The black channels work fine for dual. I'm using them right now and it's reporting dual. I think the manual just says that so that peope don't get mixed up when only using 2 sticks.
The black channels work fine for dual. I'm using them right now and it's reporting dual. I think the manual just says that so that peope don't get mixed up when only using 2 sticks.
You should have received an "insert" page for the manual that had the corrected DIMM positions. The corrected page has the blue DIMMs recommended for 2 sticks.
Guys I can tell you haven't repaired many boards....pretty easy with a heatgun. Mosfets etc come off easy and go on easy ;)
Well done Charlie glad you got the ram back to life...as soon as I can i will try and sort you out with regards to your dimms ;)
Also
I asked my contact for an update on the bios and if possible a board.Im still with out 939 and doing this for you guys with a friend testing and another supplying the bios.
Hopefully more vdimm on the next and an improvement in fsb speeds.
Bigtoe,
yhpm....
:D
Bios updates are always appreciated!Quote:
Originally posted by bigtoe
Also
I asked my contact for an update on the bios and if possible a board.Im still with out 939 and doing this for you guys with a friend testing and another supplying the bios.
Hopefully more vdimm on the next and an improvement in fsb speeds.
A Vddr update.........
It's NOT Vddr that causes the LOCK UPS!!!!!!!!
It's the resistance!!!! Even when BIOS Vddr is set to 2.6 and I "up" the VR, it STILL locks... so there's SOMETHING in the circuit that doesn't like the resistance of the VR, no matter the Voltage.
C
If they do this, I will tip my hat to Asus. Spending the time to work out the tweakability of a mobo is a sign of top notch customer need awareness.Quote:
Originally posted by bigtoe
I asked my contact for an update on the bios and if possible a board.Im still with out 939 and doing this for you guys with a friend testing and another supplying the bios.
Hopefully more vdimm on the next and an improvement in fsb speeds.
A little more Vdimm stock and the A8V would be a great board. Since the 1005.21 BIOS, my lock work great and the mobo is very smooth.
I still get my best score at 1:1 though:)
Mike,
As it should be.......... 1:1 is the way to go. With the Vddr mod 250+ is a reality with BH5 @ 2-2-2.........
Fast stuff.........
C
I sill have 2 sticks of the original Corsair 3500 had came with the BH-5 on that great PCB they had. It's pullling duty in my server of all things!!
I'll swap those sticks fast if we get more vdimm:banana:
Mike,
I did the Vddr mod......it's easy and it works up 'til 3.15v
C
My skills with the iron are basic at best. certainly enough to do clip on stuff. But I was under the impression you had to remove and re solder some resistors and it wasn't easy.
Any tips?
Mike,
It's ONE resistor, the r422. Use solder wick to suck as much solder that is holding the r422 down and kind of wiggle the tip as you go... it will pop off. Then I put just a bit of solder on the new sharp tip and touched the solder pads where the r422 used to live. then i take 2 pieces of very fine gauge solid core wire and tin their ends then I simply solder the wires to the pads, 1 to each. Then I took a 10K ohm VR and set it to 2.15Kohm, solder it on to the 2 wires... resistance up = Vddr up......works until about 3.15v where the board locks up??
And an update to those who haven't seen it!
A Vddr update.........
It's NOT Vddr VOLTAGE that causes the LOCK UPS!!!!!!!!
It's the resistance!!!! Even when BIOS Vddr is set to 2.6 and I "up" the VR, it STILL locks... so there's SOMETHING in the circuit that doesn't like the resistance of the VR, no matter the Voltage.
C
Yeah,Quote:
Originally posted by µnrealneo²
VTT charlie?
If it isn't tracking with VDIMM, then you're stuck @ 1.4VTT.
When @ 3.15 it should be 1.575V.
True, but I don't have a VTT mod and don't have the ability to figure one out....however even without the VTT, the difference is quite noticeable.
C
This is as far as I can go without mods and with solid stability. Nothing earth shaking, but not bad for a system stable enough to game on with confidence.
http://home.comcast.net/~mdzcpa/2953.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~mdzcpa/32262.JPG
Thanks for the voltage mod tips, I'll give it a shot over the weekend. With more 1:1 action things would get interesting. My BH-5 is calling.....:).
