Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[Daveburt714]

What happens when you raise nb volts, does it give more stability?

There is something weird happening here. I have zero problems with 9850. The only difference. DQ6.
Which I thought was DS5 but with 2 more 8x pcie slots.

You can't actually raise the NB v's on the DS5 Aussie. What the F5 bios does is lower the NB v's when set to AUTO to 1.138v. Then all options from there are minus settings, but if you set it to minus it subtracts than number from the chips stock voltage (1.25 for 96BE/1.30 for 9850BE).
So for example, with a 9850 Auto = 1.138/NB, but setting it to -0.025 results in a NB voltage of 1.275.... Very confusing I know, but thats the way it works.

In reality you can never even get the NB to run at stock v's using the F5 bios. Setting it to -0.025 (1.275) is the highest possible. I've never even been able to get my machine to post at the -.025 setting though, so there may be something screwy going on there..

If you wouldn't mind man, would you let us know what your stock voltages look like on the odd things like Chipset Voltage, HTT & HTR? I think Keithlm may be on to something there.

KTE:Sorry Bud, I missed your question about the RAM sticks.. Yeah, it's clearance with the Zalman 9700, the Reapers have than big heat pipe sticking out the top. No forcing those bad boys!!