Asus Striker II Extreme: Corruption/Freezes Troubleshooting Thread

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PSU = Thermaltake Toughpower 850W
CPU = Intel q6600 G0 VID 1.2625
RAM = Corsair XMS3 PC3-16000, 2000MHz CL9, 2x4GB DIMMS
HDD = Samsung PJ22-B 256 GB
VGA1 = XFX GTX 285
SPU ( Sound Card ) = Supreme FX
NorthBridge Cooling = EK NB/SB Asus I Acetal
SouthBridge Cooling = EK NB/SB 5 Acetal
CPU Cooling = IFX-14
RAM Cooling = Stock heatspreaders plus Corsair Dominator
nFORCE Chipset Drivers Version = v15.53
ForceWare/GeForce Drivers Version = v263.09
Sound Card Drivers Version = Soundmax v6
BIOS version 1402 required

2 Fans on IFX-14 blowing towards PSU, one fan blowing inwards the case (in the front), one blowing in the side (ontop of VGA) and 2 more cooling the radiator.

BIOS Settings
Extreme Tweaker
CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = Linked
FSB - Memory Ratio = Sync Mode
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1900
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1900
LDT Frequency = 5x
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 100
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = 200
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled (blanked out)

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = Enabled
P2 = Enabled
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 9
tRCD = 9
tRP = 9
tRAS = 26
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 2T
tRRD = 1
tRC = 35
tWR = 10
tWTR = Auto
tFAW = 35
tRD = Auto
tRTP = Auto
tRFC = 120
tREF = 7.8us

Over Voltage
CPU Voltage = 1.48750 (actual 1.55)
Loadline Calibration = Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage = 1.64 (actual 1.65)
CPU VTT Voltage = 1.4 (actual 1.41)
Memory Voltage = 1.62 (actual 1.65)
NB Core Voltage = 1.58 (actual 1.60)
SB Core Voltage = 1.60
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = Auto
NB GTL REF Ratio = Auto
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = Auto

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Auto
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Disabled
Enhanced C state = Disabled
Virtualization Technology = Enabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled

CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled (blanked out)
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled (blanked out)

Problem Description
Overclocking for a year now, this MB needs alot of patience. Managed to go to 3.6GHz, ram on stock (linked and synced have me 1:2, which is pretty good performance gain) but I used to get ramdom 0x000000124 crashes out of nowhere. Passing 40 linpack maximum with no prob, primes Blend and Gpu Caps Viewer (gpu burner, fur thingy) at the same time for 8 hours. Yesterday I was playing COD5 and after 2 hours it bsod me again, dagn I got one while writing this.

This was my problem, the above settings are of a stable q6600 at 3.8 GHz and ram at 1900MHz. Tested a week, 8 hours primed in blend and 2-3 times a day playing games. No crash whatsoever.

General guidelines:
Change the CPU and motherboard thermal pastes to ceramic, if you are clocking a lot, go liquid, especially on the motherboard. I thought I hit a wall at 3.4GHz, but that was just the Northbridge going hot.

Do yourself a favour and keep GTL REFs on auto.

More guiding here http://67.90.82.13/forums/showthread...202292&page=22 post 550 (scroll at the bottom)

I hope this helps you guys.