Asus Striker II Extreme: Corruption/Freezes Troubleshooting Thread

[HurinThalion]

Just out of interest for people experiencing SLI freezing issues, my issues 'appear' to have disappeared with the release of the 177.x and 15.17 drivers. I have managed to play for long periods of time without any freezing at all, the system is rock solid at the moment (I am running 177.39 with the PhysX drivers as well).

My settings are :-

NB=1.46v
SB=1.50v
Memory (OCZ 1333 Reaper HPC, 7.6.6.18.2T with 60trfc) = 1.86v
CPU=1.1v (I am not using LLC due to it falling over with that enabled).

Howdy Simon,

Are you back to using your X-fi? Or still on onboard sound?

I'm using your voltages now and am back on SLi GTX 280s w/ 177.41.

*Crosses fingers*

[Sasmira]

Hello,

In first, im sorry if my english is bad ^^

I dont know if u have see that, but on the Asus board, u can find two interesting post.

1/ How To Re-Apply Thermal Compound On NB / SB and Voltage Regulators

2/ 0804 Bios


Ok, i use atm this new bios with your custom setup and it's perfect, no crash, no SLI freeze

I use too the last nvidia drivers, 15.17 for the motherboard and 177.41 for the SLI.

Sasmira.

[SimonD]

Howdy Simon,

Are you back to using your X-fi? Or still on onboard sound?

I'm using your voltages now and am back on SLi GTX 280s w/ 177.41.

*Crosses fingers*

Hi mate, I am still using the onboard card, I only had the X-Fi installed for one night (the crackling and popping was too much for me and I have no issues with the Asus card).

I may see what happens in the next couple of weeks with regards to the latest Creative beta drivers tho. I can reinstall my OS in about 30 mins so it's no real hardship to start again.

[ceevee]

Here Goes:

Required System Specifications
PSU ( Power Supply Unit ) = 1000W Cooler Master
CPU = QX9770
RAM = Corsair 8GB of Intel XMB SPD Certified RAM WIN3X40961600C7DHXIN
HDD ( the one where you have your windows installation on ) = 300GB Velociraptor
VGA1 = MSI GTX 280 #1
VGA2 ( if you have ) = MSI GTX 280 #2
VGA3 ( if you have ) = none
SPU ( Sound Card ) = Using Little Card that came with the board
NorthBridge Cooling = Stock cooling on air
SouthBridge Cooling = Stock cooling on air
CPU Cooling = CNPS 9700
RAM Cooling = Passive
nFORCE Chipset Drivers Version = 15.17
ForceWare/GeForce Drivers Version = 177.41
Sound Card Drivers Version = Shipping Driver
BIOS version 0801 REQUIRED, using 0801

BIOS Settings
Extreme Tweaker
CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 8X
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = Linked
FSB - Memory Ratio = 3:2
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1600
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1066
LDT Frequency = Auto
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 100
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = Auto
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = Auto
P2 = Auto
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 7
tRCD = 7
tRP = 7
tRAS = 20
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 1T
tRRD = 6
tRC = 28
tWR = 10
tWTR = 14
tFAW = 22
tRD = 9
tRTP = 6
tRFC = 59
tREF = 7.8us

Over Voltage
CPU Voltage = 1.275
Loadline Calibration = Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage = Auto
CPU VTT Voltage = Auto
Memory Voltage = 1.80v
NB Core Voltage = 1.40v
SB Core Voltage = 1.55v
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = Auto
NB GTL REF Ratio = Auto
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = DDR3_REF
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = DDR3_REF
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = DDR3_REF
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = DDR3_REF

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Enabled
Virtualization Technology = Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled
CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled

Problem Description
Your input here

I am having freezing screen under SLI when trying to play games. I am also having BSOD screens randomly. Games work OK only when I disable SLI, but still sometimes it will still BSOD. I am using very conservative settings and am not even trying to overclock yet.

Please help because this really is starting to suck.