Quote Originally Posted by lee63 View Post
Well my last 920 was fine wit this HS...kind wish I kept it.
I put a razor on top of my D0 and I looks fine. HS is making full contact and I even did the True washer trick.

Can a bad board make CPU run hotter?
It may, but very rare if ever. Only thing I could think of is that Intel may have made a bad IHS contact with the core inside, so heat transfer is very bad.