ASUS Striker II Extreme

[HurinThalion]

ASUS Striker II Extreme BIOS build 0901
New NVMM - 4.A82.75

Link no workie. =(

Any chance of a known person around here posting their copy at a replacement link?

Or perhaps this outage is temporary.

[nuclearjock]

Link no workie. =(

Any chance of a known person around here posting their copy at a replacement link?

Or perhaps this outage is temporary.

They're all here.

[OBR]

i am running 4GB (4x1GB) at unlinked 1600MHz 20-7-7-7, at 1800MHz are not stable ...

[rob2k]

Hi, After reading yesterdays posts I went home and made some changes to my settings :-

LLC : ENABLED to DISABLED
CPU V : 1.3875 from 1.3275
PLL : 1.56 from 1.50
(VTT was already 1.36)

Before these changes every time I started windows I would get a Norton pop up telling me that my virus definitions were out of date even though they were the latest available. Also, once I had to re-activate it and randomly re-authorise the computer to play my iTunes.

Now it is fixed !! - I made the changes above at the same time so not sure is it is down to LLC or increasing PLL but thanks to Hurin, Slim & RasCas.

Drivers working for me are graphics 177.41 (250+ 3dMarkVantage points) and chipset 9.64 as I can't enable teaming with 15.17.

My rig :QX9770 on Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme cooler:
EVGA 9800 GX2 SSC. Creative X-Fi Elite Pro.
OCZ 4x1Gb PC3-16000C9 2000Mhz Platinum EB
Samsung F1 1TB & 2X500Gb Hitachi SATA 2.
2xSamsung 20XDVD-RW SATA
Vista Ultimate 32bit

Settings : 430x9.5=4085Mhz overclock. 1720 FSB Syn & Linked.
Mem : 7-7-7-22-30-1T @ 1.9v

Benches : 20,419 3dMark06 7,274 PCMarkVantage.

[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.

[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.

[Justifire]

Thanks tek, but I already filled the form and Im just waiting for ASUS to reply to me. Oh god, If I have to RMA this board, Im going to have to use the G1S for a month
So did you get it stable after all?

There are two things that make me think are making me fail in nonsense situations. 1) lack of voltage to SB or any other component or 2) LLC

Slim, do you give up on helping other SLI freezing users ?
You should have listened to me 1 month ago, than you would already be a happy man with a good board
( 06-13-2008, 08:17 PM post#941 )
Anyway, good job to RMA the damn thing, if it's broken don't try to fix it, just RMA.
Hope you get more luck with your replacement

[MikeMK]

I know a lot of you are having problems, and I really hope you get them sorted, but so far my SIIE has given me very few major issue's, although one or 2 oddities which I'll get onto in a in. Ive not had any corruption issues, no SLI freezes and everything is working pretty good... i keep half expecting something to go wrong everytime I switch it on! LOL! Anyhow, I got my CPU stable at 4ghz on this board:



There was an FSB hole around 400mhz (on previous boards ran 400x10) and i coulnt understand y it wouldnt even get to windows! Anyhow, solved that by dropping the multi as u can see

Now for an oddity - wanna run this past you guys. Tonight ive been trying to tighten up my timings, but I set them in bios, it posts with the timings I have set, but then everything in windows reports them as not change - with the exception of CAS. In the shot below, its set to 7-7-7-20 in bios, and on the POST screen thats what it displays. This is 0901 bios. Any ideas?

[skinnee]

MemSet - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=92190

[slim142]

Slim, do you give up on helping other SLI freezing users ?
You should have listened to me 1 month ago, than you would already be a happy man with a good board
( 06-13-2008, 08:17 PM post#941 )
Anyway, good job to RMA the damn thing, if it's broken don't try to fix it, just RMA.
Hope you get more luck with your replacement

I didnt give up, didnt you see all this days I was trying to fix this?
I just hope I did the right thing and that this time I get a board that will let me use SLI and be stable with my OC with no corruptions.

At least I have some good news, IM GOING WATER COOLING

Just watch me coming back in 2 weeks

[sergmann]

@MikeMK
can you post your settings?

[skinnee]

At least I have some good news, IM GOING WATER COOLING

I just finished leak testing, I'll post temps and voltages soon.

[MikeMK]

Settings are as follows:

Multi: 9
FSB Mem Clock Mode: Linked
FSB Mem Ratio: Synced
FSB (QDR) 1780 (SDR = 445mhz)
LDT Freq: 4x
vcore: 1.32v
CPU PLL:1.54v
CPU VTT: 1.3v
Memory: 1.84v
NB Core: 1.58v
SB Core: 1.55v

CPU GTL Ref0:+42mv (I had one weaker core)
All other CPU GTL's @ Default

Memory timings were all at auto for the prime run, as i said in my last post, im just tightening them up now, but having probs with them actually applying properly. Hope that helps

I have a question for Justifire if your around?

