Imation, even without the thermal paste issue, dont put anything on auto. Its hard for the computer to decide when it needs voltage. I promise you before it ajust itself, its going to crash first. Crashing is the most common thing you must aviod. Anything can happen software wise. Believe me on that man.
Like i said before, im probably one of the most experienced people here with OC FAILURES. Besides the fact its simply bad, i learned so much from it. So please turn that off, and the next time you OC, please increase the voltage following my recommendations. Damn your mobo has 2.95 DDRV settings. Thats alot of voltage, but i swear RAM uses sooooo much voltage. Mine only has 2.80. I think a 3.0 mobo would rock.
The thing i hate about my mobo is my DDRV voltage which cant exceed 2.80, and my HTTV which cant exceed 1.35. Im pretty sure 1.35V can only get your external clock at around 240. Thats around 3.0ghz for my processor.