KILL your i7 980X AT ONCE (and RMA it)...

[Donnie27]

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

But I have to say something to Donnie27...

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.

Link to Intel saying running 1 core is alright please?

It's not FUD man.
I've seen one getting killed just by saving & exiting the BIOS with 1c1t.

My chip won't boot/work at 1c1t, so there's indeed something wrong with some chips at least.

I didn't say what you said was FUD. This is;

why you tried not only cores coupling ? Crazy bug

I should have used a separator or something, sorry my bad!

Again, the system is not changing the settings, USERS ARE! I know 10 folks using this processor, 6 have them overclocked. Not one has died but none of the users are disabling cores. Now if any of those folks not doing this had any of the processors Die, I'd join in on this.

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.

So if I gave my processor too much voltage (available), and too high of a multiplier (unlocked version that 980X is) (available) and killed it, then that's Intel's fault as well? OTOH, maybe Intel should warn folks not to do this"* so I'm NOT totally opposed to what you're saying. **This = disable all but one core.

1 Warning: altering clock frequency and/or voltage may (i) reduce system stability and useful life of the system and processor; (ii) cause the processor and other system components to fail; (iii) cause reductions in system performance; (iv) cause additional damage; and (v) affect system data integrity. Intel has not tested, and does not warranty, the operation of the processor beyond its specifications

Maybe motherboard BIOS makers should add a warning in RED when these problem causing settings are used or remove them. All I'm saying is that the action that caused this problem isn't likely to affect 99.998% of folks using this processor. They are not dieing, they are being killed=p

Here's what started some of this;

As does to all guys who got the CPUs which suffer from the same phenomenon. Whether they applied excessive voltage is irrelevant.
and
CPU dying on stock by only shutting a couple of cores off

He's not talking about shutting down all but one core. He states that even shutting down two cores as well. There is not a Phenomenon because 1/999,980th of the one million or so 980x sold will have someone disabling all but one Core IMHO. Now if this was something the OS or an app was causing, then I'd go along with you guys!