Hi,

I've seen discussions about the 2011-v3 boards and their OC sockets (with extra pins meant to interface with Intel diagnostic pins). I've read in older posts from Asus reps that the Z170's would have the OC sockets.

I've also seen there's some worry that Intel won't allow RMA of defective chips that used the OC pins...though, I don't know how they'd tell!

So, my question, does the Maximus VIII or even other Z170 boards a) have the OC pins (socket has more than 1151 pins), and b) do any feature of the motherboard (i.e. some OC feature, I'd expect) rely on these pins?

If Intel started sending chips without the extra pins, would they still work in a MB that has the OC socket?

Thanks,

Ambi