Lauen

try setting all settings to stock and raising mem voltages to a little over stock to make it more stable. Then boot it up and run prime and mem test stability. If it doesn't work try new ram or a different cpu like a old dual core amd for 50 dollars

Gonna get some old 2 GB dimms today, if the computer still goes nuts over the weekend, I'll try the old 2GB dimms. If not, I have plans about getting an 8350, so I can overclock the CPU without having to overclock the RAM at the same time.

Flashing asus bios's is really easy. I need to flash mine all the time, during those 5 seconds I just pray the power doesn't go out randomly.

I have the newest BIOS, I flashed it about three weeks ago.

Check that your mobo is seated properly in the case. If not, send the mobo back after testing your ram and doing a bios reset.

It is seated correctly. I flashed the BIOS (three weeks ago) and reset it yesterday, and reverted my overclock back to stock settings. However, the RAM voltage was set a little low compared to what it says on the package. It's set to 1.5 V now, but at 1600 MHz 8-8-8-20 it's supposed to be 1.65 Volts. I started running Prime95 yesterday, so when I get back home I'll see whether it survived it or not.

Whenever I have turned off my computer and let it cool down, I have to use the MemOK! button or the DirectKey button to get it to start sending video to my monitor. Sometimes it takes several attempts, alternating between the MemOK! and the DirectKey buttons, and sometimes it's just a matter of pressing the MemOK button once.

EDIT: When I power on the system, it takes about 20 seconds, and then I hear the Windows Startup sound.

My system is:

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2

AMD Athlon II x4 OC to 3.39 GHz cooled with a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 with push-pull fans.

Crucial BallistiX Elite 1600 MHz, but as the CPU is overclocked it is set to 1599 MHz, by the OC Tuner tool in the BIOS.

ASUS GTX660Ti DirecCU II

ASUS Xonar D2X

Samsung 830 256 GB

2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB

Cooler Master GX650W PSU

All inside a Fractal Design Define R4 (which I love)

I would get the 990FXA-UD3 I have this board and it has all the features you want plus more.

Actually. I have built two computers with this board, and both have had issues. One of them refused to work with the SSD, even though I upgraded the firmware. It would not update the BIOS with the @Bios utility, and if I tried downloading it, even though I tried Vista (both x86 and x64) and Win 7 (both x86 and x64) and none of them would even install the program. In the end, both went to Intel and ASUS motherboards, and no problems then.