ASUS RIVE X79

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Well its really not a build as I have had it for almost three years :ohcrap:

I'm linking this off the other thread of WD That I high jacked, So after over clocking this to around 5100 I have once again lost my rad "bootmbr" is missing is what the board says. I can boot it in safe mode and it will go to regular windows 7 splash screen n lock up. I assume as Kal state its an IMC issue as I been clocking with four sticks/16GB of memory. I do not want to RMA this again, I am in the process of trying to repair the bootmbr.

[Witchdoctor]

That blows, hope it works....

you grabbing an IB-E to throw on the fire ?

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

That blows, hope it works....

you grabbing an IB-E to throw on the fire ?


I might have too..................:thumbsup:

[Kal-EL]

Ah crud that sucks Philly :(

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Ah crud that sucks Philly :(


Its dead, think the IMC died a horrible death :blink:. RMA time

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Ah crud that sucks Philly :(


You spoke too soon, think the IMC on the CPU died a horrible and abusive death, reguardless shes in RMA heaven now:Hi:

[Witchdoctor]

Cool, so they are sending a new one FTW

Hope it is a good one ............ :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Cool, so they are sending a new one FTW

Hope it is a good one ............ :thumbsup:


I know the last RMA I got did not clock as high as the chip it replaced, so I may just flee bay it. I assume I killed it using all four sticks of memory while running over clocked a lot. It would be nice if they sent me a Newer CPU :laughing:

[Witchdoctor]

yea I run four sticks as well, my memory does not clock worth crap

Can't even do advertised speeds of 2400MHz ........ :shock:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

yea I run four sticks as well, my memory does not clock worth crap

Can't even do advertised speeds of 2400MHz ........ :shock:


Mine was the same way, I used to be able to run 2400 all day originally, heed my failure!!!!!! If you get no memory errors, I'd assume its the onboard IMC(NOT COOL!)!!!:scared:

[Witchdoctor]

No errors, but only run them at 8-9-9-22 1T running at 952Mhz 24/7

and 9-10-10-24 1T at 1066 for benching, so now I am not sure if the board just can not do advertised speeds or is my IMC just weak :blink:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

No errors, but only run them at 8-9-9-22 1T running at 952Mhz 24/7

and 9-10-10-24 1T at 1066 for benching, so now I am not sure if the board just can not do advertised speeds or is my IMC just weak :blink:


Isn't there a voltage to adjust when using more than two sticks or over clocking? I know with mine, the damn settings change in the bios(after resets or BSODS,Etc) and that too added to my situation as my memory was under volted but overclocked(Yeah I LOVE ASUS!:scared:) piss me off!

[Witchdoctor]

Voltage has little effect unfortunatly, I know it is not the stix as they kicked ass on my Ivy set up :shock:

This is why I am looking at the Dark and an IB-E set up

Just a lot of cash ....... :ohcrap:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Voltage has little effect unfortunatly, I know it is not the stix as they kicked ass on my Ivy set up :shock:

This is why I am looking at the Dark and an IB-E set up

Just a lot of cash ....... :ohcrap:
YUP YUP!
Be careful!! Obama finds out you got money.................:morpheus:

[MaadDaawg]

YUP YUP!
Be careful!! Obama finds out you got money.................:morpheus:

You be in deep shit den

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Voltage has little effect unfortunatly, I know it is not the stix as they kicked ass on my Ivy set up :shock:

This is why I am looking at the Dark and an IB-E set up

Just a lot of cash ....... :ohcrap:

What I meant, was I think on my board when running four sticks rather than two they were raising some voltage on the board, to help keep the CPU feeding properly.

[GFDuke]

No errors, but only run them at 8-9-9-22 1T running at 952Mhz 24/7

and 9-10-10-24 1T at 1066 for benching, so now I am not sure if the board just can not do advertised speeds or is my IMC just weak :blink:

Most likely the IMC. That chip performed best at around -30 - -40. No colder no warmer.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

So I got my CPU back from RMA, question when gaming and everyday usage should I only use two sticks or four? I don't wanna do what already happened, I know now to only use two sticks while over clocking..............
Anybody think I should sell this CPU? Suggestion's............ Like will it be worth it to keep over clock and game with? Remember this is an RMA chip

[GFDuke]

4 for everyday use....2 for benching. As to whether or not to keep it for benching depends on how it overclocks, obviously. It's really about what you want and need. If you only want to use it for everyday use and I works fine then keep it. If you only want to overclock it and it clocks well then bench it then get rid of it.. RMA chips aren't always bad clockers.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

4 for everyday use....2 for benching. As to whether or not to keep it for benching depends on how it overclocks, obviously. It's really about what you want and need. If you only want to use it for everyday use and I works fine then keep it. If you only want to overclock it and it clocks well then bench it then get rid of it.. RMA chips aren't always bad clockers.


