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

[borntowin]

I just installed my REIII last night with a new i7 930 and no matter if I am running stock or overclocked, Vcore is blank in CPUZ.

Anyone have this problem or know why it's happening?

The new version of CPUz 1.56 seem to have some bug. Try the v1.55. Tested it working.

[donmarkoni]

The new version of CPUz 1.56 seem to have some bug. Try the v1.55. Tested it working.

I agree. You might seen me running 980X @ 39-42V according to CPU-Z 1.56.
The only problem is that you can't validate with old version. Or can you?
IIRC, I downloaded new version when I was trying to validate.

[borntowin]

I agree. You might seen me running 980X @ 39-42V according to CPU-Z 1.56.
The only problem is that you can't validate with old version. Or can you?
IIRC, I downloaded new version when I was trying to validate.

I can validate with old version 1.55.

[donmarkoni]

I can validate with old version 1.55.

Good to know. I might revert back to it, until they fix voltage issues.

[deachus]

I will revert back to 1.55, thanks guys.

[spoolindsm127]

Still can't figure out why vcore doesn't show in CPUZ.

Just got everything put together last night and had some time today to play. Was able to get 4.2Ghz 21x200 and 4.4Ghz 21x210 LinX 5 runs stable but wanted to see how far I could push this new 930.

Core i7 930 Batch# 3019A730
REIII Bios 1005
Kingston HyperX 3x2GB DDR3-2000 CL8 w/KHX Fan
XFX HD5870 XXX Edition
Corsair TX850 PSU
WD Caviar Black 2TB

ApogeeXT~ek 360 Rad~D5~1/2"ID x 3/4"OD

Did you happen to do any memory benchmarks at that clock of 4.6ghz and memory at 2200MHz 8-8-8-24? When you get the time do you think you can run a Everest or AIDA64 memory benchmark? I'd love to see how it compares to hypers at 2000MHz 7-7-7-20.

Excellent overclock btw

So what voltage are you using there?

[deachus]

Did you happen to do any memory benchmarks at that clock of 4.6ghz and memory at 2200MHz 8-8-8-24? When you get the time do you think you can run a Everest or AIDA64 memory benchmark? I'd love to see how it compares to hypers at 2000MHz 7-7-7-20.

Excellent overclock btw

So what voltage are you using there?

The tests I posted were the only tests I ran last night. I have to install Everest and 3DMARK06 tonight. Will post those results tonight.

Voltages were nothing pretty, vcore 1.46, QPI 1.56, vdimm 1.71, IOH 1.27

Thanks

[Fire4Wire]

i have a fixed version of cpu-z 1.56
that problem occurs to ppl who have an ROG Board,an official update will come in some days/weeks

[deachus]

I love this Board! I could not get over 217bclk on my P6T Deluxe V2 and it also throttled at anything over 4Ghz. Was able to lower my SuperPI and wPrime32M times by going up to 21x222. Vantage keeps crashing in CPU Test 1 with 101 code which means it needs more vcore. I pushed it up to 1.53v but still crashes with 101 code. I am done with max clocks for today, going to work on lower volts for my 24/7 overclock, 21x210.

spoolindsm127, here is Everest memory benchmark at 21x210 DDR3-1683Mhz6-6-6-18-60-1T and 21x222 DDR3-2223Mhz 8-8-8-24-90-1T

[OC Nub]

The 31ns latency is probably because you lost/dropped a memory channel while trying over 2200mhz, it was probably running in dual channel despite what everest shows. At least thats what happened to me, a couple guys pointed it out when I posted in another thread. Second run was at higher mhz but didnt drop/lose a channel so latency was higher. Last run was trying cas6.



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[tistou77]

When experiencing a freeze the first thing I check is the memory http://www.memtest.org/ then video card (swap it out for another old card), also your SSD may be an issue (try using a HDD for a while)

Indeed, with my settings stable "LinX" etc. ... Memtest86 + (4.10) does not start, I was forced to put the vDIMM 1.667v (stable at 1.65V) and vQPI to 1.367 (stable at 1.35V)

with ram to 2000 and in 3800 uncore
in h24, put uncore to 3600 is affected or not (affects the performance)?

thanks

[spoolindsm127]

2200+MHz on hypers with tRFC 8 is sick, excellent job deachus and OC Nub

Thanks deachus for posting the memory benchmarks and OC Nub as well.

I too at first was shocked at the absurdly low latency of 30ns, but like you said the issue with one of the channels dropping seems to explain that. 35.6ns seems more realistic, and still insanely fast

Deachus, what was your Uncore for the 6-6-6-18 clock?

OC Nub, it seems you dropped a channel when you ran the memory at 8-8-8-24, but not at 8-8-8-20? Or is that also supposed to be 8-8-8-24 and AIDA64 is just buggin out?

