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ginjaninja said:
just upgraded to 907, asus tech support said it would fix ai probe reading error and temp sensor error a couple of us were experiencing..it didnt...now core temp 0.96 temps have jumped degrees higher...is my cpu running hotter or are the temps just being better reported 'better'..cpu-z shows the same vcore so i dont see how it could be hotter.
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Hi, someone over in the Asus forum reported this, they said it was due to the fans spinning more slowly under 0907. As mine is fully water cooled I haven't seen this effect, perhaps you could test this out?
Chris
 
Does anyone knows how i can put my memory sticks runing at their 1066, i oc my Q6600 using the cpu level up setting that cames with the board, and its stable at 3.0ghz, but no matter what i do my memory continues to showing PC2-6400 (400Mhz) on cpu-z, wiuth or without the oc made.

Already tried to set it up manually on bios as well but it just dont so it.

the memory im using is this, can anyone help me here.
 
fly_high said:
Does anyone knows how i can put my memory sticks runing at their 1066, i oc my Q6600 using the cpu level up setting that cames with the board, and its stable at 3.0ghz, but no matter what i do my memory continues to showing PC2-6400 (400Mhz) on cpu-z, wiuth or without the oc made.

Already tried to set it up manually on bios as well but it just dont so it.

the memory im using is this, can anyone help me here.
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auto on my corsair dominator goes to the spd value (1066 - 5-5-5-18- 2.2 v) the highest of the 3 spd values...strange that manual configuration does not set speed does for fme

Hpwever it may not be worth worrying too much...Im fast coming to the conclusion that the only important aspect of memory on an intel system is that it can meet the speed of the FSB..other than that timings seems to not make too much difference...

In the timings/bus pseed thread in the memory section it has been advise to try and keep the memory in 1:1 ratio with FSB..ie if bus is 400 Mhz then memory should be aswell (800 MHz ddr 2).
 
Quick question - I ordered a Maximus Formula yesterday along with a Noctua NH-U12F cooler. I was fairly sure these two were compatible, but now i'm having my doubts :confused:

Someone put me out of my misery please...
 
ginjaninja said:
auto on my corsair dominator goes to the spd value (1066 - 5-5-5-18- 2.2 v) the highest of the 3 spd values...strange that manual configuration does not set speed does for fme

Hpwever it may not be worth worrying too much...Im fast coming to the conclusion that the only important aspect of memory on an intel system is that it can meet the speed of the FSB..other than that timings seems to not make too much difference...

In the timings/bus pseed thread in the memory section it has been advise to try and keep the memory in 1:1 ratio with FSB..ie if bus is 400 Mhz then memory should be aswell (800 MHz ddr 2).
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Hi, don't my result suggest otherwise?

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Or is the difference too little to worry about?
Chris
 
Deluxe1 said:
I flashed to 0903 last week and have been getting the same dodgy readings,not all the time its abit hit n miss really.

Sometimes it`ll be the correct readings othertimes the 4.08`s.
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I am getting the same problem as above from time to time. Also, I have just checked PC Probe and it is saying that my MB temperature is 133°C. I am sure that this isn't the case, since I am usually at about 30°C, is anyone else getting the same problem?

I am currently getting a stable 3.6GHz on this motherboard with my Q6600 (G0), click here for all the details.

Also, I am interested to know what the voltages for the BSBT and NB should be at this 3.6GHz. I am getting the following (at full load):

FSBT: 1.46V
NB: 1.63V

I have no idea if these are good or not, and what the maximum voltages they should ever be are, so it would be useful to know .


EDIT: Wierd, just looked at PC Probe again and the MB temperature is back to 28°C. I still have 6 readings in the 4.08s though :(.
 
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Chalex4 said:
I am getting the same problem as above from time to time. Also, I have just checked PC Probe and it is saying that my MB temperature is 133°C. I am sure that this isn't the case, since I am usually at about 30°C, is anyone else getting the same problem?

I am currently getting a stable 3.6GHz on this motherboard with my Q6600 (G0), click here for all the details.

Also, I am interested to know what the voltages for the BSBT and NB should be at this 3.6GHz. I am getting the following (at full load):

FSBT: 1.46V
NB: 1.63V

I have no idea if these are good or not, and what the maximum voltages they should ever be are, so it would be useful to know .


