I think the core of my Athlon came chipped. Pic inside!

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mikecel79

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Just received my order from mwave of an Athlon XP 2200+, Abit NF7, and 512MB Kingston memory. I was looking it all over when I noticed this chip on the core of the Athlon. Is this going to be a problem? This stuff is for my younger brother and I don't want to pull his machine apart and then find out that the CPU is dead.

BTW this is my first Athlon system. Do OEM CPUs normally come in just a piece of foam like that? I don't seem to remember an Intel CPU coming like that.

Took a much better pic with my Olympus C-740. :D High Res Pic
 
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Lifer
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Was it wrapped like that with the rubber band?!

Newegg sends them in a plastic case with styrophome similar to that.
 
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mikecel79

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Let me try. My parent's digicam doesn't do that well up close. Should have brough my C-740 with me.
 
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mikecel79

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Was it wrapped like that with the rubber band?!
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Yep and it was placed inside a bag with the memory and stapled to the invoice. The memory came in a hard plastic container so that may have chipped it in shipping.
 
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newb54

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Did you buy that from Mwave? They package there processors like that. If you did Mwave is easy to RMA with.
 
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bsmithy

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processor boxes cost like half a penny, can't believe they're so cheap

it's not like the processor cost a few bucks either
 
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mikecel79

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Originally posted by: newb54
Did you buy that from Mwave? They package there processors like that. If you did Mwave is easy to RMA with.
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Yes from Mwave. I have been ordering from them since 99 with zero problems. It really surprised me the CPU was shipped like that.
 
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Do OEM CPUs normally come in just a piece of foam like that?
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both the OEM AMD CPU's I have bought via web have come in a sturdy, apparently designed for the purpose box. First one was thick cardboard, lined with thick foam on the top and bottom inside, and the second was a hard plastic case with foam in it. Both times these were then in another protective box (probably if I hadnt ordered other stuff they'd be in a jiffy/protective bag.

Just look at it. It's pretty obvious that yours has come in a way that is NOT how processors should be shipped. :Q :disgust:
 
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holy crap that is CHEAP!!! The CPU will probably still work I have a way bigger chip out of an old 1.4 T-Bird but if I had just bought a brand new CPU I would NOT accept that. RMA that thing back.
 
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suklee

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WOW, unbelievable. :Q
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Call for a RMA...
 
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I got a refurb OEM from Newegg and it came inside of a plastic AMD shell inside of another box with bubble wrap filling the box up. That's really shoddy "packaging." They may have tossed an RMA chip into your order accidentally.
 
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It looks fine to me. I see chipped processors all the time and they work without any problems. A tiny chip like that isnt going to hurt it at all and in the process of installing it with HS/F repeatedly it will chip more and more. Dont worry about it unless you installed it and it doesnt work. RMA for that alone is just a waste of time.
 
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