ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE (Retail) : ROG. X58 m-ATX preview

[kill_a_wat]

Where is the thread to the cold boot issue?

Regarding the boot issues, do these issues appear normally when machines are overclocked as opposed to not appearing when everything is run @ stock?

The R2G is looking to be my next mobo

[Cralle!]

OC only, atleast for me.

[Philwong]

OC only, atleast for me.

Did you managed to resolve the problem?

Phil

[kill_a_wat]

Hmmm

Cralle! what do you think is causing it? Perhaps mem too tight or too fast? Maybe both?

How long has it been occurring if you dont mind me asking and i'm assuming you have tried the latest bioses?

Little things like that are quite annoying makes me think an o/c is not right

[Copenhagen69]

anyone tried the 1104 or 1202 bios yet? ...

[aln688]

Well update for me I got a Advanced RMA through Asus and got a new board. And my RMAed Corsair came back with a NEW in box HX1000 psu. LOL I sent in the PSU only and got back this. WOW... I plan on trying new 1104 bios because I keep getting errors and missing OS not reading my Intel SSD G2 drive. 1033 seems like a flaky BIOS 0904 was rock solid for me, the only reason why I tried it was I using my Kingston Hypers X but found out I had bad memory.. So I will try 1104, if bad I will go back to 0904..

I'm going to try 1202 which came out earlier this month. I've wiped my overclocking settings, I assume they won't work so I'm going to try and get the lowest voltage for 4.0 GHz using this BIOS. Good for you with that new HX1000!

anyone used it ... or are you all going with the N-U6?

I'm using the U6, the Thermalright HR-05 won't fit on the NB, the bend in the pipe is too elongated hits the side of the stock Asus heat-sink.

Any of you experiencing issues with S3 failure at certain bclk and DRAM settings closer DDR1600 and bclk of 200? S4 will work sometimes. It enters S3 sleep but will either "lock" at resume or if it does make it to Windows the keyboard wil not be active but USB mouse might sometimes. But ;ately it is entering either S3 or S4 it fails to enter and returns to log in. Here the only changes I made during my 4GHz stabilitytesting was upping NB/SB cores to 1.176v and fixing uclk to 3200 (for use @ DDR1600)

I found disabling the option for "Repost Video on S3 Resume" to No helps. If you do get a cold boot problem, hold in the Reset button until "DET DRAM" on the LCD Poster shows, let your finger off the button and your system will boot, no need to switch on and off.

anyone tried the 1104 or 1202 bios yet? ...

I'm trying it today and tomorrow.

[Copenhagen69]

ok sweet ... let us know how the new BIOS work ... hopefully a little easier to clock on

[Nuckin_Futs]

Researching a good, yet affordable overclocking RAM in teh DDR1600 range to hit up to or above 1850. I wanna start at cl 6 or 7 stock 1600.

I ahve looked at the Mushkin Redlines model 998691 at 6-7-6-18 1.65v. Who can speak for these and what kind of timings can I expect at 1800/1900? Are they known to hit 2000 even if loosened up?

Who has a good cl7 offerings for 3x2g ddr1600?

[Cralle!]

When I had the bios version before 0904(can`t remember the number ) I didnt have coldboots but on that bios the minimum Voltage for my OC was 1.40V or it would freeze on stress but on 0904 that im running now i can have less than 1.35 and its stable but maybe I will try a newer BIOS later.

[cling]

I think Gene is going to be the new legendary mobo rivaling p5bdeluxe as well as the good ol' dfi lan party nf4

[kill_a_wat]

Recently got my RIIG. Very nice mobo. Affordable and good for the usual 4-4.2Ghz 24/7 o/c.

Happy so far. I'm on Bios 1202 no cold boot issues, resuming after sleep mode etc. We'll see how it all pans out. I'm running at 4Ghz for my daily with CL6 ~1680Mhz B2B Auto 211x19 - nice bandwith

[Copenhagen69]

its got a nice 221 bclck wall though haha

anyone beat it yet?

[Philwong]

Recently got my RIIG. Very nice mobo. Affordable and good for the usual 4-4.2Ghz 24/7 o/c.

Happy so far. I'm on Bios 1202 no cold boot issues, resuming after sleep mode etc. We'll see how it all pans out. I'm running at 4Ghz for my daily with CL6 ~1680Mhz B2B Auto 211x19 - nice bandwith

Sorry, you meant you used to experience cold boot issues and the bios 1202 resolved these problem?

Phil

[kill_a_wat]

Nope I've only had my RIIG for about a week. Haven't experienced any cold boot issues so far. HTH

[Nuckin_Futs]

I got a i7 930 DO to drop in but needs a BIOS update beyond my 904. Of the minumum 1033 up to 1202, which is the known best or stable for OC utilizing ACPI sleep and hibernate modes as well as best with mushkin Redlines to 1900?

Who can shed light on experiences with BIOS 1202 on a 950 or 930?

OK, so i'm on my own here too. Wel I found out 904 BIOS was fine to run i7 930 and it felt fine but I moved to 1202 to see if can resolve the ACPI failure issues and it enters but doesn't resume from S3 but it does from S4 but with a reqiured reset half the time.

[Philwong]

Nope I've only had my RIIG for about a week. Haven't experienced any cold boot issues so far. HTH

What bios are you using?

Phil

[kill_a_wat]

I'm using 1202 bios.

On another note anyone managed to get 221Bclk with this board?

I got 216 so far 32M stable but seems to be just about at its limit...

[dejanbinladen]

I'm using 1202 bios.

On another note anyone managed to get 221Bclk with this board?

I got 216 so far 32M stable but seems to be just about at its limit...

i did 227mhz with 920 on ln2, 3d stable

[Leeghoofd]

226 on air here (Rampage Gene II at 226Bclock) , PCI-E at 115. Could be your cooling that's limiting it, your IMC, your mobo or a combo of the three...

[Philwong]

Anyone else running Bios v.1202 without any major issues??

Phil

[Nuckin_Futs]

K, so I baught a i7 950 for my Rampage II Extreme at the same time as my i7 930 for this mobo. But just for the heck, even though ASUS support site suggest the 930 was not supported BIOS 904 but rather 1033 and above, it posted and loaded. So is it more of an issue of further CPU feature support since it at least post and boots to Windows 7? I will flash if I need to to 1202 if this is known stabe and to fix the failure to suspend (S3/S4)?

[Mech0z]

With a decent 920 and a 220 + 320 with GT15s which cools that and a HD5870 what should I expect for 24/7 clock, 4.5?

[Nuckin_Futs]

Can somebody measure their mosfet cooler from hole to hole to see what size it is in mm or inches is ok? I have my copper coolers off older Rampage x48 and want to use one but I cant get in close or see good enough to measure withoug removing my CPU cooler. I thought if somebody has it out or already has that info can share so we can shop for cooler parts.

[Copenhagen69]

my bclck wall is 221 :/ tried everything with it and cant get past it

so im runing @ 4.1 with 1.28v 24/7
idle about 40c load about 64c under water cooling

is it worth going up in BIOS? im on the 0904 BIOS with this and it seems good enough ... is there anything better about the new ones?

[kill_a_wat]

Is anyone here experiencing the initial ASUS logo during POST appearing strangely...like somewhat distorted? Just installed a RIIG in a friend's comp and the logo appears to not be loading correctly...