Wow, had a bit of a big scare and honestly thought I would have to ship the board back across the ocean as it wouldn't switch on after mounting the board in my case. I was actually suspecting PSU for a while until I tried another board and it worked. Luckily after mounting it all back in it started up and upon further thoughts, I think I had the power & reset switces the wrong way around - DOH! Anyway, currently testing the board and all seems to be great except my CPU temps - the lapping may not have benefitted me as much as I thought, and that damned 1st core is soaring even at 1.35v.
Managed to get close to DDR2000 stable with the G.Skill Ecos though, but they ran very hot above 1.58v so I've backed down to 1600 7-7-7-19 which still gives nice bandwidth at just 1.45v. I've gotta check my loop and the evenness of the CPU (which I'm certain is flat because it was virtually picking up the glass I lapped it against when trying to lift it), so my guess is a poor mount - will be back with some screens sometime soon
Those extreme boards are the best for 775 duallies and they've broken a FSB record or two! Good work, very impressive FSB and clock for an E8400! Nearly 2v though - eeek!!
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