870A-G54 Bios 17.A (Release Date 2011-03-23) Question

Question

I noticed that bios 17.A came out and was wondering is anyone had something more descriptive than Update CPU module.
I am currently still on 178.1 because every other update (have not tried 17.A yet) hd stability problems,
mainly with my Phenom II x4 965 and
2x 2GB   G Skill F3-12800CL7-2GBRM
@ 7-8-7-24 CR2
with all of the other updates, 7-8-7-24-CR2 would cause a lot of stability problems (eg the system fails to boot to post unless I try multiple times  and when it finally does, it will freeze shortly after, but a higher timing like 9-9-9-24 will be stable, ( also cant overclock as high, with 17.1 I can get my CPU to 3.762GHz  and with any of the other newer ones, I can get around 3.6GHz
For the bios 17.A I was wondering if any of these problems are fixed or if someone could provide more details on what was actually fixed  (it is annoying flashing multiple times
(and booting the bios from flash drive doesn't help because you cant change any settings when you do it)

Answer 1

BTW guys,
I've got the G54 with Phenom 720 c2 with Ripjaw 1600 MHz (2*2) memory.
No matter what I do, I cannot get the memory run at 1600 MHz. It's either the c2 Phenom or my board cannot run the memory at 1600 Mhz.
Max I could get stable is;
FSB: 230
CPU: 230*15 (3450)
NB: 2300
HTLink: 2070
Memory: 766 (1533)  (7-8-7-24)
3Dmark benchmarks show an improvement with the mentioned spec over a standart 3500 MHz CPU, just overclocking the CPU multi.
Is the increased memory speed (even though it's not 1600) and the increased CPU-NB frequency really an improvement on real world applications, or it's just for benchmark stuff and won't make a difference on gaming?
Thanks in advance!