boards start first time without restarts = excellent
ram had to be in black slots to boot...is this normal?
chipset appears very warm...i cooled it actively for my own comfort
buttons on board and bios button on panel = excellent
reset button does not function
battery needs to be removed from under the VGA's
socket area very nice and clean for insulating...a few more tall solid capacitors should be changed to the small flat ones if possible.
pci-e socket clips make vga removal difficult
pushpins for board heatsinks should be bolts
heatpipes should be dropped in favour of more surface area on the heatsinks
board lighting pleasant in green and blue....ability to disable them is great too
ieee1394 and usb headers at the bottom of the board should also be colour coded
2x removable bios chips would be better than a soldered chip to reduce rma's
NB area should have 4 mounting holes
socket 775 dimention mounting holes should ideally be provided too
1st and 2nd pci-e slot could move 1 position upward to create more space between vgas
memory slots clear the vga nicely in the current design
check winxp installation possible as my install failed
i used a pre-installed winXP to bypass this issue
HW monitor should include all primary voltage reading like vcore, vdimm, chipset and anything else available.
m-flash is a great concept but i flashed with afu flash utily as mentioned on the website
board wouldn't boot off usb...needs to be checked
bootable usb stick could be included in the package...even a very small one like 32mb
ctrl+F1 keys pressed together should be bios default and start the board
explain overspeed protection in the bios next to the setting
in green power menu all items should have explanatory text...this is very nice for overclockers
i7-965 extreme is still locked to 24x multiplier for maximum...this should be much higher.
spread spectrum should maybe be disabled by default unless it improves overclockinguncore and qpi speed could maybe be listed in the POST
where is the uncore clock setting?
cpu vcore jumped upwards by 0.2 on a crash from windows caused reboot.
also 166bclk was set on the same crash...this means the machine tried to post at 4ghz and 1.4vcore after crashing out from windows xp

memory CAS reads 1 above bios setting
bios should list voltages requested rather than +0.10 etcetera
no tri-sli bridge in package for running 3x 280GTX nvidia vgas
DLED is awsome...the best in the business...looking foreward to temperature display or voltages...etc.
Timout for board to reset when failing to post could be reduced.
bios could recover after first failed post
real vdimm is measured slightly below bios setting
real vcore doesn't fluctuate much and no vdroop = great!