Quote Originally Posted by g0dM@n View Post
Wow, it seems to be acting like something is shorting it out or perhaps your heatsink is not making good contact and your CPU is overheating?

I had a problem like that once in my DFI NF4 when I used liquid metal TIM on my unlidded Opteron 165, and it leaked over the CPU die and onto some of the elec components... had to wipe it clean and then I was back in business.
I did it exactly right... apply'd very little compound on the heatsink and spread it all over just to get it ready. Apply'd a single small line across the Q6600.