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

[donmarkoni]

Isn't that voltage too high?

Edit: Oh ya, I remember now. Just have to keep the DRAM Bus and QPI/DRAM Core voltages within 0.5V

Yep, that's right. Also, I'm not afraid to run my Hypers up to 1.85V, but that's just crazy old me.

EDIT: OH! PAGE 200! Congratulations to everybody! Lot of great info and results in this thread.

[zinsco]

When coming out of sleep my computer crashes every time. After reboot everything works fine, it happens only coming out of sleep. I have had many crashes while running stress tests and finding the best settings. Did most likely something get corrupted from the crashing or did I most likely damage something with voltages too high or something?

[Cookiesowns]

nah you're not the only one. like i stated earlier, mine wont go higher than the stock 1866 without having issues. have you tried stagered settings?

i've got 1800 @ 6-9-6-22-88 T1 and it's blazing pretty nicely

I think ima try those timings. I have the same set, and I've hit 2100 at 8-9-8 2T already.

I'm running 2000 at 8-9-8 1T at 1.66V.

The tRCD is important to keep it at 9, or 1 level higher than your CL. C8-8-8 doesn't run no matter what, C7-8-7 doesn't always work. C7-9-7 works perfect.

I haven't tried 1600 6-9-6, but it looks nice.

[Cookiesowns]

This is taken with an L series. How's it compare for sharpness? If the point at which focus is achieved is not in the sharpest focus when you review the photo, have you tested to see if your lens is front or back focusing and adjusted for this if so?





Just did some 12GB testing - I feel your pain its insanely hard to do.
Low gflops when all ram is selected. Think its most likely just the LinX software is unable to work properly rather than actual hardware issues.

Yeah. mine looks a tad just like that, a bit soft, but not overly soft.

I was using a Canon 100mm L f2.8 IS Macro lens.
Yes, i edit them, but not much, just adjusting some white balance, color temp, cropping etc.

Maybe we should start a new thread... "G33k p0rn" and post all our nice pics of our computer/parts.

I have the same lens, and it performs great on my 5D mark II, I guess thats why its sharper. My other L's 70-200 f/4, 24-105's aren't as sharp. Prime ftw I guess :P

Waiting patiently for a 35 1.4 L to come from santa

Oh yes, lets do so.

Sorry for offtopic :P



5D II, 100 f/2.8 L IS

When coming out of sleep my computer crashes every time. After reboot everything works fine, it happens only coming out of sleep. I have had many crashes while running stress tests and finding the best settings. Did most likely something get corrupted from the crashing or did I most likely damage something with voltages too high or something?

Do you have SSD's? Is your bios updated? My pc does the same sometimes, it doesn't crash, but rather it hangs.

It has to do with the sleep mode of the ssd's in raid, RST 10 fixes this I believe.

AND WHAT?

HOW 2 GET THESE?

[spoolindsm127]

AND WHAT?

HOW 2 GET THESE?

You have to enable either 'Extreme OV' or 'Extreme OC'. I forget which one.

I had also asked earlier regarding what the different 'PWM Frequency' settings mean. I think they were Auto, 1x, 1.33x

[Cookiesowns]

You have to enable either 'Extreme OV' or 'Extreme OC'. I forget which one.

I had also asked earlier regarding what the different 'PWM Frequency' settings mean. I think they were Auto, 1x, 1.33x

It's actually Extreme OV, I believe those settings are for the ICH, QPI PWM settings.

PWM frequency has alot more settings, in khz

[zoson]

You have to enable either 'Extreme OV' or 'Extreme OC'. I forget which one.

I had also asked earlier regarding what the different 'PWM Frequency' settings mean. I think they were Auto, 1x, 1.33x

It's Extreme OV.

QPI PWM Frequency acts exactly the same way as CPU PWM Frequency. It increases the number of times the power FETs switch per second to generate the clock signal. I think intel spec is default 250KHz. But who knows what asus is using as base. We would need to measure it. It might be 500KHz. In any case. If 250 is base, that makes 1.33x 332KHz, or if it's 500KHz 1.33x is 665KHz.

A higher PWM Frequency lowers output ripple, but makes a lot more work for your FETs(lots more heat).

My guess is auto selects 1x below a certain BCLK and 1.33x above a certain BCLK. I played with QPI PWM Freq hoping it would allow me to lower my QPI voltage, but it did not help. Maybe at extreme bclk.

[Raja@ASUS]

When coming out of sleep my computer crashes every time. After reboot everything works fine, it happens only coming out of sleep. I have had many crashes while running stress tests and finding the best settings. Did most likely something get corrupted from the crashing or did I most likely damage something with voltages too high or something?

S3 suspends to RAM, if the memory isn't fully stable then it will crash coming out of sleep. Peg your OC back a little and see if that cures the issue.

[zinsco]

S3 suspends to RAM, if the memory isn't fully stable then it will crash coming out of sleep. Peg your OC back a little and see if that cures the issue.

Back to default settings and still crashes coming out of sleep. It will bring the desktop up and sit there for a min than crash or when I try to open something.

I booted from a live linux CD and put it to sleep. Coming out of sleep was no problem, but is that maybe because it's already running from the ram?

[spoolindsm127]

It's actually Extreme OV, I believe those settings are for the ICH, QPI PWM settings.

PWM frequency has alot more settings, in khz

Yes, that is what I was referring to in regards to the Auto, 1x, 1.33x settings.

It's Extreme OV.

QPI PWM Frequency acts exactly the same way as CPU PWM Frequency. It increases the number of times the power FETs switch per second to generate the clock signal. I think intel spec is default 250KHz. But who knows what asus is using as base. We would need to measure it. It might be 500KHz. In any case. If 250 is base, that makes 1.33x 332KHz, or if it's 500KHz 1.33x is 665KHz.

