This sort of thing was even a problem 13 years ago. (https://www.overclockers.com/socket-1156-burning-issuesis-fire/ https://www.overclockers.com/socket-1156-bu

This sort of thing was even a problem 13 years ago. (https://www.overclockers.com/socket-1156-burning-issuesis-fire/ https://www.overclockers.com/socket-1156-burning-issuesis-fi...) It's not new- component OEMs just screw up sometimes. I suspect that PGA sockets have less problem with this, though AMD has had just as long to get LGA right given their server processors have used it for nearly as long as Intel has so while it does happen, there really isn't any excuse for it.