Mike,
That is one HELL of a gaming rig....my friend :D
C
Nice clocks man.
Nice work mike :D
16v on the 12v line? :slobber: thats one hellva psu. PC&Power cooling 510 right?
Hey Wes:
It is indeed a PCP&C, but the 16v reported is nothing more than a glitch from MBM. The rail reads correct under BIOS and Asus Probe (just over 12v).
Thank you sir!Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
Mike,
That is one HELL of a gaming rig....my friend :D
C
I managed to eek out a tad more while stable enough to loop 3Dmark:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7915393
anyone else having a hot reboot issue??
Seems when the system is hot, it doesn`t wanna reboot, I get the amber light on the monitor. I have to shut it down for a bit or the screen will get all corrupted with jibberish. I thought it was the XE on the southbridge so I removed that yesterday with the same results. I flashed back to the original 1003 BIOS and the same thing...
anyone else having hot reboot issuse??
I have not encountered this. Does it reboot when hot even if you clear the cmos?
sometimes it will, sometimes it won`t. I`m taking it out of the LS now to test it back on air.
Ok i just got my A8V (one of the first in the Netherlands i think ;)) , but for AGP/PCI lock you need the 1005 bios ??? and is there a clockgen that works ??
sorry for the newbie questions :rolleyes:
well i managed to break into the 45s range of hexus pifast and 32s super pi on air.
http://www.mechwarrior.tv/pictures/SS/32ssuperpi.jpg
http://www.mechwarrior.tv/pictures/SS/45.61pifast.jpg
Also dropping the ambient temps let me 3d at 260x10@1.6v. Idle temps dropped like a rock to about 30c but the stock cooler still seemed to have trouble holding load temps down at 43c. looks good for when i get my watercooling tho.
Nice Scores Mike:toast:Quote:
Originally posted by mdzcpa
This is as far as I can go without mods and with solid stability. Nothing earth shaking, but not bad for a system stable enough to game on with confidence.
http://home.comcast.net/~mdzcpa/2953.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~mdzcpa/32262.JPG
Thanks for the voltage mod tips, I'll give it a shot over the weekend. With more 1:1 action things would get interesting. My BH-5 is calling.....:).
Heres my P4EE doing 4400 MHz against your FX. Very close considering your under 3 gigs and your ATI isn't clocked as high as mine.
OPP
Mike,
Ahh i c, i wondered about that. I just bought some 3700EB, 2x256mb sticks. If you want to give it a try your more than welcome to, i do plan on coming up sometime soon.
The EB is doing 245-256Mhz mem at 3-2-2-11 / 3-2-3-11, not a tight as the XL, but alot more mhz ;)
Has anyone tried out the 1006 BIOS download from Asus?
Status update on the vcore and vdimm mods? :)
Pictures of which of all the suggetions in the thread.....Which one to use?
Vcore works but vdimm wont go above 3.15v right Charlie?
You have a link?Quote:
Originally posted by stevenmh
Has anyone tried out the 1006 BIOS download from Asus?
OPP
You can get here.
http://www.captaincascade.com/forums...opic=177&st=0&
OPP
Nevermind...just saw a post elsewhere...1006 doesn't have the lock option in the menu.Quote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
You have a link?
OPP
Whats up with that:DQuote:
Originally posted by stevenmh
Nevermind...just saw a post elsewhere...1006 doesn't have the lock option in the menu.
OPP
Guess they don't feel it's stable enough for an official BIOS release...only betas.Quote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
Whats up with that:D
OPP
Thanks!Quote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
Nice Scores Mike:toast:
Heres my P4EE doing 4400 MHz against your FX. Very close considering your under 3 gigs and your ATI isn't clocked as high as mine.
OPP
I wish I could've got my EE that high, but the best she would do is 4.2ghz with decent stability. Those EEs are sweet chips indeed.
That would be great!Quote:
Originally posted by WesM63
Mike,
Ahh i c, i wondered about that. I just bought some 3700EB, 2x256mb sticks. If you want to give it a try your more than welcome to, i do plan on coming up sometime soon.
