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

[Direwolf]

Quick stupid question, I have a 940 using the RIIIE, I have the multi at 23 in the bios and seem to not break 4gig with high voltage. I can run 3.8ht on at only 1.3v stable linx but cant get stable at 4gight on air near 1.38-1.40

Do you recommand multi 22? Is that possibly my problem?

Thanks

[Tang!]

Hi Guys- I'm new at XS.

I just bought a backlit PS/2 DECK Legend keyboard and LOVE it... but to my surprise, when I shut off my RE3E rig... the backlighting never shut off on the keyboard. I tapped a few keys thinking that I might have inadvertantly played with a wake-on-keyboard or some such in the BIOS while I was in there.. and nothing.

Now I don't remember a PS/2 keyboard staying powered like this... Is there somewhere in the BIOS that you know of that will shut down the PS/2 port of shut down? Oh and Yes - when I say shut down I mean shut down - not hybernate.

[bassplayer]

Hi Guys- I'm new at XS.

I just bought a backlit PS/2 DECK Legend keyboard and LOVE it... but to my surprise, when I shut off my RE3E rig... the backlighting never shut off on the keyboard. I tapped a few keys thinking that I might have inadvertantly played with a wake-on-keyboard or some such in the BIOS while I was in there.. and nothing.

Now I don't remember a PS/2 keyboard staying powered like this... Is there somewhere in the BIOS that you know of that will shut down the PS/2 port of shut down? Oh and Yes - when I say shut down I mean shut down - not hybernate.

When a board is shut down it's still receiving power. That's why the RIIIE glows even when it's turned off. Do you have a master switch on your PSU? That will kill it!

[Tang!]

When a board is shut down it's still receiving power. That's why the RIIIE glows even when it's turned off. Do you have a master switch on your PSU? That will kill it!

Yeah - ::grin:: I know it's still getting power LOL. And yes - I can hit the main power switch on my PSU every time - or even kill via a surge protector. But I was kinda hoping there was a place in the BIOS for this. It's the ONLY downside to the keyboard I have found so far.
Just because there is power to the board, doesn't mean there HAS to be power to the PS/2 port.... I was hoping there would be a quick answer showing where in the BIOS to tweak since it looks like most of the guys in this thread could rattle off their settings without even powering up ::grin::

[kwangkwang]

Hi Guys- I'm new at XS.

I just bought a backlit PS/2 DECK Legend keyboard and LOVE it... but to my surprise, when I shut off my RE3E rig... the backlighting never shut off on the keyboard. I tapped a few keys thinking that I might have inadvertantly played with a wake-on-keyboard or some such in the BIOS while I was in there.. and nothing.

Now I don't remember a PS/2 keyboard staying powered like this... Is there somewhere in the BIOS that you know of that will shut down the PS/2 port of shut down? Oh and Yes - when I say shut down I mean shut down - not hybernate.

Its the same on mine. You can set PS/2 keyboard to power on the unit with selection of pre-programme key stroke in the BIOS.

To fully shutdown, turn off the switch on the PSU.

[Kensek]

Hi Guys- I'm new at XS.

I just bought a backlit PS/2 DECK Legend keyboard and LOVE it... but to my surprise, when I shut off my RE3E rig... the backlighting never shut off on the keyboard. I tapped a few keys thinking that I might have inadvertantly played with a wake-on-keyboard or some such in the BIOS while I was in there.. and nothing.

Now I don't remember a PS/2 keyboard staying powered like this... Is there somewhere in the BIOS that you know of that will shut down the PS/2 port of shut down? Oh and Yes - when I say shut down I mean shut down - not hybernate.

There is a Bios setting to turn this off.

From the Asus Forum --- To disable the standby power going to your PS/2 and USB ports, simply enter BIOS, and enable EuP support, then you should have the standby power turned off once and for all.

[kwangkwang]

I have tried switching to bios chip 2, tried different bios's, and tried using less memory but still the same. I would try installing windows again but this install is only a few days old. Ill keep messing with it and see what happens.

I am pretty new to XS but i have followed this thread throughout all 1281+.

