lapping a new chip

[ineed2upgrade]

if I were to buy a new chip and lap it before fitting it would I automatically invalidate the warrenty?I take it you make sure it works then lap it but obviously a week down the line it could turn faulty so I take it you pay your money and take the chance?

 

[rounddodger]

if I were to buy a new chip and lap it before fitting it would I automatically invalidate the warrenty?I take it you make sure it works then lap it but obviously a week down the line it could turn faulty so I take it you pay your money and take the chance?

Er yes. You lap it then you void any warranty you ever had.

 

[Conan257]

I've recently bought an e8500 and lapped it and my HSF before fitting them...

You can be farely confident nowadays that things will work out of the box, but if your a worrier then fit them and give it a thorough run through...

 

[easyrider]

I have never lapped a cpu.

I have never had the urge.

All my chips have run cool enough at their max clocks to never need to lap them.

 

[Banjo]

easy - you're lucky mate!
I'm limited to a CPU cooler that's 10cm tall (ish) because it's SFF so lapping both my old E2180 and the Silverstone Nitrogon NT-06 was very necessary as that chip was hugely concave and that coolers pretty mediocre

OP: Lapping basically ****** on the warranty Although you can be pretty confident that the CPU won't be faulty so lapping as soon as you get it is an option, but I've got my shiny new E8500 sitting in my rig without a lapping job... just in case it did fail and I'd wasted a fair amount of money.

Banjo