ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[youraa]

Hi there
I ve got this problem for some time, in some games, such as cod modern warfare 2, or cod4, everything works fine when suddenly, the frame frezess and I get an audio hang up, sort of stutter of the same audio piece of sondtrack, maybe someone had the sam problem? need the reset the rig to boot after that, I tried going up with the north bridge, and cpu voltage with no sukcess
any ideas?

p.s. while playing I don't overclock the card, maybe I need to cool down the north bridge, I ve got a spot fan on it blowing some air though???



BIOS: 1302 Maximus Formula
Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : manual
OC From CPU Level Up : I DON’T HAVE THIS???
CPU Ratio Control : manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8,5
FSB Frequency : 430
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2- 861Mhz
DRAM Command Rate : auto
DRAM Timing Control: auto
CAS# Latency :
RAS# to CAS# Delay :
RAS# Precharge :
RAS# ActivateTime :
RAS# to RAS# Delay :
Row Refresh Cycle Time :
Write Recovery Time :
Read to Precharge Time :

Read to Write Delay (S/D) :
Write to Read Delay (S) :
Write to Read Delay (D) :
Read to Read Delay (S) :
Read to Read Delay (D) :
Write to Write Delay (S) :
Write to Write Delay (D) :
DRAM Static Read Control: enabled
Ai Clock Twister : strong
Transaction Booster : disabled
Relax: 0
CPU Voltage : 1.325
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.5
North Bridge Voltage : 1.51
DRAM Voltage : 2.02
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.42
South Bridge Voltage : 1.050
Loadline Calibration : enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63x
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67x
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : ddr2_ref
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : ddr2_ref
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : ddr2_ref
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED : enabled

CPU Spread Spectrum : auto
PCIE Spread Spectrum : auto

Advanced CPU Configuration
CPU Ratio Control : manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8,5
C1E Suppport : disabled
CPU TM Function : disabled
Vanderpool Technology : disabled
Execute Disable Bit : disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit : disabled

USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support: auto

thx for any suggestions

[Jodiuh]

Looks like you and I have similarly crappy Q9550's.

FWIW, I can't get over 3.6 stable either. And I've tried high vtt/nb/vcore volts like you. Although, I'm starting to wonder if it's the Board/BIOS rather than the chip.

[youraa]

Looks like you and I have similarly crappy Q9550's.

FWIW, I can't get over 3.6 stable either. And I've tried high vtt/nb/vcore volts like you. Although, I'm starting to wonder if it's the Board/BIOS rather than the chip.

But I don't even want to go much higher, it's rather tha hanging while playing issue )) makes my shout very loud some times, maybe I have somthing badly configured in bios? the highiest overclock on cpu was 3.704 I think 3dmark passed