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

[itznfb]

Guys, when flashing between bioses (which is of course kind of desperate), remember to clear cmos properly - i mean turn off the psu and press ccmos for at least 15 seconds.

I just wasted 2hrs because i forgot to do it.

Of course this is like abc of overclocking but when oc gets boring enough (with this board and cpu it definetly does), you tend to do such stupid mistakes... Besides, think about all those times you thought it's a no go when in reality it was just a SUE (talking about myself)...

that's why you use switch /pbnc when flashing

[beard]

that's why you use switch /pbnc when flashing

That's what i thought too, but it seems you have to physically destroy system cmos.

With previously stable settings, after flash, it freezed in the very beginning of loading windows. In some point i realized i may have to ccmos (i usually do it). I pressed it for a sec, loaded same settings - it loaded but freezed in vista logo. Now i knew why it was ustable, i pressed ccmos for a long period, loaded same settings - voila! Still occt stable.

Don't blindly trust such things.

[Nuckin_Futs]

Need some advice, im currently using this board with a Q6600 @ 3.2.

I'm using the bios that it came with atm, (0802). Is it worth me flashing it to the rampage bios?

Thanks

I'd say if it works for you, and is stable, stay there. Most of the BETA's can often bring more bugs with them then they fix. 602 was the best in my experience as far as the final's go. 907 was bad for me but , v0903 was bewst of the BIOS in terms of daily use. v1004 offered better RAM loosening but S3/STR no longer worked. If we can get soem more real world insite of 1006, I may try it too.

Don't blindly trust such things.

I hear you there. It only takes an extra 15 secs. to clear out caps of stored energy. I also get the hangs on the BETA BIOS' above 0903 (it was the last colse to stock thatr didnt do it). Even 1004 did that untill I had to clear one more time but it's back up and running fine. But in 907, when it crashed, it crashed hard and took many trys of clearing and battery pulling to get up and going again even if just to POST long enough to flash out of it.

So is it so then, BETA BIOS v1006 cannot be flashed with any version of Afudos? I was told by many ASUS BETA testers not to use Live Update cause of some sort of curruption like in 907. Somebody confirm?