a little spoiler for 2moro's pics and results from todays and sundays tests...coz the tests were done at my gf's hse (i learnt how to oc from her LMAO) the pics and stuff were left there...

idle at 38c and load at 59c (orthos 2 hrs) on stock HSF @3ghz/stock volts with ambient temps at 33ch e2140, SLA93

L2...? my CPU-Z says 2 only... no L also... juz revision L2...

MO stepping E2140...hehehehe...prime stable at 425Mhz..nice and cheap for oc.

OK. here's what i found out.

as mentioned by others, i DID face the same thing. 400mhz option - sound screwed. check out my Review. I've updated it again. This lowered their score by far cos I'm freakin pissed. Their latest BIOS allowed 1:1 ratio for 400mhz processor which i'm very happy about and gave them perfect score but............oh well, heck it shouldn't be perfects core anyway. I changed my mind.

the board was good. it's just the BIOS issue.

95% done BIOS is fine.

but from what i observe, the P35 BIOS was horrible.

till now, even my EIST i disabled in BIOS, my multiplier still keeps changing. latest BIOS choose 400mhz on RAM config then audio won't work.

and that's the 3rd BIOS, EIST still like that.

sorry long time didn't use Intel setup BUT AFAIK EIST multiplier shouldn't be jumpign once in disabled EIST.

or else waffor the system allow me to choose multiplier to set. after DISABLE the EIST, the option allowed me to set multiplier. so i set 8 la. boot to Windows, i still see 6. jumps automatically to 8 when it's processing. so makes no difference.

Finally got my Dual-Core rig up and running

Specs:
- Intel E2140 L2 (VID 1.325v)
- AsRock ConRoe1333-D667
- 2x 1GB Team Group Value PC-5300
- Enermax FMAII 460W

Guess that's all. Just a simple rig to replace my aging one.

Did 2.8GHz(350MHz FSB) on stock VCore, probably the on-board graphics crapping out instead of the FSB wall Probably getting an E2160 was the better idea since 9x 333MHz will easily net it 3GHz instead

Here's the CPU-Z validation link



SuperPI 1M at 22.187s.