Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
have you guys seen this?
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...d,2436-15.html

asrock msi and ecs all have problems with their pwms burning on 1156 boards, and at measily vcore of 1.3-1.4v...
those are value boards, sure... but i havent heard of this happening since amds 140W issues...

and yes, of course those boards dont have beefy pwms... but they should shut down and not burn...
it looks like thre is definately something wrong with the 1156 power design guide...
i highly doubt all these mb makers are breaking the spec or guidelines from intel...
I usually pop boards faster than Kirstie Alley can down a gallon of ice cream but I have over 800 hours on each of those boards without a problem. 400 hours of that is full load overclocks in a case with only the power supply providing airflow exhaust.

So, either he had some really bad luck or something else is going on. Granted I have kept my voltages under 1.4 real with air cooling, but not a single hiccup yet. That said they are all back in cases right now for another round of testing.

To top it off, my burnt pad problem (it happens on air too) has only occurred on the top end boards so far.