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

[kevinali]

Hey Guys and Gals

I have a quick question,

My system is currently set up using the following settings

Q6700 @ 3.0 Ghz (333 x 9 or 12% OC) at a vcore of 1.236 (My VID is 1.2500V) (prime stable for 24 hrs), with a TRUE 120 and Synthe F fan (idle temps are 33, load temps are 46)

I have 8 GB of DDR2-667 Crucial ram (4 x 2gb @ 5-5-5-12 @ 1.8V @ 333 Mhz or 1:1 ratio)

The system runs like a charm, but every once in a while i get a blue screen with the IRQL_NOT_EQUAL message

My north bridge voltage on my Asus Maximus Formula is 1.360 V....

Given the fact that i have all 4 DIMM slots occupied, is my northbridge voltage too low and causing the errors, or should i bump up vcore (i would rather not, to keep the temps down)

What do you guys recommend for a northbridge voltage setting for a super stable system

Thanks

Kevin

[Grnfinger]

Hey Guys and Gals

I have a quick question,

My system is currently set up using the following settings

Q6700 @ 3.0 Ghz (333 x 9 or 12% OC) at a vcore of 1.236 (My VID is 1.2500V) (prime stable for 24 hrs), with a TRUE 120 and Synthe F fan (idle temps are 33, load temps are 46)

I have 8 GB of DDR2-667 Crucial ram (4 x 2gb @ 5-5-5-12 @ 1.8V @ 333 Mhz or 1:1 ratio)

The system runs like a charm, but every once in a while i get a blue screen with the IRQL_NOT_EQUAL message

My north bridge voltage on my Asus Maximus Formula is 1.360 V....

Given the fact that i have all 4 DIMM slots occupied, is my northbridge voltage too low and causing the errors, or should i bump up vcore (i would rather not, to keep the temps down)

What do you guys recommend for a northbridge voltage setting for a super stable system

Thanks

Kevin

For 8GB's 1.360 is way to low....I would start out at about maybe 1.55NB volts and adjust from there.

[MurderCityDevil]

ok, so i got sort of stable at 3.8 (about 1.5 hours stable). My cpu voltage is 1.53125, nb is 1.61, pll is 1.52 and fsbt is 1.48 i think. I tried lowering my nb since i only have 2 gbs of memory and i thought 1.61 was way too high, but instantly lost all stability. Same with cpu vcore. My temps are pretty much so I was wondering if there's any way to lower these voltages and retain stability by tweaking something else?

[newls1]

ok, so i got sort of stable at 3.8 (about 1.5 hours stable). My cpu voltage is 1.53125, nb is 1.61, pll is 1.52 and fsbt is 1.48 i think. I tried lowering my nb since i only have 2 gbs of memory and i thought 1.61 was way too high, but instantly lost all stability. Same with cpu vcore. My temps are pretty much so I was wondering if there's any way to lower these voltages and retain stability by tweaking something else?

If you can, watercool the N.B. X38 runs very warm

[Zucker2k]

ok, so i got sort of stable at 3.8 (about 1.5 hours stable). My cpu voltage is 1.53125, nb is 1.61, pll is 1.52 and fsbt is 1.48 i think. I tried lowering my nb since i only have 2 gbs of memory and i thought 1.61 was way too high, but instantly lost all stability. Same with cpu vcore. My temps are pretty much so I was wondering if there's any way to lower these voltages and retain stability by tweaking something else?

what divider/fsb are you running? I'm running 8x500fsb with a fsbt of 1.36v; 1.28v (bios set). Also, if your PL is not tight, you can run VNB lower. I'm running 8Gbs with a PL of 9 with VNB @ 1.65v (1.61v bios set).

Edit: I'm running a Q6600. Gotta update my sig. Switched back to Q6600 as I'm done playing with 45nm dual core, and Q9450 sucks on Oc's.

[masska]

Hey masska:

Thanks for posting your settings - just tried them and they worked [priming now - no BSOD ] [no one else's settings have worked for me yet - THANKS!]
Now to go higher.......

No probs scottath, glad you could use them. These worked the best for me so far. I've hit 3.9 on air but not stable. Will work more on the ram timmings...

[Dostoyevsky77]

what divider/fsb are you running? I'm running 8x500fsb with a fsbt of 1.36v; 1.28v (bios set). Also, if your PL is not tight, you can run VNB lower. I'm running 8Gbs with a PL of 9 with VNB @ 1.65v (1.61v bios set).

Edit: I'm running a Q6600. Gotta update my sig. Switched back to Q6600 as I'm done playing with 45nm dual core, and Q9450 sucks on Oc's.

What are your NB temps? How are you cooling it?

I was thinking of getting some aftermarket air.

[RobinL]

Did someone having problems with the Asus P5e mobo when flashing it to Rampage?

Nobody?

[Cranox]

Did someone having problems with an Asus P5e mobo when flashing it to Rampage?

No problems here

[Zucker2k]

What are your NB temps? How are you cooling it?

I was thinking of getting some aftermarket air.

I'm cooling both NB and SB with swiftech mcw30s. At 1.65v my chipset temps on load never top 35C. I see you've not been bitten by the watercooling bug yet; with this board/chipset, as in all cases, frankly, you can run high fsbs solid if you can maintain cool temps. Water is the way to go.

[RobinL]

No problems here

Oke Tnx.

When i flashing my Asus P5e to rampage, do i need to disable something in the bios? Because P5e having one LAN adapter and Maximus and Rampage having two?
Is it possible to welding a second LAN Adapter on de Asus P5e? Or does the P5e also don`t having the LAN chip on the board?

