Well I'm having some problems. I had a P5B deluxe and it died so I went with the P35-DQ6. Everything is working great and I haven't noticed any problems until now. I was doing some overclocking just trying to get a measily 3.2ghz out of my E6400 which I was able to do on my P5B at like 1.4v. I can get it to boot no problem, but running orthos will freeze the computer within seconds or the highest I've seen is about 6 minutes. I even tried running it at 1.5v vcore, +.40v DDR2, +.20 FSB volt, and +.20 MCH volt with no luck. I am running my memory 1:1 with the clock 400x8 with stocking timings, etc. I even loosened the timings a little. Anyhow overclocking doesn't seem to be the real problem...I can't even run orthos without the computer locking up with everything stock. I do kind of feel stupid to say I killed my P5B with a multi meter lol...I wasn't paying attention and I think I touched two points with one lead. This leads me to ask...could this have harmed any other component or would it have just killed the motherboard as it did? Everything seems to be fine and the +12v, 3.3v, and 5v seem fine. Core temp is reporting in the 30's idle so that isn't an issue either. I was a little pissed about the overclock, but now I'm worried I can't even run orthos stock and not lock up. Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
EDIT - Just to confirm the PSU's volts were fine I used a paperclip to get the PSU running and tested the +12, +5, and +3.3 and they read 12.04-12.05, 5.00-5.01, and 3.29-3.30. So it isn't the PSU I would have to say... I also ran Memtest and did not get any errors.
Jared
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