Cool!
You know how they always have the white sticker on the box, on mine it says "Parts Room (Good)". Not sure but we shall find out soon enough.

[MaadDaawg]

RMA chips aren't necessarily dogs, probably just as good a chance you got a winner as you've got a loser, so wtf lol

I use 4 sticks on both sides on my RIVE for gaming, no problems. don't think you stress the IMC until you overclock


So I got my CPU back from RMA, question when gaming and everyday usage should I only use two sticks or four? I don't wanna do what already happened, I know now to only use two sticks while over clocking..............
Anybody think I should sell this CPU? Suggestion's............ Like will it be worth it to keep over clock and game with? Remember this is an RMA chip

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

COOL COOL!
well upon chip return my Raid will not start, with the OS disc I can enter in, so now I'm backing it up so I can delete this but save my game files. Not sure how to reformat as clearly the Raid I'm using ain't cutting it!!!I guess I'll just use them side by side to form one big HD with out the raid(suggestions welcome). I try to keep my game stuff off of it but when they install even after pointing them to another disc they put stuff on my main HD, I have tried several times to move them but always end up re install the GOD DAMN GAME UGH!@
Any who thanks all for your help, hope to be back up in action again soon!!

[GFDuke]

Is your RAID enabled in your bios? Just asking cause I've forgotten to enable it before myself. That doesn't sound like something that should happen.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Is your RAID enabled in your bios? Just asking cause I've forgotten to enable it before myself. That doesn't sound like something that should happen.

Understand and yes it is. I went to delete the raid last night and It will not show me the intel screen even though its in RAID mode witch I checked after it went straight to the windows Splash screen. Now it just randomly losses settings in the bios, or changes boot drives. Asus RMA is the worst!!
replaced the CPU replaced the Ram, only thing left is the board with a bad Raid controller, hell if I knew witch chip, I'd try replacing it myself! Unless its the Intel SSD'S? May need a firmware up date? I'll check there site............:good:

UpdATE: down loaded Intel firm ware update tool with the latest firm ware for my drive, it said my SSD is up to date then shut down............ UGH!

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

well I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT, I have a crunched corner on my motherboard from shipping from RMA so I AM SOA. As I know Asus warranty........

UGH!

the crunched corner..................:ohcrap:

[Kal-EL]

Poopsicles, jew no spose to eat jew mudderbored PhIlLy!

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

LOL!
Well now RMA has literally blocked me from there system. Awesome customer services!!

[GFDuke]

WTF i'd call them bud.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

WTF i'd call them bud.


Just did not answer, I can't do anything..................FAWKING PISSED!:ohcrap: No reply to my emails. I contacted FedeX but I'm sure I wont get squat with out Asus as far as helping me. I was gonna go on a binge here soon with it as I'm licking my chops over these POTS I got from a VERY GOOD MEMBER, Picture porn now. So I started making my bench table out of old scrap Plexiglass I have laying around, need a template so I have something to go by.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Wanna keep this up front for a while...............

[Witchdoctor]

Nice looks like you are ready for some SLI goodness .......... :)

just put the board against the plexi and drill baby drill

Key is once first hole is drilled use through bolt

same with the second , then it can no longer move, drill the rest :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Nice looks like you are ready for some SLI goodness .......... :)

just put the board against the plexi and drill baby drill

Key is once first hole is drilled use through bolt

same with the second , then it can no longer move, drill the rest :thumbsup:


I was ready till my benching rig went boom, only one working computer right now so have to wait. I got like 20 GPU'S waiting to be benched, four 9800GTX+ well five but one needs a cooking to bring back the memory on it.

Yeah the board holes, are a little off cause it moved during drilling, may just use nut n bolts. go the the hardware store get two nuts for each bolt, use the first one's to adjust the distance to the plexiglass. Don't have many stand offs, I'd like to try bending the plexi too but no tourch. I could get a pro pain one prolly need it for benching eventually. Seen a guy on U tube he bent the sides under really clean then bent them again made an open face case.
I'd like to put all the other stuff under the bench, IE rad's PSU, DVD, ETC. Hell at this rate I'd just like to bench period, very frustrating right now..........