I see here http://bandwidth.se/thumbs/nouser/img080047c7ab84.jpg you are using thermalright mosfet coolers, but you dont mention in your post which ones? Could you let me know? Did they fit ok out the box? Also, is that an evercool VC-RE on the SB? Cos i have one lying around here that I could use. Just thinking of putting my MCW30 on that NB to cool it down a bit more!

[slim142]

I just finished leak testing, I'll post temps and voltages soon.

Thanks man, Im really interested!
Btw this is what Im going to be using

Water cooling

CPU Block: D-TEK FuZion v2 CPU Block
Radiator: Feser X-Changer Dual 120mm Xtreme Performance
Pump: Swiftech MCP655B or Liang D5
Barbs: Bitspower Premium G1/4" High Flow 1/2" Fitting - Black Sparkle
Clamps: Breeze Miniature Hose Clamp 7/16 in. to 25/32 in
Reservoir: EK-Multioption RES 250 Rev 2
EK-ANTI-Cyclon for EK Reservoirs
EK Spare Reservoir Holders
Fillport: Danger Den Aluminum Fillport

Water cooling CPU+NB (with stock fusion block) of course with some Fesser coolant and Tygon tubes. I hope to have all of this by the time my Striker arrives

[Fusion2002]

just make sure you use good tubing on the Fusion block. the stock ones leak way too easy

[slim142]

just make sure you use good tubing on the Fusion block. the stock ones leak way too easy

Yeah thats why Im using those Bitspower barbs and Im going to be getting clamps from sidewinder just to make sure no leaks there. I paid a lot for that motherboard and taking out the heatsinks is just ridiculous. Besides, that Republic of Gamers logo looks really nice

[Trigger5521]

I didnt give up, didnt you see all this days I was trying to fix this?
I just hope I did the right thing and that this time I get a board that will let me use SLI and be stable with my OC with no corruptions.

At least I have some good news, IM GOING WATER COOLING

Just watch me coming back in 2 weeks

Say yes to H2O!! ...and wire management.

[Trigger5521]

one from the back...don't ask how long it took or how many zip ties were used lol.

[ceevee]

Say yes to H2O!! ...and wire management.

Thats just lovely.

I would seriously hire you to do that for me.

I do not have the patience or fine motor skills for some of the intricate wiring work.

Very nice!

[slim142]

Thats a nice build trigger!!!

[Fusion2002]

can someone help me out a bit with an explanation?
I'm a little unclear about how CPU GTL Ref's work. ATM im at 4275 ghz. Core 0 is prime stable for 30 hours the rest fail between two minutes and 3 hours after the test starts.

Second question:

Using core temp I'm seeing max temps full load for each core around 64C, and PCprobe shows my CPU temperature at 40C full load. Is there a reason for the difference in reported temps, or is it just thermal differences between where each core temp and cpu temp are taken?

[Tyke]

Thanks man, Im really interested!
Btw this is what Im going to be using

Water cooling

CPU Block: D-TEK FuZion v2 CPU Block
Radiator: Feser X-Changer Dual 120mm Xtreme Performance
Pump: Swiftech MCP655B or Liang D5
Barbs: Bitspower Premium G1/4" High Flow 1/2" Fitting - Black Sparkle
Clamps: Breeze Miniature Hose Clamp 7/16 in. to 25/32 in
Reservoir: EK-Multioption RES 250 Rev 2
EK-ANTI-Cyclon for EK Reservoirs
EK Spare Reservoir Holders
Fillport: Danger Den Aluminum Fillport

Water cooling CPU+NB (with stock fusion block) of course with some Fesser coolant and Tygon tubes. I hope to have all of this by the time my Striker arrives

Slim
That's a fine first setup , are you going to put shrouds on the Feser rad? Choice of fans is really important as well, I used three Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM on mine, they are really quiet. I have used a quad-core plate in my V2.

[Erikz]

is this the right place for this post? I have a Q6600 CPU and can only overclock it to 3.0 Ghz i.e. 333 x 9

I get a good score on 3D Vantage

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=211942 P 14,300

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=211982 E 42,108

The main part of the high score comes from the Physx boost related to the 177.39 driver and abit of the overclock. I can run the RAM at 1555 Mhz however I'm not sure if this helps if I can't get the motherboard over 1333 Mhz.

Has anyone OC'd this Motherboard to higher than 3.0 Ghz with this CPU? If so what settings do I need?