A higher PWM Frequency lowers output ripple, but makes a lot more work for your FETs(lots more heat).

My guess is auto selects 1x below a certain BCLK and 1.33x above a certain BCLK. I played with QPI PWM Freq hoping it would allow me to lower my QPI voltage, but it did not help. Maybe at extreme bclk.

I knew those PWM settings were in relation to some other setting. But I didn't know exactly what.

[zinsco]

S3 suspends to RAM, if the memory isn't fully stable then it will crash coming out of sleep. Peg your OC back a little and see if that cures the issue.

Back to default settings and still crashes coming out of sleep. It will bring the desktop up and sit there for a min than crash or when I try to open something.

I booted from a live linux CD and put it to sleep. Coming out of sleep was no problem, but is that maybe because it's already running from the ram?

Found the problem. It's the new rst drivers. 10.5.0.1015 and 10.5.0.1022. Should have remembered that I recently updated to the 1015. Went back to 10.1.2.1004 and all is right with the world. Tried the 1022 and it causes the crashing too, so it's 1004 on my system.

[zoson]

Found the problem. It's the new rst drivers. 10.5.0.1015 and 10.5.0.1022. Should have remembered that I recently updated to the 1015. Went back to 10.1.2.1004 and all is right with the world. Tried the 1022 and it causes the crashing too, so it's 1004 on my system.

10.1.0.1008 still works for coming out of sleep also.

EDIT: Oh, nevermind... I see that those versions you linked are 32bit and not 64bit... 10.1.0.1008 won't work for you unless you're running 64bit.

[zinsco]

10.1.0.1008 still works for coming out of sleep also.

EDIT: Oh, nevermind... I see that those versions you linked are 32bit and not 64bit... 10.1.0.1008 won't work for you unless you're running 64bit.

Yes, 10.1.0.1008 will work for coming out of sleep. The one I went back to is newer than that one, 10.1.2.1004. I know it's easy to over look the "2" in 10.1.2.1004 and mistake the 1008 one as being newer than the 1004.

They all are for 32/64bit.

[zoson]

Yes, 10.1.0.1008 will work for coming out of sleep. The one I went back to is newer than that one, 10.1.2.1004. I know it's easy to over look the "2" in 10.1.2.1004 and mistake the 1008 one as being newer than the 1004.

They all are for 32/64bit.

Where did you find that? I only get 1008 from intel's site when I click on win7 x64 downloads...

[zinsco]

Where did you find that? I only get 1008 from intel's site when I click on win7 x64 downloads...

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20raid.htm

[zoson]

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20raid.htm

Oh, I see. They are non WHQL. I think I'll stick with 1008...

[zinsco]

Oh, I see. They are non WHQL. I think I'll stick with 1008...

10.1.5.1001 and 10.1.2.1004 are WHQL and they are newer than the 1008, the 1015 and 1022 aren't WHQL

It's also interesting that when I go to devise manager and update the driver by telling it to search the internet
to find the driver it uses 10.1.5.1015 which is not WHQL.

[zoson]

10.1.5.1001 and 10.1.2.1004 are WHQL and they are newer than the 1008, the 1015 and 1022 aren't WHQL

It's also interesting that when I go to devise manager and update the driver by telling it to search the internet
to find the driver it uses 10.1.5.1015 which is not WHQL.

I just tried to do an update via searching the internet but it said i had the latest driver.

[zinsco]

I just tried to do an update via searching the internet but it said i had the latest driver.

Ya, well, don't know what to say about that, but I think we have beat this one into the ground. lol

[zoson]

Ya, well, don't know what to say about that, but I think we have beat this one into the ground. lol

I think your update may suggest 1015 because you installed it previously and it's still in your rollback cache.
According to intel 1008 is the latest WHQL... That's all microsoft should have for updates.

[CryptiK]

*snip*


Yeah. mine looks a tad just like that, a bit soft, but not overly soft.




I have the same lens, and it performs great on my 5D mark II, I guess thats why its sharper. My other L's 70-200 f/4, 24-105's aren't as sharp. Prime ftw I guess :P

Waiting patiently for a 35 1.4 L to come from santa

*snip*

My pic was taken with a 24-105 F4L.

Nice 35mm, you'll have some fun with that. Primes are where its at

Sorry for OT

[skuldarin]

WOOHOO! got DDR-2000 to finally work!

sitting now at 2010mhz @ CL8 (8-10-8-24-98 T1) and doing about 22-23k read, 20-21k write, 22-23k copy AIDA64. i'm also trying it at 2x uncore at 4019mhz.

i had to enable adjusting all the PWM points. had to put CPU PWM to 1000 and put QPI and DRAM PWM adjustments to 1.33 to get it to work but it worked...

[zinsco]

WOOHOO! got DDR-2000 to finally work!

sitting now at 2010mhz @ CL8 (8-10-8-24-98 T1) and doing about 22-23k read, 20-21k write, 22-23k copy AIDA64. i'm also trying it at 2x uncore at 4019mhz.

i had to enable adjusting all the PWM points. had to put CPU PWM to 1000 and put QPI and DRAM PWM adjustments to 1.33 to get it to work but it worked...

Well it's about time.

Do you mind posting your bios settings?

[minaelromany]

I flashed to 1208 BIOS and get BSODs after 30 minutes or so of playing games, then get the CPU over temperature error, press F1 to continue !

When I get into BIOS I see 63-68 C CPU temp, what is wrong ?

[Hondacity]

I flashed to 1208 BIOS and get BSODs after 30 minutes or so of playing games, then get the CPU over temperature error, press F1 to continue !

When I get into BIOS I see 63-68 C CPU temp, what is wrong ?

your cpu heatsink is not installed properly