Asus Maximus Formula SE X38 - Living Review.

[RevolutionX]

Futuremark - ORB - Project Comparison Catching you, but I have less RAM installed and the CPU is running 200Mhz less And no chiller

The restart problem has been with my board since day 1. I have a seasonic S12 380w and that doesnt do it, which led me to think it was the PSU. The PSU works fine with the P5K, as does the GTX...it's a weird one.

i have 150 Points more with a GTS ! and i dont have a chiller or mods ,..
2 or 4 GB Ram are pointles for 3DM06 ,...
take the new drivers and u catch me for shure

[Clunk]

Try it with and without the RAM

It said water at 16c on the results? Something is chilled, maybe the room?

I'll try those drivers tomorrow, thanks

[RevolutionX]

no my radiator (mora) was outside the house and air themp @ 10C

[Clunk]

Ah!, Well thats chilled

[kimfeiyip]

Hi,

I'm also having a little fsb problem with this board, anything over 425 fsb and the board will either not boot, or boot but only see 2 cores (q6600 G0). I have tried 6-7-8 even 9 multiplier and none will boot properly, I'm really scatching my head on this.

My PSU is kind of weak, 480W Asaka, but higher fsb shouldn't demand different power right?

Oh, regarding the tip on the stock thermal paddings of NB and SB, would simpling replacing them with some proper TIM be wise? NB runs at 50oC-ish at 1.35v so I think I should really do something about it.

Although I'm pretty happy with 9x400 for 3.6ghz which is very easily obtainable with this board, but I want to at least be able to bench 8x450 for comparison, and also maybe 9x435+ one day if I upgrade to watercooling.

Sorry for long winded first post and hi to all

[Clunk]

Hi,

I'm also having a little fsb problem with this board, anything over 425 fsb and the board will either not boot, or boot but only see 2 cores (q6600 G0). I have tried 6-7-8 even 9 multiplier and none will boot properly, I'm really scatching my head on this.

My PSU is kind of weak, 480W Asaka, but higher fsb shouldn't demand different power right?

Oh, regarding the tip on the stock thermal paddings of NB and SB, would simpling replacing them with some proper TIM be wise? NB runs at 50oC-ish at 1.35v so I think I should really do something about it.

Although I'm pretty happy with 9x400 for 3.6ghz which is very easily obtainable with this board, but I want to at least be able to bench 8x450 for comparison, and also maybe 9x435+ one day if I upgrade to watercooling.

Sorry for long winded first post and hi to all

Welcome to the forums

Replacing the Thermal concrete should be easy enough, but you might need to double check that the heatpipes aren't bent, so the heatsinks sit flat when you put it back on, as the old stuff is quite thick.

No idea yet on the PSU situation, I'm going to swap mine out again for something else this week, but I'm not sure what yet

Have you tried adding some voltage to the NB? I found that mine needed a lot to hit similar clocks to the P5K.

[kimfeiyip]

I tried 1.69 for nb just to see if works but no luck, still when it boots it says "Count: 2" instead of 4.

I had a PSK-premium before I had this (RMAed it for this due to sata problems), and 8x450 was fine on similar settings.

I'm just hoping it's a bios problem and not something i have to RMA, in fact can I even RMA a board based on the reason of "FSB can't go up so I can't overclock"?

[RevolutionX]

Hello and welcome kimfeiyip :-)
check ur themps with corethemp!
try this @ BIOS 0505 (i don´t test it with the 602 Bios yet)

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency :450
FSB Strap to North Bridge :AUTO
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-900
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : auto
Row Refresh Cycle Time : auto
Write Recovery Time : auto
Read to Precharge Time : Auto

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : auto
Write to Read Delay (S) : auto
Write to Read Delay (D) : auto
Read to Read Delay (S) : auto
Read to Read Delay (D) : auto
Write to Write Delay (S) : auto
Write to Write Delay (D) : auto
DRAM Static Read Control: DISABLED
Ai Clock Twister : AUTO
Transaction Booster : AUTO

CPU Voltage : 1.5v (try going lower, run Prime95 on SmallFFT Priority 9 with round off checking to find lowest Vcore setting)
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.6v
North Bridge Voltage : 1.51v
DRAM Voltage : 2.20v
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.4v
South Bridge Voltage : AUTO
Loadline Calibration : ENABLED
CPU GTL Reference : .63x
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : AUTO
SB 1.5V Voltage : AUTO

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED : ENABLED

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

[ginbong]

Great stuff, wish I knew how to convert prices to US$ have no idea what these cost. Checked out all the sights, thank you very much.

currency converter at your service, no need to log-in

[kimfeiyip]

Hello and welcome kimfeiyip :-)
check ur themps with corethemp!
try this @ BIOS 0505 (i don´t test it with the 602 Bios yet)

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 8
FSB Frequency :450
FSB Strap to North Bridge :AUTO
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-900
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : auto
Row Refresh Cycle Time : auto
Write Recovery Time : auto
Read to Precharge Time : Auto

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : auto
Write to Read Delay (S) : auto
Write to Read Delay (D) : auto
Read to Read Delay (S) : auto
Read to Read Delay (D) : auto
Write to Write Delay (S) : auto
Write to Write Delay (D) : auto
DRAM Static Read Control: DISABLED
Ai Clock Twister : AUTO
Transaction Booster : AUTO

CPU Voltage : 1.5v (try going lower, run Prime95 on SmallFFT Priority 9 with round off checking to find lowest Vcore setting)
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.6v
North Bridge Voltage : 1.51v
DRAM Voltage : 2.20v
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.4v
South Bridge Voltage : AUTO
Loadline Calibration : ENABLED
CPU GTL Reference : .63x
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : AUTO
SB 1.5V Voltage : AUTO

NB LED Selection : NB Volt
SB LED Selection : SB Volt
CPU LED Selection : CPU VOlt
Voltiminder LED : ENABLED

CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Yeah I tried that plus tweaked with nearly all settings besides the SB voltage and DDR2 REF ones. No luck still

Going to phone my retailer today (they're just 20min away from me) and see if they are willing to test themselves. edit: Bah "tech guy" not in till monday >.<