Quote Originally Posted by SoF View Post
got the ds3p (luckily with heatpipe) yesterday and well I think it is a quite good board but I think I need a better chip to really test it out - my E2140 is stuck around FSB 380 - doesn't like it higher, even with 7er multi :/
My DS4 does exactly the same as yours with the E2140. I think we've really hit the proverbial fsb wall there, unfortunately.

On another subject, I'm having some audio interference with the HDA that can't seem to get solved and I'm getting worried it's symptomatic of grounding problems. I've checked if the backplate was touching anything, checked the mobo risers and even tried it with washers on. Now i'm getting instability and last night i had something in the case crackle loudly

Later i'm gonna take the mobo out of the P180 and swap components to see if i can trace this.. :/