CPU i7 950 D0 @ 4200mhz (183*23) HT on @ vcore 1,30000v/uncore 1,32500v | Cooler Noctua NH-D14 | MoBo Asus Rampage II Extreme rev. 2.01G (X58+ICH10R) | DDRIII 3*4096mb PC3-17000 Corsair DOMINATOR GT CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 @ 1830mhz 8-9-9-24-1T @ 1.53v | Video Gigabyte Radeon HD7970 3gb reference @ 1125mhz | Raid controller LSI MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i PCI-E 2.0x8 SAS 2.0 1gb | HDD 6 x 300gb SAS 2.0 Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 ST3300657SS 15000rpm 16mb @ all in Raid0 | HDD 2000gb SATAIII Hitachi HD723020BLA642 7200rpm 64mb | Sound Creative X-Fi Titanium HD | BD-RW SATA LITE-ON iHBS212 | Case Cooler Master HAF X | PSU Enermax Platimax EPM1500EGT 1500wt | LCD ASUS PA246Q 24'' P-IPS 1920*1200 | Mouse Logitech G500 | LinX 64-bit 24 hours stable | Prime95 64-bit 24 hours stable
Does anyone else have this issue with thie motherboard? After the system posts but before it starts loading Vista, there is a double wide, blinking, white cursor in the upper lefthand corner of the monitor for about 15-20 seconds and then it boots.
ASUS Rampage II
Core i7 920 D0 @ 4.2GHz
Corsair TR3X6G1600C8 3x2GB DDR3 1600MHz
Radeon 5870
Raid 0 2x1TB WD on SATA 3/4
Seagate 160GB on SATA 1
LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
Corsair HX1000W
That is to do with your OS booting. Possibly the Vista bootloader taking longer than normal? I get it when booting from a couple of CD Boot Discs.
Maybe check your boot options and see if it's attempting to boot from am empty CD drive before the HDD?
I get a delay if DVD drive is set as #1 in boot order. Solution, set it after your primary OS disk. Then boot from DVD via the F8 bios boot selection window. If this isn't the issue then it probably wont help!
Also bios 0501 seems a little better over all. I managed to drop 0.06v vDIMM off and skewed my ram to -300/-250ps clock cha/chb. Dram controller ref -20mv instead of +10mv. vDIMM 2.28v -> 2.22v in bios for 5-5-5-15 1150mhz. I dont remember being able to do this on the 040x bios, maybe i Just selected the magic combination of settings and it passed tests who knows. It may or not be because of bios, probably pure luck!
DFI LT-X48-T2R UT CDC24 Bios | Q9550 E0 | G.Skill DDR2-1066 PK 2x2GB |
Geforce GTX 280 729/1566/2698 | Corsair HX1000 | Stacker 832 | Dell 3008WFP
I got a bit dispointed when I flashed the 0410 BIOS in my Rampage, I had 0407.
My max OC with my Cellshock PC8000 and Kingston HyperX PC9600 went down with ~35MHz, not much but it get lower and I donīt like it, it was the same with 2x1 and 4x1.
I tried my 2x2 Corsair Dominator PC8500 and it went down with ~10MHz.
I flashed back to 0408 but it was the same as 0410, so I flashed back to 0407 and I got my max OC back.
It seems like Micro D9GKX donīt like the 0410 or 0408 BIOS.
I could not clock my E8600 any higher with 0408 or 0410 then with 0407, so for now I stay with 0407 until something better comes along.
Asus P8Z68 Deluxe / i7 2600K / 2x4GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600C8 / EVGA GTX 580 SC SLI
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One last question here. I have replaced the thermal pads and paste on the nb and sb cooler with as5. Should I replace the thermal material with ASC on the pwm's as well? Also is bios 0501 helping improve overclocks any?
Last edited by ElAguila; 10-10-2008 at 05:33 AM.
ASUS Rampage II
Core i7 920 D0 @ 4.2GHz
Corsair TR3X6G1600C8 3x2GB DDR3 1600MHz
Radeon 5870
Raid 0 2x1TB WD on SATA 3/4
Seagate 160GB on SATA 1
LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
Corsair HX1000W
I'm still running BIOS version 0403...any major improvements with the latest BIOS'? Should I flash up to something more recent?
I was looking at using arctic ceramique on the pwm's rather than as5.
ASUS Rampage II
Core i7 920 D0 @ 4.2GHz
Corsair TR3X6G1600C8 3x2GB DDR3 1600MHz
Radeon 5870
Raid 0 2x1TB WD on SATA 3/4
Seagate 160GB on SATA 1
LG Bluray ROM/DVD RW
Corsair HX1000W
Asus Rampage II Gene | Core i7 920 | 6*2GB Mushkin 998729 | BFG GTX280 OCX | Auzentech X-Fi Forte | Corsair VX550
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Q9550 E0 VID 1.25 - Rampage Formula Bios 0501 - 4x2GB Corsair PC8500
Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
OC From CPU Level Up: AUTO
CPU Ratio Control: 8.5
FSB Frequency: 460
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 333
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1105
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
RAS# Precharge: 3
RAS# ActivateTime: 13
RAS# to RAS# Delay: 50
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 1
Write Recovery Time: 3
Read to Precharge Time: 3
Read to Write Delay (S/D): 8
Write to Read Delay (S): 3
Write to Read Delay (D): 5
Read to Read Delay (S): 4
Read to Read Delay (D): 6
Write to Write Delay (S): 4
Write to Write Delay (D): 6
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister: Stronger
Transaction Booster: Auto - PL7
CPU Voltage: 1.375
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.54
North Bridge Voltage: 1.41
DRAM Voltage: 1.94
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.40
South Bridge Voltage: 1.10
Loadline Calibration: Disabled
CPU GTL Reference: 0.65x
North Bridge GTL Reference: 0.67x
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage: Auto
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage: DDR_REF
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage: DDR_REF
SB 1.5V Voltage: 1.50
All voltages set in bios.
