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

[hillywav]

btw all

i hav issue bout this MB

this mb wont post when i use A-data 1200+ Vitesta Extreme Edition PC9600, icant oc it.....
something wrong with this memory?

[By0T0xN]

My final config for 4Gb:

Dang Facto, Is the temp on your MCH right? 68c. Isn't that a little high? Do you run those settings 24/7 or just benching?

[Factotum]

Is the temp on your MCH right? 68c.

True, It's hot. But MAX TJ=92c for X38

Do you run those settings 24/7 or just benching?

It's my 24/7 settings. Prime warms CPU and NB to maximum. In real tasks the temp less on 5-7c for CPU and 7-12c for NB.

[Grnfinger]

True, It's hot. But MAX TJ=92c for X38
It's my 24/7 settings. Prime warms CPU and NB to maximum. In real tasks the temp less on 5-7c for CPU and 7-12c for NB.

I would recommend you get some decent cooling for your NB 68c is way to high for 24/7 use.
I was also shocked to see 4x1GB at 1200MHz but I see your not running a blend test there

[By0T0xN]

My NB runs @ 53c w/ 1.61v under F@h. I have a shared fan on my ram and NB which helps with the higher volts on the NB. I might, if I ever have the time, try and redudce my NB voltage which I'm sure would help reduce temps. Hek, if I ever get the time I'd like to update the bios and try for a higher OC. I've only reached 3.4 under current settings without trying. Soon I'll give it a go and up the odds.

[Factotum]

I would recommend you get some decent cooling for your NB

I live in Belarus. The closest Shop with watercooling systems in Germany

I see your not running a blend test there

Can You write more

[Grnfinger]

actually yes my ram runs 1200MHz blend test stable NOT small fft's, if your not testing your ram it means nothing. I can bench my ram at 1275MHz is it stable NO, but it will bench. I can clock my chip to 4700MHz but again its not stable.
And I was making a temp comment beacuse its way to high for 24/7 use, your board will burn out imo. if your happy cooking breakfast on your board go right ahead to each there own, I preffer to get my rig as cool as posible not to see how high I can get my temps b4 my board dies, I guess eveyone has a different approach to overclocking
You toss that ram in a prime blend test and I bet it fails in under 1 min, OCCT and I bet it fails in under 30 seconds.

[Grnfinger]

My NB runs @ 53c w/ 1.61v under F@h. I have a shared fan on my ram and NB which helps with the higher volts on the NB. I might, if I ever have the time, try and redudce my NB voltage which I'm sure would help reduce temps. Hek, if I ever get the time I'd like to update the bios and try for a higher OC. I've only reached 3.4 under current settings without trying. Soon I'll give it a go and up the odds.

How is that Q6700 working for you, I have one it is shipping now. I hope to have for the weekend.
What is the max you have had it?
I'm really hoping I can get a 4.0GHz 24/7 cpu with decent volts.
If I get a dog its no big deal cause my son needs a new pc

[zlojack]

I haven't seen too many Q6700s get to 4 GHz.

Mine did better than my previous Q6600 in that it needed 1.37v (or thereabouts, can't remember 100&#37 for 3.6GHz while my old Q6600 needed 1.45v

I found the 10 multi didn't really end up giving me any benefit. I suppose it all depends on your luck of the draw, Grnfinger.

[Factotum]

You toss that ram in a prime blend test and I bet it fails in under 1 min, OCCT and I bet it fails in under 30 seconds.

Heh, In my screen prime blend test runing 50min and more

[Grnfinger]

I haven't seen too many Q6700s get to 4 GHz.

Mine did better than my previous Q6600 in that it needed 1.37v (or thereabouts, can't remember 100&#37 for 3.6GHz while my old Q6600 needed 1.45v

I found the 10 multi didn't really end up giving me any benefit. I suppose it all depends on your luck of the draw, Grnfinger.

Thanks for the info, I'll be satified with 3.8 I know 4.0 is a shot in the dark.
This is an older Q6700 not a recent batch, the VID is a nice 1.220 so with decent cooling I am crossing my fingers for 4.0GHz
I also have a 4GB G-Skill kit comming from newls1 so it will be interesting to see what it can do.

Heh, In my screen prime blend test runing 50min and more

Last time I checked prime blend test will put your ram usage to 100% NOT 49%

[Factotum]

Last time I checked prime blend test will put your ram usage to 100% NOT 49%

for 2 gb blend use 100% RAM - true, but for 4Gb blend use only 49% - check it

[zlojack]

Thanks for the info, I'll be satified with 3.8 I know 4.0 is a shot in the dark.
This is an older Q6700 not a recent batch, the VID is a nice 1.220 so with decent cooling I am crossing my fingers for 4.0GHz
I also have a 4GB G-Skill kit comming from newls1 so it will be interesting to see what it can do.

Mine is L727B332 01/22/08 pack date VID 1.275 FYI

Got it at Canada Computers.

Sounds like yours might do better

Good luck with it and I hope to see you with 4GHz!

[aicjofs]

Last time I checked prime blend test will put your ram usage to 100% NOT 49%

Maybe a 4GB 32bit OS thing with no 3GB switch maybe??

EDIT:nevermind I guess he answered that question.

Still not fully utilizing all the RAM either way...

[Grnfinger]

Mine is L727B332 01/22/08 pack date VID 1.275 FYI

Got it at Canada Computers.

