I have managed to piece together quite the online killing machine:
S5000PSL
2x L5420 2.5ghz
32gb RAM
ATi 5750HD 1gb
Audigy2
I have tried the IDA boot CD to no avail. When I select the Intel website to get updates, it will hang for hours trying to connect to the Intel servers. When I select a USB thumbdrive which I have put the updating tools on, it hangs the same.
I've tried making a bootable USB drive using Rufus on FreeDOS and it will not boot. I'm pretty much at a wits end here, the issues I'm having are my CPU's being detected as 2.33ghz not 2.5 (though they are running at 2497.5mhz in CPU-Z), their stepping isnt supported by the BIOS and Im only getting 24gb RAM instead of 32gb, where C2 is disabled and D2 is failed. I've swapped sticks so I know my RAM is good.
FWIW, my BIOS is set to AHCI enabled where all 6 are enabled.gobs of horsepower and balls for days, I regularly get 200fps in Counter Strike Source max resolution all the eye candy on.