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AMD: No Grease For You!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the silly-rules dept.

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."

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  1. Dictators by Loosewire · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hate when companies get too big for their boots and turn into dictatorships like this :-(

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    1. Re:Dictators by WeenisOnyatonsils · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I hate it when an elite troll cannot attain the fr0sty p1st! Troll Kore, where are you?!

    2. Re:Dictators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You sound stupid. Or is your comment an example of that horrible British dry humour?

    3. Re:Dictators by Loosewire · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Firstly well done for spotting im british - maybe you read my other posts and cheated.
      Secondly its the fact of big companies being jerks. Dell with their propriatory power supplies,disney dvd unskippable ads, tv channels with more logos across the screen than programming content. The list goes on da da dume da dume....

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    4. Re:Dictators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's because that person is not an elite tro^h^h^hNerd, that's why. You see, only the elite mod up the other elite and the rest, well, they mod down.

  2. Worse phrase ever by WWWAvenger · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Sucks for you" is probably my least favorite thing to hear out of anyone's mouth. It's so horribly disrespectful.

    1. Re:Worse phrase ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Damn. Sucks to be you.

  3. hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Grease on a CPU

    Once processor speeds get high enough and the heat output gets into the right zone then the ultimate case mod for those of a culinary inclination would be a high end games machine built into the base of a cast iron frying pan.

    Quake and eggs!

  4. Re:Fan replacement doesn't = heat sync replacement by sn0wcrash · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know.. I'm being picky here... but... Your actually reffering to a machine screw. High number of threads per inch and non tapered. Exactly the opposite of a sheetmetal screw.