Lapping Q6600

[uclajd]

Well, I guess your expert legal opinion carries the day.

Did you not even listen? AMD cannot "void" a warranty, nor can any other contractor. Only a court can do that.

You want to not overclock your processor, that is of course your right. What you are doing on XS, I am less sure of. Bottom line, I teach contracts and this one DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT OVERCLOCKING. And no, in a pre-printed form contract, Intel has not, in fact, covered their asses from a contractual standpoint. You don't want to test this, fine. But I read the same contract you did before I posted, and I stand by my opinion.

I just love people on the Internet who think they are experts on everything. A lawyer gives his opinion and you just had to come on and argue the law. Amazing.

And you want to make personal attacks, take it to PM sparky.

http://www.intel.com/support/process.../cs-020033.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/process.../CS-009862.htm

How about some choice quotes from their warranty:




That seems to cover their asses pretty well, I'd say. Of course if they can't tell how it was used, the only thing blocking a person from collecting on that warranty is whether they are willing to lie for it. So, a court will judge in my favor if I try to go after a brand new free Intel CPU while informing everyone I blasted it with more volts, clock rate, and heat than it was specified for? Uh huh.

Until someone calls them up and gets the go ahead for a free replacement of a baked, overclocked, overvolted chip I'll stick to my belief that they aren't going to give me a new chip. Just because they want to attract overclockers to their product doesn't mean they're going to back them up with a free replacement.

Hell, AMD used to void warranties if they found Arctic Silver on the chip. They required the use of Shin Etsu or a thermal pad along with a stock cooler, I believe. That was years ago though.
http://www.xtremetek.com/info/index.php?id=14

Some companies are starting to officially say that you are allowed to overclock and retain the warranty, however.

classy.