UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[mussadek]

Same here with Logitech G15

Please help us

2days ago I updated my Re2 with 1204, it is great bios and my G15 work fine no problem, btw I had USB Legacy Support Enabled in bios .

[webwilli]

i have try all USB Legacy Support Options
Other USB-Ports
Clear CMOS

But no USB-Keyboard... Back to Bios 1104 fix the Problem

[DerekT]

1204 allows me Legacy USB mode with my Logitech G11. I can effect changes in BIOS.

Hi All

BIOS 1204 works great, but my Logitech G11 Keyboard works only inside Windows. Cannot edit Bios settings, luckily I have still another PS2 Keyboard.

USB Legacy Support Enabled or Auto does make any different.

Any advice?

Thanks and greetings
Patrick

[dejanh]

I don't have any solution for you but it may very well be your cpu that cant handle more since uncore is both nb and L3 frekv. it isnt necessarily your board.

Regards

Yeah, I thought about this as well. However, this chip has been pretty good in terms of its cache and IMC so far so I am inclined to say that it is not the chip. I also posted some time ago that my IOH voltage is stuck and I determined that it basically stays at 1.21V until you bump the IOH over 1.35V. Only then does it actually read 1.31V which still has a hefty 0.04V droop from the set voltage. Maybe some circuitry issues on my particular board?

Can anyone tell me the best option to control case fans (connected to the Asus RampageII) since the Asus tool does not work while overclocking the board?

Fan controllers.

Same here with Logitech G15

Please help us

I have a Logitech Wave USB keyboard and I have no problems since I moved to 1204. I have all defaults set for USB support, including enabled Legacy USB. Maybe you should flash back to an older BIOS then reset all the settings to defaults, reboot, then flash to 1204, reboot, set all defaults, then set up your Oc settings and go from there...

[Jorlin]

@Dejanh: Does Asus Fan Xpert work with the Aus Rampage II?
Is there any software that lets you contorll the fans that are connected to the Asus Rampage II?

[funk32]

im got my I7 920 up too 4.1ghz. but at 1.50v stable. I am going to start working on getting the V down any hints? or is 1.5 ok with these cpu/mobo's?

[Smooth]

According to this reference-list the I7 920 can take 1.55V !
Me personally concieve this value a bit high ... but I think the main prob will be to cool this down in 24/7 use.

[funk32]

According to this reference-list the I7 920 can take 1.55V !
Me personally concieve this value a bit high ... but I think the main prob will be to cool this down in 24/7 use.

im temps are ok for 24/7 around 36-40c just putting around and up to 60-65c while gaming. 2 hours under full load hit 79c.

[scaramonga]

According to this reference-list the I7 920 can take 1.55V !
Me personally concieve this value a bit high ... but I think the main prob will be to cool this down in 24/7 use.

It can take that and higher but lifespan will be shortened greatly, I'd avoid

[Smooth]

It can take that and higher but lifespan will be shortened greatly, I'd avoid

"take" without any damage !
But I am curious about electron-emigration with 1.55+V @ the 45nm-CPUs...

[funk32]

could anyone help me get any higher? i have only up'ed Vcore, and im not sure if i should up any others. im 100% up to speed on the I7 yet. learning

any help would be great,

[Smooth]

could anyone help me get any higher? i have only up'ed Vcore, and im not sure if i should up any others. im 100% up to speed on the I7 yet. learning

any help would be great,

There won´t be much "higher"... im most cases you reach the mountains top @ Bclk 220MHz.
And even this won´t do all 920s.

[funk32]

There won´t be much "higher"... im most cases you reach the mountains top @ Bclk 220MHz.
And even this won´t do all 920s.

ya thanks, i made it to 4.2 and thats about as far as its going and im down to 1.4vcore. i tried more Vcore while trying to get this baby higher but i got a no post.

[Xelation]

Hmmz just can't get my MEM higher or at least @ 1866MHz with my CPU @ 4GHz.

Then again I have to say that I don't use Turbo and had to disable Hyperthreading
to get it stable. Which makes my work with 4 cores instead of 8

[cx-ray]

could anyone help me get any higher? i have only up'ed Vcore, and im not sure if i should up any others. im 100% up to speed on the I7 yet. learning

any help would be great,

If you haven't tried yet, disable C1E. It usually allows you to run the same frequency at a lower voltage. Idle temps will be higher though because the CPU won't clock down any longer.

[dejanh]

@Dejanh: Does Asus Fan Xpert work with the Aus Rampage II?
Is there any software that lets you contorll the fans that are connected to the Asus Rampage II?

