Quote Originally Posted by Tyke View Post
I finally got core 1 sorted, then core 4 failed.
GTL settings seem to be the answer here. Currently Priming with VTT on Auto, and -41 on GTL, been OK for an hour! Must admit, haven't played around with the different bios files. Currently running 9 x 450MHz. Also I'm not sure this board likes OCZ memory, I can't get anything higher than 1800MHz with my 2000MHz rated memory, even if I just use two sticks. I'm disappointed that I can't even get this board to post properly at 2000FSB, strange that in the reviews they seem to be able to do this no problem - prolly a hand-picked board!! Gonna have a play around today and see what happens.
Tyke - Sorry to hear about that, you spend all this time trying to get one core stable and as soon as you do a different core fails, lol! I think your very right about GTL's being the answer, especially at the higher FSB speeds your running at the moment! The more I read about how GTL settings on this board work the more I think they are important. The only detailed information I've found regarding the GTL's on this motherboard in particular is Kris's article over at Anandtech (great article by the way)!

This article explains very clearly how to first calculate the relationship between VTT and GTL's, then how to convert that setting into mV which the Striker II Extreme uses. Using this information can get you very close to where you want to be, then its up to experimentation to fine tune them and get things stable.

Does anyone remember what page or what post # had the included GTL voltage table in it (I believe it was this thread but I could be wrong)?

Qwik - I assume you were using your QX9770 when you were testing the settings above? With that said, although you mentioned you haven't been able to run at FSB2000Mhz how high can you go?