ASUS Striker II Extreme

[OBR]

Whats about your RMA slim? I am pretty happy with my EVGA mobo ... 450MHz FSB on QX9650 without any issue and 4x 1GB at 1800 24-8-8-8 ... great stable stuff with GTX 280 SLI

[slim142]

what happened to your G.Skill kit?

I can boot with one stick or both, but once I start windows, I have ~5 mins before they give me BSoD. Both sticks with stock settings with 1.86v (1.92 real).
I thought it was something else, but I ran Memtest86+ in DOS and one stick gives me errors on Test#4 and the other on Test#5.

Third time a kit fails on me from G.Skill. Btw I have D9JNL and I think this are known to overclock really bad even though they are Micron. I have seen on the Xtreme Bandwidth thread that most people are getting D9JNM and D9GTS so I hope I get one of those two ICs on my new kit

Whats about your RMA slim? I am pretty happy with my EVGA mobo ... 450MHz FSB on QX9650 without any issue and 4x 1GB at 1800 24-8-8-8 ... great stable stuff with GTX 280 SLI

At least those are the good news, I left the computer playing 4 movies and when I came back, everything was normal 4th movie was about to end (of course SLI enabled)

I dont know if ASUS did the magic, or BIOS 0901 together with 177.40 and 15.17 (Tris from ASUS forums told me to use this) but I think is finally fixed. Now I just need to RMA my RAM and begin overclocking again

[Anemone]

OBR you prefer the EVGA to the Striker2?

[skinnee]

I have seen on the Xtreme Bandwidth thread that most people are getting D9JNM and D9GTS so I hope I get one of those two ICs on my new kit

My 2x2GB kit is D9JNM, haven't really had a chance to OC them yet...grrr.

My RMA with ASUS is still waiting for approval. Although, I may end up buying the EVGA board as well.

[slim142]

My 2x2GB kit is D9JNM, haven't really had a chance to OC them yet...grrr.

My RMA with ASUS is still waiting for approval. Although, I may end up buying the EVGA board as well.

ASUS is really fast, I thought it was going to take longer than 2 weeks.

So you also got JNM, I think they are ok, havent heard anything negative from them.

[slim142]

For everybody
What is the max voltage for the NB under water? (Safe for 24/7)

[skinnee]

ASUS is really fast, I thought it was going to take longer than 2 weeks.

I hope so, being without a main machine is driving me bonkers!!!

So you also got JNM, I think they are ok, havent heard anything negative from them.

I haven't really seen any OC results either, let me know what you find.

[slim142]

I hope so, being without a main machine is driving me bonkers!!!

I know how you feel, Im living it right now.

I haven't really seen any OC results either, let me know what you find.

I hope I get GTS, there is a low chance I know, but at least JNM would be great. I dont think I would like another JNL

[leathal]

Has ASUS turned faced and released a stable board finally? After getting my hands on the Striker Extreme which I have to RMA to Asus this weekend I saw a lot of complainst and people who have RMA's the Striker Exterme (and XFire boards) along with the Striker II boards, that I wonder if I the Striker II Extreme I have not opened yet will be plagued with the same problems?

Leathal

[slim142]

Has ASUS turned faced and released a stable board finally? After getting my hands on the Striker Extreme which I have to RMA to Asus this weekend I saw a lot of complainst and people who have RMA's the Striker Exterme (and XFire boards) along with the Striker II boards, that I wonder if I the Striker II Extreme I have not opened yet will be plagued with the same problems?

Leathal

It depends, I dont know if they really fixed my board or if the combination of drivers+BIOS I have solved it, but I believe (want to keep testing more) Im finally free of SLI issues.

IMO, Only buy Striker boards if you are willing to spend time finding the OC spot. My recommendation: Load BIOS defaults and manually imput your RAM voltage ONLY, if you are stable then you are a lucky guy with a good working board. Oc is another story.

[leathal]

It depends, I dont know if they really fixed my board or if the combination of drivers+BIOS I have solved it, but I believe (want to keep testing more) Im finally free of SLI issues.

IMO, Only buy Striker boards if you are willing to spend time finding the OC spot. My recommendation: Load BIOS defaults and manually imput your RAM voltage ONLY, if you are stable then you are a lucky guy with a good working board. Oc is another story.

My Striker Extreme has to be RMA'd, it wouldn't even post with my Q9450 with bios revision 0902 and after I did get it post with my old C2D 1.8Ghz and download and install the 1504 bios successfully it refuses to post after that, even after I pulled everything out including the battery for 6 hours.



