Lapping a TRUE

[synergy]

Yea I didn't think they would be able to tell. On the other hand when the IHS is ground down and polished it's obvious!

 

[thirdshiftdj]

how would they find out if you overclocked it?

When you send it back and it looks like charcoal

 

[Drizzt]

lol, ya pretty much.

 

[Preacher]

I don't think over clocking , leaves physical signs on the CPU.

 

[Nitestick]

if you fry the cpu it does leave signs in not on the cpu. the damage can be examined but like i said earlier it is a very expensive and time consuming process and Intel won't do it for an RMA. obviously if you send back a cpu that has a knife jammed in it, a lapped IHS and burn marks externally they'll refuse the RMA. if there are no obvious signs of tampering they'll approve it. one day they may implement some sort of logic and memory to keep track of clock settings but i doubt it. then the cpu could be examined inexpensively.

still, it comes down to morals. personally i don't quite feel comfortable with having even a mega corporation like Intel paying for my own mistakes. in the end though i'd probably still RMA a fried chip because i just can't afford to replace it.

 

[Poizen22]

When you send it back and it looks like charcoal

u could say power surge or mother board overload. there are lots of other reasons that could be blamed besides over clcoking, i was told this by an xfx representative.

 

[Preacher]

XFX are over clocker friendly

 

[synergy]

As are OCZ, but Intel is so huge that (like said earlier) it's just easier for them to process the RMA instead of having some big investigation into whether or not it was OCd