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lapping voiding microcenter warranty?

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morpheus305

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I got my i7 920 at microcenter and while I was there the salesman talked me into to getting a 2 year warranty for it for 25 bucks. The guy saids they will replace the cpu no matter what. I even said i plan on overclocking and he saids thats fine and that if i burn the cpu up they will replace it. Does anyone know if lapping the cpu will void the warranty since it will scratch off all the info on the top of the cpu?
 
Lapping = voids warranty and if your purchasing a retail cpu, which comes with 3yr warranty why but 2yr warranty from microcenter?
 
Hold on... I thought the heatspreader was removable. Couldnt you remove the stock one and put another one on and lap that one?
 
The retail i7s dont come with the little plastic holder that you can use to protect the contacts while lapping. Any ideas on how to protect the contact side of the CPU while you lap?
 
450 said:
Hold on... I thought the heatspreader was removable. Couldnt you remove the stock one and put another one on and lap that one?
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i dont think it is on the I7.. remember seeing a picture of a i7 920 opened up and they had stuff soldered to the top of the heatspreader like the cpu was put together upside down and then sealed..
 
This is what will happen to you

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troisanh said:
if your OC the chip it voids the warranty anyhow.:rolleyes:
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The salesman at mircrocenter said ocing the cpu doesn't void their warranty. Anyone know more about their warranties? Was the guy just lieing to me to sell an extra warranty to me?
 
Microcentre has no idea if you overclocked or not. You should never have brought the subject up. Sales guys will tell you BS to make the sale all the time.
 
Spare-Flair said:
Microcentre has no idea if you overclocked or not. You should never have brought the subject up. Sales guys will tell you BS to make the sale all the time.
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Well we were in their cpu fan department and talking about a good fan to use to OC lol. Thats when he brought up the warranty.
 
morpheus305 said:
cause intels warranty sucks. If the cpu burns up they never replace it.
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Are you kidding me? I have never heard anything but Intel being 100% with holding up their warranty. If you want to take the chip out of spec and fry it, that's your choice and should not be trying to pawn off your screw up on the MFG. If their chip were to burn out or be bad, I have no doubt Intel will take care of it, but if you ruined it, why should they have to replace it anyway?

To the OP, I believe everyone is talking about Intel's, and NO, they will not cover damage that you cause, nor do I think they should have to. As far as MC, I can't think of anything less I would pay for an extra warranty for than a CPU, they are pretty much hit or miss, they work or don't. And if you want to know about the warranty, ask for a copy!! Better yet, tell him to write you a statement of his claims under a company letter head. Somehow I really doubt that will happen and that he was just trying to sell you on something, most extra warranties only cover what the original one covered, sometimes not even that much.
 
I agree, of the thousands of OCing posts here there have only been only a handful of failures reported and while I can remember several that reported no issues with returning the CPU (in fact I distinctly recall several people saying Intel seemed to want the failed cpu) I can not recall a single post of someone being refused warrany.

I call BS.
 
Back on topic.

Extended warrany on a cpu is IMO a waste of money, about the only way you can kill an Intel CPU is to apply way too much voltage. It is almost impossible to damage one due to heat, they just shut themselves down. If you stay under the Intel Absolute Max Vcore rating they just do not fail.

A lightning strike nearby sending a surge through the entire machine would be my main worry for the cpu and if that happens, a - not a lot you can do about it, b - the cpu would be only a small part of the damage, odds are most of the machine would be fried and the TV and the stereo etc. etc.

However peace of mind is a wonderful thing and so /shrug.

No clue on microcenter policy but without the info I would wonder too if the warrany was void. On the other hand I boot up all my new cpus for a hour or so to verify proper operation of the board and memory more than anything else and then turn around and lap and modify everything in sight. Easily over a 100 machines built and I have yet to have a CPU fail.
 
Given that most hardware comes with decent warranties anyway, extended warranties are just used car salesman shill that computer stores make their money on, like protection plans, etc. If you buy something on VISA, you get another year of warranty as well.

Unless you are too lazy to send in RMAs and just want to be able to walk into the store and get a nice part whenever you want to, it is a waste of money and you are buying the sales spiel hook line and sinker.
 
most store bought warranties are BS, just an easy way for the retail store to make a few extra bucks. worked with the sharper image for a while and every warranty they urged us to sell had an estimated expiration date 1~3 months before the product would normally have crapped out. in most cases the original manufacturer will still give you service after their warranty expires for less than the cost of the retail warranty any way.
 
Just to add on, that 2 year period is shorter than Intel's 3 year warranty. He just made $25 for nothing.
If it's still boxed up, I would take that back and tell them you don't need their scam.
 
actually manufacturer warranty should start after the retail warranty ends (not always the case with some policies), but by the time all that happens your hardware's worth a nickel and you can get something better for $50 in most cases, lol.

they're not normally worth it though. if the manufacturer's warranty is relatively short and you plan to still be using the product at that time, if the retail warranty can extend that by a decent amount of time for less than 10% the cost of the product, it can be more than worth it. because, at this point, if your product is no longer usable and the full warranty time (retail+/-manufacturer's) has expired the fee for getting it fixed or replaced will usually be greater than 10% the original cost.

what I'm trying to say is not to let them sell you a warranty, do your homework and buy it if it's going to benefit you.
 
Intel will take back any CPU that isn't physically altered or showing signs of some sort of burn or electrical damage.

I RMA'ed an e6400 when I wasn't sure what the hell was keeping my first Core 2 Duo system from booting. After Intel sent a return tracking number I called to check if it was the same CPU, or whether the CPU actually died. The lady on the help line said they physically inspect the chip then throw it away and send a new one. It is impossible for them to test each RMAed chip in a motherboard and stress test it for a few minutes... so they apparently don't do that at all.

Overclock the piss out of your CPU and NEVER buy retailer warranties.
 
morpheus305 said:
cause intels warranty sucks. If the cpu burns up they never replace it.
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I'm guessing you have never tried to rma one then? I've had to send out an easy 50 intel boards for warranty repair and maybe 10 chips over the years(worked as a notebook tech and handled warranty billing where I worked).

Never had an issue with intel and their warranty.

Anyway I can't speak for microcenter's warranty directly but I'm guessing physical abuse would void it. Pretty much if you lap the cpu you are sol if you mess it up.
 
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