indeed you are wrong. CPU PLL is not monitored by Everest, I haven't found a program doing that. Would be cool though.

[Grnfinger]

typed like this AFUDOS /iRF0219.rom /pbnc/n

I think you need a space between the switches

[trt740]

I think you need a space between the switches

When I update the bios in the future can I do it with easy flash?

[Grnfinger]

When I update the bios in the future can I do it with easy flash?

I think that method requires AFUDOS everytime.
If you load the wr1 and wr2.bat files then you can use EZFlash.
Anyone correct me if I wrong.

Congrats on the successful flash

[Talonman]

Well I think I am going to try out the 1004 with my Q6600. I downloaded the driver, and extracted it onto my Flash drive.

I booted and hit the delete key to enter the bios.

I used the flash utility and it found the BIOS on my flash drive fine (C drive). I let it read the file in and the flash utility verified that it liked the file and asked me if I was sure I wanted to flash. I told it no due to remembering somone mentioning that you had to have all your BIOS setting in their default settings, or the Flash could not work...

I don't understand why the flash utility would care what your current settings are, right before it overlays your old BIOS with a new one...

I dont remember what the default settings were, and I am not sure when exactly I am to use the clear BIOS button...

Can I flash withought trying to set everything back to default, and when do I need to hit the clear CMOS/BIOS button...

(I am at work right now and don't have the button in front of me so I cant remember if it is CMOS or BIOS.)

[ZenEffect]

I think that method requires AFUDOS everytime.
If you load the wr1 and wr2.bat files then you can use EZFlash.
Anyone correct me if I wrong.

Congrats on the successful flash

you can update your bios via ezflash as long as its a rampage bios. afudos replaces the wr1 and wr2 bat files. according to the stilt, they were used to write information that the non es version of afudos could not. with the es version, it writes all the information including boot block information and new romid.

also a third possibility of flashing inbetween rampage and maximus was mentioned by kup, though i dont know if it has been tested though. it involves corrupting your bios and going through the bios recovery procedure.

[trt740]

I think that method requires AFUDOS everytime.
If you load the wr1 and wr2.bat files then you can use EZFlash.
Anyone correct me if I wrong.

Congrats on the successful flash

man this bios increased my 24/7 clock 200 mghz and my reset button now works at higher clocks. it used to not work even at a stable 24/7 prime at 4.30ghz. Unless I used the shut down button.

[Grnfinger]

you can update your bios via ezflash as long as its a rampage bios. afudos replaces the wr1 and wr2 bat files. according to the stilt, they were used to write information that the non es version of afudos could not. with the es version, it writes all the information including boot block information and new romid.

also a third possibility of flashing inbetween rampage and maximus was mentioned by kup, though i dont know if it has been tested though. it involves corrupting your bios and going through the bios recovery procedure.

Thanks for clearing that up, I was a bit sketchy on what exactly the wr1/wr2.bat files were for.

Now all we need is a new bios ......

[Grnfinger]

Well I think I am going to try out the 1004 with my Q6600. I downloaded the driver, and extracted it onto my Flash drive.

I booted and hit the delete key to enter the bios.

I used the flash utility and it found the BIOS on my flash drive fine (C drive). I let it read the file in and the flash utility verified that it liked the file and asked me if I was sure I wanted to flash. I told it no due to remembering somone mentioning that you had to have all your BIOS setting in their default settings, or the Flash could not work...

I don't understand why the flash utility would care what your current settings are, right before it overlays your old BIOS with a new one...

I dont remember what the default settings were, and I am not sure when exactly I am to use the clear BIOS button...

Can I flash withought trying to set everything back to default, and when do I need to hit the clear CMOS/BIOS button...

(I am at work right now and don't have the button in front of me so I cant remember if it is CMOS or BIOS.)

I have always flashed using my current oc profile and it has never been an issue. Once the flash is complete and the box restarts, power down and clear the cmos ( the button ) Then power up and clock on

[Talonman]

I have always flashed using my current oc profile and it has never been an issue. Once the flash is complete and the box restarts, power down and clear the cmos ( the button ) Then power up and clock on

Thanks buddy, that is exactly what I was looking for!!

[trt740]

make a bootable media device ( USB Stick... CD.. ect)
you will need these

http://www.elektroni.fi/Stilt/Asus_Rampage/HPUSBFW.zip
http://www.elektroni.fi/Stilt/Asus_Rampage/USB-Boot.zip

Download AFUDOS and toss it on the media along with the RF Bios

Latest Rampage bios http://rapidshare.de/files/38827325/RF0219.zip.html
AFUDOS http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...9&d=1205468995

Once you have everything ready boot from your media and then type
AFUDOS /iRF0219.rom /pbnc /n
reboot and your done.

anyone else agree

[Stanley Pain]

anyone else agree

Yup, that's exactly what is needed in the OP

make a bootable media device ( USB Stick... CD.. ect)
you will need these

http://www.elektroni.fi/Stilt/Asus_Rampage/HPUSBFW.zip
http://www.elektroni.fi/Stilt/Asus_Rampage/USB-Boot.zip

Download AFUDOS and toss it on the media along with the RF Bios

Latest Rampage bios http://rapidshare.de/files/38827325/RF0219.zip.html
AFUDOS http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...9&d=1205468995

Once you have everything ready boot from your media and then type
AFUDOS /iRF0219.rom /pbnc /n
reboot and your done.