X48 Rampage Formula Preview.

[SirDaemon]

wich problem?

I'm not having that problem because I don't have pci/pci-e raid controller, I use ICH9R, but seems that at least bios 0406 and 0408 cause the board not to post when pci/pci-e raid controller is installed.

[bigslappy]

my overclock was unstable after 10 hours of prime & i found out why .. & it all so explained why the CPU volts were going DOWN when in Prime Blend It was the load line cali..... I disabled it & now it rock stable temps went up 2 c per core but they stay at 50 c or lower at all times in Prime Blend ..I also lowered the volts some across the board but am still at the same Mhz

;p ...... ;-)

[003]

Thats odd. My voltage sits like a ROCK with LLC enabled (not the slightest budge up or down), regardless of the load I administer.

[mikeyakame]

Ditto with mine. Perhaps is the PSU struggling on one of the rails causing it?

[mikeyakame]

u guys have to remember, the rampage formula has a .1 Drop on VTT. meaning you type in 1.38 VTT, and get 1.28 Real. so you could probly up it a bit

With LLC enabled. I set 1.40V and I get 1.47V lol, guess every board differs.

[panheimer]

Also mine, with llc enabled, when i set 2.4 in bios, everest reads 2.6....does LLC affects also VTT?

[Vivi]

Do not use LLC that thing is dangeorus lol. nah i've heard reports of LLC screwing up OC's and things.
but thats only what ive read.
next weekend im putting LN2 on rampage NB, anyone know the Coldbug of Rampage?

[traveler]

Hmm, you could be plugging the cable in the wrong way, but I doubt. Why don't turn the cable over and plug it in and see if that helps.

I called Asus tech support.

Since the floppy drive and the Memtest86 floppy disk would boot and work fine everytime in another computer, Asus tech support said to try the cables included with the Rampage extreme.

So I opened the package with the floppy ribbon cable and connected it and put the Asus Rampage Formula CD into the optical drive. After POSTing, the CD menu asked if I wanted to make a driver disk and to put a blank formatted disk into drive A; I said yes and did. The message appeared "cannot read from drive A"

So there it goes.

[003]

Also mine, with llc enabled, when i set 2.4 in bios, everest reads 2.6....does LLC affects also VTT?

No it only affects vcore.

[mikeyakame]

Well technically Loadline Calibration only applies to vCPU as per Intel spec papers but the way Asus implement it via the VRM circuitry it affects all voltages. The only way they can do it without drop it seems is to assume a value of drop and regulate more voltage than required, bleeding off over charge to ground?

[Vivi]

you are too clever

[jakku]

We have topic with Rampage Extreme ? :?

[mikeyakame]

I figured out the reason for an annoying issue I've had for a while! My GTX280 has always had the occasional weird problem where it would jsut drop the video signal randomly and I'd have to reboot to get the display adapter back. So I was playing about last night with my bios and memory timings on the GTX280 and it clicked that the PLL Reference Clock Freq on the 280 is 108MHz and then I looked a little deeper and noticed that the PLL ref clocks were slightly higher than supposed to, well by < 0.5 but > 0.0. I had realised I'd done something w2hich made it better or worse as I've played with the Rampage many a time but never could put my finger on it. Turns out PCI-E Frequency with around -5 or +3MHz of the PLL on the GTX280 and you get weird issues from USB device lag, to timeouts on PCI-E bus and even display adapter not recovering frequently. So I confirmed this by manually setting SB PLL to 1.55V, CPU PLL to 1.68 and PCI-E frequency to 108Mhz. Bang keyboard lock ups (cross talk between the SB and the 280.) Jacked it up to 112MHz. Problem completely gone so far. SInce the ICHxR are roughly safe upto 117-118MHz, there is a little give there.

