ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Kayso]

Grn - your result is at 500 Fsb and Seba's is at 480. It is normal to have such difference.

And Seba, try
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
DRAM Read Training: Enabled
MEM. OC Charger: Disabled

[jason4207]

The GIG NIC's will show 100mbit as that's all you need normally.

They will change to 1000mbit if needed or if you take setting OFF Auto and set to 1000mbit

They are 10/100/1000mbit NIC's actually.

I haven't changed any settings, and it shows up as 1Gb. I'm only using 1 NIC (the other is disabled), and I'm hooked into a Gb router.

I've never seen it drop to 100Mb b/c of lack of need and I've never heard of NICs doing that. It's not like speedstep.

The same effect can be triggered by amending the TCP/IP settings of the NIC itself rather than teaming them together. It's worth checking out the NIC settings in device manager and/or the Windows registry. I don't know which settings would need tuning off the top of my head (too taxing on the brain hehe) but things like concurrent connections, read/send buffer and so forth. Changing things like MTU won't help if you're on ADSL since as far as I remember ADSL supports a MTU of 576 bytes. You're always going to get encapsulation/overhead/fragmentation and unless you're using Gigabit or higher (Your PC <> Router/Switch) I wouldn't worry about it overly much (no need to think jumbo frames to increase throughput efficiency etc.).

The only exception to the above would be if you have a hub in play, especially if it's set at 10Mb/s Ethernet which wasn't full duplex hence packet collisions galore (I doubt many people still use them though).

There are apps online that tune your Internet connection for you, or info on what to change in the Windows registry.

You can't get 1000Mb/s Ethernet to work if your router/switch only supports Fast Ethernet which is 100Mb/s. Auto-negotiation won't allow it, even if you set it manually to 1000/1000 it's a no go. Also you ned CAT 5e/6 UTP or better cabling (i.e. STP if you are sending secret info )

That makes more sense. Teaming shouldn't really help if the Internet is still the bottleneck, but if it's a work-around for unoptimized throughput settings then it seems much more feasible.

[Grnfinger]

Grn - your result is at 500 Fsb and Seba's is at 480. It is normal to have such difference.

And Seba, try
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
DRAM Read Training: Enabled
MEM. OC Charger: Disabled

oops it was early in the morning coffee had not started working yet, thanks for pointing it out

[eSp!s0]

Grnfinger could you take a look in your device manager > Audio- Video and Gamecontroller > Soundmax Integrated HD Audio. I did and my driverversion is 5.10.1.6480. You should have a newer one because of the update you made (and I cannot find). I would like to have the drivers up to date.
That would be nice

[GFORCE100]

What PL is this? 8 and STRONG? Looks like it. I don't think you can get any kind of stabilty at 500MHz FSB and 1200MHZ DDR2 on the MIIF unless you drop to PL 10-11 and LIGHT/LIGHTER - naturally with a VNB of 1.45V or more.

I assume you just loaded it to do a quick memory benchmark without bothering with the stability right Grnfinger?

[WaterFlex]

GFORCE100
Lol mate You are funny

[GFORCE100]

GFORCE100
Lol mate You are funny

What makes you say that?

[xoldboyx]

hi guys havent posted in a while.
Well here in Greece the heat is starting to be a problem but anyway ,does anyone have "setup" for 500fsb or a setup for my memories @1200.
I need it for a bench test...

[hmmisee]

Hey guys. Seeing as a new $1,500 AUD computer is on the horizon for me. Is this board still good?

I can get it for $299AUD and wondering if it is worth it or not

Thanks in advanced

[Nevin]

I made stable 4320 Mhz with my new Q9650 . Batch L826B006 VID 1.20
[IMG][/IMG]
I think it can reach 4600 Mhz (9x511) but I do not have a clue how to do it. So please can someone to post a template for MIIF .

[Grnfinger]

What PL is this? 8 and STRONG? Looks like it. I don't think you can get any kind of stabilty at 500MHz FSB and 1200MHZ DDR2 on the MIIF unless you drop to PL 10-11 and LIGHT/LIGHTER - naturally with a VNB of 1.45V or more.

I assume you just loaded it to do a quick memory benchmark without bothering with the stability right Grnfinger?

No that would be PL9 Stronger, timing 5-5-5-18, requires lots of NB juice to keep it stable, it will run 3dmark and games all day long but no it wont pass line pak but it will pass prime for 6 hours

Grnfinger could you take a look in your device manager > Audio- Video and Gamecontroller > Soundmax Integrated HD Audio. I did and my driverversion is 5.10.1.6480. You should have a newer one because of the update you made (and I cannot find). I would like to have the drivers up to date.
That would be nice

I will be home tomorrow and will post the info

[eSp!s0]

Thank you!

[just a noob]

i just put my stuff into my maximus 2, and i keep running into the problem of the system hanging at "init rom" and the "cmoserr" any ideas as to what is causing this? or does this mean my board is broke?

[Grnfinger]

i just put my stuff into my maximus 2, and i keep running into the problem of the system hanging at "init rom" and the "cmoserr" any ideas as to what is causing this? or does this mean my board is broke?

Board has 2 bios chips, switch to the other bios and flash it to 1901.

Looks like somehow you have the bios corrupt, do not load a saved bios profile enter all setting manually..if the board is still causing you grief I would test the ram in another board to rule out bad dimms otherwise your looking at RMA'ing the board

[Grnfinger]

Grnfinger could you take a look in your device manager > Audio- Video and Gamecontroller > Soundmax Integrated HD Audio. I did and my driverversion is 5.10.1.6480. You should have a newer one because of the update you made (and I cannot find). I would like to have the drivers up to date.
That would be nice

An XS member has posted the software, it is here
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=226020

I'm in the middle of a my Rampage build so I'll be a few more days b4 I can post the info, this is the same version tho

[eSp!s0]

Ok, thank you Grnfinger.

