Cpu underside discoloured

roachyuk · 12 Aug 2017 at 13:44

Hi can anyone tell me if this is normal for a cpu apparently ive been told its stained and i might have spilt something on it which to be fair is laughable to be fair
http://imgur.com/D4hBPQy

http://imgur.com/UfrfK9x

i personally can not see any marks due to the light shining on it can anyone else see anything thanks

subbytna · 12 Aug 2017 at 13:52

Is this linked to a selling dispute? I can't see anything

roachyuk · 12 Aug 2017 at 13:54

Yes it is...so your saying the cpu looks ok on the underside?

smogsy · 12 Aug 2017 at 13:56

yeh looks ok second picture bottom left looks diff colour but i think thats more the camra/light

Armageus · 12 Aug 2017 at 13:57

Slightly discoloration of some of the pads is normal due to heat

Craig321 · 12 Aug 2017 at 14:01

Looks good to me

roachyuk · 12 Aug 2017 at 14:05

Thanks guys i thought as much just thought id get your opinions as he is saying there is staining on the pads of the cpu

Grandmaster Fap! · 12 Aug 2017 at 18:15

Armageus said:
Slightly discoloration of some of the pads is normal due to heat

This tbh, nowt wrong with that.

RavenXXX2 · 12 Aug 2017 at 21:57

Yeah it's fine. Though the seller sold it for a friend so could have been faulty as the seller would have not have tested it, recently had the same issue on AVforums. Either way if he won't refund you get him to RMA it for you, Intel will send you a new one.

Smffy · 12 Aug 2017 at 22:22

Total bs my friend, it's an non-coated gold surface, if you pick it up with your finger it will show dark due to tiny residue. It will fade and tarnish over time regardless like your gold jewellery but if you wipe with isopropyl alcohol it should look nice and shiny.

Bottom line it's all good, metal tarnishes with air as well as water.

roachyuk · 13 Aug 2017 at 00:28

RavenXXX2 said:
Yeah it's fine. Though the seller sold it for a friend so could have been faulty as the seller would have not have tested it, recently had the same issue on AVforums. Either way if he won't refund you get him to RMA it for you, Intel will send you a new one.

He actually asked me to do that....which i feel is unfair as its down to him but he said he will not reply to any of my emails and is just sending it back to me...i am keeping all the emails for future reference as well as they have all been respectful on my behalf.

koooowweeee · 13 Aug 2017 at 07:02

As many of you over clockers know you don't get the tarnish until it's been highly clocked, this CPU has never been overlooked. Roach says he didn't notice it hmmmmm but the CPU comes back broken when it came out of a working right. The mark was worse until I wiped it. You can't see the mark on the pic as well as you can with your eye either.

So before you start slinging mud you so get to know all the facts first.

andy_mk3 · 13 Aug 2017 at 08:35

High overclocks cause tarnishing? That's a new one on me! I think it's you that might need to look into the facts.

koooowweeee · 13 Aug 2017 at 09:28

andy_mk3 said:
High overclocks cause tarnishing? That's a new one on me! I think it's you that might need to look into the facts.

Great post. Would read again.

High overclocks = heat

RavenXXX2 · 13 Aug 2017 at 09:33

That's the issue selling it for someone else unless you confirmed it working it could always have been faulty. Either way I would just refund him and get it replaced and sell it on as new for more than what you sold it for used, Intel are great with warranties and no invoice required. A guy sold me a faulty GPU on Avforums for a friend, he wouldn't back down and got himself banned over it, really not worth it, and I never got a refund.

Rannoch · 13 Aug 2017 at 09:36

Won't intel simply replace it?

koooowweeee · 13 Aug 2017 at 09:41

RavenXXX2 said:
That's the issue selling it for someone else unless you confirmed it working it could always have been faulty. Either way I would just refund him and get it replaced and sell it on as new for more than what you sold it for used, Intel are great with warranties and no invoice required. A guy sold me a faulty GPU on Avforums for a friend, he wouldn't back down and got himself banned over it, really not worth it, and I never got a refund.

I saw the CPU working otherwise I wouldn't of sold it. I've submitted a RMA to intel this morning. But I'm not going to give a refund when it came back in the state it did. It's never be overclocked and was working. Now it's got stains on it and not working. If it came back the way I sent it then I would have given a refund right away but now I'm out of pocket with postage (X2 if I have to send to intel) time off work for posting (again X2) and time off work for collection.

Thing that seem odd to me is that roach said there wasn't a mark on it but now there is, soon as the parcel got a failed delivery he was emailing me and when I collected it from the post office he emailed me about a refund before I even got back home. The post office is 2 mins drive from my house.

RavenXXX2 · 13 Aug 2017 at 09:46

Sounds reasonable to me, let him know. Intel sometimes arrange rma collection so might not be out of pocket there.

Glanza · 13 Aug 2017 at 09:47

Where did you sell it? On here or auction site?

koooowweeee · 13 Aug 2017 at 09:54

I've opened a despite as he didn't (or not to my knowledge) he kept sending the same email and not addressing my questions but I was addressing his.so I told him I'll no longer reply to his emails.