ASUS Striker II Extreme

[tekjunkie]

This is what I could do with my E3110 and my OCZ DDR3-2000 4 GB sticks. BTW, my E3110 sucks big time, it takes 1.45V in Bios with LLC to hit 4GHZ






@Rob could you please PM me where you got the Rampage Extreme

[Warboy]

realcyberghost, can you give me a link on where i can buy those fans in that pic, I really want some of those screw support fans!

[slim142]

Warboy, those are Antec Spot Cool fans. They are everywhere

Also tek, you are stressing the heck out of your motherboard, could you post some voltages? Are you finally stable?

[tekjunkie]

Warboy, those are Antec Spot Cool fans. They are everywhere

Also tek, you are stressing the heck out of your motherboard, could you post some voltages? Are you finally stable?

I am stable with my E3110. I am testing with my QX9650 now @1800 linked and synced.

E3110 voltages(2000x8)

Vcore - 1.45 in BIOS with LLC enabled
VTT-1.34
PLL-1.6
VDIMM-1.9 @ 9-9-9-28 for DDR3-2000
VSPP-1.46
VMCP-1.55

Everything else @ defaults with EIST and C1E disabled and all spread spectrum disabled

[slim142]

Do you have P1 and P2 enabled? Those are known to bring complete unstability, but a lot of performance gain if you get the system stable.

[tekjunkie]

Do you have P1 and P2 enabled? Those are known to bring complete unstability, but a lot of performance gain if you get the system stable.

Yep P1 and P2 enabled

[slim142]

So you didnt have a bad board after all as I can see...

[Dawkinz]

So you didnt have a bad board after all as I can see...

I dont mean to sound like a nub, but how do you know if the board is bad? Is there a test?

My setup:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
RAM: OCZ Reaper HPC DDR3 PC3-10666
Mobo: Asus Striker II Extreme
Video Cards: 2X EVGA GTX 260 in SLI
HDD: 3 X 500 Gig Seagate in RAID 5 (off mobo)

I have been following this thread trying to get my mobo to work. What happens is sometimes (not all the time) my mobo gets that problem you guys describe where the screen locks an I have to hard boot. Whats odd is that I can play games for hours or days without this happening. Sometimes this happens right after boot on windows screen. Could this be bad RAM or odd voltages because its not at a set time after boot?

So far these are my voltages:
NB- 1.46
SB- 1.5
Memory - 1.74 (board overvolts) 6-6-6-18-2T
I noticed P1/P2 are on Auto, is this a problem?

Any Ideas? I leave for college in like 3 weeks so an RMA would be hard for me.

Thanks so much,
Kevin

P.S. -- I am not looking to OC right now, I need it 100% stable so I can work on it without franticly saving ever 10 seconds so I dont loose my work by the dreaded hard lock.

[slim142]

I dont mean to sound like a nub, but how do you know if the board is bad? Is there a test?

Well not really, but tek spent a long time trying to get it stable, and after hours of trying, it looks like he finally achieved stability with the Xeon.

[realcyberghost]

I dont mean to sound like a nub, but how do you know if the board is bad? Is there a test?

My setup:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
RAM: OCZ Reaper HPC DDR3 PC3-10666
Mobo: Asus Striker II Extreme
Video Cards: 2X EVGA GTX 260 in SLI
HDD: 3 X 500 Gig Seagate in RAID 5 (off mobo)

I have been following this thread trying to get my mobo to work. What happens is sometimes (not all the time) my mobo gets that problem you guys describe where the screen locks an I have to hard boot. Whats odd is that I can play games for hours or days without this happening. Sometimes this happens right after boot on windows screen. Could this be bad RAM or odd voltages because its not at a set time after boot?

So far these are my voltages:
NB- 1.46
SB- 1.5
Memory - 1.74 (board overvolts) 6-6-6-18-2T
I noticed P1/P2 are on Auto, is this a problem?

Any Ideas? I leave for college in like 3 weeks so an RMA would be hard for me.

Thanks so much,
Kevin

P.S. -- I am not looking to OC right now, I need it 100% stable so I can work on it without franticly saving ever 10 seconds so I dont loose my work by the dreaded hard lock.

