ASUS A8V Boot Problem

[aatf510]

I received my ASUS A8V-Deluxe today from zipzoomfly, and I have spent 6+ hours to boot up properly (without clearing out the CMOS after every boot). I am using a FX-55, two sticks of Corsair XL Model 512MB, Antec NeoPower 480W and a x800xt PE. My motherboard is a Rev 2.0, and it comes with the 1007 BIOS, however, I can only boot up the system with POST every first time I cleared the CMOS, or else it would not have NO VIDEO SIGNAL, NO LIGHTS ON THE RAM and have a lady repeating "CPU test fails". I have tried swapping the memory around, and I have tried every combination of one stick and two sticks. still NO HELP!
I then upgraded the BIOS from 1007 to 1008, no help!
Then 1008 to 1009 beta 2, no help!
I had almost given up, and then finally...
1009 beta downgrade to 1006.
AND it seems to work!!

I know that this is weird, ASUS claims bios 1007+ is required for a FX-55 to work.
but man.. at least my computer is booting up properly every time now.

I have one questions though, how can I make sure that my memory is working in dual channel mode. Thanks!

 

[Marty42]

During post the memory test line will show your 512MB in dual channel. Check it out during the next boot. My 939 3400+ worked best when I went from the rev 1 board 1005 bios up to the 1008. I also have the CPU setup running on auto overclock.

 

[aatf510]

I check the Post screen, but it doesn't seems to show me that. Is that showing single/dual channel only available on a later Bios than 1006?