Thanks. Well I have tried the 003 BIOS and it fixes the CPU VID error when adjusting the multiplier on QX9650.
All SATA issues are fixed too...HOWEVER BITS still fails the same 5 MSR tests and also has 638us latency on SMI latency test.

I am not sure how I can convey this to Asus and request the fix it .

Thanks again.

John