Hey sorry I couldnt respond as I wasent able to login till now!
You were right there man so close, But I think these boards hate the cold as much as the CPU's!!
The chip I have dosent seem to matter to much as I know someone with the same Batch# and he cant get close! So maybe it does have something to do with the Mobo as well.
I tested the Asrock / Gigabyte and MSI boards, found the Asrock & MSI boards both took the host clock with no issues up to 127 clock which seems to be part of the trick with these CPU's, the Gigabyte boards HATE BCLK so thats a issue right of the bat and I told them this! as I dont feel they like huge multipliers alone. Finding just the right Clock with Multiplier takes alot of trial & error .
Excellent work your team did and I'm sure you all worked long and hard!
Remember records are ment to be broken so who knows, but I have room still
Thanks Again
T&B