Hey guys....so i got this board (DFI LANPARTY P35 T2R) from a friend in Johannesburg. He claims it got hit by lightning.
So he brought it down when he was in Durban and i gave it a go to try revive it.

I succeeded in getting it to POST. But i couldn't get the board to boot on any sort of device IDE SATA USB.

Well last night i put it in the oven again at a higher temp....of around 200degrees, let it baked, resting on 4 foil balls on each corner of the board.

Took it out of the oven, "Gas oven"...so temp could vary. And then put it straight into the deep freeze to cool down. The oven being off was open and cooling off. So put it back in there before condensation happened...

So this morning i put everything into the board...E8400, 8800GT 450watt PSU with all 12v rails connected...plugged in a SATA with windows on it.

Just went into safe mode just incase of stability...and well.

DFI is alive. Im probably the one of two dudes in South Africa with one of these thats still working. My previous one that got hit by lightning got sent back and i was credited soooo. Ive heard out of the 10 that were brought into the country i think its myself and Seth in Capetown with working DFI P35's.

Best boards ever.... Have a look.... .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAe90laVCDw