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

[USFORCES]

Well I decided to get the Evga 780i FTW instead of a Formula and water cool it, since it has some nice options like comos reset ect, like the striker does when overclocking it's a must! Also 8 Phase and VDroop Control
I've had 7 Asus boards 3 of them Striker's and thought I'd give Evga a try hope I like it as much.

[weeriemand]

I got my Striker II formula just a few weeks ago.
I've been playing with some functions in the BIOS since then but when overclocking I'm constantly encountering the samen problem: NB overheat.

Now I know this board get's hot but even though I've installed both chipset fan things and have those both running at max speed I can't get the NB down tot normal temps.

I was wondering if any of you guys found a decent (and not to expensive) solution to cool your boards and then overclock a bit more. As I really want this bord to do 430+ FSB wich it should be able to if I get the cooling sorted out.

[holystarlight]

I got my Striker II formula just a few weeks ago.
I've been playing with some functions in the BIOS since then but when overclocking I'm constantly encountering the samen problem: NB overheat.

Now I know this board get's hot but even though I've installed both chipset fan things and have those both running at max speed I can't get the NB down tot normal temps.

I was wondering if any of you guys found a decent (and not to expensive) solution to cool your boards and then overclock a bit more. As I really want this bord to do 430+ FSB wich it should be able to if I get the cooling sorted out.

I would recommend resitting the heatsink thats on the board, remove the thermal paste completely and use something like OCZ Freeze if you read back on this thread you will see other people that have done the same to lower the temperatures on the NB and SB, for me it worked like a charm, my NB without a fan doesn't go passed 52c, and dont use a conductive thermal paste

[hmetro24]

any new bios ?? nothing in asus site

[holystarlight]

any new bios ?? nothing in asus site

was thinking the same thing, since the 1601 bios is little unstable for some users thought asus would of brought something new out by now

[Dunderhoken]

Bios 1602 avaible om asus download site !

[hmetro24]

http://www.mediafire.com/?vmxvmhdydxt
1602 bios
Striker II Formula BIOS 1602.
1. Patched certain CPU is unable to enter S3 mode.
2. Remove CPU C State Item when CPU doesn't support C2-C4 states.
3. Fix incorrect L2 cache info. Of certain CPU in the BIOS setup.
4. Remove CPU Multiplier option for ratio locked CPU.
5. Patched CMOS checksum error when adjust CPU from C4 mode to C2 mode.
6. Enable C state item when EIST is disabled.
7. Patched CPU Lockfree function failed issue.

[rubber5]

i have problems overclocking my q9450 i can take it to 3.6ghz and it can be prime stable for over 8hours but as soon as i run games or browse the net my rig locks up
Im using the Scythe Orochi Ten Heatpipe CPU cooler but it wont even work at 3.0ghz nither
Im using 1101 bios and stock voltages apart from the cpu witch is set at 1.25volts and i dont know what to do.
My memory is 6400 dominator 2X 1GB at 4.4.4.12t2 @1.8volts and i have a asus gtx280
1gb card

[EvoCarlos]

no new bois's for me mine die'e yesterday power but no beep from 2 diffrent cpus im looking in to it now looks to be a bent pin in the cpu socket im hoping just trying to get all the vasoline out of there lol

[naTTan]

Anyone know if the latest bios is stable?

[nugzo]

Anyone know if the latest bios is stable?

I'm using the 1602 bios with no issues.

[nugzo]

I need some GTL help. I've mainly OC'd dual cores so i haven't paid to much attention to GTL settings. I've been pretty successful OC'ng without knowing how to properly set GTL's. I would just use what others used with similar settings to mine. It's time for me to stop faking and learn more about GTL's. I've been googling GTL and searched here but all the guides ive found are a little confusing. For the most part the settings used in the guides were different than the GTL settings on the S2F. Most had completely different entries in the bios for GTL's, and the few 780i guides i found were reference boards and they had multiple GTL settings...settings for each core. The S2F only has the 1 CPU setting and then the NB setting. . so could somebody please explain to me how to come up with the correct GTL settings for the Striker 2 Formula? I'll be reading thru this thread again in case i missed something and searching the net in the mean time. Thanks For the help!

[Marios]

This is what I did.
I started overclocking by raising the FSB.
The moment I had a no boot, I raised one click each one volt, then I checked all combination of volts, until I had a boot.
In case I still had no boot I checked raising volts, one by one and in cominations, by two, three clicks etc.
This is what I found about GTLref.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1095

[nugzo]

This is what I did.
I started overclocking by raising the FSB.
The moment I had a no boot, I raised one click each one volt, then I checked all combination of volts, until I had a boot.
In case I still had no boot I checked raising volts, one by one and in cominations, by two, three clicks etc.
This is what I found about GTLref.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1095

I'm familiar with everything but GTL. How did you come to the +20 and +30 values you linked me to? Did you use a formula or just change GTL value till stable?

