A8R32-MVP w/ Opty 165 Probs

Hi everyone. I have a thread started in the Asus motherboard section but its not getting any replies so i thought i would put something in the general section as well.

I picked up my A8R32-MVP on friday and have been trying to get my hardware to perform since. The problem seems to be with my CPU, an Opty 165 CBBWE 0551 MPMW. Since the upgrade from an ASRock 939Dual, the CPU scores in 3dmark06 have dropped about 400-500pts at stock speeds (around 1850pts @ 1.8Ghz with ASRock 939Dual, 1350pts @ 1.8Ghz with A8R32-MVP). All the GPU scores are pretty much where they were...just the CPU isnt performing. I have tried countless things like installing a few different versions of the cool n quiet driver (the one off the cd as well as an updated one off the AMD site), installinguninstalling the dual core hotfix from MS, updating ULi chipset drivers, switching ram from A1+B1 to A2+B2, updating bios from 0201 to 0311 to 0404 (none of which offered any performance difference over the last), tried catalyst 6.4, 6.3 and now on omega 6.3. Ive tried it with all my bios settings on AUTO as well as setting them all manually, nothing. I cant think of what else to try.

One thing that ive noticed that i think is really shitty, is that the xpress 3200 chip dosnt have any drivers...it just uses the ones that MS has from what ive heard though i dont think that would have anything to do with the problem because i think it mainly handles the graphic side of things.

So i dont know what im going to do. Im going to try formatting again, though i think the outcome will be the same...i cant say till i try it.

Anyone got any ideas???

Specs:
Asus A8R32-MVP, Opteron 165 @ 1.8Ghz, Kingston Value Ram 2x512 DDR400, ATi X1900XT, Antec Neo HE550 PSU.

Any help and|or suggestions are greatly apprecciated.

When i got the board, like when i change out any major piece of hardware, i did a format. The results of my 1st post were after a fresh format. So i tried it again to make sure that i didnt install anything stupid to mess things up....and the problem still exists. Im constantly getting a CPU score of 1350 in 3dmark 06 where i was getting consistent 1800+ pts with the ASRock 939dual. Its really an odd problem because the CPU is the only thing that seems to be affected. The SM2.0 and HDRSM3.0 score are within reason (less than 100pts difference) so the graphics platform is working without flaw. Well, i guess im going to try swapping the old ASRock board back in to see if i get the same performance as old and if i do, then it might a flaw in the board. All the other forums that ive read have had all their problems fixed with the 0311 bios update but they had different problems than mine. Maybe i will try to get a replacement to see if it fixes it. We will see how it goes.

maybe u have cooln' quiet turned on. that can hurt performance. try to turn it off.

Honestly, run away from that board. I'm running a 170 on it now, but I'm gonna RMA this mofo when the DFI board(the new one w/ RD580 chipset) gets here.

Check your HTT multiplier. Make sure it's set to 1GHz. Then, have fun with the headache of OCing on that board. The voltage is weird on board. I have my Opty at 2.6GHz right now, but with the irregular voltage of the board, it won't go higher. Good luck, cause no one can really help you except ASUS, and they seem to be MIA in this case.

I've got the same board as well and as soon as the dfi mobo is released for the ati3200 chipset i will be buying that. Poor stability for ocing. The chipset uses the catalyst drivers to install so use ati 6.4 driver.

Awesome. I have been watching DFI-Street very closely for Angry_Games review of this board, he has been extensively testing it since it arrived.

So i took the board back to the shop for them to test it, they said that they would give me a call tomorrow about the results. For the time being, i revived my xp2000+, A7N8X-E Deluxe, AIW 7500, 768MB ram beast of a system, lol. I am probably going to just say i dont want a replacement and exchange it for a nice RAM kit seeing as ive been running this 2x512mb Kingston Value Ram for years now. When A_G finally gives his input on this board, and what kinds of OC results he gets, i will look into getting one. Probably next month or something.

Are you registered on DFI-Street Dresden?