680i SLI is too expensive? Asus as the solution : P5N32-E SLI PLUS

[Jultsu]

I got to fool around with my old board once again. This time it's paired with an e2160. It was acting all funny, BSODing randomly on vista64 booting. I removed one 2GB stick and suddenly no more BSOD:s. I installed 2*1GB and still no BSOD:s. I then went ahead with updating to 1401, but still BSOD:s with 2*2GB.

Then I tried OC:ing with 2*1GB. All went well, until i upped the fsb to 350 and the memory to 470. Then came the "Updating ROMsip table" and after that it booted a couple times, then completely dead. No beeps, no POST, no nothing. I mailed Asus already for RMA, but after a night's sleep with EVERYTHING disconnected it came back to life again. Now I'm running 9x333, just to be on the safe side. I fear that the "Updating ROMsip table" has something to do with this quirkyness. Maybe if you push the RAM too far, it corrupts the BIOS slowly and begins to behave very strangely.

Well anyways, if you think you have a dead board, give it one more try. Take out everything (I mean everything), including the battery, put the CMOS clear jumper on, and let it sit overnight on the table.


edit. I just repeated the no-post, no-video issue. I went from 333fsb to 366fsb, and got the "Updating ROMsip table". After that I could boot a couple of times, but then just complete blackness. I removed the CPU, fired it up, installed the CPU back and voilá! It works again. So the ROMsip table update process must be corrupted somehow. However I cannot continue this experiment any further, since I'm returning this PC to its owner.