Holmer - Did you have any luck with those settings (1540Mhz) or do you still have the same stability issues? Obviously your QX9650 should be able to handle 1600Mhz without any issues at all but maybe you need to do some GTL testing? From what I have read most people are able to get between 430Mhz-450Mhz before having to tweak any GTL settings but everyone systems are different. Your voltages all seem resonable for the settings your using, if anything their more than enough? Make sure to let us know how it goes?

tekjunkie - How are things going for you currenlty, any luck with the network connection? Have you figured out if it is indeed your overclock and not something else causing the issues? I think M@G!C had a good suggestion about the overclock maybe causing the problem although I would have assumed if the network drivers were not loading properly wouldn't other drivers (GFX, Sound Card) also have issues? Last but not least I assume your using one of the onboard LAN connections?

slim142 - I've got great news regarding my testing last night! I was 100% convinced that Orthos would fail within minutes of starting it up but it was still running strong when I got out of bed this morning before I went to work (just a bit over 7hrs)! Since I had to work all day I manually stopped Orthos from running and shut-down my rig for the day. I was so happy when I realized it was still running, what a relief to say the least! Just to give everyone an idea of my stable settings I'll list them below (just keep in mind that the settings I used were not tweaked at all. RAM timings were loose, voltage are probably higher than they need to be, and I haven't touched any GTL or RAM REF settings). My goal is just to get a few settings running stable and then start to really tweak the settings for best performance.


CPU Level Up: Auto
RAM Level Up: Auto
P1: Enabled
P2: Enabled
AI Overclocking Tuner: Manual
Overclock Options: Disabled
CPU Multipler: 9.0x
FSB Memory Clock Mode: Linked
FSB Memory Ratio: Synced
FSB: 1605Mhz
(Memory Speed: 1605Mhz)
LDT: 5x
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tCL (CAS Latency): 7
tRCD: 7
tRP: 7
tRAS: 21
Command Per Clock: 1T
tRFC: 60
(Rest of Memory Settings): Auto
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VCore: 1.250v
CPU PLL: 1.50v
CPU VTT: 1.24v
Memory Voltage: 1.96v
NB: 1.42v
SB: 1.55v
All CPU GTL_REF Ratios: Auto
NB GTL_REF: Auto
All DDR3 REF Voltages: Auto
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All Spread Spectrum Settings: Disabled

As you can see almost all of these settings are very "safe", this was only my first major stability testing session. As time goes on I will of course work on tightening up timings, lowering voltages, and tweaking the GTL's (especialy once I install my QX9770)! I'm going to work on a few settings tonight and run Orthos overnight once again and hope for the best!