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

[Garrett]

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?

I am using 1602 now, 3 days so far but no problems whatsoever

PS HenrikW what pics? lol... it won't be any different than stock, but I might finally watercool the SB... not sure yet though...

[Vyyrus]

Odd. Maybe i'll try another reflash.

[Vyyrus]

Whats a safe voltage for 333fsb? Right now I booted into 333fsb with a 1.30v but I had to up the cpu pll volt and cpu vtt volt to get there.

[EvoCarlos]

Odd. Maybe i'll try another reflash.

q6600 is poo @ 333 on this mobo somthing about the fsb speed it dont like i found that anyway i was more sucssfull at 3.15 it was more stable there but then again it was stable @4.4 till the bored broke the bios chip

any one got any info on bad bios chips from asus mobos as this is real pi55ing me off i can use the crash free bios from the dvd as the disc is unreadable rma here we come lol

i think the cause was to many flashes i was changing the bois ever other boot lol at one point but 1601 was on it when it died it booted up fine got to vista then off and now just powers to mobo but no beep tryd 2 diffrent cpus the rams ok the cpu is ok i beleave but mobo unknown....

[Vyyrus]

I got it up and running at 333fsb. Its just trial and error.

[janjan]

hey guys what case do you recommend for striker2 to solve the nb overheating problem a little ??

Cooler Master RC-1000-KSN1-GP , Thermaltake ARMOR+ VH6001BWS ESA seems to be the best ones

is there anyone using one of those cases ??

[EvoCarlos]

hey guys what case do you recommend for striker2 to solve the nb overheating problem a little ??

Cooler Master RC-1000-KSN1-GP , Thermaltake ARMOR+ VH6001BWS ESA seems to be the best ones

is there anyone using one of those cases ??

dont think the case will help may be just stick a fan blowing over the heatsink like everyone does

[janjan]

hmm ı also think of pasting mx-2 to the all systems heatsinks, will it be affective for the nb ? u tried it?

[EvoCarlos]

hmm ı also think of pasting mx-2 to the all systems heatsinks, will it be affective for the nb ? u tried it?

i used AS ceramiqe and it helped loads fith a fan blowing on the nb even @ 2000mhz it did not realy pass 50c

[janjan]

below 50, r u fckng kidding ??
thats cool man, at the moment mine hits 70 idle after sli ing my 8800gt oc, i can cook anything on it

[EvoCarlos]

below 50, r u fckng kidding ??
thats cool man, at the moment mine hits 70 idle after sli ing my 8800gt oc, i can cook anything on it

nope no sh1t i did say hardlly over 50c
2.4ghz idle

3hours of orthos @3ghz
http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...nt=Capture.jpg

[janjan]

hmmm ok my friend thank you

[EvoCarlos]

hmmm ok my friend thank you

not a problem mate if you look back in this thread i have posted an image of my mobo with an 80mm fan on the nb

[HenrikW]

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PS HenrikW what pics? lol... it won't be any different than stock, but I might finally watercool the SB... not sure yet though...

I was think if you were going to pull of the heatpipesystem to put on new "tim" or paste, you might as well take som pics
I'm going for watercooling on NB and SB, I found this very cool AquaComputer waterblock, wich solves my issues regrading the usage of 2 x 9800GTX aircooled... Normal SB waterblocks for Striker II have threads for the hose connectors in a wery bad location for SLI, unless you are watercooling your gfx'es as well.
It this one:

AquaComputer sb/nb block - Im awating the arrival, just 1 week more to wait

/henrik

[XecutR]

Anyone knows how to fix the incredibly slow reading from a usb stick when installing vista from a usb stick ? takes like 5 mins at the first loading screen.

[Garrett]

lol I didn't even know that that was possible... isn't it better to install from DVD?

[XecutR]

Its actually faster than installing from dvd. But somehow its not working correctly on my computer, my other computers works fine tho with the same usb stick.

[josheby]

Hello all! I just got an Asus S2F and spent 2 days getting it to work somewhat and I have a couple of things that are happening that I am hoping someone can help me with. I am new to overclocking so sorry I ask some simple questions.

System Details:
ASUS Striker II Formula / nVidia 780i
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 / 2.83 GHz / 12M / 1333FSB / Rev 05A (Watercooled)
Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8500C5D (2x2Gb) 1066MHz
XFX NVIDIA GTX280 XXX Edition
Seagate 500GB 7200.11 32MB
Zalman ZM600-HP PSU
Windows Vista 64bit

1) When I boot the system, the LCD Poster Stops on DET DRAM and the system speaker is a constant beep. If I press reset, it reboots, posts, and then stops at the BIOS screen saying that it had failed to boot, F1 to continue, DEL for setup. If I press F1 it boots to Windows and seems OK. I am running TWIN2X2048-8500C5D (2x2GB) memory. Any clues to what I could do to resolve this issue?

2) In the BIOS I have it everything overclocked. I had to just to get the thing to boot normal. I was getting CODEINIT errors at first and it did nothing if you pushed the reset button. According to the BIOS I am running overclocked, but according to everything in Windows Vista, including CPU-Z, MemSet, and ASUS AI Suite everything is running at stock speeds... In the BIOS on the overclocking page and also after POST it says CPU Speed 4.03GHz... Everything in windows still says 2.83GHz...

