ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Justifire]

That sucks Justfire, I got through memtest ok with those setting..I even passed lowering RAM volts to 1.9 now. BTW are you cooling your RAM? I bought the silly OCZ fan cooler for the RAM because I happen to touch one of the sticks when priming and it was amazlingly hot. I now have one of my ESA temp sensors stuck to it to monitor the temp. Gets upto about 58c. Think heat maybe your issue?

I have the ocz ram cooler
Memtest 3.4 gave me lot of errors in test 4 and 6.
Now after disabling core 3+4 i only get errors in test 6
Memtest for windows and prime 95 blend give me zero errors running @ 1740 synced 7-7-7-24-2T P1+P2 enabled
Have played assassins creed for 4 hours without any lockup or error.
Man this board and/or ram are weird
This is my 3rd SIIE and 4th OCZ 1600 EB ram kit :O

[slim142]

I've got an audigy 4 chip ... maybe its similar to x-fi chips... So what did you find out?

to your prob...
Perhaps you can try "my" settings
with 1750 FSB and 1600 MEM...

Will try your settings, Im getting frustrated!

Please share on how to fix cracking x-fi sounds. Currently my only outstanding issue with my setup.

Thx

What I did to fix my X-Fi issues

First, I thought of changing the pci card to another slot (because of the famouse IRQ issues) but I was too lazy to do it so I was thinking about it and decided to install the SupremeFX II card (to see if the BIOS or windows would change the IRQ of the sound cards, idk I was just been creative ) and at the same time, when the SoundMAX installed asked me to restart the pc, I went to BIOS and I went to where nobody ever thought about (as far as I know cause I never saw this posted before) the plug and play options and changed that disabled to enable (let OS manage it).
When I restarted the PC, played all my songs, none of them had crackling sounds!!! Happy music (bass for me )

Hope that helps you guys

[M1L2]

with Bios 0703 Rams works max with 1763MHz and now with Bios 0704 it will run with 1929 MHz now 3h stable

[|SiLA|]

now i'm also having those video corrupion problems..reinstalled vista today turned on vista dreamscene and i get artifacts using 0703 tho' running 1800fsb and mem 4ghz 7 6 5 18 1t

[TheHardCase]

Guys just a heads up, video drivers 175.XX are still not working 100%
I run 9800GX2 & can't use any of the 175.XX, I'm not the only one who has this problem.
I was also getting video corruption ect...

If I use 174.74 works 100% with no video freezing & driver has stop working are gone.
Ohhh & it's just not the S2E board thats causes this problem...
Also make sure you run memtest86 v2.1, if you get errors on memory this will also add to video problems. TRUST ME

[Trigger5521]

Will try your settings, Im getting frustrated!



What I did to fix my X-Fi issues

First, I thought of changing the pci card to another slot (because of the famouse IRQ issues) but I was too lazy to do it so I was thinking about it and decided to install the SupremeFX II card (to see if the BIOS or windows would change the IRQ of the sound cards, idk I was just been creative ) and at the same time, when the SoundMAX installed asked me to restart the pc, I went to BIOS and I went to where nobody ever thought about (as far as I know cause I never saw this posted before) the plug and play options and changed that disabled to enable (let OS manage it).
When I restarted the PC, played all my songs, none of them had crackling sounds!!! Happy music (bass for me )

Hope that helps you guys

I already had my Plug & Play OS enabled in the bios so I move the soundcard to the other PCI slot...problem solved no crackling. Thx for the tip Slim

[Trigger5521]

I already had my Plug & Play OS enabled in the bios so I move the soundcard to the other PCI slot...problem solved no crackling. Thx for the tip Slim

WTF posted to soon, I rebooted with onboard audio disabled and cracking came back. Moving the card is not the issue I have to have the onboard audio enabled in the bios...weird. I have the onboard card enabled in bios disabled in vista and no crack as of yet. WTF!!

[nuclearjock]

Here's where I'm at with my E8500, prime and orthos stable for ~2hrs,

Crysis and MS FS9 rock solid:

Bios 0704

Multi: 9
FSB-MEM: Linked & Synced
FSB: 1801
MEM: 1801

Memory timing:
P1: Enabled
P2: Enabled
8-7-6-15 2T
All subtimings Auto

Overvoltage settings:
CPU: 1.300
Loadline Calibration: Enabled
PLL: 1.5
VTT: 1.28
MEM: 1.76
NB: 1.40
SB: 1.55
GTL_REF0: Default
GTL_REF1: Auto
GTL_REF2: Default
GTL_REF3: Auto
NB GTL_REF: +20
DDR3 REF volts all Auto

My board really likes linked and synced (1:2) for some reason.

Start playing with my QX9650 soon

[slim142]

now i'm also having those video corrupion problems..reinstalled vista today turned on vista dreamscene and i get artifacts using 0703 tho' running 1800fsb and mem 4ghz 7 6 5 18 1t

Wow, finally we can share ideas about this cause Im also having those problems! I have been around ASUS forums and eVGA forums and there are 9999 users with the same problems. That means my OC is 100% estable but SLI is causing my freezes and lock ups while watching videos!

Guys just a heads up, video drivers 175.XX are still not working 100%
I run 9800GX2 & can't use any of the 175.XX, I'm not the only one who has this problem.
I was also getting video corruption ect...

