***ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Owners Thread***

[tistou77]

Not sure if you've seen this or not:
Rampage IV Extreme UEFI Guide for Overclocking

It's a very informative read, but you should start with post #7. tijgert had a conversation with Raja about using offset, and Raja does a great job of explaining how to set up offset to get your desired voltage.
As for your opening question, I use High LLC and Normal VCore. I don't bother with power-saving features when overclocking, so having the processor run at full clock speed and full voltage all the time doesn't bother me one bit. However, I do know there are people who prefer to leave SpeedStep and the like enabled when overclocked to reduce power consumption, and for that reason there is the option for VID offset.


BTW, I hate being the only one that responds. C'mon people! I'm far from being as knowledgeable as most of you who have posted in here before, so why am I the only one answering questions?

Yes I read it, I asked the opinion of users about their preferences
To know the VID to 4.5 or 4.6Ghz, look with AIDA64, Core Temp, etc... or other?

But I find that the voltage is more stable in Manual (Vcore fixed) with the offset, in Load (With High LLC)

Thanks

[Random Murderer]

Yes I read it, I asked the opinion of users about their preferences
To know the VID to 4.5 or 4.6Ghz, look with AIDA64, Core Temp, etc... or other?

But I find that the voltage is more stable in Manual (Vcore fixed) with the offset, in Load (With High LLC)

Thanks

Personally, I use CoreTemp to check my VID. For reference, CoreTemp reads my VID as 1.3110V at 4.7GHz.
Yes, someone else previously mentioned that they found their system was stable both ways, but offset required more voltage to reach full stability. As I mentioned before, I don't use offset, so I'm not really going to be of great help in this matter.

[tistou77]

Ok, thanks for your help

I will await the opinion of those who use ^^

I see you have the Samsung ram,
With Samsung ICs (Dominator GT 4x4Gb 2133 C9 1.5v), how much can I OC?

2400 C9 (may be C8) to 1.65v, it is possible?

[Guz]

I used this great guide to overclock with offset vid.: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=0

However, there is a bug in the bios which causes instability after s3 resume beyond 4.6ghz.

[MrTOOSHORT]

Ok, thanks for your help

I will await the opinion of those who use ^^

I see you have the Samsung ram,
With Samsung ICs (Dominator GT 4x4Gb 2133 C9 1.5v), how much can I OC?

2400 C9 (may be C8) to 1.65v, it is possible?

Cas 9 maybe @2400MHz with 1.65v and up. I run 1.7v on my sticks with timings of 9,11,11,28 1T @2400MHz.

Cas 8 @2400MHz would be impossible with these sticks.

[tistou77]

I used this great guide to overclock with offset vid.: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=0

However, there is a bug in the bios which causes instability after s3 resume beyond 4.6ghz.

Thank you for the link, is indicated with this mode "Offset" should not use the LLC, if I understand

But you can not disable it?

Thanks

Cas 9 maybe @2400MHz with 1.65v and up. I run 1.7v on my sticks with timings of 9,11,11,28 1T @2400MHz.

Cas 8 @2400MHz would be impossible with these sticks.

Ok thanks

I will try to OC the Dominator GT 2000 8-9-8-24 (PSC ICs)

[Ice009]

I used this great guide to overclock with offset vid.: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=0

However, there is a bug in the bios which causes instability after s3 resume beyond 4.6ghz.

I've just overclocked my 3930K to 4.5Ghz using Offset and am having a resume from sleep issue. When I resume from sleep RealtempGT shows temps of 91 degrees on all cores and the multiplier seems to be stuck on 12, like the CPU is in a throttled state. Is this a similar issue?

[cowie]

I get a hang at a "67 "error which i found was a dead ram slot which sucks cus it wont boot with that slot filled which is needed for everything except single slot.
So how sucky is asus rma?
it had a dead sound port out of the box but i was willing to live with it to avoid rma

[Guz]

Thank you for the link, is indicated with this mode "Offset" should not use the LLC, if I understand

But you can not disable it?

Thanks

IMHO, Regular LLC means it's disabled.

[Guz]

I've just overclocked my 3930K to 4.5Ghz using Offset and am having a resume from sleep issue. When I resume from sleep RealtempGT shows temps of 91 degrees on all cores and the multiplier seems to be stuck on 12, like the CPU is in a throttled state. Is this a similar issue?

Nop, all my sensors report fine. Only problem was with PLL if it is above 1.8v but this issue is fixed with an experimental bios 0001 handed out by raja. Search on rog forums, I'm almost certain there is a thread regarding the issue you're mentioning.

[Ice009]

Nop, all my sensors report fine. Only problem was with PLL if it is above 1.8v but this issue is fixed with an experimental bios 0001 handed out by raja. Search on rog forums, I'm almost certain there is a thread regarding the issue you're mentioning.

Had a look at ROG forums and I found there are other people with the same issue. When waking up from sleep, temp sensors are stuck on 91 degrees and multiplier is locked to x12. The two threads I looked at no one was able to find a solution. btw this happens on stock clocks too.

Anyone else had this problem here?

[WicKeDcHilD]

Had a look at ROG forums and I found there are other people with the same issue. When waking up from sleep, temp sensors are stuck on 91 degrees and multiplier is locked to x12. The two threads I looked at no one was able to find a solution. btw this happens on stock clocks too.

Anyone else had this problem here?

Wonder if this is a similar issue I noticed, I installed bad video card drivers that reacted to a program I normally use. I was getting a few blue screens while one program I used, was in use, upon restart from the crash I would see all my cores temps go through the roof. The temps were fine but the sensors per core where saying they were way higher then they should have been, the main core reading was normal though. I never noticed the multi lock, didn't even check that, just restarted my comp and the sensors went back to normal.

