The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[d3fct]

Corsair 750w
asus rampage formula
2x2gb ddr2 1000 g.skill
E8400

thats what im running now, i can take it all the way to 4.5 and play games and run benchmarks, but i cant get it stable in prime. heres shots of my bios setting for 24/7 use.

[Grnfinger]

Set REF Cycle Time to 55 or higher.
Up your dram volts to 2.1

[Zucker2k]

set TREF to AUTO for 52.

Your fsbt may be a bit high - 1.30 should do for 500 FSB.

Set NB skew to = Normal (bios 803)

CPU core volts seem high for those clocks. What are all your temp readings?

I suggest you set AiClock Twister to stronger, for starts, moving one notch down when you fail ram-related benches.

That's all for now.

[Spyrus]

Or you can use 0803 (highly recommended) and use mchbar to load tref on windows startup. See the Rampage Formula thread for my little guide.

Good point, but i also use Linux , 0308 is one-way.

[Dostoyevsky77]

Hey, all! How is everyone? I just got a pair of OCZ Vertexes & just thought you might like to see some benches in RAID-0 of Raptors vs. SSD.

LINKY.

Sorry I haven't been around. What's the latest good BIOS for the Rampage hack?

[Grnfinger]

Hey, all! How is everyone? I just got a pair of OCZ Vertexes & just thought you might like to see some benches in RAID-0 of Raptors vs. SSD.

LINKY.

Sorry I haven't been around. What's the latest good BIOS for the Rampage hack?

Nice to see you around
803 is the latest stable bios, have yet to test it myself, waiting for some mosfet blocks b4 I can power up the board.

How are you finding the SSD's? I have been thinking on investing in them for an OS drive.

[Dostoyevsky77]

Nice to see you around
803 is the latest stable bios, have yet to test it myself, waiting for some mosfet blocks b4 I can power up the board.

How are you finding the SSD's? I have been thinking on investing in them for an OS drive.

You can check out my benchmarks HERE. I just installed them (RAID-0) today. So far, they are performing superbly. It is so awesome to click on a program & have it immediately come up. I haven't so far run any complicated applications, but I'll keep you posted.

[Grnfinger]

You can check out my benchmarks HERE. I just installed them (RAID-0) today. So far, they are performing superbly. It is so awesome to click on a program & have it immediately come up. I haven't so far run any complicated applications, but I'll keep you posted.

Very nice results
The Vertex drives are major $$ here 120GB drive is like 600 bucks
Cheapest I can find is a 30GB for around 225, I need a sponsor

Looking forward to more updates, this is something I'm really interested in.

[loften]

i finally water cooled my maximus se yesterday.. d-tek fusion v2 cpu block, ek s-max nb block, 355 pump, ek-ddc x-top and tripple rad.. the temps are nice at 4.0 compaired to being on air on those settings. the oc is a little tricky over 4.3 for me still. i have never messed with setting much over 4.0 on air... seams to be stable at 4.3 at 1.31 cpu and 1.22 fsbt.. right around 50 load temps. i got it to post 475x9.5 with 1.38 cpu and 1.26 fsbt but failed after about a hour of testing.. still playing.. and working on new buggy stuff... i noticed is after removing my e8500 and re installing with water cooling my temp sensors are stuck at 36 and 38.. before they would start up at around 27 29 so i think they are sticky arfter re installing it..

[fordf250]

just flashed to the rampage 0802 bios and it seems to have turned my board into a beast... whats up with my vantage scores?

525x8 stable for hours of 3dbenching so far. on water.

Me two. 500fsb linpack stable will try 525 next.

[loften]

i keep dropping #0 core on prime blend.. 460x9.5.. 4.38 started at cpu 133 real and vtt 1.22-3 real worked up to cpu 1.36 real vtt 1.26 real.. llc enabled.. still testing.. i think i am getting closer as it makes it longer each time.. the load temps are starting to get up there though.. 54, 55.. still 8- 10 lower then on air at 4.0. the nb is about 15-18 lower now..

