Now thats improved things

[The PIT]

Since the everything seems stable with the replacement cpu I overide the spd settings on the memory and set it too cas 2 and manufactures settings.
Four banks full not too bad.

[Admiral]

Glad it's finally working
I know how it feels not knowing for a while if it was the motherboard, CPU or ram at fault with these new Intel systems.

[The PIT]

It's just a pain in the ass too diagnose.

1) Try different Bios settings

2) Check out ram

3) Check out Power supply

4) Remove other hardware

5) Try another motherboard

6) Try another cpu.


The last two are big problems as a faulty motherboard can take out the cpu and vice versa.