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

[Oráculo®]

are already several days are past and bios 1206 is not available, some have some information about it?

[Oráculo®]

are already several days are past and bios 1206 is not available, some have some information about it?

[deachus]

Nothing but problems with the SATA 6GB on this Board, stick with the Intel controller.

[Expat GriZ]

Nothing but problems with the SATA 6GB on this Board, stick with the Intel controller.

I'm running 2 WD 1TB Sata 6 drives (in addition to 4 normal) and haven't had a problem. Their version of Raid works but I reformatted to 2 singles. Sorry to hear you guys are having trouble.

[TreyWingbat]

The problem is all my Sats 3 Gb/s ports are used up (1 SSD, 1 blu-ray burner, 4 other HD's - I do a lot of HD video editing).

[Andreezy]

Thanks for the reply Zoson. However, it is already set to AHCI mode, and it still doesn't work.

i have not done RAID nor used the sata 6 controllers on this board,
but its recommended to enable AHCI Mode in Bios
and format the drives before you load windows.

i dont know or remember exactly why, i always did it like that with
scsi controllers to enable raid before loading windows.

[TreyWingbat]

Format the drives before installing Windows (or just loading Windows)?

I'm not using the drives in RAID either (yet). I'm not even sure if these 2 SATA 6G port support RAID (there's been conflicting reports on it).

[Andreezy]

Format the drives before installing Windows (or just loading Windows)?

I'm not using the drives in RAID either (yet). I'm not even sure if these 2 SATA 6G port support RAID (there's been conflicting reports on it).

windows has to load special drivers for raid/hot plug.
when you load windows, it loads with its standard driver.
if you dont load the required driver for raid/hot plug, the
regular windows driver will not see raid array, i assume hot plug
also being that hot plug is a server grade function for drive array.

[thesaucier]

Thanks for the reply Zoson. However, it is already set to AHCI mode, and it still doesn't work.

The sata 3 works great for me. Is this a western digital drive? You may take a look at this> http://community.wdc.com/t5/Desktop/...ght/true#M2284

[zoson]

Format the drives before installing Windows (or just loading Windows)?

I'm not using the drives in RAID either (yet). I'm not even sure if these 2 SATA 6G port support RAID (there's been conflicting reports on it).

When you say they disappear in windows... Is that from the disk management service? Have you checked to see if they're just showing up uninitialized? You said you're using AHCI mode, did you also try IDE mode?

The sata6g ports DO support raid perfectly. I'm running my two x25-m g2's in raid0 on the sata6g ports with no issues. My OS is on these drives. ~140mb/sec write ~420mb/sec read. I know it's not the peak performance of the drives in raid0, but it's fast enough for me, and way faster than most single ssd's.

[CrypticSpoon]

Just got my R3E, Features are overwhelming! had quite a bit of fun with the bluetooth overlocking

also just realised my gpu is an an 9x slot

[zoson]

Just got my R3E, Features are overwhelming! had quite a bit of fun with the bluetooth overlocking

also just realised my gpu is an an 9x slot
*snip*

I don't think it matters what slot you are in if you only have one slot populated.

Also, how is your motherboard mounted? It has no screws holding it to your case!!!

[Archeious]

I have search high and low (but apparently not the right location) and still cannot find this simple setting. How do you disable EIST?

oh and hi I am new (well I have been lurking for months).

[Archeious]

I have search high and low (but apparently not the right location) and still cannot find this simple setting. How do you disable EIST?

oh and hi I am new (well I have been lurking for months).

What a noob ASUS calls EIST Intel SpeedStep Tech.

[DOM.]

I have search high and low (but apparently not the right location) and still cannot find this simple setting. How do you disable EIST?

oh and hi I am new (well I have been lurking for months).

cpu config.

[CrypticSpoon]

I don't think it matters what slot you are in if you only have one slot populated.

Also, how is your motherboard mounted? It has no screws holding it to your case!!!

ROFL, I am still waiting for the seller of the board to send me the IO plate, so i only put two screws in (still sits fine) so that i can simply slide the IO plate when i get it(Today)?

[BSViper]

Damn it..

My cpu + mb can do only 212 bclk...
218 - no boot, 217 - no boot to windows, 216 - can do screenshot, but crash at any test (BSOD), 215 - partial stable, but hang on prime, 214 - same, 213 - after 10 minites test also hang up...

CPU: I7 920

CPU Settings:
CPU Ratio setting..........................:x18
C1E Support.................................:disab
Hardware Prefetcher.....................:Enab.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch.........:Enab.
MPS and ACPI MADT Ordering.........:Modern.
Intel(r) Virtualization Tech...............:Enab.
CPU TM Function.............................:dis.
Execute Disable Bit..........................:Enab.
Intel(r) HT Technology.....................:Enab.
Active Processor Cores.....................:All
A20M.............................................. :disab.
Intel(r) Speedstep(TM) Tech.............:disab.
Intel(r) Turbo Mode Tech..................:disab.
Intel(r) C State Tech*.......................:disab.
*C State package limit setting............:N/A
*C1 Auto Demotion...........................:N/A
*C3 Auto Demotion...........................:N/A

Bus settings:
BCLK Frequency.................................:212
PCIE Frequency..................................:101
Dram Frequency.................................:1723
UCLK Frequency..................................:3408
QPI Link Data Rate...............................:7218

Voltage:
CPU Differential amplitude..........................:700mV
CPU Clock Skew.........................................:norm al
IOH Clock Skew..........................................:Nor mal.
Extreme Engine Digi+
Digi+ Power Mode.......................................:t-balance
PWM Voltage Control...................................:Auto
Load-Line Calibration...................................:50% Calib
CPU Voltage OCP.........................................:Enab.
CPU PWM Frequency....................................:Auto .
Extreme OV................................................ .:disab.
Extreme OC................................................ .:Auto.
CPU Voltage........................................... ......:1.325v
CPU PLL Voltage........................................... .:1.802v
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage.................................:1.375v
DRAM BUS Voltage.........................................:1 .565v

All others - auto..

And my memory have stable settings - she can do 2000 Mhz..

Can anyone give me some advice, what i can do to achieve more high bclk?

[TreyWingbat]

When you say they disappear in windows... Is that from the disk management service? Have you checked to see if they're just showing up uninitialized? You said you're using AHCI mode, did you also try IDE mode?

The sata6g ports DO support raid perfectly. I'm running my two x25-m g2's in raid0 on the sata6g ports with no issues. My OS is on these drives. ~140mb/sec write ~420mb/sec read. I know it's not the peak performance of the drives in raid0, but it's fast enough for me, and way faster than most single ssd's.

They disappear in both Windows explorer, and the DMS. I haven't tried IDE mode. I haven't tried RAID either. The drives are there for a bit, but then disappear. But during boot-up, they both show up initially. I'll try the link that thesaucier provided and see how that goes.

[r.o.g]

my rampage from argentina:

[bassplayer]

BSViper, what stop code are you getting on the BSOD?

[BSViper]

BSViper, what stop code are you getting on the BSOD?

Different...
Some about System crash and IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Sometimes i start thinking about selling this stuff, and buying Sandy...

[thesaucier]

Damn it..

My cpu + mb can do only 212 bclk...
218 - no boot, 217 - no boot to windows, 216 - can do screenshot, but crash at any test (BSOD), 215 - partial stable, but hang on prime, 214 - same, 213 - after 10 minites test also hang up...

CPU: I7 920

CPU Settings:
CPU Ratio setting..........................:x18
C1E Support.................................:disab
Hardware Prefetcher.....................:Enab.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch.........:Enab.
MPS and ACPI MADT Ordering.........:Modern.
Intel(r) Virtualization Tech...............:Enab.
CPU TM Function.............................:dis.
Execute Disable Bit..........................:Enab.
Intel(r) HT Technology.....................:Enab.
Active Processor Cores.....................:All
A20M.............................................. :disab.
Intel(r) Speedstep(TM) Tech.............:disab.
Intel(r) Turbo Mode Tech..................:disab.
Intel(r) C State Tech*.......................:disab.
*C State package limit setting............:N/A
*C1 Auto Demotion...........................:N/A
*C3 Auto Demotion...........................:N/A

Bus settings:
BCLK Frequency.................................:212
PCIE Frequency..................................:101
Dram Frequency.................................:1723
UCLK Frequency..................................:3408
QPI Link Data Rate...............................:7218

Voltage:
CPU Differential amplitude..........................:700mV
CPU Clock Skew.........................................:norm al
IOH Clock Skew..........................................:Nor mal.
Extreme Engine Digi+
Digi+ Power Mode.......................................:t-balance
PWM Voltage Control...................................:Auto
Load-Line Calibration...................................:50% Calib
CPU Voltage OCP.........................................:Enab.
CPU PWM Frequency....................................:Auto .
Extreme OV................................................ .:disab.
Extreme OC................................................ .:Auto.
CPU Voltage........................................... ......:1.325v
CPU PLL Voltage........................................... .:1.802v
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage.................................:1.375v
DRAM BUS Voltage.........................................:1 .565v

All others - auto..

And my memory have stable settings - she can do 2000 Mhz..

Can anyone give me some advice, what i can do to achieve more high bclk?

try lower your CPU PLL Voltage to say start at 1.40
raise the dram bus a bit
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage: 1.39v
you may have to raise the vcore a tad too.
This is on air what are your temps?

[donmarkoni]

@BSViper:
Try higher PCI-E clock.
From my experience, when going over 200MHz BCLK, PCI-E should be around half of BCLK (while Slow Mode is disabled).
I almost forgot, try raising IOH voltage too. All other voltages look more then enough, except DRAM voltage, set it to 1.6-1.65V just to be sure.

[bassplayer]

Different...
Some about System crash and IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Sometimes i start thinking about selling this stuff, and buying Sandy...

For me, that's usually indicative of unstable memory or IMC. Try raising your QPI a bit more.

[theseeker]

My RIII E will be here Wednesday along with a 980 E, two GTX 580's and I am trying to decide if I should repalce my Dominator 1600 with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145329 Obviously, I could work with my current memory, but I love to upgrade.