i3 2120 working with missing parts?

[ozaudio]

so I have an I3 2120 here and one the bottom it looks like there is 3 of the tiny resisters are missing? maybe there not but it looks like they use to be there, inaway I put it in my pc and it fired up fine, 100% load 36-36c not rebooting, all memory is showing.

based on this after a few hours of stress testing would you sell this as a working cpu as I wouldn't want any come backs , can cpus still work with missing resisters or is it possible there is some other fault ive not come across? its in a z77 board so I could try and overclock it aswell?

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

If it's missing stuff... Don't sell it as a working CPU.


Maybe throw up a picture to show what you mean, but if you're not convinced it's not damaged, then it'd be pretty dishonest to sell it as 100% working.

 

[Doogles]

Say that the bottom is damaged but it works fine with all the tests you have done and are willing to take it back if the buyer has an issue with it?

 

[ozaudio]

but were do you draw the line as to when to return it? if it stops working within a day? a month? I notice no difference between the i3 and the i5 3570k at all with what I do, so really I should keep the I3 and flog the i5 and pocket the extra cash into my savings account!

cant take a picture right now I would have to remove it and I don't have any more thermal paste right now so will have to wait, the thing is it is 100% working so far its just a case of its missing a couple of resisters ill keep it running for a couple of days without turning the pc of to see how it goes

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I think you'd already made up your mind to sell it as working.

 

[Doogles]

but were do you draw the line as to when to return it? if it stops working within a day? a month? I notice no difference between the i3 and the i5 3570k at all with what I do, so really I should keep the I3 and flog the i5 and pocket the extra cash into my savings account!

cant take a picture right now I would have to remove it and I don't have any more thermal paste right now so will have to wait, the thing is it is 100% working so far its just a case of its missing a couple of resisters ill keep it running for a couple of days without turning the pc of to see how it goes

Doesn't matter if it is working or not but if you sold me that telling me it worked I wouldn't be happy and if it was ebay I'd be going through paypal getting my money back, and with pictures of the damage I would win. Sell it as working but make sure you tell them of the damage.

 

[ozaudio]

but it is working? what im wanting to know is it possible that cpus are able to still function fine with certain resisters missing , they way id list it is

item seems to have what looks like some resisters missing from the bottom of the cpu but from performing XXX tests and running for XXX days I have no crashes or problems what so ever.

ill leave the i3 running till Monday I think & there is a good chance I might just keep running it as I don't game

 

[Surveyor]

Are you sure they're missing or were they never there in the first place?

 

[Disco_P]

Before you sell it take a picture here and we'll tell you if it has lost some parts or if it was built that way.

 

[ozaudio]

I think that's going to be the best option