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AMD: No Grease For You!
bahamat writes "In a surprising turn of events, this article over at Xtreme Tek explains that the official stance from AMD is that you will void your warranty if you use any thermal grease or if you're not using the heatsink provided with your CPU. Sucks to be you if you buy a defective AMD CPU and put a Zalman on it for the first boot." AMD, the article says, doesn't want you to use anything "other than Shin Estu G 749."
Of course then they'll nail you for not using any thermal compound at all...
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What is the problem here?
The problem is, their past CPUs have been known to be about 4 degrees hotter than the Sun. Maybe I want something better than what they want me to have.
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Boycott AMD! Oh, wait, I'm already boycotting Intel for making high priced chips with high speeds that have poor performance.....CRAP!
I have my folks here visiting right now from out of state. I decided to peek in and see what's cooking on Slashdot nonetheless.
Now, if I were to go in the other room and tell my folks that people were ranting and raving on a website about no being allowed to use the heat sink grease of their choice on a computer processor..... Well, regular down to earth real people just wouldn't understand.
WHAT? Are you suggesting that pushing your hardware to dangerous limits it wasn't intended to operate at is NOT condoned by companies? Furthermore, are you even suggesting that after my overclocked system dies, AMD won't happily shell over a new proc? LUDICROUS! How dare you spread such lies!
(ps: the above was an attempt at humor)
YOU SUCK BALLS!
What's the big deal? Just take the heatsink off. I did, and there haven't been any pr%L:``
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I'm not a ChemE, but a good friend is. Lighterfluid gets off various glues too.
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...AMD planted this story to use /. brainpower to think of ways to prevent violations :)
Next Intel will be posting about clock locking.
Oh hell, I need to triple check my spelling from now on. Teh? I sound like a fucking Counterstrike player. *SHUDDER*
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
THis is a shameless plug, but still on topic: I have 23 AMD heatsinks + fans for sale, without the processors. Anyone interested contact me...
Non-Linux Penguins ?
What you want to do is apply a thin bead of grease to one end of the CPU die, and spread it thinly across using a credit card or other device (driver's license, heavy piece of paper, etc).
I used my AMD warranty registration card before I sent it in.
... is going to point out the obvious pun?
Anyways, we decided to return the cpu, covered in grease, back to the local fry's
So you got a greasy chip in your fries?
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