ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[WaterFlex]

Oh, ok then. Will go shop on this week. Hope, my temps will be ok.

[dctokyo]

Is anyone running a E8600 on this board yet, just pickup the board and E8600 with the new E0 stepping

[genec57]

I got one yesterday and am still testing. Stable at 440*10 @ 1.26v
450*10 appears stable @ 1.32 but temps are ranging around 70c.

[dctokyo]

I got one yesterday and am still testing. Stable at 440*10 @ 1.26v
450*10 appears stable @ 1.32 but temps are ranging around 70c.

What BIOS are you running?
I was told that I need to have the 802 or higher to be able to run this CPU.

Would like to know your seetings for ( Stable at 440*10 @ 1.26v)

[genec57]

Bios 0901
All settings other than Vcore and ram temp (2.15 for dominators) are at auto. I would like suggestions for other settings particularly to get to a lower than 1.31 vCore for 4500.

[dctokyo]

Bios 0901
All settings other than Vcore and ram temp (2.15 for dominators) are at auto. I would like suggestions for other settings particularly to get to a lower than 1.31 vCore for 4500.

Thanks genec57,
Did the board come with the 0901 Bios? I was told that I will need to make sure the board is running at least the 0802 Bios to use this CPU.hoping that it will boot for me to upgrade to the 0901.

Also did you tighten your heat-sink screws under the board, I have read here that the NB runs hot because the contact is not good.
I just tighten mine just in case.

[genec57]

Thanks genec57,
Did the board come with the 0901 Bios? I was told that I will need to make sure the board is running at least the 0802 Bios to use this CPU.hoping that it will boot for me to upgrade to the 0901.

Also did you tighten your heat-sink screws under the board, I have read here that the NB runs hot because the contact is not good.
I just tighten mine just in case.

As I recall the board came with the 0701 bios. I had resume from sleep issues with the 0801 so I flashed the 0901 and am quite happy with it .

[dctokyo]

As I recall the board came with the 0701 bios. I had resume from sleep issues with the 0801 so I flashed the 0901 and am quite happy with it .

sorry to ask again, did you run the E8600 on the 0701 BIOS or after you updated?

[xzulu]

Im getting this board soon. I just saw the washer mod on the NB. Do I also have to add washers to the SB? And when the washers are already on do i have to really tighten the screws? Sorry, just making sure

Thanks in advance!

[genec57]

sorry to ask again, did you run the E8600 on the 0701 BIOS or after you updated?

I have run the E8600 only on the 0901 bios. I updated while I was still running the E8500 and have seen no reason to revert.

[Solarfall]

@xzulu ...im pretty sure you will be fine!! just check the temps from bios.. if they are around 40c your ok.

[xzulu]

@xzulu ...im pretty sure you will be fine!! just check the temps from bios.. if they are around 40c your ok.

Alright, will do. Thanks dude!

now to get myself the board....

[GaBBa-Gandalf]

did somebody checked how is the highest fsb with E8600 ?

[bikebuilderdude]

but he said that he turned off both C1E and IST in BIOS so it shouldnt be reducing his multiplier.

Just to let you know there was something wrong with that set up. The new ones work great together. Thanks.

[musasm]

Hello i have an interesting trouble with that motherboard.
I am now on stock speed, no overclocking. I can past any stress tests orthos, memtest, prime95 for hours. No problem but when i try to play games or 3dmark06 i would not survive more than a minute without promptly rebooting the entire system. I tried different Videocard, CPU, memory, PSU. The problem is exactly on either board or BIOS.
Look at these links, reviewers had the exact same problem:
http://www.techspot.com/review/105-a...ula/page9.html
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...d.php?t=194444

Please help me
My config:
Asus Maximus II Formula
Intel E8500
OCZ Reaper 2x2gb 1066mhz
Sapphire Ati HD4870
WD 300gb Velociraptor
Silverstone OP1000

[genec57]

I had a similar problem with this board and an overclocked E8500. It would pass stress testing and then, with no warning, crash while doing simple things like browsing with Firefox with or without bluescreen. Even though it had passed stress it seemed to want more vCore which seemed to help. Since I have upgraded to the E8600 and do not have that problem at all.
I don't really think the issue is chip related. More likely, it is bios/chip related.
You might try the 0901 bios if you haven't already.
A second thought - have you run memtest86 on your ram chips? Also, try imcreasing the voltage on your ram a notch or two.

My present challenge is really crazy temps. Overclocking the E8600 to 4.5 I am getting temps in the mid to high 70s though my vCore is only around 1.35. Everything on the board is barely warm to the touch so I am thinking screwy sensors.

[musasm]

I have bios 0901. I tried all published bioses.
I tried two different rams(ocz and muskin at default speeds). and no solution.

In Turkey we dont have a RMA process that you have.
I can only return it incase it is broken. So i have to try to fix it

[zuess]

I'm having a strange problem with this board.

Approximately 25% of the time that I boot up my system the OS hard drive doesn't boot.

There's no LED activity.

I have to turn off my PSU and then turn it back on, then the hard drive boot's up.

I have checked the cables, looked at the SMART values with Speedfan, HD Tune they show the drive as fine.

I also have a fan on the drive, so i don't think it could be heat.

I'm using bios 802, could a bios update to 901 possible fix it.

Anyone have this experience, or a possible solution?

[genec57]

Sounds like a possibly failing hard drive to me.

[Solarfall]

I'm having a strange problem with this board.

Approximately 25% of the time that I boot up my system the OS hard drive doesn't boot.

There's no LED activity.

I have to turn off my PSU and then turn it back on, then the hard drive boot's up.

I have checked the cables, looked at the SMART values with Speedfan, HD Tune they show the drive as fine.

I also have a fan on the drive, so i don't think it could be heat.

I'm using bios 802, could a bios update to 901 possible fix it.

Anyone have this experience, or a possible solution?

sounds like a failing hard drive to me too..you said that you checked your cables ?? have you tryed booting with a nother sata cable?? if you already have not tryed that, give it a go.

[Legacy]

Has any one used a Q9450 on this board and what results are you getting ?

[zuess]

sounds like a failing hard drive to me too..you said that you checked your cables ?? have you tryed booting with a nother sata cable?? if you already have not tryed that, give it a go.

Thanks for your replies,
I just replaced the sata cable with a new one, it booted up fine.
I guess time will tell if it was the cable or not.
Do you think it's possible the sata controller?

[crazyea]

what kind of hd do you have? this is common with the WD6400AAKS.

[zuess]

what kind of hd do you have? this is common with the WD6400AAKS.

Seagate 7200-10 250gb sata

[mr-rob]

Hello i have an interesting trouble with that motherboard.
I am now on stock speed, no overclocking. I can past any stress tests orthos, memtest, prime95 for hours. No problem but when i try to play games or 3dmark06 i would not survive more than a minute without promptly rebooting the entire system. I tried different Videocard, CPU, memory, PSU. The problem is exactly on either board or BIOS.
Look at these links, reviewers had the exact same problem:
http://www.techspot.com/review/105-a...ula/page9.html
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...d.php?t=194444

Please help me
My config:
Asus Maximus II Formula
Intel E8500
OCZ Reaper 2x2gb 1066mhz
Sapphire Ati HD4870
WD 300gb Velociraptor
Silverstone OP1000

No problems with Games.
I can play with Devil May Cry 4 for hours without any bugs under Vistax64.
(bios 604/)

Has any one used a Q9450 on this board and what results are you getting ?

Look at the results of a X3350 on this thread, it's +/- the same thing.