[Witchdoctor]

That's cool and all but a 2 dollar bag of rubber feet some poly space and bolts and you done in 15 minutes

this is using plywood but just as easy on plexi

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Very nice, well I may spend a little time with it, as I'll have a ton now!! I'd like to put cable holes in it, to bring them up near where they go. I like yours, stiff n flat, like my old girl friend! :rofl

Yeah I have a spool of the rubber matting, I like the mount on the SSD'S!! Very clean!!:thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

WOOOOOHOOOOO!
Light at the end of the tunnel......................................(this message is from the ROG forums).

Hello,

Please give me your RMA number and tell me which retailer you asked for help, as we do not handle the CPU/memory parts.

I am sorry about your issue. We will handle it ASAP.


FINALLY!!!!:good:

[Witchdoctor]

Awsome ...... :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

OH HELL TO THE YEAH!!!!!

[Kal-EL]

Noice.

Reminder, heat+Plexi=warped. I warped a couple plexi motherboard trays.

[Witchdoctor]

Plywood = WIN .............. :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Noice.

Reminder, heat+Plexi=warped. I warped a couple plexi motherboard trays.


WOW!:scared:

Well I want to raise it off the desk so i can keep everything else under it, with fans n what not. I'll bear dat in mind though!!!

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Well
I got another communication over at the ROG Forums,

"Hello,

They have just issued an advanced RMA per your request and pending stock check for this process at the moment.

Sorry about your issue and thank you for your time!"


:good:

[Witchdoctor]

Nice ........... :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Nice ........... :thumbsup:


I hope they have to give me a newer version of that board RIVE BLACK! :scared:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

lil up date ,
an E mail response from Asus USA
]Dear Mr Settimi,

Thank you for your response and the images have been documented. In the meantime I'm waiting for the stock check result to come back for your replacement unit. You may have the unit shipped back to us first to proceed with replacement process. A prepaid shipping label will be provided and please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,[/FONT]

UGH!
You know by the time I get this back I'll probably find a job and be working..............

[Witchdoctor]

well at least it looks like it is going through :)

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

well at least it looks like it is going through :)

YEAH it does, he said they sent me an advanced shipping label? Where would I get it, he hasn't replied yet.
They did use Fedex? Would it be there?

[Witchdoctor]

should have e-mailed it to you ?

or on their site

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Yeah he replied the label will be sent when they find the board............ ugh!

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

OK,
I got the RMA! I have to go to another town as they sent a pre paid shipping label to Fedex only one is in the next town over...

[MaadDaawg]

AWESOME!!!

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

NOT SO FAST :ohcrap:

Yeah,
My last message from Asus AWESOME CUSTOMER SERVICES(read bottom to the top)
Dear Mr Settimi,

Thank you for your response and it has been received earlier. We are currently locating a replacement unit for your case and will be shipped to you after the standard testing is completed.

Thank you,

Aaron L
Asus Customer Care Team
510-818-4877 (tel:510-818-4877)

---------- Original Message ----------
From : philip.settimi@gmail.com
Sent : 9/20/2013 1:59:12 PM
To : "techsupport@asus.com"
Subject : Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re :Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:<TSD>Satisfaction-USA(EN): CUSTOMER SERVICE [ID=RWTM20130911511586376-831]

[CASEID=WTM201309202159124613]


Hi Aaron,
I was just checking to make sure you got my motherboard I sent back? Wanted to
know if it made it safely is all.........
WTF are they testing, drop shipping? Thank god I'm in NY is all I can say :morpheus:

MY NEXT ASUS RMA PROCESS, sell it broken on E bay DONE!

[Witchdoctor]

Aaron,

I appreciate your efforts and the efforts of entire Asus team, However, it is possible I have not made it clear that this is motherboard is esential for me to make a living, What can I do to expidite this process? I simply cannot afford to be without my computer indefinantly. Please let me know a definative time frame that I can expect a replacment unit so I can notify my customers when i will be back up and running.

Sincerly,


Or tell him you are a professional spammer and you have his e-mail address .......... :laughing:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Aaron,

I appreciate your efforts and the efforts of entire Asus team, However, it is possible I have not made it clear that this is motherboard is esential for me to make a living, What can I do to expidite this process? I simply cannot afford to be without my computer indefinantly. Please let me know a definative time frame that I can expect a replacment unit so I can notify my customers when i will be back up and running.

Sincerly,


Or tell him you are a professional spammer and you have his e-mail address .......... :laughing:
Haaaaaaaaa

OK well I miss read his Email as he meant testing the new motherboard, not testing the broken one. If its a new motherboard what is there to test? Seriously, I'll make sure it gets put through its paces :clapping:I hope its a black but then again the black may not work with SB-E? Oh well...............

