Yes I have to agree, the bios seems incredibly flimsy - I have corrupted mine 4 times so far, simply by trying different memory overclocks. It is very irritating. I'm starting to wonder whether something is wrong with my board.
Also it is inconsistent in terms of stability - last night I was stable at 445 FSB, DDR 1186 @ 2.08v vdimm (bios), PL8 and 1.26v NB. Today I turn it on, and the screen stays black and VGA fan spins up to max. I bumped up voltages to 2.12v vdimm, 1.28v NB and errored in <2mins in orthos. I have now dropped PL to 10, and have vdimm at 2.08v and have dropped ram speed to 1116 MHz, and kept vNB at 1.28v - I'm testing again now.
This is really starting to annoy me. Add to that the fact I cant get the machine to boot if the ram is at 1200MHz (but I can get orthos stable at 1199 MHz - 1MHz lower) and I'm seriously thinking I have a dodgey board. If the board is in fact 'OK' this is the most inconsistent, dodgey board I have ever used, and if I could replace it right now, I would.
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