Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

_Jimlad_ · 10 Mar 2012 at 07:38

no change release with the bios?

olivier renault · 10 Mar 2012 at 11:04

My mouse still doesn't work in the bios. My keyboard works now, although I've plugged it to the top USB2 ports, so it could just be that.

_Jimlad_ · 10 Mar 2012 at 11:19

can you try another mouse and all the ports, don't use usb3 ports

chippy08 · 10 Mar 2012 at 11:45

_Jimlad_ said:
no change release with the bios?

1. USB3.0 port support "USB Keyboard/Mouse Power On" function.
2. "Legacy USB 3.0 Support" default set to enable.
3. Update RAID ROM.
4. Support XMP 1.3 DRAM.

gareth170 · 10 Mar 2012 at 11:47

stock said:
Anyone know what this setting is?

olivier renault said:
My mouse still doesn't work in the bios. My keyboard works now, although I've plugged it to the top USB2 ports, so it could just be that.

enable USB wheel mouse support in USB config menu

Geeman1979 · 10 Mar 2012 at 13:17

This latest Bios update as cured the problem I had with 1.10 in which the mouse cursor would not go in the direction I wanted it to, so far so good.

scooby555t · 10 Mar 2012 at 15:01

thanks for the heads up on the bios will flash later

MrMark · 10 Mar 2012 at 19:42

SSD performance

I currently have the ASUS P6X58D-E and just bought a Corsair Force 120GB SSD. Now i find that I cannot get max performance from the SSD due to the ancient Marvel 9128 SATA 6GB interface...

So came across this MB and it looks very nice. Will i get top performance out of my SSD? I know i will need a new processor etc but want to be sure of this before leaping in.

TIA

_Jimlad_ · 10 Mar 2012 at 19:55

MrMark said:
I currently have the ASUS P6X58D-E and just bought a Corsair Force 120GB SSD. Now i find that I cannot get max performance from the SSD due to the ancient Marvel 9128 SATA 6GB interface...

So came across this MB and it looks very nice. Will i get top performance out of my SSD? I know i will need a new processor etc but want to be sure of this before leaping in.

TIA

i do mate and a 7.9 in windows

MrMark · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:06

Great, thanks

_Jimlad_ · 15 Mar 2012 at 16:27

guys can anyone advise. my main case fan that cools my cpu is on full. which is to load and OTT, if i change to auto it is still full, so do i select target of say 4 o 5 and then that is what it trys to aim for and goes up if it needs to?

Davefran · 15 Mar 2012 at 18:45

Set it to 2 or 3 and CPU temp to 50C then it will run slow unless the CPU goes above 50C then it will speed up

_Jimlad_ · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:10

Davefran said:
Set it to 2 or 3 and CPU temp to 50C then it will run slow unless the CPU goes above 50C then it will speed up

cool, cheers dude

mayebaza · 18 Mar 2012 at 23:13

_Jimlad_ said:
i do mate and a 7.9 in windows

Me too!

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stock · 20 Mar 2012 at 11:05

stock said:
I'm not gonna try until tomorrow morning, but I'll be jolly unhappy if it isn't fixed

Took my rig apart, put it back together again (diff case) and hey presto my Lachesis now works. Still running 1.15a.

On a different note

Does it get a bit more 'fiddly' trying to get over 4.7GHz? I have it stable at 1.35v, but even up to 1.40v it will give me random BSOD's at 4.8.

Testing 4.8 I had it pass 5 runs of IBT, couple hours of P95, boot into windows, flicking through different tabs in chrome and it will BSOD on me

Does that sound like a BIOS setting or a driver issue?

_Jimlad_ · 20 Mar 2012 at 11:41

hard to tell, i leave mine on 4.4 as i just can't be arsed to test and fiddle, using the stock overclock bios settings it runs @ 4.4 on prime for 24 hours, go up to 4.5 and i blue screens

mayebaza · 20 Mar 2012 at 19:39

4.8 more or less straight out the box.

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AsRock Z68 Ex4 G3, [email protected], Ballistic Tracers/RipsawsX 16GB,
5850 1GB(CFX), CM90 II Advanced, Crucial M4 256GB, 4 HDDs,
NH-D14, XFX 850W BE, Xonar Essence STX, BlackGold HD DVB.

Davefran · 20 Mar 2012 at 19:45

stock said:
Took my rig apart, put it back together again (diff case) and hey presto my Lachesis now works. Still running 1.15a.

On a different note

Does it get a bit more 'fiddly' trying to get over 4.7GHz? I have it stable at 1.35v, but even up to 1.40v it will give me random BSOD's at 4.8.

Testing 4.8 I had it pass 5 runs of IBT, couple hours of P95, boot into windows, flicking through different tabs in chrome and it will BSOD on me

Does that sound like a BIOS setting or a driver issue?

Could be the limit of your CPU, contrary to what most people think there are more Sandy Bridge CPU's that won't go over 4.6GHz than one's that will

Geeman1979 · 20 Mar 2012 at 19:52

stock said:
Took my rig apart, put it back together again (diff case) and hey presto my Lachesis now works. Still running 1.15a.

On a different note

Does it get a bit more 'fiddly' trying to get over 4.7GHz? I have it stable at 1.35v, but even up to 1.40v it will give me random BSOD's at 4.8.

Testing 4.8 I had it pass 5 runs of IBT, couple hours of P95, boot into windows, flicking through different tabs in chrome and it will BSOD on me

Does that sound like a BIOS setting or a driver issue?

It probably will do 4.8GHz stable, allthough it may need more volts than your comfortable with. Some get to 4.8GHz with relatively low volts. Some need 1.44v plus. It's just the luck of the draw with these Cpu's.

arekgreenman888 · 21 Mar 2012 at 00:59

This board is like the coolest one now for weeks.