New 3402 Bios for Rampage V Extreme.

[TeddyRaspin]

Here we go :

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA2011/Rampage_V_Extreme/RAMPAGE-V-EXTREME-ASUS-3402.zip

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[Vlada011]

Raƒa;611142 wrote:
Today I received my Corsair Dominator Platinum Special Edition Kit in Chrome. Ironically BIOS 3402 is the only one which is capable of running them at advertised Speeds (14-16-16-36 at 3200 MHz @1.35v) with 100 MHz Strap. Even the Command Rate of 1T works:cool:. With Bios 3202 and 3301 I get the 00 Code. These Memory Modules are beasts:o

Yes I like them, I just find my 32GB Kit, From 2666 16GB to 3200 32GB, perfectly for X99 strap 100.
Special now when my motherboard work exactly as I want. I hope only she will stay stable with newer version of BIOS.
I like more Dominator Platinum Blackout... Kit is perfect for RV10THE.
CORSAIR just lauched perfect kits for X99 platform.
More than 32GB is pointless for most people and 32GB is enough even for anything in next 2 years and new OS Windows 10.
Both kits are nice, hard to decide between Chroma and Blackout...

[Menthol]

Vlada011 wrote:
Yes I like them, I just find my 32GB Kit, From 2666 16GB to 3200 32GB, perfectly for X99 strap 100.
Special now when my motherboard work exactly as I want. I hope only she will stay stable with newer version of BIOS.
I like more Dominator Platinum Blackout... Kit is perfect for RV10THE.
CORSAIR just lauched perfect kits for X99 platform.
More than 32GB is pointless for most people and 32GB is enough even for anything in next 2 years and new OS Windows 10.
Both kits are nice, hard to decide between Chroma and Blackout...

Rafa,
How are these memory modules working out for you, I looked at these kits several times, very good looking and limited run makes them tempting

I have used many kits between X-99 and Z-170 systems and so far the GSkill 3200mhz 14-14-14- kits (Samsung B-die) kits have proven to overclock the best and the most stable on both X-99 and Z-170 systems on every bios version
I never have any boot, reboot, or any other issue with the Gskill kits, from day one with X-99 and Z-170 platforms, purchasing the correct memory kit makes all the difference in stable and un-stable

[Menthol]

Rafa, was looking at those kits, very nice indeed

XBrookieX, RVE, and USB 3.1 use the same bios, it has been common not to show on USB 3,1 version until later but it is safe to use on either board

[XBrookieX]

Menthol wrote:
Rafa, was looking at those kits, very nice indeed

XBrookieX, RVE, and USB 3.1 use the same bios, it has been common not to show on USB 3,1 version until later but it is safe to use on either board

it doesn't read the bios from the non u3.1 webpage, when I had this issue before I waited till the u3.1 was available and it updated no issues.
I've seen it done before without issues but not messing too much due to Horror story's I read.
Thanks for reply always appreciated support.

[Qwinn]

Okay, back from my vacation, gave updating from 3301 to 3402 a shot. Here's my findings:

1) I did suffer a reboot while inputting my overclock settings into the BIOS (after I had set them all and as I was in the process of saving the profile, sigh), at which point I was at all defaults except for CSM disabled. Since I got my preferred settings loaded and did a cold boot a few hours ago, I haven't had any reboots. Keep in mind, though, that I never had the reboot issue under any previous BIOS either, and this is the first BIOS where I had the sort of reboot I just described under mostly default settings while within the BIOS. Could just be a fluke, and I don't generally expect great stability after a BIOS update until I've done a completely cold boot, but just noting it for the record.

2) This BIOS once again provides a significant increase to AIDA memory benchmark scores, as every BIOS in the 3xxx series has given me under XMP settings. I'm seeing yet another 1k improvement to reads and copy. My reads are above 65k now, a score I had to previously overclock my memory to 3000Mhz (and raise voltage from 1.2v to 1.38v) to achieve. Impressive. I do note a very tiny reduction in write speed (which unlike r/c/l has never varied much between runs), but it's only like 100-200mb/s, much less than the 1k+ improvements to read/copy. I probably wouldn't even have noticed if not for the fact that it brings me from consistently just over 67k writes to consistently just under 67k.

3) Unfortunately, though, for the first time, the improved benchmark scores are not translating to any improvement at all in my Heavensward FFXIV benchmark scores, which is what I use to measure the "real world" effects of these memory improvements. Ran it about 8 times across 3 or 4 separate cold boots and restarts, and both my average and best scores seem about the same. This is with my best usually-stable graphic card overclock, btw.