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Finally.................. Had to reformat as the raid was scewed. Gonna take some time to relearn this setup.:blush:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Mom's lil baby love shortnin bread :taunt:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

The beauty of this board up to four GPU'S at once. sucking up some bionts, as always no world record but they r good boints. And I have no LN-2 or D ice (for now).

[Witchdoctor]

Keep rockin Philly, nice work bro .......... :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Keep rockin Philly, nice work bro .......... :thumbsup:


Thanks man! :good:

[Kal-EL]

Keep burnin the torch Philly, :)

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Trying man, these drivers are ridicules no matter witch camp.....................

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Mom's lil baby love shortnin bread :taunt:


Scores go down on three way 580'S? What am I missing? LN-2?

[Witchdoctor]

Scores go down on three way 580'S? What am I missing? LN-2?


Got to bring more power to the party :ohcrap:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

You mean volt mode and subzero temps or..............if I use the three way bridge the board shows the middle card as X1?

[Witchdoctor]

Overclocked 3930 = 175 to 200 TDP

3x overclocked 580 = 900 TDP

hard drive fans and so fourth, willing to bet you are low on power

what PS are you using ? just piggy back another one on you have laying around and run the two fo the cards off of that and see if it helps

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Overclocked 3930 = 175 to 200 TDP

3x overclocked 580 = 900 TDP

hard drive fans and so fourth, willing to bet you are low on power

what PS are you using ? just piggy back another one on you have laying around and run the two fo the cards off of that and see if it helps


LOL I already was, I have the corsair AX1200 but can only run two cards as all the CPU power plugs take all my extra pony tails. So I jumper pinned my test PSU for the third 580. It still seems like it's starving, any other hints? I'm open fer blowing stuff up :clapping:

[Witchdoctor]

Well if you ask me it can only be three things here

1. Power supply dieing

2. Video card dieing

3. Both Dieing

:ohcrap:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

something is dying i beat three 580's with two 4890 :ohcrap: What about when I'm in windows i hit the thing on my GPU-Z and it show the middle card at 1X?

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Inching along :cool3:

[Witchdoctor]

o yea there is a problem if that is the case bro ?

working it bro , awesome :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

OK, well assuming the best, when I add the bench test PSU is when I have issue's. This AX is not even two years old, I bought it shortly after joining here. You are right the 580's draw a TON of power, I may need to invest in a second GOOD PSU. SO any way, I'm bringin out the guns............

You can see in this photo the PSU plugs on the mainboard, there is a third plug near the I/O/sound for multi GPU'S. with that plugged in I can only power up two GPU'S with double 6 pin's each. Second photo is the gun's, I was to lazy to unwrap them. First up is my 6950's, just two.

[Witchdoctor]

use a 6 pin x Molex adapter to power the PCIE lanes

the 1200 will struggle as 3 of them will tax your 1200 all by them selves with no CPU

or it will simply melt on the spot ... :laughing:

I would look at more power

take one of them and the CPU and perf's off one and two of them off a dedicated 850 or better

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

use a 6 pin x Molex adapter to power the PCIE lanes

the 1200 will struggle as 3 of them will tax your 1200 all by them selves with no CPU

or it will simply melt on the spot ... :laughing:

I would look at more power

take one of them and the CPU and perf's off one and two of them off a dedicated 850 or better


Thanks Bro!

Got it, be a while before I load Nvidia's back in, now have two extra 8 pin pony tails waiting for them. :thumbsup:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

OK Fire strike extreme WTF am I doing wrong? I'm clocked out for now but score sucks ass? I tried turning every off/on, nothing changes it? HELP! :ohcrap:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1383869

I'm lower than a laptop :laughing:

[Witchdoctor]

yea I get may ass kicked by that bench as well

Drivers are everything, at least from what I have found, went from zero to hero, now the 327 won't even run it ?

[Splave]

bad drivers? are you running performance or extreme

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

bad drivers? are you running performance or extreme


I'm clocked around 4900 with 1.5v and up Vssa(UGH that's for the IMC and I'm not clocking the memory), I turn off C states on the CPU. But leave everything else alone. I assume this is where my issue is........THANKS Bro!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

bad drivers? are you running performance or extreme

Extreme, the SLI preformance on this bench sucks as well

However I think I have crippled my 3930K ......... :ohcrap:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Extreme, the SLI preformance on this bench sucks as well

However I think I have crippled my 3930K ......... :ohcrap:

WOW MAN!
I can feel ya, not cool! Yeah under the AI suite in windows i was going Extreme. I mostly bump the + v core, turn to manual on the CPU multi, then tweak it out in windows with AI. mine requires insane voltage just to run my memory 2133 witch is its speed, it will default the mem@1600 even then it volts it out at 1.6 or higher :scared:. I'm not sure why, unless its just a chip that likes a lot witch will get me no where fast I assume. May have to flee bay it, n start fresh.............or kill it first.

