asrock dual sata2 inconsistency

[scruffy1]

asrock duals2 with 2.30 bios (the latest afaik)

 

used to do a happy 9x291 with the ocz platinum v1, but after the rma and insertion of the ocz platinum v2 (2x1gig) it its the wall at 9x285 at the same vcore, although it is still happy with an older pair of ocz bh5 (2x512) to boot with appropriate dividers at the "old" 9x291

 

even more confusing, the divider changes at 281 to a lesser number, and although the ram will do the native 230 odd it selects, i know from a trial of memtest that it fails on test 7, which isn't a great surprise for ram rated at 200fsb; at 280 it divides to 180 real speed

 

is the bios on the blink ?

 

is the mobo on the way out ?

 

will a reflash help, or might i kill it completely if it's a bit flakey already ?

 

any plausible comment, and suggestion for a remedy is welcome

[red930]

I think you must of gotten lucky with the first board because i remember purchasing that board and hating it so much that i wanted to put it into PEICES. The BH5's blew goats on that board to begin with and the overclocks are weak compared to the DFI SLI-D board that i purchased after i sold the ASrock 939 Dual Sata2 to my boss. Dude just go with another board, TRUST ME!

[scruffy1]

already lined up an asus a8n32-sli deluxe

 

but you misunderstood my post - the ram was the rma (v1 replaced with v2), and the problem is vdimm... the asrock board maxes at 2.7, and the v2 needs 2.8 and hence is flakey

 

but it runs my ocz bh5's 2-2-2-5 at 9x291 happily with 1.35vcore (as it did the opteron 148 to 9x311 at 1.45vcore, maxing out at around 330 with the voltmod)

 

not really the board's fault, just an unfortunate mismatch for the new ram