ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Grnfinger]

No, it won't post let alone be stable

What ram are you running?

[529th]

What ram are you running?

Gskill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ
5.5.5.15 2.0-2.1v

[Grnfinger]

Gskill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ
5.5.5.15 2.0-2.1v

There powerchip IC's, they will max out at around 520MHz or so.

I would suggest trying to run 450FSB and run the ram 1:1
you might have better luck on the 333 strap so play with both 400 and 333 straps. After you get 900MHz to boot in to your OS, you can tweak the timing.
GSkill ram is funny on timing so try 5-4-4-12 and set trfc to 50 or 55
you can also try 5-4-3-12 @2.2v with trfc set to 50 or 55.
Play with volts, powerchips dont normally scale much with volts, but I have found GSkills usually require a drop or 2 more in the bucket to keep them stable at there rated speed.
Dram Clock SKew will also help to settle the ram down

[CryptiK]

Managed to push my board a few MHz higher in max everest bench speed to 667.5 MHz

[Grnfinger]

Managed to push my board a few MHz higher in max everest bench speed to 667.5 MHz

Hey CryptiK I have a question for you.

My Corsair Dominators vers 1.1 Micron D9GMH that did 1200+MHz on my X38 board will not even post at 1150 on this board. Is there something I'm over looking or is it all part of the Maximus experience.
I see others getting 1200 on this board with lesser ram so I nkow its posible

Nice results btw

[Leeghoofd]

Managed to push my board a few MHz higher in max everest bench speed to 667.5 MHz

Nice ram speed there, I was already happy with my Gskills at 1280mhz lol

[gravimag]

Hi all, i have a problem with RAM. Currently I have installed OCZ 2x2 reaper 1066, which is totally unstable with high FSB. I want to get new RAM but this time I need something what is fully compatible with M2F motherboard. What would you recommend? I’m looking for 2x2GB 1066MHz stable with high FSB. thanks

[Grnfinger]

Hi all, i have a problem with RAM. Currently I have installed OCZ 2x2 reaper 1066, which is totally unstable with high FSB. I want to get new RAM but this time I need something what is fully compatible with M2F motherboard. What would you recommend? I’m looking for 2x2GB 1066MHz stable with high FSB. thanks

Mushkin XP2 996599 2x2GB

GSkill F2-8500CL5D 2x2GB

GSkill F2-8800CL5D 2x2GB

Corsair Dominator 8500 2x2GB

I own them all and have tested these kits on 2 MIIF boards with great results

[JoeBar]

Mushkin runs on my system perfectly @ 530mhz sync.

Also the other options, Grnfinger suggested, are nice kits.

[gravimag]

Mushkin XP2 996599 2x2GB

GSkill F2-8500CL5D 2x2GB

GSkill F2-8800CL5D 2x2GB

Corsair Dominator 8500 2x2GB

I own them all and have tested these kits on 2 MIIF boards with great results

all of them run with 550+ FSB? i'll try:
F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI or TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF

[humeyboy]

Hey CryptiK I have a question for you.

My Corsair Dominators vers 1.1 Micron D9GMH that did 1200+MHz on my X38 board will not even post at 1150 on this board. Is there something I'm over looking or is it all part of the Maximus experience.
I see others getting 1200 on this board with lesser ram so I nkow its posible

Nice results btw

Same here, cannot even save then boot out of Bios without lock up when I approach about 1175mhz on the same Ram as you no matter what settings or how much voltage I try.

[Grnfinger]

Same here, cannot even save then boot out of Bios without lock up when I approach about 1175mhz on the same Ram as you no matter what settings or how much voltage I try.

Its frustrating for sure, my best kit of ram will do nothing on this board.
Hard to bench without a stellar kit of ram

[Simonix]

635 FSB http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=527270

[CryptiK]

Hey CryptiK I have a question for you.

My Corsair Dominators vers 1.1 Micron D9GMH that did 1200+MHz on my X38 board will not even post at 1150 on this board. Is there something I'm over looking or is it all part of the Maximus experience.
I see others getting 1200 on this board with lesser ram so I nkow its posible

Nice results btw

Not sure if all D9 can do those speeds, the older stuff generally needed more voltage for higher speeds, and the v1.x Corsairs are 2005/2006 models.

The M2F seems to have quite low drive strength compared to other boards, and as such doesn't clock ram so well.

For 667.5 MHz I used:

2:3 divider
vdimm: ~2.40v
vNB: ~1.40
PL: 8
Mem OC Charger: Enabled (this is critical for 600MHz + ram speeds as as far as I can tell it increases drive strength)
Dram read training: Enabled
Static Read Control: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister: Moderate

Nice ram speed there, I was already happy with my Gskills at 1280mhz lol

Thanks. I can bench SPI32M at 640 MHz (DDR2-1280) @ 2.24v on this board but that is sadly the upper limit for 32M stability. My P5Q-D can pass SPI32M at 651 MHz (DDR2-1302) @ 2.24v which isn't bad but isn't great either.

Same here, cannot even save then boot out of Bios without lock up when I approach about 1175mhz on the same Ram as you no matter what settings or how much voltage I try.

Give the settings I stated above a go. It may be a few things holding you back, however a lot of people are having trouble with higher ram clocks on this board. I'd like to try my ram kits on a better board as they seem to be doing ok on this one compared to others.

635 FSB http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=527270

Nicely done Do you have the NB on DICE or air? Your cpu is the best batch of 8600 available, you should be very happy with it.

[humeyboy]

@ CryptiK, I basically had used them same settings and printed your out and retried.

There is no way I can get it to even save and exit bios and not freeze up (even using 1 Module).

I know its the Mobo and not the Memory as above peep has same Memory and can do 1200mhz easy in other Mobo's.

I will just put it down to another Asus ballsup and many here claimed to have RMA'd this Mobo as it does not run the 1200mhz Memory it claims to supports, I would if they made this Mobo with a Rev A3 NB instead of only the lower models now having A3 NB's which now also have Turbo versions for sale (or soon to be for sale) supporting 1333mnhz DDR2.


http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments....=24958&catid=2

[SiGfever]

These are my 24/7 settings. I know this board has more in it for my setup just haven't had the time to tweak it.

[seba84_2005]

635 FSB http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=527270

670 FSB http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=376603

[humeyboy]

Ok DDR3 part is bug but what's the point in 1 stick of Memory in Single Channel Mode.

[radaja]

its so he can go for the highest fsb possible

[JoeBar]

These are my 24/7 settings. I know this board has more in it for my setup just haven't had the time to tweak it.

Nice SiG. Is this the top fsb u can achieve?

[humeyboy]

its so he can go for the highest fsb possible

OBV but its pointless and not as good as the other peeps lower FSB with Multiple Sticks in DCM.

[radaja]

humeyboy,why must you crap on peoples achievements?do you even understand how amazing 670fsb is?

[Grnfinger]

670 FSB http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=376603

Very ing nice!!!!!!!

I am simply amazed, I would never think this board was capable

[humeyboy]

@ radaja, Lets get something completely crystal clear right now.

When have I ever crapped anyone achievments here PERIOD in all my years here ?

Back up your claims with quotes to my posts or stop talking TOSH !

He was quoting another peeps high FSB post and hinting his was better which is fine by me (friendly rivalry/competition is good) but the other peeps FSB is far harder to attain as it uses more than 1 Memory Module and is in Dual Channel Mode.

[Simonix]

boy, you do not know that with only one slot of ram go up more? I am with air


640 FSB AIR WITH TWO RAM http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=528182