ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE (Retail) : ROG. X58 m-ATX preview

[scottc19]

the rig:
PSU , i920 & supertalent D9GTR courtesy lent by drazendead


BCLK@210 ratio 20x:
i920@4.2Ghz

Hey is that the Prolimatech Megahalems cooler, I was wondering if that fit on this motherboard.
EDIT: nevermind it is the megahelms you stated it in your second picture I just couldn't read

[Warranty_Void]

Is it normal for the LAN port to stop working above a PCI-E speed of 101 or setting the case clock over 215 ?

[The Nemesis]

Is it normal for the LAN port to stop working above a PCI-E speed of 101 or setting the case clock over 215 ?

I've have two of these boards they both do it.

[ChinStrap]

Is it normal for the LAN port to stop working above a PCI-E speed of 101 or setting the case clock over 215 ?

anytime pcie is over 101 is happens, but ive had baseclock upto 218 w/ it still working.

[Pedalmonkey]

anyone have an opinion on this board V. the DFI M-ATX offering? which one would you pick?

[scottc19]

For those of you with this board, is the lcd poster useful at all. I bought an open box board and it didnt come with the poster and now I'm wondering whether its worth it to get it or not...Thanks

[The Nemesis]

For those of you with this board, is the lcd poster useful at all. I bought an open box board and it didnt come with the poster and now I'm wondering whether its worth it to get it or not...Thanks

I find it very useful. When I bench I have it set to display voltages. When I'm simply gaming I have it set to display temperatures. Just go to the asus store and order the parts u need. Problem is if you paid close to $200 for the board those to parts will cost you almost $30 and the i/o shield is not listed anyway.

My Rampage II Gene Build

[scottc19]

I find it very useful. When I bench I have it set to display voltages. When I'm simply gaming I have it set to display temperatures. Just go to the asus store and order the parts u need. Problem is if you paid close to $200 for the board those to parts will cost you almost $30 and the i/o shield is not listed anyway.

My Rampage II Gene Build

I paid $170 for the board open box. I called ASUS earlier today and they said they would send me the I/O shield for free whenever they get it in since its not on the store yet, I ordered a flex sli bridge off ebay for 10.50 shippped. The problem now is that the lcd poster is out off stock.... But at least I got everything I need to function now. The lcd poster will cost me $20 after shipping, as of now I'm not convinced its worth it. All input about the external lcd poster is helpful.

[The Nemesis]

Well it only displays time, temps, volts, or fan rpm. U have to select one of these options. As far as error reporting goes, it's not necessary because this board recovers beautifully from failed overclocks. It even has a button on board to reset memory to standard while leaving all settings intact should u fail to post. For the price u paid I wouldn't bother since its only use it hardware monitoring and boot diagnosis.

[hot_fifty]

thanks alot bud, 230blck here also.. didnt test the superpi yet but it boots fine.. btw, why have you have disabled load line calibration?

hehe dono why his done that. maybe the MB i vmodded. I have enabled load line calibration and my vcore is much more stable.

[Pt1t]

http://www.matbe.com/articles/lire/1...haut-de-gamme/

I tested that great little board here

[ghost_recon88]

Has anyone gotten this board to play nice with Hyper ICs yet? I'm on 0705 BIOS and it won't let me manually set my RAM to 2000 7-8-7-21 1.65v. Whenever I do so it boots but there is just a black screen. Apparently I'm not the only one ether, http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

BTW, my kit is Kingston KHX16000D3ULT1K3/3GX.

[ChinStrap]

Has anyone gotten this board to play nice with Hyper ICs yet? I'm on 0705 BIOS and it won't let me manually set my RAM to 2000 7-8-7-21 1.65v. Whenever I do so it boots but there is just a black screen. Apparently I'm not the only one ether, http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

BTW, my kit is Kingston KHX16000D3ULT1K3/3GX.

i'm on 0705 too, i can get them to do it (same ram too:P) i can get mine stable, but it takes stupid high QPI voltage to do it.

i'm not happy with this setup right now. i'm going to see if i can get my hands on some samsung ram and see if i have better luck

[The Nemesis]

Has anyone gotten this board to play nice with Hyper ICs yet? I'm on 0705 BIOS and it won't let me manually set my RAM to 2000 7-8-7-21 1.65v. Whenever I do so it boots but there is just a black screen. Apparently I'm not the only one ether, http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

BTW, my kit is Kingston KHX16000D3ULT1K3/3GX.

what speed are you trying to run 20 X 200+? I Have better luck running 21x setting the kingstons x.m.p. and staying under DDR3-2000. Between 1800-1900 work for me.

[ChinStrap]

what speed are you trying to run 20 X 200+? I Have better luck running 21x setting the kingstons x.m.p. and staying under DDR3-2000. Between 1800-1900 work for me.

i also have better luck w/ 21x. ht on works best too.

[ghost_recon88]

I'm actually using 25x at the moment (not on a 920). I was trying with 145blck and just setting my RAM frequency a tad over 2GHz. What QPI voltage do you need Chinstrap?

[ChinStrap]

<1.45

the *lowest qpi i have gotten it stable @ is 1.45 - but that number goes up when base clock goes up.

[Leeghoofd]

Tried increasing this value : Back-to-back CAS delay... makes the board far more stable but it looses some performance

[ante_ante]

I´m trying to get my memories to run in 1700Mhz + but it never boots or when it boots it fails loading Windows. Running 172x21 and mem at ~1724Mhz. Dram Voltage at 1,65v and Qpi/Dram at 1.2750.
Bios 0601 so i hope someone have some good tips

Having this memories

http://www.memoryc.com/products/desc...GB_/index.html

[The Nemesis]

I´m trying to get my memories to run in 1700Mhz + but it never boots or when it boots it fails loading Windows. Running 172x21 and mem at ~1724Mhz. Dram Voltage at 1,65v and Qpi/Dram at 1.2750.
Bios 0601 so i hope someone have some good tips

Having this memories

http://www.memoryc.com/products/desc...GB_/index.html

I would start with raising qpi vtt or setting to auto. Auto seems to overvolt for my liking but if it boots, check and see what it set to then work your way down from it until it doesn't then work your way up until you find stability.

[TheMan89]

I have exactly the same rigg as Ante and i have tried everything from auto to lots of volt.
But anything over 1600mhz and it doesn`t boot.
I had the first bios but changed it to 0705 with no result....

What 24/7 seting do u use?

[bingo13]

0808 BIOS should be out shortly, it will help...

[ghost_recon88]

0808 BIOS should be out shortly, it will help...

Good, this board is holding up some hwbot submissions

[The Nemesis]

Good, this board is holding up some hwbot submissions

I couldn't get mine do do much over 225BCLK with Kingston HyperX's on Dice. I wouldn't get ur hopes up too far. Same chip I used in Gene did 5+GHz in Evga Classified pretty easy.

[scottc19]

I have exactly the same rigg as Ante and i have tried everything from auto to lots of volt.
But anything over 1600mhz and it doesn`t boot.
I had the first bios but changed it to 0705 with no result....

What 24/7 seting do u use?

I have the same problem pretty much. 200Bclk, 21X, but I if I raise mem to 1600 even if I loosen the timings all the way and play around with every voltage I could think of, I can't even get it to post. The mem is rated for 1600 9-9-9-24