Hey guys, I think i'm acutally stable i made the below settings last night and woke up this morning to a 14.5hr large FFT pass. clearly, ram was never my issue cause i'm finally running it OCed. so, my question now, what is strap and how does it affect things? I went from the 333 to 400 and became stable. Does strap affect "rated FSB"?

Processor: Q9505
BIOS revision: 1802
Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
Ratio CMOS Setting: 8.5
FSB Frequency: 409
CPU Clock Skew: Normal
NB Clock Skew: Normal
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 400
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1090MHz

DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: Auto
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: Auto
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

CAS# Latency: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5 DRAM Clocks
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 18 DRAM Clocks
RAS# to RAS# Delay: 3
Row Refresh Recycle Time: 55 DRAM Clocks
Write Recovery Time: 6
Read to Precharge Time: 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D): 8
Write to Read Delay (S): 3
Write to Read Delay (D): 5
Read to Read Delay (S): 4
Read to Read Delay (D): 6
Write to Write Delay (S): 4
Write to Write Delay (D): 6

Write to PRE Delay: 14
Read to PRE Delay: 5
PRE to PRE Delay: 1
All PRE to ACT Delay: 6
All PRE to REF Delay: 6
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: enabled
Ai Clock Twister: Moderate
Ai Transaction Booster: Manual

Common Performance Level: 12
Pull-in of CHA PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHA PH2: Disabled
...
Pull-in of CHB PH1: Disabled
Pull-in of CHB PH2: Disabled
...

PCIE Frequency: 101

CPU Voltage: 1.31
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.54
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.3385
DRAM Voltage: 2.118
North Bridge Voltage: 1.378
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage: 1.51325
South Bridge 1.1 Voltage: 1.11325

CPU GTL Reference (0): 90
CPU GTL Reference (1): 50
CPU GTL Reference (2): 90
CPU GTL Reference (3): 50
NB GTL Reference: Auto
DDR2 ChA Reference Voltage: Auto
DDR2 ChB Reference Voltage: Auto
North Bridge DDR Reference: Auto

CPU Configuration:

Ratio CMOS Setting: 8.5
C1E Support: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

Load-Line Calibration: Disabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled