Quote Originally Posted by jmmtn4aj View Post
Hi guys, I just got the board.. Is it normal for it to not recognize voltages for Ballistix ram? I've updated to the latest bios and can't for the life of me get it to boot with Ballistix without having to swap out the ram with some cheap samsung 667mhz to adjust voltages. Otherwise it's C1 all the way. It's freaking troublesome changing ram too, because the graphics card just happens to be sitting on the module locking latch :@

And another question, any performance drops using the second PCI-E slot (middle one, not closest to cpu socket)? From what I understand only the first slot gets 16x
I have two kits of ballistix 8500 here and both work flawlessly, posts fine at stock, overclocks like a monster. If you kit is old or has been used in a 680i mobo I would take a guess and say it's suffering from electron migration or is damaged.

Yes there with be noticable performance drops using the second PCI-e slot, as it only runs at 4x speed maximum(after switching in bios).