OK CJohn, I looked thru your tread and here's my problem:

If I change Vdimm to more then +3 it shows DDR 18v Fail in the bios hwm.

I can run 8x438 @ 1.4125 but the ram at 1:1 with only 2.1v is not enough juice to it. Does the board not like the ram in my sig? It was the same with the other two DS3 boards that I had that worked.

The MSI and Asus 975X boards had no trouble hitting 1090 so I know the ram will clock.