CPU/Mobo P55 Platform : Burning Isuue

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I was searching for reviews of P55 based motherboards to upgrade and was shocked to see this. Strange that no one reported this early.There has been socket problem for P55 chipset where the Foxcon socket due to improper contact is burning literally.

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AnandTech: P55 Extreme Overclockers: Check your sockets!
P55-UD6 socket burn - Page 17 - XtremeSystems Forums
The Perils Of Overclocking - Review Tom's Hardware : P55 On A Budget: Five Core i5/i7 Motherboards For $100-$150

Note1: Credit to the original poster who have noticed the Issue.
Note2: The images will be very disturbing to the P55 Owners:ohyeah::peace:
 
^^Don't think this has been posted here before. At least I did not come across a thread which shed light on this news. Interesting nevertheless.
 
^^If you notice every one around here is suggesting a P55 based system in (15-20 K) Price segment (for CPU + mobo).

Even the TE PC Buying Guide November 2009

Published by Karthi007 has the P55 based system recommendations

for Med End Gaming Rig (Budget 70k) and High End Gaming Rig (Budget 95k-100k).

Even I was planning for the same combo prior to reading this news and now I am Confused
 
Tomshardware has already went past 4ghz oc on P55 without any burns .

It turned out that the motherboard already had over-current protection built-in, and ASRock had simply neglected it in the BIOS, believing that average overclockers wouldn't need it. A BIOS update to version 1.80 was the sole requirement to fix the P55 Pro, and ASRock even had Newegg ship a retail sample from its normal stock to prove this.

Mobo bios max voltage was set at 1.80v default keeping in mind that extreme overclockers would not need it . Now a bios revision ti 1.80v has been issued and no harm has been detected so far .

Step 1: Finding The Overclocking Limits - Review Tom's Hardware : Core i7-870 Overclocking And Fixing Blown P55-Based Boards

Step 3: Evaluating The Solutions - Review Tom's Hardware : Core i7-870 Overclocking And Fixing Blown P55-Based Boards
 
Anubis said:
Tomshardware has already went past 4ghz oc on P55 without any burns .

It turned out that the motherboard already had over-current protection built-in, and ASRock had simply neglected it in the BIOS, believing that average overclockers wouldn't need it. A BIOS update to version 1.80 was the sole requirement to fix the P55 Pro, and ASRock even had Newegg ship a retail sample from its normal stock to prove this.

Mobo bios max voltage was set at 1.80v default keeping in mind that extreme overclockers would not need it . Now a bios revision ti 1.80v has been issued and no harm has been detected so far .

Step 1: Finding The Overclocking Limits - Review Tom's Hardware : Core i7-870 Overclocking And Fixing Blown P55-Based Boards

Step 3: Evaluating The Solutions - Review Tom's Hardware : Core i7-870 Overclocking And Fixing Blown P55-Based Boards
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So, are lynnfield boards ready to be bought now without any problem?
 
nvidia10 said:
So, are lynnfield boards ready to be bought now without any problem?
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Yes. Why believe me go to the links i posted above.

It was nothing but capping the max voltage in bios which was set to 1.80v due to mobo maker's negligiency that extreme ocers would know what to do.

A bios revision to 1.80v has been issued
 
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