A7N8X & XP2400 Multiplier Madness

[hal9000]

My first post here. I just built a new rig using the A7n8x deluxe, the XP2400, and 512mb of XMS3200. Problem is: when the bios is set to "auto" in the multiplier block it reads as "6.5", although the actual multiplier for the xp2400 is "15". I can manually set it to 15, but most attempts to overclock (either by fsb change and/or multiplier change) do not work (except for minor fsb increases), and system will not post. Even more confusing: SciSoft Sandra or WCPUID results are totally different than the bios settings. For instance, these programs will show the cpu as say an "xp1800" not an "xp2400", with a fsb of about 1500. Seems that the bios is misreading the cpu, and causing all sorts of headaches for me. Overclocking is out of the question at this time. I have scratched my head too much over this, and throw myself at the mercy of this court. Please help!


P.S. I am confused on this issue: Does the A7N8X allow bios change of cpu mulitplier or not?

Thank you


A7N8X Deluxe
XP2400+
XMS3200 Cas2 512mb
Antec 1080AMG
WD800JB
Maxtor 40GB 7200
Lite-on CD-RW 40x12x48
TDK CD-RW 24x10x40
Radeon 8500 (ATI version)

[vengance_01]

have you flashed to the lastest bois?? That should slove your problem as it sounds you are using G bois which was buggy as hell

[hal9000]

Thanks for the reply Vengence_01. No, the bios is what came with the board, which I remember may well be 1000G. Is the latest Asus bios the best one to flash, including betas, or has one been proven better than the others?

Thank you

[vengance_01]

yes the beta has proven to just as stable a Bois C. I recomend using the beta. It solved cold boot issies I was having when O/C.