Quote Originally Posted by hmx_ryan View Post
Hi guys.. Im just new here and I bump in this forum when I search for an answer to my problem.. I found you guys helpful...

Moreover, I envied you all cause you have maximized the potential on this board...

My experienced is entirely opposite to what you have attained.. I can't push the potential of this mobo because of a certain problem...

Have anyone here experiencing the same probelm as I do... Everytime I restart my PC, in Start>>Turn Off Computer>>Restart and even in Exit and Save Changes in my BIOS, the PC screen hangs.. Just a plain black.. But all of my Fans are Spinning... It won't POST...

I have updated my BIOS to 1004.. Hope you guys could help me on how to configure my machine...Heres my Specs

Proc: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200
Mobo: Asus P5Q
Ram: 2 X 1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800
VCard: Palit Geforce 8500
HDD: 300gb Seagate Sata
Optical Drive: Asus Sata DVD +/- DVD RW
PSU: Gigabyte SuperB 550
CPU Cooler: Asus Triton 70

I have tested my Sticks in Memtest and found no errors
Need more info to really help you out. Are you trying to overclock or is it not booting at stock settings? Can you fill out the template of your bios settings, and we can go from there mate.

Quote Originally Posted by Runkett View Post
I am not quite 100% orthos stable (still working on what needs to be tickled a little) but at 506 FSB (DDR 1215) I can boot and bench just fine, but the stress programs seem to stop responding after 5-15 minutes (rather than error).

I have not pushed the memory at a lower mulitplier (stopped at 506@8.5 cause i think 4.3Ghz will be the cpu limit) to see how far it will go (prob should do that) but the board does seem to go over 1200 for me without doing anything crazy.
Yeah I have seen some guys get 1200+ on this board. What do you have vdimm & vNB set at when you get 1200+ ? Also, what bios are you using?