UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[pcnazz]

Thanks for the link!

I just noticed your 4.2Ghz . Very nice !!!

[ElAguila]

Yep. After a couple of years of reading about others that got great chips that gave high oc's with relatively low voltage, I finally got my hands on one. So far I am 5 hours prime stable with the settings I posted except for the Northbridge voltage. I boosted it up to 1.23266.

[exe163]

I ran into some serious problem and need some help. When I drain my loop few drops of water fell on the board, luckily the system was powered off. I strip everything off the mobo and then hair dry it and make sure it's completely dry. After I hook everything back up few hours later, my system boots no problem, though the CMOS reset itself so I reload the profile I set earlier. After afk for a bit, the computer goes into sleep mode through win 7, and refuse to wake up. I tried force reboot. Now it won't even post. The computer shuts down few seconds after start it up, then it reset itself. ON the LCD screen it goes from welcome to LOCKED to shutdown, then time resets.

Any idea what's going on?

[madmax999]

Well, I have the same problem. Every time when my computer goes to sleep (i'm also using Windows 7 and RIIE) I can't wake him up again. I need to power him off and then again on. Luckily, he boots every time normaly after that... Dunno what's your problem but I think that it's not because of water on your board.

My ex-Bloodrage was completely wet because I benched outside at 5h in the morning with fog but she worked perfectly after that

[pcnazz]

I ran into some serious problem and need some help. When I drain my loop few drops of water fell on the board, luckily the system was powered off. I strip everything off the mobo and then hair dry it and make sure it's completely dry. After I hook everything back up few hours later, my system boots no problem, though the CMOS reset itself so I reload the profile I set earlier. After afk for a bit, the computer goes into sleep mode through win 7, and refuse to wake up. I tried force reboot. Now it won't even post. The computer shuts down few seconds after start it up, then it reset itself. ON the LCD screen it goes from welcome to LOCKED to shutdown, then time resets.

Any idea what's going on?

That sucks ! Install just one stick of ram and clear cmos , it should now boot . What type of coolant do you use and what area on your board did it spill on ?

[TalBar]

Well, I have the same problem. Every time when my computer goes to sleep (i'm also using Windows 7 and RIIE) I can't wake him up again. I need to power him off and then again on. Luckily, he boots every time normaly after that... Dunno what's your problem but I think that it's not because of water on your board.

My ex-Bloodrage was completely wet because I benched outside at 5h in the morning with fog but she worked perfectly after that

I"ve got the same issue with my system when changed the CPU for one some cooler. If my rig was with monitor OFF and i awake it, the monitor ON and the comp freez just immediately. I'm using power save management and in idle my new CPU has very low idle Voltage (about 0.95V) maybe it's driving my comp to freez. Or maybe there is not enough Voltage for memory controller(QPI?) I added Voltage for both are- for cores from +0.25V to +0.5V(1.288V for 4.2gHz) and QPI from 1.375V(actually less) to 1.4V and the problem was solved. I still testing the new CPU and i'm sure- boosting one of them will be enough, but i don't know which yet.

[exe163]

I used distilled water, and got spilled at northbridge and a bit between the PCI-e ports. If I press power button (on board or off), it goes on for 1 second and then automatically shuts down. If I hold the power button, I can get the debug screen to show DET DRAM before it shuts down. I tried different video card, different stick of ram. No luck. The only changes I made besides the idiotic water spill, is to put my video card under water and mobo out of water.

Any idea? Possibly overheat?

PS I also tried removing the battery and reset CMOS with the baCK BUTTon, no luck as well.

[pcnazz]

Did you have your psu unplugged from pc when you cleared cmos ?

[exe163]

Oh, I have not try that yet. What's the proper way to clear CMOS without pressing the easy button? Popping the battery out with PSU unplugged?

[exe163]

Thanks I got it fixed! It works after I reset the CMOS. From what I know, I am guessing this is one of the problem I had with the board. For some reason, if I unplug the machine for a while, the system automatically set my overclock at some unreachable area (i.e. 5.0+ ghz). I guess this explains why it shuts down automatically.

[CryptiK]

What BIOS version are you using?

Seems you are having cold boot issues, perhaps try flashing the BIOS to one of the latest versions, 1504 works well for me.

[toyzruz]

Hi ... I just recieved my rampage2 ex... and I dont have an idea about how to gain sth about 4,5 ghz with my i7 960 ... can anyone post somehting like a bios template just to let me know how to start with oc?
Do u think 4,5 with an i7 960 is possible? (I know ... "Why didnt you buy xeon?"... I wanted the 24x multi ... and 960 is@d0 as well ... so here we go)
thx mates
toyz

[madmax999]

You want 4.5GHz for 24/7? That's impossible I think... I mean, maybe it's possible but with some crazy cooling.

[toyzruz]

really? h mmm ... was just thinking / dreaming what do you think is realistic with i7 960(multi max. 24x)?

[madmax999]

Multi is not the problem, problem is temperature.
First try to get 4.2GHz with temperature under 75° and then you can try higher.

[zalbard]

It's not impossible, check my sig...

[toyzruz]

do you recommend the 17er bios for oc?

[madmax999]

It's not impossible, check my sig...

I mean, maybe it's possible but with some crazy cooling.

With some normal air cooling or low end water cooling it's impossible.
You need to have some high end water cooling. Some guys even have 2 radiators

But toyzruz didn't say which cooling does he have so we can only gues how much can he get out of his 960

[zalbard]

With some normal air cooling or low end water cooling it's impossible.

There are a few people who did this on air even without crazy loud fans... You just need to get lucky with a low vCore chip for air.

[CryptiK]

A 960 could do it, but depends on the chips behaviour and cooling. 4.5GHz 24/7 is entirely possible using even a 920, it's only 214 BCLK with the 21 multi. Unless you have a below average board, you wont be BCLK limited until around 4.6 on a 920. You'll probably need water cooling though, it will most likely be too hot for air.

You don't need a template, just start winding it up and see what you need to change to get there.

[madmax999]

There are a few people who did this on air even without crazy loud fans... You just need to get lucky with a low vCore chip for air.

Well, "few" is the keyword
He can always try and see what he can get. But my advice is to try 4.2GHz first so he can see what vcore does he need for this frequency.

[zalbard]

He can always try and see what he can get. But my advice is to try 4.2GHz first so he can see what vcore does he need for this frequency.

Of course, no doubt. Maybe even start with 4GHz!

[pcnazz]

Sold my 17 920 to a friend and I am ordering the 17 960 as soon as he pays me . If I get a decent binning I will take it to where I believe this platform will go .

[Tcassius]

Can anyone explain this?

The driver no install in the Win Seven 64 bits!

Driver> Win7 64bits\IMSM_V8901023\Install

Why?

My Bios 1406

Thxxx

[Salamndar]

You want 4.5GHz for 24/7? That's impossible I think... I mean, maybe it's possible but with some crazy cooling.

Says who !! I was runnign 4.41X with a D0 920 and rampage 2 Ex. I was not able to get 4.5 because the mobo would not POST with Bclk higher than 210.
At that speed my CPU using Linx would not go above 82C with 50 loops and glides mostly less than 80C.