ASUS Rampage II Extreme

**Brian y.** · 11-21-2008, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by T_Flight

Whoa whoa whoa!

Yeah I'd like to hear something on this one too. I'm getting ready to boot mine possibly Monday if I don't run into any snags. That's almost a .3v difference!

your telling me.

Imagine while probing you find that your dramv is at 2.24v and your QPIv is at 1.81v

Oh well at least when the the BIOS is set to default it had the CPU idling @ 1.31v and 1.52v under load

**T_Flight** · 11-21-2008, 03:40 PM

I'm gonna check mine. I'd contact Asus about this. It's possible a component could've been left off the board, or this could be a BIOS issue. Are you running the latest BIOS. They have released a couple already. If this is happening on many boards, we need to get this fixed immediately. That is way outside of Intel specs. I've seen overvolting before, but that's waaaaay outta control. That could permenently damage people's hardware. I have 1000 US Dollars in my Extreme CPU. I don't wanna damage it. It's my first Extreme CPU. I will OC, but not with voltages going wild like that.

That's like the opposite of vDroop...like vDroop or loadline calibration is screwed up or something. Do you have dynamic loadline enabled?

Seriously, this has me worried.

**Fitseries3** · 11-21-2008, 05:09 PM

i'll ask again....

can anyone suggest any settings to get 4ghz+ stable?

im using the R2E and a 920

**Astratuner** · 11-22-2008, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Bootsy

The board has 7 sata ports. 6 connected to the ICHR10 and 1 connected to the JMicron contoller so you should be all right.

Thanks mate!

**T_Flight** · 11-22-2008, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Brian y.

your telling me.

Imagine while probing you find that your dramv is at 2.24v and your QPIv is at 1.81v

Oh well at least when the the BIOS is set to default it had the CPU idling @ 1.31v and 1.52v under load

Looks like folks are busy or they haven't seen this yet. I'll test mine when I can get it running. Right now I'm stuck...my damn burner failed and without it I can't load an OS so that really blows...it'll be next week before I can get it running.

I promise you though I won't forget about this, and will test for it on the RIIE. Specs are in my sig. I have it written down. I will post about any BIOS/Actual VCore, VDimm or any other voltage delta between the BIOS and actual.

I'm only capable of going to certain clocks due to stock air right now. Later I will be able to get it on water. I still should be able to see if there is an issue with this voltage. This is a serious thing, and I wanna see if this is an issue just with your board, or if more than one does it.

I'm gonna use the BIOS and ProbeIt with a external digital multimeter. I'm wondering if the BIOS is borked.

**X2beach** · 11-24-2008, 07:05 PM

New Bios

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/LG...treme-0705.zip

**gabe** · 11-24-2008, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by webwilli

yes it will fit. See RIIE Manual 2-49

QVL

Vendor Model name Website
Swiftech MCW-NBMAX http://www.swiftech.com/products/mcw-nbmax.asp

Confirmed. We just updated our web site to add the RIIE.

**sonofander** · 11-24-2008, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by X2beach

New Bios

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/mb/LG...treme-0705.zip

Anyone try the new bios yet?
Results?

**webwilli** · 11-25-2008, 01:13 AM

[ 0705 ]
----------------------
1. Fixed the CPU ratio setting incorrect in TweakIt Batch File function.
2. Revised the default value of keyboard TweakIt control hotkey to "P" in BIOS setup

**sargatanas** · 11-27-2008, 05:30 AM

btw: do u thing it would make a huge difference if i use the upper blue one + the white one instead of the 2 blue ones for sli or doesnt it even work at all since the manual says "use the blue ones for sli/cf" ?
would prefer to use my auzentech soundcard, but the second gpu would interfere with the pci slot.
still waiting on the cpu block so im not able to test it.

**clone38** · 11-27-2008, 06:30 AM

Got my board today

Only cost me a extra £240 to upgrade after selling my old kit

**sonofander** · 11-27-2008, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by sargatanas

btw: do u thing it would make a huge difference if i use the upper blue one + the white one instead of the 2 blue ones for sli or doesnt it even work at all since the manual says "use the blue ones for sli/cf" ?
would prefer to use my auzentech soundcard, but the second gpu would interfere with the pci slot.
still waiting on the cpu block so im not able to test it.

this results in a 16 x 8 config... the only way to have 16 x 16 sli on this board is running in both blue slots

**sargatanas** · 11-27-2008, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by sonofander

this results in a 16 x 8 config... the only way to have 16 x 16 sli on this board is running in both blue slots

that works well for me since i use the sys for video/audio editing
ty =)

think some1 alrdy written it, but if i use both blue ones for sli, am i able to use the white one for a soundcard or would this make a problem, since the 2 blue ones would use all 32 lanes?

**slim142** · 11-27-2008, 07:33 AM

Thats normal

With LLC enabled with 1.32500vcore, I get 1.39 on load and idle according to ProbeII
With LLC disabled with 1.32500vcore, I get 1.36 on load and goes down to 1.34 in idle according to ProbeII

This is on my Striker II Extreme
I also hate how ASUS cant get voltages right since the first ROG board came out Grrrr...

**sargatanas** · 11-27-2008, 07:34 AM

i had no probs with llc on my s2e and on my re ^^

**sonofander** · 11-27-2008, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by sargatanas

that works well for me since i use the sys for video/audio editing
ty =)

think some1 alrdy written it, but if i use both blue ones for sli, am i able to use the white one for a soundcard or would this make a problem, since the 2 blue ones would use all 32 lanes?

when all 3 pcie slots are populated, you have bios control over speed adjustment...
your options in bios are:
16x16x1
16x8x8

**sonofander** · 11-27-2008, 01:20 PM

is anyone having luck getting this board stable @ 4.3 or higher?

I seem to be stuck at 4.25... I can boot in as high as 4.6 but I can't seem to get 4.3 prime stable

help?

**sargatanas** · 11-27-2008, 01:27 PM

ah perfect, so i gonna think bout it and maybe get another soundcard xD

**btdvox** · 11-29-2008, 12:48 AM

Question I dont know if tweaktown are idiots or not

But they stated that if you run the R2E in Tri-SLI you cant use any of the PCIE 1X slots, does this mean the soundcard too?

also they said the last pcieX16 slot runs in 4 lanes only, I thought these run in 16x/8x/8x in Tri sli?

Which doesnt make a difference usually?

**T_Flight** · 11-29-2008, 01:29 AM

The RIIE runs in 16x8x8. i have that baord and know it well now.

If you use Tri SLI you can still use the top Black PCI for the included soundcard.

Saying the abiove you have options in the BIOS for 16x16x1 or 16x8x8. The X58 supports up to 32 lanes. That is why it is the way it is.

**jasonelmore** · 11-29-2008, 02:27 AM

alright this might sound like a noob question but what is the chip that located under the Republic of Gamers Logo? And it looks inter Changable like we will be able to upgrade in the future? is this the case or not?

**sonofander** · 12-01-2008, 07:45 AM

where are all the user results for this board?

**Scope666** · 12-01-2008, 01:23 PM

My stuff came today, I'll post results soon. BTW, we need an official thread for this motherboard (unless this is it) It would be great to have one place for us to go like the old P5B days. ;-)