Quote Originally Posted by bustamove44 View Post
Thanks both of you, I did thank you both for your efforts on more than one occasion up to now.

Though I have no way of testing your theory right now dejaneh.
The reason Im so convinced the board is my issue is that both the 940 and 920 fall over at exactly the same point on this board, as I said I cant test the 920 with this bios cos Its gone to less demanding user.

It could I suppose be a fluke I have two chips falling at the same hurdle...But.. my friend had a 920 from the same tray/batch as mine and clocked it up to 4.6 on an msi eclipse, now if that isnt rubbing salt into the wound I dont know what is.

Any way, im gonna try and get hold of another 920, if I can get a proven one then ill know for sure if this board is the problem or not.
I can run a couple of bench apps at 200x21 ht on but even that is flaky, 22 multi on this 940 is a no go period, at least at any speed worth wanting.

auto- forget it, unless i want to run low clocks which completely defeats the object.
The first 940 I had could not clock past 3.8GHz and it would run extremely hot, like 90C+ hot at just 3.8GHz. The second 940 I had would clock to 4.0GHz with relatively low temps but very high voltages. The third 940 I have now clocks past 4.2GHz with relatively low voltages but high temperatures again.

So all in all, three chips, three different stories completly.

And I would say that all 920 are rubbing salt into our wounds because they clock as good or better than 940/965 There are even 965s that cannot clock past 3.8GHz (yes, believe me I know of some).