Asus, is lucky that this forum is running - more support is being provided by users here, than anywhere else, including Asus' own forum and from the evidence of it, even their technical help.
Without the discussion, experience and willingness (trust, hope) that the probelms being reported will be fixed, there would have been hundreds more rma's by now.
A few of us are finally in a position, where all things are working for us (myself incuded), others who have seen the enthusiasm of this thread and users elsewhere, have joined the band only to find that their configuration is not entirley compatible with the current bios/board.
At the moment this board favours the inquistive type who cannot sit still by nature, is willing to explore all means of fixing a problem and perhaps prepared to bite the bullet of an rma if needed. The mobo has potential yes, but I will expect to see less interest as offerings from other manufacturers appear, though judging on the experiences here, more caution will be given by reviewers in their assesment. The initial pressure that was applied globally (I think ATI were the force behind the fix - graphics and game issues), is going to be harder to apply by individuals now, so we must wait patiently and hope that Asus are working round the clock.
the sound of silence cpu 36 gfx 39 
Not tried a single overclock type change yet as stablity first then try to nudge things up.