n7...
You have been very helpful to me in the past responding to my information requests in various threads. I don't know, but it sounds like you just got a "lemon" MB...
BTW, if you remember me....the guy who "blew-up" his Asus P5B-D w/ a bad OC....well, the RMA'd MB was replaced by Asus for me (still under W). The MB they sent me is the Rev 1.04g. The one I had was a 1.03g. It came in a bag w/no cables, screws, etc...so does that possibly mean it's a re-conditioned MB rather than a new one?
Honestly, I'm surprised but appreciative of what they did for me. So, within next 2-3 days I will re-assemble my rig, and hope that my other components are ok, and that it was only the MB that got cooked. Some folks at other forums think my ddr2-800 Corsair mem(4x1gig all slots used) might have hurt my original OC...and suggest to get faster ddr2...