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

[Millyons]

Hi Guys, well just got the P5E, kinda long thread to go through so i got couple questions

1. Whats the benefit of flashing it to MF or Rampage? Is htere Bios settings or something that P5E doesnt have?
2. If i dont mod it to MF whats the best P5E bios?
3. I asked this in the modding section but noone answered, what is the finnal targer resistance needed for a quad on the vDroop mod?

thanks

[Dostoyevsky77]

1. Whats the benefit of flashing it to MF or Rampage? Is htere Bios settings or something that P5E doesnt have?
2. If i dont mod it to MF whats the best P5E bios?
3. I asked this in the modding section but noone answered, what is the finnal targer resistance needed for a quad on the vDroop mod?

1. The most important difference between the two is tRD or Performance Level. This is implicitly controlled in the MF BIOS through the transaction booster, but the RF not only gives direct control over this, but can allow phase "pull-ins", which basically allow you to run different RAM/FSB phases at the nominated performance level minus one. Using this added feature, many of us are able to run our RAM near DDR3 SPEEDS. A very in-depth article explains the brute power of this additional flexibility. It begins on this page: AnandTech Article. It is recommended reading even if you don't flash Rampage because it really goes into fabulous detail about NB, RAM, and FSB. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, basically.

2. There's a good thread about the P5E HERE. It has BIOS information.

3. I'm not following this question, sorry.

[zlojack]

1. The most important difference between the two is tRD or Performance Level. This is implicitly controlled in the MF BIOS through the transaction booster, but the RF not only gives direct control over this, but can allow phase "pull-ins", which basically allow you to run different RAM/FSB phases at the nominated performance level minus one. Using this added feature, many of us are able to run our RAM near DDR3 SPEEDS. A very in-depth article explains the brute power of this additional flexibility. It begins on this page: AnandTech Article. It is recommended reading even if you don't flash Rampage because it really goes into fabulous detail about NB, RAM, and FSB. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, basically.

2. There's a good thread about the P5E HERE. It has BIOS information.

3. I'm not following this question, sorry.

Dostoyevsky, that bandwidth is sick!

Is that on 24/7 settings?

What PL and what Pull-Ins are you using for that?

[Dostoyevsky77]

Dostoyevsky, that bandwidth is sick!

Is that on 24/7 settings?

What PL and what Pull-Ins are you using for that?

Hehe, thanks. But there's a lot more to it than just PL and pull-ins. It is my 24/7, and I stole most of what I know from Zucker and Grnfinger. A really high FSB in the 333 strap for 8:6 seems like the sweet spot with my RAM (and maybe the board???). I run at PL7 with no pull-ins. Pulling in phases 4 and 5 can POST, but not OS. Of course, the Ballistix are good even though it's not on the Crucial QVL. Some people have problems, but I've had nothing but success.

@ Millyons, sorry I don't know the answer to your question about the voltage. I really hope you read that article, though. It might convince you that the Rampage BIOS is worth flashing to. Once you have a USB drive dedicated to flashing BIOS, it becomes infinitely simple to flash to a new RF BIOS or flash back to MF BIOS. Honestly, it's almost as easy as EZFlash! Oh, and by the way, my sister lives in Beograde. She teaches English at a uni there; not sure which one.

[Millyons]

Hehe, thanks. But there's a lot more to it than just PL and pull-ins. It is my 24/7, and I stole most of what I know from Zucker and Grnfinger. A really high FSB in the 333 strap for 8:6 seems like the sweet spot with my RAM (and maybe the board???). I run at PL7 with no pull-ins. Pulling in phases 4 and 5 can POST, but not OS. Of course, the Ballistix are good even though it's not on the Crucial QVL. Some people have problems, but I've had nothing but success.

@ Millyons, sorry I don't know the answer to your question about the voltage. I really hope you read that article, though. It might convince you that the Rampage BIOS is worth flashing to. Once you have a USB drive dedicated to flashing BIOS, it becomes infinitely simple to flash to a new RF BIOS or flash back to MF BIOS. Honestly, it's almost as easy as EZFlash! Oh, and by the way, my sister lives in Beograde. She teaches English at a uni there; not sure which one.

Thanks, i still didnt get a chance but will soon, the usb flash is not a problem, have one set up for couple years now with all my bioses, i think i still might have the afudos i used on the p5b dlx on it

thats nice, how does she like it here?

[aicjofs]

3. I asked this in the modding section but noone answered,what is the finnal targer resistance needed for a quad on the vDroop mod?

thanks

3. I'm not following this question, sorry.

I believe he is asking if you pencil mod for Vdroop, what is the measured resistance with a multimeter across the resistor....I wondered this myself when I read the first post...I find load line calibration enabled adequate myself, but when you do pencil mods it's nice to know target resistance so you don't over do it.