ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Grnfinger]

Thanks for the quick reply Grnfinger!

I'll give that a try. I'm curious though...could a CPU INIT error like the one I've described by an indicator of a faulty board (or CPU)? Or have you seen this error message before on this board when your OC settings caused a reboot?

I had the error once when swapping cpu's, I pop'd the Q6700 and got a CPU INIT error, cleard cmos ect and still would not post.
After reseating the cpu it never happended again. If it happens frequently then I would suggest RMA'ing the board.

For the past week i've been playing with EVGA 780i FTW, MSI p&N Diamond, Rampage Formula and a MIIF. The Maximus i am the most pleased with so far.
I've ran a couple of 1 hour Blend/Small FFT with no errors. Definatley more to Stability tests to come.
Memory is on auto, i'll tweak that after i find my max fsb. Needless to say I'm pleased with this 9650 and Maximus II Formula.

Thats a nice chip you have there

Yes it could be caused by a faulty board, and no I have never seen it hand on CPU INIT when overclocking.

The board sounds like it has issues, but as Grnfinger said, try the Asus 1307 BIOS and the oter suggestion first. I have used Kets bios for the board with no issues so I know the BIOS works, but its worth a try. The fact it needed excessive voltages to overclock may indicate something wrong with the VRM.

I askd to flash back to a Asus bios to help eliminate a ram issue, ruling out hacks and mods would be the first logical step imo. Seeing as Ket just copies memory tables and calls it something special (plagiarism comes to mind) when he is clearly having a ram related issue I thought it would be a good idea, I have tried Kets bios and see zero improvement with my hardware so I see no reason to run something when I have no idea what was modded if anything at all. I think its more a education/learning thing but yes his board could be bork'd,