Quote Originally Posted by Speederlander View Post
I GAINED(?!?) stability when I dropped vmch and vfsb to their minimum possible values in BIOS. Go figure.
Proof once again that "Your Mileage May Vary". This is why it's always a good idea to do your own experimentation.

Quote Originally Posted by nealh View Post
This may seem stupid but if you enable Marvell controller to use eSATA port do you have to install the RAID drivers?

Does the Marvell controller add any instability to OCing, if enabled

I would not mind just having 4 extra sata ports that are "IDE" ...I will not use RAID and have no floppy

I just installed the board in my case and hooked everything up...and it booted, I always get a small sense of relief

BIOS very different from RD600

I ordered from Mwave got a rev. 505 with BIOS 2333..I need to get into the maintenence mode and diasble C1E....I will install winxp pro at defaults as always
You need the drivers for the Marvell to use them at all. There's a drivers-only download on Intel's site. Just extract it to a directory and use device manager to install it.

Quote Originally Posted by argylesocks View Post
so what is the final word on the c1e bug... does it lower voltage, or not? (when you do NOT have default voltage).

if not, then is it really helping anything by just lowering the multi during low stress times??
My observation on 4 boards is that if the vcore is set to something other than default, it's locked there and only the multi changes. Since heat is a function of both speed and voltage lowering the multi alone does help. How much, I can't say.