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

[TouGe]

Whenever i try to overclock higher and get a Det Dram hang i up the NB Volt 1-2 steps and i am able to load with no issues. This work for me great.

I've tried upping the NB volts and I've had no success. Right now I'm 4 hours OCCT stable @ 1.55V (1.58V). I've upped it as far as 1.65V and I still have the same cold boot issue.
I'm just curious as to why this started happening when I switched to my QX9650. What does my processor have to do with the BIOS resetting my DIMM to 1.90V on cold boots. This never happened w/ my x6800.

[HDPC]

So I managed to flashed it to Rampart (308) last night with ease. A OC noob talking here.

Now anyone with similar hardware can post their setting for me to give it a world?

This probably a stupid question but is 3.6 GHz a good target with air cooling?

Cheers,
-HDPC

[Smallz750]

Ok about my tri crossfirex setup, I am using vista premium 64bit os, and have ccc 8.4 and drivers installed. but still unable to get it to enable crossfire, it's still telling me I need to connect both crossfire bridges on my hd3870, and it's reading it as the main card, where I have to have it hooked up as my default monitor, and my 2nd monitor on my hd3870x2. So I have no clue what's going on and why I can't run 3gpu setup with these cards.

I have listed my rig in my profile if you need to look up any other info

[ZenEffect]

Ok about my tri crossfirex setup, I am using vista premium 64bit os, and have ccc 8.4 and drivers installed. but still unable to get it to enable crossfire, it's still telling me I need to connect both crossfire bridges on my hd3870, and it's reading it as the main card, where I have to have it hooked up as my default monitor, and my 2nd monitor on my hd3870x2. So I have no clue what's going on and why I can't run 3gpu setup with these cards.

I have listed my rig in my profile if you need to look up any other info

perhaps this question would be better posed in the video card section.

[mitsirfishi]

cant seem to get it working the p5e to rampage or maximus

[kup]

First of all, link a picture that size. And secondly if you had read the guide properly you'd have seen you need spaces between the switches...

[zlojack]

Dude...biggest pic ever!

Make sure that your syntax is 100% correct.

[kup]

And you spelt it wrong...

afudos /iRF0308.ROM /pbnc /n

[mitsirfishi]

edited the picture sorry didnt see the spaces but would that make the difference ill give it a go then see what i get i read the thread throughly

[kup]

Yes it does make a difference. Make sure the filename is typed in the same case (upper or lower) as the actual file and make sure there are spaces.

[Grnfinger]

Just pop'd a Q6600 back in, bought it from ZenEffect ( has a nice and low VID)

My old quad ran at 450x8 with 1.52 volts, under full load I never saw temps above 65c.
This new quad at 425x9 with 1.45 volts, under full load it hits almost 80c

So my question is why the hell is it running so hot? Loop is still the same no changes made. Redid the tim twice, everytime I removed the water block it was well spread with full coverage. There is not a huge difference between cores maybe 3 or 4 degrees tops.
Any suggestions besides putting it in the fridge?

[mitsirfishi]

got it working now ^^ thanks only thing which made me laugh was some of the temps -62 for the nb

[kup]

This seems to be a problem with lower VID chips. They clock MUCH better (as a general rule) but they are MUCH MUCH hotter!!!!!

80c is crazy!

[ZenEffect]

Just pop'd a Q6600 back in, bought it from ZenEffect ( has a nice and low VID)

My old quad ran at 450x8 with 1.52 volts, under full load I never saw temps above 65c.
This new quad at 425x9 with 1.45 volts, under full load it hits almost 80c

So my question is why the hell is it running so hot? Loop is still the same no changes made. Redid the tim twice, everytime I removed the water block it was well spread with full coverage. There is not a huge difference between cores maybe 3 or 4 degrees tops.
Any suggestions besides putting it in the fridge?

i encountered the same thing, with a previous 737b668 i had w/ vid 1.325 i could run 1.6volts and would have the same temps as im having @ 1.464, but the cpu was not clocked nearly as high. my belief on this is that heat output is more due to mhz rather than volts. i lapped my cpu and it only dropped temps 3c so to combat that i just added more radiators and put all my fans in push pull 110cfm. now its nice and cool. i dont understand how or why it heats up that quickly but seeing it now on yours as well only makes me believe that the faster the cpu runs, the hotter it will get even without a voltage change. i guess i can confirm or bust this when i get home and try same volts w/ lower speed. what worked for me was adding another 2.120 rad. if you want i can send you the remainder of my cool laboratories liquid pro to see if that helps. should be good for a few more applications as ive only used it once. another thing i did to drop temps was on my gpu's i lowered the vcore to .875 and underclocked it while in 2d mode.

