Ok, what the first thing I need to be looking at if I can't get my system to boot after 485 fsb? Vcore is not the problem. I've got the Ip35 std and it gets flaky from 485 and impossible to boot after 498. I've got so many Ballistix sticks that I'm wondering if switching up the sticks will even make a difference. My CPU seems to do 3.88 stable (E6850) but I can't even boot at 6x500 .... Eist is diabled. My first intel system and this "strap" thing has me confused.