Tyke... would be good to see some pics of that if you can post any?

As to my CPU overclock problem... I have something to run past you guys. Are the vcore sensors accurate on this board? Only I know exactly what this CPU takes to do 4ghz on 2 or 3 other boards (around the same). Anyway in in a fit of frustration I pumped 1.38v through the CPU. Bam... much more stable.

Just by chance I happened to load CPU-Z up at that point, and it reported the voltage at 1.296v (not the 1.38v everest/bios was reporting). This seemed a little bit of a co-incidence as it was very near my old stable voltage, and the CPU was much better behaved. Anyhow, being a bit skeptical I installed speedfan... and guess wot... it reported 1.30v! LOL! Anyway, i upped the voltage so that both speedfan & CPUZ report 1.32v, and guess wot... its looking pretty stable!

To me this indicates bios is reading the voltage massively inaccurately as is everest. If I hadnt used this CPU on other motherboards I probably wouldnt have even questioned it. Here is a screen grab to show u guys:



Does seem very strange, and im wondering if anyone else has come accross it. I dont have access to a DMM right now so i cant confirm it that way just yet.