!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

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thanks for the response.
i have tried both...the latest uguru 3.104 i think...and i have tried from bios.
when booting too high it likes to hang at the end of the xp loading bars.
when using uguru the test bar freezes after a little while.
also i have tried gkx ic ram now too and no further.
next up is ide hdd and or earlier uguru and earlier bios.
(current bios 04/18/2007)

edt:...ok found it....seems like the cpu multiplier wasn't taking properly so i was running default multi instead of dropped multi...therefor the limit was in fact the cpu core speed limit...*whew*
anyway seen 455 so far and it seems to get worse with more vNB indicating a lack of cooling for the NB.
oh well i guess this must be that perfect time to test my chipset block/tube