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    Just have those 1600mhz dominators CL8 here.
    Just have to browse my bios now to see what things all you have mentioned.
    I just have played around with QPI (do you call it vtt?) Vcore, VDIMM.
    The things you mentioned I didnīt touch yet *grin*
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    Is it not dangerous to have such a high VTT? (24/7)

    Intel Spec max is 1,35V
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    I raised IOH and ICH to 1,28V and tried 211 BCLK. It seems to work now with qpi 1,34

    This is already a little step of succes to me. Thought I might look for my 24/7 Settings a little bit above 4 GHz.
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    I can easy go to 4GHz but after that it sucks....I have missed some settings. How much do you guys raise your QPI/DRAM, IOH and ICH? What about: CPU differential amplitude??
    ATM i run 133x30, Vcore 1.32 (cpuz) QPI 1.3V IOH and ICH 1.12 (stock). That is stable.
    My nb run rather hot, nearly 50 degrees during load. It that a problem?
    I try to find a nice 24/7 clock around 4.2GHz but right now Iám stuck!!
    I have much to find out with this board!
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    If you don't overclock or run with high speed memories, then you don't need a high VTT. I find 1.52v with 4.0Ghz @ 1900Mhz memory is necessary for stability and have been using it for months.

    Intel SPec is for non overclocked systems.

    Quote Originally Posted by peebee View Post
    Is it not dangerous to have such a high VTT? (24/7)

    Intel Spec max is 1,35V
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    Could anyone tell me the max safe/stable temp for running the Intel Burn Test on a 920 with Rampage II Extreme? I know IBT really burns it even over Prime or SuperPI, so I don't want to be in danger of hurting my CPU. I hypothesize that it could be over 70 or 80! Thanks

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    cstkl1, Finally reached a 221bclk. Wouldn't boot any higher than that.
    http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=518145

    Looking at this guys results:
    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=219476
    on a gigabyte extreme, he says he can't boot beyond 222bclk and had to set it higher in setfsb. So maybe that's what we need to start doing for beyond 221bclk. I'm guessing there is a 4ghz qpi limit as around 221-222bclk you are reaching the 4ghz qpi wall that everyone talks about. Maybe asus can address this in the next bios or tell us how to get around it. I haven't seen the dfi or evga having problems booting past that bclk, so maybe it's a bios fix.
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    Posershadow, what voltages did you need for that? nice clocks

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    Quote Originally Posted by nordien View Post
    I have a RAID0 and a RAID5...See sig.
    Samsung F1 for RAID0
    WD 320AAKS for RAID5
    Just use the ICH10R bios for setup, for instructions see manual
    Yeah i've read the manual and applied the method but when i press "CTRL + I", all the disks are under status "non RAID Disk"...

    So i think the reason is that when first, i installed my OS, after doing the "makedisk" from my Rampage CD, i've used the F6 method with only the "Driver AHCI JMicron JMB36X 32bit".

    May be i should have to use a second disk whith F6 method with the "Driver AHCI/RAID Intel ICH10R 32 bits"...

    that's right ? Can u confirm that ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ellipsys View Post
    Could anyone tell me the max safe/stable temp for running the Intel Burn Test on a 920 with Rampage II Extreme? I know IBT really burns it even over Prime or SuperPI, so I don't want to be in danger of hurting my CPU. I hypothesize that it could be over 70 or 80! Thanks
    There's something not quite working properly with the Intelburn test. On the i7 with HT enabled the cpu hover around 50% without fully maxing out any core for the duration of the test. Try LinX instead http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=201670

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twist360 View Post
    Yeah i've read the manual and applied the method but when i press "CTRL + I", all the disks are under status "non RAID Disk"...

    So i think the reason is that when first, i installed my OS, after doing the "makedisk" from my Rampage CD, i've used the F6 method with only the "Driver AHCI JMicron JMB36X 32bit".

    May be i should have to use a second disk whith F6 method with the "Driver AHCI/RAID Intel ICH10R 32 bits"...

    that's right ? Can u confirm that ?
    Yep, I had two floppies; one for each controller. Actually, I made two of each because often one will have errors...and turned out that's exactly what happened on the Intel one. Make sure you select whether you want RAID or AHCI, as the drivers are different.
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    Quote Originally Posted by posershadow View Post
    cstkl1, Finally reached a 221bclk. Wouldn't boot any higher than that.
    http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=518145

    Looking at this guys results:
    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=219476
    on a gigabyte extreme, he says he can't boot beyond 222bclk and had to set it higher in setfsb. So maybe that's what we need to start doing for beyond 221bclk. I'm guessing there is a 4ghz qpi limit as around 221-222bclk you are reaching the 4ghz qpi wall that everyone talks about. Maybe asus can address this in the next bios or tell us how to get around it. I haven't seen the dfi or evga having problems booting past that bclk, so maybe it's a bios fix.
    thats one of the reason trying with the dfi..
    trying with lower ram mhz and with the gt so no limitation by the ram this time.

    the dfi doesnt seem to be so fussy with the ioh/ich ..
    is it a design problem?? on the digital vrm vs analogue phase??

    still want somebody to give a genius answer as to y asus thought running the qpi/dram card seprately was a smart thing to do
    doesnt this create a lot of flux,

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    Damn it! My RAM wonīt boot at 1690 Had already 1,67V But it wonīt boot. 3x2GB Corsair 1600 8-8-8-24.
    Would fixing the latency help me out?

