MaximusIV-Extreme Thread

[Raja@ASUS]

The first VGA is a MSI 580GTX Lightning.
The 2nd is one MSI 580GTX twinfrozer/oc with bumped clocks in order to match the 1st card .

I'll play with the 2nd card bios . Maybe there is something i can do ...

That BIOS being different is probably the cause of your problems if both cards load drivers when used on their own in either slot.

-Raja

[Stelios]

But ... what changed from the previous M4E BIOS and now it doesn't work ?

[Raja@ASUS]

But ... what changed from the previous M4E BIOS and now it doesn't work ?

Not sure, I just know that dissimilar/custom BIOSes can cause issues engaging SLI.

-Raja

[Nico]

Any recommended voltage bumps for running 16gig of ram?

2600k @4.8g 1.425v
16g 1600C9

I bumped vccio up to about 1.096 and ram is 1.5, but just want to know if theres anything that might help cpu overclock or lower vcore considering the 4 sticks of ram

[Raja@ASUS]

Any recommended voltage bumps for running 16gig of ram?

2600k @4.8g 1.425v
16g 1600C9

I bumped vccio up to about 1.096 and ram is 1.5, but just want to know if theres anything that might help cpu overclock or lower vcore considering the 4 sticks of ram

Delaying CPU clock skew can help lower voltage requirements on some processors/boards, however this is stability/benchmark specific.

-Raja

[cstkl1]

initial test of b3
confirmed my b2 degraded on voltage
it was the board. voltage via dmm degraded on it.
this time no more stressing lol

[Martin.v.r]

Is there one who can show some bios photo of how they have set skew
could well run the 105blck on my Asrock xtreme6 but bios was not as great as on this motherboard, it has far more bios options.

max locked at 100.7 blck here

[Stelios]

Not sure, I just know that dissimilar/custom BIOSes can cause issues engaging SLI.

-Raja

Fixed !

I flashed first bios with 1485 and second with 1409 .
Booted win7 with 1485 and enabled SLI . Then shut down , change bios to 2nd and boot win7 again .

Now it's working properly .

[Raja@ASUS]

Is there one who can show some bios photo of how they have set skew
could well run the 105blck on my Asrock xtreme6 but bios was not as great as on this motherboard, it has far more bios options.

max locked at 100.7 blck here

Look here for some guidelines.

-Raja

[Raja@ASUS]

Fixed !

I flashed first bios with 1485 and second with 1409 .
Booted win7 with 1485 and enabled SLI . Then shut down , change bios to 2nd and boot win7 again .

Now it's working properly .

That actually explains the issue - if two BIOSes have resource allocation tables shifted this might cause an issue with PCIe device recognition and conflicts within the OS if you are switching between them. 1407 and 1485 are similar in build (only a few minor changes). As a rule it is wise to clear CMOS completely and start with all settings again from scratch when switching BIOSes.

Which BIOS combination did you have on the board prior?

-Raja

[fadetoblack]

this board rocks, been using it for about a week now. still gotta find a safe 24/7 overclock on air for 2600k. also, has anyone managed to get RC bluetooth working with an android device? i've had no luck with two different devices.

[Lu(ky]

this board rocks, been using it for about a week now. still gotta find a safe 24/7 overclock on air for 2600k. also, has anyone managed to get RC bluetooth working with an android device? i've had no luck with two different devices.

It worked for me the first time, but it went buggy on me. Make sure Bluetooth to MIVE mobo is pushed all the way down. I had mine not set correctly and it stopped working for me. But now works like a charm...
Also using a HTC EVO 4G

[fadetoblack]

yup, i've pushed the button and the bluetooth logo lights up (which seems to disable bluetooth?) and my devices are paired. whenever i load the app it just says unable to connect to server or something.

also had a few other questions:

1. i only have a single sata iii drive and am wondering if i should use the jmicron controller or marvell. any difference?
2. what exactly is EZ_PLUG1 for (the molex connector on the board above the pcie slots)? is it for providing more power to the pcie slots and do i really need to use it?
3. what is the lag/latency issue with the NF200 that everyone keeps talking about? i have 3 cards in x8/x16/x16 and am wondering how i can tell if i have that issue.

[Raja@ASUS]

yup, i've pushed the button and the bluetooth logo lights up (which seems to disable bluetooth?) and my devices are paired. whenever i load the app it just says unable to connect to server or something.

also had a few other questions:

1. i only have a single sata iii drive and am wondering if i should use the jmicron controller or marvell. any difference?
2. what exactly is EZ_PLUG1 for (the molex connector on the board above the pcie slots)? is it for providing more power to the pcie slots and do i really need to use it?
3. what is the lag/latency issue with the NF200 that everyone keeps talking about? i have 3 cards in x8/x16/x16 and am wondering how i can tell if i have that issue.

