It has a dual BIOS but it did not seem to help.

Well, I can think of only one more thing to try........
 
Actually, What I meant to say is strip it down and throw it in the oven.

hallowen
Well, I can think of only one more thing to try........
 
Actually, What I meant to say is strip it down and throw it in the oven.

Pull heatsinks off and oven for what temp and how long? I've done a GPU before but never a board.
 
Edit: what would I do about the socket?

I have also done this "procedure" a few times in the past with mixed results, But from what I remember, Here's How I did it: 
 
If you want to Test this procedure First, Try it on a piece of other non-working hardware (PSU, Graphics card, etc...) just to see when the PCB solder starts to Flow. 
 
Remove the CPU, heatsink & fan, RAM, BIOS battery, wires, speakers, stickers, plastic sticky guards, foam spacers, absolutely everything that can be removed from the motherboard. .
It is also a good idea to wrap additional foil around the more sensitive parts of the motherboard, like areas where there are Capacitors, PCIe sockets, RAM sockets, Other plastic non-removable parts and the CPU socket.
 
Place the MB (CPU Side Up) on balls of tin foil (between half an inch to an inch wide) on a baking tray.
 
Place the baking tray with the motherboard on it into a preheated oven at 200C / 385F.
 
After 8 minutes, turn the oven off and open the oven door.
 
Do not remove the motherboard from the oven at this stage as You may disturb the still semi-liquefied solder. Take care not to inhale any fumes that might be present.
 
After 20 minutes to half an hour, remove the cool motherboard from the oven and begin re-assembling. Hopefully, The problem is corrected and It will Boot up again.
 
If the problem remains, you could try the procedure again, leaving it in the oven for a couple of minutes longer or at a higher temperature.
 
It'll either work or it won't, But Nothing ventured, Nothing gained.
 
 
 
You could look on the Internet to view some actual Videos of this procedure before attempting this, But that is up to you.
 
 
 

Procedure probably doesn't have a high chance of success though does it?
 
So sad. 

Yes, It is a sad situation, 
 
But When you've tried everything, And then tried everything again (Just to be sure you didn't miss anything)......It's just comes down to How Bad you want to get the Board to Work and what options are Left.
 
Back in the days, I went through FOUR NEW EVGA E759 X58 3-Way SLI Motherboards before I got one that would even POST!!

hallowen
Yes, It is a sad situation, 
 
But When you've tried everything, And then tried everything again (Just to be sure you didn't miss anything)......It's just comes down to How Bad you want to get the Board to Work and what options are Left.
 
Back in the days, I went through FOUR NEW EVGA E759 X58 3-Way SLI Motherboards before I got one that would even POST!!

 

 
If I can't get it sorted and working I'll probably frame it on a wall, sell my other X58/X79 gear and buy an X99 SOC Champion with a 6900K (if they go to Intel Retail Edge this year), if not then maybe 6850K(?). It would be badass to scoop a 6900K for <$400.

Right now the i7-6900K is still over $1K New. That definitely would be Killer to get one for <$400!
 
I'll just be staying with my RVE and 5960X waiting on the Next "latest and Greatest" Graphics Card, Although having a 4-way SLI setup for Benching AND Gaming is a Mute Point and having to use just 2-way SLI?.......
 
The Thrill is Gone....

hallowen
Right now the i7-6900K is still over $1K New. That definitely would be Killer to get one for <$400!
 
I'll just be staying with my RVE and 5960X waiting on the Next "latest and Greatest" Graphics Card, Although having a 4-way SLI setup for Benching AND Gaming is a Mute Point and having to use just 2-way SLI?.......
 
The Thrill is Gone....

I am hoping 6900K is on Retail Edge, last year was 5930K and something else... Summer was i5 6600K and i7 6700K, so if winter was i7 6900K and i7 7700K it would be sweet. I got a 980Ti in part because I can do TRI SLI with it.
 
If not then I don't know. 

I'll tell you guys what, the more 3DS MAX rendering I do the more I think it might be a productive idea to pick up an SOC Champion and one of these. It's such a shame they can't be OC'd at all.