**Official ASUS Striker II Formula Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide/BIOS Thread**

[The0men]

first of all, thanks for the quick reply.

i measured it with all programs i can think of. cpuid hwmonitor, speedfan, everest etc... all latest version.

i have now set my fsb to 1333 again (stock), and manually set vcore voltage in bios to 1.15V and it booted fine, yet, all these programs now show my Vcore voltage to be around 1.65 (which i'm pretty sure it has been since i got it from the shop). any idea how that can be?

it may be worth mentioning that the 3.3V voltage is not reported by EVEREST, is reported by speedfan as 0.0 (which must mean it can't get the value?) and shows in the bios as 3.9V... this lead me to believe at least that sensor is faulty, since apparently EVEREST and speedfan have problems with it... but then again, i may be wrong.

ps. wolfdale is 45nm.

I realise wolfdale is 45nm, thats why I said not even 65nm, as 65nm safe daily voltage is higher being a bigger process.

Dw about the 3.3, thats not whats going to kill CPU, when in bios, what does bios report in the HW monitor? as your vcore?

Just a thought but try Asus PC probe, probably was supplied on your drivers disk.

Also, what BIOS are you running?

[justinkb]

I realise wolfdale is 45nm, thats why I said not even 65nm, as 65nm safe daily voltage is higher being a bigger process.

Dw about the 3.3, thats not whats going to kill CPU, when in bios, what does bios report in the HW monitor? as your vcore?

Just a thought but try Asus PC probe, probably was supplied on your drivers disk.

Also, what BIOS are you running?

thanks for the quick reply again, bios says 1.65V ish for Vcore voltage. bios version is 1401.

i will try ASUS PC Probe now and get back to you in a few minutes.

edit:

Vcore shows as 1.73V in ASUS PC Probe, +12V as 15.49V, +5V as 5.07V, +3.3V as 4.08V, all others look ok. the cpu temperature meter seems bugged, since often it reports 255 degrees celcius (lol). (CoreTemp shows both cores as around 32 degrees C stably now, under no load)

[MaTr1x]

Ok I've built this PC as in my sig a few days ago. No problems whatsoever except that updating the BIOS from 0902 to the 1501 hosed my freshly installed Windows XP (BSOD's to registry errors). Anyway since I've put a TRUE black 120 on this Striker II Formula my CPU stays cool (32C idle - according to BIOS and RealTemp), but the NB and SB don't get much airflow and get REAL HOT. They both get 80C idle! I noticed this since I started OC-ing my E8400 and couldn't get it stable, even at 3.4GHz. No wonder since I was priming and the NB reached 105C(!) and the PC froze ofcourse.

Today I have moved one of my VGA's to the white slot to make room for a 80mm fan which now is blowing full speed at the NB and SB and now the NB is 61C idle and the SB is 64C idle. But now this silent PC has become unbearable with the loud 80mm fan. Do you guys have problems with these chips and what have you done to lower the temps except putting waterblocks on them ofcourse?

BTW this 1501 BIOS is a bit quirky since it sometimes doesn't remember my manually set FSB and then resets to default and also if I manually put the memory to 1066Mhz it sometimes reverts back to 666(?) after a reboot, and I have PC8500's. And in one case I had to set the CPU multiplier back to 9x in the BIOS since it was at 6x. Do you guys have these same symptoms with 1501 and have these been fixed in 1601?

[MaTr1x]

Well looks like 1501 didn't like my PC... I prepared the BIOS for the update to 1601 by loading defaults in the BIOS, and then it froze while booting in XP, tried everything, clearing CMOS and such, was no way to boot in XP, Vista did work though.
I've updated the BIOS to 1601, reinstalled XP and now running 3.6GHz at stock Voltage, SB and NB now 80C idle and cooled by the 80mm fan @7V, still high, but it's working. And BIOS now remembers correctly my unlinked FSB(1600) and memory settings (1066).

[Guacamole]

Sorry for bing lazy but has there been a bios that fixes the media player issue??? My computer runs awesome except for this one issue does anyone know if this has been addressed??????

