ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[klataa]

No matter what I do I cannot get Games Stable. At Stock speeds,

I ran memtest for 30 loops no errors

Ive tried ATI 4870, GTX 280 Video Card Both New Vista 64 installs

but I can Run OCCT and Prime 95 for 12hrs with no errors

Again I am trying to Run my Q9550 At Stock


What else can it be?

Meaby its stupid but did u tried to reinstall drivers or windows?

[Seewolf]

Very good trick from Chrisch to solve the High NB Temps:



I put a small ring for more pressure (0,5mm) under the 2 screws of the North Bridge HP at the backside and my temperatures are now 35C, before there was 55C or higher !

[vega22]

@Xdbeach
I have this MB, and the same mems (gskill 8800) and the same q9550. I can´t run OCCT stable @ 400FSB with Vcore=VID=1.250, PLL=1.5, NB=1.1, SB=1.1/1.5, and RAM 1:1/1.89v. All normal values. What are your values?

The high temps in NB are because bad mount sink. I've managed this tightening the screws sharply, especially the two just below the NB

[vertices]

Can anyone confirm that they can run Memtest86 for hours without errors on this board? If so, what memory are you using?

[X2beach]

I can run memtest for 24hrs running Gskill Pc8800 Ram

but I cannot Do anything 3d Releated Games or Aero

[jVIDIA]

Anyone with using 2x2GB with PL=7 @ fsb >= 450 ??

Specialy using a Quad.

Everest screens please

[cstkl1]

ok guys solved the NB temp problem
temps still holding at 40C at the moment
brought it down estimate 10C

From this

to this

[zuess]

I have this board on order, and i will remove the heatsinks and apply new thermal paste but would
like to know if i should apply any shims or washers for better contact?

Thanks

[cstkl1]

hmmm damn tx-2 wasnt as good as5 onces it cured.. CPU

[Gunnz Akimbo]

i got mine today.

how tight should i make the screws on the back of the board.

ive already tightnened them, and notice there is not too much give on the VR heatsinks now.

before, there was alot of play.

The screws are quite loose to start with, its kinda like the TRUE120 - real tight = better.

Havn't installed it yet, its 4am and had a demanding night at work.

[Chri$ch]

my final setting

[jVIDIA]

Chri$ch, what is the PL value that you have there and can you post an Everest Memory Benchmark please ?

[Ellipsys]

I just bought one of these myself - it will be here either tomorrow or early next week.

I'm planning to use it with my Q6600, 4gb (2x 2gb) Gskill DDR2, and for the moment a Nvidia 7900GTX. Any compatibility problems noted?

All of this is going in my new Armorsuit P80 case (really, its one of the best cases I've ever owned) However, I'm still using a SilverStone Nitrogen NT06 heatsink - I'm worried that this isn't going to fit over, or will run into the heatsinks on the board.

Any ideas?

[jVIDIA]

see here my sig system : http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1449

very similar to yours

[VapourWare]

@Xdbeach
I have this MB, and the same mems (gskill 8800) and the same q9550. I can´t run OCCT stable @ 400FSB with Vcore=VID=1.250, PLL=1.5, NB=1.1, SB=1.1/1.5, and RAM 1:1/1.89v. All normal values. What are your values?

The high temps in NB are because bad mount sink. I've managed this tightening the screws sharply, especially the two just below the NB

too tight may break the chip...

[klataa]

too tight may break the chip...

Hello. My board is in my PC right now I want to set my QX9650 stable at4000mhz. Can anyone explane me how to use CPU GTL settings? I hat abit quad GT and there was difrent...

[lsevald]

Anyone having any luck reaching 500MHz FSB with 4GB RAM and a quad in this board? I'm running all the timings, GTL and clock skew settings at auto currently, and 492FSB seems about max I can run with some stability (495MHz -> almost instant freeze in P95).

[Gunnz Akimbo]

Up and running.

8GB DDR666 auto config'd.
Q6600

No voltage tweaks.

No crashes yet.

1 Problem, no 3D or Aero desktop, what could it be?

[Copenhagen69]

@lsevald
yes i got my FSB to 500 multi 8 @ 4GHz with 4GB of ram ... as for stable .... not soooo much but its good as long as i dont do anything intense on it haha


quick question ... which BIOS should i get the All OS or the DOS to flash. just now getting around to getting the 0701 ... right now i think im on like 0503 or something like that ...
ALSO .... would you recommend using their easy flash thing or through dos?

[yobi]

new bios 801 Improvie Memory compatibility

download
http://rapidshare.com/files/12930097...rmula-0801.zip

[mr2sw21]

I am not sure if it is my mobo of something else but when I push the power button to turn on my pc it will on for like a second then it is totally off after about 2 or 3 second it will turn on itself. Seem like something wrong, is it my mobo?

[Leeghoofd]

I am not sure if it is my mobo of something else but when I push the power button to turn on my pc it will on for like a second then it is totally off after about 2 or 3 second it will turn on itself. Seem like something wrong, is it my mobo?

Does this happen when you power on the pc for the first time ? and you have disconnected it fully from any power: then it's normal... It's been with Asus since day one with the P5W ... something to do with chipset strap settings...

[mr2sw21]

Does this happen when you power on the pc for the first time ? and you have disconnected it fully from any power: then it's normal... It's been with Asus since day one with the P5W ... something to do with chipset strap settings...

oh I see, yes I just unplug all the wire for some stupid reason that it happen I will try o turn it off and on later tomorrow, and see if it will happen again with out unplug anything. Thanks man.

[Gunnz Akimbo]

Got mine all sorted.
Just gotta do all the tweaking now.

Lots of IRQ's in device manager...VistaX64
Disabled LAN1 and using LAN2 to move the IRQ onto its own.

Played Test drive unlimited, worked fine and fast @2560x1600.
Using my X-Fi Platinum in 2nd PCI slot, works good.

177.40's are the drivers i'm using, they re-enabled Aero.

[klataa]

new bios 801 Improvie Memory compatibility

download
http://rapidshare.com/files/12930097...rmula-0801.zip

Is this official or beta??