Quote Originally Posted by swaaye View Post
Why wouldn't overclocking void your warranty? Of course it does.
Nonsense. First of all, the Intel warranty says nothing about overclocking. It does mention the vague misuse, neglect, etc. Nowhere in the Core 2 Quad warranty booklet I am holding does it say "DANGER! ONLY RUN AT SPEC SPEEDS AND VOLTAGE OR YOUR WARRANTY IS VIOLATED!"

Now, I'm not sure what law school you went to, but the one I went to made it pretty clear that contracts - especially provisions which affect your rights - must be very specific and clear, especially those in contracts of adhesion (pre-printed, offered in a take-it-or-leave-it basis), preferably written in big, bold letters. No such language exists. And contrary to what endless retards say on Internet forums, it is not up to Intel to say whether or not a warranty is violated. That is a legal matter. They can fight you on it, but ultimately that would be a decision for smalls claims court in Santa Clara, CA, to make (choice of forum clause in Intel's contract).

Secondly, there is the fact that Intel does everything short of bragging how overclockable it's chips are, offers its top chip with unlocked multipliers, and just invited Charles Fugger to overclock one to 5.3 GHz at their official developer conference (and you can freaking bet I'd be in court with that video, starring Charles Fugger and Intel playing on my laptop. Nice job BTW FUGGER, Jesus H 8.4 SuperPi I just noticed that, ha ha). Intel is actively marketing their Bad Axe boards to overclockers. Have you not seen the front page of this Web site?

Abandoning overclocking for many years Intel started to move forward for enthusiasts desires. Starting with Bad Axe and advancing with Bad Axe 2 overclocking community finally received many tweaking options featured motherboards. Finally as a token of appreciation for trustful and experienced overclockers and as final touch to fully insure the community with the demanded hardware and it's abilities Intel presented it's new generation of upcoming platform based on innovative X38 chipset and astonishing quad-core processor, built using the 45nm manufacturing process - the pioneer in this microelectronics segment presented by one of the famous overclockers and holder of the worldwide community forum - Charles Wirth a.k.a FUGGER. Short performance show shocked the public and community worldwide with fascinating 7 World Records in most popular benchmarks and achievements.

New tweaking utility allows control all major settings within Windows thus giving new, never seen before perspective of Intel motherboards.

And now Intel wants to get up and claim overclocking voids its CPU warranties? Yeah, just try that and see how fast 1) Intel gets hammered by class action suits and 2) AMD uses it against them in marketing.

Finally, there is the element of proof. How, again, would Intel prove this? You cannot just pass over proof. It is an essential element of all legal claims. And no, they do not have a black box in their chips. This urban legend has been thoroughly debunked, including in this thread.

So there it is. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, here, and in my business law courses that I teach.

Standard disclaimer, IAALBNYL (I Am A Lawyer But Not Your Lawyer). This is not legal advice, so do not rely on it. If I were your lawyer, you would have signed a RETAINER AGREEMENT and paid me a RETAINER FEE. You did not, so we are merely two guys bullsh_tting on the Internet. Nobody in their right mind would believe anything they read written by some anonymous guy on the Internet claiming to be a lawyer, let alone rely on it to their legal detriment. If you do this, despite this clear disclaimer, no jury would be stupid enough to reward you for such folly, should such unjustifiable reliance lead to your detriment. In other words, DO NOT RELY ON THIS AS LEGAL ADVICE BECAUSE IT IS NOT. After all, I am also a brain surgeon, an astronaut, and the President of the United States.