[Marios]

I also started by reading about gtlref. I think it was Anandtech that gave us some formulas? They do not work anyway on this mobo.
The only formula that worked for me was "try and error". I systematically raised one two three clicks each volt alone, then in combinations, to see which gives me a boot.
During the boot sequence I watch the init back panel readings. They change when we are close to a boot. This indicates that the last time I raised the right volt. It helps a lot. At some point I had to raise GTLrefs because even raising a lot the CPU vcore or any other volt had no effect. Try this trick yourself. Actually it will not take a long time. This way you see how raising volts interact to give you a boot. Then you may keep the boot volt settings you found and reduce the FSB a bit to get a stable boot.

Something strange I noticed is that increasing the FSB is proportional to the vcore, even if I keep the CPU frequency low by reducing the multiplier.
For example with my Q6700, I need 1.48v vcore to get a stable 420x8=3360 and only 1.3v vcore to get 337.5X10=3375 (FSB 1350).
I cannot understand why. Why do I need a lot more vcore, when I raise the FSB, for the same CPU frequency ? Any ideas?

[Thakkerson]

anybody here has a before and after temp readings on their nb/sb after applying a new tim? Many thanks!

@Marios
Hmm.. that is kinda weird.

[Garrett]

Did anyone have this board shutting down suddenly?
If I start FurMark then within 5 seconds *BAM* just a complete power-off... this is with bios 1305.
I haven't used FurMark much in the last few months, just added a side-fan to my GTX280 to see how much it helps reducing temps and keeping my ears from going nuts
This shutdown is completely without warning, but like I said I can repeat it at will with FurMark.
This happens with the cpu overclocked to 4,5GHz but also at the stock 3,33GHz (e8600)

It shouldn't be the PSU, it's a Silverstone Strider 750W modular, should be enough for 1 GTX280, 5 harddisks and an overclocked e8600 right?

I'm kind of puzzled here... guess it'll ruin my sunday but screw it I want to know wtf is going on...

I'm going to try to flash 1602, hope that can save me from this horrible situation.

-edit-
Found the solutioin, although bios updating didn't help, it helped to pull the plugs on my OTHER 4 harddisks (only the windows disk is connected now) and trying FurMark... can't get it to crash anymore
Anyway I'm afraid the 10PIN SATA on my Silverstone PSU might not be up to the job, 5 HDDs and 1 DVD-RW...
Do those things eat so much power then? Anyone know?

Looks like I'm gonna have to do some rewiring....again

[Dunderhoken]

How about the ampère ( A ) on the Silverstone Strider 750W modular?

[Garrett]

This probably tells you more than me... it's just strange that when I connect the harddrives to the SATA wire which has 6 connectors, and then run FurMark, the system powers off... It's not like I'm running SLI or whatever...

[Vyyrus]

Does anyone have a successful overclock with a q6600 and this board? Any bios above 1303 and this board seem to crap out on me. I can't even overclock to 333mhz fsb with latest bios. As soon as windows loading screen appears, bam bsod. I realize everyone is having a good success rate with the dual cores. However I can't overclock with any bios above 1303 for some reason. Ever since they implemented nvidia fix in bios, overclocking is impossible. They sure fixed it lol.

[HenrikW]

Does anyone have a successful overclock with a q6600 and this board? Any bios above 1303 and this board seem to crap out on me. I can't even overclock to 333mhz fsb with latest bios. As soon as windows loading screen appears, bam bsod. I realize everyone is having a good success rate with the dual cores. However I can't overclock with any bios above 1303 for some reason. Ever since they implemented nvidia fix in bios, overclocking is impossible. They sure fixed it lol.

I used to run the 1305 BIOS with my Q6600 but never really managed anything stable over 340MHz... I was able to get the system to post at 455MHz FSB but it was not stabel enough to boot windows.
I gave the Q6600 to my nephew and with my E8400 I can push the FSB as high as 500MHz.

Best regads

HenrikW

[Garrett]

Hmm today I tested something which I feared was true... I have a 12cm fan on a zalman bracket these days, blowing on my GTX280 and my SB.
When putting pressure on the SB sink with my finger the temperature goes from 62 to 52 idle... so I guess I have some reseating to do
Probably one of those foam path Asus puts on the sinks that pushes the sink slightly up... I just know I won't be ready in 5 minutes with this.

[HenrikW]

Nice job Garrett Well I need watercooling on my chip's thats for sure... Gonna happen some time next month I guess. Let us know how the reseating went, and take pics

[DIEHARD]

Does anyone have a successful overclock with a q6600 and this board? Any bios above 1303 and this board seem to crap out on me. I can't even overclock to 333mhz fsb with latest bios. As soon as windows loading screen appears, bam bsod. I realize everyone is having a good success rate with the dual cores. However I can't overclock with any bios above 1303 for some reason. Ever since they implemented nvidia fix in bios, overclocking is impossible. They sure fixed it lol.

Aii Mate 3.8ghz stable

See me sig for details on rig

[Vyyrus]

I was just being lazy looks like it. I got 3.0ghz stable after a couple more changes. This is definitely not an auto board lol. Am using 1601 now with no issues. Does anyone else have freezing issues with 1602?