Asus A8N32-SLI initial impression....WOW!

[Mr_Gl@ss]

Anyone running mushkin eXtreme DDR500 (2GB, 1GBx2) RAM with this MB? This memory is advertised to run 250mhz, which it seems to for me but 60% of the time when I first boot the computer up, it just sits there with a blank screen (like the monitor is not getting any signal from the computer). I have to shut off the computer and restart it where I'll receive the overclock error, press F1 for setup.

If I just change the FSB/HTT by 1mhz, save and restart, it starts up fine. However, next day when I go to start it, if it hangs again, I just change the HTT back by 1mhz, save and restart, and it starts up fine... Well, I threw on a memory divider this time around and for the past 3 days it's been booting up fine. The whole reason I bought this RAM though was to run a 1:1 with the CPU. I'm running 250x10 right now so I'm not quite sure why the RAM is having problems (passes memtest86+ fine, running it at the stock 2.8 volts).

Is it this RAM?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=73013

http://forums.mushkin.com/phpbb2/vie...ee78c2ea026677

I'm using the same stuff (991483's) if so and it's running at DDR 500 stable. The BIOS settings for this board are confusing to me (and my other 2 boards are DFI's!). I pieced together some of Marios post and others from the net, I'll post how it's setup when I get home. The only issue's I've had with this board were the ACPI non-compliant Blue screen message (which was fixed by turning the parallel port back on in the BIOS) and a reboot loop issue (which was fixed by plugging the PCI-Express power cable in for my vid card, DOH!). So far so good.

[Eluzion]

That would be the memory. Would be awesome if you could post up all the BIOS settings for the memory! I just set the speed back to 200mhz (1:1) and entered all the values I could based off that post so I'll see how it runs. There are quite a few settings that just have me lost though, so any help would be appreciated.

[Mr_Gl@ss]

I'll do that when I get home, however I'm pretty sure I left the memory settings at auto. Check this thread for some starters:

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17410

I know it's OCZ memory but it should give you some general idea.