Cracked/chipped processor cores.

[Jayllo]

I recieved a chipped core and it posts, but I am wondering if there are any stability issues invovled? Does anyone know?

 

[pamf]

Try running prime95 and running the torture test.. it should go all day/night without a problem. if it says theres an error, somethings wrong.. if that happens lemme know

How badly is it chopped? I chipped my tbird 1200C a while back while trying to get my friggin volcano II off it without breaking the socket clip (which i ultimately failed at. feh) .. Does it look any worse than this .. mine runs fine..

basically as long as it boots and works i wouldnt worry about it.. even if prime95 does give you errors you probably wont notice any problems..

 

[Mitzi]

<< I recieved a chipped core and it posts, but I am wondering if there are any stability issues invovled? Does anyone know? >>



Are you saying that the CPU arrived chipped or you chipped it when trying to mount the HSF? If it arrived chipped (which is very unlikely) I would send it back your your supplier for RMA, though you may have problems trying to prove that it arrived chipped.

 

[Jayllo]

Regardless, as long as this duron works fine I don't mind it if its just cosmetic.

 

[Jayllo]

thanks guy for you help I installling 2000 on it. it does seem a bit slow. I will run some benchmarks with Sandra and try a burnin test. Does prime run on 2000? I haven;.tl dled it. Thanks again for the suggestions/experiences, anymore would be justa s helpful