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

[Overload]

Well now I have a 8400 running on MF bios 1102 temps are very good and acurate 30c idle and 55c load 478x9@1.40vCore. Everest and coretemp both read the temps correctly. Asus anal probe is crap, if you have an older version of everest it will read them wrong. Version 4.50.1330 is very acurate for 45nm cpu's, coretemp can be adjusted to the proper tjmax by editing the settings file tjmaxoffset= ( add whatever value )

So in your opinion I might be able to use lower vCore with my E8400 if I use the MF1102 over the RF401 bios? For some reason I just couldn't get the RF403 bios to work stable with my E8400 SLAPL. My vCore is at 1.40v now @ 445x9 with the RF401 flash.

[boombastic]

I've got an Asus Maximus Formula@Rampage and, connected to the six SATA ports, a DVD-RW, 4 Raptor (10000 RPM) configured as Raid-0 and another Raptor-X as storage.
When i copy from or to this last Raptor the PC always hang and i have to reboot manually.
Could it be that the sata controller has been saturated with this high I/O?
The other components are
Seasonic M12 700w
Q6600@3Ghx
2x1GB+2x512MB OCZ
Supreme FX sound card
Peak HD3870

thanks for yuor help!!

[chawks2]

Could it be that the sata controller has been saturated with this high I/O?

Highly doubtful. I have a RAID0, RAID5, 1TB storage drive. I experience no issues copying files with Vista SP1.

1. My first suspicion would be something to do with the SATA DVDRW. Unplug it, try the copy.
2. Ensure the Raptor X cable is not loose.
3. Try a different cable.
4. Try a different SATA port.

[Zucker2k]

I've got an Asus Maximus Formula@Rampage and, connected to the six SATA ports, a DVD-RW, 4 Raptor (10000 RPM) configured as Raid-0 and another Raptor-X as storage.
When i copy from or to this last Raptor the PC always hang and i have to reboot manually.
Could it be that the sata controller has been saturated with this high I/O?
The other components are
Seasonic M12 700w
Q6600@3Ghx
2x1GB+2x512MB OCZ
Supreme FX sound card
Peak HD3870

thanks for yuor help!!

My first suspicion is that your system is NOT stable, as in, it is probably not a hardware issue, but a stability issue. Post your bios settings, I'm sure some ich/fsbt/vnb tweaks will fix that.

[chawks2]

My first suspicion is that your system is NOT stable

I made the assumption he was running at stock. Bad assumption.

[boombastic]

The system has been stable even with a FSB of 380 Mhz with my previous config. (2xRaptor Raid-0 and the same Optical Drive), anyway i tried this:

1)change sata cable: no
2)unplug DVD-RW: no

could i t be that the controller doesn't like bot a Non Raid Disk and 4 Raid disks?

Anyway my bios config is at the moment (but i also tried with 266 FSB):

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 333
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2- 800
DRAM Command Rate : 2N
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 : 45
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6
Then the extra sub-timings for the Rampage: 14-5-1-5-5
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO
Ai Clock Twister : AUTO
Performance Level : AUTO
All pull-ins disabled
CPU Voltage : 1.4875v
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.6v
North Bridge Voltage : 1.47v
DRAM Voltage : 1.90v
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.46v
South Bridge Voltage : 1.075v
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : Auto
North Bridge GTL Reference : Auto
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : DDR REFF
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : DDR REFF
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5v

NB LED Selection : FSBT Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU Volt
Voltiminder LED : Enabled

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

[chawks2]

could i t be that the controller doesn't like bot a Non Raid Disk and 4 Raid disks?

No, as I stated previously, I have a similar setup to yours.

I would configure the machine back to stock/auto values and see if you experience the same behavior.