ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[hallryu]

Nice Overclock. Monster VCore, would kill your Quad very quickly.

[MarcusFoX]

if they want the voltage give it...dont be shy. with a ep45-ud3p im sure the voltage on this same chip will be pulled in quite abit but right now stuck with the Maximus and with this board you need volts to push that fsb even with the gtl's tuned.

[jlewis02]

The temps are very high but nice clocks.

Dang man I just seen the NB volts at 1.65v thats way high.And the VTT at 1.7v thats also high.

[ajdaho]

@MarcusFox
yours quad go quick to cpu hell

[Pekalion]

Hey guys, can someone tell me if this mother or Rampage Extreme can be buy new? My Q9550 is asking me to destroy the BlackOps with a hammer, is doing 3.4Ghz without any tweaking and the only one giving me problems is the damn motherboard.

Well, if anyone can give me hand thanks!

[jlewis02]

Newegg has the MIIF but its over $200 for it new.

[MarcusFoX]

Some people believe in the start low and work you way up method... me personallyl I dont have the patience for that I start high and get it stable and then bring the voltages/GTLs down etc to fine tune.

just two different ways of accomplishing the same thing.

The temps are very high but nice clocks.

Dang man I just seen the NB volts at 1.65v thats way high.And the VTT at 1.7v thats also high.

[MarcusFoX]

Hey guys, can someone tell me if this mother or Rampage Extreme can be buy new? My Q9550 is asking me to destroy the BlackOps with a hammer, is doing 3.4Ghz without any tweaking and the only one giving me problems is the damn motherboard.

Well, if anyone can give me hand thanks!

Im gunna be selling mine soon....

[jlewis02]

Here is the best I can do.

[hallryu]

This is me at the moment. IBT passed 10 runs on max but Prime95 failed on Core 0 at just over 2 hours. A little bit of tweaking still required me thinks but almost there.

[MarcusFoX]

Double post sorry

[MarcusFoX]

Hey guys those are 2 nice looking OC's right there... now I wanna see them 24/7 stable chop chop

id be surprised if you could get that 502 fsb OC stable for 4 hours that be sweet.

[CryptiK]

Hey guys good to see the thread still moving along.

I just sold my M2F, it's been fun but it was time for me to move on. Best of luck with your OC's.

[Saturn™]

Hello, people!
two days I can not adjust the FSB 533, Prime95 is not stable.... please help me.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 [E0] ~4264MHz [8x533]
Asus Maximus II Formula P45 rev.A3 [bios 2202]
Geil Ultra Plus [2x2Gb] DDR2-1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
Corsair TX650W
Microsoft Windows® 7 Ultimate x64

Ratio CMOS Setting: 8
FSB Frequency: 533
CPU Clock Skew: Auto
NB Clock Skew: Auto 
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 400
DRAM Frequency: 1066

DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: Auto
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information:

CAS Latency: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS to CAS Delay: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Precharge: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Activate to Precharge: 15 DRAM Clocks
RAS to RAS Delay: AUTO
Row Refresh Recycle Time: AUTO   
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information:

Read to Write Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (D): AUTO
Read to Read Delay (S): AUTO
Read to Read Delay (D): AUTO
Write to Write Delay (S): AUTO
Write to Write Delay (D): AUTO


3rd Information:

Write to PRE Delay: Auto
Read to PRE Delay: Auto
PRE to PRE Delay: Auto
All PRE to ACT Delay: Auto
All PRE to REF Delay: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: dis
DRAM Read Training: dis
MEM. OC Charger: enab
Ai Clock Twister: strong
Ai Transaction Booster: Manual

Common Performance Level:10
Pull-in of CHA PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH3: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH3: Disabled

PCIE Frequency: 100

CPU Voltage: 1.375
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.21
DRAM Voltage: 2,2
North Bridge Voltage: 1.36
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage: 1.50
South Bridge 1.1 Voltage: 1.10

CPU GTL Reference (0): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (1): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (2): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (3): Auto
NB GTL Reference: Auto
DDR2 ChA Reference Voltage: Auto
DDR2 ChB Reference Voltage: Auto
North Bridge DDR Reference: Auto


CPU Configuration:

Ratio CMOS Setting: 8
C1E Support: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: enable
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

Load-Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

[Marcio]

My 24/7 setup on M2F. I have been using this for more then a year, never had a single crash, or anything. Perfect stable board for me.

[In-Fluence]

Hello, people!
two days I can not adjust the FSB 533, Prime95 is not stable.... please help me.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 [E0] ~4264MHz [8x533]
Asus Maximus II Formula P45 rev.A3 [bios 2202]
Geil Ultra Plus [2x2Gb] DDR2-1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
Corsair TX650W
Microsoft Windows® 7 Ultimate x64

Ratio CMOS Setting: 8
FSB Frequency: 533
CPU Clock Skew: Auto
NB Clock Skew: Auto 
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 400
DRAM Frequency: 1066

DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: Auto
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information:

CAS Latency: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS to CAS Delay: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Precharge: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Activate to Precharge: 15 DRAM Clocks
RAS to RAS Delay: AUTO
Row Refresh Recycle Time: AUTO   
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information:

Read to Write Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (D): AUTO
Read to Read Delay (S): AUTO
Read to Read Delay (D): AUTO
Write to Write Delay (S): AUTO
Write to Write Delay (D): AUTO


3rd Information:

Write to PRE Delay: Auto
Read to PRE Delay: Auto
PRE to PRE Delay: Auto
All PRE to ACT Delay: Auto
All PRE to REF Delay: Auto
DRAM Static Read Control: dis
DRAM Read Training: dis
MEM. OC Charger: enab
Ai Clock Twister: strong
Ai Transaction Booster: Manual

