- Apr 16, 2015
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Hey.
My configuration is
i5 3570k
Asus P8Z77-M Pro Motherboard LGA1155
About two weeks ago my motherboard stopped giving any audio output and I submitted it for RMA. But some douchebags at Asus broke one CPU pin somehow (image attached) and repaired the issue with the audio card. They sent the MoBo back to my home with a letter that this broken pin is their mistake and it won't hamper the functioning of the system esp CPU in any way. A lot emails were exchanged and I told them that I will test it.
Now when read over internet and found that if the pin is VCC then it could hamper the overclocking capabilities and could also fry the cpu.
I want to know if this broken pin is really important and should I proceed for legal Complainant against asus?
Today while overclocking I noticed that at 4.4 GHz it becomes only stable if the applied voltage is 1.315 v (tested only for 20 minutes with prime95 as voltages were high)
Even 4.3 GHz at 1.290 v was giving WHEA errors within few minutes.
Is this related to that broken pin?
Using Asus Utility I tweaked for extreme performance and it gave me
Multiplier 43
BCLK Freq 104.8
V Core 1.315 V
Is this voltage requirement too high?
Thanks

My configuration is
i5 3570k
Asus P8Z77-M Pro Motherboard LGA1155
About two weeks ago my motherboard stopped giving any audio output and I submitted it for RMA. But some douchebags at Asus broke one CPU pin somehow (image attached) and repaired the issue with the audio card. They sent the MoBo back to my home with a letter that this broken pin is their mistake and it won't hamper the functioning of the system esp CPU in any way. A lot emails were exchanged and I told them that I will test it.
Now when read over internet and found that if the pin is VCC then it could hamper the overclocking capabilities and could also fry the cpu.
I want to know if this broken pin is really important and should I proceed for legal Complainant against asus?
Today while overclocking I noticed that at 4.4 GHz it becomes only stable if the applied voltage is 1.315 v (tested only for 20 minutes with prime95 as voltages were high)
Even 4.3 GHz at 1.290 v was giving WHEA errors within few minutes.
Is this related to that broken pin?
Using Asus Utility I tweaked for extreme performance and it gave me
Multiplier 43
BCLK Freq 104.8
V Core 1.315 V
Is this voltage requirement too high?
Thanks