I think with all the different tweaking and changes, it did corrupt the Win7 on my SSD.
Running LinX/IBT/P95 with the pre-programed 4.2 crazy OC in BIOS can't go. All produce error or BSOD. BIOS 0704 Beta was like getting corruption with some error on POST and asked for a USB.

I had defaulted the BIOS and reinstall win7 on a HDD now with very clean win7. No apps. And then start OC again. Its getting stability back, solid P95 10hr follows with Linx 5hr. Playing it patience and safe, i would power off the PSU everytime a BIOS setting is changed and rebooted, to get a totally clean nice POST and startup.

Only problem I am constantly getting is at POST, it report RAM at 4GB rather than 6. Reseat doesn't work. Give the RAM a little more Volts does not help. XMP enabled. After a few cold power cycle, it will come back with 6GB.
To looks like R3E and G.Skill Trident is incompatible in my case.

[OC Nub]

Tried lowering multi but had to use slow qpi link, still low gflop . This is as close to 4500 as I can get to pass any linx with 19 multi.



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[kwangkwang]

There is a Bios setting to turn this off.

From the Asus Forum --- To disable the standby power going to your PS/2 and USB ports, simply enter BIOS, and enable EuP support, then you should have the standby power turned off once and for all.

Thanks for this info.

EuP, what is that?? I think the manual can rename to quickstart guide.

[OC Nub]

I am pretty new to XS but i have followed this thread throughout all 1281+.

I think with all the different tweaking and changes, it did corrupt the Win7 on my SSD.
Running LinX/IBT/P95 with the pre-programed 4.2 crazy OC in BIOS can't go. All produce error or BSOD. BIOS 0704 Beta was like getting corruption with some error on POST and asked for a USB.

I had defaulted the BIOS and reinstall win7 on a HDD now with very clean win7. No apps. And then start OC again. Its getting stability back. Playing it patience and safe, i would power off the PSU everytime a BIOS setting is changed and rebooted, to get a totally clean nice POST and startup.

Only problem I am constantly getting is at POST, it report RAM at 4GB rather than 6. Reseat doesn't work. Give the RAM a little more Volts does not help. XMP enabled. After a few cold power cycle, it will come back with 6GB.
To looks like R3E and G.Skill Trident is incompatible in my case.

Welcome to XS
Thanks I will have to try a fresh install to see if it helps.



I understand having spend a lot of time tweaking to get stable or to reach a certain oc for benching, but to have to spend so much time just to try and get it to run "normal" IMO is ing rediculous, especially for the premium price we had to pay. It has a ton of great features for overclocking, I hope it will turn out to be a good board for me in the furture.

Now I promise I will stop whining.

[kpablo]

Question:

Does Rampage III Extreme support Xeon E5600 series?

If is yes, what i need to do? I am interested to buy one of this puppies to give it a shot.

[Tang!]

Its the same on mine. You can set PS/2 keyboard to power on the unit with selection of pre-programme key stroke in the BIOS.

To fully shutdown, turn off the switch on the PSU.

Well FOO. I was hoping there would be a way in the BIOS to shut downt he PS/2 port with the rest of the system. I've found on some systems, SOME USB ports remain hot after shut down, but I've not dealt with a PS/2 keyboard in a decade. Time to get creative I guess. I've got a Fortress 2 case which makes the actual power switch a bit of a pain in the arse.

[Tang!]

There is a Bios setting to turn this off.

From the Asus Forum --- To disable the standby power going to your PS/2 and USB ports, simply enter BIOS, and enable EuP support, then you should have the standby power turned off once and for all.

WOOT! I tried contacting ASUS on this-- but got nowhere. You found this in their forums?? Do you have the link by any chance? I will do this as soon as I get home!

[Kensek]

WOOT! I tried contacting ASUS on this-- but got nowhere. You found this in their forums?? Do you have the link by any chance? I will do this as soon as I get home!

Here is the Asus Forum Link.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

[Tang!]

Here is the Asus Forum Link.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

Thank you for following me across Forums Man! I deeply appreciate your obvious dedication to lending a hand where you can. Somebody buy this guy a beer!

[bassplayer]

Question:

Does Rampage III Extreme support Xeon E5600 series?

If is yes, what i need to do? I am interested to buy one of this puppies to give it a shot.

