Quote Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue View Post
a couple things that i would recommend:

do not use 1T....that can disrupt a lot of things when memory is being accessed at that speed....intel chipsets are all about high latencies...1T doesn't work very well on intel chipsets since MCH is in the NB...it might on AMD but that is because the MCH is located on the CPU die.

2nd, i heard via the grapevine that WD Raptor drives are subject to errors on this newest version of the ICH9(R) chipset(s)....if you can swap out the drive with another type other than a Raptor, you might just get a higher overclock.

3rd, try boosting your ICHIO 1.5v to 2.0v for a short time along with boosting your MCH to 1.7v for a short time to see if that steadies your overclock or allows you to go higher...if it does allow for a higher overclock or makes it very stable then you can back it down a notch at a time to find the sweet spot.
Memory is set at 2T. At the moment I am using Vista which is on a Seagate drive, the Raptor is my XP install so that should rule that out. I had not played with the ICHIO voltages and MCH I have not gone above 1.54 (I think that is the step). I will give that a shot and see what happens. Let me ask you a question. I see the posts of some people having problems with tightening the cpu cooler too tight. I wonder, is it possible to have tightened the screws on the heatpipe assembly too tight. Could this possibley be causing my problems?