UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[Marvin82]

I had several boards with the problem connected with the fan from 4.2 GHz with the stability problems have occurred
especially with the Asus
and the UD 5 GB
which occurs only at very high load on

must not have made me a lot of headache
tasted
in error search


Sorry for my 10 year old school English

[ZCommander]

pls do NOT ask me for sharing
This is only an Info that ASUS is working on new Bios Release

This Bios has


Many XEON and Core i7 improvements
logitech g19 improvements
ez flash update
ram improvements

Goody Goody Goody, can't wait to get my hands on this BIOS!

[affiliate13]

Hey Marvin,
thanks for the info.
I got 3DMark06 to run at 4.51Ghz 215x21 1.45v; GFX 750/900


Ill do the cards next but thats for another thread.

[Tuxmask75]

Hey hey! Anyone have experience with 12 GB Memory overclocking to 2000 MHZ on RE2?
Just upgraded to 12 GB Kingston KHX16000D3ULT1k3/6GB from 6GB of the same ram.
when running 6 GB i could overclock to 2009 MHZ very stable.
but Ive recently added 6 more GB and cant boot at 2009 MHZ like before, lowest i can boot is like 1900 something. but seems unstable in windows.

Ive tried upping the QPI which didn't work out..
setting the timings to manual, and other overclocking settings to defalt except the memory. still no boot.

I'm afraid to give more than 1.65 to Dram, but if its necessary ill go for that, just thought id check here first.
any advise would be appreciated

UPDATE!!!
in 3d mark Vantage
my CPU score is 55622. with the 6GB memory @2009 MHZ 8-8-8-24-1N the CPU speed is 4.05 GHZ
and with 12GB memory installed the CPU score is 24979. the memory is clocked at 1859 7-8-7-20-1N, CPU speed is 4.1 GHZ.
wonder whats really eating my scores, is it really the addition of the 6GB memory?

Below is the 6GB score...the one im proud of..


Direct link to teh score
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1136846

[Fire4Wire]

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/LG...treme-1406.zip



[ 1406 ]
----------------------
1. Support OC station
2. Improve memory compatibility
3. Supported EIST function when CPU ratio is in manual mode
4. Fix Vista loading slowly if use over 3GB RAM

[ZCommander]

This is ace!

Going to update my mobo when I get out of the office today !!

[Tuxmask75]

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/LG...treme-1406.zip



[ 1406 ]
----------------------
1. Support OC station
2. Improve memory compatibility
3. Supported EIST function when CPU ratio is in manual mode
4. Fix Vista loading slowly if use over 3GB RAM

Wonder if that'll fix my memory mucking up performence when running 12 GB ram. Gana try it out thx.

[sunny7day]

222 bclk wall fixed yet?

[Marvin82]

222 bclk wall fixed yet?

bclk 222 is a Wall from the CPU not the Board!!! http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=577533

[dejanh]

What's OC station?

Nevermind, what a useless piece of junk...

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/23/a...fly-overclock/

Let's see this "improved memory compatibility" for the Gene as well...

[Marvin82]

What's OC station?

Nevermind, what a useless piece of junk...

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/23/a...fly-overclock/

Let's see this "improved memory compatibility" for the Gene as well...

I never see this bevore

[jcniest5]

bclk 222 is a Wall from the CPU not the Board!!! http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=577533

Check out my CPU-Z screenshot here: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=582979

Most (if not all) x58 boards have this problem until you bump up PCI-E Frequency to at least 110 or higher. That enables you to go over the 222 bclk, which means it's not the problem with the CPU, but of the board.

[tistou77]

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/LG...treme-1406.zip

[ 1406 ]
----------------------
1. Support OC station
2. Improve memory compatibility
3. Supported EIST function when CPU ratio is in manual mode
4. Fix Vista loading slowly if use over 3GB RAM

memory is less efficient with this bios? (if it's like on the Maximus Extreme, with this option was less efficient)

what bios is best for OC? 1204, 1403 or 1406?

thank you very much

[zoob]

No one seems to be posting templates anymore (for us lazy overclockers!)

