I did (I work for computer company - not PC company). if you bought those
bits from us,  we will replace them all without any question. then, we will
deal those burnt CPUs with our suppliers (who sold those bad case/mobo to
us). It is clearly the vendor (and the vendor of vendor) is responsible for
this kind of problem, so talk to your vendor.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Denis A. Baldwin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:41 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] AMD and Burnt Processors


> 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?
>
> Denis
>
> Denis A. Baldwin (A+/MCP/I-Net+/Net+/CCA)
> Network Administrator, CAE, Inc.
> 810-231-9373, ext. 229
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