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Situation

Home build 12/2007

Q6600 w Zalman Cooler
ASUS Striker Extreme MB
Striker extreme-BIOS 1901 4/28/09
8800 GTX 768 MB x2 in SLI
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8 GB (2 x 4) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (would like to get to 4 x 4 for 16 GB (MAIN PROBLEM))
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit (originally Vista)
WD 150GB Raptor X (x2 Raid 0) (OS & programs)
HITACHI Deskstar 1 1TB (file storage)
Lite-On DVD Burner
Sony BD Burner
Card Reader
Cooler Master Stacker Case

Problem –System won’t boot with more than 2 sticks of RAM
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8 GB (2 x 4) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Trying to get to 4 x 4 for 16 GB
Originally Corsair XMS2 2 x2 for 4 GB, ran stable. 4 x 2 for 8 GB, ran, sometimes unstable.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

your far from the first to have that prob with that motherboard. I dont what exactly is causing it nor what to do about it but ill be researching it and see what i find.