E8500 locked multiplier Abit I-n73hd bios issues

[rej156]

Yesterday I bought a E8500 just after christmas, I boot up and first got the recognizable 92*c temperature reading off the cpu but not system... (In the bios mind you) I had to disable the cpu shutdown temperature to even boot up into windows.
I fixed it by flashing the bios via usb with the Intel E0 stepping bios from the other thread, this got the temperatures correct in the bios and got my chip recognised...
However this bios doesn't fix the locked multiplier at 6x, I kinda don't wanna run a E8500 @ 2Ghz after spending a sum for it =|
I also found out that after clearing my bios with the cmos jumper, it would vary the multiplier using EIST correctly but if I restarted, the multiplier would lock up at 6 again...
It's just a bios problem really =[

[Ulti]

I haven't had this problem before but have you tried disabling EIST? Or are you saying the multiplier only gets recognised properly if you turn EIST on and if it's off it's stuck at x6?

[rej156]

I just flashed it back to the 2007 Bios revision 13 just now =[ Now reading at temperatures 92*c before, I disabled all the options just now and the multiplier's still locked...
I might try enable it again and see, this is really weird... I know it's not the cpu though for sure (Y)
Really hoping to overclock like this as it's the same setup as mine except the HSF-
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...vhk/174_74.jpg
Edit- Just overclocked a bit to 1400FSB, it's still locked at 2.1Ghz even with a voltage increase... This 6x multiplier is being annoying =[

[Ulti]

Well you mentioned that clearing the CMOS helped a bit as it varied the multiplier from 9.5x to 6x correctly, however upon restart it doesn't save? This is hinting at either a slightly faulty BIOS chip or perhaps just a simple problem with the CMOS battery which can easily be dealt with by replacing it. Not sure if it's 100% to do with these though. Have you tried loading optimized defaults etc?

Even if you disabled intel EIST speedstep technology, maybe the board doesn't recognise this and still sets it to 6x multiplier, you have tested in Windows with a CPU stressing program to see that it does stay on 6x even though there's stress right?

Also... Last possibility is that your heatsink isn't seated correctly and perhaps the CPU throttles down.. This is very unlikely though but it's worth a check anyway.

If none of these solve it then I'm afraid I can't help anymore.

[rej156]

Nope as I mentioned already, the cpu runs at like 28*c idle and 40*c load, checked with realtemp. The bios from the Intel E0 stepping thread got these temperatures too in the bios.
Yeah I've checked it earlier with prime95, the multiplier doesn't go up... EIST enabled or disabled =[
Heatsink's a Xigmatek S-1283 so the temperatures are low-
Only thing that would fix it is an updated BIOS =[

[barnabas]

I have made the same experience with that board (of a friend) and one E5300 step R0

the muliplier was fix @6x - no way to change - after using one E5200 step M0 anything was ok