Intereting, I went to asus's site to download the 1006 bios and when I hit download the page was unavailible. I went back to the original page and now the bios is no longer availible for download
Edit: now its back again, very strange
the working BETA BIOS is BETA 1005.021Quote:
Originally posted by F|apDro|`
Ok i just got my A8V (one of the first in the Netherlands i think ;)) , but for AGP/PCI lock you need the 1005 bios ??? and is there a clockgen that works ??
sorry for the newbie questions :rolleyes:
And YES there's a Clockgen A8V, I think Franck put it up on www.cpuid.com
Is these the mods you used? What resistor used for vcore?
vdimm
http://219.113.251.125/c-board/file/A8V_Vddr-mod_2.jpg
vcore
http://219.113.251.125/c-board/file/A8V_Vcore-mod.jpg
the top one doesn't work properly........go to page 18 of this thread to see notes and drawings there. The Vcore is correct with a 100 ohm VR initially set to 20 ohm
My page 18 doesn't show any info about v-dimm.Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
the top one doesn't work properly........go to page 18 of this thread to see notes and drawings there. The Vcore is correct with a 100 ohm VR initially set to 20 ohm
How about a link the Post?
OPP
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...853#post471853
but I didn't re-use the r422 after I lifted it, I just hooked up a 10K ohm VR and set it to 2.15K ohm, resistance up, voltage up. Maybe using the r422 as detailed would help the 3.15v issue, but I don't know.
Do i need to flash the bios first in order to use clockgen because i cant change any clocks :confused:Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
the working BETA BIOS is BETA 1005.021
And YES there's a Clockgen A8V, I think Franck put it up on www.cpuid.com
Just got my 3700EB. Mucho bandwidth, even at Cas3. :D
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/...dra_239X11.jpg
why oh why did you get 2x256??
you need 2x512 to run bank interleaving so your losing alot of performance almost as much as running 2t command :(
its not all about high fsb speeds on DC A64 boards its about
lowest latency possible
bank interveaving "2x512 or 4x512"
high HT speeds
high cpu speed
then and only then is high fsb important or your next move
2x256 besides finding a board max fsb is worthless for benching on DC AMD as you loose so much..
where as 2x512 is better than 2x256 4x512 is even better
well then, the only way to run that MUCH memory is probably OCZ 3700EB 512mb's.......I can't see 4 x 512mB Bh-5 running very well.......
Sierra,Quote:
Originally posted by sierra_bound
Just got my 3700EB. Mucho bandwidth, even at Cas3. :D
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/...dra_239X11.jpg
Can you check and see what the MAX you can do @ 2.5-2-2??????
is the 1005 bios you're using the one linked to on captain cascade site, before i flash i'll check just called 1005, not sure if its the same version or not.
Also jsut got it and will be playing with a 3500+, we only got the 3500+ and 3800+ so far, my bet is they'll clock within same limits as each other, and £500 for a cpu is just too much, $850ish, what is the fx53 price in the states?
EDIT:- Also Charlie, which version of clock-gen you using, i grabbed the asus k8v version as i couldn't see one for this board, is that the one you're using, or link to diff one?
RAM maxes out around 239 @ 2.5-2-2-10, about the same as Cas3.Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
Sierra,
Can you check and see what the MAX you can do @ 2.5-2-2??????
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/...0/Sandra_2.jpg
You're definitely right. I tried 2gb of xms3500c2 and needed to enable 2T in order to boot. My gaming pc's going to stay at 1gb.Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
well then, the only way to run that MUCH memory is probably OCZ 3700EB 512mb's.......I can't see 4 x 512mB Bh-5 running very well.......
yeah 4x512 is hard but it shines on sk8v as those boards would allow 1t command. if you look at this bench he perfected the bankinterveaving with 4x512 pc3200re LL corsair at 2-2-2-5-7-16 and with 1t command I was told.. unlike the new boards defualting to 2t command the sk8v had huge stablity becasue of the ECC/REGISTERED ddr support.
2x256=no bank
2x512=2 bank
4x512=4 bank
http://www.oohashi.jp/j25s_3263.44_semi-open.jpg
OC Kid,
These A8V run fine at 1T....all of my benching so far has been at 1T.
no Im not saying 939 has any probalms with 1t as I have seen awsome 1t results. Im saying the boards defualt to 2t with all 4 banks filled on 939 where as on the older 940 chipsets they seem to be able to still run 1t. :)
ohhhhhh...
