Do I need to return my motherboard? (Asus m5a97 r2.0)

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I've posted here before with a motherboard/CPU problem and we came to the conclusion (on the other thread) that it was a PSU problem. However, I have tried a new PSU and the problem persists. My computer crashes when installing the Fx 8320. (Yes, it has the appropriate bios drivers). The motherboard works perfectly with my old FX 4100, so for the longest time we didn't consider it being the motherboard. However, this morning I tried the FX 8320 on my old motherboard (GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2P(rev 5.1)), along with all the other hardware (g.Skill ripjaws 2x4gb, GTX 560, corsair hx 750w psu). So, the only thing we changed was the motherboard, and it all ran well enough (minus the Ghz on the CPU which, for some reason, was running at 2.90). So, is the motherboard faulty? I'm surprised something can work so well with one CPU and then crash and die with another. I just want to know if there's anything else I might be overlooking.
 
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You said your computer crashes...ok, but what does that mean? Specifically, what are you doing when it crashes? Nothing? Playing games? Performing cpu or memory intensive applications?

Does it complete the POST code sequence? Does it properly POST? Does it throw any POST codes? Does the BIOS recognize all the hardware? Did you try setting the BIOS back to default specs?

Did you buy the FX8320 retail? Or used?
 
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Thanks for responding. Sorry if I was too vague. The computer shuts down completely about a minute or two after I turn it on. I don't have much of a chance to run anything. Sorry, I'm a bit of a beginner and don't know what POST is, but the computer starts up completely and then shuts down. I am able to start it up again, but it shuts down after starting up. The CPU was bought retail from tigerdirect. It functions well on the other motherboard. Yes, the bios recognizes all the hardware including the CPU. The bios on default does not have Fx 8320 compatibility. Let me know if you need more information!
 
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It was built between me and my dad (who's a computer technician). I have enough expertise building computers that I know where everything goes. Everything was connected properly. Thermal pound was applied to CPU/Heatsink properly (Using Arctic Silver MX-2). In the same way, everything was connected properly when we tried it with the other motherboard. The only difference is perhaps that the other motherboard setup was used with another HDD that had Windows 8 installed on it, as opposed to Windows 7. I doubt that's the problem..
 
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