UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[hifiking]

Hey! Do i need to buy an E-atx case to make this MB fit? Trying to find a alu case with good cooling and no sidewindow. And not the biggest mother out there either. Thinking of Lian Li but not so easy to get one in Norway.


Any tips?

http://microplex.no/Avdelinger/Datak...ium-34538.aspx

[Akando]

Damn that was a smooth case! Too bad i just bought the stacker 832 se:/ Well im sure the stacker is good too...

[psygnosi]

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Here is my case - A Thermaltake Tsunami Aluminum case. Looks cramped but actually the cables are completely out of the way(2nd pic) and airflow is excellent. Had to invert the side window fan because of the True Black 120 and cut a blowhole on top. Using this system 24/7 @ 4.0Ghz(20x200) C0 and yes thats 12 gig of Corsair XMS3 running 9-8-7-20 1N @ 1600Mhz. Ordered OCZ Blades 2000Mhz ram 12 gig will be here this weekend. At the same time will cut cable management holes in the appropriate locations to clean it up a bit - Dremel time!

Excuse the dust - this system is been running since the Rampage II Extreme first came out. This is one of the first boards off the assembly line. No cold boot problems and is stable as a rock! This board will fit a Mid Tower ATX case as long as the drive cage on the bottom can be removed. This case has been home to 7 Asus motherboards so far.

[A?????Z]

Bios Beta Version 1502 for the Asus R2E Motherboard.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view...d=1262880&da=y

[psygnosi]

Hooray! New bios! Flashed and works okay so far....

:P

[mpower1001]

Anyone using a REVOLUTION 85+ 1050W with the Rampage ll, curious if their are compatibility problems with this combo?

[Papagaj]

Anyone using a REVOLUTION 85+ 1050W with the Rampage ll, curious if their are compatibility problems with this combo?

Hi there

I'm using the highest model - Revolution80+ 1250W. Running great with RIIE...

I have only one minor issue. I had 2 Enermaxes in the past and both had HEAT GUARD...my Revolution has HEAT GUARD in documentation but never saw it active PC just shut down without heat guard......might be the board that dont like it or my PSU might be faulty. So guys with this PSU.... do you have HEAT GUARD ?

heat guard = fans are running about 1 min when you shut down PC

[Hazzan]

Anyone using a REVOLUTION 85+ 1050W with the Rampage ll, curious if their are compatibility problems with this combo?

dont worry work perfect....

[Brama]

Bios Beta Version 1502 for the Asus R2E Motherboard.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view...d=1262880&da=y

I suggest to upload in a compressed and self verifying format, like .zip or .rar.

In the original .rom format, we can not verify in any way if it is arrived corrupted or not.

Thanks,

[Brama]

Hooray! New bios! Flashed and works okay so far....

:P

Did you note any difference from 1406?

[KILLER_K]

Did it fix the overvolting on the memory x.m.p settings yet?

[Brama]

Jus flashed 1502 and it seems to work.
At first sight, I noted that you can chose the VID as an absolute value or a relative one.
I suppose, if you use the relative one, you can have the VID reduction under low cpu load, even if you overclock.

[psygnosi]

Hi Brama,

The only thing I noticed so far is that it boots faster than the previous(1406) bios. I also noticed the Vid addition and set mine to relative. I'll use it thru the week and weekend and see if anything else has changed. So far no ill effects. Back to playing Streetfighter 4 for the PC(I refuse to buy a console and this version is so much fun! My fingers are sore on my Logitech rumblepad).

[Leeghoofd]

anybody want to compare the bandwith between eg 1402 and the 1502 bios release ? wnan know if they changed something to the Back to back Cas delay setting

[Z3R0-CooL]

someone upload the 1502 ROM in .zip or .rar or .7z format please.. reup reup....

[KILLER_K]

I'm going to wait since it isn't even on asus ftp site under beta yet.

[IN7OX]

Bios Beta Version 1502 for the Asus R2E Motherboard.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view...d=1262880&da=y

bandwith exceeded
please reup

[Leeghoofd]

Upped it to my FTP : Rampage Extreme Bios 1502

[tistou77]

I test the bios 1502, with Benchmark Everest no difference to the performance of the ram

but what the option in the bios "CPU Voltage VID"?

it is better to Absolute (VID) or Relative (offset)?

thanks

[Leeghoofd]

if you read what's written on the right in the bios you will understand

Absolute ; sets the vcore value you want if you set 1.2, it says 1.2 in the bios (no relation to the VID)
Relative : here it calculates the offset form the VID , if you want 1.2 and the VID is 1.1, you need to set 0.1 to get 1.2 as the above setting...

Don't think it changes anything... saw this seting to on the Gene II

[XTRMDREAM]

Hey guys,
I have just ordered a Asus xonar essence stx and have realised that there is an issue with full size sound cards not fitting in the top PCI-X x1 slot. I have a swiftech northbridge block but it still looks like there is not quite enough room.. Is it possible to run the card in the lower white PCI-X x1 slot or any other.. I currently only have one video card (GTX280 with Koolance waterblock) in the top blue PCI-X x16 slot which will not allow me to use the white PCI-X x1 slot because of the dual slot backplate on the videocard. Will the video card still be in a x16 slot if I move it down to the next blue slot..

Cheers

[tistou77]

if you read what's written on the right in the bios you will understand

Absolute ; sets the vcore value you want if you set 1.2, it says 1.2 in the bios (no relation to the VID)
Relative : here it calculates the offset form the VID , if you want 1.2 and the VID is 1.1, you need to set 0.1 to get 1.2 as the above setting...

Don't think it changes anything... saw this seting to on the Gene II

ok thank you

Relative (offset) is in the bios as a DFI (I think) if I understood correctly?

[Akando]

I am very happy with my stacker 832 se Now i need a cpu cooler.

Dont want to run water this time so air is the thing. Can any recommend a good cooler thats not that high. Think like 14cm is max. Dont have much space because of the fan bracket in the door. And its alot in the cpu area it needs to clear.

I know this is ALOT to ask but can anyone post bios settings for a 3.4-3.6ghz clock? I can fine tune it if its unstable but dont know what i should increase/decrease/enable/disable here. And dont know much about memory clocks.

First time i clocked was a Q6600 up to 3.4ghz and got it stable there.

My hardware is
I7 920
rampage extreme
2xHD4890
OCZ Platinum XTC DDR3 1600MHz 6GB CL7-7-7-24, 1.65 volts
850w psu

Thanks for any help

[rabor]

Hey guys,
I have just ordered a Asus xonar essence stx and have realised that there is an issue with full size sound cards not fitting in the top PCI-X x1 slot. I have a swiftech northbridge block but it still looks like there is not quite enough room.. Is it possible to run the card in the lower white PCI-X x1 slot or any other.. I currently only have one video card (GTX280 with Koolance waterblock) in the top blue PCI-X x16 slot which will not allow me to use the white PCI-X x1 slot because of the dual slot backplate on the videocard. Will the video card still be in a x16 slot if I move it down to the next blue slot..

Cheers

I would leave the videocard where it is & plug the Xonar in the bottom white slot..

[XTRMDREAM]

I would leave the videocard where it is & plug the Xonar in the bottom white slot..

Do I have to change it from x8 to x1 in the bios.. Will it damage anything if it runs at x8..

Cheers