It does work for me. However, the settings are very limited and don't do much. I am actually using Zalman fan controllers on my fans.

[Jorlin]

It does work for me. However, the settings are very limited and don't do much. I am actually using Zalman fan controllers on my fans.

Can you tell me where you got the software from (Asus Fan Xpert)?

and another issue:

I am using Windows 7 beta with my rig. Unfortunately, I get a lot of error messages when installing the software for the sound card. Does anyone know a workaround for being able to get the sound console and everything work properly?

Thanks in advance

[funk32]

Can you tell me where you got the software from (Asus Fan Xpert)?

and another issue:

I am using Windows 7 beta with my rig. Unfortunately, I get a lot of error messages when installing the software for the sound card. Does anyone know a workaround for being able to get the sound console and everything work properly?

Thanks in advance

what card do you have and are you using windows 7 32bit or 64bit

[dejanh]

Can you tell me where you got the software from (Asus Fan Xpert)?

and another issue:

I am using Windows 7 beta with my rig. Unfortunately, I get a lot of error messages when installing the software for the sound card. Does anyone know a workaround for being able to get the sound console and everything work properly?

Thanks in advance

There is a version of Asus AI Suite on your CD that came with the motherboard. Just get it from there. Otherwise, you can download it from the Download section on http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

I do not recomment using Windows 7 as the main OS. There are still a number of compatibility issues with that system.

By the way, can you go and drop a note (reply) in my competition thread over here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=220984? I would really appreciate it

[Baer]

I am also using Win 7 for my new rig. In order to get the ASUS utilities to load I had to use compatability mode (compatable to Vista). That worked. I am also now using the NVIDIA 8171 driver for Win 7 and it loaded and runs fine. There have been no graphics issues at all.
My only issue so far is mt Temps. With a Zalman 9900 and only OCing to 3.3 Ghza I am getting temps at or near 50 C on all cores. I have reset the cooler and in fact I have a new one comming in tomorrow just to see if perhaps there is an issue with this one. I know liquid cooling would be somewhat better but 50 C is no better than a stock cooler.

[dejanh]

I am also using Win 7 for my new rig. In order to get the ASUS utilities to load I had to use compatability mode (compatable to Vista). That worked. I am also now using the NVIDIA 8171 driver for Win 7 and it loaded and runs fine. There have been no graphics issues at all.
My only issue so far is mt Temps. With a Zalman 9900 and only OCing to 3.3 Ghza I am getting temps at or near 50 C on all cores. I have reset the cooler and in fact I have a new one comming in tomorrow just to see if perhaps there is an issue with this one. I know liquid cooling would be somewhat better but 50 C is no better than a stock cooler.

Hey, did you remove the plastic shroud off the Zalman 9900? According to Zalman the shroud should be removed for higher performance (i.e., lower temps).

[Baer]

Thanks but yes, I removed the shroud. I have a second 9900 comming in today just in case the sink is not flat enough or the heatpipes leak. If that does not work I am considering laping my 920 and/or going liquid cool. I do not intend to run 24/7 much more than 3.6 Ghz so I am hoping a good air cooler will do it but 50 C is just too high with almost no load.

[dejanh]

Thanks but yes, I removed the shroud. I have a second 9900 comming in today just in case the sink is not flat enough or the heatpipes leak. If that does not work I am considering laping my 920 and/or going liquid cool. I do not intend to run 24/7 much more than 3.6 Ghz so I am hoping a good air cooler will do it but 50 C is just too high with almost no load.

Did you consider that you may just have a hot chip? The first i7 940 that I got would run at 95C on air at 3.6GHz when loaded on all 4 cores and 8 threads. I got rid of that chip since but it was definitely the chip. No amount of different cooling or whatever would reduce its temps really. The next chip I got was peaking out at 70C under the same cooling. Maybe the core to IHS solder was no good on the first chip, not sure...

[dejanh]

I just want to encourage everyone here to go take a look at my competion thread again You can find it here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=220984

I need your replies, as many as possible. Just come in, say hi, ask a question, any question. If you want help from me, ask it there

[cx-ray]

200Bclock is trickier. Plus an even multi need more volts to stabilise, hence why many users go for the odd multies. I will look into ya thing next week when I'm back at home... which rams at what speed ?

Just wondering do you have any info for the reason of this? I noticed the same on my 965XE. For instance 138 x 30 wouldn't go much of anywhere at 1.42vcore. Yet, 135 x 31 would run fine at the same voltage.

I've ran several combinations of even numbered multipliers and the chip really doesn't seem to like it without a voltage bump.