Athlon64 2800 warranty

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> If he bougt a boxed AMD CPU (it would come with the CPU and cooler in an
> AMD box) then it has a 3 year warranty afaik. They will want the number
> that's on the side of fan to verify it. I don't think they will need a
> receipt for the purchase as long as he still has the box that it came in
> and the fan with the number on the side. if they insist on a receipt, just
> doctor one up with a word pro or hand write one. but before going to all
> that trouble I'd be sure it was the CPU. They don't fail that often, and
> an A64 2800+ should last forever as low as it's clocked.
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The people at the store told him to keep all the boxes as he may need to
return something for warranty so he has the (PIB?)CPU box. I removed the
motherboard and set it up on the table and started from scratch with only
his CPU installed in the board. Then I added my ram and my video card and I
might add I was using a new power supply I have here just in case. No boot
at all. I then removed his CPU and my Sempron CPU and fitted the Sempron to
his board and then it booted to the point where I could get into bios. This
is what makes me sure it is his Athlon64 that is the problem Wes.
I am sure I can get a reciept for him if that is all it takes.
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> I would have thought that here in downtown Oz, AMD Australia would handle
> the warranty and maybe they do but the need for a reciept is to identify
the
> distributor who would have sold it to the corner computer store. Maybe the
> distributors handle warranty. I will know more today or tomorrow.
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For some odd reason it seems that the distributor has to do the warranty and
then return the cpu to AMD Aust.for reimbursement. Sounds like a long way of
doing something. It might have something to do with AMD warranty where it
says if they can't replace the Athlon64 2800 with the same then they will
replace it with a cpu of a higher speed. We all know that the higher the
speed the dearer the cpu is and maybe the distributor is having trouble
finding a 2800. Three or so weeke is the time I have been given for a new
cpu which seems wrong somehow but at least warranty will be given. The bloke
at the local computer store says this is a bit unusual and as Brendan (AMD
warranty) said that he would back this warranty claim if there was any drama
with the distributor so my local bloke has forwarded the distributors emails
to Brendan to see if Brendan can speed things up for me. This is where AMD
could take lessons from Intel. Their replacement cpu claims are sent back in
two or three days. Not to worry, at least AMD warranty works.
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