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A little update...seems I got some bum Ballistix, I have really bad luck with memory, second time out of 2 times this happened. Did some testing and the memory doesnt do its rated spec with memtest, so something's funny there. And the random lockup at 423 MHz even after a 8 hour Orthos run is weird. Either that or I dont know what I'm doing, but I tried pretty much all MCH/FSB/Memory voltage combos, straps, timings, and speeds, still doesnt work right. So I put the old Corsair memory with those high-bandwidth Promos chips in them and am just running it at 3.7 GHz now. I will cherish the day I buy some fancy memory and it isnt DOA or refusing to do the rated spec.
If I were you I would RMA the Ballistix since crucial has one of the best RMA services I have ever seen. Up there with EVGA.