This is the same post as in the Motherboards section but it might do more good here:
The Asus A7v600 isn't really notorious for its stability and reliability but really has worked fine for me for a long time now. Yesterday however I encountered something new. After a lockup in Windows XP while powerring down I accidently manually resetted instead of pushing the power button. I then pushed delete to enter the bios to power down from there and did so.
When I powered up again I went straight to the bios because it said I had installed a new CPU. Strangely, THE MULTIPLIER WAS UNLOCKED. I did several tests with CPUZ and Sisoft to confirm it really was unlocked and it is. The CPUZ-report can be found at www.student.kun.nl/whvansuylekom/cpuz.htm (normal multiplier 11x166, performance now equal to 2800+). I also found out that the auto voltage detect is way too high AT 1,73V instead of what I've selected manually now, 1,65V.
The system is perfectly stable at the speed displayed in CPUZ.
Well, I powered down for the night and powered up this morning. I went straight to the bios saying that I had again installed a new CPU. Now I could only select the default speed (1100, 1466, 1833 or 2200) but the auto-detect option was gone. Because I like the unlocked multiplier much better I ctrl-alt-del rebooted and the comp went straight into Windows with the unlocked overclocked settings.
I know this al sounds kinda weird but I wonder if people might be able to reproduce the unlocked multiplier by rebooting into bios and then powering down, or hard rebooting or soft rebooting. Might unlock a whole more lotta potential for this board.
Also notice that I have the 1008 bios installed but I was doing a whole lot of updating, I believe I created this thing in the 1007 bios.
The Asus A7v600 isn't really notorious for its stability and reliability but really has worked fine for me for a long time now. Yesterday however I encountered something new. After a lockup in Windows XP while powerring down I accidently manually resetted instead of pushing the power button. I then pushed delete to enter the bios to power down from there and did so.
When I powered up again I went straight to the bios because it said I had installed a new CPU. Strangely, THE MULTIPLIER WAS UNLOCKED. I did several tests with CPUZ and Sisoft to confirm it really was unlocked and it is. The CPUZ-report can be found at www.student.kun.nl/whvansuylekom/cpuz.htm (normal multiplier 11x166, performance now equal to 2800+). I also found out that the auto voltage detect is way too high AT 1,73V instead of what I've selected manually now, 1,65V.
The system is perfectly stable at the speed displayed in CPUZ.
Well, I powered down for the night and powered up this morning. I went straight to the bios saying that I had again installed a new CPU. Now I could only select the default speed (1100, 1466, 1833 or 2200) but the auto-detect option was gone. Because I like the unlocked multiplier much better I ctrl-alt-del rebooted and the comp went straight into Windows with the unlocked overclocked settings.
I know this al sounds kinda weird but I wonder if people might be able to reproduce the unlocked multiplier by rebooting into bios and then powering down, or hard rebooting or soft rebooting. Might unlock a whole more lotta potential for this board.
Also notice that I have the 1008 bios installed but I was doing a whole lot of updating, I believe I created this thing in the 1007 bios.
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