Here's a poser for the CPU experts here. I've recently aquired from a well known auction site a very competitively priced X6800. The reason I paid so little is that the chip I received was an Intel engineering sample. As I understand it, these chips are actually owned by Intel who supply them to testers and reviewers under licence on condition that they are not sold. Thus my ownership of the X6800 that I bought so cheaply is somewhat questionable in law. If I don't return the chip to the vendor I could guilty of receiving stolen property. Does anyone have any informed thoughts on this dilemma?
Now to some technical issues about this chip. When I installed it, the Core temps at idle were 71c, under load these rose to 79c. My other processor, an E6600, in the same system, using the same components and default settings, ran at 41c idle to 46c under load. I tried reseating the heatsink etc but the x6800 still ran at 71c. I have now replaced the E6600 and my temperatues are all back to normal.
One other thing I noticed when trying the X6800 was that the Intel Desktop Control panel reported the CPU temperature to be -128c (minus). Now this, combined with the bizarre Core temps on the X6800, makes me wonder whether the chip is in some way damaged. If my engineering sample has been tested by one or more reviewers at extreme overclocks could it have been damaged in the process?
I'd welcome comments.
Thanks for your attention.
Now to some technical issues about this chip. When I installed it, the Core temps at idle were 71c, under load these rose to 79c. My other processor, an E6600, in the same system, using the same components and default settings, ran at 41c idle to 46c under load. I tried reseating the heatsink etc but the x6800 still ran at 71c. I have now replaced the E6600 and my temperatues are all back to normal.
One other thing I noticed when trying the X6800 was that the Intel Desktop Control panel reported the CPU temperature to be -128c (minus). Now this, combined with the bizarre Core temps on the X6800, makes me wonder whether the chip is in some way damaged. If my engineering sample has been tested by one or more reviewers at extreme overclocks could it have been damaged in the process?
I'd welcome comments.
Thanks for your attention.