[Dostoyevsky77]

I'm cooling both NB and SB with swiftech mcw30s. At 1.65v my chipset temps on load never top 35C. I see you've not been bitten by the watercooling bug yet; with this board/chipset, as in all cases, frankly, you can run high fsbs solid if you can maintain cool temps. Water is the way to go.

Honestly, after this PSU fiasco if I bought one more thing for my computer, my wife would kill me. If I bought WC, my fate would be worse than death.

[ante_ante]

Anyone having random boots when trying to start the computer? It took maybe near 10min today just to get a clear boot without any issues. Sometimes it stopping at VGA BIOS and shut down, later on i get DET DRAM, and so on until i reset the clock on the cpu and run it at original speed. Very strange i think. Using rampage 0403 bios.

[chawks2]

Anyone having random boots when trying to start the computer? It took maybe near 10min today just to get a clear boot without any issues. Sometimes it stopping at VGA BIOS and shut down, later on i get DET DRAM, and so on until i reset the clock on the cpu and run it at original speed. Very strange i think. Using rampage 0403 bios.

Turbo, there was a post in the 200-215 range about why the DET RAM problem occurs. It was taken from an excellent post about tRD timings on Anandtech, check it out, should solve your issue.

[Lestat]

flashed to 1201 and added another 2gb of ram (4gb total) and am getting USB detection lockups during POST.

is this a 4gb bug or am i missing something in the bios that i have enabled or need to disable.

running 1050mhz -ish 4gb 5-5-5-15 2.1v
2x1gb Gskill 6400HZ and 2x1gb Crucial Ballistix 6400 (orange spreader, not the good micron chips)

the system will boot fine if i reset the cmos, which on the Formula is a pain in the a$$ cuz you have to remove the video card to flip that switch.
once i do that and set the bios up again it runs fine but during video converting the system will reboot and then it gets stuck at detecting USB during the POST sequence.

Anyone know why this 4gb bug is happening.
it's pretty frustrating because it will boot fine then reboot or cold boot will make it pause at detecting USB.

[TKC]

So do you have problem running 1Gx4?

I have tried 2Gx2 and 2Gx4, both config. can be OCed as showed in my sig, no problem either on p5e@RF0403 or p5e vanilla.

Have you tried load default setting in bios? Or you may try to rise up Vsb a little bit as USB is controlled by SB.

[chawks2]

the system will boot fine if i reset the cmos, which on the Formula is a pain in the a$$ cuz you have to remove the video card to flip that switch.

Err..if you are talking about the switch on the mobo, it just allows you to reset the BIOS from the back CMOS clear switch?? Why would you have to remove the vid card to press the back button clear switch??

[Talonman]

Any Maximus boys feeling chatty about RAID, pop on over:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=166867&page=6

I am up and running now on RAID 0 with 2 Raptors.

[vikings]

Hi, I saw that asus released new no beta bios v.1102.(0802 was the last no beta)
Anyone has installed?

[sikvdila]

Hi, I saw that asus released new no beta bios v.1102.(0802 was the last no beta)
Anyone has installed?

I install it and works fine to me

[Cranox]

Oke Tnx.

When i flashing my Asus P5e to rampage, do i need to disable something in the bios? Because P5e having one LAN adapter and Maximus and Rampage having two?
Is it possible to welding a second LAN Adapter on de Asus P5e? Or does the P5e also don`t having the LAN chip on the board?

U need to disable the second lan and some tempsensors , u cannot solder a second lanadapter there is no chip on the board.

[kup]

U need to disable the second lan and some tempsensors , u cannot solder a second lanadapter there is no chip on the board.

Oke Tnx.

When i flashing my Asus P5e to rampage, do i need to disable something in the bios? Because P5e having one LAN adapter and Maximus and Rampage having two?
Is it possible to welding a second LAN Adapter on de Asus P5e? Or does the P5e also don`t having the LAN chip on the board?

The guide on the first post explains all of this...

[Grnfinger]

Anyone having random boots when trying to start the computer? It took maybe near 10min today just to get a clear boot without any issues. Sometimes it stopping at VGA BIOS and shut down, later on i get DET DRAM, and so on until i reset the clock on the cpu and run it at original speed. Very strange i think. Using rampage 0403 bios.

I havent had a single issue with 403, Some users are reporting a tad more cpu volts are required for 403 bios, but I have not seen it myself for my quad or my 8400, but I am having a major issue's with USB controller. If any flash drive is plug'd in my cpu usage goes to 60% and my mouse ( usb conected ) goes nuts. B4 you blame 403 bios I did flash back to 401 and even loaded a Maximus bios 802 and 1004, same results. Much more of this and the mobo will die a very slow and painfull death.

[ante_ante]

I havent had a single issue with 403, Some users are reporting a tad more cpu volts are required for 403 bios, but I have not seen it myself for my quad or my 8400, but I am having a major issue's with USB controller. If any flash drive is plug'd in my cpu usage goes to 60% and my mouse ( usb conected ) goes nuts. B4 you blame 403 bios I did flash back to 401 and even loaded a Maximus bios 802 and 1004, same results. Much more of this and the mobo will die a very slow and painfull death.

Not blaming a specific bios, just blaming the whole motherboard. Have tried 0308, 0401 and the last 0403. And same issues are showing.
But this is only when the computer is overclocked.
Will try the trD trick and see if it works better ^^

[Nuckin_Futs]

U need to disable the second lan and some tempsensors , u cannot solder a second lanadapter there is no chip on the board.

What about the lack of 2 extra eSATA on another J-Micron crontroller? Does this show up as a grayed out option or just not there?