Quote Originally Posted by nealh View Post
I bet the ram is really fine..no curses Andy..how can anybody who builds a beautiful TJ07 be cursed

the issue is likey the 4:5 divider, not the ram...from what i have heard it can require alot more NB voltages and just may not be stable

I tried to get my 10th anniv crucial that will do 5-6-5-5-18 at 500mhz for 24hrs on RD600 to run like 390fsb at 4:5...it was a no go

The Badaxe 2 is a great and stable board but it really doe not tweak well for performance IMHO

That is ..1:1 at 400 and maybe up to 430-450 from many other reports is probably ok on a C2D...but the 4:5 divideris a real push on this mobo
I saw the same thing, tried the 4:5 at 400 mhz, no boot until doing 1.6 mch, 1.4 fsb, and 2.32 mem. Orthos would instantly crash though. Same situation all the way up to 1.65 mch, 1.4 fsb, and 2.4 mem. Basically non functional. I then went to the 1333 strap and tried 5:6, no boot no matter what. So I'm stuck at 1:1...but here's where I think my memory is still a problem, doing 423 44412 it will do Orthos for over 8 hours, but then if you do Orthos and stuff like web browsing and other applications, it will randomly lock up or turn off once in a while, ~ an hour or two. And it needs 2.32v to run Orthos at that speed, and even 2.36 wont do either at 423mhz to stop the lockups/turnoffs. I didnt try higher voltages. Reading what others are doing with D9 ballistix, I get the feeling that this stuff isnt so good. I dunno. I'd think I should even be able to at least do 400 mhz 3339 with this, but no go there either. I suppose I could be happy with 3.8 ghz/423 1:1 44412, but with the lockups/turnoffs, I'm not. And I definately would like to try to explore 3.9 Ghz, but I dont know if my memory is the cause of no boot, or the cpu needing more that 1.55 vcore is the cause . I guess I'll RMA it and see what another set will do, my overall feel for this is that something's wrong. My lowly Corsair Promos have a much more stable at the edge feel to them than this 'super duper D9' memory. You know, I just thought of something, try 55515 at 423+ to see what happens. Arrgh, wish I thought about this earlier as I had the day off, tommorrow I gotta go to work and I will be wondering all day.