LGA 1156 Foxconn socket problems?

[saaya]

I found the burned pad 2-3 days before the thread went up, I spoke with two colleagues about it at the time and left scratching my head so did not say anything becasue the cause was unclear to me. They posted, I followed up with my pic that's all, as they seemed related.

ah alright...

I just think you're always on the lookout for some way to diss AT (but like you maybe I'm assuming too right?).

dissing and bashing and trashing is by my definition talking bad about somebody or something for no apparent reason. i hope thats not what you think im doing...

People respond to you this way because it seems to happen quite often Sascha. You seem to hit the post button without thinking about what it is you're saying these days.

lets say without thinking about certain people MIGHT understand it. you and some other people seem to be very sensitive to critique and feel offended easily. :P

I've got nothing against you personally (and I know you have not against me). I'd have given direct thanks if I'd not have had the issues. I've been working on a multiboard article and the issue cropped up with me twice during testing which is why I pursued it - I really had no choice.

cool... so it only happens on highend boards? like which boards? have you guys found any relation between LLC and this problem or the amount of phases or how the phases are arranged, ie duplex=bad?

or could this just be a side effect of the lower end boards simply not being able to produce that much current, hence you cant get the cpus clocked to the same speeds stable and cant load them enough to burn pins and pads?

Raja,

I heard that Foxconn modified their LGA 1156 socket in the latest revision but i dont know what manufacturer allready use it !

mhhh fyi, they said the same when the 1366 socket had problems and it took a while before things actually improved... remember boards not posting, only showing 2 of 3 installed dimms or being very unstable? a lot of that was caused by bent pins or pins making bad contact in the cpu socket...

I doubt it was nothing more than a QC issue for the socket 1156 sockets made by Foxconn. A lot of manufactures use Foxconn for their 1366 sockets and we haven't seen the same issue.

not the same, but similar... so i wasnt really surprised when i heard of this
like i said in the other thread, you cant even really blame them... they make a living off of making parts as cheap as possible while still maintaining the specs... and since they work fine at stock speeds, and even work fine at notably above stock specifications... you cant REALLY blame them... see it from their point of view, the socket works for what it was supposed to be used, pulling max 125W i guess, and in most scenarios 95W. asking them to make a more expensive, sturdier socket that makes them less money is kinda odd... yeah better is better, but 99% of the sockets will never get stressed that much, so... from their point of view this might sound like nonsense...

if they actually DO improve things then they most likely only do it cause they are under pressure from mainboard makers who would otherwise buy the sockets elsewhere, at least sockets for their highend boards...