I have the BIOS settings set to the following:

BIOS 1602

AI Overclock Tuner: Manual
FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
FSB (QDR), MHz:1900
MEM (DDR), MHz:1333
Memory Timings: 5-5-5-15-2T
All Spread Spectrum Controls DISABLED
CPU Internal Themal Control: Auto
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Enabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
CPU C State Capability: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled
Virtualization Technology: Enabled
CPU Multiplier: 8.5 (Max available setting)
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep: Enabled
HT Technology: Enabled
LDT Frequency: 5x

All voltages on auto except:
Memory Voltage: 2.1V
NB Voltage: 1.4V

Loadline Calibration: Enabled
NVIDIA GPU Exisabled
SLI-Ready Memory: Disabled

Why does it not show the overclocked speed in anything inside of windows? Is it not really being overclocked?

Thanks again for all of your help!!

[janjan]

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_pa...l.htm#asus780i

i want to get thermalright HR-05 for nb,sb and mofset
but in the product's site it is said that SB 200 chip will not be covered, should i just buy nb and mofset products and keep my sb coolers default ? or what do you recommend ?

[MaTr1x]

Hi, Molotov replied to me in August in this topic saying that he uses HR-05 IFXs on the nb & sb (see here). He also posted this picture showing his TRUE 120 cooler, and the mosfet cooler he uses.
Does anyone know which cooler this is, because I cannot find it on the net :/

Oh and to the person who PM'd me on XS before my vacation, I lost your email, sorry, so if you still want pictures PM me again.

@janjan: click the link in my post, Molotov uses HR-05 IFXs on both the nb&sb. Just wondering which mosfet cooler he uses. Don't think a HR-09 U/S will fit for me since I use the TRUE 120 vertically.

[HenrikW]

Aww... I finally recived my new nb/sb waterblock, it looks awsome! I shot a few pics, here goes:











Gonna install it as soon I get some fooling for the mosfet's Enjoy! As far as I know this is the only waterblock out there that allows the use of sli og tri sli without watercooling the gfx'es.

EDIT: It's aquacomputer ...

[Garrett]

I'm afraid you're gonna be disappointed.

First of all, you will have GREAT difficulty fitting the Aquacomputer waterblock without cutting off the first latch keeping the videocard in place, see first photo.

Second of all, you will have to remove the L-shaped piece of the videocard, which is kept in place by that latch, it has no copper traces so the videocard would probably still work 100% but you can forget any RMA... you simply can't fit a videocard in the first PCIE 16x slot because the card will "stand" on the waterblock... see second photo.

I ordered this block as well but ended up NOT installing it because of that.
I had 2 options, replace the stock TIM and live with higher SB temps than with water, or buying 2 EK blocks or something like that... I chose to replace the TIM on the stock cooling which gave me 3c better NB temps and 10c better SB temps (even though the guy who owned the board first already applied Ceramique on the blocks)
I must say I have watercooling and there's an 80mm fan hangin on the bottom 2 threads of the cpu waterblock, so right in front of the NB and I guess that is quite helpful

[HenrikW]

I'm afraid you're gonna be disappointed.

First of all, you will have GREAT difficulty fitting the Aquacomputer waterblock without cutting off the first latch keeping the videocard in place, see first photo.

Second of all, you will have to remove the L-shaped piece of the videocard, which is kept in place by that latch, it has no copper traces so the videocard would probably still work 100% but you can forget any RMA... you simply can't fit a videocard in the first PCIE 16x slot because the card will "stand" on the waterblock... see second photo.

I ordered this block as well but ended up NOT installing it because of that.
I had 2 options, replace the stock TIM and live with higher SB temps than with water, or buying 2 EK blocks or something like that... I chose to replace the TIM on the stock cooling which gave me 3c better NB temps and 10c better SB temps (even though the guy who owned the board first already applied Ceramique on the blocks)
I must say I have watercooling and there's an 80mm fan hangin on the bottom 2 threads of the cpu waterblock, so right in front of the NB and I guess that is quite helpful

Well I figured that I had to remove the plastic latch from the first PCI-E slot, but I did not think of the L shapoed PCB.. Hmm.. Wel I'll settle for this block and mod one of my two 9800GTS'X's. "Luckally" I spilled a few drops of blue feser liguid on one of it's paper stickers so RMA is probbaly viod anyway

The only negative issue that remains is that I will have to watch out that the modded gfx does not slide out of it's slot when moving the pc.

Soon it will be DREMEL time for the puny little GFX

[Garrett]

Just make sure you're careful or you'll have a $200 keyring

On a sidenote, been using 1602 for a while now, no issues as far as I know, nice bios

Any pics of your setup Henrik, pikspiller?

[HenrikW]

Just make sure you're careful or you'll have a $200 keyring

On a sidenote, been using 1602 for a while now, no issues as far as I know, nice bios

Any pics of your setup Henrik, pikspiller?

A darn big keyring thats for sure But yes, one have to take some riscs! Yeah 1602 seems steady enough.

Yeah you can have one pic, this is how it looks right now (I am currently modding my antec P180 to fit two single 120 rads and one triple 120 rad )



What's with the pikspiller anyway dude!!!