I checked your ram and the default voltage is 1,85, so you are undervolting your RAM quite a bit I think. Even if you get +0,4 with the board you will have 1,78 ...

Besides that your RAM is equiped with EVP which allows to go to 1,9v and your warranty wont be voided.

So I suggest you put your volt to at least 1,82 in your bios wich would result in 1,86 max effective

Don't know if that is your problem tho, undervolting RAM would normally result in freezes, other memory problem symptoms are blue screens and temporary ( sometimes permanently ) corruptions on files, but these symptoms are mostly related to too high frequencies.

Hope you get this stuff solved, and remember, dont always blame the board :p

greetz

[Fusion2002]

I'm all back up now, turns out I did corrupt Vista. I did find a 64 bit Vista installation and my cd key worked perfectly. Thanks for the tip! I'm really glad I dont need to RMA ram

[TheRoyalty]

I dont mean to sound like a nub, but how do you know if the board is bad? Is there a test?

My setup:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
RAM: OCZ Reaper HPC DDR3 PC3-10666
Mobo: Asus Striker II Extreme
Video Cards: 2X EVGA GTX 260 in SLI
HDD: 3 X 500 Gig Seagate in RAID 5 (off mobo)

I have been following this thread trying to get my mobo to work. What happens is sometimes (not all the time) my mobo gets that problem you guys describe where the screen locks an I have to hard boot. Whats odd is that I can play games for hours or days without this happening. Sometimes this happens right after boot on windows screen. Could this be bad RAM or odd voltages because its not at a set time after boot?

So far these are my voltages:
NB- 1.46
SB- 1.5
Memory - 1.74 (board overvolts) 6-6-6-18-2T
I noticed P1/P2 are on Auto, is this a problem?

Any Ideas? I leave for college in like 3 weeks so an RMA would be hard for me.

Thanks so much,
Kevin

P.S. -- I am not looking to OC right now, I need it 100% stable so I can work on it without franticly saving ever 10 seconds so I dont loose my work by the dreaded hard lock.

Hi Dawkinz,

I use the same ram kit and if you're running stock settings, keep the voltage @ 1.84 or 1.86. Change the timings to 6-5-5-18, can tighten them up a little bit from what you're currently using and use 1T instead of 2T, (2T is usually used if OC'ing the mem). Also leave P1 & P2 to auto since you are running stock for now, that is usually enabled when higher bus speeds are in use.

Good luck.

[Dawkinz]

Hey all,

Thanks so much for the replies! I tried what both TheRoyalty and realcyberghost suggested and my lockups became even more frequent (even Blue Screened which has never happened before).

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...666_reaper_hpc

Thats the Ram in using currently, wouldnt my old timings / voltages be what they need?

This is my first build so I could be wrong... Also, my CPU voltages are all on Auto, I am using a Q9450, does anyone use that core and have stable voltages I could put in to try?

Thanks so much for you help,
Dawkinz

[TheRoyalty]

Hey all,

Thanks so much for the replies! I tried what both TheRoyalty and realcyberghost suggested and my lockups became even more frequent (even Blue Screened which has never happened before).

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...666_reaper_hpc

Thats the Ram in using currently, wouldnt my old timings / voltages be what they need?

This is my first build so I could be wrong... Also, my CPU voltages are all on Auto, I am using a Q9450, does anyone use that core and have stable voltages I could put in to try?

Thanks so much for you help,
Dawkinz

Aaah different kit there, my apologies almost forgot there are 2 different reaper editions.

[skinnee]

I'm all back up now, turns out I did corrupt Vista. I did find a 64 bit Vista installation and my cd key worked perfectly. Thanks for the tip!

No problem!

BTW, you'll know you've corrupted your 64bit install when out of nowhere it wants you to activate again and won't take your key. Happened to me twice before RMA'ing my board. I will be using disk imaging from here on out, was so hopped up to get going I didn't take any image on the first three installs.

