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

[Lucretius]

When I think Koolance I think "trash"

[turtletrax]

When I think Koolance I think "trash"

Then you are mistaken. Do some research and actually look into their products. Lesson was learned and fixed and never looking back. They revolutionized the quick disconnect and actually made them into a great product for the LC community. No more ugly ass drain and fillports drilled into uber expensive cases.

While I dont really think the R3E Koolance block is for me (I went EK) I never discount them because of the name.

[lowfat]

Then you are mistaken. Do some research and actually look into their products.

Werd. Their current lineup of blocks are among the best. And most definitely some of the most attractive gear out as well.

[AceBaran]

I have a problem..

Got a brand new r3e.. and now it wont boot :/ the ledfans in my case just blink at me is all !..

Ive got everything connected right. using 1 8pin using 2 8 pin, changed mems, tried 1, 2 and 3 in memsocket.
tried with soundcard and without.. got the cpu and motherboard block on! loosend the cpu one a bit aswell. Still same :/

[VoXPCS]

I have a problem..

Got a brand new r3e.. and now it wont boot :/ the ledfans in my case just blink at me is all !..

Ive got everything connected right. using 1 8pin using 2 8 pin, changed mems, tried 1, 2 and 3 in memsocket.
tried with soundcard and without.. got the cpu and motherboard block on! loosend the cpu one a bit aswell. Still same :/

Check your Q-Connector , if you're using it or check your "Pwr" connector to the motherboard. It's probably upside down? Something is seated incorrectly or all the way in. Your 24 main power isn't connected tight enough... check RAM... lastly.. turn your power supply on..

[borntowin]

Sorry if this has been answer before. When boot it shown 6136mb ram, i thought it supposed to be 6144? But what CPUz report was 6144. Both my Corsair Dominator GT and G.Skill Ripjaw having the same result. Any advise? Thank you.

Anyone here encounter the same issue? thank you.

[AceBaran]

Check your Q-Connector , if you're using it or check your "Pwr" connector to the motherboard. It's probably upside down? Something is seated incorrectly or all the way in. Your 24 main power isn't connected tight enough... check RAM... lastly.. turn your power supply on..

checked it all! mounted and remounted everything on the MB..

Cold boot no go here.. Really puzzling :/

[turtletrax]

checked it all! mounted and remounted everything on the MB..

Cold boot no go here.. Really puzzling :/

Did it boot with stock NB heatsink assy on? I always take the time to test a new board fully on air before I put all my blocks on. Nothing worse then spending all the time to get your blocks on perfectly and have no boot.

And the R3E I had die on me did the same thing. It would try to power on for a sec or two then kinda gimp out. Ended up RMAing. Nice thing is I got a new retail box back. I was quite happy since the only other Asus RMA I ever had they send the board back to me with a "nothing to fix" sticker on it. Man that p|ssed me off.

[AceBaran]

Did it boot with stock NB heatsink assy on? I always take the time to test a new board fully on air before I put all my blocks on. Nothing worse then spending all the time to get your blocks on perfectly and have no boot.

And the R3E I had die on me did the same thing. It would try to power on for a sec or two then kinda gimp out. Ended up RMAing. Nice thing is I got a new retail box back. I was quite happy since the only other Asus RMA I ever had they send the board back to me with a "nothing to fix" sticker on it. Man that p|ssed me off.

No! thats the bad thing about it :/ ive hooked up everything from the start.. never thought of testing it first :/

I did get a boot into bios just now ! then i thought ok fixed.. tried rebooting same !!!!

Now tried 5x allready again no boot. wth :/

[borntowin]

No! thats the bad thing about it :/ ive hooked up everything from the start.. never thought of testing it first :/

I did get a boot into bios just now ! then i thought ok fixed.. tried rebooting same !!!!

Now tried 5x allready again no boot. wth :/

Not sure this will help. But I encounter that with R2E.

1. Clear CMOS
2. Unplug all cable.
3. Remove all your RAM. PCIe....
4. Remove your cmos battery and wait for 5-10 mins and insert back the battery.
5. Put back everything and boot it up.

Hope it help. At least my last R2E having the same issue as you.

[SOYLINDA]

No! thats the bad thing about it :/ ive hooked up everything from the start.. never thought of testing it first :/

I did get a boot into bios just now ! then i thought ok fixed.. tried rebooting same !!!!

Now tried 5x allready again no boot. wth :/

Sorry for my bad inglish.

You have 2 bios. You start in 2º bios ?

[AceBaran]

Sorry for my bad inglish.

You have 2 bios. You start in 2º bios ?

Nothing wrong with your english.. ive tried to boot 1st and 2nd bios also tried to update bios trough rog connect ..

this is surely a power issiue.. cant think of anything else.. but where is the problem :P

[AceBaran]

Not sure this will help. But I encounter that with R2E.