Sounds like yours might do better

Good luck with it and I hope to see you with 4GHz!

lol I shop at canada computers, very decent store.
Hmm looks like your VID is very close to mine, this is dissapointing.

@Factorum
I'm not trying to take away from your achivements, 4x1GB @ 1200MHz is rather impressive, I took me forever to get 2x1GB @1200MHz stable. I'm trying to state that if you test your ram at 100% I doubt its stable. I could be wrong and very well might be but at those timings and 4x1GB ????

[Factotum]

Grnfinger
Select Test? - i show screen

[wa-Nadoo]

Fаctotum - show OCCT for 4Gb@1200MHz PLS

[ZenEffect]

im rather interested in seeing this as well...

[Factotum]

now I test my config in OCCT 2.0.0.a - auto (mix 1hr) - OCCT use only 21% of RAM with work Opera and ICQ , it's bad test for stable. IMHO Prime blend is better for test RAM

[Factotum]

OCCT go to finish

[zlojack]

Memtest86+ 8 hours or more.

That's how I test my RAM for stability. Then I run Prime blend as well.

[ArneAnd]

Help needed!
Ive been playing around with my system without getting it stable at 4.0
Everything is fine and dandy at 8x480, but at 8x500 I cant make it into XP.

My HW is as follows:
C2D E8400
Mushkin 4GB 2x2048 XP2-8500 5-5-5-15
Corsair 750W
Noctua NH-U12P 2x120mm
Maximus Formula bios 12.01


My BIOS is set like this:

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 500
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: AUTO
DRAM Command Rate : AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 4
Row Refresh Cycle Time :55
Write Recovery Time : AUTO
Read to Precharge Time : AUTO

Read to Write Delay (S/D) :AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S) : AUTO
Write to Read Delay (D) : AUTO
Read to Read Delay (S) : AUTO
Read to Read Delay (D) : AUTO
Write to Write Delay (S) : AUTO
Write to Write Delay (D) : AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO
Ai Clock Twister : AUTO
Transaction Booster : ENABLE

CPU Voltage : 1,3250
CPU PLL Voltage : 1,52
North Bridge Voltage : 1,43
DRAM Voltage : 2,08
FSB Termination Voltage : 1,24
South Bridge Voltage : 1,05
Loadline Calibration : DISABLE
CPU GTL Reference : AUTO
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : AUTO
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1,5

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED : ENABLE

CPU Spread Spectrum : AUTO
PCIE Spread Spectrum : AUTO

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled


USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support : Disabled

[Factotum]

ArneAnd
test it:
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
Ai Clock Twister : Moderate
Transaction Booster : Auto
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.63
CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

[zlojack]

I found with 500 FSB and 4GB of Mushkin RAM I had to loosen timings quite a bit to get it to post. Try your RAM all on AUTO first and see if that gets you into Windows, then start bringing back the tighter timings.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Help needed!
Ive been playing around with my system without getting it stable at 4.0
Everything is fine and dandy at 8x480, but at 8x500 I cant make it into XP.

My HW is as follows:
C2D E8400
Mushkin 4GB 2x2048 XP2-8500 5-5-5-15
Corsair 750W
Noctua NH-U12P 2x120mm
Maximus Formula bios 12.01


My BIOS is set like this:

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency : 500
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: AUTO
DRAM Command Rate : AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 4
Row Refresh Cycle Time :55
Write Recovery Time : AUTO
Read to Precharge Time : AUTO

Read to Write Delay (S/D) :AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S) : AUTO
Write to Read Delay (D) : AUTO
Read to Read Delay (S) : AUTO
Read to Read Delay (D) : AUTO
Write to Write Delay (S) : AUTO
Write to Write Delay (D) : AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO
Ai Clock Twister : AUTO
Transaction Booster : ENABLE

CPU Voltage : 1,3250
CPU PLL Voltage : 1,52
North Bridge Voltage : 1,43
DRAM Voltage : 2,08
FSB Termination Voltage : 1,24
South Bridge Voltage : 1,05
Loadline Calibration : DISABLE
CPU GTL Reference : AUTO
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : AUTO
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1,5

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED : ENABLE

CPU Spread Spectrum : AUTO
PCIE Spread Spectrum : AUTO

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
C1E Suppport : Disabled
CPU TM Function : Disabled
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled


USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support : Disabled

- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 450
DRAM Frequency: 1066 (if you are using 1066 ram)
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
RAS# to RAS# Delay : Auto (unless there is something odd that requires it)
Row Refresh Cycle Time :Auto (again unless there is something odd that requires 55)
Transaction Booster : Auto
CPU Voltage : 1.3500V
North Bridge Voltage : 1.59V
DRAM Voltage : check make/model from homepage to determine required voltage
FSB Termination Voltage : Auto
South Bridge Voltage : Auto
FSB Termination Voltage : Auto (for now)
Loadline Calibration : Auto (for now)
CPU Spread Spectrum : Disable
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disable

If this becomes rock stable then you can start reducing voltage on your cpu, northbridge, etc. But one at a time. I have found that the n/s bridge need some level of active cooling in order to OC without issue. To make a long story short you need fans on them to keep them cool. I have been able to use 40mm fans for them (using wood 1 1/2" wood screws). You can use Antec's cool spot fans if it's easier for you. But the key here is to keep the n/s bridge chipsets as cool as possible. Preferable below 40C.