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dont you void the warrenty on retail cpu's if you replace the cooler, as they already come witha hsf?
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Because when installing the other heatsink you can damage something on the PCB.JBuk said:I`m asking if a card is faulty (not neccasarily the ops) and it has nothing to do with an hsf removal (then why should the warranty be void just becasue of the hsf removal?
A CPU is just a CPU, it doesn't have a PCB with a lot of other components that can break when installing a different cooler.Vicious said:dont you void the warrenty on retail cpu's if you replace the cooler, as they already come witha hsf?
fish99 said:If they don't want people using 3rd party coolers they should start putting decent ones on themselves.
I doubt they will sell cards without coolers to Joe Public, they do however send manufacturers cards without coolers so they can fabricate the coolers themselves.dale1uk said:Well thats sort of what ati are going to be doing. It was posted on here last week that ati are going to start shipping oem cards with no cooler on so you can choose for yourself what one you wish to put on, just like oem cpu's. There also allowing graphic cards companies to fit their own refference coolers on aswell so it looks as though a lot of different coolling possibilities will soon be on the cards from ati.
Dutch Guy said:I doubt they will sell cards without coolers to Joe Public, they do however send manufacturers cards without coolers so they can fabricate the coolers themselves.
Very good news, if you want a good quiet cooler now it (almost always) means buying one and voiding the warranty, in the future you can but a card from a mnaufacturer that made the cooler you want.dale1uk said:My bad, just searched for the post again and your correct, their just allowing manufactures to choose for themselves what cooles go on. Still good news for us though as it gives you more of a choice when buying.
fish99 said:The real question isn't whether you void the warranty, but whether they are likely to find out you've been using a 3rd party cooler if you put the original one back on. Unless you do a sloppy job they're probably not going to find out
Úlfhednar said:JBuk, it's just the way it is. Doing certain things with a graphics card voids warranty, and those include replacing the stock cooler, overclocking, and BIOS flashing.
Dutch Guy said:Because when installing the other heatsink you can damage something on the PCB.
FishPolice said:Seems to be an awful lot of people on here who buy an aftermarket cooler pretty much straight away.
gacameron01 said:if you removed the cooler and ran your graphics card at 100% overclock, you'd burn the puppy out. It's extremely naive to claim that changing anything on the card could have no impact.
gacameron01 said:if you removed the cooler and ran your graphics card at 100% overclock, you'd burn the puppy out. It's extremely naive to claim that changing anything on the card could have no impact.
Say you removed the cooler, changed the thermal paste to a better one, reattach the stoc cooler but forget to tighten one screw meaning the cooler does not make good contact.Gashman said:wait a minute, i didn't even mention overclocking, just changing thermal material to get lower temperatures at stock![]()