Common Performance Level:10
Pull-in of CHA PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH3: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH3: Disabled

PCIE Frequency: 100

CPU Voltage: 1.375
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.21
DRAM Voltage: 2,2
North Bridge Voltage: 1.36
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage: 1.50
South Bridge 1.1 Voltage: 1.10

CPU GTL Reference (0): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (1): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (2): Auto
CPU GTL Reference (3): Auto
NB GTL Reference: Auto
DDR2 ChA Reference Voltage: Auto
DDR2 ChB Reference Voltage: Auto
North Bridge DDR Reference: Auto


CPU Configuration:

Ratio CMOS Setting: 8
C1E Support: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: enable
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

Load-Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

Try tuning your CPU & NB skews. These can affect stability a lot with high fsb and save you some volts too. Tune your NB GTL too, from my experience, I gained more stability using positive values around +30-+50, but can be different for anyone. CPU GTLs may help more as well, but I doubt it helps as much as with quads. VTT is also rather low, you could try raising that but if you do, wou will need to re-tune any GTLs.
Change one setting at a time, reboot and test. If stability improves, tweak more in that direction. I would start with raising VTT to 1.26 then tuning NB GTL.

Good luck

[CL3P20]

@ Saturn...make sure you are running on the 333FSB strap...400 is not so good .


Well guys, im not really one for total stability...but stable enough :p ...heres my newest with this board.



8.64sec 1 mil Pi


..quick run with a new 5770 on stock cooling, and nabbed 6th in 3D'01




settings I use as follows:

Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Frequency: 581 for 3D, 587boot+setfsb for 2D
CPU Clock Skew: Auto
NB Clock Skew: 200
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 333
DRAM Frequency: 1168-1197

DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: -200
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: -200
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: -200
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: -200
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information:

CAS Latency: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS to CAS Delay: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Precharge: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS Activate to Precharge: 14 DRAM Clocks
RAS to RAS Delay: 3
Row Refresh Recycle Time: 50
Write Recovery Time: 6
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information:

Read to Write Delay (S/D): 7
Write to Read Delay (S): 3
Write to Read Delay (D): 4
Read to Read Delay (S): 6
Read to Read Delay (D): 5
Write to Write Delay (S): 4
Write to Write Delay (D): 7


3rd Information:

Write to PRE Delay: 13
Read to PRE Delay: 5
PRE to PRE Delay: 1
All PRE to ACT Delay: 5
All PRE to REF Delay: 5
DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
DRAM Read Training: Enabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister: stronger
Ai Transaction Booster: Manual

Common Performance Level:10
Pull-in of CHA PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH3: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH2: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH3: Disabled

PCIE Frequency: 103

CPU Voltage: 1.57
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.77
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.40
DRAM Voltage: 2.42
North Bridge Voltage: 1.57
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage: 1.55
South Bridge 1.1 Voltage: 1.17

CPU GTL Reference (0): +40
CPU GTL Reference (1): +20
CPU GTL Reference (2): +40
CPU GTL Reference (3): +20
NB GTL Reference: Auto
DDR2 ChA Reference Voltage: Auto
DDR2 ChB Reference Voltage: Auto
North Bridge DDR Reference: Auto


CPU Configuration:

Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
C1E Support: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

Load-Line Calibration: Disabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled

[Eeky NoX]

Nice chip you gat there ...is it under water or SS ?

Well I don't like to go this low with ram frequ :/ that's why I left it for UD3 ^^ ...but now I battling with DFI T2RS+ urg! seems that the mobo don't like me

[CL3P20]

Nice chip you gat there ...is it under water or SS ?

Well I don't like to go this low with ram frequ :/ that's why I left it for UD3 ^^ ...but now I battling with DFI T2RS+ urg! seems that the mobo don't like me

CPU is on DICE.. vcore was left high in the 2nd and 3rd pics, as I was moving a lot of FSB ...in effort to bench 3d at higher cpu speed... this mobo only wants 3D if its below 583fsb...

*CPU is awsome though..I bench 5.0ghz with only 1.46vcore real ...even the 1.54v in the first pic is high for what it really needs. Hoping that better RAM will see me through 600fsb..this cpu has a lot more left in it.

[Saturn™]

what is the best bios for overclocking MAX FSB?

[CL3P20]

Im using 2202...currently limited on fsb by my cheap ram..

[Saturn™]

Does "enable CPU TM Function" for overclocking on the FSB?

[In-Fluence]

TM function turns your PC off when the CPU hits its on board safe temperature. Disable it if your onboard CPU temp goes above 65-70°C then you can go above that.

1901 gave me best FSB results btw. I think I posted a 614fsb screenie with an E8500 somewhere on this thread. I didn't try benching with it though.

[MarcusFoX]

My 24/7 setup on M2F. I have been using this for more then a year, never had a single crash, or anything. Perfect stable board for me.

Im using 2202...currently limited on fsb by my cheap ram..

This is me at the moment. IBT passed 10 runs on max but Prime95 failed on Core 0 at just over 2 hours. A little bit of tweaking still required me thinks but almost there.

pritty impressive overclocks here guys ... dispite of how horrible this board is with a quad... I got my UD3P in today my first boot was at 4.5 530fsb things a monster. it will go to windows at that speed not stable enough yet to run a Pi test yet tho.

[Musho]

Could a few of you guys be so kind to run this program and take a screenshot of a full graph? I'd like to see how this board performs for you guys in this test.

Here's the link to the test: http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
Here's a link to the thread where they are testing the program: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=246459

Thanks!