3000+ Venice Stuck a 275-280 Mhz with DDR333 Divider

[QuadMaster]

Hi Guys

Dont know if you are facing such problems.

Some of my friends having the 3000+ Venice are stuck at 275-280 Mhz for CPU when using the
DDR333 Divider , even a higher voltage cant help them go past it.

Are there any people here with A8N-E & A8N Sli facing such problems and are they resolved
with the help of BIOS updates.

One of my Friend has
Case 1
3000+ Venice LBBLE 0517EPAW
on A8N Sli , Antec SP 450W PSU , Hynix D43 DDR400 PC3200 2x512MB

He did a max of 2.5Ghz @ 1.3125v no issues [12Hour prime stable]
Dont have this pic

But have this pic
he reached 2528.3 Mhz at 1.408V
http://img14.echo.cx/img14/1869/cpuz7nc.jpg


Case 2
3000+ Venice LBBLE 0516CPBW
on A8N-E

he reached 2506.7Mhz at 1.472V
http://img206.echo.cx/img206/6342/maskvenice6nx.jpg

Case 3
One of my friend is running his "OEM" venice 3000+ cpu is LBBLE 0516 CPBW
on His DFI without any Divider Problems
currently he is a 290Mhz without any probs
Ram:- OCZ400512 ELDC-K running at 241 mhz ram speed @ 2-2-2-5-1T

Here are Pics of His DFI and his 3000+ Venice

http://img10.echo.cx/img10/3706/ocz2409qu.jpg

http://img10.echo.cx/img10/9119/temps1mr.jpg


DFI Rocks , but we dont get DFI in India & i plan to get ASUS A8N-E as ASUS has better support here.

Will this issue be solved with a BIOS UPdate for ASUS.

Waiting for a reply from ur side.

 

[BTA]

I'm running a 3000+ Venice on a Chaintech VNF4/Ultra and I can hit 2.7ghz (300fsb).

It's stable in windows but it locks up eventually when you start gaming or running benchmarks. But I'm also running an old HEC 350watt power supply (20pin atx connector), and 2 gigs of cheapo mushkin memory (4x512 so that creates problems in itself).

It's completely stable in everything at 2.56 though (285fsb I think?)

Basically if I had better memory and power supply (and felt like pushing the voltage), I'm sure I could get it stable at 2.7ghz if not higher.

 

[QuadMaster]

Seems ur Ram and PSU are holding ur OC.
350W is less i feel , u shud have atleast 450W PSU when u OC.

But atleast you are able to go above 280FSB , think its problem with ASUS Mobo

 

[MADMAX23]

I am sure it's the Asus A8N, because my max stable HTT is 289 Mhz using the DDR333 divider.

 

[QuadMaster]

So you to facing this barrier.
Dont know why such things are happening with ASUS , also which BIOS version are you having.

Can we expect the further BIOS releases to help correct this issue

 

[MADMAX23]

I am using Bios 1006.
Well, I don't think ASUS is gonna fix this problem with future Bioses, I'm afraid it's a Motherboard problem, not a Bios problem.
One thing that ASUS can set right is the Ram timings options/settings, some of them do not work at all with the newer bioses (1007 and newers) if you are into OC.
Check this out: Is your "Trc" 22 clocks in CPU-Z? if it is set to 22 clocks, it's a Bios bug.

 

[QuadMaster]

Why ASUS Mobo's are hitting some road blocks with newer cores.
We in India dont have options but have to go for ASUS only.

Any Idea about A8N Sli Premium resolving that old 2501T Issue.
Also when is the A8N-E Premium expected.