4) Not planning on doing any OCCT or other stability tests at this point in time. Heavensward at 1440p isn't a bad stability test itself, and 3402 passed 8 runs without a hiccup using my most optimistic overclocks. I'm just going to go back to gaming some more (playing Wasteland 2: Director's Cut in 1440p 3D vision at the moment) and see if I have any issues that way.

[Zarathustraa]

Qwinn wrote:
Okay, back from my vacation, gave updating from 3301 to 3402 a shot. Here's my findings:

1) I did suffer a reboot while inputting my overclock settings into the BIOS (after I had set them all and as I was in the process of saving the profile, sigh), at which point I was at all defaults except for CSM disabled. Since I got my preferred settings loaded and did a cold boot a few hours ago, I haven't had any reboots. Keep in mind, though, that I never had the reboot issue under any previous BIOS either, and this is the first BIOS where I had the sort of reboot I just described under mostly default settings while within the BIOS. Could just be a fluke, and I don't generally expect great stability after a BIOS update until I've done a completely cold boot, but just noting it for the record.

2) This BIOS once again provides a significant increase to AIDA memory benchmark scores, as every BIOS in the 3xxx series has given me under XMP settings. I'm seeing yet another 1k improvement to reads and copy. My reads are above 65k now, a score I had to previously overclock my memory to 3000Mhz (and raise voltage from 1.2v to 1.38v) to achieve. Impressive. I do note a very tiny reduction in write speed (which unlike r/c/l has never varied much between runs), but it's only like 100-200mb/s, much less than the 1k+ improvements to read/copy. I probably wouldn't even have noticed if not for the fact that it brings me from consistently just over 67k writes to consistently just under 67k.

3) Unfortunately, though, for the first time, the improved benchmark scores are not translating to any improvement at all in my Heavensward FFXIV benchmark scores, which is what I use to measure the "real world" effects of these memory improvements. Ran it about 8 times across 3 or 4 separate cold boots and restarts, and both my average and best scores seem about the same. This is with my best usually-stable graphic card overclock, btw.

4) Not planning on doing any OCCT or other stability tests at this point in time. Heavensward at 1440p isn't a bad stability test itself, and 3402 passed 8 runs without a hiccup using my most optimistic overclocks. I'm just going to go back to gaming some more (playing Wasteland 2: Director's Cut in 1440p 3D vision at the moment) and see if I have any issues that way.

Do you know if ram stability has improved? Thinking about moving up to 128 gigs of ram, if it has.

[Qwinn]

Couldn't say. I was never able to get consistent stability overclocking my RAM beyond XMP settings (on one cold boot I'd be able to run stability tests on 3000Mhz all day long with no problem at all, and next cold boot it'd crash in half an hour, then next boot stable again, etc.) but that was on 2101 and prior. When I tried OC'ing memory on 3101, I got similar issues. I think it was slightly more stable on 2101 than on 3101, but hard to tell when the issues were intermittent between boots like that. In the end I decided to just run at XMP and accept the memory improvements that come with 3xxx, since so far I've had perfect stability at XMP settings with all of them.

I have no experience with running >32 gigs of memory, so couldn't tell you if there's any improvements on those grounds, sorry.

[sergio77]

BIOS 3402 tests:
32GB (4x8GB) 3000MHz HyperX Savage running again at 3000MHz manual settings 15-15-15-36-1T (bravo for Asus team).
32GB (4x8GB) 3200MHz HyperX Predator (HX432C16PB3K4/32) not going over 2600MHz no matter what I do (OC, no OC, XMP, no XMP, VCSA method by 0.010 up to 1.3V, DDR4 Voltage up to 1.45V, +VCORE, +Cache Voltage, manual loose settings, etc.). Q-code display just shows CC or BD or BF or B7...

[Qwinn]

Sergio:

Interesting results. Running 100 or 125 strap? And did you try all 3 "memory tweak" settings? (I'm not sure that's the exact name but it's similar). It's at the top of the DRAM Timings page.

[sergio77]

Qwinn wrote:
Sergio:

Interesting results. Running 100 or 125 strap? And did you try all 3 "memory tweak" settings? (I'm not sure that's the exact name but it's similar). It's at the top of the DRAM Timings page.

I've tried all I can imagine. 🙂
Predator's XMP profile for 3000MHz is using 125MHz strap, and XMP profile for 3200MHz is using 100MHz strap... And I've tried by setting strap manually, and yes I've tried all 3 memory rampage tweaks, but anything over 2600MHz gives no post. 😞