Overclocking Asus Rampage Formula+E8500

[kad]

Guess what!!!
I enabled C1E or CE1 (can not remember) and Speed CPU so at idle multiplier will go down to 6 to save power and reduce heat and now it idles at 2.4 GHz (6X400) and no load
Core Temps 50 degrees !!!!!!!!!!
The moment Prime starts Temps will jump to 58 !!!!!
Do you think spraying the mobo wih a glass of water will help ??
Never mind
Bios : I have the latest 219
No UPS
VID: 1.1125 V
As for HDD
Did not install Vista yet
I want first to get it stable on XP
What is your ambient Temp, HS and fan ??

Thanks again

 

[Andrius]

Ambient outside the case is between 22°C and 24°C.
I have a temperature probe at the top of the case(warmest spot)27°C.

I use a TRUE+SFF21F combo, unlapped. I use the stock thermalright paste.
Is that the one that so hard to remove (don't know)?
The case is a Stacker STC-T01 (2004 model) and I have replaced all incase fans except the top 80mm with SFF21Fs (4 total with CPU fan). They all run at 1200rpm (very very quiet IMO).

I also have 2x 150GB Raptors (30-33°C, not in RAID).
Currently I have 8 days of system uptime (195 hours).
No core has reached 50°C in that time (3.0GHz work config).
The highest temp is my passive cooled 9600GT at 67°C during a game of SupCom last Sunday and right now its 43-44°C.

I seriously think your motherboard has some issues. Water might not be a good idea. I'd unmount from the case it and check the temps on the desk (with standoffs). If it's the lack of airflow inside your case that would explain the crazy chipset temps. The high CPU temperatures are a mistery to me. Could you have made it worse with the lapping? Did you do the "razor"/"x marks the spot"/"back light comming through" check?

I've always been an ASUS fanboi since the K7 AMD days. And I've just thrown my eye on the RAMPAGE again (230 EUR is quite a lovely price for it here).

Maybe I should skip it and get the P5E64 WS Evolution instead (if only looks where everything that matters in a motherboard...). 😀

 

[kad]

I did not lap CPU only HS
CPU is little bit convex
Ultra 120 was extremely convex
I put it on a table and started dancing
With a little push it can spin like a gyroscope
It was calling for lapping
I suspected the case stock fans so Itried with case opened
and got temps 5 degrees less
Iam also Asus fanboy but I think not anymore
I hope the high temp was only CPU
But NB & SB
And I can swear RAM temps are not less than 65 (Under Prime 95)
I think after they started manufacturing in China we can say loudly good by to Asus

 

[Andrius]

You could have just gotten a faulty board.

I still recommend running it at least once outside the case. All those fans could be screwing up the airflow inside the case. I know my 9600GT and nortbridge were cooler in my smaller more portable Centurion 5 case.
Stacker has way more airflow so it's kind of strange to see higher temps.
From what I see your case has a removable motherboard tray.
Testing it should be easy.

Aside from that I've had great experience with Asus boards until now.
I bought a Gigabyte P35 board because I needed a LPT port for work.
The onboard sound is horrible compared to the 3.5year old ASUS.
I was going to get a Rampage for the geek build.

I've had my ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe for 3 years and 4 months. It's as stable as a rock. All I had to do was replace the northbridge cooler twice.
1x stock ASUS HS with 30mm fan
1x Cooler Master Blue Ice HeatPipe Cooler with a 40mm fan
The fan is dying runs at 600rpm (was around 5000rpm when new) since last week.
Now I run it with a Zalman NB37J passive heatsink. It works for now and no temperatures are higher than they were before.

 

[kad]

Will try outside case
Nothing to loose more than I lost
Still have my Asus P4G8X Deluxe running fine with P4 proc (3.16GHz not oc'd)+ intel stock cooler +2Gig Ram+AGP8 graphic card Radeon X850XT Platinum
It was able even to run Crysis at Med settings

Wish you a lucky Rampage mobo
Will be waiting your news