Here are my settings for 20x200 on i7 920 D0 + 12GB + GTX285. I had to bump volts up a notch after upgrading from a 8800GTS512 :|
BIOS1204, HT ON, C1E OFF

bclk 200
pcie 101
dram 1603
uclk 3208
qpi 7218
cpu 1.28750
pll 1.82917
qpi 1.33125
ioh 1.31216
dram 1.67006
cpu skew delay 200ps
ioh skew delay 200ps
everything else is auto

[Marvin82]

Hi
Note that you can not flash back to a old bios wen you have flasht the bios to 1406!!!!!!!!
The 1406 works very good on my sys i can take down qpi vtt , Vdimm , ioh and vcore
Asus has the bios in the bios history but not to download i dont know wats wrong

[Le Titi]

Hi
Note that you can not flash back to a old bios wen you have flasht the bios to 1406!!!!!!!!
The 1406 works very good on my sys i can take down qpi vtt , Vdimm , ioh and vcore
Asus has the bios in the bios history but not to download i dont know wats wrong

It's impossible to flash with a old bios ?

Not very good that.

[Papagaj]

how about cmos reset? it should revert to bios that the board came with or?

[Marvin82]

Cmos only load setup defaults from Bios not more
I. dont know
in not have Test flash back
But you have 2 Bios on the board you can flash bios back wenn you updating bios 1 (1406) from bios 2 but this is not 100% so i not test this i have no time i works verry very lots of hours
mh i have no word ,, in 1 Day! tomoror ? i can test it and say more about flash back the bios

[etoo]

Who has the new Bios 1406 for download?
the link above has expired ...
thanks...

[AquaRelliux]

Hello XS

I just got this mobo and installed and everythign runs fine except I have some problem with the soundcard. I installed the drivers and the sound works but I have atm maxed windows volume setting and maxed headset volume and it is sometimes not loud enough anyone haveing the same problem?, on my old Maximus boards I couldent even have my headset on 50% volume because that was to much. I also never got a icon for the soundcard on my taskbar(like the ATi icon but for audio) after I installed the drivers. Without the icon I can basicly only play with the windows settings shouldent this card have professional settings like my previous Maximus I and II had?, the soundcard looks the same to me. I tried reinstall the drivers without getting the taskbar icon so what am I doign wrong?. I downloaded the sound drivers from Asus site the only ones that is on there(7.5 mb). Anyone have any ideas what is wrong, anyone have any solution?

I am using Vista 64 if that might have something to do with it.

//Aqua

[Helli]

Who has the new Bios 1406 for download?
the link above has expired ...
thanks...

I have uploaded the original zip to Rapidshare:

Grab it from here: http://rapidshare.com/files/24298827...treme-1406.zip

[etoo]

I have uploaded the original zip to Rapidshare:

Grab it from here: http://rapidshare.com/files/24298827...treme-1406.zip

ok, thank you ..
You can tell me if the bios is stable right?

[Tigris STI]

A small question to all of you guys, who are running their RAM at 1800-2000MHz: What QPI voltage do you set to get your system stable ?

[jcniest5]

Hello XS

I just got this mobo and installed and everythign runs fine except I have some problem with the soundcard. I installed the drivers and the sound works but I have atm maxed windows volume setting and maxed headset volume and it is sometimes not loud enough anyone haveing the same problem?, on my old Maximus boards I couldent even have my headset on 50% volume because that was to much. I also never got a icon for the soundcard on my taskbar(like the ATi icon but for audio) after I installed the drivers. Without the icon I can basicly only play with the windows settings shouldent this card have professional settings like my previous Maximus I and II had?, the soundcard looks the same to me. I tried reinstall the drivers without getting the taskbar icon so what am I doign wrong?. I downloaded the sound drivers from Asus site the only ones that is on there(7.5 mb). Anyone have any ideas what is wrong, anyone have any solution?

I am using Vista 64 if that might have something to do with it.

//Aqua

Have you checked on your Mixer setting? Or did you just adjust the volume using the speaker icon located at bottom right? Sometimes the Wave setting under Mixer may be set way too low and so adjusting the overall volume doesn't help. Check the Mixer setting if you haven't already done so.

[Marvin82]

A small question to all of you guys, who are running their RAM at 1800-2000MHz: What QPI voltage do you set to get your system stable ?

Every CPU needs a other VTT most of c1/c0 stepping need for 2000Mhz 1,37-1,47vtt and the D0 stepping needs 1,32-1,37vtt so you must testing the vtt on your cpu