[Kevin1970]

Ok I've built this PC as in my sig a few days ago. No problems whatsoever except that updating the BIOS from 0902 to the 1501 hosed my freshly installed Windows XP (BSOD's to registry errors). Anyway since I've put a TRUE black 120 on this Striker II Formula my CPU stays cool (32C idle - according to BIOS and RealTemp), but the NB and SB don't get much airflow and get REAL HOT. They both get 80C idle! I noticed this since I started OC-ing my E8400 and couldn't get it stable, even at 3.4GHz. No wonder since I was priming and the NB reached 105C(!) and the PC froze ofcourse.

Today I have moved one of my VGA's to the white slot to make room for a 80mm fan which now is blowing full speed at the NB and SB and now the NB is 61C idle and the SB is 64C idle. But now this silent PC has become unbearable with the loud 80mm fan. Do you guys have problems with these chips and what have you done to lower the temps except putting waterblocks on them ofcourse?

BTW this 1501 BIOS is a bit quirky since it sometimes doesn't remember my manually set FSB and then resets to default and also if I manually put the memory to 1066Mhz it sometimes reverts back to 666(?) after a reboot, and I have PC8500's. And in one case I had to set the CPU multiplier back to 9x in the BIOS since it was at 6x. Do you guys have these same symptoms with 1501 and have these been fixed in 1601?

Well I understand the frustration with noise. It seems that i can't escape that either, more so cause it's the summer. My video cards get to 100c when playing some intensive games. I've noticed alot less heat thus fans can be turned down durring the cooler months. But heat and humidity doesnt help much with this board. I'm planning on replacing the cooling on the video cards which should help. the intake fans on my case make noise. But the rest of the fans dont make much noise. I got a fan on the chipsets. I guess it helps cause my temps are in the 50's. Never tested without, so no idea.

[The0men]

Seriously the only way I found to keep this board cool was have the CPU and GFX card on liquid so as to stop those two major
components dumping any heat into the case, I had loads of crossflow from lots of S-FleX 1600rpm (120mm)...

And even with all of that I still managed to melt a nice hole about 1 inch diameter under one of the
mosfet coolers...

Still waiting for my RMA, I sent away for that OVER 2 MONTHS AGO.....

I'm soo annoyed I hardly want to even think about this board, and no more Asus or Gigabyte boards for me
time to get something different.

[molotov]

Well looks like 1501 didn't like my PC... I prepared the BIOS for the update to 1601 by loading defaults in the BIOS, and then it froze while booting in XP, tried everything, clearing CMOS and such, was no way to boot in XP, Vista did work though.
I've updated the BIOS to 1601, reinstalled XP and now running 3.6GHz at stock Voltage, SB and NB now 80C idle and cooled by the 80mm fan @7V, still high, but it's working. And BIOS now remembers correctly my unlinked FSB(1600) and memory settings (1066).

hey matrix, although the stock nb and sb HS is not that good,
they are not as bad as in your case!
Before changing to HR-05 IFXs, stock nb/sb hs still give me less than 60C without fans...

In your case, it may be possible to improve by removing the whole stock
nb/sb heatsink from the mobo and REPLACE the thermal interface material
(TIM) which cost you around ten bucks... I heard many cases that the stock
TIM added by asus has already harden and even detached from either side
(chips / HS) in DAY 0~ of coz an ultimate solution may be get them
replaced by some BIGGER chipset HS lolz....



These give me 42°C and 34°C on NB and SB respectively when idle on 4.7G~

[molotov]

hi guys, i got a question for you just got a striker ii formula a few weeks ago and i've been having fun OC'ing my E8400 (and my two 8800GT's in SLI). i'm a bit worried though about my Vcore voltage. i haven't done any volt mods or anything but it shows up as over 1.8V (sometimes near 1.9V!), and my 3.3V voltage shows as around 3.9V. temperatures and stability is fine, and i'm just using stock fan to get it to 3.74GHz (from 3GHz). now, what i'm thinking is, that the voltage reported is erroneous. how likely is it that a bunch of the sensors on the motherboard are broken? or is there probably really 1.9V on my cores?

temperatures never exceed 75 under full 2h orthos load, and it never errors out then either. hope you guys can give me some of your insights i should probably mention that Vcore voltage shows as very high when the E8400 isn't even overclocked either. (at stock speed it shows as about 1.8V also)