[Grnfinger]

i keep dropping #0 core on prime blend.. 460x9.5.. 4.38 started at cpu 133 real and vtt 1.22-3 real worked up to cpu 1.36 real vtt 1.26 real.. llc enabled.. still testing.. i think i am getting closer as it makes it longer each time.. the load temps are starting to get up there though.. 54, 55.. still 8- 10 lower then on air at 4.0. the nb is about 15-18 lower now..

Try a drop or 2 more PLL

[loften]

thanks,, i think i got it.. re seated my ram, upped volts a little more turned it on, fell asleep and woke up still going no errors.. a little over 7 hours.. 9.5x460, strap 333, pci 100, dram freq, 1105, 2t, timing 5,5,5,18, auto on the rest for now, static read enabled, ai strong, trans booster disabled, relax 0, cpu 1.39375 bios, real 1.376, pll 1.50 bios, real 1.632, nb 1.51 bios, real 1.552, dram 2.08 bios, real 2.208, fsbt 1.36 bios, real 1.296, south bridge 1.075 bios, real 1.104, llc enabled, cpu gtl .63x, nb gtl .67x, ddr2 a auto, ddr2 b auto, ddr2 controller ddr2 ref, cpu spread disabled, pcie spread disabled.. temp hit 57 on #0 and 56 on #1.. i think i am happy for now.. i have tested my ram at those volts, either 400 or 333 strap well over that frequency before the water cooling. i have a pretty good feeling it's prime.. going to do a 3d06 run and see what it does on that. at 4.10 it ran a 21.9k so lets see..

[Dostoyevsky77]

Hi. Totally unrelated, but here's a picture of the latest shuttle launch from my front lawn in Tampa. Please don't ban me for this. I've had a lot to drink & this is my first offense.

[Dostoyevsky77]

Okay. Now I deserve to be banned.

But here's the separation of the boosters:



My wife has some students over & I've been expelled from the living room. I'm extremely bored. Sorry.

***EDIT: Nikon D40X with a 70-300mm on ISO 400 with a 1 second exposure time.

[Grnfinger]

NICE, that would be killer to have that as a view in your backyard!!!!

[loften]

yeah that is pretty neat.. the cooliest thing i have seen all day.. did you feel it when it took off? as for the se.. i am having a little harder time getting 4.5.. i tried going up a little on pll, cpu and fsbt from where they are at the 4.38 setting in the above post.. i tried this,, cpu 1.39 and 1.40 real, fsbt 1.32 real, pll 1.64 real. just a bump or two more then before in bios.. i am wondering how much volts/heat the cpu can take.. at those settings the temps were 59-60.. still a little lower then it was on air but core #1 failed prime blend, test 2 on the second pass a couple times.. before i got the right combo for 4.3 core #0 was failing the same way... kind of wondering if i should push a little more volts or be happy with what i got.. vid on cpu is 1.25 so i think it may not be a very good clocker for volts.. at 4.3 we have been playing games since my last post pretty much non stop and it screams.. my 12 year old son says it is so smooth.. he's pro at ut2k4, been playing it since he was about 7.. pwn's me.. i have to turn off crossfire in that game and just run one hd4870 because the screen is all tore up when running both.. i am pretty happy with 4.3 but still wondering a little because i have never even been here before and stable..

[Grnfinger]

yeah that is pretty neat.. the cooliest thing i have seen all day.. did you feel it when it took off? as for the se.. i am having a little harder time getting 4.5.. i tried going up a little on pll, cpu and fsbt from where they are at the 4.38 setting in the above post.. i tried this,, cpu 1.39 and 1.40 real, fsbt 1.32 real, pll 1.64 real. just a bump or two more then before in bios.. i am wondering how much volts/heat the cpu can take.. at those settings the temps were 59-60.. still a little lower then it was on air but core #1 failed prime blend, test 2 on the second pass a couple times.. before i got the right combo for 4.3 core #0 was failing the same way... kind of wondering if i should push a little more volts or be happy with what i got.. vid on cpu is 1.25 so i think it may not be a very good clocker for volts.. at 4.3 we have been playing games since my last post pretty much non stop and it screams.. my 12 year old son says it is so smooth.. he's pro at ut2k4, been playing it since he was about 7.. pwn's me.. i have to turn off crossfire in that game and just run one hd4870 because the screen is all tore up when running both.. i am pretty happy with 4.3 but still wondering a little because i have never even been here before and stable..

