Asus Maximus II Formula - Problems & Fixes

[LogAn'sRun]

is there a flashing guide for this board?

[The Water Dog]

I burned the bios on a cd and used the flash-tool in bios or push alt+F2 when you boot=)

[zoob]

My current Prime95 largeFFT stable settings for:

E8400 SLB8J E0
Q820A748
450x9

Processor:  E8400 E0 Q820A748
BIOS: 1307
Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
OC From CPU Level Up: Auto
Ratio CMOS Setting: Auto
FSB Frequency: 450
CPU Clock Skew: Normal
NB Clock Skew: Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge: Auto
DRAM Frequency: Auto

DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: Auto
DRAM Timing Control: Auto
1st Information: 5-5-5-15-3-52-6-3
2nd Information: 8-3-5-4-6-4-6
3rd Information: 14-5-1-6-6

DRAM Static Read Control: Auto
DRAM Read Training: Auto
MEM. OC Charger: Auto
Ai Clock Twister: Auto

Ai Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level: 10
Pull-in of CHA PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH3: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH3: Disabled

PCIE Frequency: 101

CPU Voltage: 1.28750
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.15300
DRAM Voltage: 2.01200
North Bridge Voltage: 1.25900
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage: 1.50
South Bridge 1.1 Voltage: 1.10

CPU GTL Reference (0): +40mV
CPU GTL Reference (1):-Auto
CPU GTL Reference (2): +40mV
CPU GTL Reference (3):-Auto
NB GTL Reference: Auto
DDR2 ChA Reference Voltage: Auto
DDR2 ChB Reference Voltage: Auto
North Bridge DDR Reference: Auto


CPU Configuration:

Ratio CMOS Setting: Auto
C1E Support: Enabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech: Enabled
CPU TM Function: Enabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled

Load-Line Calibration: Disabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Auto
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Auto

[KURTZ]

I burned the bios on a cd and used the flash-tool in bios or push alt+F2 when you boot=)

i used the tool in the bios with a memory stick ...

[The Water Dog]

Is someone here using q6600 and have oc good...and want to share their settings with me?
Then i tweak from there, got some problems with memory...thats why i ask
If not, its not a problem

KURTZ: I dont have ha memory-stick:P but i gonna buy me one now

[KURTZ]

guys i've a HUGE trouble, i've just installed my liquid cooling, but now i can boot .. on the lcd poster i've CMOS ERROR ... what can i do now?

[Grnfinger]

guys i've a HUGE trouble, i've just installed my liquid cooling, but now i can boot .. on the lcd poster i've CMOS ERROR ... what can i do now?

Pop the chip and reseat it, if you still get the error run the crash free bios recovery , or swap the bios out from the mobo jumper.
Read the manual you can select bios 1 or 2 from the mobo itself

[KURTZ]

Pop the chip and reseat it, if you still get the error run the crash free bios recovery , or swap the bios out from the mobo jumper.
Read the manual you can select bios 1 or 2 from the mobo itself

i tried to wwap the bios but i've the same error ...

[CryptiK]

Check over everything. You may have inadvertently damaged or shorted something during your water cooling install. Take the board out of the case and check the blocks are not touching anything. Also check the board is no bowed from block mounting screw over tightening. Also check for possible shorts to the case.

If it all looks fine, run the board out of the case and see if it works.

[KURTZ]

hi Cryptik i've followed your tip, i put all my system out the case over my desk and also i put all under air coolers ... and magically now the mobo runs ... all two bios are working ... so i don't understand this cmos error ... really ...

however a friend has told me that maybe i've pressed too much the swiftech nb's wb,so i get this error it's possible? Tuesday i wanna test again under liquid cooling but this time over my desk ... any suggestion? thx

ps. just another question: is possible that this trouble is caused by my VGA (also liquidated)?

[WaterFlex]

That`s my 24/7 setup. Absolutely full stable on air.
Checked with : IntelBurnTest v1.8 (200 runs with max memory usage), OCCT, Prime95, SuperPi, Dos Memtest86+, Windows MemTest 3.8.

