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

[donmarkoni]

Right now I'm trying a few variations of templates, and am looking at getting 4.6 stable with the 980x. My Trident RAM doesn't seem to like 2000mhz; so I'm running in the range of 1600-1800 with multipliers of 23 - 27, and an uncore ratio of 1.5x.

I've got 4.45 rock solid, still fiddling around to get the 4.5 - 4.6 good. But, it's my first day with the 980x.

Try not to use 1.5x UnCore to RAM ratio, go for +1. I had issues with lowest multi.

Thanks will have to give 0003 a try after 1207. I also can't get past 4.46GHz

Well, you just might need more voltage. How much are you feeding it with?
I use 1.475V on a daily basis, LinX 20 loops stable, but keeping temperature under control is a must.

But, as Cryptik said...

Max VID on 32nm 980X is 1.375v and abs max is 1.40v so be careful when pushing for 4.5.

...so, be carefull.


BTW, I have a problem with my R3E. (first time I guess )
Integrated sound card went berserk, not detecting plugged cables.
I always used Win7 driver, as I don't need any settings, just volume and to hear the sound.
Now it's showing that speakers are not connected and the headphones are, no matter what is plugged where.
Best I had, when installed Realtek drivers, is having sound on left channel, but it was showing that microphone and speakers are plugged in front panel, which is not even attached.
Speaker are all the time plugged in where they belong.
Tried reinstalling/deinstalling/installing drivers, no luck. Tried reverting to my tweaked and pimped copy of OS with Ghost Image, which worked fine of course, no luck. Installed fresh copy of Win7 - same thing.

Any suggestions before RMA?

[MrToad]

guys listen

got beta bios 1301 today with following fixes


Updated SB RAID Option ROM to v10.1.0.1008

stay tuned for next official bios update with these fixes

If you can't share the BIOS can you please use MMTOOL to extract the option ROM and check if size is 64K (65535 bytes)?

If that's the case it means I won't have to wait for ASUS to update the R3G BIOS, which they might not do...

[p3gaz_001]

are raining bios .....

[Sylver123]

guys listen

got beta bios 1301 today with following fixes


Updated SB RAID Option ROM to v10.1.0.1008

stay tuned for next official bios update with these fixes

Hopefully they will also update the marvell ROM version and Firmware version in the next beta bios releases to come or next official bios release.

[hodgy1971]

guys, do the new bios has new features on the fan control?! i've discovered that... the cpu fan, either i set it on manual silent or turbo duty mode, or what ever the cpu fan speed is always at 2000rpm, (the max fan speed) should work like that, other fans does not behave like that, all fans are the same, cm 2000rpm led blue / red, so what's wrong?! is fan connected on the cpu failing, or what?! ... this is just one of the strange behavior i've been whatching from 2 weeks till now!! need some help ...

I have the same problem with mine! All others are working fine. I'm also using the opto fans with sensors and they are also fine

Sorry I seen the problem a few post later!

[jwmghf]

Hey guys:

I keep getting Cpu Led. The computer won't post. I check for extra standoffs. That's not the problem.

Is it possible that that light keeps coming on because I don't have the cpu fan hooked up. The cpu, mobo and the graphics card are all water cooled. I did take the cpu waterblock off the and put my finger on the cpu. It's not getting warm?? What do you think. I also tried re-seating the cpu. No good.

Any ideas would be gr8!!

Thanks

[tistou77]

Hey guys:

I keep getting Cpu Led. The computer won't post. I check for extra standoffs. That's not the problem.

Is it possible that that light keeps coming on because I don't have the cpu fan hooked up. The cpu, mobo and the graphics card are all water cooled. I did take the cpu waterblock off the and put my finger on the cpu. It's not getting warm?? What do you think. I also tried re-seating the cpu. No good.

Any ideas would be gr8!!

Thanks

I had this problem some time ago, the PC will not post and the CPU LED was lit ...