I ran my E8400 at 4.3 for 24/7 use, I would think that 8500 of your could do 4.4 with a little tweaking.

This was on a Maximus Formulat bios but if your running a Rampage bios the settings are easily adapted

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 489
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 110
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1174
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 30
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster : Disabled
Relax level: 0

CPU Voltage : 1.475
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.53
North Bridge Voltage : 1.53
DRAM Voltage : 2.12
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63X
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67X
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

[loften]

thanks.. i am going for it right now..

[loften]

ok looks pretty good.. let it run a little over a hour.. looks like i got past my little problem in the beginning of the test.. temps went up to 61-62.. going let it run longer when i have time. here are the settings i used.. thanks for that..
extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9.5
FSB Frequency : 475
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1141
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 30
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Strong
Transaction Booster : Disabled
Relax level: 0

CPU Voltage : 1.475 bios, (1.456)
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.53 bios, (1.648)
North Bridge Voltage : 1.53 bios, (1.56)
DRAM Voltage : 2.08 bios, (2.208)
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.40 bios, (1.344)
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63X
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67X
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2-REFF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

[lbassa]

Hi guys , need some help , i using E85 E0 + Maximus F X38 (VID: 1.25)
450X9
want to use this for 24/7
voltgens are safe ??
stable with 2hrs in Prime blend

CPU PLL worries me because droop , too much high ??

Extreme Tweaker 
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual 
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO 
CPU Ratio Control : Manual 
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 450  
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2- 900 
DRAM Command Rate : AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual 
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay :  5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 
Write Recovery Time : 
Read to Precharge Time : 

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 
Write to Read Delay (S) : 
Write to Read Delay (D) : 
Read to Read Delay (S) : 
Read to Read Delay (D) : 
Write to Write Delay (S) : 
Write to Write Delay (D) : 
DRAM Static Read Control: ENABLE
Ai Clock Twister : AUTO
Transaction Booster : DISABLE [1]

CPU Voltage : 1.3 (real 1.28)
CPU PLL Voltage :  1.56
North Bridge Voltage : 1.35 (real 1.38) 
DRAM Voltage : 2.02
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.36 (real 1.30)
South Bridge Voltage : 1.05
Loadline Calibration : ENABLE
CPU GTL Reference : 0,63
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0,63
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : 
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : 
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : 
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

NB LED Selection : NB Volt 
SB LED Selection : SB Volt 
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt 
Voltiminder LED : 

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled 
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled 

Advanced CPU Configuration 
CPU Ratio Control : Manual 
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 
C1E Suppport : Disabled 
CPU TM Function : Disabled 
Vanderpool Technology : Disabled 
Execute Disable Bit : Disabled 
Max CPUID Value Limit : Disabled 
Legacy USB Support : Disabled

[loften]

when i was at 420x9.5 on air stable this is what i used for volts with loadline calibration disabled.. vcore 1.26875 bios-1.232 real.. cpu pll 1.50 bios-1.623 real.. fsbt 1.30 bios-1.232 real.. south bridge 1.050 bios-1.088 real.. nb 1.51 bios-1.552.. that is all it needed at 4.0.. my nb volts needed that using 4x1 ram.. i couldn't run it any lower then 1.47 in bios or it would cause problems..

[cuke2u]

Hi, New bios ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...rmula-0902.zip out today, not tried it yet...
Chris

[Grnfinger]

thanks for teh info

[Zucker2k]

Cory, fired up the RF yet?

Any release notes on that bios?