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    Quote Originally Posted by peebee View Post
    Damn it! My RAM wonīt boot at 1690 Had already 1,67V But it wonīt boot. 3x2GB Corsair 1600 8-8-8-24.
    Would fixing the latency help me out?
    Use the blue slots! Try bump up QPi/Dram a bit and maybe some more to cpu for the internal memcontroler!?
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    Quote Originally Posted by cstkl1 View Post
    thats one of the reason trying with the dfi..
    trying with lower ram mhz and with the gt so no limitation by the ram this time.

    the dfi doesnt seem to be so fussy with the ioh/ich ..
    is it a design problem?? on the digital vrm vs analogue phase??

    still want somebody to give a genius answer as to y asus thought running the qpi/dram card seprately was a smart thing to do
    doesnt this create a lot of flux,
    QPI limitation is a chip induced limitation not board induced. 99.99% of systems regardless of the motherboard will not be able to run BCLK past 222MHz. The other 0.01% are very lucky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dejanh View Post
    QPI limitation is a chip induced limitation not board induced. 99.99% of systems regardless of the motherboard will not be able to run BCLK past 222MHz. The other 0.01% are very lucky.
    Here's what saaya had to say about the qpi, I can't really argue with him, he's probably one of the smartest guys on here:
    Quote Originally Posted by saaya
    im 100% sure its the IOH, some intel people told me they focussed too much on the cpu and made it as flexible and as ocable as possible, but the ioh group caused them a lot of problems. first they tried to force a reference clock buffer in the ioh which means a cleaner 133mhz clock but totally messes up the clock signal if it goes higher than that, then they limited the ioh to qpi 18x...

    the first could be fixed, luckily, otherwise wed be stuck at 145bclock or so, the latter couldnt be changed since it requires a redesign and it would actually ruin the 965 sales since higher than 220 bclocks means a 920 pretty much clocks the same as a 965. well almost... under cold you cant reach that high bclocks so a 965 would still be the best for ln2, but yeah... intel is affraid to lose 965 sales afaik.

    and yes and no, its a hardware thing to have the qpu multi limiting us, but its a sw thing as well. but a software improvement will only get us a little higher, like on dfis board... they can boot with 225 and run stable at around 230, same for evga, maybe a tiny bit more even, ive seen suicide shots of 240.

    thats done by tweaking the timing code that adjusts the cpu and chipset during bootup. so you can get an extra 10mhz or maybe 20mhz from that, but thats it... and if its really stable longterm is another question... if we want a really higher bclock we need lower qpi multipliers or a chipset that can run higher qpi clocks than 4ghz

    but intel killed off via and sis, nvidia doesnt have a license, serverworks doesnt have a license, ati stopped making intel chipsets, uli was bought by nvidia... so there is just one chipset left for intel... their own... which means they can do whatever they want now :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by bustamove44 View Post
    Posershadow, what voltages did you need for that? nice clocks
    You don't even want to know.
    Lets just say, it wants a lot of cpu vtt.
    My chip does pretty well with vcore, so I only need like 1.54v
    It's all about the qpi/ioh pairing with this board.

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    Setup my new system over the weekend....REII / 920 / Corsair PC3-1600C8.
    Flashed to latest bios and straight in at 4.0 @ 200 bclk with HT/Turbo both enabled, linx stable.
    No cold boot issues either, using an Enermax Infinity 720w.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vega View Post
    Use the blue slots! Try bump up QPi/Dram a bit and maybe some more to cpu for the internal memcontroler!?
    Blue Slots to use is more than clear. Had 1,47V Vcore, 1,45V QPI, 1,7V VDIMM1,8-1,9V PLL and the ref Voltages up to 87,5mv. No effect.

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    Can anyone post a pic for a gettomod for nb?
    My running rather hot so I have to do something. The problem is the space....almost nothing when I use my TRUE-black.
    Itīs tricky to even put a fan there!!
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    hi...

    i've set my dram frequency to 1600mhz, timings to 8-8-8-24...

    when i typed 1.65 in the dram bus voltage, it changed it to 1.65680

    is it ok to run it at that voltage?

    been monitoring it... the dram bus voltage sometimes goes up to 1.66...

    should i set the voltage lower?
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    Quote Originally Posted by posershadow View Post
    You don't even want to know.
    Lets just say, it wants a lot of cpu vtt.
    My chip does pretty well with vcore, so I only need like 1.54v
    It's all about the qpi/ioh pairing with this board.
    Thanks for the reply, at least its good to know its possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fire4Wire View Post
    And what is new in that new bios revision....any notes ?

    Thanks for bringing it to our attention also

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