ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Gunnz Akimbo]

801 fixed the SATA device priority of the Speeding HDD ports to Device6, so now it should be listed as the last drive during a new windows install, instead of the first drive, which is how it should of been.

Im more concerned with chipset functionality over OC.

The drives displaying as IDE in device manager are still there, perhaps a P45 driver update will fix it.

And its not set as IDE on bios, its set as AHCI in bios, so it quite odd.

I did a prime 95 with a lowly 266FSB, and it hit 52*C. Quite high, so i dont think the heatspreader is making proper contact, even though i tightened all the screws on the back to a point where they wouldnt turn without severe force.

[Seewolf]

You must put a rings under the screws of the NB Heatpipe, for more pressure.


My NB temperatures are not over 40C under Prime, before I put two rings under the screws, they was 64C....

[Gunnz Akimbo]

Yer, i will do that on the weekend.

The thread depth inside the heatspreaders must stop the screws penetrating any further.

[lsevald]

Finally got the q9450 to 500x8 with some stability

[Seewolf]

Nice result


Can you post some BIOS Screen, with your settings, please ?

[lsevald]

Sure Most settings are on auto though, and I haven't optimized the voltages, so some are probably higher than necessary.

[nettwerk2006]

I know this isn't very extreme but i'm happy so far with the result with my Q6700.