[lowfat]

Has anyone else being able to make it to 231bclk with or without slow mode? I haven't used slow mode yet but anything over 231blck usb starts to work intermittently. At 231blck it is pretty bad but the system is still useable. 232blck usb is off more than it is on. Just curious if anyone has had this and how they resolved it. I have cranked the PCIe up to 112 but it wasn't any better than it was @ 105.

The wierd thing is that 230 blck has no such issues.

[deachus]

Thanks!

I am still pushing it, just out of time for now, have a 8 month old boy so endless days and nights of overclocking is on hold for now. Will give it another go later tonight.

I will have to check if a channel is dropping out next time. I usually notice that because it will only show 4GB in Task Manager. Will check on next run.

Uncore @ 3786 ~ 6-6-6-18-1T @ 1683
Uncore @ 4446 ~ 8-8-8-24-1T @ 2223

[deachus]

Has anyone else being able to make it to 231bclk with or without slow mode? I haven't used slow mode yet but anything over 231blck usb starts to work intermittently. At 231blck it is pretty bad but the system is still useable. 232blck usb is off more than it is on. Just curious if anyone has had this and how they resolved it. I have cranked the PCIe up to 112 but it wasn't any better than it was @ 105.

The wierd thing is that 230 blck has no such issues.

I haven't gotten up to 231blck yet. Just got my REIII up and running yesterday. Will test it out and get back to you. When I experience those problems it either means PCIe is to high or I need more vcore.

[OC Nub]

2200+MHz on hypers with tRFC 8 is sick, excellent job deachus and OC Nub

Thanks deachus for posting the memory benchmarks and OC Nub as well.

I too at first was shocked at the absurdly low latency of 30ns, but like you said the issue with one of the channels dropping seems to explain that. 35.6ns seems more realistic, and still insanely fast

Deachus, what was your Uncore for the 6-6-6-18 clock?

OC Nub, it seems you dropped a channel when you ran the memory at 8-8-8-24, but not at 8-8-8-20? Or is that also supposed to be 8-8-8-24 and AIDA64 is just buggin out?

Thanks, it was 8 8 8 20 but I raised the MCH Strap to 2133mhz from 1600 for that run, at that point it was very unstable and raising the strap seemed to help.

[lowfat]

I haven't gotten up to 231blck yet. Just got my REIII up and running yesterday. Will test it out and get back to you. When I experience those problems it either means PCIe is to high or I need more vcore.

More Vcore eh? I only tried up to 1.3V. I guess I could try more.

[OC Nub]

Has anyone else being able to make it to 231bclk with or without slow mode? I haven't used slow mode yet but anything over 231blck usb starts to work intermittently. At 231blck it is pretty bad but the system is still useable. 232blck usb is off more than it is on. Just curious if anyone has had this and how they resolved it. I have cranked the PCIe up to 112 but it wasn't any better than it was @ 105.

The wierd thing is that 230 blck has no such issues.

Looks like you got a very good board. Mine would flake out after 215 and the same thing would happen, usb keyboard would turn on and off, mostly off, or it just wouldnt boot. But slowmode allowed me to boot at 236-237 no issues. Im curious to see how well your board does with slowmode seeing how well it does without having to use it.

[lowfat]

I've never used slow mode before on any board. But I just tried it (without changing any other settings) and it would lock up during windows loading.

[facboy]

I agree. You might seen me running 980X @ 39-42V according to CPU-Z 1.56.
The only problem is that you can't validate with old version. Or can you?
IIRC, I downloaded new version when I was trying to validate.

have u settled on 24/7 settings yet donmarkoni?

[borntowin]

Good to know. I might revert back to it, until they fix voltage issues.

Yeah, hope to see your 24/7 setting too.

[tistou77]

Indeed, with my settings stable "LinX" etc. ... Memtest86 + (4.10) does not start, I was forced to put the vDIMM 1.667v (stable at 1.65V) and vQPI to 1.367 (stable at 1.35V)

with ram to 2000 and in 3800 uncore
in h24, put uncore to 3600 is affected or not (affects the performance)?

thanks

so it's not the settings for Memtest68+, I again tested with the parameters stable with LinX, etc. ... Memtest86+ starts and no errors

My impression is that it comes from adjustments Round Trip Latency (in AUTO in the bios), the values change with time

in h24, put uncore to 3600 is affected or not (affects the performance)?

thanks

[subaruwrc]

Hello!
sorry for not reading thru 135 pages but please anyone can help my why none of my 5970's boots in my R3E's 3rd and 4th pcie slot? both cards are good in slot 1 - 2 but none of them boots in 3 or 4. vga led lights near eatxpwr.
my 4870 just boots fine in every slot. tried plug ez plug 2 but no sucess. 5970 still does not work...

[bito]

^^ Maybe the PCI-E slots have been turned off from the dip switches by the ATX power connector by mistake.
Best to check them first.

Cheers

[subaruwrc]

^^ Maybe the PCI-E slots have been turned off from the dip switches by the ATX power connector by mistake.
Best to check them first.

Cheers

no they turned on
as i said my 4870 boots without problem