***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[AKHandyman]

thanks mate any chance you could do a bios template for me ? Would much appreciate it.

Also what bios are you using.

Thanks

These are no my setting but just a template i grab would you mind editing with what your current bios settings are

I can't remember how to quote the code for inputting my values. Can someone please 'splain this me? It's been a long time since I've done this ...

[SkOrPn]

You just hit the Code button and add the text you want to add. Its best to copy someone elses template and then just edit the proper items and post that within the Code tags. example below, just remove the spaces and add your settings where the "X" is.

[ CODE ]X[ /CODE ]

[zsamz_]

Is this after you flashed to new BIOS or just any change to BIOS settings? Seems strange, but I always set to default settings (F5) before flashing BIOS. I use ASUS EZ-Flash 2. That is the best way to flash BIOS IMO.

Strange thing happened today though. I have my two HD4870x2's in X-fire and when I went to new Catalyst drivers 10.5, I had strange artifacting and then reboot. I did not change voltage in PCI-E after flashing to new 0704 BIOS. I had to remove one video card and remove drivers via hardware device. I then was able to reload new 10.5 drivers and everything is okay. But question is which PCI-E voltage do I change? Southbridge or Northbridge?

uninstall 10.5
use either 10.4 or 10.6
i'm likin 10.6

i'm likin 704 bios even more
time to play with 980x


1.65v n stable not too bad

[kortas]

Hi zsamZ,

very impressive,

What ram are you using "domintor" im using gskill trident starting to think its the ram bottlenecking my oc.

would you mind posting your bios settings.

Im having trouble running my 920 over 3.8 without serious instability, runs stable at 3.8 but Metro 2033 crashes randomly and i have to manualy reboot the machine.

[turtletrax]

Hi zsamZ,

very impressive,

What ram are you using "domintor" im using gskill trident starting to think its the ram bottlenecking my oc.

would you mind posting your bios settings.

Im having trouble running my 920 over 3.8 without serious instability, runs stable at 3.8 but Metro 2033 crashes randomly and i have to manualy reboot the machine.

Hey kortas

Few things I have learned about this board is that 0602 kinda sucks for general bugginess and instability with a touch of BIOS corruption. Move away from 0602 (I am liking 0702) and do a CPU reseat and clear CMOS.

Give that a shot

[KaRLiToS]

I just flash from 602 to 704 and My crossfire Setup is now working, I didnt have to make any voltage modification or anything except for vcore. I didnt even touch the IOH voltage (1.19v for crossfire)

Ok so this is not true...I just forgot to Enable Crossfire in ATI Catalyst
I'm so ***** tired of that problem, can't even use both of my cards together
I tried everything
-Higher Vcore (from 1.3375 to 1.48v)
-Higher VTT
-Reduce the PLL to 1.78 but thats worst, dont know why lowering it will help or even touching it
-Raise the IOH Voltage up to 1.35v , dont work.
-Raise the IOH PCIE Voltage up to 1.65v, same issue
-I flashed the BIOS to 0704
-I flashed both of my VGA Cards
-Reduce Uncore (WhY? its VGA problem)

Nothing seems to work. the only thing I didnt try is using Ez-Plug 1 Molex but I doubt it will work because I heard it was for Trifire and Quadfire?

If anyone could help...Im about to go crazy...I went to bed with all those problems in my head and I kept thinking (dreaming) about it, Nightmares

[Splave]

5850 crossfire? what is it doing?

[KaRLiToS]

I always get BSOD 0x0000009c after a short time....even at stock Overclock, CPU and everything stock... short time is 2 minutes...Im happy to have the VGA selector button on the mobo, that way I dont have to always remove the card, and they work both perfectly alone when not crossfire

[Splave]

have you tryed switching the crossfire connector to the other fingers

[kill_a_wat]

hmmm i cant get the bottom EZ PLUG plugged because of my TJ07...there's like a metal piece covering half of it... the top one is fine though...very tempted to just get a DD Torture Rack and be done with it all lol...bloody cases...rice mod i tell ya

[KaRLiToS]

have you tryed switching the crossfire connector to the other fingers

No, I'll try that right away brb

[KaRLiToS]

Still not working...