So to me it's really getting the board stable from the time it leaves the manufacture until you install it and turn it on with all the defaults enabled that I am questioning here.

Leathal

[slim142]

There is a sticky on the Striker Extreme section. I remember I thought my board was dead, then after around 3 months with no PC and trying for days to bring it back to life, I followed the first or second example (cant recall) of CPU INIT thread and when I powered my board after 2 hours, it came back to live. Since then, I have leave it how it is, BIOS 1004 and Im NOT planning on upgrading the BIOS or keep overclocking it, trusth me.

[leathal]

There is a sticky on the Striker Extreme section. I remember I thought my board was dead, then after around 3 months with no PC and trying for days to bring it back to life, I followed the first or second example (cant recall) of CPU INIT thread and when I powered my board after 2 hours, it came back to live. Since then, I have leave it how it is, BIOS 1004 and Im NOT planning on upgrading the BIOS or keep overclocking it, trusth me.

Yeap. Not sure were this sticky is that you are refering too but I too pulled the battery, psu, cards, cables, and set the clr cmos jumper to 2&3 and pushed the clr cmos button in... Let it sit for 6 to 8 hours while I slept and reversed everything today to find out nothing had changed.

So I gotta call Asus tomorrow... I hear ther customer support is the s, hopefully it's not worse than lexmark!

Leathal

[slim142]

Yeap. Not sure were this sticky is that you are refering too but I too pulled the battery, psu, cards, cables, and set the clr cmos jumper to 2&3 and pushed the clr cmos button in... Let it sit for 6 to 8 hours while I slept and reversed everything today to find out nothing had changed.

So I gotta call Asus tomorrow... I hear ther customer support is the s, hopefully it's not worse than lexmark!

Leathal

As an Asus mod, I have to help you and even if I wasnt, I would . I know how you feel, freakin CPU INIT

This is the thread
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

And this is what I followed

1.unplug the computer from the AC
2. unplug from the mobo the ATX12v and the EATXPWR
3.remove the bios battery wait 30 secs {dont put it again)
4. move clrcmos jumper to enable position {meaning jumper in pins 2-3}
and wait 30 secs.
5. press and HOLD the clrcmos switch for 30 secs then relase,{now clrcmos is clring the cmos} you are going to let the switch in tht position for 2 hrs.. this is very important or it wont work
6. After 2 hrs, press the clrcmos switch to turn it off {dont change the clrcmos enable jumer to disable) leave it enable.
7. connect only the next devices to your computer. 1 sata drive, 1 ide drive, 2 ddr2 dimms in blue slots, 1 video card. 1 striker extreme audio card. and 1 ps2 keyboard {usb wont do} and connect all pc fans
8. recheck that nothing expet the hardware mention above is connected.
9.plug the atx12v and the eatxpower connector and pcie aux if needed
10. put in the cmos battery
11. connect your computer to the ac
12. turn on the pc, and after 3 secs, your going to start hiting {del} in your keyboard, not to fast, 1 click per sec. do more and u will disable the keyboard.
13. asumming the computer boots and enter the bios, go directly to your ram configuration and set voltage to memmory specification (ultra important!!) if you dont set correct voltage to your ram u will get cpu init again in next reboot
14. boot and go to asus and download the new bios 1301 i think it is, and flash your bios. recheck memmory voltage has not been changed

I tried it 2 times before actually getting it with more stuff than I needed, then I decided to follow the guide and I got my PC to turn on! so FOLLOW AS YOU READ!!!

[leathal]

As an Asus mod, I have to help you and even if I wasnt, I would . I know how you feel, freakin CPU INIT

This is the thread
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

And this is what I followed



I tried it 2 times before actually getting it with more stuff than I needed, then I decided to follow the guide and I got my PC to turn on! so FOLLOW AS YOU READ!!!

Thanks for the link, I actually read that last night on my other computer and followed it closely, with the exception that I gave it 6 to 8 hours instead of 2, when I turned the machine on and pressed or held the DEL key it would not boot at all. The bottom line is if you buy a new motherboard you should not be having to spend more then a could of hours to get it working otherwise it there is a serious flaw in the way it was manufactured and it should be replaced.

Imagine if your car worked this way? The car maker would be bankrupt right now I am sure!

Leathal

[nuclearjock]

It depends, I dont know if they really fixed my board or if the combination of drivers+BIOS I have solved it, but I believe (want to keep testing more) Im finally free of SLI issues.

