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    Asus Rampage Formula X48

    I think ANY thermal sensor will work on those ports. I have the same board but haven't tried them yet, let us know how it goes!
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    Motherboard decided. EVGA 790i

    If you haven't already, I would drop that 790i into a small river and forget about it! I have not heard ANYTHING good about those boards. Lot of Data Corruption problems. Wow, this thread is getting stale.
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    Any Solid x48 boards out there?

    I am loving my Asus Rampage Formula. Very easy to OC with! I'm running 533x8 currently with 1.375v Bios vCore, 1.360v Actual readings through CPU-Z, on my E8400. I keep hearing " Don't use the LLC! " but my vCore stays rock solid with NO fluctuations in either direction. I also keep hearing...
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    Can you update motherboard BIOS using unsupported CPU?

    Just make sure your USB stick is NTFS, if you're gonna flash that way. Asus EZFlash won't read Fat32 file systems.
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    did my motherboard die? Please help

    I've heard of the Rampage Formulas doing this exact same thing. Are you using Load Line Calibration? What are some of your BIOS settings if you can remember? Voltages, extra options, etc....
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    Safe temperature limit?

    The Stock heatsinks for the E7200's are small because they produce less heat, typically. I wouldn't use it though, there are plenty of affordable aftermarket HS's out there that will work 200% better than the Intel one. That and a little of your favourite TIM will lower temps alot for you...
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    Hitting a wall ocing my e8400

    You mean the older is better than newer right? I have been finding the same conclusion from the research i've been doing on these CPU's. It seems that the longer production of these have run, the worse they have gotten as far as how much vCore you need to reach 4ghz stable. If you can even...