[minaelromany]

Please guys help me with this :

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=739

I also have another problem, CPU temp seems fine (45-50 C Idle, yes my cooler sucks !) but ICH and IOH temps are sky high ! ICH is 72+ C and IOH is 76+ C ....Both IDLE !!!

[Leeghoofd]

pop off the heatsink and replace the ASUS tim, dropped temps over 10°C-15°c here... make sure the heatsinks get some air...

[kill_a_wat]

Please guys help me with this :

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=739

I also have another problem, CPU temp seems fine (45-50 C Idle, yes my cooler sucks !) but ICH and IOH temps are sky high ! ICH is 72+ C and IOH is 76+ C ....Both IDLE !!!

Are you using the active fan? What's the ambient temp over there? 70+ idle is very high...reapply TIM?

[KaRLiToS]

I'm back with my issue fixed

I was using 10.5 Catalyst, I just did a a Driver Sweaper Clean and installed the new ATI Catalyst 10.6

everything seems to work fine now. IOH is at 1.19v.

Splave thank you so much for helping me and showing interest in my problem, thanx.


GPU1 Temp (on water) avg 38'C under load at stock (VRM is at 39'C)
GPU2 temp (on air for this week) avg 60'C stock (I'll receive my fittings this week, and I'll install my EK Full Re3 water block)

[kortas]

Nice work karlitos

same case as me, I have a 360 ek rad thinking of adding another 360 or 240 to the bottom of the case like you have.

Did you cut the case to fit that bottom rad?

[KaRLiToS]

I cut both the top and the bottom, as you can see, the top as a shroud on it, this shourd is to add space to my case....The shourd has another set of 3 fans in it, so I have my 62mm thick radiator with push/pull fans configuration, I plan of adding another external rear 140mm Radiator (GTs Stealth 140) I also had to remove the bottom HDD cage

The EK Dual Top pumps in my drive bay has been fixed, on this pic you see that its not perfectly installed straight

This is the shroud Im talking about , look at the top

[Splave]

Karlitos that looks gorgeous man, love the tubing and red/black scheme

[kullymontana]

Im watercooled but im still getting reading in pc probe like 36-40 at ideling very wierd.Karlitos what temps u getting dude.

[KaRLiToS]

CPU or GPU?

CPU is idle 37'C with my side panel on. 33'C with side panel off....Thats because I dont have my full waterblock on my Mobo, and the heat is going in my 360 radiator....when I'll have my mobo block...only the ram stick heat will go in that rad

GPU idles at 29'C, full load (OC to the max with 1.25v) I get 40'C on every part except the VRM is at 60'C

[kullymontana]

cpu but when i had a qx9650 i use to get like temps at 24-28 never over 30 at idle.Maybe these i7 chips produce more heat thats all i can think really.I also got a 360 rad but only cooling cpu nothing else.

[ToMeGuN]

I cut both the top and the bottom, as you can see, the top as a shroud on it, this shourd is to add space to my case....The shourd has another set of 3 fans in it, so I have my 62mm thick radiator with push/pull fans configuration, I plan of adding another external rear 140mm Radiator (GTs Stealth 140) I also had to remove the bottom HDD cage

The EK Dual Top pumps in my drive bay has been fixed, on this pic you see that its not perfectly installed straight

This is the shroud Im talking about , look at the top

Nice Set Up!

[AKHandyman]

Okay ... I still don't know which PCI-E voltage to increase for X-Fire ... is it the IOH or the ICH PCI-E voltage?

[kullymontana]

anyone post me some settings to try to hit 4.2ghz plz.At the moment im at stock 3.33ghz and memory 2000 xmp 8-8-8-24 1.65