UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[madmax999]

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.

Well, 4.41X is still not 4.5GHz...
With which cooling did you run this? HT on or OFF?

[Salamndar]

Well, 4.41X is still not 4.5GHz...
With which cooling did you run this? HT on or OFF?

water cooling with 2 120.2 rads, XT waterblock, 4x1900 S-Flex fans and D. water.

[EOD]

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

I dont know how well the CPU will OC, but with the x24 multi (x25 with the Turbo multi), 201 BCLK will be more then enough. Here are my settings for 201 BCLK, which should at least keep your board stable. But I can't guarantee how well the CPU will OC...







This gets me 4.2GHz HT on, and is Prime95 stable and LinX stable:





This should help you get started towards your goal.

[madmax999]

water cooling with 2 120.2 rads, XT waterblock, 4x1900 S-Flex fans and D. water.

Well, that's what I was talking about...

[Salamndar]

Well, that's what I was talking about...

No my, old R2E rfefuses to POST at all, even if I try 211x14 .

Any thing on that mobo higher than 210 is a no go.

[madmax999]

No my, old R2E rfefuses to POST at all, even if I try 211x14 .

Any thing on that mobo higher than 210 is a no go.

I was refering to a cooling used

[Salamndar]

I was refering to a cooling used

You consider that crazy cooling!!

[madmax999]

You consider that crazy cooling!!

It's not regular air cooling or low end water cooling.

[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

Anybody?

[madmax999]

What is this driver for?

[Tcassius]

What is this driver for?

For Sata

Version 8.9.0.1023

Description Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Driver V8.9.0.1023 for Windows 32/64bit XP & Windows 32/64bit Vista & 32/64bit Windows 7.(WHQL) Intel(R) AHCI/RAID Driver Disk for Windows 32/64bit XP & Windows 32/64bit Vista & 32/64bit Windows 7.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Driver V8.9.0.1023 for Windows 32/64bit XP & Windows 32/64bit Vista & 32/64bit Windows 7.(WHQL)
Intel(R) AHCI/RAID Driver Disk for Windows 32/64bit XP & Windows 32/64bit Vista & 32/64bit Windows 7.



File Size 23.61 (MBytes)

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...Mih&templete=2

[Nuckin_Futs]

Hello guys! I'm not new to this forum but I haven't really been on for awhile. I am wanting to become more in tune with my Rampage II Extreme and GENE on X58. I will do my best to read through here to find some insight tips on area of voltages and frequancies but if anybody is willing to PM me with shared notes on a DO i7 920 on this mobo that would be cool. I got a stable daily 3.8GHz at 200x19 w/ DDR1600. I did a few bench test at 4GHz with 20x200 DDR 1600 but got a few BSOD's so I believe I need to learn more of the safe voltages to rais and in what order for safe daily as well as cool running. I will post BIOS template as soon as I get my notes in order.

Thankx in advance!

[pcnazz]

Hey Nuckin Futs congrats on your new R2X . Throw up your idle and 100% load temps to give us an idea what your working with .

[brooklynzoo81]

Okay cool . I can help you do that . Could you run LinX for say like 10 times and take a pic on 9 with core temp in with the pic showing all four core temps . This will give me an idea of how safe you are now and will give me an idea where I can take your cpu frequency to . LinX you can down load a few page back here and Core Temp just google if you don't already have it . We must be careful if your having temp issues so lets see how it looks under full load at stock frequency first . Look at some of my LinX runs here and set your pic up like I did .

Things have now changed a bit on my main PC. I got the Corsair H50 with dual fans, and installed it today. Temps seemed to have went down from what they where before. On the stock fan i was doing 135F only on idle alone. Now i am doing about 111F on idle. I ran those test from what you can see in the pic's. I am for now running at stock speeds, along with memory (Corsair XMS3 6 GB 1600mhz). Let me know what settings I can try and where I can take this beast, lol. Thanks again.

[toyzruz]

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

do you recommend the 17er bios for oc?

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

Ty all for your replies ... have got a MORA2 with 9x Yate Loons ...

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 .

looking forward sharing my settings with yours ... and vice versa

[pcnazz]

Things have now changed a bit on my main PC. I got the Corsair H50 with dual fans, and installed it today. Temps seemed to have went down from what they where before. On the stock fan i was doing 135F only on idle alone. Now i am doing about 111F on idle. I ran those test from what you can see in the pic's. I am for now running at stock speeds, along with memory (Corsair XMS3 6 GB 1600mhz). Let me know what settings I can try and where I can take this beast, lol. Thanks again.

Well good move on your cooling upgrade . Your now around 43c at idel with stock settings . Lets try for 4.0Ghz first . Go with a x20 ratio & 200 BCLK & core voltage lets use 1.40v . Run LinX 20 times using all memory . If you fail LinX bump up the core voltage to 1.4375v and run LinX again . Watch your temps while LinX is running and report back with results . If temps look good we will push for more and then when you reach your max safely and stable we will fine tune that core voltage .

[brooklynzoo81]

Well good move on your cooling upgrade . Your now around 43c at idel with stock settings . Lets try for 4.0Ghz first . Go with a x20 ratio & 200 BCLK & core voltage lets use 1.40v . Run LinX 20 times using all memory . If you fail LinX bump up the core voltage to 1.4375v and run LinX again . Watch your temps while LinX is running and report back with results . If temps look good we will push for more and then when you reach your max safely and stable we will fine tune that core voltage .