[orbiter]

Hi All,

Long time no speak,

Firstly I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place but I din't know where too put it exactly. It is regarding the appropriate hardware though (and possibly BIOS on formula II)?

Is anyone having problems with BIOS 2104? Reason I'm asking is...... I've been using 2104 for a few weeks now without any problems really apart from one! Racedriver GRID! (now I know GRID has problems of it's own but previously with BIOS 1901 I'm sure it was ok) It's not a BSOD I get, It's an app crash error normally right in the middle of a race (GRID.EXE has stopped working.) The system is stable, has no memory erros or anything. GPU temps are maxed at 88*C during the game (normal I think for a GTX295?) and CPU max is 60*C.

Basically could the 2104 BIOS be causing this please? I'm just asking before I back flash it.

TIA fellas

orb

[Grnfinger]

Hi All,

Long time no speak,

Firstly I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place but I din't know where too put it exactly. It is regarding the appropriate hardware though (and possibly BIOS on formula II)?

Is anyone having problems with BIOS 2104? Reason I'm asking is...... I've been using 2104 for a few weeks now without any problems really apart from one! Racedriver GRID! (now I know GRID has problems of it's own but previously with BIOS 1901 I'm sure it was ok) It's not a BSOD I get, It's an app crash error normally right in the middle of a race (GRID.EXE has stopped working.) The system is stable, has no memory erros or anything. GPU temps are maxed at 88*C during the game (normal I think for a GTX295?) and CPU max is 60*C.

Basically could the 2104 BIOS be causing this please? I'm just asking before I back flash it.

TIA fellas

orb

tbh I found 2104 not very stable for me....509FSB would run 3d apps all day long on bios 1901 while 2104 will not.
I honestly see no benifit moving to 2104

[WaterFlex]

Grnfinger
1307 is still the best for me

[orbiter]

OK fellas thanks for the feedback, going to flash it back now to 1901.

orb

[Kayso]

Hi All,
Long time no speak,

Firstly I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place but I din't know where too put it exactly. It is regarding the appropriate hardware though (and possibly BIOS on formula II)?

Is anyone having problems with BIOS 2104? Reason I'm asking is...... I've been using 2104 for a few weeks now without any problems really apart from one! Racedriver GRID! (now I know GRID has problems of it's own but previously with BIOS 1901 I'm sure it was ok) It's not a BSOD I get, It's an app crash error normally right in the middle of a race (GRID.EXE has stopped working.) The system is stable, has no memory erros or anything. GPU temps are maxed at 88*C during the game (normal I think for a GTX295?) and CPU max is 60*C.

Basically could the 2104 BIOS be causing this please? I'm just asking before I back flash it.

TIA fellas

orb

That's because too much overclock and not stable PC. Try to bump your vCore with 2-3 steps and I think will be better
I had same crashes in GTAIV and Fallout but that was because my PC wasn't complete stable. With +0.25 Vcore everything was fine.
If it is not the CPU, maybe is the memory or NB, you have to find it yourself. For me 2104 is the best bios until now.

[eSp!s0]

If some of you are interested, there are 2 modded versions of bios 1901 at forumdeluxx.de: http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community...d.php?t=588579

BIOS modded by e.v.o - MIIF mBIOS

Hierbei handelt es sich um von mir gemoddete BIOSe für das MIIF. Die Benutzung erfolgt auf eigene Gefahr. Für Fehler übernehme ich keine Haftung, bisher kamen aber keine Klagen.

Was wurde gemodded?
Es wird hier jeweils 2 Versionen geben:
- Eine orginal Version mit neueren ROMs für Intel/Marvell RAID/SATA und PXE: mBIOS.XXXX.1xx
- Eine Testversion mit einigen Tweaks und Experimenten auf Basis von mBIOS.1xx: mBIOS.XXXX.2xx
- XXXX = Version des Asus Orginal BIOS. 1 bzw. 2 gibt die Geschmacksrichtung an gefolgt von der zweistelligen Versionsnummer des mBIOS.

Wer keine Ergebnisse zurückliefern möchte und nicht für die Community und sich selber testen möchte was an Performance noch möglich ist, greift bitte zur sichereren mBIOS.1xx Version. Der Rest ist dazu aufgerufen die orginal Version zu benchen und diese gegen das mBIOS.2xx antreten zu lassen.

# mBIOS.1xx Pack

- mBIOS.1901.101
- mBIOS.1901.100

# mBIOS.1901.2xx

- mBIOS.2xx Pack

...1xx is normal bios with updated device drivers and ...2xx is a version with some tweaks, I dont know any details, sorry. I just switched to the mBIOS.1901.101 yesterday and no problems so far.

[KURTZ]

hi fellas! good news!!!!! the evo's sli bios seem runs correctly!!!!!!

http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showpo...postcount=7761

[Grnfinger]

this is good news...I might give it a go with my old 8800's

[GFORCE100]

hi fellas! good news!!!!! the evo's sli bios seem runs correctly!!!!!!

http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showpo...postcount=7761

If SLI is indeed working in the BIOS E.V.O modded then it would be nice if he SLI patched his version 201 BIOS (he knows which) and also changed the RAID ROM for the latest 8.7.1007 which is now available. If he can't find it online I can email it. I looked into the BIOS myself but as I don't know which is the RAID ROM from all the four PCI code 20 ROM's I can't change it (and haven't gotten round to using a hex editor yet).

Hopefully E.V.O will come back here from Forum Deluxx forums as he seems to be hanging out there most often