Josephson_Junction
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- Oct 21, 2012
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Bought this, marked as used (and fully functional), off an eBay seller and it arrived today. After opening it cautiously I noticed that one of the small capacitors on the bottom is missing, and two close to the center appear damaged. I absolutely hate to post this, but my awful cell phone camera is all I have access to at the moment:
(I'm going to borrow an actual camera off a friend and get a better photo later)
For reference, the area where the broken-off cap is resembles this:
My main question is of whether or not this processor could render a motherboard unusable. Should I even bother to see if it works, or should I go ahead and arrange a return + refund with the seller? I have contacted the seller (asking if it was like this before it was shipped), and right now I'm waiting for a reply.
Also, while it was wrapped in a layer of bubble wrap inside an envelope, there wasn't much else to protect it during shipping.
(I'm going to borrow an actual camera off a friend and get a better photo later)
For reference, the area where the broken-off cap is resembles this:
My main question is of whether or not this processor could render a motherboard unusable. Should I even bother to see if it works, or should I go ahead and arrange a return + refund with the seller? I have contacted the seller (asking if it was like this before it was shipped), and right now I'm waiting for a reply.
Also, while it was wrapped in a layer of bubble wrap inside an envelope, there wasn't much else to protect it during shipping.