I started to run LinX and I was not comfortable running it when i saw the high Temps in CoreTemp hit turn orange and hit187F after a few seconds. I ran it under both Voltages with the same result. Right now i am running at 4GHZ with Core Voltage at 1.4375. Should i lower it to 3.8? i am not sure if this will hold when i start to play COD4 or GTAIV, thanks.

[pcnazz]

I started to run LinX and I was not comfortable running it when i saw the high Temps in CoreTemp hit turn orange and hit187F after a few seconds. I ran it under both Voltages with the same result. Right now i am running at 4GHZ with Core Voltage at 1.4375. Should i lower it to 3.8? i am not sure if this will hold when i start to play COD4 or GTAIV, thanks.

That would about 80c it was hitting on you for core temp running LinX . That is very except-able temps for LinX stability testing for i7 9_ _ series processors . Take a look a couple pages back here with my post on LinX runs and look at my temps . Can you post your temps in Celsius please ? Run LinX for 20 times with all memory with the 4.0Ghz settings and that will tell us if your 100% stable there . Use the lower voltage first I gave you .

[Mydog]

I started to run LinX and I was not comfortable running it when i saw the high Temps in CoreTemp hit turn orange and hit187F after a few seconds. I ran it under both Voltages with the same result. Right now i am running at 4GHZ with Core Voltage at 1.4375. Should i lower it to 3.8? i am not sure if this will hold when i start to play COD4 or GTAIV, thanks.

4Ghz @ 1,4375, what are the rest of yor settings CPU pll, QPI Dram, IOH and IHC?

I'm running 4,585 @ 1,47 vcore with CPU pll @1,81 and QPI Dram @ 1,4
Dram 1746.

[brooklynzoo81]

I tired to run it with 1.4V and all memory and it blue screen on me after about 20 seconds or so, with temp readings around 90C. I bumped it up to 1.4375V but saw the same and i stopped it about 30 seconds in.

@My dog. I have all those settings at Auto.

[Mydog]

I tired to run it with 1.4V and all memory and it blue screen on me after about 20 seconds or so, with temp readings around 90C. I bumped it up to 1.4375V but saw the same and i stopped it about 30 seconds in.

@My dog. I have all those settings at Auto.

You should NEVER have V-settings at auto while clocking. Should I post som V settings for you?

[brooklynzoo81]

You should NEVER have V-settings at auto while clocking. Should I post som V settings for you?

Yes please. Not too familiar with overclocking settings and all of the BIOS settings on this board. What ever you and pcnazz recommend i will look it over and try it out.

[Mydog]

Yes please. Not too familiar with overclocking settings and all of the BIOS settings on this board. What ever you and pcnazz recommend i will look it over and try it out.

Ok Try this: Dsable ALL settings exept HT under CPU Conf.
AI overclock: Manual
CPU ratio: 21
CPU turbo: Disabled
BCLK: 200
PCIE Freq: 100
Dram Freq: 1333 or 1600
UCLK Freq: (2x Dram freq) 2667 or 3200
QPI Link: Auto
Dram timing: What it says on your mem (ex. 9-9-9-24)
Load-line Clib: Disabled
CPU Diff. Ampl.: Auto
CPU Voltage: Start with 1,3
CPU PLL: 1,81592
QPI/DRAM: 1,3 for(1333) or 1,4 for (1600)
IOH:1,17966
IOH PCIE:1,511
IHC: 1,17966
PCI IHC: 1,511
DRAM Bus V: 1,65681
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Leave the rest as it is

[pcnazz]

Yes please. Not too familiar with overclocking settings and all of the BIOS settings on this board. What ever you and pcnazz recommend i will look it over and try it out.

90c is high , I don't like that at all ! Address your cooling because that will hold you back . I suggest you do not try for more then 4.0Ghz with the temps you have now . 4.0Ghz is a respectable frequency and will give you fine over all performance . I would like to see you lower your temps and until then lets try to get 3.6Ghz 100% stable for you . If that is okay with you let me know . I could right you a book on over clocking but slow and steady wins the race . Over clocking safely is the #1 priority . A bit of information zoo81 is you only have with a i7 920 X20 cpu multi ratio with Turbo disabled . Leave Turbo disabled and use X20 cpu multi ratio hard set in your bios . When Turbo is enabled that x21 cpu multi ratio is only good for one core and is useless for overclocking in my opinion . If you would like to zoo81 you can run p95 to test for stability . It is less stressful then LinX and you will see lower temps when its running but I believe it will declare your over clock stable for you , not as stable as a LinX stable rig .

[Jorlin]

Can anyone help me with this issue:

I have a rig based on the rampage extreme II. core i7 cup 920@3.8Ghz, 6GB RAM, 2 750GB HDDS in a Raid0 configuration and 3xGTX285 GPUs in an SLI configuration.
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit is installed.
I would like to use standby mode. But unfortunately the rig does not wake up when I restart from standby. It won't boot but it powers up (no boot screen though - the display remains black [no signal]).

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this (hibernate works though)?