K8N Diamond SLI has hidden BIOS options too

Just having a play with my new Diamond K8N SLI and found it has a set of hidden options in
the BIOS, much like the NEO/NEO2 boards had.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Mac Media Interface
NV/ATI Speedup
NV4x Memory Speedup %
NV4x Core Speedup %
Add NV4 Memory Clock
Add NV4 Core Clock
PCI Clock Auto Detect
Usual way to get into it... go into BIOS at boot up.
Press
Shift F2
Alt F3

Thanks for the info.  How are things running?  Have you done any benchs?

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