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qwwwizx · Rated PG

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I tried some different things now. I found out that the 1503 beta firmware had some problems saving my settings, so no matter what I did, my linked/unlinked settings wasnâ€™t saved and neither was my memory settings. Looking around on the net to see if other people had the same problem, I found another forum where someone posted a link to new beta bios that isnâ€™t available on ASUS site yet - 1504 beta.

The 1504 beta bios gave me big headache, because my computer died completely after updating, so I thought that it might be a virus or something. Nothing worked and my motherboard display text was "code init". I tried different things to reset the bios but nothing worked, the computer was dead. The last thing I did was taking off the battery from the motherboard, while in parallel looking for a new motherboard on the net. After like 15 minutes I inserted the battery again and bling!!! the computer booted with the new bios...

Now that I have been over clocking most of the day I am on 3.6GHz, my special settings are as follow in the ASUS Striker Extreme bios -> Extreme tweaker:

AI Tuning: Manual
FSB & Memory config: Unlinked; FSB 1600; MEM 800
Over clocking: CPU Multiplier 9
Overvoltage: NB Core 1,5v; CPU VTT 1,5v

From Everest Ultimate I can read the following out when the system runs:

CPU kernel: 1.39V
FSB VTT: 1.42V
NB: 1.52V
SB: 1.50V
DIMM: 2.13V
DIMM VTT: 1.07V

Everything else is default/auto settings in the bios. I ran some burn tests to see how thing performs.

My core temps goes from around 37c to 63 c on heavy load now.
My 3Dmark 2006 raised from 10.700 to 13.000

Tonight I will try playing Crysis for some hours to see if it is really stable or not.

The adjustment with the NB seemed like a good investment, but I am a little unsure how much of the work is really done by the new bios. How do all the settings and results sound?
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Intel Q6600
ASUS Striker Extreme
4 x 2 GB Corsair XMS2 Xtreme PC6400 - CL4
eVGA 8800GTX
Thermaltake Kandalf LCS w. Watercooling
Thermaltake Toughpower 850W
250 GB SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.10 -16 MB-SATA II