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

[kup]

Glad to be able to help, Factotum.

[rcjian]

Shoot! I thought I got lost here when I saw 174 pages. This is nice, thanks kup, you made it very easy for a noob persons like me, talking about the updated very clear step by step Rampage conversion on the first page. Thanks!

One question, Can I go straight to RF308 from MF1004? Thanks... told you I'm noob...

[kup]

Shoot! I thought I got lost here when I saw 174 pages. This is nice, thanks kup, you made it very easy for a noob persons like me, talking about the updated very clear step by step Rampage conversion on the first page. Thanks!

One question, Can I go straight to RF308 from MF1004? Thanks... told you I'm noob...

Sure can, just flash the RF0308 bios in the same way as I reference the RF0219 bios:

AFUDOS /iRF0308.rom /pbnc /n

That should work nicely. I'll edit this in the first post too.

[kup]

Flashing back to stock (proper) board bios now added to the first post.

[zlojack]

Nice work kup!

[bummerboy]

Any help from anyone? it happened again, despite being prime stable for 6+ hours.

hi, has anyone experienced rampage/maximus random reboot from vista, and the after countmem shows that time/date not set? it happened occasionally, and i just need to go into setup to set date, and it will be ok again. any idea what is causing this?

[Zucker2k]

Man, this is messed up. Guess we're back to noobs asking a thousand questions about flashing when its been covered a million times in this thread. I'm really pissed about this.

@E_E: Yes, I was using dominators but sold them on ebay. They were great with this board but I needed the money

Man, this is just wrong.... 174 pages of a mish-mash of information. Sad.

[Jodiuh]

I flashed 308 the other day. Love it. Very fast post compaired to all the MF BIOS and RF 208 BIOS.

Really?! I've always wished this thing would as quickly as my previous P35 board (IP35 Pro or P35-T2R, can't remember). It takes a good 10-15 seconds chillin' with first part of POST, then goes into the RAID ROM for another 5-7. I'm at least 15-20 seconds slower than other boards and it drives me crazy when testing OC settings.

Man, this is just wrong.... 174 pages of a mish-mash of information. Sad.

I only have 73. A single large thread is nice, but can be so very difficult to go through. I suppose as long as the first thread has EVERYTHING, it's not a total loss. Still, I'd like to see sub forums for a board and maybe 5 nice threads w/ a sticky up top.

[Cosmic81]

Hi Gys,

how are the measure points of Vcore, NB, FSB and VDIMM voltage on the Maximus Formula?


Bios to Actual vDroop listing


Are the LoadlineCalib on or off on this list ?


THX


Cos

what for ClockGen in the SetFSB have the Maximus X38?

[p2501]

Someone merged the threads? Bad idea me thinks. Well yes, we have a search function, but still. Not a good idea at all.

[XtremeTiramisu]

It's not really that bad of an idea like some of you said. Actually, it's good to consolidate all maximus/rampage related threads into one if you think from another aspect. At least the mod did consolidate all the crucial infos in regards to the mobo itselt to OCing to Rampage conversion all in the first page, that's what matters the most IMO.

Don't forget there's also search this thread option tab on the top of the page if you ever wants to go into details of someone's post reply in regards to what you want to know.

Anyways, I think we should do less talking about threads merging as it has been done and more talking on the actual mobo itself, OCing, and Rampage conversion aftermath results

[cuke2u]

Hi, all I can say is well done to the moderators for merging all the threads. It was getting very silly three of them all with the same posts going on, nuff said already :-)
Chris

[Talonman]

In regards to your boot failure and messages, yes they are for real. It usually happens because Windows becomes damaged after many hard crashes and especially when crashing during an OC test liek we so love to do. I try to keep to safe mode for starters till I feel it can go further. If this doesnt work, try your last good profile and in OS, reinstall current inf, GPU and RAID (if any) drivers. It worked for mine when it happened.

You mentioned 907. Are you back on that now or came from that at some point? I had BIOS chip corruption when moving away from 907, no matter what version I flashed to. I has the very USB hang ups and lots of the det_ram hangs even in stock. So just to clear up, did you have the USB hang up in 903 and also was the GX2 installed then too? It may be worth a shot to try it. I am most interested to know, cause I really dont want another 907 USB and RAM hang up experience again. When I was on v0907, the few times I got to XP x64, I would even loose USB support, and RAM hang ups (frozen desktop and or video, requiring a hard reset. Sometimes, USB hang can be fixed by unplugging mouse and plugging it back in. but the whole experience was driving me Nuckin Futs up the wall. Lol!

I was on 907 a few days ago, and have been running my 3.8GHz on it for quite a while...

I'm taking this over to the pure Maximus SE thread...

I don't think anything is really corrupted...

I can't overlook the facts that:

It started the second the GX2 was installed...
I had been running at 3.8GHz for months with no issues.
Both BIOS 907 and 1004 produce the exact same results for me.
You have no idea how many combos I have tried... (Bordering on obsessive-compulsive disorder!)
No setting wen't unchanged, or searously overvolted.
My system has just primed the above setting fine for 7 hours with thoes low volts. No sign of system issues at all.
Me moving my FSB from 385 to 390 should not take a ton more voltage to pull off. I have already given it as much as I dare. It didn't help.


I need to hear from a GX2 Maximus SE guy... Are you out there?

[By0T0xN]

Flashing back to stock (proper) board bios now added to the first post.

Do you mean MF bios? Which version? And has anyone tried the new 1007 MF bios?

Sorry if I misunderstood something.

[Dostoyevsky77]

Wow, Kup! Nice job on the first page update.

Any word for 0308 on E8400s? Zucker? Grnfinger? Try it yet? ***EDIT: I read Grnfinger's comments; thanks!

I got a 9800GX2 last weekend. Thanks to Cajer for the Maximus help, it works GREAT!

[kup]

Do you mean MF bios? Which version? And has anyone tried the new 1007 MF bios?

Sorry if I misunderstood something.

Yeah, well...MF or P5E bios, depending on which board you have. The flashing method is the same, just replace the Rampage Rom name with the Maximus / P5E Rom name and use the same switches, as listed on the first post.

Wow, Kup! Nice job on the first page update.

Any word for 0308 on E8400s? Zucker? Grnfinger? Try it yet?

I got a 9800GX2 last weekend. Thanks to Cajer for the Maximus help, it works GREAT!

I'm pretty sure the 0308 is as good or better than 0219 for 45nm, as Grnfinger uses an 8400 and he seems happy as Larry with it.

I'll try to find something for you in regards to read points but I'm not sure if the list is with LLC enabled or not. I'll look into that too.

[chawks2]

I was using dominators but sold them on ebay. They were great with this board but I needed the money

Z, just wanted to say thanks, I am now able to get stable 450x8 on my Q9450. Not sure how much higher I can go, but am @ 455x8 right now. Thanks a ton!

[Xilikon]

chawks2, did you use the 266 strap to get over 450 ?

[kup]

Do you mean MF bios? Which version? And has anyone tried the new 1007 MF bios?

Sorry if I misunderstood something.

Got a link?

[dimsdale]

Z, just wanted to say thanks, I am now able to get stable 450x8 on my Q9450. Not sure how much higher I can go, but am @ 455x8 right now. Thanks a ton!

chawks2,
When you stay stable- can you clarify? I've tried underclocking my RAM running the CPU at known good speed/voltage, and I can't get "prime95 blend" stable for more than about 30 minutes.
I'd be interested in seeing your settings!

[Flameout]

Hello I am new to the forum and to overclocking.
I have read the 40 odd pages and successfully flashed my Maximus Formula to Rampage formula, now I would like some advice as to how to overclock it.
Please can someone give me settings that will work specific to the components I have in my pc. I would like to try and acheive an overclock of 4ghz from the E8400 is this possible?

Many thanks in advance.

Maximus Formula flashed to Rampage Formula
Bios 0219
Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit
4 x 1Gb Corsair Dominator PC2-8500C5 with cooling fan
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz
Zalman CNPS-9700LED
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache (not raid)
Samsung SH-S203B DVd
LG G-H20L-S10 Dvd
Enermax Infinity 720w psu.
Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 case

[Dostoyevsky77]

Do you mean MF bios? Which version? And has anyone tried the new 1007 MF bios?

Sorry if I misunderstood something.

There's a Maximus Extreme 1007 as you can see HERE. Are you sure you're not getting confused with the DDR3 board?

[rcjian]

Hi there, about the convertion, I'm still in the process of reading the posts and trying to learn more and more about the problems that people are encountering! So far, what I don't like is the detram hang that some people are having from time to time. I know that they have different ways of walking around from it but they said that its not a permanent fix. I wonder if it will be sure issue for every MF converting to RF or to some only? Is there a permanent fix for that problem which I have missed reading? Thanks!

[chawks2]

chawks2, did you use the 266 strap to get over 450 ?

Nope, using 333.

[ElEctric_EyE]

man this rampage 0308 BIOS is pickier than 0219. Anyone else agree? Should I switch my 2 sticks of ram to the white slots? would these be the A slots?