[Whizzer]

I'm having a problem with this board and an E8500 (likely OEM, purchased it from someone else). It won't boot/POST and the LCD reads CPU INIT, which I am quite aware of is a horrible problem ever since the days of the original Striker Extreme. However with a Q6600 G0 and E4400 ES, it works perfectly fine. I think I may have to RMA the board. BIOS version is 0901. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

[Trigger5521]

Wonder if there are going to be anymore BIOS revisions? PMP...any word?

[slim142]

But everything is really stable with 0901 so far

If they could improve memory and cpu overclock, that would be great

[tekjunkie]

Well not really, but tek spent a long time trying to get it stable, and after hours of trying, it looks like he finally achieved stability with the Xeon.

This is with my QX9650 and my OCZ DDR3-2000



One of the cores crapped out after almost 3 hours, so it's not totally stable but I am getting there. The only thing different I did was put all the settings in Auto for my OC and see what voltages I get in the BIOS and use that as a reference point. Also, this board could be so finnicky/sensitive about what RAM sticks is being like the 680i Striker.

I am curious about how my OCZ DDR3-1600 EB sticks would perform with the same settings or with increase in just the Vdimm voltages. If that goes well, I am planning to put both my OCZ sticks on and test 8GB with different kind of modules. That would be really interesting.

[MikeMK]

But everything is really stable with 0901 so far

If they could improve memory and cpu overclock, that would be great

I dont think its quite there... very nearly but not quite. Im still having some random stability issues. 14hrs prime stable, ran memtest overnight - no errors, I can game for hours sometimes, but then occasionally the PC will just cutout compeletely. No BSOD or anything, it will just restart. Cant understand it. It'll happen sometimes when im doing nothing but web browsing, really odd. Ive been tweaking and testing this specific problem for 2 weeks now!

Oh, and Slim, hows the watercooling going? My board is now done, but one of my 280s had to be RMA'd so not got the GPU loop up and running yet.

[slim142]

Well it might be Loadline Calibration. Try disabling it and find your vcore spot. Remember Anand report?

Well I just got my Feser 480 , is tellin me "abuse me" so bad, but I cant since I need all the other parts.

[Warboy]

Zowner is hopefully getting a new bios for us on tuesday.

[realcyberghost]

Hey all,

Thanks so much for the replies! I tried what both TheRoyalty and realcyberghost suggested and my lockups became even more frequent (even Blue Screened which has never happened before).

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...666_reaper_hpc

Thats the Ram in using currently, wouldnt my old timings / voltages be what they need?

This is my first build so I could be wrong... Also, my CPU voltages are all on Auto, I am using a Q9450, does anyone use that core and have stable voltages I could put in to try?

Thanks so much for you help,
Dawkinz

Oh damn, I did not know there were 2 versions of that RAM, so yes, you are using the correct settings and voltages for your RAM.

Also stick to 2T as long as you have not fixed your stability issues.

Enabling P1 and P2 is fine, and 100% stable if you are not overclocking, unless you have defective hardware.

But I could not find what Bios you are running, I strongly suggest you upgrade the bios if it is not 0901. Make sure you use Phoenix Award BIOS flash tool version 1.33 , and not the auto update crap.

This means however that you need to boot into DOS with a DOS ( Win98 ) boot disk ( floppy ) and put the bios and flash tool on another floppy.
If you dont have a floppy drive, then you can do it with an USB stick, making it DOS bootable is not so easy tho ( perhaps it got easier these days, dunno )

You can download both the Bios 0901 and the flash tool from Asus, http://support.asus.com/download , there choose motherboard, socket 775 and Striker II Extreme.

After the flash, you could test again.

Freezing issues generally mean undervoltage.

