Asus Z97 Deluxe (NFC+WLC) Restart and Overclocking Failed Error

tamm

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Dec 13, 2013
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Have a Z97 Deluxe (nfc+wlc) that recently began having troubles with restarts and posting.
Either get hit with
qC 55
rapid led flashes with rapid code changing between 00, 15, 25, 41.
qC FE
American Megatrends "overclocking failed, press F1 to enter..." (without anything being overclocked)

Troubleshooting done so far:
Ran single A2 slot memory (all 4 sticks that I have)
Ran a new verified RAM stick
Re-seated all power connectors,
Ran with RAM, CPU, and Power supply to post, and restart
Removed stock cooler, checked board with different CPU
Inspected CPU pins (straight)

System Specs:
4790K
ASUS Deluxe (NFC + WLC with ver 2.5 (dont remember the exact numbers after 5 but)
Corsair V Pro 2400 CL11 4x8GB
W7 Pro SP1
Seagate 600 240 boot drive
Seagate 1 TB
Asus DVD RW
Using onboard GPU via HDMI output

Is there anything else besides RMAing at this point? I really dont want to have to go through this again, since the 1st board was DOA, and now this in 4 months