Oc genie lite 890fxa-gd70 causes code FF

Hey guys,
Im computer literate (enthusiast) but new to overclocking. I figured I would just do the genie untill i learned all the ins and outs of the complexity of overclocking properly, rather than just ramp the fsb and voltage without knowing what im doing lol. Well Whenever I try to activate the genie lite it restarts like it says it will do but wont boot and displays FF which seems cpu related. I dont know if my ram is to blame which i have a hunch it could be.
Here is the setup
msi 890fxa-gd70 bios v1.7
amd 1100t x6 be
corsair dominator ddr3 1600 4GB (2x2) CMD4GX3M2A1600C9 which is on newegg but no longer corsairs page for some reason (8GB gskill on order)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145323&Tpk=CMD4GX3M2A1600C9
what I ordered: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231439
intel x25v 40GB drive for OS and 320GB 7200rpm data
800watt corsair psu
pny nvidia gts 450
Im just curious whats going on
thanks

Quote from: H3y Dud3 on 17-March-11, 00:03:32
I had the same problem, and MSI advised me to update my BIOS to v1.8.  You might give that a try.  I flashed my BIOS to v1.8, but had other issues, so I reflashed it back to v1.7 before I tested the Genie Lite function.  Right now I'm running two 6950's in CF, and since everything is running smoothly without OC, I've decided to hold off on the OC Genie issues.
MSI 890FXA-GD70/BIOS 1.7, AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition, Cooler Master HAF 922
Corsair XMS3 4GB PC10666 DDR3 1333MHz (X4)
MSI Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.1 (X2 - CF)
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA HD 7200/64MB/SATA-6G (X2)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
ULTRA X4 750W Modular Power Supply
Lite ON 8X Blu Ray/16X DVDRW w/Lightscribe
Lite On 12X Blu Ray Burner
Thanks i better try that, although what other bugs did u get?
If you dont mind me asking what res and games are you playing that require dual cards? I always thought i needed cf or sli untill I built this thing, and im only on a gts450 but at 1920x1080 (23") I play crysis 2 demo max everything, Im just getting back into shooters, only other thing i have played is starcraft 2 and thats maxed too. I had the gts450 in my core2duo and thought i was lacking gpu for a while, guess it was really just the cpu that was weak, and that was only starcraft2 lol (e6400 no oc/2gb ram)

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