ASUS Rampage II Extreme

[Relic27777]

How big of an improvement are you noticing on NB temps with that swiftech on there?

[Fitseries3]

seems to keep the NB and SB both around 34c - 40c so far. mine was 41c - 54c before on the stock air setup.

[sargatanas]

my nb/sb temps dropped to ~30°c after applying some ic diamond, some washers to increase the pressure and mounting the ek hp block.

[T_Flight]

OK guys I need somebody who has this board to double check something for me. I was using my multimeter and testing the CPU voltage on the board when I noticed something that has really got me puzzled. While I have the BIOS set to 1.44v and everything inside the BIOS and LCD poster including all external app's reflect this I noticed with the multimeter that it sky rockets all the way up to 1.72v under load then will stay this way after?!?!

Something is totally off here and I was wondering if somebody could verify that this is really happening.....

I have checked this issue and am not seeing it. My ProbeIt voltages are slightly lower than shown in the BIOS. That was using BIOS 0402,0602, and 0705. I also noticed that when I set 1.65 in the DRAM that I get a 1.65xxx number that is alsightly higher than 1.65, but when read on the Multimeter i get exactly 1.65v, and when the RAM is accessed it flickers between 1.649 and 1.650 which is spot on. I am using mnaual setting for RAM. Not XMS profiles, any turbo modes or any of those "qucik" settings. I've only messed with the RAM side. I ahve not done any CPU OC'ing yet. At present I am waiting ona Video Card RMA to arrive so I can get back to testing. I ahve not measured any inconsistency with vCore when i ahd the system up before.

You might wanna describe what you were doing at the time and your OC level, and anything else you've noticed. So far all my voltages check out in ProbeIt.

[Scope666]

I put everything together last night, overall, a MUCH better experience than my last Asus board (Maximus Formula, which ended up being an RMA)

Booted right up the first time. I haven't pushed it too hard yet, but here are my results so far: (this is solid as a rock with Linpack, Prime95, etc)

[jusuplus]

hi, i just installed rampage 2 extreme to my comp and i´h having problems with adaptec 3805 sas raid controller. when i boot adaptec post screen should pop up but its somekind of buffed cause it leave cursor blinking and dont show adaptec post screen . i have tryed everything, flashed new bios on rampage and adaptec, tryed it on diffrent pci-e slot. is there beta bios available on rampage that would fix this?

[Slovnaft]

YO
anyone else notice that vQPI/DRAM is consistently about 0.05v under BIOS?
i set 1.65v in BIOS DMM reads 1.60v

[Scope666]

Has anyone been able to get TweakIt to work in Windows with keyboard control turned on in the bios? You're supposed to be able to hold down "P" (or whatever key you pick in the bios) for 2 seconds and then the arrow keys are supposed to work like the controls on the motherboard. It doesn't work for me, and I have the TweakIt driver loaded in Windows.

Thanks!

[pinto]

YO
anyone else notice that vQPI/DRAM is consistently about 0.05v under BIOS?
i set 1.65v in BIOS DMM reads 1.60v

Waoh 1.65v on the on die ram controller! It's a lot man Hope you didn't put that voltage for a daily use...

[ReaperX]

Has anyone been able to get TweakIt to work in Windows with keyboard control turned on in the bios? You're supposed to be able to hold down "P" (or whatever key you pick in the bios) for 2 seconds and then the arrow keys are supposed to work like the controls on the motherboard. It doesn't work for me, and I have the TweakIt driver loaded in Windows.

Thanks!

Not working here...

[Scope666]

Not working here...

Maybe it requires a PS2 keyboard? I would try it myself but I can't find my purple usb-ps2 adaptor... either that or it's just plain broken in the bios.

[fornowagain]

YO
anyone else notice that vQPI/DRAM is consistently about 0.05v under BIOS?
i set 1.65v in BIOS DMM reads 1.60v

Did you put 1.6v through "QPI/DRAM core voltage" or "DRAM Bus voltage"?

[Slovnaft]

Did you put 1.6v through "QPI/DRAM core voltage" or "DRAM Bus voltage"?

cmon man, yes 1.65v to QPI/DRAM.
1.72v to DRAM bus

and no, nothing here is for 24/7, this is just prelim benching until my mounting brackcomes. 1.65 is what gets me 4400 UCLK for 32M

but even at lower voltages it drops 0.05v consistently.

[Viss]

Its a lot, them 32M better be good Any numbers to share ?

[btdvox]

What is stock?? for QPI DRAM core volt? and DRAM bus should be 1.65 right?

[fornowagain]

What is stock?? for QPI DRAM core volt? and DRAM bus should be 1.65 right?

VTT is 1.1v at default (1.2v min on P6T)

[BlueAqua]

I just got my board yesterday and the mosfet heatsinks were loose. The bases were attached the the board but it looks like the thermal epoxy that connected the heatpipe/heat sink assembly to the base failed. I think I can just get some Arctic Silver Epoxy but has that happened to anyone else?

[Slovnaft]

I just got my board yesterday and the mosfet heatsinks were loose. The bases were attached the the board but it looks like the thermal epoxy that connected the heatpipe/heat sink assembly to the base failed. I think I can just get some Arctic Silver Epoxy but has that happened to anyone else?

Yep, but mine happened because it was left in <0*C for a few hours and the glue became brittle. i just cleaned up the area and applied some AS epoxy with a high pressure clamp. Worked like a charm, probably better than the stock epoxy.

[Slovnaft]

Its a lot, them 32M better be good Any numbers to share ?

yes! keep in mind, it's still on stock. I'm prepping for a run at 4320 and 2133, but it's my mom's 50th, so i'll have to wait till tomorrow

[Viss]

Nice Cpuz 149 is very fast and reads cas ok, you might wanna give it a go. Nice mem, what dimms you use ?

[Slovnaft]

Nice Cpuz 149 is very fast and reads cas ok, you might wanna give it a go. Nice mem, what dimms you use ?

Yeh, this was done before 1.49. And speed didn't matter, it was rock stable
Using Kingston hyperx 2000mhz cl9 dimms, so it's not really that impressive. I can't tell whether it's the uclk or the ram that's the limiting factor beyond 2200. I'm pretty sure it's uclk.

[Aberration]

How good is the soundcard that comes with it? Its called an X-Fi, would it be better than the gamer I got?

[Scope666]

Has ANYONE gotten TweakIt to work from inside Windows using a keyboard?

[T_Flight]

Has ANYONE gotten TweakIt to work from inside Windows using a keyboard?

That's something I haven't tried, and wouldn't. That's a dangerous thing to do. If you have a OC fail, and loose the KB...well, you get the pic. It's either/or for me. BIOS or Manual Tweakit on the board, or the Asus Util, but combining TweakIt with the KB? Negative...not gonna give up direct manual control to my KB as that would be my last chance.

[Scope666]

That's something I haven't tried, and wouldn't. That's a dangerous thing to do. If you have a OC fail, and loose the KB...well, you get the pic. It's either/or for me. BIOS or Manual Tweakit on the board, or the Asus Util, but combining TweakIt with the KB? Negative...not gonna give up direct manual control to my KB as that would be my last chance.

Good point, I guess I just wanted to see the feature work as advertised, even though I probably wouldn't use it either. :-)