1.4FSB is the max most think is safe for 45nm CPU's, so no need ot push 1.5 or more ... maybe EVGA put in a fail safe setting now... secondly not many peeps run 8400's stable over 4.2 ghz mate so don't worry...maybe you got a lesser CPU, lesser board, lesser ram then some others here...

500FSB is already nice not ???

I will run mine at 450FSB with 9 multi , more than enough for daily usage...