If I use 174.74 works 100% with no video freezing & driver has stop working are gone.
Ohhh & it's just not the S2E board thats causes this problem...
Also make sure you run memtest86 v2.1, if you get errors on memory this will also add to video problems. TRUST ME

So wait, with 174.74 the video freezes are gone? You solved everything by going back to 174.74??? SLI Enabled and working perfectly?? PLEASE CONFIRM THIS (sorry Im desperate)

I already had my Plug & Play OS enabled in the bios so I move the soundcard to the other PCI slot...problem solved no crackling. Thx for the tip Slim

WTF posted to soon, I rebooted with onboard audio disabled and cracking came back. Moving the card is not the issue I have to have the onboard audio enabled in the bios...weird. I have the onboard card enabled in bios disabled in vista and no crack as of yet. WTF!!

I know this has something to do with the SoundMax card, probably mixed IRQ, who knows, but at least you have it fixed now

[TheHardCase]

slim142, I can't answer about sli, but yes running 174.74 fixed my video freezing & driver stopped working & has recovered issue.
At Guru3D has many post about this current issue with 175.XX video drivers...
You will also see that alot of others also can't run 175.XX.

[slim142]

slim142, I can't answer about sli, but yes running 174.74 fixed my video freezing & driver stopped working & has recovered issue.
At Guru3D has many post about this current issue with 175.XX video drivers...
You will also see that alot of others also can't run 175.XX.

What do you mean when you say

...& driver stopped working & has recovered issue.

You mean you got them to work (174.74) as they should? what do you mean with recovery?

[Fusion2002]

I gave the settings Trigger suggested but I ended up having to bump my Vcore a lot higher than 1.325 to get it to post. What do you guys think is a safe limit for a 24/7 voltage for the QX9650

[|SiLA|]

installed 174.15 yesterday and flashed to 0704 same crap
i better try thaat one

here using gx2 and i keep getting artifacts on dreamscene but no prob at all with movies

might be a corrupted installation of vista

edit tried for the first time the audio and it sucks tried to dl a newest driver from asus and it's the same crap on cd drivers

[vmanuelgm]

Hi guys. I am having the same problems with 175.16 drivers, crappy sound. I just installed 174.74 again and all correct.

[fiveprime]

I guess its an improvement over the last one, the striker I dealt with before this one was a bastard.

[gcardinal]

installed 174.15 yesterday and flashed to 0704 same crap
i better try thaat one

here using gx2 and i keep getting artifacts on dreamscene but no prob at all with movies

might be a corrupted installation of vista

edit tried for the first time the audio and it sucks tried to dl a newest driver from asus and it's the same crap on cd drivers

Same problem. Had Vista SP1 x64 and pixels was flying all over the screen with just simple Aero. Trested all 175.* drivers. Gave up, installed Vista x86 with latest 175 beta - looks okey. Have yet to test the ingame stuff, but 3dmark works

[Trigger5521]

I gave the settings Trigger suggested but I ended up having to bump my Vcore a lot higher than 1.325 to get it to post. What do you guys think is a safe limit for a 24/7 voltage for the QX9650

Not surprising as we have different cpu's. I have had my X3350 at 1.4v in bios with no apparent issue. Got it back down to normal now as it's not needed to run 3.4. Good luck.

[toyzruz]

What do you mean when you say

...& driver stopped working & has recovered issue.

You mean you got them to work (174.74) as they should? what do you mean with recovery?

Any new e/rock stable settings?

Unfortunately ... with 1750/1600 2t --> MemTest86 Errors in test 7/8 !
Corsair 1600Mhz 2x2gb @2,0v
Whats wrong?

Linked@1700-1750 = Freeze

Want my 3,5Ghz back!!! What do i have to do?

[slim142]

Hi guys. I am having the same problems with 175.16 drivers, crappy sound. I just installed 174.74 again and all correct.

So its the SLI driver (some sucker drivers, not all) thats giving out those craclking sound... and not using SLI itself. Am I right?

Any new e/rock stable settings?

Unfortunately ... with 1750/1600 2t --> MemTest86 Errors in test 7/8 !
Corsair 1600Mhz 2x2gb @2,0v
Whats wrong?

Linked@1700-1750 = Freeze

Want my 3,5Ghz back!!! What do i have to do?

I dont know bro, try more NB? or more VTT? or even more vcore... probably a sucky chip?

BTW, Im testing 175.80Beta now

[Justifire]

Wich memory slots do you guys use?
The blue ones or the whites?

[toyzruz]

^^ what r the maximus settings for nb/vtt/core/mem voltages? Ideas?
Was 2,0v for my Corsairs enough or too much?

[BenchZowner]

Wich memory slots do you guys use?
The blue ones or the whites?

The white ones overclock better for me.

[Justifire]

^^ what r the maximus settings for nb/vtt/core/mem voltages? Ideas?
Was 2,0v for my Corsairs enough or too much?

As far as i know , 1.90v should be enough for 1600mhz 7-7-7-24-2T

[toyzruz]

thx... now testing with

Settings sind:
Unliked
Fsb 1750
Mem 1600
vcore CPU: 1,33125
cpu pll, 1,54
vtt, 1,32
mem, 1,92
nb 1,40
sb, 1 ,60

---> errirs

Now I set :

gtlRef0 -29
gtlref1 -32
gtlref2 -32
gtlref3 -29

nbGtlRef +40

as well ...
Lets see...

[toyzruz]

same error ... even with 9-9-9-21-2t