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

[HousERaT]

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seems this nb needs some cold to push 600fsb.

That's sweet. Is that on air or colder?

[ZenEffect]

That's sweet. Is that on air or colder?

just on air.

[Oldtimer2]

Guys Please Help.....

Ive been trying for hours to flash my bios using the steps on page 1 to the rampage. After i boot into dos i type the command and it says" It cant read the .rom file". Any ideas? I have done this before im not a noob

Second problem. Rapidshare isnt letting me download Does anyone have the 1004 bios for the formula??? (That is the best one right) It isnt on the asus website. Good news is that my raid is hooked up, and the matrix slice is flying

I have the same trouble?? please help me figure this out, i was using Rampage 0403 bios and 0401 each time it say cant read Rom file??

[ZenEffect]

I have the same trouble?? please help me figure this out, i was using Rampage 0403 bios and 0401 each time it say cant read Rom file??

its case sensitive. plus make sure you use all the switches /pbnc /n

[HousERaT]

I just did the flash. Make sure that the /iRF0403.ROM looks like that. It didn't work the first time for me because I didn't use caps.

Anyone care to put up their Rampage settings for a wolfdale, high fsb and D9GHM memory?

[chad]

Ive tried every single rampage bios, and still cant get it to flash in dos. Can anyone give us two some insight on how to clear this up. Well I tried the 1004 maximus bios and that was a big mistake, unstable, random restarts. I then went a head a tried the 1201, I had the same issues with this also. I am going back to 907 untill I get this rampage issue sorted out I even renamed the rom file to "1.rom" and that still didnt work "afudos/i1.rom/pbnc/n" no good On the brighter side raid is working

[ZenEffect]

Ive tried every single rampage bios, and still cant get it to flash in dos. Can anyone give us two some insight on how to clear this up. Well I tried the 1004 maximus bios and that was a big mistake, unstable, random restarts. I then went a head a tried the 1201, I had the same issues with this also. I am going back to 907 untill I get this rampage issue sorted out I even renamed the rom file to "1.rom" and that still didnt work "afudos/i1.rom/pbnc/n" no good

use spaces

aufdos /i1rom.rom /pbnc /n

[Lestat]

nevermind i am an idiot i need to read the 1st post
(this is a prime example of why i have that Stewie gif in my sig)

[Oldtimer2]

use spaces

aufdos /i1rom.rom /pbnc /n

That worked THANKYOU something so simple, now I have Rampage bios 0403

[Lestat]

Ive tried every single rampage bios, and still cant get it to flash in dos. Can anyone give us two some insight on how to clear this up. Well I tried the 1004 maximus bios and that was a big mistake, unstable, random restarts. I then went a head a tried the 1201, I had the same issues with this also. I am going back to 907 untill I get this rampage issue sorted out I even renamed the rom file to "1.rom" and that still didnt work "afudos/i1.rom/pbnc/n" no good On the brighter side raid is working

your drive speeds are all over the space...!!?? (what do you have 2x60gb drives in raid zero? 102gigs, thats a wierd number)
this is typical if you do not have the intel storage matrix manager installed and write back cache ENABLED.
you need to install that then enable advanced mode then right click each of the arrays you created and enable write back cache...

also use HDTune not HDTach, HDTune is a much more accurate test.
takes longer but its a better test.
I've seen HDTach give some pretty wacko results.
look at yours.. those speeds, 500mb/sec 400mb/sec are impossible.. no drive is that fast in terms of Sata.
and you have no sustained speed either, its just all over the place. (which is probably the write caching issue.

these pictures show my setup (i believe the sharp dips in my tests are because i have multiple partitions in my Raptor setup)
3x 36gb Raptors in raid 0 and 2x 500gb in raid Zero
write caching enabled.

[chad]

Praise the lord
It worked!!!! I forgot to put the space after "pbnc/n" "pbnc /n" Oh man what a day. I have 4xWD 3200aaks, that was with the 100gb matrix slice. That was the quick bench in hdtach. Thanks guys problem solved

[Grnfinger]

I just did the flash. Make sure that the /iRF0403.ROM looks like that. It didn't work the first time for me because I didn't use caps.

Anyone care to put up their Rampage settings for a wolfdale, high fsb and D9GHM memory?

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 489
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1174
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 30
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

Write to PRE Delay : 14
Read to PRE Delay : 5
PRE to PRE Delay : 1
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : 5
ALL PRE to REF Delay : 5

DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Stronger
Transaction Booster : Manual
Common Performance Level [7]

Pull-In of CHA PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH5 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH4 Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH5 Disabled


CPU Voltage : set what your cpu needs
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.53
North Bridge Voltage : 1.49
DRAM Voltage : 2.12
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.24
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63X
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67X
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

[zlojack]

4300MHz 1147ram with Dram static enabled, twister strong, PL7

This is Maximus 1102 bios

Is that with the G.Skills?

[Grnfinger]

yes,
volts to 2.12 ( bios ) = 2.2 actual
trfc to 55/60

they get very hot without any cooling so I have a fan blowing on them, they seem to clock well just need alot of volts to go beyond stock settings

[zlojack]

yes,
volts to 2.12 ( bios ) = 2.2 actual
trfc to 55/60

they get very hot without any cooling so I have a fan blowing on them, they seem to clock well just need alot of volts to go beyond stock settings

Nice stuff.

I'll have to play with my sticks a bit more. They don't seem to want to post at tighter timings beyond about 470 FSB.

I'd love to see your settings for that bandwidth!

[chad]

Is that with the G.Skills?

Those are nice clocks Grnfinger are those with these. If not can you give me a linkhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

[Grnfinger]

Nice stuff.

I'll have to play with my sticks a bit more. They don't seem to want to post at tighter timings beyond about 470 FSB.

I'd love to see your settings for that bandwidth!

I'll post them shortly, wating on Asus atm and I'm home alone with 2 kids

Those are nice clocks Grnfinger are those with these. If not can you give me a linkhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

yes thats them

[cadaveca]

2 Kids. LoL. 4 of my own now, 6 later in the day. Ain't life grand?

[zlojack]

^^ Ooh... that's tough.

Well, I hope Asus plays nice. I'll be waiting to hear from you.

That's why my wife and I only have one kid...that way we're never outnumbered!

[Zucker2k]

^^ Ooh... that's tough.

Well, I hope Asus plays nice. I'll be waiting to hear from you.

That's why my wife and I only have one kid...that way we're never outnumbered!

Seems like you still have room for one, going by that logic.

[zlojack]

Seems like you still have room for one, going by that logic.

Ah...but then we can never be separated...

[Zucker2k]

Ah...but then we can never be separated...

Gotcha!

[ZenEffect]

if i ever have kids im going to name them AS5, DFi, or Asus...

[Grnfinger]

if i ever have kids im going to name them AS5, DFi, or Asus...

I was thinking on changing mine to Dimm 1 and Dimm 2

[Zucker2k]

I was thinking on changing mine to Dimm 1 and Dimm 2

BSOD anyone?