Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe (790FX) *Pictures + Benchmarks + Overclocking*

[HanmoLi]

if you havent allready turn off microcode update on the cpu set up screen hit F4. then you will see microcode update.

then on the manual set up screen make sure cpu tweak is on. also set your ram voltage. are you also sure about those ram timmings 5-4-4???

update to 1002 bios aswell if you havent allready. everything else in bios can be left alone.

The sticker on the ram sticks say that it is 5-4-4-15. OCZ's website says it needs 2.10V, but I put 2.15V just in case. The ram is fine, because it's been used in an athlon64 X2 system before, with higher clocks at the same timings. CPU tweak is indeed on, and microcode is now disabled.

By the way, what does the microcode update do?

I normally set everything manually in the bios even if I'm not doing an overclock. Try setting the cpu multi and nb multi the right settings and also the ht link. Then set processor cpu voltage and processor nb voltage to 1.25v. When you boot up, I recommend running cinebench 10 for a quick stability check. If the graphics test is slower than normal, the nb voltage needs a bump. If it freezes, then the cpu needs a bump. If it makes it through fine then try crunching. I've found that best stability comes from using 2x1gb sticks at the 800mhz divider.

Unfortunately I don't have 2x1gb of ram to test the system with, so I guess 2x2gb will have to do lol. I will definitely take your advice with using cinebench to test for stability. However, I'm not sure what 'slower than normal' means... is a score of 9529 on the "Multiple CPU Render Test" good?

Thank you all so much for helping me out! you guys are great