im speechless.... i got fed up and decided to pack the board up, but before i did so i though a why not and I fliped the dual bios switch, updated to 1.4b2 bios and.....
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2167502
vantage stable, same volts as on rampage.... 15 minutes before it wouldnt even budge 4.8 unless i put 1.525v+ through it