I change the CPU and R3E (I knew what it was, but one of them was died)

[jwmghf]

Quite honestly, I hope it's the cpu because the mobo is watercooled and I don't think Asus will honor their warrantee!!! I am hoping for a few more positive suggestions that may lead to a quicker solution. I will change out the cpu tomorrow and post back if that is indeed the problem. But please drop whatever thoughts you might have!!!!

And Thanks.

[KILLER_K]

Did you check for a bent pin in the lga socket? Is you block applying too much pressure on the cpu socket? Why wouldn't they warranty the board? All you did was put blocks on the board. And i'm not sure if you did the nb/sb also though. But what reason are you thinking they will not warranty the board?

[Zaxis01]

I just got my R3E back from ASUS.
And was able to achieve 4.3ghz @ 1.25vcore with my I7 970.

Not going any higher due to stock cooler.

When my WC System is ready I'll try to push 4.5.

[CryptiK]

4.3GHz @ 1.25v - very nice especially on the stock cooler, that Prime95 / LinX stable for couple of hours?

Fire4Wire - Also interested in the new BIOS, along with the new firmware, does it still have the tRL settings like BIOS 0003? I certainly hope so.

[skuldarin]

so i swaped 980's with the sister tower, here's hoping for better voltages.

[skuldarin]

UPDATE:

yep... the other 980 is a voltage hungry baddy

980x # 3013A489 = bad
980x # 3013A540 = good

previously at this speed (4.27ghz) with the 489, core voltage needed to be about 1.34-ish to be realitively stable. now at again 4.27ghz the 540 is sitting realitively stable at 1.28v.

the only thing i have concerns about is the core temps...

reading off of RealTemp GT, from left to right, core 2 and core 6 seem to be between 7 and 10*c hotter than the rest... and it's not just this specific cpu, the 489 had the same thing. i've reseated a good dozen times with the same results, is this normal? or could it be due to the water block (koolance 360)?

[CryptiK]

So your fathers was better or was yours? Either way 4.27GHz @ 1.28v is pretty nice

Temps on Gulftowns are terrible, all over the place. I use RealTemp and calibrate them to the same temp under load and idle. I take about 80% of the hottest core, set it, then standardize the remaining cores to that point. I do the same with the idle temps.



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Been testing my 990X, loving this CPU and my system in general.

3DM06 @ 4GHz @ 1.177v (load) | 3471 MHz uncore | DDR3-1600 7-7-7-21 1T | GTX580 @ 900c/1800s/2100m




3DM11 @ 4GHz @ 1.177v (load) | 3471 MHz uncore | DDR3-1600 7-7-7-21 1T | GTX580 @ 900c/1800s/2100m

[skuldarin]

haha, the old man's core was better, so i'm stickin with the swap out. he'll never need more than 4ghz at the most for the next 4-6 years... if he does he'll just have me build him a new system again.

i'm testing this one now with 4.5.

so far it's already much more stable at 4.5 than the previous core. i'm still having to increase voltage just a tad, but i'm at 1.38125v as i type... stable enough to do most things, haven't tried games yet and it's passing 10 rounds of LinX with 1024mb mem supplied rather nicely at roughly 78gFlops average. gonna do full mem test in a bit and go from there. i don't think i'll need any more than about 1.41-1.42v at the very most.

[CryptiK]

Did some IMC testing real quick just now......doesn't seem too bad

SPI32M @ 3.8GHz | 4000MHz uncore @ 1.296 Vtt (load) | DDR3-2000 8-8-8-24 1T

[skuldarin]

alright i'm callin it a night / morning... i've been up all night toying around and time for a cat nap.

as of right now i think it's safe to say i have 4.509ghz going stable at 1.40625v and average core temp of 88*c

the following burn tests were done on LinX with full pass:
16mb - 500 rounds
32mb - 500 rounds
64mb - 500 rounds
128mb - 500 rounds
256mb - 250 rounds
512mb - 250 rounds
1024mb - 100 rounds
2048mb - 50 rounds
4096mb - 50 rounds
8192mb - 27 rounds (i stoped)
full mem - when i get up in a few hours.

oh... magic PLL number of 1.62975v

[CryptiK]

Nice one, but 88*C is kinda toasty. Keep an eye on those load temps when you game/encode etc it could get up there.

