I have found this thread incredibly amusing (though sucks to those who lost some processors!)

But I have to say something to Donnie27...

Regardless of whether a chip has been OC'ed or not there is an apparent problem with at least "some" of these chips and/or MB combinations. In the first post one died that was never overclocked and was on air cooling. The ability to disable certain features and cores is something that is availible in most to all MB's and is in the Intel spec. No where does it state from Intel that disabling cores or features is out of the norm or warranty voiding.

If a chip was never OC'ed and never taken out of spec and simply had cores disabled (which is the case of the first post over the phone)... and then died? Definite defect. And who knows what else could be wrong?

If you are going to go as far as saying that changing a setting in bios (disabling a feature for example) is something that is not covered under warranty... then the Intel warranty is null and void under every condition in which the system was not built and configured by an authroized Intel tech.

That thought is simply ludicris.