Jeezuz, what a thread,.. matyrs, heros, masochists...lol, this thing at stock with bios 401 was bad, unstable graphics, hardware all wrong settings. These pages give me signs of a Holy Grail.

NOW THIS... yes, a kranky, delicate beast, obviously needs whipping into shape. I read most of this and done some whipping, now i believe in the common quest: Cranked Control.

Flashed from usb to bios 907, tried to set things manualy and had a failed OC.

So, set CPU Level Up to 6850, then RAM timings 5.5.5.15 2T, booted into a red DRAM 2.29v ....Ai OC Tuner to Manual, bios reset DRAM to 2.18 and got 2.06... wouldn't mind to get this ram speed optimal sometime. tried to set RAM in bios to 1066 and came back with like 800?

If i could get it up to 3.4GHz and get it sitting stable like it is at the moment... that will be just groovee. Also noticed with Everest and CPU-Z that the CPU backs down to 2003MHz 6x when idling.? Test it in Crysis and COD4 later today... yaay.

But hey... it seems orite pumping at:

CPU 3005.5MHz @ 1.344v
FSB 344 9x
DRAM 400.7
Ratio 12:10
DRAM 2.06v
DRAM REF 1.04v

Happy with the temps...

CPU 39C at sustained 35% load, 29C idle, 47C CPU Queen benchmark 21488...on air, Zalman CNPS9700NT 1360 rpm
NB 45C " " 45C idle

Noticed that PC Probe craps its readings when CPU-Z is opened, must be a conflict in Vista 64.