Processor:  Intel Xeon E3110

Ratio CMOS Setting: #8
FSB Frequency: #500
CPU Clock Skew: Normal
NB Clock Skew: Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge: Auto
DRAM Frequency: #DDR2-1200MHz

DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: #Advance 300ps
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: #Advance 300ps
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: #Advance 300ps
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: #Advance 300ps
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information: 

CAS Latency: #5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS to CAS Delay: #5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Precharge: #5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Activate to Precharge: #15 DRAM Clocks
RAS to RAS Delay:  Auto
Row Refresh Recycle Time: Auto
Write Recovery Time: Auto
Read to Precharge Time: Auto

2nd Information:

Read to Write Delay (S/D): Auto
Write to Read Delay (S): Auto
Write to Read Delay (D): Auto
Read to Read Delay (S): Auto
Read to Read Delay (D): Auto
Write to Write Delay (S): Auto
Write to Write Delay (D): Auto


3rd Information:

Write to PRE Delay: Auto
Read to PRE Delay: Auto
PRE to PRE Delay: Auto
All PRE to ACT Delay: Auto
All PRE to REF Delay: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
DRAM Read Training: Auto
MEM. OC Charger: Auto
Ai Clock Twister: Moderate
Ai Transaction Booster: Manual

Common Performance Level: 8
Pull-in of CHA PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH3: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH3: Disabled

PCIE Frequency: #101

CPU Voltage: #1.3000 (1,288 actual)
CPU PLL Voltage: #1.50
FSB Termination Voltage: #1.31200 (1,3 actual)
DRAM Voltage: #2.096 - 2,15
North Bridge Voltage: #1.31200 (1,3 actual)
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage: #1.50
South Bridge 1.1 Voltage: #1.10

CPU GTL Reference (0): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (1): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (2): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (3): Auto
NB GTL Reference: Auto
DDR2 ChA Reference Voltage: Auto
DDR2 ChB Reference Voltage: Auto
North Bridge DDR Reference: Auto


CPU Configuration:

Ratio CMOS Setting: 8
C1E Support: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

Load-Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled 

[KURTZ]

hi guys, someone has tried the 1501 BIOS?

[yobi]

hi guys, someone has tried the 1501 BIOS?

am flash back to 1307 , in 1501 is boot problem on raid0

[screwtech02]

Your better off staying with 1307.....

[dctokyo]

hi guys, someone has tried the 1501 BIOS?

1501 has been removed from the website, quess it was not ready yet

[gravimag]

i have 1501... no problems so far

[Eeky NoX]

Right I gat my answer for the question on the other thread (I won't flash wit it ok) And so we gat to wait ! euh !

[humeyboy]

Bios 1602 is up on the Asus FTP dated 13th.

[humeyboy]

Ok I ain't pulled the Batt and reset Cmos fully yet (too busy) but 1602 sticks my Multi to 10x for any settings I change it to.

I cant boot up with 500FSB and say 7 Multi cause it will actually be 5.0GHZ as its 10x Multi.

EDIT: Damn Asus N00bs, they have broken the Multi, I cannot change it to anything, it sticks at 10x.

[KURTZ]

yes the 1307 is still the better bios ...

[The Water Dog]

Thanks Waterflex

[WaterFlex]

Thanks Waterflex

your welcome

You can set DRAM CLK Skew on Channel in auto to make your system stable If you get some problems with using my setup.

[The Water Dog]

Thanks again=) I use Flex-9600, and the memory do 1200mhz on 2v(5-5-5-15)...but that is when i use Xp.
From the day i started to use Vista, i got big problems with the 1200 setting.
But i will try your template and tweak from there=)

[570091D]

guys, i'm haveing a problem. i've been working on stabilizing my bios @ 450mhz fsb for a few days now, but i seem to have run into a wall... at this point my bios is almost identical to zoob's template with the exction of the cpu settings (leaving the multi at 8, i want to stabilize the board before i start messing with the cpu) but it won't last more than 5 minutes in prime95 or occt. it seems to get better when i tweak the northbridge GTL reference, does this mean i should poor on more northbridge voltage? it seems that no-one else has needed to touch any GTLs outside the cpu, why? any thoughts, suggestions, ideas would be appriciated.

[CryptiK]

Try vFSB = 1.2v, vNB = 1.3v, and leave the NB GTL on auto for now. What happens? Also you perhaps need to increase your vdimm, if you have the 'new' ballistix, as they can be very difficult to get stable at stock speed, but try the vFSB/vNB increase first.