- Joined
- Nov 21, 2005
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
Socket 1156 (i5/i7) Burning Issues
by Earthdog
Click here to continue reading.
Discuss this article below. If you are interested in contributing to the front page (www.overclockers.com), please feel free to contact me.
Thanks,
sno.lcn
by Earthdog
There has been a lot of discussion lately across many sites regarding Socket 1156 burning up and charring to the socket and pin area. The rare problems we have seen are on the Foxconn made socket and tend to only occur when using extreme voltages, clock speeds, and extreme cooling. Recently there has been one publicly posted occurrence of the Lotes socket showing the same failure, under the same extreme circumstances. While this is an obvious issue for extreme benchers, a valid question was raised regarding moderate overclocks on air or water, and whether this problem could happen to them.
Click here to continue reading.
Discuss this article below. If you are interested in contributing to the front page (www.overclockers.com), please feel free to contact me.
Thanks,
sno.lcn