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

[Toritechie]

I'm running 2 GTX295's, and I have been running with the 4pin near the CPU connected (EZPLUG 1). I've also tried running the one down low (EZPLUG 2), but if I do that, my system will not boot. It's a fiddly pin to put in, on my Cosmos 1000 it sits right near the PSU and is a pain in the butt. I'm assuming I'll be OK with just one of the 4-pins going?

Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

[donmarkoni]

He is talking about VTTPWRGOOD pull-up deterioration to the extent where the voltage needs to be disproportionately high for the processor to POST. The reason I think it was being done was to encourage the early i7 processors to POST in the said boards regardless of the applied VTT; this had an unfortunate side-effect over time as some users unwittingly found out. BTW, this was checked in a HW lab, so is not solely based on forum level conjecture.

Thanks! Very precise info.
But, IMO, it is inexcusable, will GB RMA deteriorated CPU's? This was just a rhetoric question, no need for going off-topic.

Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

Strange... I'll try with my board to see how it reacts, if I can plug EZ2 without removing MB from case.

Well, good thing is it works with one.

BTW, in which slots are your VGA's?

[tomb18]

Don't waste ya time with subzero, watercooling or a good air cooler are more than enough. IMC is in the CPU...



It's not stable for Vantage... Lower your clocks, add more cold or pump volts

Not true: There is a patch 1.0.2 that specifically addresses this issue. The freezing is a bug tht only affects systems with more than 12 processors. The 980X effectively has 12 processors and the patch fixes the issue.

[bassplayer]

Thanks! Very precise info.
But, IMO, it is inexcusable, will GB RMA deteriorated CPU's? This was just a rhetoric question, no need for going off-topic.

No they will not. I consulted them about it and they denied the issue fully. Luckily Intel is really easy about RMAing stuff. I told them the Gigabyte board killed it and they sent me a new processor.

I'm currently in the process of RMAing my UD4P because it stopped working fully. I really hope they send me an X58A board...

Raju, do you have a link to the results you were talking about? I'd like so have something on my side.

[vladimir]

Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

Odd. I currently have my R3E hooked to a Corsair 1000HX with both 4-pin EZPlugs connected as well as both 8-pin 12v EATX and it's never given me any issues. I've got two 9800GTXs and a Sound Blaster Titanium installed.

[Toritechie]

Strange... I'll try with my board to see how it reacts, if I can plug EZ2 without removing MB from case.

Well, good thing is it works with one.

BTW, in which slots are your VGA's?

Slots 1 & 3; quad SLI GTX295's - running at about 725 core, both on water and slightly overvolted. The molex near the CPU is the most stable one, I've found. I can use the bottom one also - but the two combined just result in ... nothing ... no boot post.

I'm not overly concerned, everything is working well, hit a 40k Vantage (physX cheating) with some early overclocking ... perhaps I would need a card in slot 2 or 4 for the bottom molex to work with the top one?

[owikh84]

I noticed the CPU VTT set in bios is different as compared to the one set in BIOS and Turbo-V
BIOS & Turbo-V set 1.55625v but PC Probe2 reads as 1.49v only.
My LinX GFlops is fluctuating on every run. Inconsistent & random failure & pass with the same BIOS settings.

[vladimir]

... perhaps I would need a card in slot 2 or 4 for the bottom molex to work with the top one?

I don't think that's it. I'm running in slots 1 and 3 with no issues when both EZPLUGS are used.

[Utnorris]

Had the same problem with 980X - Just update with the Vantage Patch 1.0.2 !

Not true: There is a patch 1.0.2 that specifically addresses this issue. The freezing is a bug tht only affects systems with more than 12 processors. The 980X effectively has 12 processors and the patch fixes the issue.

Thanks guys. I will download the patch later today.

[Leeghoofd]

Not true: There is a patch 1.0.2 that specifically addresses this issue. The freezing is a bug tht only affects systems with more than 12 processors. The 980X effectively has 12 processors and the patch fixes the issue.

I assumed that everyone always uses the latest version... but apparently this was not the case as he still had an old version dating before february 2010

[The Duke]

did some messing around ... my max bclck is 221 ... anyone get any higher? what should I try and do to get higher?

[Leeghoofd]

Bios template plz of ya current settings

[Splave]

did some messing around ... my max bclck is 221 ... anyone get any higher? what should I try and do to get higher?

more PCIE-E mhz or slow mode unfortunately

[Utnorris]

I assumed that everyone always uses the latest version... but apparently this was not the case as he still had an old version dating before february 2010

Yeah, you would think I would have been up to date, but I didn't even think about that being an issue. Hopefully I will have time tonight to do some benching.

