ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Sem]

CellShock didn't release any 2*2GB Kits with D9GTR/D9GTS as far as I know.
If you want to go with CellShock and Micron and 4GB's of RAM, you have to buy 2* 2GB Kits.

the corsair and cellshock im taking about are 2x1GB never said anything about 2x2GB

[TheHardCase]

I use 4 x 1GB kits with noproblems at all.
The only change I needed to make was NB - 1.52V, I also use 2 different kits.

[goal]

I have an annoying problem with my slow usb ports.After my last format i installed xp sp2 with all updates but 1 week ago I tried to transfer some data to a flash memory stick but it needed for 4gb-150min.LOL.I tried the other ports but same.The HDD was 90% free and the stick had 8gb capability.I have asus extreme striker ii.Any ideas?please.

[my87csx481]

Are other usb drives slow too? Maybe try formatting the drive and try the transfer again

[TheHardCase]

Enable usb 2.0 in bios...

[goal]

Are other usb drives slow too? Maybe try formatting the drive and try the transfer again

all of them

[goal]

Enable usb 2.0 in bios...

I double checked it.It's enabled

[Sem]

Got my board yesterday and ive got my cpu stable at 3.6 now i am trying to clock the memory which is OCZ Platinum EB 1600Mhz 7-7-6 2x2GB

the main problem is memtest wont start

it starts at stock speeds of 1066Mhz FSB/Mem

but at 1600/1600 or 1600/1800 it wont start i only get the blue memtest screen but no info?

NB @ v1.58-1.62
Mem @ v2.0 slack timings of 8-8-8

using memtest off a usb stick

[Rodriguez]

Hey Rodriguez

About the CPUs, well is all about the CPU batch and motherboard batch too. If they are good ones, they will OC fine. However, keep in mind you guys are trying to run Quads at high FSB speeds as well as high speed RAM (4gbs or more) which makes it more complicated.
Good luck with that E8600, hopefully you will get to achieve that speed you looking for.

I also heard about the batches from CSX coming a little more sucky than the first ones. Im sad to hear that as I really wanted to get a pair of Diablo because of that reason, but with prices up in the sky (I still cant say "worth"), things not doing so good in US plus CSX located in Europe only and hard to acquire a kit in north america, it made it difficult for me to get one when I really wanted to. Now, hearing this makes me think about it once again as a RMA would take me weeks.

I really hope ASUS doesnt stop giving BIOS releases for the Striker at least for a good time. It would be good if they could provide us with a little more stable board at high speeds.

Hi Slim

I got tired of waiting for CSX to get the 4Gb 2000 GTR back in stock to get 8Gb total, I called them up to 4 times & got replied that they didn't have any chips at the moment & didn't know when they would.

I decided to buy 8gb of Patriot Viper 2000 SLI & much to my surprise this memory works GREAT all 8gb at 2000Mhz, actually running it at 1800 8-8-8-27 1.95v linked/synced QX9770 450x9 4.05Ghz, NB 1.60 NB GTL -08mv

Last week I also tried 8Gb OCZ 2000 Platinum, 8Gb OCZ 1800 SLI & 8Gb Corsair 2000 but was a no go.


It's actually quite nice to run Vista64 without pagefile, games & such load much quicker than with 4Gb & pagefile.

[slim142]

Hi Slim

I got tired of waiting for CSX to get the 4Gb 2000 GTR back in stock to get 8Gb total, I called them up to 4 times & got replied that they didn't have any chips at the moment & didn't know when they would.

I decided to buy 8gb of Patriot Viper 2000 SLI & much to my surprise this memory works GREAT all 8gb at 2000Mhz, actually running it at 1800 8-8-8-27 1.95v linked/synced QX9770 450x9 4.05Ghz, NB 1.60 NB GTL -08mv

Last week I also tried 8Gb OCZ 2000 Platinum, 8Gb OCZ 1800 SLI & 8Gb Corsair 2000 but was a no go.


It's actually quite nice to run Vista64 without pagefile, games & such load much quicker than with 4Gb & pagefile.

Hey man
You actually got 8Gbs to work at 2000Mhz with a Quadcore? Thats really good if you ask me.
Hopefully your stocks will tolerate 1.95 because that seems pretty high for me.

To your surprise, I ordered a 4Gb CSX Diablo kit with D9GTS. This was one of the last 5 kits available so hopefully its purchase was worth it!. All Im asking is for 1800Mhz 8-7-6-18 2T

[Rodriguez]

Hey man
You actually got 8Gbs to work at 2000Mhz with a Quadcore? Thats really good if you ask me.
Hopefully your stocks will tolerate 1.95 because that seems pretty high for me.

To your surprise, I ordered a 4Gb CSX Diablo kit with D9GTS. This was one of the last 5 kits available so hopefully its purchase was worth it!. All Im asking is for 1800Mhz 8-7-6-18 2T

The Patriot Viper are rated for 2.0v & can overvolt safely at 2.10. The hard part of running mem at 2000 with a quadcore is run it linked!, as soon as you unlink it you can run it at 2000 provided mem is good & NB can take it. That's why I'm running it at 1800 linked.

Hopefully your CSX willl run great, in the last three weeks CSX had returns (including my kit) of the GTS kits, suddenly making them have memory "in stock" even without recieving their new batch from Micron, which they offered me on the meantime. But what I asked was for was the GTR ones (all the new 4Gb kit they were going to be receving "shortly" were GTR)

[slim142]

The Patriot Viper are rated for 2.0v & can overvolt safely at 2.10. The hard part of running mem at 2000 with a quadcore is run it linked!, as soon as you unlink it you can run it at 2000 provided mem is good & NB can take it. That's why I'm running it at 1800 linked.