[Slammin]

Had a look at ROG forums and I found there are other people with the same issue. When waking up from sleep, temp sensors are stuck on 91 degrees and multiplier is locked to x12. The two threads I looked at no one was able to find a solution. btw this happens on stock clocks too.

Anyone else had this problem here?

From this thread:

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread...highlight=0017

And the actual link to the bios that fixes the sleep issue:

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-0cbf58f7.html

Page 7, post #67 from the ROG site.

This bios is the only one where I can easily OC (above 4.5) and not get sleep/resume issues. It shows up as bios version 0017, date 4/20/2012.

[Ice009]

From this thread:

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread...highlight=0017

And the actual link to the bios that fixes the sleep issue:

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-0cbf58f7.html

Page 7, post #67 from the ROG site.

This bios is the only one where I can easily OC (above 4.5) and not get sleep/resume issues. It shows up as bios version 0017, date 4/20/2012.

Thanks. That is one of the threads I read, but one person seemed to have a problem with his overclocks with that BIOS. I don't really want to go back to an older BIOS. Also, my Motherboard is the Rampage 4 Formula, that BIOS is for the Extreme.

[KaRLiToS]

Do I need more Vcore if I changed from 3 x 6970s to 4 x 7970s.

My whole system is not stable anymore and I can't seem to stabilize it. No matter how much Vcore I put in. Its still give me the 0x9c BSOD and even if I try to raise VTT, same thing. Does the VCCSA has something to do with more PCIe cards?

[XII]

Do I need more Vcore if I changed from 3 x 6970s to 4 x 7970s.

My whole system is not stable anymore and I can't seem to stabilize it. No matter how much Vcore I put in. Its still give me the 0x9c BSOD and even if I try to raise VTT, same thing. Does the VCCSA has something to do with more PCIe cards?

Have you added a heavier powersupply, or still running the 950 Enermax?
For Rex4, q-Fire and a decent OC it seems a little light to me.

[MrTOOSHORT]

Do I need more Vcore if I changed from 3 x 6970s to 4 x 7970s.

My whole system is not stable anymore and I can't seem to stabilize it. No matter how much Vcore I put in. Its still give me the 0x9c BSOD and even if I try to raise VTT, same thing. Does the VCCSA has something to do with more PCIe cards?

Yep, VCCSA voltage gives power to the pci-E controller. So up that, 1.4v max is safe. IMO, I'd try 1.3v for VTT and VCCSA.

Also go into the DIGi+ Power section and set VCCSA Current Capability to max and VCCSA Fixed Frequency to max.

[KaRLiToS]

Have you added a heavier powersupply, or still running the 950 Enermax?
For Rex4, q-Fire and a decent OC it seems a little light to me.

Yes I have a New PSU, it is the LEPA G 1600 (1600W Obviously)

Yep, VCCSA voltage gives power to the pci-E controller. So up that, 1.4v max is safe. IMO, I'd try 1.3v for VTT and VCCSA.

Also go into the DIGi+ Power section and set VCCSA Current Capability to max and VCCSA Fixed Frequency to max.

Ok, I will try this, thank you very much MR. Too Short. So i'll crank VCCSA, I thought it was only for the RAM and BCLK.
Because in RAJA UEFI guide, he doesn't mention the VCCSA as a PCI-E Controller voltage. Thats why I was confused.


At 4.725Ghz, my cpu is pumping 1.41v and is at 74'C max, I think my 3930k chip is average. I heard some owners getting higher Frequencies with lower voltage and temperature.

[MrTOOSHORT]

Here I posted a pic of what I'm talking about:

[KaRLiToS]

Wow, thanks a lot my friend. Can't have a clearer answer.

[RamGuy239]

I just had a minor loss of power due to a simple overload of one of the power sources in my apartment. No big deal, stuff like this happens from time to time so I just resets the power and everything is back to normal, or at least so I think..

My desktop computer running Antec Quattro 1200W, Intel Core i7-3960X and Asus Rampage IV Extreme etc.. is now completely silent. The lamps on the motherboard lights up, but the system won't fire at all neither when I hit the power button on my chase nor when I hit the power button on the motherboard itself. How come a minor loss of power (with no overvolting due to thunderstorms or anything) can cause this amount of damage to a system of this calibre?


What do you think might be the cause, and which hardware might be to blame? I suspect the power supply as the obvious option when the entire system wont fire at all, but as the motherboard and the power supply itself lights up when I connect the power cord it seems somewhat unlikely? Perhaps I'm on my fourth faulty Rampage IV Extreme motherboard in just half a year, but what would be the odds of that? Might I have my second faulty Intel Core i7-3960X CPU in just half a year, but that seems downright silly considering how low the odds are for faulty processors in the first place.


God damn how much trouble I have to go through with this LGA2011 platform, I haven't had this much trouble with a platform since I had to deal with nVIDIA nForce generation 5-7 chipsets...

[Mydog]

Switch PSU, had the same problem with one of my rigs here and the PSU had died.

[mdzcpa]

I would definitely look at your PSU. I would also take a hard look at the power lines to and in your home. The odds of 3 faulty mobos and a single faulty CPU in one platform build are already beyond astronomical. The move to the 3rd new mobo should have sent the flare up something else is amiss, let alone the need to replace a faulty CPU.

[RamGuy239]

There is no problem with my other desktop computer, nor is there any problem with my file-server and they've both been running pretty much 24/7 during the same time period as my LGA2011 desktop has gone through it's phases.

I'm not quite so sure it's the PSU anymore as testing with my old Arctic Cooling 500W PSU gives the same result, the motherboard lamps light up but there is no way to get the system to fire up.

[RamGuy239]

Replacing the PSU did the trick! Seasonic P-1000 it is.