All the wasted hours and head scratching figured out by forgetting about it. Wish more problems solved themselves with little effort on my part!~

[3oh6]

We have topic with Rampage Extreme ? :?

my OC Report thread seems to have become the resident Rampage Extreme discussion thread. lot's of guys with boards are posting lots of useful information in it so head over here...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=196683

[systemviper]

Just got my Rampage Formula, going to put it under all water with good Koolance blocks...
I am excited, Had to order so new fittings, seems some of the blocks still have M12 threads...
So they will come on monday.

I just don't like those compression fittings, is there a secret to getting hoses on them, I put the outer screw-on part over and up the hose then i put the hose on the fitting, but it is so hard to get that compression part back down to the threads. So i like the standard fittings because of that...

here is the beginning look.
also got me 2 4850's to play a little crossfire on it....

[bigslappy]

Ditto with mine. Perhaps is the PSU struggling on one of the rails causing it?

No i do not think that's it... as i ran that 750 single rail PSU with even more drives & pumps never a problem on my other R/F with my QX9770 .. it's such a wierd O/C anyway No telling what is up with it ...but it really gives me something to work with on trying new ideas on this board ... but then agin the Q9450 is a very wierd cpu anyway that's why it's headed for retirement by Intel

[sirheck]

Do not use LLC that thing is dangeorus lol. nah i've heard reports of LLC screwing up OC's and things.
but thats only what ive read.
next weekend im putting LN2 on rampage NB, anyone know the Coldbug of Rampage?

I had a SS phase which got my Q66 to around -40c. at idle.

[DEFLORATOR]

systemviper
What revision do lately shipped RF have? Still 1.00G?

[Malik]

I have question to this users of Asus Rampage Formula which have gtx280/260. Is there any problem to put this card in first slot ? I heard that this capacitor is a problem.

[RealTelstar]

I have question to this users of Asus Rampage Formula which have gtx280/260. Is there any problem to put this card in first slot ? I heard that this capacitor is a problem.

No, I have it there.

[Malik]

Big thanks for answer

[bigslappy]

Big thanks for answer

Malik > post some Pix of your setup with this MoBo > when u get it up & running I SOOO like yer work ...

[Malik]

Malik > post some Pix of your setup with this MoBo > when u get it up & running I SOOO like yer work ...

Ok Now i must decide which GPU choose for my project.

[zicada]

Starting to get a pretty decent and stable setup now.
Can run hours in OCCT. The temps generally never change. Only have the CPU and the memory modules under water. The heatsink on the mobo is untouched.


Here are the settings i USE:

AI Overclock Tuner.............................. Manual
CPU Ratio Setting............................... 8.0
FSB Strap to North Bridge....................... Auto
FSB Frequency................................... 500MHz
PCI-E Frequency................................. 110MHz

DRAM Frequency.................................. DDR2 – 1201MHz
DRAM Command Rate............................... 2N
DRAM CMD Skew on Channel A...................... Auto
DRAM CMD Skew on Channel B...................... Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A...................... Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B...................... Auto
DRAM Timing Control............................. Auto
DRAM Static Read Control........................ Enabled
AI Clock Twister................................ Stronger
AI Transaction Twister.......................... Manual

Common Performance Level.................... 07
Pull-In of CHA PH1.......................... Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH2.......................... Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH3.......................... Disabled
Pull-In of CHA PH4.......................... Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH1.......................... Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH2.......................... Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH3.......................... Disabled
Pull-In of CHB PH4.......................... Disabled

CPU Voltage..................................... 1.4250V
CPU PLL Voltage................................. Auto
Northbridge Voltage............................. 1.59V
DRAM Voltage.................................... 2.34V
FSB Termination Voltage......................... 1.40V
South Bridge Voltage............................ Auto
SB 1.50V Voltage................................ Auto
Loadline Calibration............................ Enabled
CPU GTL Voltage REF............................. 0.63x
NB GTL Voltage REF.............................. 0.67x
DRAM Controller Voltage REF..................... Auto
DRAM Channel A Voltage REF...................... Auto
DRAM Channel B Voltage REF...................... Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum............................. Disabled
PCI-E Spread Spectrum........................... Disabled

[bigslappy]

Ok Now i must decide which GPU choose for my project.

I suggest the 4870X2 OC when they come out !