How damaged is this chip

l33t-krew · 13 Apr 2007 at 11:36

. Not sure if the CPU will work. Any ideas? Will it be covered by a warrenty.

Sipha · 13 Apr 2007 at 11:41

Turn it over, do any of the contacts or components in the middle of the chip look damaged ?

Other than that its hard to tell really, chips dont necessarily have to show outward signs of damage for them not to work unfortunately.

l33t-krew · 13 Apr 2007 at 11:44

they look fine.

The intel heatsink looks damaged quite severely as you an see from the pictures.

Sipha · 13 Apr 2007 at 11:47

Is that a dent on the left ? Sorry I didnt see that before :eek:

If the IHS is damaged i guess theres a good chance the chips up it, RMA it see what happens

gurusan · 13 Apr 2007 at 11:48

looks ravaged. No idea how their response will be when you RMA it.

l33t-krew · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:13

:S I hope it is not an OEM chip. Apparently they are not covrered by intel as a warrenty :O

killer_uk · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:45

l33t-krew said:
:S I hope it is not an OEM chip. Apparently they are not covrered by intel as a warrenty :O

I'm prity sure the OEMs have a 1 year warranty. The retail chips come with the 3 year warranty.

gt_junkie · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:59

What has happened to it?

gt

l33t-krew · 13 Apr 2007 at 13:23

killer_uk said:
I'm prity sure the OEMs have a 1 year warranty. The retail chips come with the 3 year warranty.

Not according to Intels website. You have to go to your supplier :eek:

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benktlottie · 13 Apr 2007 at 14:17

Yeah, intel wont take a non-retail chip back. I know because I tried when I bought a dud on Echo Bravo Aplha Yankee once. They insisted I took it back to the retailer and that was me stuffed! LOL

IceShock · 13 Apr 2007 at 14:42

what has happened to that cpu :eek:

looks like youv swung at it with a sledge hammer with sandpaper attached to it and just scraped along it with a un-acurate swing

or tied to the back of a lorry and pulled down a road lol

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 13 Apr 2007 at 14:51

IceShock · 13 Apr 2007 at 14:56

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

good one

Cupra · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:12

what a waste of a cpu

kingo15 · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:32

looks like a good game of footy in the street was had by all by the looks of the cpu

IAmATeaf · 13 Apr 2007 at 17:43

Looks like it been mistaken for a door stop by some non IT savvy person. That big dent on the left looks like a HSF mount horror story.

l33t-krew · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:32

the question is "what is the chance of it working if i slot it in a motherboard"????

cheers

Dingleberry88 · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:42

Is this the result of your lapping attempt?

BillytheImpaler · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:48

l33t-krew said:
the question is "what is the chance of it working if i slot it in a motherboard"????

The chip itself might work but with a badly damaged IHS you'll have a rough time cooling it. Perhaps you should just remove the IHS and test it, especially as at this point you haven't much to lose.

Now that I've answered your question you should answer mine: How did it get damaged?

Gerard · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:55

core 2 extreme, ouch. :eek:

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