UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[koksy]

I'm going to make a small upgrade soon.... on Windows 7 and OCZ Agility EX SSD drive. Well are the network drivers on the installation CD compatible with Win 7? Did anyone try to install them on a clear win 7 installation? Thx

I don't think there are any network drivers on the CD, just the chipset drivers. And why not just download those from the website?

[koksy]

I've just been playing around with the preset Level-Up features since I got the board, but I want to start with XMP now.

How do you go about with BCLK? I've toyed around with it a little, but is it like the old front bus, where you have to go slowly forward, or do you just set it to the desired value and hope it boots?

[PytonOrm]

Bios 0077 Thread at last page almost http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=232109&page=8

[Kain XS]

I'm going to make a small upgrade soon.... on Windows 7 and OCZ Agility EX SSD drive. Well are the network drivers on the installation CD compatible with Win 7? Did anyone try to install them on a clear win 7 installation? Thx

I´m using Win 7, and Network drivers work ok. Even that, if you don´t install them Windows already recognizes.

[Anuaja]

Bios 0077 Thread at last page almost http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=232109&page=8

Thank you bro,
Quick test bios 0077

BCLK 225

[Chri$ch]

235BCLK

[Papagaj]

I´m using Win 7, and Network drivers work ok. Even that, if you don´t install them Windows already recognizes.

appreciate that thank you

[Brama]

235BCLK

Many compliments!
What are the main differences from 1504 that you noted?

[Brama]

Asus don't allow you to set a fixed value like other manufacturers do. You can only set "Auto", Normal" or "Advance X clocks" or "Delay X Clocks" - all of these options mean the board chooses the default value, and this is where the problem lies. The board chooses a different value each time you boot even though nothing else has been changed.

To clarify, the RTL's were changing every time I rebooted, when I have not changed ram speed, BCLK, timmings or anything else. Just rebooted at the exact same settings and the RTL's were different every time.

This is very bad BIOS work, we should be able to set fixed values for each RTL eg: 59/60/61 and have them not change.

It seems a kind of temperature compensation.

Did you try when the PC is cold, after 6-8 hours OFF, typically during the night, and when the PC is very hot, after some hours of stability tests?

[Chri$ch]

Many compliments!
What are the main differences from 1504 that you noted?

i never tested 1504 because 0077 is the only bios which supports Gulftown CPUs

[Infa]

Yeah, I saw that directly when i checked you're picture

and was like, now someone is goin to say something ..but no one saw that i suppose?

how is it playing?

[Brama]

i never tested 1504 because 0077 is the only bios which supports Gulftown CPUs

Lucky man!

[Brama]

Thank you bro,
Quick test bios 0077

Any evident difference with 1504 on i7?

[CryptiK]

It seems a kind of temperature compensation.

Did you try when the PC is cold, after 6-8 hours OFF, typically during the night, and when the PC is very hot, after some hours of stability tests?

It makes no difference when the board is rebooted. When I noted in the previous post how the RTL's were changing between boots, I was siting in front of the pc rebooting, checking in bios where the actual values are displayed in the ram settings screen, rebooting etc, and they were just changing each time on their own.

Can anyone else verify this is happening on their board too?

Asus should change the way RTL's are set in the next BIOS, so we can choose a fixed value and have it stay that way like on other boards.

[aoch88]

Is BIOS 0077 a beta BIOS or official? I can't seem to find the download link on the first page.

[PalmeAsus]

Any evident difference with 1504 on i7?

took my cpu 1 bclk further in 24/7 clock went from 4333 to 4355 =)

[Chri$ch]

Is BIOS 0077 a beta BIOS or official? I can't seem to find the download link on the first page.

It is a beta bios.

[PalmeAsus]

noticed that 0077 brought back coldboot and no-working sleep mode =( going back to 1504

[Biker]

noticed that 0077 brought back coldboot and no-working sleep mode =( going back to 1504

0077 has the opposite effect for me:

No more coldboot

On the downside though my 4.2 overclock is no longer stable at 1504 voltages....

Time for some more tuning

[Brama]

It is a beta bios.

For me is a laboratory BIOS, able only to setup correctly the i9 engineering samples that are around for evaluation.

[TheGame]

hey guys i need a profile or setting to oc my goddamn memory form 2000 to 2400 or upper than 2400
i cant take memory clock upper than 2100 why ??


system info

Intel Core i7 920 FPO/BATCH #:3845B071 HotChip

ASUS X58 RAMPAGE II EXTREME

ASUS ATI 3450 512 Silent

Corsair Dominator GT 3*2GB @2000 CL8

seventeam 885

Thermalright IFX-14

[zalbard]

hey guys i need a profile or setting to oc my goddamn memory form 2000 to 2400 or upper than 2400
i cant take memory clock upper than 2100 why ??

Perhaps because the memory cannot handle it? LOL.
Or your CPU's IMC.
You need cold on both CPU and RAM to go as far as 2400.

[TheGame]

Perhaps because the memory cannot handle it? LOL.
Or your CPU's IMC.
You need cold on both CPU and RAM to go as far as 2400.

than x brow and another question whats the best bios version for this motherboard (the stablest version) with version 1504 i cant load xmp but with 1406 i can !!!!!

[Baer]

Hi all,
I have been using the included X-Fi riser card that comes with the RE-II. Now that I have loaded the comercial version of Win 7 I am actually going to put this rig to work. I want to upgrade the sound card. In the opinion of this august group what is the best sound card for this Mobo considering in the following order:
1. Quality of sound
2. Being able to fit
3. Compatability with the RE-II and Win 7
I am looking for the best, not the cheapest.

I am looking at the ASUS Xonar series, anyone have any experience with them?

[thelostrican]

Hi all,
I have been using the included X-Fi riser card that comes with the RE-II. Now that I have loaded the comercial version of Win 7 I am actually going to put this rig to work. I want to upgrade the sound card. In the opinion of this august group what is the best sound card for this Mobo considering in the following order:
1. Quality of sound
2. Being able to fit
3. Compatability with the RE-II and Win 7
I am looking for the best, not the cheapest.

I am looking at the ASUS Xonar series, anyone have any experience with them?

i want to ask you how did you resolve your disapearing cores problem...i have it....