"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Retro]

sorry to go off topic :
Retro either 1) RMA your board or 2) try other ram (P45 is very picky) or 3) come to the P5Q thread and share ya settings... something is wrong and for me the P5Q dlx is an incredible stable board... a solid workhorse... don't think another CPU will help in your case...

Leeghoofd:
Thank-you very much for your reply to my issues. After trying many combinations of settings, still unable to run any half-dividers or anything beyond 450 fsb, I gave some thought to your suggestion about my ram. Only other ram I had on hand was a cheap 1GB stick of Crucial Rendition PC-4300. So, I removed the Team sticks and popped it in the board.
Success! The board now works with the 8.5 divider, and I can run it at 471x9 as well.
And the board boots into these settings without hesitation, no more freezes or bsods.
As this Rendition stick is pretty limited, I now have to decide what ram to buy to replace my Teams. Do you have any recommendations, Leeghoofd?
Not sure either if I should stay with 2X1GB or go to 2x2GB.
Thanks again for your help, you've saved me a lot of grief