Intel CPU's have OC black box

[NoobyDoo]

Link

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When you burn your CPU Intel asks its retailers and etailers to return the CPU's back and in three to five weeks Intel gets back the answer whether the end customer gets a new chip or not.
If Intel figurate out that you load a CPU with too high frequency or to high voltage it might deny the RMA.
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[MercenaryForHire]

fudzilla.com

THIS LINK IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE AND TRUSTWORTHLY

lc

- M4H

 

[swtethan]

Sounds fair to me. I know the risks I take by oc'ing....

 

[Phynaz]

Can you please quit with the fudzilla links?
It's getting rather lame.

BTW, AMD, Nvidia, IBM, Freescale, and just about everyone else does the same. Just about everyone here knew it too.

 

[AnotherGuy]

This is a very unfair way of doing the business as the companies does not oppose to overclocking at least not officially.

These guys not only not reliable on their sources... but they f*$%@ stupid morons too... What u want Intel to tell u.... pls overclock as much as possible until you burn our chips ?
F$kn noobs

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Anyways. Validity of link or not, this would be suicide for Intel's retail sales for this reason:

in three to five weeks Intel gets back the answer whether the end customer gets a new chip or not.

"Three to five weeks" for an RMA is too long. Consumers wouldn't stand for this.

- M4H

 

[JAG87]

If Intel figurate out that if you load a CPU with too high frequency or too high voltage it might deny the RMA

wow fuad, what a glorious article.. this line should be engraved somewhere

 

[AnotherGuy]

Originally posted by: JAG87

If Intel figurate out that if you load a CPU with too high frequency or too high voltage it might deny the RMA

wow fuad, what a glorious article.. this line should be engraved somewhere

LOL.... I was looking at that word too... figurateraterate but i said maybe thats some new techie word since im not born here...

Ima start a Sig-Making bussiness and ima hire Fuad for sig IDEAS !!!!!!!

News Flash by: Fuad Godzilla, ops Fudzilla:

They have this great figurating machine down there at our friends at Intel... its a fantastic Time-Traveling like machine that is able to figurate out that u were trying to figurate out the maximim overclock by figurating out the maximum voltage of the..... yes Intel cpu, so they will deny ur RMA after 5 weeks, maybe. Yes very unfair bussines Intel... shame on u. I thot we were friends. I am going to cry now... u bastard!

 

[Hajpoj]

hAPPY 420

 

[myocardia]

I nominate this thread for worst thread ever on AT. BTW, both Intel and AMD can already do what that link is talking about, without any "black boxes". They just realized years ago that it would cost them 10's of millions of dollars per quarter to do, while saving themselves 50 or 100 processors, that cost them nearly nothing (in comparison).

 

[BadThad]

BS :roll:

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: myocardia
I nominate this thread for worst thread ever on AT. BTW, both Intel and AMD can already do what that link is talking about, without any "black boxes". They just realized years ago that it would cost them 10's of millions of dollars per quarter to do, while saving themselves 50 or 100 processors, that cost them nearly nothing (in comparison).

Fact!

 

[Diogenes2]

So, how does this work ?

You RMA to Newegg.
They send you a replacement.
3 - 5 Weeks later, Newegg says " You overclocked, send the replacement back to us ! "


Yeah, riiiiiight !


Sheesh ...

 

[tersome]

Originally posted by: Diogenes2
So, how does this work ?

You RMA to Newegg.
They send you a replacement.
3 - 5 Weeks later, Newegg says " You overclocked, send the replacement back to us ! "


Yeah, riiiiiight !


Sheesh ...

If you've committed fraud, newegg can do more than just ask nicely :roll:

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: tersome

Originally posted by: Diogenes2
So, how does this work ?

You RMA to Newegg.
They send you a replacement.
3 - 5 Weeks later, Newegg says " You overclocked, send the replacement back to us ! "


Yeah, riiiiiight !


Sheesh ...

If you've committed fraud, newegg can do more than just ask nicely :roll:

And just exactly what more could they do ?

 

[jvwheel]

From personal experience Newegg will back out your RMA and recharge your card for the returned product.

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: jvwheel
From personal experience Newegg will back out your RMA and recharge your card for the returned product.

And then they would have to deal with a charge dispute ...




Actually this is a silly discussion .. There is nothing in a chip that will show it has been purposely overclocked.. Nor will Intel or Newegg go to the trouble to try to prove it and alienate their customers..

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: myocardia
I nominate this thread for worst thread ever on AT. BTW, both Intel and AMD can already do what that link is talking about, without any "black boxes". They just realized years ago that it would cost them 10's of millions of dollars per quarter to do, while saving themselves 50 or 100 processors, that cost them nearly nothing (in comparison).

I agree, especially regarding the premise of preventing "fraud" on a few hundred parts at a cost of $1000's per part once testing/debug/labor are factored in.

Not going to happen.

Of course that logic never stopped the RIAA but let's hope Intel doesn't hire their lawyers! :beer: