I decided to give it an other try.

Dear XXX,


The Intel BIOS Implementation Test Suite gives 6 SMR fails with latest
ASUS Rampage Formula BIOS 1001 and to high SMI Frequency and latency.

Running MSR consistency test suite

(MSR 0x0 consistent): FAIL
(MSR 0x2a consistent): FAIL
(MSR 0x39 consistent): FAIL
(MSR 0x118 consistent): FAIL
(MSR 0x19e consistent): FAIL
(MSR 0x400 consistent): FAIL

Summary: 4687 passed, 6 failed


SMI Frequency and latency

Summary of impact: observed maximum latency = 647us
Risk of OS timeouts exists with this observed latency (ideal is < 150us)


This is with stock speeds and BIOS Defaults using BITS 316.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=19763

It doesn't look that good does it?


Is this the reason why this board is so bad with Core2Quad processors?

Is this the reason why we've got these MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION/0x...124
BSOD's?

Is this also the reason why I can't use Loadline Calibration without a
BSOD trying to boot into my OS? It seems to work fine with BIOS Defaults
but not when I need it to overclock my Q9650.


A lot of questions but you have to know that we are tired of these
issues with the board and are thinking to upgrade to X68 when it's
available. With all these problems that we've got with our ASUS board
it's very unlikely that this is going to be build on an ASUS board and ASUS
is going to lose hundreds if not thousands customers.


Why doesn't ASUS want to fix these issues that we're having with our
ASUS Rampage Formula? Why is it so hard to understand that we would like
an Official BIOS without these issues with updated Option ROM's and DRAM
Refresh Period, MCH Read ODT and maybe DRAM Read and Write ODT if this
would be necessary?


That the board is EOL is no excuse for ASUS so they don't have to do
anything about it.


Best Regards,
XXX