Last edited by Darkstormz; 10-11-2008 at 02:53 AM.
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I'm starting to play with the overclock settings.
I'm now cranked to 3.2 on my Q9450 with voltage settings at way below peak.
Zero errors Memtest86+. Zero errors after 6 hours of Prime95.
Big difference from my early build posts in this thread.
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hi!
I have P5E+RF BIOS 403. and ?-data AD2800X001GU (D9GMH). max OC - 970 MHZ with any options, 2.2-2.5v. Why?
maybe i should update bios to 501?
Q6600@3.64 (455*8) 1.4v + Scythe Zipang + ASUS P5E@Rampage Formula bios 403 mod + OCZ Flex XLC OCZ2FX12002GK 4*1Gb @1212 MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2v PL6 + Gigabyte GV-NX86T512H (8600GT 512 Mb passive) + FSP 600W Optima PRO + 2xWD3202ABYS RE3 (Raid Edition) RAID0
+ WD D5000AAKS (500Gb/SATAII)
Why this memory don't O.C. on the p5e@rf bios?OCZ Flex O.C. to 1212 MHz PL6
Q6600@3.64 (455*8) 1.4v + Scythe Zipang + ASUS P5E@Rampage Formula bios 403 mod + OCZ Flex XLC OCZ2FX12002GK 4*1Gb @1212 MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2v PL6 + Gigabyte GV-NX86T512H (8600GT 512 Mb passive) + FSP 600W Optima PRO + 2xWD3202ABYS RE3 (Raid Edition) RAID0
+ WD D5000AAKS (500Gb/SATAII)
try skewing the clocks on the dram channels. micron needs strong DQ amplitude, so advanced the skews to 350ps ch b, 250 - 300ps ch a., the more recent bios' seem to be designed around the milder PSC ic's. Since we dont have data strobe drive amplitude adjustment in the bios to correct this all we can do is skew the clocks in relation to the data strobe. Advancing the clock address phase decreases the period between it and when the data strobe phase begins, kinda like increasing the drive amplitude voltage, and delaying the clock address strobe increases the period between it and the data strobe phase, doing the opposite of reducing the drive amplitude for the data strobe. It's not the most adequate method by far, but it works reasonably well if you have the patience to fine tune the skew values.
Last edited by mikeyakame; 10-12-2008 at 10:39 PM.
DFI LT-X48-T2R UT CDC24 Bios | Q9550 E0 | G.Skill DDR2-1066 PK 2x2GB |
Geforce GTX 280 729/1566/2698 | Corsair HX1000 | Stacker 832 | Dell 3008WFP
I set advance 150-350, but it was not help me
Q6600@3.64 (455*8) 1.4v + Scythe Zipang + ASUS P5E@Rampage Formula bios 403 mod + OCZ Flex XLC OCZ2FX12002GK 4*1Gb @1212 MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2v PL6 + Gigabyte GV-NX86T512H (8600GT 512 Mb passive) + FSP 600W Optima PRO + 2xWD3202ABYS RE3 (Raid Edition) RAID0
+ WD D5000AAKS (500Gb/SATAII)
CPU: Q9450 @3.6GHz (lapped) Cooling: Scythe Zipang (lapped)
RAM: Mushkin (996580) 2x2gb XP2-6400 @5-5-5-15, DDR2-1080 Mobo: Asus Rampage Formula (Bios 0410), tRD=7
GPU: EVGA GTX 280 @712/1512/2700 PSU: Enermax Modu82+ 625 Optical Drive: LG Electronics GGC-H20L
HDD: 1x 160GB Intel X-25M G2, 1x VelociRaptor, 2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB in 2x CM STB-3T4-E3-GP 4-in-3 cages
Sound: Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP / Grace Design M903 Speakers: M-Audio BX8a Deluxe, Shure SE535, Ultrasone Pro 900 w/ custom cable & dual entry mod, HD 800
Case: Cooler Master Stacker 832 w/ 7x S-Flex SFF21F fans on 2x Zalman ZM-MFC1 Plus controllers
Monitor: NEC MultiSync 24WMGX3 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
Really and now I am at 480 MHz, 30 MHz more than with 403.
But, as you know, MHz are not the ultimate performance indicator.......
Everest benchmark gives a lot of memory bandwidth more than with 403, but a synthetic benchmark, like PC Mark Vantage, gives the same results than at 450 MHz with BIOS 403.
I suppose that Asus BIOS engineers was able to find the trick to fool Everest benchmark.......
mikeyakame, thanks for advice![]()
Q6600@3.64 (455*8) 1.4v + Scythe Zipang + ASUS P5E@Rampage Formula bios 403 mod + OCZ Flex XLC OCZ2FX12002GK 4*1Gb @1212 MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2v PL6 + Gigabyte GV-NX86T512H (8600GT 512 Mb passive) + FSP 600W Optima PRO + 2xWD3202ABYS RE3 (Raid Edition) RAID0
+ WD D5000AAKS (500Gb/SATAII)
DDR2-667 +DDR2-1066 @DDR2-1140 2.128V +0501![]()
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