ASUS A8N-SLI DeLuxe OC problems

[velis]

I write this in light of all the posts about trouble OCing this mobo.

Here's the spec:
Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8 GHz) 90nm
A8N-SLI DeLuxe (BIOS 1007)
Zalman 7000A AlCu
Antec Sonata (case fan replaced with a Papst)
Corsair CMX512 3200C2

Just got my machine back from service (MB and PSU fried), so they were both replaced.
Before the frying, the I had a stable OC:
FSB @267
HTT mult 4x = 1068 MHz
Proc mult 9x = 2403 MHz (1.45 VCore)
RAM @333 MHz = 445 MHz (2.5, 3, 3, 5) @2.6V

I immediately went to OC back to what it was before only to find out that I can't get past 230 FSB.
I noticed though that the board has BIOS 1011 loaded. And I noticed that the board will not obey the HTT mult setting. It was always 5x no matter what I set. Of course, having HTT @ 1200 MHz (FSB 240) was "probably" the culprit for not being able to post. What was even more interesting, I tried to set HTT mult from NTune (2.25.05): NTune and NVMonitor both showed a successful change of mult, but raising FSB would immediately cause the machine to lock up. So I was forced to conclude thet the mult was not changed at all.
So I updated the BIOS to latest 1012 beta 3 which works as it's supposed to. I'm back to my previous OC (I only lowered HTT mult to 3x since I learned that 800 vs 1000 MHz doesn't make nuch difference).

Guys with A8N-SLI DeLuxe, don't despair about your OC. Just flash the BIOS and you'll be back on track.

Hope this was helpful to anyone,
Jure

 

[slsmnaz]

Actually the 1012 bios are still having WAY too many issues for them to be considered a good option. There have been too many memory setting issues reported to really recommend them. The 1010 seem to be the most stable and a lot of people are still @ the 1007 bios (which I am using w/ no probs). Just a little FYI.

 

[velis]

The point of my post was in observation that some BIOS versions fail to implement the settings chosen and to deny allegations that it's the HW in A8N-SLI DeLuxe which fails OC while the Premium version works. This is simply not true, but then again, I may be one of those lucky SOBs that got two good boards 😉
For me 1012 b3 works, it may not for somebody else. It was simply the first BIOS version I tried when my board wouldn't OC. I could've tried with 1007 which served me for a couple of months, but I didn't for no specific reason.
Haven't had much time with the machine since I got it back, will resume "vigorous" testing (read: playing Guild Wars) tonight 😀. It's happily crunching away UD in the mean time...

Jure