Just a note I have found that Prime95 stresses the Gulftowns more, and what will just pass LinX won't pass Prime, and with prime it pulls the vcore down that little bit more. Eva2000 logged the power draw at 10% higher with Prime than LinX with the Gulfies (whereas bloomfields were the opposite, pulling 10% more power running LinX than Prime).

[jwmghf]

Hey Killer K:

I didn't check for a bent pin, but I will shortly. I don't know if I was applying too much pressure to the cpu. How would I know that?? The block is off now. Also, it's an EK block and it wasn't tightened up all the way.(a little past 3/4's)

As for the warrantee, I really don't know? Will Asus cover a mobo that I took there air-tube cooler design off and replaced it with an EK water block?? What do you think?

Thanks

[CryptiK]

Should be fine warranty wise, so long as the board is otherwise undamaged. Would help if you still had the stock thermal paste on the stock heatsink. Just clean off the stuff you applied, shape the stuff left on the heatsink to where it would touch the chips and attach it. They could remove it and inspect it, but with QC the way it seems to be they probably cant guarantee what the assemblers use. I had what looked like grass bits stuck to the thermal pad of the first R3E I had and it looked like a 3 year old cut the thermal pad with some safety scissors - I posted a pic a few pages back.

[jwmghf]

Hey Cryptik:

That's good to know. I have everything still so that's no problem. I can clean it off and make it look as good as new. This evening, I am going to change out the cpu with one that is currently working. If that doesn't work, I guess it's the mobo. That will suck, because I have been working on this project for a few months already. Cutting out and putting all the freaking little peices of themal paste that came with the mobo cooler was a major PIA!!! Not to mention, now I have to contact EK and have them ship more. I was just hoping it would all come together... what a pipe dream!!!

Thanks

[cammy5477]

Hey Cryptik:

That's good to know. I have everything still so that's no problem. I can clean it off and make it look as good as new. This evening, I am going to change out the cpu with one that is currently working. If that doesn't work, I guess it's the mobo. That will suck, because I have been working on this project for a few months already. Cutting out and putting all the freaking little peices of themal paste that came with the mobo cooler was a major PIA!!! Not to mention, now I have to contact EK and have them ship more. I was just hoping it would all come together... what a pipe dream!!!

Thanks

if you put it back together nicely..chances are they wont even notice its been apart....they would have a cheek to not rma it for you even if they did its an over-clockers board what do they think your going to do with it?

[cammy5477]

UPDATE:

yep... the other 980 is a voltage hungry baddy

980x # 3013A489 = bad
980x # 3013A540 = good

previously at this speed (4.27ghz) with the 489, core voltage needed to be about 1.34-ish to be realitively stable. now at again 4.27ghz the 540 is sitting realitively stable at 1.28v.

the only thing i have concerns about is the core temps...

reading off of RealTemp GT, from left to right, core 2 and core 6 seem to be between 7 and 10*c hotter than the rest... and it's not just this specific cpu, the 489 had the same thing. i've reseated a good dozen times with the same results, is this normal? or could it be due to the water block (koolance 360)?

yeah mine did that aswell...those temp readings are normal

[jwmghf]

Hey Cammy:

That's true I guess. I'll try that other cpu out tonight and post back to let you know how I make out.

[skuldarin]

well i left the tower running all night with a bunch of automated programs including a couple games going on at once that had TONS of AI going and whatnot and it's still here kickin and screamin'

oh and 88*c was the top average i took after the hours of 100% load time i did, so i'm sure my water was a bit heat soaked at that time (case temp said 51*c on the water sensor, it was gettin soaked). otherwise, even with everything OC'd to the max, when gaming i don't really have heat issues.