You can set the following bios settings and voltages manually :

AI Overclock tuner : Manual
CPU Multi : 8
FSB Memory Clock mode : Linked
FSB Memory ratio : Sync mode
FSB QDR mhz : 1333
LDT freq : 5x
PCIE 1 + 2 : 100
PCIE 3 : 100
MCP - SPP : 200
SLI ready memory : disabled

P1 + P2 : Enabled
tCL (CAS Latency) : 6
tRCD (RAS to CAS Delay) : 6
tRP (Row Precharge) : 6
tRAS (Active to Precharge Delay) : 18
Command per clock : 2T
Subtimings ( advanced memory settings ) all on auto

CPU Voltage : 1.3625 ( try auto 1st )
Loadline Calibration : Disabled
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.52 ( try auto 1st )
CPU VTT Voltage : 1.26 ( try auto 1st )
Memory Voltage : 1.74
NB Core voltage : 1.48 ( try 1.46 1st )
SB Core voltage : 1.50
GTL and DDR3 all on auto

CPU Internal Thermal control : Auto
Limit CPUID MaxVal : Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled
Virtualization Technology : Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech : Disabled
CPU cores all enabled

Spread spectrum controll : All disabled


The voltages I gave you here are higher then normally needed, but it may be possible something needs voltage then regular or that the board undervolts some things.

If these steps did not work, then you probably have some defective hardware.

For testing the RAM, you can try switching slots ( try both the white and blue slots ) and try using only 1 stick of RAM.

You can test the RAM with Memtest for windows : http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
You will have to run 4 instances of the program, each testing 900 MB, this gives you the quickest results.
Running 10 loops ( 1000% ) flawlesly ( no errors ) means your RAM is good.

You can also test your CPU with Prime95, Small FTT is best for CPU stress testing, Blend is good for a combo of RAM and CPU. Run each 12 hours flawlesly and you are pretty stable.

Also you should tell us your temperatures, you can use Everest for that, I got version 4.50.1426 beta, this shows CPU temp ( not reliable I think ), Core temps ( these are ok ), SPP and MCP ( these are good, and I am most interested in these ).

For CPU and Core temps you could use speedfan.

For the rest, it is hard to test without spare hardware, but if you pass these tests I am pretty sure your CPU and RAM are good.


I hope you get it stable.


Greetz

[realcyberghost]

Okay here an update on how I am doing with my 8GB oc :

Bad, very bad

With my 1st pair of 4GB in white slots OR my second pair of 4GB in blue slots, I can OC to 1815 mhz synced 100% stable with following settings :

AI Overclock tuner : Manual
CPU Multi : 8
FSB Memory Clock mode : Linked
FSB Memory ratio : Sync mode
FSB QDR mhz : 1815
LDT freq : 5x
PCIE 1 + 2 : 100
PCIE 3 : 100
MCP - SPP : 200
SLI ready memory : disabled

P1 + P2 : Enabled
tCL (CAS Latency) : 9
tRCD (RAS to CAS Delay) : 9
tRP (Row Precharge) : 9
tRAS (Active to Precharge Delay) : 26
Command per clock : 2T
Subtimings ( advanced memory settings ) all on auto

CPU Voltage : 1.45
Loadline Calibration : Disabled
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.62
CPU VTT Voltage : 1.36
Memory Voltage : 1.94
NB Core voltage : 1.66
SB Core voltage : 1.55
GTL and DDR3 all on auto

CPU Internal Thermal control : Auto
Limit CPUID MaxVal : Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) : Disabled
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled
Virtualization Technology : Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech : Disabled
CPU cores all enabled

Spread spectrum controll : All disabled

My voltages are pretty high, but my temps are good so I don't worry too much about them, and I will try to lower the voltages for daily usage.

I can get almost stable at 8-8-8-25 timings, so perhaps with some GTL tweaking it will be possible.

Now as soon as I try with the full 8GB the system comes to its knees, and I can't get anything stable except 1333 mhz synced ( so far ).

I also noticed that loosening the timings above 10-10-10-27, the system wont post, so 11-11-11-28 isnt possible ( it is possible with 4GB tho )
Which I find strange ...

I also tried increasing NB voltage to 1.70 and VTT to 1.38, but that doesnt help.

Setting TRC and TFAW to 39 doesnt help either, should I increase TFAW even further?

And finally setting TRFC to 78 did not help either.

I hope anyone have any suggestions, cause I am lost


Greetz

[slim142]

Try 1.58 for NB?
I found once that increasing the NB voltage too much sometimes is worse than actually leaving it where it is and I think 1.66 is just too much.