P55 Socket Problems - Informatiom
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It's not just foxconn motherboards, it's any motherboard using foxcon's socket. This includes some EVGA and MSI boards, and presumably others too (Could be Asus, gigabyte, DFI, etc etc). One board mentioned was the EVGA classified P55, which they think around 50% of the boards used this part.
It's a problem if you go for 4GHz+ clock speeds, where the power draw is too much for the limited contact area for power delivery.
It's a problem if you go for 4GHz+ clock speeds, where the power draw is too much for the limited contact area for power delivery.
as stated on the other thread that seems 50/50 not sure about gigabyte and asus, or they haven't tested it yet
Just checked my GD65, its a foxconn connector, well it says foxconn on the retention plate on the rear of the pcb. 
Hopefully my "lowly" 750 will mean it wont be quite so power hungry as the 800 series due to no hyperthreading, that and the fact i only use it for gaming so it isn't on for long periods.
You reckon the mobo manufacturers will man up and replace the boards with suspect sockets on?
Hopefully my "lowly" 750 will mean it wont be quite so power hungry as the 800 series due to no hyperthreading, that and the fact i only use it for gaming so it isn't on for long periods.
You reckon the mobo manufacturers will man up and replace the boards with suspect sockets on?
Just checked my GD65, its a foxconn connector, well it says foxconn on the retention plate on the rear of the pcb.
Hopefully my "lowly" 750 will mean it wont be quite so power hungry as the 800 series due to no hyperthreading, that and the fact i only use it for gaming so it isn't on for long periods.
You reckon the mobo manufacturers will man up and replace the boards with suspect sockets on?
I hope so, not sure what my asus has, i did try to look but with the cpu cooler on i cant tell
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Just checked my GD65, its a foxconn connector, well it says foxconn on the retention plate on the rear of the pcb.
Hopefully my "lowly" 750 will mean it wont be quite so power hungry as the 800 series due to no hyperthreading, that and the fact i only use it for gaming so it isn't on for long periods.
You reckon the mobo manufacturers will man up and replace the boards with suspect sockets on?
not a chance, it would need an rma and would need to be tested and would need to be found faulty, only thing that might make a recall happen is if computers with these sockects start to go up in flames
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So far, EVGA is the only company we know that uses sockets exclusively from LOTES on their top-tier P55 boards - for example, the EVGA P55 Classified 200, model E659. This by the way may be the onus behind the decision to market the board’s “300% More Gold Content” socket statement as a purchasing option point.
If you find yourself shopping for an EVGA P55 ***, model E657, you've got a 50/50 chance of buying one with a Tyco AMP socket design (using a LOTES backplate), as opposed to one made solely with Foxconn's, the same goes for MSI and DFI who have batches of boards in the retail channel using LOTES sockets (although we're not entirely sure on socket specifics at this point).
DFI told us earlier they have dropped usage of the Foxconn sockets completely until further notice. We hear the LOTES and Tyco AMP sockets are in short supply, which is probably why Foxconn's been able to fill the void in the market with what we believe to be a lower quality alternative for the extreme overclocker
So far, EVGA is the only company we know that uses sockets exclusively from LOTES on their top-tier P55 boards - for example, the EVGA P55 Classified 200, model E659. This by the way may be the onus behind the decision to market the board’s “300% More Gold Content” socket statement as a purchasing option point.
If you find yourself shopping for an EVGA P55 ***, model E657, you've got a 50/50 chance of buying one with a Tyco AMP socket design (using a LOTES backplate), as opposed to one made solely with Foxconn's, the same goes for MSI and DFI who have batches of boards in the retail channel using LOTES sockets (although we're not entirely sure on socket specifics at this point).
DFI told us earlier they have dropped usage of the Foxconn sockets completely until further notice. We hear the LOTES and Tyco AMP sockets are in short supply, which is probably why Foxconn's been able to fill the void in the market with what we believe to be a lower quality alternative for the extreme overclocker
Apparently. At normal speeds an voltages the substandard connections are sufficient. Once you push up voltages significantly for a high overclock, they fail.
I've just bought an i5 and an asus p55 pro yesterday, and i've only just found this out makes me sad.
From Asus
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&id=20091018083817531&board_id=1&model=Maximus%20III%20Formula&page=1&count=17
Asus use foxconn
makes me sad. From Asus
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&id=20091018083817531&board_id=1&model=Maximus%20III%20Formula&page=1&count=17
Asus use foxconn
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i checked mine all seems ok to me,i tried to spot as many of the pins i could that didnt have a marking on from the cpu pressure and they all look ok to me.
well this happened to me a few weeks ago with a asus maximus iii well ****ed of to say the least i7 860 .only did a small over clock to 3200.everything was great till one day, my temps on my motherboard was going up to 95c then I closed it down cpu power fan sockets stops working ,could be a combination of a that as well as the socket but last few weeks have been a pc nightmare .all most to the point were i am thinking of giving up on pc.s for gaming..
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That would be the fault of your cpu fan dying, if the socket was melting from a high overclock pushing too much current through weak pin connections (which is what the socket issue is) you'd be able to tell as it would be a mess under the chip.