> A new bit of news for those using AMDs.
>
> I bought 11 new machines for my company (AMD Duron 750s) in parts
> and built
> them.  Two of them had bad power supplies and one of them had a
> bad board. I
> took them back to my vendor and they replaced these parts no problem. The
> problem was that the bad power supplies/boards burnt up two
> chips.  AMD WILL
> NOT take these back RMA any more.
>
> You can send them back and they MAY, AT THEIR DISCRETION, replace them.
> However, it will take 6-8 weeks for this to occur, IF it occurs.
> Anyone else
> run into this issue with chips overheating?

        I know this might sound harsh but if the poser supplies and boards killed
the processors why would you expect AMD to replace them gratis? It's not
their fault and they shouldn't be held liable. Now they MIGHT just do it for
you to keep a customer but that will be only to keep a customer happy.
        As for those CPUs running hot: that they do, my Thunderbird runs around 60
degrees C all the time, nice and toasty, but they you should have felt the
8088 processor in my Compaq Luggable, I burnt my finger quite badly on that
one! :) TTYL

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