Quote Originally Posted by bustamove44 View Post
Right now we seem to have drifted from the topic, can someone please condense this in simple terms what appears to be the issue?
I'm getting the 85c kick out so can confirm that one for sure.

one question, is this likely to come in a bios fix? I think weve ascertained its a mobo issue if nothing else as so many have the same wall so to speak.
in my case its like a magic switch goes of somewhere wen i touch 4.2ghz, temp obviously exceeds 85c at that point.
Its not making a lot of sense to me atm to be honest, I have read through the thread and been solid at this board for 2 days. [waking hours]
Read the whitepaper (see bottom) on this page and you will understand what the issue is...

http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/

Asus appears to be closely following the Intel specifications on TurboBoost which according to Intel basically disables the extra turbo multiplier based on frequency, load, current, or temperatures, and/or a combination thereof. For Asus this seems to be driven by at least the frequency (naturally) and temperatures.