i3 drop in compatible with 1156 i7 800 and i5 700 series??? thats nothing but a
lie from intel right there!

i3 needs a third pwm block for the GMCH, the igp/imc chip that sits next to the cpu chip on the cpu package...
far from every 1156 board has this, plus you need bios support too, i3 has a diferent imc than i5 and i7 and needs more than a basic bios update to work properly...
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