Phenom II X3 720 NOT black edition? (multiplier not unlocked past 14x)

The following is my setup:

GA-MA790X-DS4
AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE (or so I thought)
3GB RAM (1gb+2gb) OC to 400mhz
ATI HD4850s in Crossfire
Windows 7 64x Ultimate

My problem is I can't increase the cpu multiplier past 14x I can go down, but not up in both BIOS and AMD Overdrive,
I've tried multiple versions of the bios
Tried Alt F1 in the bios to "unlock" features
Called AMD, they said there is only the 720 as black edition out, never made a non-black edition chip

I'm at a loss here, there has to be something simple I forgot.

I don't know how I can do that short of taking a picture with my digital camera. I'll explain it better though, I got to the CPU multiplier option, and select it and see options 1x through 14x

Sort of like this: http://icrontic.com/draco/images/a [...] UMulti.jpg

Would it be wise to try the UD4P bios? Or might that just force me to spend 5 minutes flashing the bios and crossing my fingers?

Anyway I took some screenshots and got one of the bios with my mobile, everything says the chip is a 720, cpu-z, windows, the bios, I tried to look at the cpu last night but I was waisted (vaguely remember it being a AACZC) and don't want to do that again while the fiancée is sleeping.

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After looking over the specs of your motherboard, I noticed it's running the older 600 southbridge. I've never owned a SB600 motherboard so I can't comment. A quick google search came back with people over clocking with the CPU FSB but almost no information on using multipliers. Hopefully someone with a SB600 can chime in?

Yes, I've tried setting it to auto and 14x to no avail. I'll try the older software if I can get ahold of it. Which bios do you use marco324?

Do you have the exact same mobo marco?
Should I try another similar motherboards bios?

the 720 is ONLY a BE chip, I'm going to take it all apart now and look at the numbers, will post afterwards.

There were non-BE versions of the 720 at launch, iirc. I have a 710 x3 with a locked multiplier, and i can't change it at all, neither up or nor down (computer won't post, reloads bios defaults either way). Confused.

Actually, after doing a bit of googling, I was unable to back up my memory of a non-BE 720. I think i may have remembered incorrectly, unless someone else can contribute on the matter.

By the way, lower your HT multiplier and set your RAM to it's default speed. Even try it with just the 2GB stick. Miss matched memory can do odd things to that board ^_^.

Wow, guess you may really have gotten a non black edition 720. Kinda rare ^_^. I'd still return it and say that I was lead to believe it was a 720 BE when it was not . Anyway you can overclock it by raising the FSB. Just follow the overclocking guide. The GA-MA790X-DS4 motherboard overclocks pretty good. The only issue I have with it is that the south bridge tends to get hot, thanks to that puny heatsink, so make sure it's in the path of ventilation or put a fan on it.

The bios is the latest. (F9) If I put it on manual I only can see .5x through 14x (which the is default)