ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

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i still bench mine..just looking for some high Q ram to get me over this 610mhz FSB zone.. using crap IC's for waaaaaay to long atm. :o

Have a look at the GSkill 9600 PI-kit --> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231201

Hey, I noticed that if I unplug the power supply from the wall, I'm prompted 'F1" for SETUP every time I plug it back-in, but not if I leave it plugged-in...is this normal behavior for the MIIF?

[Leeghoofd]

i still bench mine..just looking for some high Q ram to get me over this 610mhz FSB zone.. using crap IC's for waaaaaay to long atm. :o

I think this is user related and not the board nor the rams move on CL3P20 , buy either a REX and some real DDR3 , don't waste cash on DDR2 mate...

[CL3P20]

@ lee- Aww..teasing me on my RAMs mate! I finaggled a top spot in ocn's memory madness comp, with my geil..and they wont even post at 1200mhz with slop timings and 2.5+v.. but yeah, Im with you. No way Im dropping 120+ $ on ddr2 at this point.. its not worth the 'boints' at all. Besides, Ive been pricing some 1156 setups against some am3's.. might be time to finally step into some AMD benching for a bit

keeping this as my 775 setup though.. insta-boints for any GPU + 3D'01

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@Lee and CL3P20-

Do either of you know if something is wrong with my MIIF, if I leave the psu plugged into the wall, it'll always boots fine, but if I remove the psu power cord from the wall AC, I always get prompted 'F1' for setup (and the year after it boots is 2002) after it's plugged back in....

Not that I'm in the habit of unplugging it when I'm done, but desk real estate is minimal, and even tho it's my favorite backup pc, it's in my main rigs parking spot... thanks-

[JoeBar]

I used to have the same prob back in my MIIF days...

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I used to have the same prob back in my MIIF days...

I'll take that as it's 'just a MIIF thing'.....thanks Joebar-

[CL3P20]

its not a problem..im pretty sure every Asus mobo Iver ever owned [even P4c800] does that..totally normal.

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its not a problem..im pretty sure every Asus mobo Iver ever owned [even P4c800] does that..totally normal.

Thanks-

[DaLiu]

Try to change the battery on the mobo.

[CL3P20]

new Pi best for me..first runs tonight though, still a lot of improvement to make... sub-8 as the goal.

621FSB.. 1.65vcore


managed a nice 7min 1024mil wprime as well..

[Cleatus]

impressive

now do it with a quad

[kwalker]

impressive

now do it with a quad

were waiting

[CL3P20]

New runs from last night..made some improvements...



98.6k 3d'01


8.2s 1mil

[NoGuru]

Keep it up CL3P and I may have to Dice on one of these boards.

[CL3P20]

..been thinking of LN and a E8600 next... go 6ghz+

[Leeghoofd]

Never think , just do it

Have you checked CPU-Z only reads out 1024 mb in dual channel ? 2 x 512 ?

[CL3P20]

Never think , just do it

Have you checked CPU-Z only reads out 1024 mb in dual channel ? 2 x 512 ?

Yes.. got some "good" IC's from a friend across the pond These MIIF's are funny with the RAM they like at times.. Im just glad it decided to play nice with these Kingston's..already been through 4x other sets trying to find something more suitable for higher FSB use.

*tuning up for Forum Wars comp..hoping to run this little 8400 at 5.7-5.8ghz for the comp..should net 1x heck of an OC bonus score.


-spent hours playing with my 3870 the other night..temp limit at 970mhz core though @ -60c ... core starts to arti with more volts, and just grey screen with more core speeds.. = poooo

[WaterFlex]

Great work is here Keep pushing it man

[jspuds]

Has anybody tried the new 2302 BIOS?

BIOS 2302 released June 25, 2010
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...rmula-2302.zip

[CL3P20]

thanks..will try

[In-Fluence]

Just a heads up that I have my MIIF along with 2 other Giga ep45 boards & ocz 2x1gb mems, 2x 2gb G.Skill Pi's, (both of which are capable way beyond 1250 MHz), and h20 bits for sale in my Ebay uk account (search my username). Items are also mentioned in the for sale section and have an asking price, or they can all go on reserve-free auction! (the MIIF is a rev A2 northbridge btw )

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=255084

Would like to know if the new bios did anything for the board...pullins working yet?

[WaterFlex]

Guys, can you share your E8400 or E8500 500x9, PL=8, BIOS settings?
Thanks in advance

[eSp!s0]

I only have this (500x8, PL=10) settings for you and because it`s a older post the GTLs are at "Auto", but you have to find your right GTLs by yourself anyway: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...33#post3847409

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OK, so I'm thinking my Q6600 (B3) temps are way high, and on my second call to Intel, they issue me an RMA-

--FAST FORWARD--

UPS delivers a new Q6600 (G0) from Intel, (I'm d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y NOT complaining)-

But now it looks like my Northbridge and Southbridge are running hotter than ever-

I suppose I could do 'the washer mod', but when I re-applied TIM to the Northbridge a couple of months ago, it seemed snug-enough

Any thoughts on these PROBE 2 temps? Thanks-

Q6600 @3014.4MHz

CPU Voltage =1.3125v
CPU PLL =1.5v
FSB Term =1.206v
DRAM =2.1v
Northbridge =1.33850v
Southbridge/1.5 =1.5v
Southbridge/1.1 = 1.1v

PRIME95



OCCT

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