OC P6N SLi plat. Barrier around 1600MHz?[FIXED] with new bios now at 3.4GHz

I'm currently running oc-ed on 3Ghz, see sig for all details.
I'm trying, to get to 3.2GHz with standard mp @x8 and fsb @1600MHz, but now matter what I try the board either, doesn't boot at all, or hangs at post when I pick a fsb between ~1600MHz and 1700MHz, regardless of cpu multiplier setting.
When I pass ~1705-1710 it boots fine again. and then I can get it stable, but as said I dont want such a big OC, I'm out for a fsb:dram @1:1.
Things I've tried:
-Up Vcore to step by step, no result went no further than 0.1v, cause it's already stable at this speed with +0.025V and to avoid damage to cpu. (I dont know how far to go but this was my limit ).
-Vdimm auto en also upped step by step to 2.2V with no results, with either manually setting timings or let bios set timings.
-FSB VTT to 20%.
-NB up to 1.5V, but again, it runs on 1.275V stable now.
-SB up to 1.7V, runs on auto now.
I've tried all sort of variations of the things above but I'm getting tired of pushing the cmos button and its no good for my pc either .
All with no results, if it's below 1600MHz it will boot with everything else on auto or above 1705 MHz it will boot with specs below.
Anyone else with the same problem or did I miss something?
Edit:
I also tried upping PCI-E to 110Mhz, but that didnt do the trick either.

Thanks for your info and input.
I've got a scythe mugen scinf-1000 so I 'm limited to air, watercooling is , yet, to complicated for me
And yes everything above 1710 it will do, even your 1800 boots up fine, but to reach 1:1 I must up the Vdimm to 2.25V for reaching 900MHz mem speed at auto settings, otherwise no post.
And since I dont want to fry my memory , I'll either have to buy a cooler for the mem or other mem then and this pair is brand spanking new, but was cheap I'll have to say .
And even then it's stable, but as said I dont want such a big oc, I'm out for a 1:1 divider
But it's bugging me I cant boot @1600MHz fsb , I just want to run it at 3.2GHz, with mem @800MHz, but the mobo isnt cooperating.
About VTT thx for the info, I was told en also read about it on the net and they described it as "noise reduction" for compensating the higher cpu speed, but i'll go and bench current setup without VTT .
They are both, cpu and board, good oc-able, let me say that first, but my mobo will not boot between 1600MHz and ~1700MHz
I know clearing cmos isn't all that bad, but turning on/off your pc 15 - 25 times a day cant be that good though

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