SO with all banks full, no 1T option? Hmmmmmmmm...
Now in the A8V we don't have 2 Bank or 4 Bank options, we have only:
Bank interleaving: Auto-Enabled- Disabled
Node interleaving: Auto-Enabled-disabled
Have you seen any WR LN2 type results from 939 yet?
I switched to a lower multi. Can get around 250.
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/...dra_250X10.jpg
afaik the board doesnt default to 2t. it defaults to auto. The chips memory controller on the CG stepping a64's default setting is 2t the board just doesnt override it like the sk8v that defaults to 1T. You can still try to make it run 1T but i couldnt run 1T with 4x256 at 200mhz. And according to amd's spec 4x SS sticks is only speced to run 333mhz 1T and 4xDS sticks is only spec'd to run 200mhz 1T if i remember right. i'd have to track down that chart to remember for sure.:p:Quote:
Originally posted by Overclock Kid
no Im not saying 939 has any probalms with 1t as I have seen awsome 1t results. Im saying the boards defualt to 2t with all 4 banks filled on 939 where as on the older 940 chipsets they seem to be able to still run 1t. :)
And bank interleaving autoselects. 4x256 is 2way 2x512 is 2 way 2x256 is no interleaving(dont have 4x512 to test 4 way). So as long as you have interleaving enabled its going to run at the above values.
Quote:
I switched to a lower multi. Can get around 250.
oh and you suck:devil:
nope, but Im sure you or Opp will have something of that caliber very soon right? :)Quote:
Have you seen any WR LN2 type results from 939 yet?
Opp's, been queit and that usally means he either has something very good brewing or he's pulling his hair out :)
Thanks bud. :ROTF: Actually, a few ticks higher than 250. Again, this is at 2.8v.Quote:
Originally posted by Mongoose420
oh and you suck:devil:
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/...dra_252X10.jpg
and still at 2.88v? Nice........Quote:
Originally posted by sierra_bound
Thanks bud. :ROTF:
sierra_bound,
Nice work M8. My 3700EB loses stability above 245Mhz 2.5-2-2-11.
Don't know if 11 if better or worse.. I was asked to try those timings so thats what I was using.
Thanks Wes. I've give 2.5-2-2-11 a try later. I think these sticks are keepers. ;)
OK....here's what I don't understand....why is 252, 1:1 making less b/w than this 302/247mHz 5:3???? 252 should be making like 7200-7300 right?
He's running looser timings with the 252.
With more volts I bet that EB would just fly....like 270, 1:1!!!Quote:
Originally posted by mdzcpa
He's running looser timings with the 252.
cas 2.5 and tras of 10 dont kill 250mb/s bandwith, lol.. he must have 2t enabled or running seti at home in the back ground :)
I am pulling my hair out:DQuote:
Originally posted by Overclock Kid
nope, but Im sure you or Opp will have something of that caliber very soon right? :)
Opp's, been queit and that usally means he either has something very good brewing or he's pulling his hair out :)
I have 2 S939 mobos but am still waiting on my CPUs.
OPP
Nope, 2T is disabled. By the way, weren't you the one who made this statement on another forum earlier in the week. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Overclock Kid
cas 2.5 and tras of 10 dont kill 250mb/s bandwith, lol.. he must have 2t enabled or running seti at home in the back ground :)
"equipt with my old fx53 940 pin at 3300mhz and my new toys one of which a x800xt that is doing 740mhz core with only 1.57v I will smash the 2k1 record "37-38k+" current 35.6k " and some 16-17k 2k3 action and my own 100k aqua to catch my man SHAM."
100mhz on the core+5mhz fsb+tighter timings. The way the memory bandwidth scales with cpu speed on these chips i can see that make'n a couple a hundred mb/s. 250mb/s off 7100mb/s isnt very much, a little better than 3%.
Running the 3700EB at Cas3 now. I never thought this was possible. VDimm still at 2.8v.
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/...0/Sandra_3.jpg
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Flat out awesome!!!
