E2160 - scuff marks

[stealthgeek]

Hi

I recently received an OEM E2160 - it appears to have minor scuff marks and scratches to the cap - should I be worried about this? It almost looks like it was used once, cleaned up and put back in its box.

Cheers

 

[Cob]

It's not unusual to get chips with marks. I'm sure Intel test the odd one.

 

[-iceblade^]

yeah, probably got a QA check...

if anything does go wrong, though, just play dumb and say you didn't OC it - the 1 year warranty ought to cover you...

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Extrememly common occurance, I had it with a retail 2140 from a local shop, plenty of folks have had it on here.
No problems at all.

 

[stealthgeek]

ah - thats grand then

Just for info, its an SLA8Z model - an M0 stepping I believe? Is that a good stepping?

Cheers

 

[slowrunner]

yep it'll be MO stepping, same as mine.

\/ \/

 

[PhillyDee]

Yep, you are fine, a lot of them have marks on the top, its part of the maufacturing process. There was a thread about it in the past a few months ago.

 

[Davy644]

Hi I received my oem C2Q in a little tiny unsealed box which is i believe the norm,But on opening i noticed a couple of symmetrical marks on heat shield a black facial hair and some bits of DNA stuck to the foam inside which i wasn't happy about i can tell you massive
I could have returned it, well I had planned this build months before doing my research then booked a long w/end off work of which i had arranged for somebody to cover my round whilst i got on with this much looked forward to project,plus it turned out to be a good`n **02A680 for some reason i can not enter my proper batch No which begins with ** or ell eight

 

[PhillyDee]

Someone had to put it in its foam box. At least they shouls have been clean.

 

[steve258]

I haven't had one without suff marks on the IHS yet.

 

[-iceblade^]

m0 is the now common stepping for these puppies, and she does fly... enjoy clocking the nuts off her

 

[Aod]

Hi I received my oem C2Q in a little tiny unsealed box which is i believe the norm,But on opening i noticed a couple of symmetrical marks on heat shield a black facial hair and some bits of DNA stuck to the foam inside which i wasn't happy about i can tell you massive

my retail Q6600 came with a fingerprint on the plastic-pad-protector!

heavens, what shoud i do!

 

[Davy644]

my retail Q6600 came with a fingerprint on the plastic-pad-protector!

heavens, what shoud i do!

Mm you could always get the long lense out and be creative You know the score with a little imagination try few different angles sure you could come up with something

 

[stealthgeek]

Havent tried clocking it yet, been a mission over the past 4 days to get Vista x64 installed and working

But, it is running around 25C idle and touching 30C when pushed, so Im sure it has plenty of room for silly clocks!!

 

[WillSpengler]

my retail Q6600 came with a fingerprint on the plastic-pad-protector!

heavens, what shoud i do!

If there is anyone you want to take out, you could abuse the fingerprint. Make someone at intel your patsy