Quote Originally Posted by chew* View Post
Lotes.

I think this is far from over yet. Question is what is really causing this now.....1156 power design? Faulty cpus? or intels 1156 socket spec?

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...63#post6295863
here is the initial autopsy of this board:















too inconclusive maybe, but other than the soot in the crack line depth , if the crack only developed due to heat than it should be at the higher end area where its thinner and closer to the cpu pad (where it should be hottest) and not at the fat end.