IMO, Only buy Striker boards if you are willing to spend time finding the OC spot. My recommendation: Load BIOS defaults and manually imput your RAM voltage ONLY, if you are stable then you are a lucky guy with a good working board. Oc is another story.

Slim, what forceware and bios have you settled on??

Also, could you post your system specs??

[razzer]

Hi all,

Above mentioned are two new bios, 0902 and 1004. Where can I find these?

Thanks so much!

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See post below. I didnt catch that they were for SE not SE2, my bad.

[Tyke]

Hi all,

Above mentioned are two new bios, 0902 and 1004. Where can I find these?

Thanks so much!

Those bios files are for the Striker Extreme not the Striker II Extreme!!

[leathal]

Those bios files are for the Striker Extreme not the Striker II Extreme!!

Sorry for contributing in taking this thread in a different direction. The Striker Extreme BIOS can be found easily by going to ftp.asus.com /pub/mb/stricker extreme (I think - typo intended)

Leathal

[slim142]

Thanks for the link, I actually read that last night on my other computer and followed it closely, with the exception that I gave it 6 to 8 hours instead of 2, when I turned the machine on and pressed or held the DEL key it would not boot at all. The bottom line is if you buy a new motherboard you should not be having to spend more then a could of hours to get it working otherwise it there is a serious flaw in the way it was manufactured and it should be replaced.

Leathal

Well then you might have a different problem. There are more steps in that thread and more explanation on how to bring it back to live. I recommend you try all of them as they say.
Now Leathal I ask you to please stop the Striker Extreme conversation now because this is seriously going off topic. PM if any questions.

Slim, what forceware and bios have you settled on??

Also, could you post your system specs??

I have BIOS 0901 and will keep this one since I like it a lot.

Specs
Intel Q9450
thermalright ultra 120 extreme
S2E (lol)
G.Skill 2Gbs HZ series RAM (Black heatspreader)
2 8800GT Superclocked
Prelude 7.1
LG Super multi blue
ASUS DRW-2014L1T
Sony floppy
Corsair 750
WD Raptor
Raptor X
Western digital 500gb
Maxtor 500gb

and thats basically it, I also have 5 yate loon fans and my Akasa multi-function panel with thermaltake xpeakers. I will post some pictures of my case soon

[tekjunkie]

Guys give me a hand

I need a Ram kit for ~$200-$300. Preferibly OCZ or Corsair. Needs to be 1600Mhz or higher.
My G.Skill died and I wont buy G.Skill again so I need a good brand ram.

Any suggestions??

Slim, I got these. I will post back with the results.($358.50 after MIR for 4GB DDR3-2000 is not bad at all)

[Tyke]

Slim, I got these. I will post back with the results.($358.50 after MIR for 4GB DDR3-2000 is not bad at all)

Had a bad experience with OCZ on this board, will be really interested in how you get on. Good luck.

[Trigger5521]

!*&#^!@#^!@#^!@* my package arrived today but guess what!!! the bitspower compression fittings for tygon tubing are so fricken huge they will not fit on the D-Tek fusion, SB or NB ek blocks. the only thing the will fit on is the mosfet blocks. I'm steaming right now, have to check when I get home and see if I have enough spare fitting kicking around the patch it together.

Rant off.

To stay on topic, my 1702 settings are running on air, but it's hot!.

[slim142]

Slim, I got these. I will post back with the results.($358.50 after MIR for 4GB DDR3-2000 is not bad at all)

Thanks tek, but I have decided I will RMA my kit and save money for a European company that sells kick-ass memory. I wont buy cheap memory from now on.

Had a bad experience with OCZ on this board, will be really interested in how you get on. Good luck.

OCZ kinda convinced me with the Reaper 4Gb 1600Mhz 7-7-7-20 kit, but I decided to move on.

So whats up with your new S2E? Does it overclock good? Any issues?

!*&#^!@#^!@#^!@* my package arrived today but guess what!!! the bitspower compression fittings for tygon tubing are so fricken huge they will not fit on the D-Tek fusion, SB or NB ek blocks. the only thing the will fit on is the mosfet blocks. I'm steaming right now, have to check when I get home and see if I have enough spare fitting kicking around the patch it together.

Rant off.

To stay on topic, my 1702 settings are running on air, but it's hot!.

More waiting? I really expected to see your system done soon, but I guess I wont.

[Fusion2002]

Any of you able to exceed 1800 MHZ on your memory? It seems that I'm unable to get past about 1825 linked and synced.