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2. fsb strap: help? What the hell is this setting? FSB Strap is basically a set of MCH tmings that influence memory subsystem performance including bandwidth and latency - a lower strap ie: 200 is 'tighter' than a higher ie: 333 strap, and will give better performance but require more vNB to stabilize. Strap chosen also dictates your memory speed options.

3. DRAM static read and read training: huh? it says disabled for better DRAM oc... so i did lol.... what are these? Both are another set of MCH performance controls - enabling them gives a slight (difgferes board to board) gain but will require more vNB to stabilize

4. OC charger and clock twister? wha...? leaving auto is good? OC Charger from my testing seems to increase drive strength for to the ram - often helps overclocking the ram higher, enabling this can also allow you to run a lower vdimm for a given ram speed

5. trans booster: i set to lv5 coz i saw it on the P5Q deluxe.... said lower level is better and all 4 of my cores said they're level 08? (i think...) Probably tRD aka 'performance level' - sets the overall performance of the MCH, and has a very large effect on memory bandwidth and latency - setting this to a lower value gives higher performance, but will require more vNB to stabilize, although depending on ram strap used, only certain options are available. Setting to a 'not allowed' option will result in no post, regardless of vNB used

6. GTL: wth? no .67? thats what i used on my bloodiron to hit 3.6ghz... now its only .61, .63, and .65?? See my thread on GTL Refs if you want an in depth explanation, but your board has very limited options here as its not an enthusiast OCing board - just choose what works best

7. Margin enhancement? Performance/Optimized/somethinelseicantremember.... I think this has something to do with optimizing the performance of low grade CPU's - leave it at default, I've never seen anyone report any gains by changing it
i can see now how u got that nickname.

thank you bunches, good sir!

@GTL: darn, i thought i had the good board with Pro Turbo....