:slobber:
KckASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
Why Tras 10? What is the diff between 10 and 5 or even 6 on this board?Quote:
Originally posted by sierra_bound
I switched to a lower multi. Can get around 250.
needs more vdimm :D
He's waiting on a couple cpu's from amd. he has this board and the abit and maybe the dfi's at the end of june to test out.Quote:
Originally posted by Overclock Kid
nope, but Im sure you or Opp will have something of that caliber very soon right? :)
Opp's, been queit and that usally means he either has something very good brewing or he's pulling his hair out :)
Op, you may just have to hunker down and buy one. :D
I think it was Bigtoe who recommended that I use TRAS of at least 9. As you know, 5-6 seems to work well with BH-5. But this 3700EB has me all confused. lol. I'm getting higher HTT with 10 than 5, and better Sandra results with Cas3. :)Quote:
Originally posted by xgman
Why Tras 10? What is the diff between 10 and 5 or even 6 on this board?
I'm using the XL's and I'm not really sure what they will do yet.
You should have just gotten then 512's to begin with if they are that good.
I will once they are back in stock. I think the reseller would be willing to exchange since it's more money for them.Quote:
Originally posted by xgman
I'm using the XL's and I'm not really sure what they will do yet.
You should have just gotten then 512's to begin with if they are that good.
Sorry if this was already posted, but did you guys see asus posted thge 1006 bios?
http://www.asus.com/support/download...Language=en-us
xgman ... the 1006 doesn't have the lock option in the menu.
sierra ... excaliberpc had the 512's back in stock as of yesterday.
Quote:
Originally posted by stevenmh
xgman ... the 1006 doesn't have the lock option in the menu.
hmmm, that is not a good sign of their confidence on it.
Byte (not a typo) your tongue!:lol:Quote:
Originally posted by xgman
He's waiting on a couple cpu's from amd. he has this board and the abit and maybe the dfi's at the end of june to test out.
Op, you may just have to hunker down and buy one. :D
Thanks for the heads-up. That's where I got the 256's. I'll see if I can work out an exchange. :)Quote:
Originally posted by stevenmh
sierra ... excaliberpc had the 512's back in stock as of yesterday.
Wish me luck, guys.........
I'm about to go do the Vcore mod.... I'll need 2.0v to try 10.5 x 300 later tonight.... hoping for 27s sPi
C
see charlie never hurts to ask maybee bigtoe can have them reprogrammed for you :)
Horray 2x512 3700EB finally instock somewhere!
thats it! i cant take no more. I imagine i'll have 2x512 khx3200 bh-5 sticks for sale early next week.Quote:
Originally posted by sierra_bound
Running the 3700EB at Cas3 now. I never thought this was possible. VDimm still at 2.8v.
http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/...0/Sandra_3.jpg
yes, you're absolutely correct :DQuote:
Originally posted by longshot
see charlie never hurts to ask maybee bigtoe can have them reprogrammed for you :)
Horray 2x512 3700EB finally instock somewhere!
OK.....
Vcore mod complete.
BTW, my soldering sucks.........
Later I may send it to Hell-Fire just to make the mods LOOK pretty :D
Can yuo guys imagine how nervous I was with an $856USD processor sitting in the socket?? But it went well. Start off with the 100 ohm VR set to 20 ohm, work from there.
Now I have it offset so that 1.675 is 1.840, so 1.8 shoud be about 2v or so....
C
................. :toast: .........................
Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
yes, you're absolutely correct :D
OK.....
Vcore mod complete.
BTW, my soldering sucks.........
Later I may send it to Hell-Fire just to make the mods LOOK pretty :D
Can yuo guys imagine how nervous I was with an $856USD processor sitting in the socket?? But it went well. Start off with the 100 ohm VR set to 20 ohm, work from there.
Now I have it offset so that 1.675 is 1.840, so 1.8 shoud be about 2v or so....
C
I am at your service sir.
Cover return shipping and I will handle the mod for free of course.
But I expect you to take me on as your next student. When do I get my first light saber?? :eek:
mmm... 4x512 PC3700EB :D
That would be nice, assuming you're not stuck with having to enable 2T.Quote:
Originally posted by STEvil
mmm... 4x512 PC3700EB :D
could someone take voltage readings of legs 3-4-5 of the RT917B3 chip
Im thinking middle leg 3 should read that of your 3.3v rail and leg 4 should read 1/2 of Vin or leg 1 "vdimm read point"
if leg 3 reads that of leg 1 then maybe the other LM324 is regulating Vin from the 3.3v rail before it hits RT9173b thus your limited to VIN and not of that from your 3.3v rail. :)
the sk8v used the Lm324+r9173b "but"
leg 3 of r9173b was that of your 3.3v rail ;)
so if leg 3 is not that or "real" voltage set by Lm324 in the corner that might be the issue..
so what Im getting at here is if leg 3 is not that of your 3.3v rail the r9173b chip is setting output based on leg 3 so what I would do is take a direct 3.3v wire from the PSU and connect it to leg 3 of rt917b3 thus your VIN voltage should now be able to go .2v below your VIO/3.3v rail :)
just a thought :)
Shouldnt it be possible to take 3.3v direct from ATX 3.3+ to vdimm like it can be done on asus p4c800 and gigabyte k8n?
Then there should be no problem with the max vdimm and/or vbt.
r9173BQuote:
Originally posted by Overclock Kid
could someone take voltage readings of legs 3-4-5 of the RT917B3 chip
Im thinking middle leg 3 should read that of your 3.3v rail and leg 4 should read 1/2 of Vin or leg 1 "vdimm read point"
if leg 3 reads that of leg 1 then maybe the other LM324 is regulating Vin from the 3.3v rail before it hits RT9173b thus your limited to VIN and not of that from your 3.3v rail. :)
the sk8v used the Lm324+r9173b "but"
leg 3 of r9173b was that of your 3.3v rail ;)
so if leg 3 is not that or "real" voltage set by Lm324 in the corner that might be the issue..
so what Im getting at here is if leg 3 is not that of your 3.3v rail the r9173b chip is setting output based on leg 3 so what I would do is take a direct 3.3v wire from the PSU and connect it to leg 3 of rt917b3 thus your VIN voltage should now be able to go .2v below your VIO/3.3v rail :)
just a thought :)
C+ to Asus for the effort (although a squirt of grease was probably cheaper than a pink TIM), lol :stick:
D- for execution, tsk, tsk, tsk......
Wonder if the Swifty NB cooler will fit here?
see if the thermalright nb cooler fits on the a8v
doesn't look very impressivehttp://www.thermalright.com/a_newima..._newsimage.jpg
just crazy glue a 40mm delta on a zalman zm32J lol
yup! it sure does... tracks Vddr perfectlyQuote:
Originally posted by µnrealneo²
I see you found VTT also. ;)
See if it increases with VDIMM from a pot.
Ok i dont get this ..
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/mopi/3500_default.JPG
Why does my crappy mem runs at 160mhz while i checked the ddr400 divider ... when i choose 1:1 i get 100mhz :S
And my AGP/PCI locks doesnt seem to work (bios 1005.020) .. when i enable it i get the nice womans voice that says CPU failed due to CPU overclock ...
And clockgen doesnt seem to like me because i cant change any clocks :S
very weird all in all :)
Okay, here is what me and my son found. Some of the ASUS A8V boards, even if same revision have a working lock, some don't. I ordered one that had a serial number of 45MG07 as the first six digits. My son's board was 45MG0J for the first six. Under beta BIOS 1005.021, his lock function worked, the lock function on the 45MG07 board didn't. He's been doing some research and found people with a board sn# of 45MG0B who also don't have working locks. So if he's correct on his hypothesis, any board with 45MG0J or higher as a SN# has a working lock.Quote:
Originally posted by F|apDro|`
Ok i dont get this ..
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/mopi/3500_default.JPG
Why does my crappy mem runs at 160mhz while i checked the ddr400 divider ... when i choose 1:1 i get 100mhz :S
And my AGP/PCI locks doesnt seem to work (bios 1005.020) .. when i enable it i get the nice womans voice that says CPU failed due to CPU overclock ...
And clockgen doesnt seem to like me because i cant change any clocks :S
very weird all in all :)
Having said that, he flashed to BIOS 1006, and the option to set the lock was gone from the BIOS, he rolled back to 1005.021 BETA. So for whatever reason, ASUS isn't putting the lock function into the official BIOS yet, at least based on what he told me.
my s/n is 45MGOB7710 so , if thats true im like a cry baby :(