ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Datektrader]

sb1 is your south bridge 1.5 sb11 is the south bridge 1.1 volt. i have 1.55 on the sb 1 ro sb 15 as it now shows up as and the sb11 is set at 1.24 in the bios sb15 is above sb 1.1 in the list.

[Left]

I'm running this board at stock settings right now and it's rock stable. I manually keyed in the memory settings for my Corsair Dominator PC8500 2x1Gb kit. 5-5-5-15. No problems so far other than the Creative/SoundMax Volume Panel that runs in the taskbar crashes rather often if I double-click it to start up the "Creative Console Launcher," anyone else having that issue?

Anyone else notice in there CPU-Z and MemSet it's showing memory as DDR3? Think this is just the programs need updates for this motherboard/P45 chipset?

Current setup:

Maximus II Formula
Intel Q6700 (stock) - TRUE 120 Black - OCZ Freeze - Enermax Magma (push)
Corsair Dominator PC8500 2x1Gb
Cooler Master Real Pro 750W
EVGA 7800GT (soon to be upgraded)
WD Raptor 150Gb
WD 640Gb
WD 500Gb
WD 1Tb Green
Pioneer 18x DVD+/-RW
Cooler Master Centuion 5

[X2beach]

I cannot run stock, Unless I tweak the voltages for RAm, CPU VTT , and a few others.. BIos 0701 is very sensitive. I just notices Asus posted on there site. so guess its not beta,

This board is very touchy ! anyone know what CPU SKEW does?

[MarcusFoX]

Im getting interested in buying one of these boards...

can anyone tell me if 550fsb+ has been obtained with this board, and what are the chipset temps at high fsb.

Also does the board have the voltage lights like the x38 version, light medium and Crazy??

Any more info than whats been posted would be great

[X2beach]

I have problems running 400 bus, this board is SENSITIVE!

[X2beach]

This board is driving me Crazy. I can run OCCT 10hr.., I try to play a 3d game like Age of Conan Crashes in 1min.. I cannnot play any 3dgames. so I put int another videocard same issue.. anyone got any ideas?

[dctokyo]

This board is driving me Crazy. I can run OCCT 10hr.., I try to play a 3d game like Age of Conan Crashes in 1min.. I cannnot play any 3dgames. so I put int another videocard same issue.. anyone got any ideas?

I would say it is a memory issue.
With 4 gigs, you will need to bump up your MCH one or two points.

[X2beach]

I am running my CPU VTT at 1.32 now.. how much high should I go

[klataa]

I would say it is a memory issue.
With 4 gigs, you will need to bump up your MCH one or two points.

I am running my CPU VTT at 1.32 now.. how much high should I go

dctokyo sad about MCH = its not CPU VTT. VTT can be 1.35 but dont increase it. Meaby increase memory voltage? 0.02v? 0.05v? 0.1?

I hade same issiue on another board. Benches great but in games sometimes i had restarts. The issius was to big oc and to smarl V on mem's If u are running 2x2gb then raise up a bit mem's voltage. Meaby it will help

[X2beach]

my ram is rated 1.8-1.9
G.SKILL DDR2 PC2 8800 CL5 4GB

I running them at 1.9V now

whats wierd is the pass Memtest 30 loops

[Ender17]

does the board have 3 stage voltage lights like the Maximus SE?

[X2beach]

I think so.. Just tried some Different Ram, And NEw cpu.. Same results 3d Games Crash Instantly, and I am running everything at default!

[GaBBa-Gandalf]

Hello guys,

I ordered this board too. I hope it will run ok and that it will have a high fsb (HTT). The first report/review from awardfabrik was not so good. They had some problems to reach a good fsb.

But i think it was the same with the first boards of the maximus I and commando... after some weeks they came new rev and the oc was much better.

I hope that there will come better bios.

Could u tell me please which bios is right now the best and how works this board with the micron D9GMH?

Best geetz from Germany
GaBBa

[dctokyo]

I think so.. Just tried some Different Ram, And NEw cpu.. Same results 3d Games Crash Instantly, and I am running everything at default!

You need to list all of your voltage here.
As I mention if your running 4 gigs then you will need to increase your MCH(Northbridge )

One of the most common problems that can cause instability in a system, whether it is overclocked or not, is NOT making sure that the RAM voltage (VDIMM), Northbridge (MCH) and timings are manually set.


CPU Vcore???
MCH Core????
DRAM Voltage ????

[X2beach]

I cannot Even Run Stock Stable in games

Q9550
I running vcore 1.25
Cpu VTT 1.25
Ram Vcore 1.85
NB 1.24
Everything else Auto

my Ram is Gskill PC-8800, I tried some different ram same results

[dctokyo]

I cannot Even Run Stock Stable in games

Q9550
I running vcore 1.25
Cpu VTT 1.25
Ram Vcore 1.85
NB 1.24
Everything else Auto

my Ram is Gskill PC-8800, I tried some different ram same results

Try this......CPU voltage increased to 1.30V or 1.35V, DDR2 voltages increased to 2.1V with NB voltage to 1.5V.

[X2beach]

Thats high Volts,

Gskill tell me no more then 1.9 on my ram (Gskill F2-8800CL5d)

and from what I read the max you should run the NorthBridge on this board is 1.4

[dctokyo]

Thats high Volts,

Gskill tell me no more then 1.9 on my ram (Gskill F2-8800CL5d)

and from what I read the max you should run the NorthBridge on this board is 1.4

Are you using the Asus Maximus II Formula (P45) Motherboard or the one in your sig? This thread is for the Asus Maximus II Formula (P45) Motherboard

also are you using these http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view...=g_ddr2&no=120 5-5-5-15
Capacity 2GB (1GB x 2)
Speed DDR2-1000 (PC2-8000)
Test_Voltage 2.0 ~ 2.1 Volts

or these http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view...=g_ddr2&no=105

review and OC`ing the Asus Maximus II Formula
http://www.cpu3d.com/index.php?optio...mid=54&limit=1

[X2beach]

I am using Maximus Formula 2,

with this ram

http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view...esc=asc&no=124

[nettwerk2006]

Which memory slots overclock best on this board? The Blue or the White? the manual says the "yellow", maybe i'm color blind

[dctokyo]

I am using Maximus Formula 2,

with this ram

http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view...esc=asc&no=124

Then set the memory at 1.9 Volts ,
Set your MCH at least 1.35 and work up from there and see what happens,

Also make sure your using the lastest BIOS Version (0701 2008/07/01 update Description Maximus II Formula 0701 Bios....Improve Memory compatibility )

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

[Chri$ch]

Got my Board today



short FSB test



and now prime...

[WaterFlex]

Chri$ch



Wow! Great work! I will buy Maximus II Formula on Monday, and my Xeon 3110 will rock too with low voltage !!!

[Logos]

@ Waterflex...glad to hear you're getting one soon, but please avoid including pictures when you quote someone: that makes the thread unreadable and much longer to load for everyone, hope you understand. Too many people still do that and that's really annoying. Just delete the img strings in the quoted part of your post before you post it. Thanks.

also you can read that:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=191970

[WaterFlex]

P45>>>X38&X48! Agree?

Hope, I`ll reach PL=7 on M2F!