Quote Originally Posted by Pntgrd View Post
I am beginning to think it might be time to RMA this board. I took the heatpipes off to remount and make sure they were not too tight. Even with the bolt mod I still had 3 or 4 of the PMW chips that didn't make contact with the hs, And yes I had made sure it was laying flat and the bolts were tight. This board when it was new had a corner to opposite corner warp but I figured once it was bolted down it wouldn't be an issue. And I am still having power issues of some kind. If I take the vCore above 1.5 and start Prime I get an instant shut down. If I max the MCH I get an instant shut down. When I finally get an o/c that is Prime stable, give it a few days and it will no longer be stable. I get almost a a full .10 drop on vCore at idle from the bios settings. I have swapped an Powerstream 520 for the PCP&C 850 thinking it was a psu issue but it keeps getting worse. I am about to give up. Do you think it is just the motherboard having some kind of issues and I should RMA it?

that is what i recommended a while ago, getting a new board...the shut down thingy is not normal for just maxing out MCH or ICHIO 1.5...it does not happen on my board...i think the power regulation on the board has a defect in one or many components.