refurbished????

[jimmyj68]

I'm in the market for a new CPU and I'm undecided between AMD and Intel. While looking over NewEgg offerings, there was a large number of "refurbished" CPU's offered - how do you refurbish a CPU - a closed unit? Straigten (sp) bent pins?

 

[RobCur]

they just unbent it with their fingers, and slap reburbish on it
duh.

 

[jimmyj68]

No really - I don't inderstand ----

 

[Pariah]

Refurbished is Newegg's generic label for returned products. There was most likely nothing wrong with the product in the first place.

 

[saltedeggman]

They always claim that reburbished items will not guarantee all the accessories that comes with the item originally, but i have always had the item (working conditions) and full accessory (eg cables, software, manual)

 

[Summitdrinker]

ya often it's just returned, maybe not even used or even a opened package

 

[Zepper]

Newegg uses the term loosely - refurbished is supposed to mean returned to original factory specs. They use it as a catch-all for many possible conditions. IOW, a newegg refurb is like a box of chocloates...
. That said, I've bought several "refurb" mobos from newegg and have been well pleased.

.bh.

 

[shabby]

"Damnit this cpu doesnt overclock well, oh well i'll just return it to newegg"
There's your answer.

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: shabby
"Damnit this cpu doesnt overclock well, oh well i'll just return it to newegg"
There's your answer.

qft

 

[fibes]

Originally posted by: shabby
"Damnit this cpu doesnt overclock well, oh well i'll just return it to newegg"
There's your answer.

Or.....

"Damnit, what's that burning smell from my computer. This cpu overclocks way too well, oh well i'll just return it to newegg"

 

[CQuinn]

Originally posted by: RobCur
they just unbent it with their fingers, and slap reburbish on it

Never unbend pins with your fingers if you can help it.

A good tip I was once given: Use an automatic pencil (Pentel quick-clickers seem well suited for this).
Remove the lead from the pencil, and use the .5mm or .7mm pipe at the tip of the pencil.
Placing it over a bent pin, and using gentle pressure should allow you to return the pin to its normal
position with less risk of breaking it.

Shabby:"Damnit this cpu doesnt overclock well, oh well i'll just return it to newegg"

Exactly, I have a mobile Athlon XP 2400+ that outperform as expected, but I kept because I really didn't
need it to overclock in the first place. So I didn't try to return it to Newegg in return for one
that might reach 2.2GHz on air. If I had, it would probably have ended up on the refurb pile,
because there was really nothing wrong with it running at stock speed.

(as an aside: I am running it with a higher FSB, but a lower than standard multiplier).

"Refurb" can also refer to the act of checking the CPU for remarking, bent pins, scorch marks, and plugging
it into a test machine to make sure it will boot up and run within its initial specs. Testing is an important
part of the refurb process.