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Dead Asus P6T Deluxe V2 - due to overclocking?

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After 5 months of overclocking my P6T Deluxe v2, my motherboard died. The settings I used are below. Once 2 weeks earlier, the system crashed and I got an "Overclocking Error" on post. I lowered the BCLK to 175 and things seemed fine until it died. My system temps were consistently 45*C and the cpu temps were about 40*C with the ambient temps about 80*F. I had run Prime95, OCCT, IntelBurnTest and Memtest all without issue.

I now have my new P6T and am about to overclock it to the same settings and I don't want to be stupid about it. I don't see any issues with my settings, or temps that would cause the board to fail in 5 months. I'm just presuming bad hardware - but it is disconcerting.

Overclocked with these settings:

Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 20.0
Intel SpeedStep Disabled
BCLK Frequency 180
PCIE Frequency 100
DRAM Frequency DDR3-1443 MHz
UCLK Frequency 2887 MHz
QPI Link Data Rate 6496 MT/s

DRAM Timing 8-8-8-24

CPU Voltage 1.1625
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage 1.2
DRAM Bus Voltage 1.6
All other settings Auto

Other thoughts:
My old system had the CoolerMaster v8. I wasn't happy with the mounting system and when I took the system apart, the place on the underside of the motherboard where the mounting bracket attached was rubbed down to what looked like copper. The new cpu fan is a Noctua NH-U12P SE2. Much better mounting in my opinion. Can't compare temps yet, but right now at stock temps my Motherboard is at 32*C and CPU is 28*C. Ambient is 60*C (it's FREEZING here in Idaho!)

------------------------------ Asus P6T Deluxe v2 -Core i7 920 D0 4.0Ghz at 2.5v -6GB Corsair Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D -Noctua NH-U12P SE2 -Antec P183 - NOCTUA NF-S12B FLX fans (4) -Corsair 620HX -HIS Hightech fanless H467P1GP Radeon HD 4670 -WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS -HP LP2475w
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Those are all safe ranges
Your sig scared me for a second though... Core i7 920 D0 4.0Ghz at 2.5v


Message edited by Korok on 10-24-2009 at 03:42:38 PM
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Yeah, its just a bad board.

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