OK, so they ran at 3200Mhz just by using XMP? Great! So even though your (ASUS's) QVL don't have them listed as XMP enabled some of the memory will still run using the XMP mode at the higher speeds? That's good news. I wonder why the testers didn'...
Raja@ASUS wrote:Someone was reporting similar issues with the 16GB kits, too. I tested all three variants that Corsair makes and they were all stable on the board. With that being the case, you're likely going to need to tune things yourself.Raja@ASU...
Did you try popping the drive out of one system and putting it in the other to see if the windows boot time is quicker? I know first (and maybe second) time around it is going to install drivers for the new/old board but after that is should boot up...
Go in your bios at startup and check your bios overclock multiplyer setting of the cpu. Make sure it isn't set to 8. It should be in auto just to check. The only other thing I can think of is to make sure your CPU is seated correctly.
You're going to have to overclock it the old fashion way. Voltage and timing tweaks over and over until you get what you can. Asus has informed me that unless there is an XMP at the end of the memory name in the QVL for your motherboard - ex. CMD16G...
