K8n plat/sli

Question about cool 'n quiet,  i have done all the steps that are stated in the other post i have the k8neo 4 plat/sli with bios 3.0 <could this be my problem.  the cpu speed and voltage of my e3 venice doesnt change what so ever.
Thanks
Andrew

Your CPU is a Venice one. As I know, supporting Venice and San Diego CPU needs BIOS support. You can use other supported CPU such as Winchestor etc. to flash BIOS to the latest version 3.4. Of course, please enter BIOS to Load Optimized defaults after flashing BIOS.Then change CPU to the Venice to verify.
The BIOS 3.3 and 3.4 might cause shut down issue when user set up RAID.From your deployment, you only have one SATA HDD, it seems that you have not set up RAID. There is no problem updating BIOS to 3.4.
You mentioned the HDDs are not recognized after you flash BIOS to 3.4. The following instructions below are for your reference.
*After flashing BIOS, please make sure enter BIOS to Load Optimized defaults first, then check Integrated Peripherals-->IDE Function Setup-->SATA1&SATA2-->Enabled(supposed your SATA HDD is connected on SATA1 or SATA2); Save&exit setup; then re-enter BIOS to verify if your HDDs are recognized in Hard Disk Boot Priority in Advanced BIOS Features. If they are detected correctly, please set the HDD with OS to 1st Boot Device. Of course, you should first set Hard Disk as 1st Boot Device. Gook Luck!

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