It isn't officially supported but has been reported to work.

If you want to use it, just throw it in!



Scratch that... place it gently!

[minaelromany]

What do you think about Foxconn BloodRage compared to RIIIE guys ?

I am thinking about selling my RIIIE and getting a BloodRage

[Utnorris]

The BR is a solid board, especially when you do the PCIe mod that allows you to adjust the PCIe bus speed. This allows you to get above the 220BCLK wall, check my sig. That being said these boards are in two different worlds. You can usually get a BR for around the $220 range. The RE3 will allow you to do much more, has USB 3.0 and SATA 6, it's built for extreme overclocking, allows for tri-SLI or tri-CF, has 6 memory slots, remote overclocking, BT and a crap load more features. If you feel the RE3 is too much board for what you do, then take a look at the Asus P6X58D, at least you will get an updated board that does really well in overclocking and has Asus support.

[shadewither]

@OC Nub
Another thing to check: Is GFlops REALLY LOW?
1. CPU core temp should be several Celsius lower, if GFlops is really low;
2. Linpack GFlops calculation might be screwed.
For example, if you use SetFSB/Turbo-V to change frequency in Windows, the reported GFlops is wrong.

[Alien Grey]

Tried lowering multi but had to use slow qpi link, still low gflop . This is as close to 4500 as I can get to pass any linx with 19 multi.

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This is bad. Do you realize that this is the performance of 3.6GHz?

[zsamz_]

What do you think about Foxconn BloodRage compared to RIIIE guys ?

I am thinking about selling my RIIIE and getting a BloodRage

i was gonna get another rexIII but after the letdown i got me a P6T7 WS SuperComputer for cheap if its as good as my old rexII i'll be happy
makin a bios for mainly a 980x is i had one n sold it
hopefully asus gets their act together and makes the bios not only for the extreme subzero benchers
i plan on goin subzero soon but not today

[Leeghoofd]

This is bad. Do you realize that this is the performance of 3.6GHz?

Slow mode sucks big time, only good for some pi, pifast stuff...

It's really funny as the mobo is performing extremely well in benchmarks, clock for clock. But not in LinX, dunno what's more important to most ?

I clocked the 980X up to 4Ghz (sample needs a whopping 1.4Vcore lol) and got 57-58Gflops §6GB 1600C8 on Win7 64), I see Gautam with 980X at 4.7 having only 51Gflops... Where's the diference ? OS dependant, RAM clocks, timings ?? I don't do LinX but seems results are varying from hardware to hardware, OS install...

Recalling some mobo's had issues with Prime95 (yet were perfectly benchable and stable for folding and co lol) Could be some bios code that messes stuff up... time will tell...

What do you think about Foxconn BloodRage compared to RIIIE guys ?

I am thinking about selling my RIIIE and getting a BloodRage

Do it ! silly man

[kill_a_wat]

Seems like some people are having problems with Bloomfield and GFLOPS in Linx and some aren't...so perhaps it's another problem?

[Ghostleader]

New bios, 0802, it´s not a beta, it´s a formal and it´s going to be official in a near future from Asus site.

No notes of what they have improved

Happy testing guys


I have added it to the OP also.

[Alien Grey]

Slow mode sucks big time, only good for some pi, pifast stuff...

It's really funny as the mobo is performing extremely well in benchmarks, clock for clock. But not in LinX, dunno what's more important to most ?

I clocked the 980X up to 4Ghz (sample needs a whopping 1.4Vcore lol) and got 57-58Gflops §6GB 1600C8 on Win7 64), I see Gautam with 980X at 4.7 having only 51Gflops... Where's the diference ? OS dependant, RAM clocks, timings ?? I don't do LinX but seems results are varying from hardware to hardware, OS install...

Recalling some mobo's had issues with Prime95 (yet were perfectly benchable and stable for folding and co lol) Could be some bios code that messes stuff up... time will tell...

57-58 GFlops is what you get with a Quad at 4-4.1Ghz a 980X should be close to 85 GFlops.

Maybe it's better with the new BIOS because I don't see the point in overclocking so high on that board to have such poor performance. And if it isn't I'm pretty sure ASUS is going to release an other.