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Q6600 Warranty

Guardsmon

Guardsmon

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Hey I'm sure this has been asked tons of times, but I have a small problem, well a big one actually.
My Q6600 has pretty much died :( I can get 2 cores to boot, but they aren't running properly and if I use the chip on a board that won't let me disable to cores it just errors before it loads windows.

So I want to send the chip back, and here is where the problems start.

I'm cooling my chip with a TRUE120 and don't have the stock heatsink any more, or the box that it came in. I've got a mates stock cooler that I would send back with it, and um *cough* his receipt. ( i'm not returning it to OCuk )

Do I need the box and does the heatsink match up with the CPU.

Basically, is there any chance I could get away with this?
 
ooo goody, thanks guys I hope you are right. I spoke to intel on the phone as I didn't get my cpu through a retailer and had not system building manufacturer to go to and they said that i needed to go through a retailer and have the cpu fan and sort it through them.. just don't feel like having to through the money out to get a new one. Esp as this one did me so well. got to 3.5Ghz np probs. (that on stock volts might have been what killed 2 of the cores, though i don't think so?)
 
yeh i plan to bend the truth :D - Didn't get it from the bay, took it from another computer, it worked for 8 months, so its strange that it decided to die. I think i might be screwed...
 
got 2 mates to try it on 2 of there motherboards, one was a P5N-E SLI and don't know the other. They can't disable the cores and just got blue screens, if you know of a problem. please please please let me know. thnks
 
schizo220168 said:
just buy a new one,they are cheap as chip's now....problem sorted about sending away for a replacement.
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Um yeh... I wish I couldn't but unfortunately I'm not made of money! Cheap as chips if you are buying the worlds most expensive plate of chips!

The cpu came from a mates computer that he being a muppet that he is spent to much on and realised he couldn't afford.
I think I pushed my luck a little too far and I'm having to pay for it :( But atleast I didn't have to pay the full £160 that it was at the time and then find I didn't have warranty. Guess it was OEM, but I'll try see how things go.

I'm going to try my luck later in the week and will let you know the outcome. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the support and help guys
 
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just wondering does anyone know how to tell if the cpu is retail or oem from serial? mine is: L720B058 and 3572161 3A0974 is printed on the PCB
 
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would one of those 3 you know of be linked to ***** forums?
I'm thinking I might just admit defeat and find myself a space on the street with my guitar playing monkey and a hat.

do you know the link for the online checker?
 
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WJA96 - out of curiosity how on earth did they mark the CPU? Its not like you can stick a sticker on a Q6600 and not have some heat issues.
 
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