[Splave]

how are you guys liking 860? my LED poster on the side of the board doesnt work with this bios, anyone else, is it off in the bios by default or somethin?

[The Duke]

more PCIE-E mhz or slow mode unfortunately

you think 105-110 or even higher?
just curious before i spend a night messing with it

[KaRLiToS]

Just tested both EZPLUGS independently, both are working ... I can only boot the system successfully with ONE of them connected. If I have both connected, my system just won't post.

The 4-pin molex from either connect to my Corsair PSU; is it possible that running two of them is a bit much? Everything seems to be working fine with just one connected anyway ...

I have both 8-pin for the CPU connected and both of the EZ_Plugs for VGA are connected. Encounter no problem, I notice no difference between all plugged and only 1 of each plugged

[jacek]

how are you guys liking 860?

I don't like it. i noticed that it requires higher VTT then 802.

[Toritechie]

I have both 8-pin for the CPU connected and both of the EZ_Plugs for VGA are connected. Encounter no problem, I notice no difference between all plugged and only 1 of each plugged

Hmmm. Slightly annoyed that both of mine don't work properly ... but since it's fine with one and the board otherwise is great ... I think I'll put up with it.

[Toritechie]

Hmmm. Slightly annoyed that both of mine don't work properly ... but since it's fine with one and the board otherwise is great ... I think I'll put up with it.

So I started thinking it was a power isssue ... I connected both EZ-PLUGS, but removed the second 8-pin CPU connection ... and what do you know ... boots fine. I guess my Corsair 1000HW can't drive everything ... I'm running 2 x GTX295's, 4 HDD's, DVD-ROM, Laing pump (high flow).

Any advice ... what would be considered best for my overclock ... run the 2 x 8pin CPU and 1 x EZ PLUG ..... OR ..... 1 x 8pin CPU and 2 x EZ PLUG? Perhaps I'm just splitting hairs anyway?

[Hondacity]

So I started thinking it was a power isssue ... I connected both EZ-PLUGS, but removed the second 8-pin CPU connection ... and what do you know ... boots fine. I guess my Corsair 1000HW can't drive everything ... I'm running 2 x GTX295's, 4 HDD's, DVD-ROM, Laing pump (high flow).

Any advice ... what would be considered best for my overclock ... run the 2 x 8pin CPU and 1 x EZ PLUG ..... OR ..... 1 x 8pin CPU and 2 x EZ PLUG? Perhaps I'm just splitting hairs anyway?

hx1000 is two power supplies...load balancing is an issue...

nice hardware

[skuldarin]

how are you guys liking 860? my LED poster on the side of the board doesnt work with this bios, anyone else, is it off in the bios by default or somethin?

i've got 860 going too, but i also ntoice a higher VTT to be stable. on 0802 it was stable with an easy 1.4-ish volt... on 860 it's nearly 1.5v

@ Toritechie - as Hondacity says, it's load balance is slightly off, a good reason why i went with an ABS 1,100watt Majesty and used it's 1x 8pin plug and it's 2x 4pin = 8pin plug for the two EZPLUG ports. as stated before though, one of the 4pin holding clips needed to be cut in order for it to fully connect due to a capacitor being too close to the lower EZPLUG. the ABS Majesty is a single rail design with lots of power filtering for stability and has yet to show me any real voltage instability for anything at all.

[kill_a_wat]

So is 704 BIOS still the best for 980X? Haven't tried the newer bioses yet

[fmsam]

So I started thinking it was a power isssue ... I connected both EZ-PLUGS, but removed the second 8-pin CPU connection ... and what do you know ... boots fine. I guess my Corsair 1000HW can't drive everything ... I'm running 2 x GTX295's, 4 HDD's, DVD-ROM, Laing pump (high flow).

Any advice ... what would be considered best for my overclock ... run the 2 x 8pin CPU and 1 x EZ PLUG ..... OR ..... 1 x 8pin CPU and 2 x EZ PLUG? Perhaps I'm just splitting hairs anyway?

You could go dual psu , thats what I did, its not to hard to set up if you have a spare one kicking around, you just need a 4 terminal relay, doing this frees up the main psu for m/b and gpus and the other one for fans pumps etc.

just an idea !

edit : the reason Im suggesting it in your case is, not that long ago I was running 2 gtx 295s on water, they are power hungry when under load.

but when fermi came out and was such a disapointment compared to what we all where expecting I went to ati, Im now running 2 5870s on water and the difference is remarkable as quad sli does not scale to well in many games.

when fermi is as good as it should have been at launch I will buy it !!

[Utnorris]

Thanks for the help in getting Vantage running everyone that helped. Hit some decent numbers with two GTX470's in SLI overclocked to just 802Mhz on the GPU. With Physx P38575 and without P33606.

Without Physx


With Physx