ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Copenhagen69]

is the 0901 legit? or a beta?

whats is suppose to do?

[Leeghoofd]

they are always legit alpha or beta... if ya hesitating don't flash it and wait the official release... running alpha and beta biosses can always be a risk...

[Solarfall]

Maximus 2 under Dry ICE

E8500 + 2x 3870 X2 CF + Maximus 2



But the VCore was only 1,8V, not 1,92V





We had a problem, our power supöy was to weak, so we can not go over 5,15 Ghz, yesterday we try it with a P5E Deluxe Board and one 3870X2, we can run 5,25 Ghz with only 1,7V.


The next session will come, then we take a stronger power suply

Here more Pics:

hey Seewolf i noticed the same broblem when i played with my cascade and E8500.. when i set the voltage to 1.8 it shows in cpz and in the bios voltage monitor page as 1.92v..weird !!
anyways if you wanna try to get little bit higher.. try these settings

5.4ghz
ram to 1:1
cpu voltage: 1.725v
ppl:1.51v
FSB termination voltage:1.325v
NB: 1.4v

everything else on auto

i could boot with those settings to 5.5ghz aswell

[Seewolf]

hey Seewolf i noticed the same broblem when i played with my cascade and E8500.. when i set the voltage to 1.8 it shows in cpz and in the bios voltage monitor page as 1.92v..weird !!
anyways if you wanna try to get little bit higher.. try these settings

5.4ghz
ram to 1:1
cpu voltage: 1.725v
ppl:1.51v
FSB termination voltage:1.325v
NB: 1.4v

everything else on auto

i could boot with those settings to 5.5ghz aswell

Thx, I will try it on the next DICE Session


I was very suprised when I opened CPU-Z and saw 1,92V


The problem was the 750 Watt power suply, yesterday we tried it with one 3870 X2 on a P5E Deluxe and the E8500 was running 550x 9.5 @ 1,7V

Learning by doing, the next session will come


Anybody tested the new Beta BIOS ?

[cstkl1]

[Baxxxter]

My Maximus2 came with no contact between heatsink and NB at all. Practicaly ZERO contact. First thing, i removed the heatsink and aplied MX-2 thermal compound on the NB and SB. After that i had a lot better temperatures, but still wanted to get something better. A friend of mine had the EK NF4 waterblock from his last motherboard and didnt need it anymore. So he gave it to me, here is a preview what came out:



New holes were made in the original acrylic top and used the original screws. Results are cool and quiet.

[jordinho]

installed 0901, unstable with my oc settings. reverted back to 0802

[genec57]

The fun and frustration of OCing never seem to end.
I have a nice stable OC of my E8500 at 4.0, 4.2, and 4.4. Temps and voltage get a bit nuts at 4.4 but oh well,
The problem today is with resuming from sleep mode.
The first time it enters sleep after bios setting changes everything is normal. The second time the system powers up briefly (no video) and then begins a restart but hangs prior to boot. I have to clear bios to boot the system. If I run at standard settings the system awakens from sleep normally every time.
I can certainly live without sheep mode but it is a convenience and I would just plain like to find the answer. The problem at this point is with a 4.0 OC with 424fsb and 9.5. I have increased vCsore to 1.36 with no improvement. I have good stability at a vCore of 1.34.
Thanks,
Gene

[mr-rob]

My Maximus2 came with no contact between heatsink and NB at all. Practicaly ZERO contact. First thing, i removed the heatsink and aplied MX-2 thermal compound on the NB and SB. After that i had a lot better temperatures, but still wanted to get something better. A friend of mine had the EK NF4 waterblock from his last motherboard and didnt need it anymore. So he gave it to me, here is a preview what came out:



New holes were made in the original acrylic top and used the original screws. Results are cool and quiet.

Nice work

[dctokyo]

installed 0901, unstable with my oc settings. reverted back to 0802

You do understand that if you did a BIOS update, that you should clear and re-set your CMOS and not use your old OC settings but make new ones :confused:

[kadozer]

Anyone with a quad hit 4.0 ghz and above with this board?

[jordinho]

You do understand that if you did a BIOS update, that you should clear and re-set your CMOS and not use your old OC settings but make new ones :confused:

what makes you think i didnt load defaults? practically same as 0802, so went ahead and keyed in my usual settings.

[nettwerk2006]

One thing that BIOS 901 fixes for me is CPU Vtt voltage. Now when I select a voltage in BIOS it actually gives me that result.. If I select 1.24 it gives 1.24.

In all previous BIOS if I select 1.24, it gives 1.34!

[Solarfall]

Anyone with a quad hit 4.0 ghz and above with this board?

yeah i can easilly hit above 4ghz with a qx 9650 on intels stock cooler

[mr-rob]

Anyone with a quad hit 4.0 ghz and above with this board?

Yes
With 2 Q6600, e8400, X3350.

[Danger30Q]

I just set my board up yesterday and I made sure to tighten the NB screws on the back of the board with 2 wrist turns per screw. I haven't OCed yet but the NB temps are showing about 40 degrees.

On another note, I really want an E8600!! They need to arrive in the USA now!

[Copenhagen69]

CS... what program gives you those readouts likes that? ... on the bottom of your pic ...

[WhiteFireDragon]

its the probe software included with the maximusII

[jordinho]

yes it is. should be under the utilities tab

[GaBBa-Gandalf]

i tried the nwe beta bios 0901 right now... the system isn`t stable anymore


Bios 0901:
9x333 = 3000MHz @ 1,088V prime error after 1 min


Bios 0802
9x335 = 3015MHz @ 1,088V primestable


so i can`t recommend the 0901 - for me the 0802 ist still the best version

[kadozer]

Yes
With 2 Q6600, e8400, X3350.

Just the info I was looking for. Thx. Did a search for q6600 in this thread it's mostly wolfdales and I was looking to run prime95 on Watercooling @8x500

[kadozer]

Noob Northbridge heatsink pipe question: Is it one piece that is attached to the southbridge? I want to watercool the NB does it come off easily and can anyone please post a pic with how it looks off? thx

[Copenhagen69]

Just the info I was looking for. Thx. Did a search for q6600 in this thread it's mostly wolfdales and I was looking to run prime95 on Watercooling @8x500

haha ya there are a lot of wolfies out there ...
but quads seem to be doing pretty good themselves on this board

[nettwerk2006]

for some reason i'm not able to use bootable CD's on this board. Vista and XP installation CD's boot up fine, but if I use a memtest CD, or Hiren's BootCD, they do not load... any one else experience this problem and know how to fix it?

[Copenhagen69]

for some reason i'm not able to use bootable CD's on this board. Vista and XP installation CD's boot up fine, but if I use a memtest CD, or Hiren's BootCD, they do not load... any one else experience this problem and know how to fix it?

thats weird ... memtest booted right up ...

you got your boot priority set to cd rom first?