EDIT: Wierd, just looked at PC Probe again and the MB temperature is back to 28°C. I still have 6 readings in the 4.08s though :(.
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im also running 400x9
in bios my v's are
1.54 cpu pll
1.39 nb
1.26 fsbt

i dont think cpu v is related to fsb stability (at the same overall cpu clock speed) but my cpu v is 1.33v bios ..1.312 load cpu-z
 
chriscatt said:
Hi, don't my result suggest otherwise?



Or is the difference too little to worry about?
Chris
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what timings / voltages / memory do those two results represent?

i got some everest improvement moving from 5-5-5-18 to 4-4-4-12 on my corsair dominator 8500 but it made 0 difference to the crysis dx9 bench mark
 
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if im stable at 400x9 what voltages apart from cpu would need to be considered when raising the FSB further..any which voltages would need raising most of those?
thanks
 
ginjaninja said:
if im stable at 400x9 what voltages apart from cpu would need to be considered when raising the FSB further..any which voltages would need raising most of those?
thanks
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still havent fathomed out my board...its now booting and running prime 95 .5hr stable @ 450x8..just put the voltages to auto and the clock twister to auto...and transaction booster to disabled 0...previously it wouldnt boot bios let alone windows @ 450x6
 
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or putting the question another way..if your stable 450x8 and you want to try and find the limit of the cpu by uping multiplier ..would you just need to increase vcore from these settings? (and potentiall drop the nb,fsbst,cpu pll voltages if going down from 450)
 
im writing this at 450x9 wooah!
1.5v 40 degrees..im not going to damaging the chip at this voltage will i? the quad database has people on air with more?

had to drop the fsbt from auto to 1.28 to get to this point.
10 mins+ web browsing stable :)

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ginjaninja said:
what timings / voltages / memory do those two results represent?

i got some everest improvement moving from 5-5-5-18 to 4-4-4-12 on my corsair dominator 8500 but it made 0 difference to the crysis dx9 bench mark
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Hi, volts are as I posted before from probe, 2.19. My timings are at 5-5-5-15, oh and your last message, didn't I say it was vcore all along, I've seen it running higher but good work at those temps :D
Chris
 
droped the vcore to 1.45 and still running windows...i think that my cpu prefers lower voltages..(but i dont think that makes sense) certainly it is more stable when some of the motherboard voltages fsbt in particular is kept v low (lower than auto).. are any of the bios voltages 'related in some sense' to each other..ie keep one higher than another,,but within the same proximity as another..it doesnt seems to be a simple heat issue ..at least for me..
 
ginjaninja said:
droped the vcore to 1.45 and still running windows...i think that my cpu prefers lower voltages..(but i dont think that makes sense) certainly it is more stable when some of the motherboard voltages fsbt in particular is kept v low (lower than auto).. are any of the bios voltages 'related in some sense' to each other..ie keep one higher than another,,but within the same proximity as another..it doesnt seems to be a simple heat issue ..at least for me..
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yep keeping voltage on auto setting is a recipe for disaster on this board.

you could quite easily kill/damage your processor with a high o/c through the high CPU PLL voltage it gives if you left it there 24/7.

at 3.8ghz i have it set at 1.56v but if i left it on auto it would scale it upto 1.65-1.7 which is border line for 24/7 use.....really stupid.

i've found @ 430FSB i need about 1.45v on NB and about the same for FSBT.

you're absolutely correct, more is not necessarily better on this board ...give it too much juice than needed on the wrong setting and you can get instability for sure.
 
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having a bit of trouble overclocking my q6600 on this board.

can someone post a pic of their bios settings to give me a good starting point or even if they know settings i should go for.

for overclocking to work well should i/do i need to upgrade the bios? if so to what version?

spec is

maximus formula se on factory shipped bios, not sure what version
q6600 G0
8800gtx
4x1gb geil ull 6400


thanks in advance
hardc0re
 
Hi guys, i've decided to upgrade to this mobo from a P5WDH deluxe and was wondering if you could kindly help me out with some things before I buy:).
First of all, is the mobo stable and what version of the bios should I be running?
Secondly, how easy is it to overclock, I have a Q6600 and reading from reviews, this is very easy to overclock?
Also, what about ram, prob getting 2GB of some 1066Mhz so just wondering.
And lastly (sorry about all these noob questions) whats your opinion of it, is it a viable upgrade seeing as I want something that can last me a few years or should I opt for a lower priced P5 mobo?
 
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