Hopefully your CSX willl run great, in the last three weeks CSX had returns (including my kit) of the GTS kits, suddenly making them have memory "in stock" even without recieving their new batch from Micron, which they offered me on the meantime. But what I asked was for was the GTR ones (all the new 4Gb kit they were going to be receving "shortly" were GTR)

Well 500FSB QX with 500RAM is pretty abusive 1800Mhz should be fine

I didnt get my kit straight from CSX. I got it from Kasparz. Hopefully, my kit was not an RMA

[Rodriguez]

Well 500FSB QX with 500RAM is pretty abusive 1800Mhz should be fine

I didnt get my kit straight from CSX. I got it from Kasparz. Hopefully, my kit was not an RMA

OHHHH You're a lucky man I wish I also had known that Kasparz could be contacted for these kits!!!

My desire deep down in my heart was to get CSX 8Gb kit with 8-7-6 timings but I could not wait any longer. Waiting & waiting for computer parts is never a good idea because as soon as you get them something brand new has come out that has left it obsolete.

I'm sure I'll get back to CSX as soon as I switch to Nehalem platform for a 6/12Gb git of their RAM. In fact I'm "in love" with Micron D9GTS/GTR (but only good chips), there's nothing like it in terms of compatibility & performance.

On the meantime this 8gb Viper that runs at 2000 all 8Gb!!! (unlinked) is just great also.

[slim142]

OHHHH You're a lucky man I wish I also had known that Kasparz could be contacted for these kits!!!

My desire deep down in my heart was to get CSX 8Gb kit with 8-7-6 timings but I could not wait any longer. Waiting & waiting for computer parts is never a good idea because as soon as you get them something brand new has come out that has left it obsolete.

I'm sure I'll get back to CSX as soon as I switch to Nehalem platform for a 6/12Gb git of their RAM. In fact I'm "in love" with Micron D9GTS/GTR (but only good chips), there's nothing like it in terms of compatibility & performance.

On the meantime this 8gb Viper that runs at 2000 all 8Gb!!! (unlinked) is just great also.

Well, is not that he has them in stock, but Im glad I found out he had a couple available, now I will have decent RAM!.

Second paragraph = True

Hopefully we will see Diablo 3/6Gb kits with nice Micron ICs

Good luck with your Vipers!

Btw, What is your Reading speed on everest?

[Rodriguez]

Well, is not that he has them in stock, but Im glad I found out he had a couple available, now I will have decent RAM!.

Second paragraph = True

Hopefully we will see Diablo 3/6Gb kits with nice Micron ICs

Good luck with your Vipers!

Btw, What is your Reading speed on everest?

Everest read is 12187 at 1800 8-8-8-27 2T

[lcrava]

Hi guys I am hoping you can help me with my problem. I just finished putting toguether the system in my sig and everything was working great. I was running Memtest on the memory modules (one at a time) and one of the times I hit esc (exit and reboot), my monitor would not turn back on... For some reason when I connect the DVI cable to the GPU it goes automatically to Power Save mode??? It stays on with the DVI disconnnected posting the "no signal" message, as soon as I connect it to the Video Card it shuts down (so I know is not a problem with the monitor. I also connected my PSP to the monitor and it's working fine). There are no error messages on the LCD Poster and it even shows the "en setup" message when you press del in between the POST messages (that would take me to the BIOS). Do you guys have any idea what could the problem be and how to fix it? Thanks in advance for the help.

[lcrava]

And now it is giving me "error message" with 4 beeps right after the "Detect IDE" on the LCD poster. I have nothing connected through IDE in my computer though...

[RasCas]

And now it is giving me "error message" with 4 beeps right after the "Detect IDE" on the LCD poster. I have nothing connected through IDE in my computer though...

4 Beeps is for a video card error, check that you have both power cables plugged into your video card, ie 6 pin and 8 pin and check that your monitor is plugged into the correct dvi plug on your video card, its usually the bottom one. Hope this helps.

[lcrava]

I tried with only one video card at a time on all different slots and the same thing is happening. One thing I noticed that is happening now that it wasn't before is as soon as I power up the PSU, The ROG logo lights up. Before, in order for it to light up I would have to press the power button first. I also checked the Asus Website and there are quite a few people with the same problem which would indicate it's definately the board. Any other suggestions?

[Deathspine]

Just updated from an e8400 to QX9650, also update NB/SB waterblock with air cooled Mosfets. Computer stops the boot at INIT8042. What is INIT8042 referring to and how does one solve this problem?

Thanks to all that respond.

[slim142]

Just updated from an e8400 to QX9650, also update NB/SB waterblock with air cooled Mosfets. Computer stops the boot at INIT8042. What is INIT8042 referring to and how does one solve this problem?

Thanks to all that respond.

Clear CMOS?

[Deathspine]

Turned off power supply, removed memory held clear cmos button for one minute. Did not help. If it stops at INIT8042 if I understand this correctly then the problem is with the next item which is enable keyboard?

[lcrava]

I tried clear CMOS 3 different ways (pressing the button, moving the memory RTC jumper and taking the battery out) and still no luck. What gets me is that it was working. Slim, you have any ideas? I am all out and I'll probably just RMA it tomorrow.

[slim142]

Turn off power supply
remove power cable (from psu)
remove all but one RAM stick
Clear cmos, just press it and release it, dont hold it
put back psu cable
turn on and check

If that doesnt work, try using the RAM stick in the very last slot (white away from CPU)

[Deathspine]

Thanks Slim142 , I have pulled all hardware except CPU, It did get past CPU INIT. I removed the battery, cleared CMOS and will let it sit a while. I need a mental break for a while . I will get back with it later.