I have a major problem guys. I have been reading through this thread for several weeks and just tring to solve my problems myself with the advice that is given in this thread by various people BUT i have come to my limits here. I had OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600 ram with this Blackops BUT after reading through this thread i purchased the CellShock 1866 ram with the Blue heatsink!!
I have quad core 9650 and i have the P04 bios. with this bios i was able to boot with Anandtech memory settings at 1600 (400fsb) and multi 10 for 4.0Ghz. I nstalled my ativirus software and all was well for a while then i started having intermittent periods where the system would just not respond in Windows Vista 32bit....i would have to wait several minutes after even clicking on the start button!! I thought it was the antivirus software so i tried to uninstall it BUT the system kept hanging...so i decided to reinstall WIndows Vista Ultimate Edition to start fresh. Now when i try to reinstall windows the whole thing just hangs during the initial setup screen.all this at default 3.0 setting with my Cellshock at 1333 or 1066....1600 is just out of the question.
I would just like to install windows with my quad core and cellshock at stock first then slowly crank up the system to 4.0. I am watercooling the processor at present. Anyone in this forum with quadcore 9650 and cellshock with this mobo ...please give some advice on how to get this machine of mine booting with vista installed. Thanks again