ahhhhhhhhh, that's better. I was going to say that a termination of 1.5 for a 45nm CPU is NOT GOOD, and death may be nearby; actually, 1.36 is also still quite high, no? I'm not sure why you're working under your VID.....running @ the VID (or slightly above) is good for the chip, no? Then you might be able to lower the termination? Just curious if my thinking is right on your overclock, and how it might relate to mine on an EP45-UD3R.