ASUS Rampage II Extreme

[dejanh]

It's hard to tell what is what with the 920's and 940's becasue the memory *could* be coming into play and walling out. You don't hav the options in the BIOS to adjust the memory ratios becasue they are locked. That's something that can be done with a 965, but that won't tell anybody what is going on with the lower clocked versions. It's possible it *could* be memory, or a BIOS glitch, or a combination of things.

The trick is to isolate it, but the problem is you can't with a retail 920, or 940. It takes an ES sample that is unlocked to do that, and to have one of those, a user needs Intel support. If it is a BIOS issue, give it some time. We have brand new technology. We've had alot of initial BIOS releases to fix the nasty things, but they are probably working on the other tougher stuff now.

For those that have Rampage II Extreme boards, there WILL be support. Take that to the bank. No, we didn't pay a premium price for these boards for nothing. Yes, they are THAT good.

If this is becasue of a BIOS glitch, they'll find it. I'm not sure whether it is or not. I'm just saying if it is, they'll catch it.

I sure hope you are right. Some stupid thing is going on here. The above link to my post in another thread points to me successfully running 4-cores/8-threads for a while without issues when normally I cannot even run for 5 seconds without crashing at 20x200 (19x, 21x, and 22x multipliers are just fine). However, after a couple of runs it went back to usual. Crashes a few seconds in, no matter the voltage settings. I cannot see this being CPU related though (maybe it is the chipset ) as such a large fault on so many chips really would not be overlooked by the manufacturer. Processors are some of the most precise devices built and they rarely have issues, and especially not of the likes a lot of people are seeing here. I've had tons of chips go accross my desk and I have never seen one with issues. Something else must be at play...

I do hope Asus comes through and fixes this somehow...I really, really do...

Edit: After some more tests, I am starting to think that this has something to do with heat. If I lower the ambient temperature I can run stress testing longer at 20x200 then when I leave it at normal. Also, if I crash at 20x200 and then restart to try the run again, I cannot do it. But if I turn the system off for a few minutes, then power it on, I can run 20x200 again. Why in the heck would this be the case though when even higher volts and temps have been stable under say 19x216? Something making the CPU too sensitive to heat at 20x200? Some protection circuit tripping when it is not supposed to? Any ideas why this would be the case?