[mitsirfishi]

mine is quiet a low vid but it seems to want the voltage at 3.6+ 3.88 is the max post and into windows

[Grnfinger]

Thanks guys
I'm going to keep the volts the same and lower it to 400x9 and see if temps drop some to test Zens therory.
I'm liking 3.8 tho and was going to get 4.0 running stable, but now I think I'll need a walkin cooler to set my rig up for 4.0

[zlojack]

Go for Phase!!!!

[Cranox]

Anybody got this wierd error :

CPU core to bus ratio or VID configuration has failed.
Press F1 ( bios )
Press F2 load defaults

I press F1 then , in bios i press ESC and quit with no saving .
When i reset the pc no more error , got these only with a cold boot ...

[mitsirfishi]

or get some tec cooling on the go i got the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 cools pretty well need to lap it and my q6600 aswell mine gets just around 60c marker full loaded at 3.6

[zlojack]

Anybody got this wierd error :

CPU core to bus ratio or VID configuration has failed.
Press F1 ( bios )
Press F2 load defaults

I press F1 then , in bios i press ESC and quit with no saving .
When i reset the pc no more error , got these only with a cold boot ...

I've had that a few times when I my CPU needs more volts.

[clip]

"CPU core to bus ratio or VID configuration has failed."

kinda answer in the question, reset cmos, all auto if necessary.

[Grnfinger]

Dropped everything from 9x425 to 9x400 temps did not move.

This is dissapointing I was hoping for some results. Going to lap the chip in the morning or maybe later tonight when the ball'n chain goes to bed.
Worst case I grab a nice new PA120.3 rad to replace my questionable Swiftec 220 rad, now if I can only manage a mountain mods case to go with my new rad
Rock solid at 3.8GHz, just need to get the temps down ALOT

[jVIDIA]

Can someone please advise me if the Rampage worths an extra 35€ over the price of the Maximus ?!

I'm in a dilema .... Maximus or Rampage ? Is really any diference between x38 and x48 ? I will use my Q6600 G0 on it. Thanks.

[Moneyless]

I wouldn't say that. If anything, this mobo offers the best your E6300 can get. It can make the cheapest CPU's feel good. for example, 532FSB in 1:2 gives you 1066 RAM. I think we have higher dividers so you can get more on less FSB if your CPU lags. I got that on my P5WDG2-WS Pro so imagine how this mobo will do. Those E6300's were quite the clockers when it came to high FSB, Almost all 500+. I'd stick to stable official v0602 untill we hear better. This offers the best of ACPI support at 500FSB and is more then modern enough for an E6300. I can only say BETA v1004 is good for RAM tweaks w/ 2x 2g kits and less vdimm, but S3/STR does not work, so it's a trade off. Do not flash in Live Update to these newer BETA BIOS as they are often getting corrupted. Use Afudos for safest results, or EZ-Flash for official BIOS.

Thanks for the tips.

Right now I'm at 486x7 @ 1.488VCore (REAL, one notch past 1.5000V in BIOS) with this E6300 and I can't get stable any higher without fairly big increases in voltage (from what I've tried so far). I don't think it's my RAM holding me back at all since I've got G.Skill 2GBHZ's (D9GMH) which are rated for DDR2-800 running @ DDR2-972 which isn't really that much higher. The guy I bought this chip from had said (IIRC) that he used to run it @ 3200MHz 24/7 on air and the average OC for the E6300's on HWBot is about 3300MHz so I'd say it's not that bad.

Although I don't know which setting is for setting a FSB/RAM divider, which is it?

[Grnfinger]

if you set FSB Strap to North Bridge to auto the move to DRAM Frequency and hit enter key you will see all the available ram speeds
this is basically your dividers
200-266-333 and 400