I don't think this board is such a bad one either, take a look in the other board threads in this forum - ppl are experiencing same type or other problems with every new board. Take a look at the new X48 DFI board for instance. I've bought several DFI boards in the past as soon as they were released, some of them had problems for months after it finally got fixed. I find it irritating that the industry works like this, but I guess we have our self to blame as we all want the cutting edge technology right away...

Kind regards,
Karl