Quote Originally Posted by The0men View Post
Don't give up on the chip just yet.... Mine was the same, in the same board, untill I give like 1.8+ volts to the CPU PLL, try that, then see how it does. also have 1.4v VTT and 1.5v on the 1.2v HT. Also I have 1.64v set in bios for NB... try those and see how it does. Only using +30mv on the GTL ref's
Haven't tried the chip on another board, but the 780i has a max NB volt setting of 1.55 I think, and I've used that. The VTT (FSB on 780i) is at 1.4v, and I have increased the HT volts too. I'm a little leery of pushing the vcore to 1.8+v without phase or LN2 cooling; I am watercooling the cpu but it seems as though I should cut my losses so to speak and return it.

I'm curious though, what kind of overclock and what temps did you get from 1.8+ cpu volts?