Is my motherboard bad?

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I had a stable overclock that would pass 15 intel burn tests at max. Now here we are a week later and I'm getting random bsods. So I run the burn test again, and on max I can't even pass it once.

I first think it's my fsb speed so I turn it down from 237mhz to 200mhz. I still can't pass the test once.

So then I was thinking it might be my ram altogether so I run memtest and it passes once. I didn't have the patience to run it longer so I tired just booting with one stick and running the burn test at 237mhz. Annnd... of course I fail with both sticks individuality.

Now I'm starting to think this has to be a motherboard issue. What do you guys think?

Specs:

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
AMD Phenom II x6 1600t OC'ed @ 3.91 Ghz + 1.47vcore max
CM Hyper 212+ EVO Cooler
MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard
XFX Radeon HD 6870 2GB
8GB Dual Channel Kingston DDR3 @ 790 Mhz + 1.651v
750w Antec High Current Gamer PSU
 
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Multiplier should have been x20 then just set the RAM in BIOS to 1600 MHz and viola it would be a more solid OC...Well I did see 1.651v for the RAM and some boards tend to bounce the voltage around, sometimes, up--sometimes, down...If the board was pushing voltage up under load then that could cause for a bad situation to arise. BTW what is you NB clockspeeds and voltages? What is the CRB set at in BIOS?
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Let me see what I get running the "very high" test. I haven't checked my temps since I installed my gpu but I wasn't going over 42c then.

Thanks for your interest in helping! :)

It's a real bummer having a new PC that you invest money into not working properly. :\
 
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Yes, I've tried running with one stick but I haven't tried re installing windows yet. I have already installed quite a few games and really don't want to go through re-installs again.

I guess I could back up the game's directories but I'm afraid stuff will break still.

EDIT: I can't directly check the PSU voltages because I don't have a multimeter sadly.
 
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Okay, I did two runs with just "very high" on the intel burn test and got 42c for my cpu socket, and 36c for the only motherboard reading.

Then I did two runs with "very high" on the burn test while running furmark at xtreme settings and I got 45c for the cpu, and 40c for the motherboard.

Are these okay temps?
 
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It looks as though you might have cooked the board...Really I don't see the PSU going down(cooking) due to running 15 passes of IBT. The board on the other hand, maybe !? The memory is a more likely candidate.....run memtest86.. BTW..Why did you OC the FSB instead of just using the multiplier ??? Your really up on the memory voltage, too !! VOLTAGE KILLS !!!
 
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How many passes do you recommend me doing? I already passed one.. hehe

Well my ram is rated at 1600mhz so I figured why not squeeze the extra performance out of it? Should I have not of done this? I did use the multiplier as well, it's at 16.5x.

I've gotten the irql bsod at startup, and while running games. I figured that was memory related? But I've also gotten some others I can't recall right now unfortunately.

EDIT: The ram is the hyper-x rated at 1600mhz & 1.65 volts
 
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If the problem is the motherboard I won't be "that" upset because I was considering getting another board anyways.

I want a board that can do tri-fire at least at (8x,8x,8x), that has usb 3.0 & a usb 3.0 20-pin header, has an optical out, and that is a champ at overclocking. I'm tired of dealing with this sketchy mATX board.

Any recommendations?
 
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Multiplier should have been x20 then just set the RAM in BIOS to 1600 MHz and viola it would be a more solid OC...Well I did see 1.651v for the RAM and some boards tend to bounce the voltage around, sometimes, up--sometimes, down...If the board was pushing voltage up under load then that could cause for a bad situation to arise. BTW what is you NB clockspeeds and voltages? What is the CRB set at in BIOS?
 
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Haha yeah I thought I was going crazy too!

I should probably get some sleep. I've been up all night working on this... I'm one of those people who throws everything aside until everything is running perfect with his pc.
 
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I read an article that running Intel Burn Test for many times is dangerous and might fry the CPU so I guess that is why the cpu does not pass again the test. Try running Prime95 for about a minimum of 2 hrs. if the system crash, then there is really a problem with it. 1.47 V vcore is somewhat high, you are frying the CPU with that voltage.
 
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I was able to get that same clock speed at nearly that same voltage with my 960t! But I was afraid of pushing this motherboard too far, and decreasing the longevity of my chip. But seeing what lowjack has accomplished I think I just might have to push my chip further when I get another motherboard!
 
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