Asus Maximus II Formula - Problems & Fixes

[jason4207]

Just some things I think might be useful for others. Please add to 1st post if you agree.



To anyone thinking of using the Speeding HDD in RAID0...Don't do it! I saw someone post a bench of it in the main thread, and it caps I/O at 120MB/s. The Intel ICH10 is far superior, and it's best to disable the 'Speeding HDD' (this will speed up boot-time as well) unless you really need more than 6 sata devices.

To everyone asking for others BIOS settings...you need to experiment! If you think that plugging in someone else's BIOS settings is going to work you are mistaken. An enthusiast board like this requires a lot of fine-tuning to get great results. Every board is unique and so is every CPU and RAM. If you want something quick and easy, go for a mainstream board that doesn't have so many tweaks. If you're going to leave everything on 'auto' what's the point of spending the extra $? Spending more on the mobo doesn't mean you'll get better results unless you're willing to spend a LOT of time tweaking, experimenting, taking notes, and finding the 'sweet spot'. In fact, you'll probably get better results on a mainstream board if you just want to leave most settings on auto.

To those w/ bent boards...does it straighten out when you screw it into the case? Problem solved! Those benching on a table may not have that option, but there are bench racks available.


*Just got an open-box M2F last night. Changed the TIM w/ MX-2, and bolted it down good and hard w/ extra washers on the NB and SB. It didn't want to boot right away. Tried clearing CMOS, no luck...I pulled out 2 sticks of RAM and she came right up! Bumped DRAM-voltage to 2.15, and NB to 1.15...put all other voltage to min except 1.25vcore, and put all the RAM back. She booted right up w/o having to re-install OS, but I will be trying out Windows 7 shortly anyway. Set it to 400x8.5 and no immediate issues. It was late, so tonight I get to start playing for real! I couldn't quite get 4GHz stable on my P5K-Premium...I'm hoping to get at least 4GHz stable on this board.