My AMD mentor sent me two X2 4800+, came with CHIPPED corner and survived!

My mentor from AMD sent me 2 X2 4800+. It arrived at work and when i opened it..i was in horror, the two CPU were overlapping each other!

Turned it over and found the edge of the organic base chipped with exposed gold wiring inside, the side pins are bent. I gently bent them back. Installed them in a motherboard and said a short prayer, turned it on and BOOM they still works lol!

Oced the baby to 2.65Ghz on LOW END air! I wonder what speed i will get when my waterkooling kit from germany arrives..

Picture here:
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/93/cpudamage3bw.jpg

THANK U AMD! THANK U HECTOR RUIZ!

good thing it wasnt a bigger chunk missing

yah haha..i almost fainted when i saw that. Even though i got it for free, i am still dealing with $2000 worth of stuff there!!

Damn, a free 4800... You lucky SOB. How about some stock benchmarks??? Something to compare to once you get the watercooling.

since u got 2 ... mind sending me one xD j/k

May i ask for what purpose you received these processors for free? I can imagine a lot of people *cough* are getting seriously jealous and wonder ;) How do we get in the program too? lol

if your mentor has been teaching you how to be nice...be nice to me and buy me one :P

Wow, I think you were quite lucky, the CPU(s) could have been damaged beyond repair, and AMD RMA would have been such a waste of time ;)

I still like the packaging AMD has for the CPUs that go to review sites, sleek and black :)

i volunteered at for 2 years at AMD's tech Tour and knew the people from there and also interned at AMD's SIngapore Office which is also the asia pacific HQ...My mentor has been at AMD for 20 years too! And its not he'll e-mail and say "HEY I HAVE 2 X2 4800 let me fedex you one!" He usually gives me the leftover samples lol

I've received XP2000, A64 3400, FX 53 from AMD and i donated the system away to spread AMD's betterment to the world!

well donate sumthin to me so i cant spread amd to my silly intel friends, and to stop them from buying store bought comps

hector is your mentor? lol j/k jk/

Who do I need to give sexual favours to in order to get on this particular wagon? We all have out price, mine is just really low...

Seriously, make sure you seal off the damage with something good and insulating before you get those running, would hate to see a puff of smoke followed by the dreaded crater of death in the middle of the chip....

Good luck and keep us posted?

lucky guy! you have $2000 worth of CPU right there! It'll take me ages to get that much $$ to build a X2 4800 system lol!

Does your mentor look like this?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...id=35467&stc=1

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i volunteered at for 2 years at AMD's tech Tour and knew the people from there and also interned at AMD's SIngapore Office which is also the asia pacific HQ...My mentor has been at AMD for 20 years too! And its not he'll e-mail and say "HEY I HAVE 2 X2 4800 let me fedex you one!" He usually gives me the leftover samples lol

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whow you are one lucky mofo :)

WOW..gogar...GOOD photoshop skills

You lucky lucky lucky guy!!!! :p:

How long until we see the water results? We wanna see you :slapass: those badboys....

i ordered the watercooling gears from www.alphachool.de a week ago and its still underprocessing :(

Once it arrives, i'll get the DFI Lan Party Crossfire mobo and overclock away!

Can you upload the image to XS as your link is broken.

You guys are making a huge deal out of nothing. He chipped the corner of the PACKAGE. There are no traces there. =P

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i ordered the watercooling gears from www.alphachool.de a week ago and its still underprocessing :(

Once it arrives, i'll get the DFI Lan Party Crossfire mobo and overclock away!

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You and your german watercooling... :rolleyes:


:p:

deutcheland wasserkuhlung teh l33t0r

Woher kommen Sie ? Deutschland ? ;)

me needs an AMD mentor to :D

Direct link to AMD? Good. Tell them to fix the cold bug. Chop, chop! :D

Maybe a three-stage cooler in chalk outline would get the point accross? :p: