LGA 1156 owners, Beware ONCE AGAIN

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As some of you might know by now there has been some issues regarding the LGA-1156 Foxconn socket, but it looks like it's getting worse. Foxconn said they corrected the cause of the problems back in May, however even with the new revision of the socket the number of damaged motherboards and processors keeps growing.

At first the issue was only reported by users with extreme overclocking and after demanding benchmarking runs, but now it's starting to appear with average overclock settings and on a higher number of motherboard models. There are already full stocks of motherboards on the market that use the socket behind this problem, with the highest number of them being from Gigabyte and ASUS (a recent AnandTech review suggests both may be considering switching socket providers on some boards at least).

Some brands, including EVGA and MSI have suspended the use of Foxconn and are now using TYCO AMP and LOTES parts for their P55 motherboards. The problem is apparently caused by bad contact between some of the CPU pins and the socket eventually leading to the death of both of them. Let's hope Foxconn gets over this issue soon.

Category: CPU's
Posted: November 9, 2009 03:04PM
Author: ScapeGoat

http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/25803/

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Sheesh... is there any quick way to determine if that LGA 1156 mobo you're getting is Foxconn-free?

No idea bro....
For now you can only skip the gigabyte and asus mobo's just to be sure

Reply to bboynatural

Nothing new here. New platforms, new sockets, new OSs will always have a few bugs to be worked out. I was gonna upgrade from 775 socket/P45 but i think I'll wait a few more momths.

Reply to HundredIslandsBoy

If you zoom in on the new Gigabyte boards, you see a new retention mechanism that says 'Lotes'. The pin cover still says 'foxconn' though, so I am not sure what that means. Perhaps they have switched over now.

Links: Old Board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Imag [...] otherboard

New Board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Imag [...] 6%20Gb%2fs

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Reply to EXT64

I knew this would happen with just ordinary air cooled over clocking.
My prediction is that those early 1156 board systems with Foxconn sockets will die an early death even at stock speeds.We will probably hear about it (people complaining why their systems won't work) in a year or year and a half.

Like HundredIslandsBoy said I would wait for a few more months until the problems are resolved before getting a 1156 board otherwise you will eventually have problems with an early one if it uses the Foxconn socket.

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jj463rd wrote :

I knew this would happen with just ordinary air cooled over clocking.
My prediction is that those early 1156 board systems with Foxconn sockets will die an early death even at stock speeds.We will probably hear about it (people complaining why their systems won't work) in a year or year and a half.

Like HundredIslandsBoy said I would wait for a few more months until the problems are resolved before getting a 1156 board otherwise you will eventually have problems with an early one if it uses the Foxconn socket.

mwahaaahaaaa looks like its time to buy 1156 motherboards in a years time when all blow up... mwahaahaaahaaaa ( yeah i know, i like stroking my white pussy ) ( in a dr evil kinda fashion )

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Reply to Hellboy

Could be the plan (people would have to buy new motherboards and CPU's=more sales).

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thats why i love msi

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Reply to xaira

Asus is generaly my top favourite mobo manufacturer.
Cant blame them for this, it's all because of foxconn.
Let's stone them to death.

Reply to bboynatural

EXT64 wrote :

If you zoom in on the new Gigabyte boards, you see a new retention mechanism that says 'Lotes'. The pin cover still says 'foxconn' though, so I am not sure what that means. Perhaps they have switched over now.

Links: Old Board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Imag [...] otherboard

New Board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Imag [...] 6%20Gb%2fs

No chek the new board CORRECTLY.

As you can see, the yellow sticker is abit more diagonal, thus hiding it, along with the contrast being very low, but you can clearly see foxconn on top of the socket.

Reply to bboynatural

Just ordered mine, this model. I'lll let you know when I'm running at ONLY 3.5 ghz, lol.
Anands tests drove the boards where it was drawing 160 watts. Don't plan on doing that.

Reply to notty22

Hellboy wrote :

mwahaaahaaaa looks like its time to buy 1156 motherboards in a years time when all blow up... mwahaahaaahaaaa ( yeah i know, i like stroking my white pussy ) ( in a dr evil kinda fashion )

Thanks for the image of you in your favorite pose.

So will this socket issue become the Nvidia issue from last year when Nvidia had to spend gazillions to fix what they called a defective substrate in the GPU? Nvidia lost 40 percent of its worth in a matter of days when their stock went from $20 to $12 in a matter of days.

Whoever owns Foxconn stock probably need to dump it ASAP.

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HundredIslandsBoy wrote :

Thanks for the image of you in your favorite pose.

So will this socket issue become the Nvidia issue from last year when Nvidia had to spend gazillions to fix what they called a defective substrate in the GPU? Nvidia lost 40 percent of its worth in a matter of days when their stock went from $20 to $12 in a matter of days.

Whoever owns Foxconn stock probably need to dump it ASAP.

Not specifically for Intel but more for Foxconn because its their screw up.

Makes me wounder what their Q&A dept is up to letting crap like this pass. Have never seen something like this.

I have seen it when CPUs draw more power than the caps can handle the caps blow. I have seen a CPU being pushed so far the SB or NB burns up. But the socket? I have only seen that when a CPU is pushed super hard without proper cooling on old CPUs that had no thermal limiting controls built in.....

Reply to jimmysmitty

That's the pin protector, not the socket itself that says Foxconn. It still may be Foxconn, I sure don't know enough to tell the difference for sure, but it is a major change from the old one and the retainer clearly says Lotes (the other manufacturer). Would they really switch the retainer and keep the old socket? Or perhaps it was a problem with the retainer?

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