Asus Rampage Formula (X48) Thread

[derek0309hk]

hello~ i am a newbie, just got a q9650 with rampage formula

but there is a problem, i have 4hdd where 3hdd have vista in it

so i found that if i need to boot correctly, i must disable the 2 hdd drive in the boot drive selection

otherwise i get nothing showed when i power on the computer

now the problem is, when i try to overclock, no matter whats the setting is, i can boot after the first time modification but not the second time

like sometime i can boot up with 467*9 and i want to set the voltage lower so i enter the bios again, when i set the voltage lower i cant boot up

so i thought maybe the voltage is not enough, then i clear cmos and re-do the above thing, on the second modification, i change nothing in the bios

but it just cant boot up, so whats the problem?

i even tried disabling the other sata drives except my main hdd, putting 1.42v for vcore, 1.45 for nb etc

so i thing the voltage should be enough, i just cant figure out why the bios only boot once

also is there some example of q9650 with a rampage formula?

i just know how to set vcore, nb v, pll and vtt, want to learn more

thanks

[derek0309hk]

now i knew whats the problem

i tried clear cmos and get post on first time, i enter bios and CHANGE NOTHING , and select save and reboot

then i got no post, the lcd poster shows "EN SETUP", it shows "EN SETUP" when i enter bios and it never shut down even the computer reboot

i tried 0902 bios and 0803 bios, tried putting only 1 stick of ram in 4 different slots, tried plugging only 1 sata hdd

so is my mobo broken?

thanks

[method526]

Originally Posted by derek0309hk

now i knew whats the problem

i tried clear cmos and get post on first time, i enter bios and CHANGE NOTHING , and select save and reboot

then i got no post, the lcd poster shows "EN SETUP", it shows "EN SETUP" when i enter bios and it never shut down even the computer reboot

i tried 0902 bios and 0803 bios, tried putting only 1 stick of ram in 4 different slots, tried plugging only 1 sata hdd

so is my mobo broken?

thanks

your problem sounds similar to mine. here's my take, but dont count my word as a final say:
in a sense, yes the motherboard probably is broken. i have a similar problem and many people have told me that the problem can be fixed if i change the BIOS chip or something like that. if you are still covered by ASUS warranty, you should try to RMA the board.

[method526]

i was able to cop an Enermax Revolution85+ 1050w psu and it just arrived today. i put everything together with my new rampage formula (replacement i got from Immortal Kenny here on OCN ), but the system wont fully boot. i push my power button, the system lights up, then turns off, then it lights up again and stays powered up, but i get no signal to the monitor. it's basically like a system hang. i cleared CMOS...so now i'm stuck. nothing's going smoothly for me these days.

[Ghostkilla]

Just got mine built and getting drivers now. Where are you guys getting your chipset drivers from? Asus hasnt updated in years. Just wondering.

[Ghostleader]

Try Station Driver.

You can check out this from ASUS Forum with all the latest drivers and utilities.

[Ghostkilla]

Originally Posted by Ghostleader

Try Station Driver.

You can check out this from ASUS Forum with all the latest drivers and utilities.

thanks but this is saying drivers for x38 and the rampage formula is x48. Am I missing something here?

[Ghostleader]

Chipset driver are the same

[scutzi128]

I seem to be having an issue where I keep hitting a fsb wall @ 480 with my q9550 it is unstable no matter what I seem to try to make it stable. Anyone got any suggestions? My temps are ok and I can run fine under 480 fsb. I just wana run @ 4.1ghz if possible but I can't seem to make it to the 483 fsb required with the 8.5x multi of the q9550. Any help would be awesome.

[Ghostleader]

Originally Posted by scutzi128

I seem to be having an issue where I keep hitting a fsb wall @ 480 with my q9550 it is unstable no matter what I seem to try to make it stable. Anyone got any suggestions? My temps are ok and I can run fine under 480 fsb. I just wana run @ 4.1ghz if possible but I can't seem to make it to the 483 fsb required with the 8.5x multi of the q9550. Any help would be awesome.

Hi scutzi128

If I remember right you have your ram at ~1200C5 at bus 480, it should be that you using ratio 4:5, hmm, it´s a tricky one that one, hard to get stable according to my experience.

Have you tried to run 1:1 and bus 480+ just to see if the memory is holding you back in your fsb quest.