Hi all, thanks for a great thread - just finished reading it. Just one thing that interests me that I'm not quite clear on regarding bios's later than 1602 locking the extreme chips - are those later bios's limiting the upwards multiplier to 10X, or is it 11X? For instance, I am currently on bios 1707 ( with E6600), but hypothetically, if I got say a QX6700 or X6800, and I know that my board will run currently at 410 fsb, with either of those chips, can I run 10X410, or 11X410? Or is the upward multiplier completely locked so with 1707, I would be limited to 9X410?
Question 2 - is anyone here using a Lightspeed phase unit to chill their cpu on the P5WDH? If so, how is the fit of the clamshell to the board? Does it clear the capacitors ok? Or will I need to modify something?
Regarding the speculation by some of you about degradation of the cpu/mobo, I concur with that theory as well, as 6 months ago was stable @ 3.6Ghz & 1.6vcore, but now need 1.625 vcore for the same stability, so I guess I've slightly bbq'd the cpu with too much vcore, stresstest, & heat. When I say too much heat, the most I've taken it to is 75C coretemp with dual Prime 95, but on average, the stresstest runs up to high 60's , when it hits 70C now , I stop the test.