eVGA 790i and Q9450 -- Need Some Assistance

[Natalia]

I just got my Q9450 and my eVGA 790i today, and could use a bit of help getting it all setup.

So far it is not going as smoothly as I had hoped. One thing that seems to be weird, is that I really

haven't done anything to the BIOS so far, other than disable the onboard audio, enable RAID, and change

the boot sequence. Yet for some reason, half the time I boot into Windows, the computer locks up after

about 5 minutes. No BSOD, just locks up. What is weird is I have been able to run Orthos on all four

cores for about 3 minutes (I ended because I felt at stock speeds that was long enough), and also ran 2

MemTest's for 700MB each for about 7 minutes before I ended them.

Here is what I have setup in the BIOS so far. I am shooting to get 450 FSB by the end of this, if not

475+

CPU Multiplier 8x
PCIe _1 and _2 MHz Auto
PCIe _3 MHz Auto
SPP <-> MCP Ref Clock Auto
nForce SPP -> nForce MCP 5x
nForce SPP <- nForce MCP 5x

CPU Spread Spectrum Center
HT Spread Spectrum Auto
PCIe Spread Spectrum (SPP) Disabled
PCIe Spread Spectrum (MCP) Auto
SATA Spread Spectrum Down

FSP Memory Clock Mode Auto(1333)
Memory Timings Optimal
tCL Auto(7)
tRCD Auto(7)
tRP Auto(7)
tRAS Auto(20)
CMD Auto(1T)

tRRD Auto(4)
tRC Auto(28)
tWR Auto(12)
tWTR Auto(16)
tFAW Auto(17)

Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled
Intel Speedstep Disabled
CPU Thermal Control Disabled
C1E Enhanced Halt State Enabled
Execute Disabled Bit Enabled
Virtualization Technology Enabled

CPU Core Auto(1.17V)
CPU FSB Auto(1.1V)
Memory Auto(1.5V)
nForce SPP Auto(1.3V)
nForce MCP Auto(1.5V)

GTLUREF Lanes 0-3 Auto



What is really weird, is the memory I purchased, OCZ PC12800 had on the item listing 7-6-6-24 @ 1.9V, yet

when I try booting with that, I don't have much luck getting Windows to load.


Any help and assistance with this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!