P55-UD6 socket burn

[Lathode]

The scuff marked contacts on the bottom of the cpu may be making contact but it would be very poor contact if they are! The cpu should have one (1) mark on every pad, on mine many have one, some have two! I also only had put the cpu into the socket once ever so i cant see how some contacts have two? I dont see why I shouldnt get my money back? its not a Ram issue i tested the ram in my other pc. Also to lathode, a brand new CPU should have zero marks on the contacts, none at all, I dont know whats up with your 860?

The pin marks are NOT from the socket, they are from the factory. The scuff marks are from the socket. Look closely at the socket, the contacts are round, they are not points. Also they are at an angle and bend down when there is pressure on them, they will not put hard indents into the pads. Look at the 1336 CPU I linked to, you will also see multiple pads with 2 pin marks as well as pads with no pin marks. Look at the new i5 I linked to, it also has pin marks. Also look at multiple pads right next to eachother that have 2 pin marks on them, if there were 2 pins marks would a pad adjacent to it have none? Now think about this, if the pin marks were contacts how in the world would a CPU work if there are dozens of pads with no contacts and pads with 2 contacts? Especially considering the PCI-E controller and memory controller are on the CPU. One other thing, I'm betting the marks that are on the CPU from the factory are from testing. So yes I think they should have some type of marks on them and it would make sense that they are not tsted in standard sockets, but custom sockets for testing purposes.