Thx for the quick reply, Wolf!
The board supports 3 sticks in slots 2, 3 and 4 according to the literature and I wouldn't have messed with the BIOS settings except that it was reporting the chip running at like 2.18Ghz rather than 2.66 which is it's default speed. It was also indicating the RAM running at 800Mhz when it's 1150 out of the box. (the mobo will support 1200+)
After reading further I think the problem might be that Windows 7 Ult x64 on the (2) HDDs I'm trying to use is an OEM Dell install. Looks like I have to make a image of one of em and reinstall Windows (non OEM) with the drive on the new board then restore the image once I can get Windows to boot....at least I hope. (really don't want to reinstall all apps again
The first thing I'll try though is to change the BIOS to Safe Defaults to see if it'll boot with no overclocking.
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