Guys,

got a problem with a build here. Striker 2 Extreme with 2x2GB of OCZ Reaper DDR3-1600 CL7 mem.
I've done a few S2E builds the past months and never had any problems with them, but this one is really starting to piss me off.
Basically it just hates the mem, won't post half the time but hang at "memory testing" message. When it does start it freezes in Windows, during memtest and during any 3D app after 5-15 minutes.
With some settings the SATA controller seems to crap out too, e.g. when I want to run FSB 400 and mem unlinked it will say boot device failure without even searching for a boot record. If I set to 1600 linked sync it acts as if nothing happened, but still freezes. FSB 1333 linked sync seems stable but what good is that. Set timings manually to 7-7-7-24 2T, increaed vNB up to 1,6V (mobo is watercooled and I even replaced that crappy Asus pad under the northbridge with MX-2, so temps are good), set Vdimm to 1,9V, nothing.

Never seen the S2E crap around like that before, I guess I'm fighting incompatibility here. Already contacted OCZ for an SPD update, maybe that'll help.

Tried bioses 0902 and 0804 (latest 2 official ones), do they both suck by any chance?

System specs are E8500/S2E/2x GTX 260 SLI/WD Velociraptor/Amacrox (FSP) 750W PSU