Sorry for the delay LIKMARK, I've had many many issues and only made posts I can risk losing - lost my post to you about 8 times before I quit [unstable Phenom]
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Thats a problem known with the Brisbanes rather than the board I think.
Yep.
I can't change nb multiplier with Phenom on this board (with BAR EDIT). Anyone got any ideas?
Example: changing NB multi with msr register on bus 24/3 from ***101 (1800MHz) to ***100 (1600MHz, seeing it change "on the fly" in cpu-z)
Reboots, and "bang" back to stock speed.
You can only change NB multi using the NB registers through tools like CCPUID/Bar_Edit, but they don't set it until after a restart [CPU limitation].

It looks like you have a BIOS limitation or a CPU limitation, as 9500/9600/9700 should be capable of dropping NB multi. I had one 9600BE which did not drop NB multi in the same BIOS which dropped NB multi for the second 9600BE, so its very possible

Has anyone else tested this with a Phenom on this MB?
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NB multi is applicable with either BE Phenom and/or earlier/later bioses than bios #12.

I'm not sure if it is my Phenoms memcontroller or the board not liking ballistix, but they can't oc as well as with my Athlon X2 on Crosshair. Awaiting new ram to test with. Today I'm running 4GB Ballistix PC6400 @940MHz 5,0 4 4 12 2T, with relativly high latencies on the subtimings @2,0 vDIMM.

Cas 4 is almost a no go (at reasonable vDIMM), this was also the story when running Phenom on Crosshair (AM2), so I'm thinking its the Phenom memcontroller who is the sinner.

My memory ran 1173MHz 5,0 5 5 5 15 2t@ 2,20 vDIMM and 1100Mhz 4,0 4 4 7 2t tight sumbtimings @2,20 vDIMM with Athlon X2 6000+ and Crosshair.
It's a Phenom limitation, yup. They don't oc RAM well although 3-3-3-3-11 1T 450, 4-4-4-4-11 1T 500 and 5-5-5-15 600 is easy on them at 2.2v if MEMs can do it.
Edit: It's certainly not on par with a 790FX DFI board, but what could you expect from a board in this price range?
Your board is better for RAM/Monitoring than the DFI 70FX, try one of those and try getting some good stability and accuracy, or RAM compatibility and RAM oc, and you'll see why
Their BIOS has tons of good options but also tons of problems with basics settings and options. They are improving but since Nov'07, not enough.
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Anyone know where the ganged/unganged memory mode values is on this board? See bios pics earlier in the tread.
No idea yet.
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That is what I thought too, apparantly it is trfc set in ns on this board according to users at Abit forums. It waas set to 105 for dimm1+2 and 75 for dimm3+4, wich would have made sense if it were a delay due to dimm distance to imc.
Many 700 series boards set 105ns for the first DIMM and 75ns for the others at boot, default. More of a safety mechanism.
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Think that is 95W ACP, about 120W TDP @stock. My 9500 is overclocked to 2,5GHz and runs at 1,35v. My whole system draws about 275W when playing, and 240W when priming. Well above 125W TDP on the cpu i think.

I do not think they would sell a mobo with full Phenom support unless it can handle it.
They wouldn't have added an 8-pin 12V connector if it couldn't support above 16A CPU draw

Your oc'd 9500 runs at minimum 126W TDP, if you take 95W TDP being stock. You're using the same hardware voltages and CPU/NB speeds as 9850BE does, and the current draw is the same, so is the end power.

Anyway, I'll talk with an Abit rep today and find out if 9850BE is officially supported and with which BIOS.

Which is the most stable BIOS ATM BTW?

Has anyone ran a 9850BE and if so, which BIOS allowed it boot?

I have tried 9850BE about 6 days ago and it gave me C1 errors at POST, not tried again. Don't have an X2 spare yet to flash to better BIOS and check.