I am with you on this one cantankerous! I am sorry but like I said originally when I was still on my AMD system and even when running the new Intel current to date AMD is a SUPERIOR Platform and I am even more thoroughly convinced of my original statement and stance on the matter considering how much crap I as well as everyone else has endured just to run Intel's new processors and I don't are what anyone say's this is just as much fault as Intel's as the motherboard manufactures! Think about it if you're name was featured on all of this equipment would it not stand to reason that YOU would provide a working solution to ensure that you're name was not tarnished? Obviously Intel does not care and is only about feeding the machine with more and on that pretense alone.