[Witchdoctor]

yea my IMC can barley do 2000 ........ :ohcrap:

tightens down nicely though, running 8-9-9-26 1T @ 2008 Mhz

can run 2133 but really have to loosen it up

sort of like an old girlfriend of mine ..... :laughing:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

HA!

My old chip could do 2400, but this one wants to much voltage for that speed...Can I ram an RMA'D chip? Gonna see if I can get any XP love, idle temps are high not sure why.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

found a few scores floundering around lolz! I havent started bring out the GPU'S yet :gun9:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Someones trying to catch me?

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Not bad for a $10 flee bay card huh? :thumbsup: LOL KEEP DIGGIN! GREAT CARD!:Hi:

[Witchdoctor]

5770's are a goldmine of boints

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

5770's are a goldmine of boints
I got four!:thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

I got four!:thumbsup:


should clean up in Vantage and 11

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

WOOOHOOOOOOOO!
Dis is fun!

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

should clean up in Vantage and 11 You is right!:morpheus:

[Kal-EL]

bow down to the cheeser :)

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Well when my drug test passes I will be gainfully employed, my test will pass so.....I will be is the northwest, St. Paul Minneapolis Regine. I'm sure they have dry ice readily available plus LN2 :scared:

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Need some help guys strange stuff happening,
I installed XP on a Dell I have for the X79, both service packs too on to a Raptor(ATA) then put the drive in my X79, issue is in windows it only see's 1 core. Even though device manager shows all cores?
All drivers updated, even the bios still stuck showing one core in CPU-Z?

HELP!:ohcrap:

[Witchdoctor]

see if prime will run 12 threads

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

see if prime will run 12 threads


Cool! Will do!

No go, it runs but its like I cant do anything in the back ground. I assume its from install windows on the single core from the Dell.........

[Neuromancer]

IIRC check the processor in device manger, I think there was a work around for ACPI multicore CPUs.

Its going back 10 years so sorry if the pointer is not that helpful :(

FYI my laptop say ACPI x64 CPU under "computer" in device manager.


If not that then set thread count with boot flag

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

IIRC check the processor in device manger, I think there was a work around for ACPI multicore CPUs.

Its going back 10 years so sorry if the pointer is not that helpful :(

FYI my laptop say ACPI x64 CPU under "computer" in device manager.


If not that then set thread count with boot flag


It shows all cores in device manager but in CPU-Z only shows 1 core and seems to be running super slow. The last part you mentioned I.m not familiar with can you expand on it?
Thanks!

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Greetings from Sin City! :Hi:

[Witchdoctor]

Relocated already ?

[GFDuke]

It shows all cores in device manager but in CPU-Z only shows 1 core and seems to be running super slow. The last part you mentioned I.m not familiar with can you expand on it?
Thanks!

Are all cores enabled in the bios?

Try this. Start-run-msconfig. Boot-Advanced opitions-check number of processors-scroll down to max number given-click ok. reboot.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Relocated already ?

Nope training for a month, in LV. Go home on the 14th next month then hit the road for Mn a few days latter.
@Duke cool,
I wont have a chance for a while.....Maybe post some photos soon :good:

[Neuromancer]

Wow sorry for the delay, been crazy round here.

duke covered part of it.


The other part is open task manager and then click computer and see what it says.

I am running a simple natural dual not a hyperthreaded beasty but I think it is the same nomenclature regradless.


It needs to say this

7164


If it does not then there is a fix for it. JOOC, did you use usb stick install or a hdd image? the latter might be the problem.

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Wow sorry for the delay, been crazy round here.

duke covered part of it.


The other part is open task manager and then click computer and see what it says.

I am running a simple natural dual not a hyperthreaded beasty but I think it is the same nomenclature regradless.


It needs to say this

7164



If it does not then there is a fix for it. JOOC, did you use usb stick install or a hdd image? the latter might be the problem.


Neither I used a XP disc, but I installed it on a Dell, then moved it to my 2011 socket...I wont be able to touch it for months now as I'm in the process of moving soon.


Happy Thanksgiving all! :good: