I think the original thread title could have been a bit less incendiary, since "Asus crippled" sounds like a willfully hurtful intent, and I don't think we can prove that at all here. This *could* be fixed by a bios update, or it *could* be an X58 chipset issue, right?

I've seen a lot of Asus reps replying to poor ratings on Newegg, maybe you should go there and explain the situation and give it a 1-star. That would probably get more attention than this thread would.