1. Clear CMOS
2. Unplug all cable.
3. Remove all your RAM. PCIe....
4. Remove your cmos battery and wait for 5-10 mins and insert back the battery.
5. Put back everything and boot it up.

Hope it help. At least my last R2E having the same issue as you.

Trying this now !

[turtletrax]

Trying this now !

Have you tired removing the waterblocks and try air? Perhaps the Koolance is shorting or somehow causing boot failure.

[SOYLINDA]

Quit all grafics, memory, conector disks...

Connect speaker...

Start yes... no ? sound speaker ?

[AceBaran]

bah no luck >_<

[AceBaran]

Have you tired removing the waterblocks and try air? Perhaps the Koolance is shorting or somehow causing boot failure.

Could it ?

Ok ill try

[TheHardCase]

Im pretty new to all this and havnt buit a Computer in Years. I read some basic OC Guides and here is what I did



Were should I go from here?

Got one for a really good deal myself so I'll post some results.
I noticed your running x21 the correct for this cpu is x23.

[zoson]

Then you are mistaken. Do some research and actually look into their products. Lesson was learned and fixed and never looking back. They revolutionized the quick disconnect and actually made them into a great product for the LC community. No more ugly ass drain and fillports drilled into uber expensive cases.

The only thing that has been 'decent' in their recent history is their cpu block. And even that was a piece of crap because it was so restrictive. I've done the research.

Sure they do quick connects, but all they did was shrink car technology. Nothing more. They're not innovative. They're cheap copycats.

You can tell no lesson was learned because of the position of the outlet barb on their northbridge block. Not to mention I think the full shiny polished top is terrible looking. The inside of my computer case isn't Puerto Rico.

While I dont really think the R3E Koolance block is for me (I went EK) I never discount them because of the name.

I'm not discounting them because of the name, I'm discounting them because they've sucked for their entire history. Sell me something that's easy to use, and useful.

[AceBaran]

The only thing that has been 'decent' in their recent history is their cpu block. And even that was a piece of crap because it was so restrictive. I've done the research.

Sure they do quick connects, but all they did was shrink car technology. Nothing more. They're not innovative. They're cheap copycats.

You can tell no lesson was learned because of the position of the outlet barb on their northbridge block. Not to mention I think the full shiny polished top is terrible looking. The inside of my computer case isn't Puerto Rico.


I'm not discounting them because of the name, I'm discounting them because they've sucked for their entire history. Sell me something that's easy to use, and useful.

Ok you have made your point! you dont like Koolance.. Got it! .. move on ?

Anyway.. I thought i was gonna lose my mind ., but got my prob fixed..

It was my case fanns causing the problem.. i disconnected them and booted my pc and it booted.. so i then connected them 1 by one and now got it fixed pffffweh..

Tnx all for trying to help me !!!!

Edit : my NB used to be 63 now 33
my SB used to be 59 now 31

[Cookiesowns]

Ok you have made your point! you dont like Koolance.. Got it! .. move on ?

Anyway.. I thought i was gonna lose my mind ., but got my prob fixed..

It was my case fanns causing the problem.. i disconnected them and booted my pc and it booted.. so i then connected them 1 by one and now got it fixed pffffweh..

Tnx all for trying to help me !!!!

Edit : my NB used to be 63 now 33
my SB used to be 59 now 31

Damn, those NB SB temps are GREAT!, I really think I should Reseat my blocks, god knows How much TM i applied... and also how bad the contact is. EK really pissed me off with the mobo block though, the little black spacers...... Took me 30 minutes to figure out that you weren't supposed to put 2 spacers on these 2 holes.. :/

[tistou77]

me on the R2E and R3E now (WaterCooling) I always had the SB a bit hotter than the NB

this is normal?

[lowfat]

Damn, those NB SB temps are GREAT!, I really think I should Reseat my blocks, god knows How much TM i applied... and also how bad the contact is. EK really pissed me off with the mobo block though, the little black spacers...... Took me 30 minutes to figure out that you weren't supposed to put 2 spacers on these 2 holes.. :/

Like I said earlier the Koolance block really has its benefits. And I can agree about those spacers on EK blocks. I had a rather difficult time w/ my E760.

[turtletrax]

The only thing that has been 'decent' in their recent history is their cpu block. And even that was a piece of crap because it was so restrictive. I've done the research.

Sure they do quick connects, but all they did was shrink car technology. Nothing more. They're not innovative. They're cheap copycats.

You can tell no lesson was learned because of the position of the outlet barb on their northbridge block. Not to mention I think the full shiny polished top is terrible looking. The inside of my computer case isn't Puerto Rico.


I'm not discounting them because of the name, I'm discounting them because they've sucked for their entire history. Sell me something that's easy to use, and useful.

I defer to your obvious expertise then

[zpaf]

Is it possible these numbers northbridge/southbridge to be true ?