Almost lost my mind... when you get into the Bios and open the first page you have the multiplier and such.
There's a voltage setting and that was showing 1.559 (I took a picture of it where everything is at auto and the voltage is that to the left, right after CMOS reset)
So I assume the voltage was set to that at start by the motherboard (?) and caused the CATERR crash when CPU voltage went up right before crash(?).
That would also explain why the 'CPU Die Temperature' was showing 51-53 degrees in bios. That's extreme with no load at all, no? CLC 360 was not the problem.
Just guessing though.
It's a shame really, thought I could maybe keep myself and of course EVGA from havig to deal with another RMA.
I might be able to test before sending the board for RMA, it usually takes a day or two for the RMA to get approved. I'll report/update here if I got the chance to.