1. Use either the Marvel or Intel ports.

2. It is for providing additional power to PCIe - only really needed if you are overclocking multiple GPUs.

3. Easy way for you to understand; imagine a home network, where the modem is connected directly to the LAN port of a PC - the communication between both devices is "direct".

Now imagine the same network where you have a router or switch between the modem and PC. You now have an additional hop for the exchange of data between both devices and that hop incurs a small time penalty.
The usage of an NF200 is similar, there is a small delay for interrupts between the CPU and device. The impact of this varies, and in some configurations it can be better to avoid using the NF200 slots, due to that latency. That all being said, the latency penalty is not generally discernible in real world usage scenarios (a 4FPS loss on maximum frame rates when the average frame rate exceeds 90FPS for example).

The NF200 is used so that multiple cards may be used in tandem where there otherwise would not be enough PEG lanes and/or to provide support for quad SLI (where possible).

-Raja

[GaBBa-Gandalf]

Here my first results....

4000MHz


4500MHz


It looks like PSCs don't need that much of voltage with a P67-Board...

[Sauron_Vie]

as my asus pro board died last night got a m4e now, BIOS 1204. Should i update to 1303 or is the 1204 all right for good clocks ?

tia

[Osterman]

Hello to everyone.
Well I bought this beast the day past yesterday. After I assemble a WC and everything, I plug this thing and turned on. It's amazing.
But I Have one problem... I plugged my 3 hdd which are all of them sata 2.0, I used the sata6g_e1 and e2 for the optical drive and the esata connector from the rig.
Then I used sata3g_3 for the OS hdd (which is one WD of 320gb), then on the sata3g_4 I used another disk and then another on the number 5.
The thing is that the mb doesnt recognize any one of the disks when I plug all of them. But when I only use the os disk, it works...
What could it be?
Thanks in advance!

[Osterman]

Well I could and couldn't solve it... Why?
I tried each hdd separatelly, and the problem was with the 1TB hdd, it is a western digital green 1tb ears.
When it is plugged, the system wont boot.
What can I do?
Because I saved my back up there... I'm crazy now with this

[rabor]

Well I could and couldn't solve it... Why?
I tried each hdd separatelly, and the problem was with the 1TB hdd, it is a western digital green 1tb ears.
When it is plugged, the system wont boot.
What can I do?
Because I saved my back up there... I'm crazy now with this

Have you tried updating the bios & Intel drivers yet?

[fadetoblack]

in general, how do you guys feel about the "auto" overclocking features that the board has? are they actually stable/usable overclocks or is it best to manually change all the settings? i briefly tried both 4.2ghz and 4.6ghz using the "cpu level up" setting in the bios and they seemed to be fine, although i didn't run any extended torture testing to make sure. also, when i set it to 4.6ghz, it set the vcore to 1.35v. is that safe for a 2600k 24/7?

[MikeMK]

1.35v is fine for 24/7 usage providing temps are ok. In my experience the auto over-clocking generally over does the voltage, so manually doing it is more efficient.

[aoch88]

Anyone can tell me what's the latest BIOS? I'm on 1303 currently.

[fadetoblack]

Anyone can tell me what's the latest BIOS? I'm on 1303 currently.

1303 is the latest on asus' website. however, if you search through this thread i think raja posted a newer one. i haven't had any issues with 1303 so i probably won't try the newer one and i'm not sure what the changes are.

EDIT:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0#post48521201

[Osterman]

Have you tried updating the bios & Intel drivers yet?

I didn't update the bios but I installed everything about drivers.

This is driving me mad... I have many issues with hdd...
1st this 1tb hdd that doesnt let the system boot or at least let me get in the bios.

2nd, now the system wont automatically boot, after the bios log a little "-" appears at right top cortoner of the screen and windows never starts unless y get in the bios and boot from the disk using one of the buttom options that is on the boot section...

I certanly don't know how to manage this... please help!

I have the ahci mode enable from the beginning, I mean I installed windows 7 prof... and everything having ahci enable.



Thanks!

[Osterman]

Well about the "-" that came out of nowhere.
It appears when I set the optical drive as first boot device and the hdd with the os as second.
It seems that when the optical drive is empty the system stays there looking for something.
If I put a cd it waits for five seconds and the boot from the hdd, like it should does when the optical is empty.
What I did now to use the system in a normal way until I find out a solution was to set up directly the hdd with the os as first boot device.

With the hdd of 1tb I still can't make it work.

Do you think that could be a bios issue?
I will se if it has the last version or I will update.

This is the most powerful, in theory, motherboard I have had and is the one that more troubles gave me...
But I won't give up, that's is how it works :p

Thanks in advance to everyone