First of all, using stock fan to oc is not that good I think.
Second, 1.58V in CPU-Z already bring my E8400 to 4.7G~
When I first start OCing, it only needs 1.2V to reach 3.75G

How come yours use 1.8-1.9V? It's abnormal!!!! Be careful~

[hmetro24]

^^^^^
hey molotov can u write ur volts in bios or pic in bios thx man
btw did u bought mofset hs tooo ???
take off ur gfx card and take a pic if u can

[hmetro24]

any 1 have problem with the sound ??
sound is weird now , i dunno if its after 1601 or before any 1 can help

[molotov]

^^^^^
hey molotov can u write ur volts in bios or pic in bios thx man
btw did u bought mofset hs tooo ???
take off ur gfx card and take a pic if u can

Core Speed 4702.5
Loadline Calibration Enable
CPU volt 1.675
cpu-z vcore loaded 1.586
PLL 1.62
VTT / FSB 1.38
DIMM 1.9
NB Core 1.5
SB Core 1.55
1.2 HT 1.55
Bridge Core 1.2
CPU GTL 30
NB GTL -30
DDR GTL 30
Mode Link
Ratio 1:1

[MaTr1x]

hey matrix, although the stock nb and sb HS is not that good,
they are not as bad as in your case!
Before changing to HR-05 IFXs, stock nb/sb hs still give me less than 60C without fans...

In your case, it may be possible to improve by removing the whole stock
nb/sb heatsink from the mobo and REPLACE the thermal interface material
(TIM) which cost you around ten bucks... I heard many cases that the stock
TIM added by asus has already harden and even detached from either side
(chips / HS) in DAY 0~ of coz an ultimate solution may be get them
replaced by some BIGGER chipset HS lolz....

Hi thanks for your reply. Yes I was thinking of replacing the TIM, I still have some Arctic Silver 5, and also OCZ Freeze here to use, so I have to do that in a while I guess.

And yes replacing the stock nb/sb hs by HR-05 IFXs would be even better But I think that it won't fit here, I also have a TRUE (black), I use push-pull and also have SLI so I don't think I have enough room for it, and I haven't even installed the X-Fi card in the only PCI slot left, so even less room if I install the X-Fi, see picture:



Do you think I can still fit HR-05 IFXs?

Also what brand is that mosfet hs you use?

And BTW nice OC!

[funk32]

Hey guys, I am new to overclocking Intel's and its been about 5 years since I overclocked. I am having trouble with my bios not booting with what i changed, it just boots with no overclocking, if i change the FSB and "save and exit" it boots as if i didnt change it.

Also i would like to know a baseline to start with the voltages. i havnt seen anyone on here with a QX6800 i got it very cheap any hints and help would be great. oh i am on aircooling for now. waiting for more parts to my liquid cooling to come in.

[EvoCarlos]

Hey guys, I am new to overclocking Intel's and its been about 5 years since I overclocked. I am having trouble with my bios not booting with what i changed, it just boots with no overclocking, if i change the FSB and "save and exit" it boots as if i didnt change it.

Also i would like to know a baseline to start with the voltages. i havnt seen anyone on here with a QX6800 i got it very cheap any hints and help would be great. oh i am on aircooling for now. waiting for more parts to my liquid cooling to come in.

hey
as for overclocking what are you trying to get
what is the core speed/multy/vid
have a look @ my posts on page 46-47 they may help a bit

as for the saveing isue i had this same problem
it started with bios 1401 ever since it was loaded it just guffs out on save
its seams to as tho its a bois issue even going back to 907 bios it still plays up i give up with it i do no that my cpu will save @4ghz from 2.4 1st time but if i try 3ghz no save and it defaults all the memory settings

and one thing i did notice that before i went to 1401 when changing cpu speed it came up on screen NEW CPU DETCTED but now i have to reset as it wont boot then it goes about the right way try'd 1601 bios and have to say i cant get 4.5 as i did with 1301

also i just like to say this mobo SUCKS yet again will a bios that works ever be released??

RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[funk32]

hey
as for overclocking what are you trying to get
what is the core speed/multy/vid
have a look @ my posts on page 46-47 they may help a bit



as for the saveing isue i had this same problem
it started with bios 1401 ever since it was loaded it just guffs out on save
its seams to as tho its a bois issue even going back to 907 bios it still plays up i give up with it i do no that my cpu will save @4ghz from 2.4 1st time but if i try 3ghz no save and it defaults all the memory settings

i was looking at hitting 4.-4.5ghz when my the rest of my water blocks come in. so for now i was thinking with the ocz cooler 3.5-3.7 should be ok.
right now stock she sits at 2.9 multi is 11,

I tried saving it the other day and it changed the multi to 14 setting it too i think 3.7ghz(i didnt even touch the thing) but it only stayed like that for 2 or 3 boots and then back down to 11. weird
this is everything set to auto. just to show you what im starting at:

[holystarlight]

Forget about changing the multi, for best performance change the FSB, and you might have to change the voltages for the CPU instead of leaving them on auto, and also use Everest for accutane readings, i have noticed CPUz and HWMonitor dont show the right voltages with this MB

[Marios]

i was looking at hitting 4.-4.5ghz when my the rest of my water blocks come in. so for now i was thinking with the ocz cooler 3.5-3.7 should be ok.
right now stock she sits at 2.9 multi is 11,

I tried saving it the other day and it changed the multi to 14 setting it too i think 3.7ghz(i didnt even touch the thing) but it only stayed like that for 2 or 3 boots and then back down to 11. weird
this is everything set to auto. just to show you what im starting at:

In case you overclock and there is no boot, BIOS restores FSB and multi at defaults.
So your overclocking was not stable.
Try to set all gtlrefs at +30 with more CPU voltage (try to find your CPU stable limit), 1.4v NB and 1.4v 1.2ΗΤ.

[Dunderhoken]

Processor: QX9650
Cooling: : Zalman Reserator XT
Chass: : Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS
Speed: QDR 1600x10.5 = 4200Mhz
Vcore: 1.44v


24\7 Running !

Idle:29\29\29\29
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/4525/idlebk6.jpg

Max temp 2h cod4: 45\37\37\33
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1...erhokenbt5.jpg




1601 BIOS

[EvoCarlos]

In case you overclock and there is no boot, BIOS restores FSB and multi at defaults.
So your overclocking was not stable.
Try to set all gtlrefs at +30 with more CPU voltage (try to find your CPU stable limit), 1.4v NB and 1.4v 1.2ΗΤ.

i think you missed what we both said the bios wont even save the settings this is well before oc fail.

i was looking at hitting 4.-4.5ghz when my the rest of my water blocks come in. so for now i was thinking with the ocz cooler 3.5-3.7 should be ok.
right now stock she sits at 2.9 multi is 11,:

it looks like people have answered your questions while i was away lol

also i agree with cpu-z fails @ cpu vcore readings and with the change fsb instead of multy nb and sb and cpu volts with all need ajusting for 3.5-3.7

i found out that >1.8volts to my q6600 is not good lol is was a bit smelly still working @ the moment lol

[Marios]

i think you missed what we both said the bios wont even save the settings this is well before oc fail.

No, this is different. We have already talked about it. Didn't you manage to solve it yet and overclock as you wish?

it only stayed like that for 2 or 3 boots and then back down to 11

[EvoCarlos]

ahh i must off mist that post found it now and try'd to install the 1601 bois with AWD it has fixed the saving issue but it dont boot @ 4.5 even with the cpu @1.75 volts as with bios 1305 i had 1.68v and 4.5 its odd keeps poping up BSD memory mangment with the ram @ link'd and sink'd 500mhz 5-5-5-15-2t 2.2v
i give up i dont think i will ever buy an asus mobo thats nforce chipset again its nice but to many problems

[Marios]

Do you really need 4.5GHz to play games and you are not satisfied?

[EvoCarlos]

Do you really need 4.5GHz to play games and you are not satisfied?

yeah but its not that i want to play games @4.5 i want it to boot would be a nice start then some more like 4.7

[hmetro24]

any new bios 1601 sux big time
freeze sound . pc wont start