Quote Originally Posted by ninogui View Post
thats really unfortunate... so that you dont think you´re alone, my previous and faithfull abit nf7-s paired with a amd barton 2500 that gave me such happiness for so many years died beacause of a bad flash from asus bios update in windows (ill never use it again! just low level bios upt)

but what they say is frightening... we should get asus boards with 25% chance of not paying them lolol to equal things up.
Oh, how I wish this board were an ABIT NF7-S. That's what I'm typing on right now...this board has been rock solid for me for years with my Barton 2700. Maximus Formula is my first upgrade from this system...what a difference.

Well, I've paid my one-way shipping and the board is on it's way to ASUS RMA. I'd love it if they could shed some light on what happened, but I suppose I should just be happy if they send back a working board. Such strange behavior, 8 hours OCCT blend stable and then these random shut downs and the eventual crash INSIDE THE BIOS. I could here the little voice in my head, "This means no Christmas". Well, now I get to put it out of my mind for a week or two...since it's various problems have been kind of all consuming. My family will be thankful for the respite.