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Yes, I've done some reading on that lately (so now I know), so I'm kind of hoping that when I had it set to manual 1.2 V that wasn't enough in all situations, thereby causing the freezing. But I agree it sounds a bit dubious, as 1.2 V should be enough for a stock clock. Nevertheless, it has now been running for 54 hours without freezing, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Hard.
In auto mode it seems the max voltage is 1.232 V, as shown by HWiNFO64 and CPU-Z. When I set it to 1.2 V manual, it stayed put at 1.2 V.
I have actually taken the CPU out and looked closely at the socket pins, but everything was in order. I used the Asus CPU tool when I first mounted the CPU, but I removed that (it really isn't necessary if you know what you're doing, and I'm actually a hardware electronics engineer) when I took the CPU out to check the socket for bent/damaged pins. The only issue was that there was too much thermal paste (I mounted the cooler with the preapplied paste), so I cleaned it up and applied a suitable amount when remounting the cooler. But I can't imagine that would have anything to do with it, really.
Yes, it has been used every day, which of course increases my hope that the issue might be gone. I've now had it turned off for one night, and I'll just continue using it normally, hoping for the best.
Thanks! No issues today either, but I'll give it a couple of weeks of usage before declaring it as healthy. But I do have a good feeling about it now.I hope it goes well for you.
