ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Tyke]

Well, I've got until July 10 to get this board stable before I send it back to Newegg for replacement. At which point, I'll probably sell it as new/unopened (assuming Newegg sends a new one).

I'm still getting SLi freezing in games (Lord of the Rings Online). Though I was able to play for about four hours last night before I froze (got my hopes up!). My detailed specs and experience are above. But just to summarize:

BIOS 0801
XP 64-bit
Q9450 @ stock speeds and vcore
15.17 and 177.41 drivers
NB: 1.52v
SB: 1.55v
Memory: 1.9v @ 7-7-7-20-2T @ 1333
2 x GTX280
X-fi Platinum PCI-E

Tyke and OBR, have either of you tweaked your RAM subtimings? Would you be willing to post yours? I got some guidance from the Mushkin forums for my sub-timings. But they conflict with Anandtech. And, actually, I haven't noted any real difference in stability between leaving the sub-timings to "auto" and setting them myself.

I'd rather not go any higher in NB or SB volts on air. Has that been the key to either of you getting your rigs stable in SLi?

Seems that both of you are "under water" as well. Though that's probably just coincidence.

Best,

H

I have tuned my memory settings, but once your memory passes Memtest I can't see how the sub-timings will affect anything but throughput and latency. I don't think stability is affected.

[HurinThalion]

I have tuned my memory settings, but once your memory passes Memtest I can't see how the sub-timings will affect anything but throughput and latency. I don't think stability is affected.

Perhaps when the system is under overall stress (rather than just testing the RAM itself in a DOS environment), voltages fluctuate (etc.).

My concern/theory is that the "auto" setting for sub-timings may be setting things up in such a way that this SLi bug appears. Whereas, those who have gotten their sub-timings set up manually won't see it.

I realize it's a pain, but if you would post your sub-timings, it might help me better dial in mine for stability.

Were you stable prior to the sub-timings changes?

Sorry to hassle ya!

H

[Tyke]

Perhaps when the system is under overall stress (rather than just testing the RAM itself in a DOS environment), voltages fluctuate (etc.).

My concern/theory is that the "auto" setting for sub-timings may be setting things up in such a way that this SLi bug appears. Whereas, those who have gotten their sub-timings set up manually won't see it.

I realize it's a pain, but if you would post your sub-timings, it might help me better dial in mine for stability.

Were you stable prior to the sub-timings changes?

Sorry to hassle ya!

H

Memory timings settings: (running from top to bottom in bios)
Enabled
Enabled
8
7
6
17
27
1
23
8
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
58
Auto

Also I have CPU GTL_REF0 set to -14mV.
Hope this helps.

[nuclearjock]

I have tuned my memory settings, but once your memory passes Memtest I can't see how the sub-timings will affect anything but throughput and latency. I don't think stability is affected.

Try playing with tRfc!!!

The system won't even post or in some instances corrupt your data if it's set too low.

[Tyke]

Try playing with tRfc!!!

The system won't even post or in some instances corrupt your data if it's set too low.

Sorry, yes that is correct. I was comparing playing with sub-timings versus having them all on auto, saying that I did not think you could increase stability by changing from Auto.

[FreDMouL]

Hello guys,

Some news about the new bios 0901 ?

I still have SLI freeze in videos with 0704 and i haven't try bios 08xx.

My stuff :
Asus Striker II Extreme
Intel Q9450 @3,2Ghz FSB 1600Mhz
Zalman 9500
Corsair 2Go DDR3 1600Mhz CAS 7
SLI of MSI Geforce 9800GTX OC
WD Raptor 150Go 10 000tr/min
Seagate Barracuda 500Go

[rob2k]

Updated to 0901 from 0804 without any issues so far. Running a GX2 so not two cards in SLi. Have seen an earlier post saying that 0804 has cured SLi video corruption.