Does overclocking void warranties?
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Tomdarkness
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But say if you did overclock the system, the processor for example will only be overclocked as long as it's in your system won't it. So as soon as you take it out and put it in another system, it will be running at its normal intended speed, and so long as you haven't physically damaged the thing, then how could they possibly tell that it had been overclocked before?
But I suppose, the only reason to return it really would be because it's physically damaged anyway.
Platinum
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Yeah, the first time I tried overclocking I found what I thought was a good stable speed. After a few hours everything seemed fine so I left it as it was. I woke up the next day and my computer wouldn't turn on. I figured it was because I overclocked it but brought it to a tech place just to be sure, and sure enough I fried the chip. Anyway, I call Intel, they ask me a bunch of questions, whether I overclocked it or not, blablabla. I told them I hadn't and they said they needed proof or they wouldn't send me a new processor. I called the guy up and asked if he would vouch that I hadn't overclocked, he agreed. I had Intel call him, which surprisingly they did. A week later I had a brand new processor.
I'm curious if they ever inspected it and figured out that it had been overclocked though, I never heard back from them or anything.
Point of the story: there's always a way around things, just gotta figure out how to work the system! =D
I'm curious if they ever inspected it and figured out that it had been overclocked though, I never heard back from them or anything.
Point of the story: there's always a way around things, just gotta figure out how to work the system! =D
Geoff
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They most likely will not be able to tell if it was overclocked, as thats done solely through software or through the BIOS. However in the case of a video card, they will be able to tell if you flashed it with a different BIOS, or volt modded it.
I've never run into issues before when returning products after they were overclocked.
I've never run into issues before when returning products after they were overclocked.
tlarkin
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When something is damaged by over clocking there are typical things that happen to it, and they can test for it. It doesn't prove that you did or not, it just proves that it was likely done. That gives them the ability to void your warranty. Boot magazine used to have a whole section called, "How to void your warranty." It was all about over clocking and hardware mods. In fact, if you are not a certified technician and install and fry hardware you void warranty because you installed it wrong. Of course they can't prove it, but they can say most likely this is what happened.
I have vouched for friends before that have ruined their hardware and needed a certified tech to tell the manufacturer that is was not abuse.
I have vouched for friends before that have ruined their hardware and needed a certified tech to tell the manufacturer that is was not abuse.
tlarkin
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Its pretty hard to ruin a cpu over clocking now with the newer processors, unless your mad
trust me, I have seen just about everything. If you don't know what you are doing its very easy, if you have a crap powersupply and it fries your whole system its easy, if you aren't properly grounded it is easy.
Nothing is fool proof, especially with technology.
Iluvpenguins
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i used to have an amd athlon 64 3200+ a while ago. I OC'd it, and eventually, it died. I returned it via retail and all they asked is "Did you ever overclock it?" and I replied with "I don't think so? What is overclocking?" and they took it as a no and replaced it with a 3500+ as they were out of the 3200+.
INTELCRAZY
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They wouldn't... That would take like a TPM chip on the card, would it not?
I would've been like, "I did what?", (chip manufacturer) "Overclocked the processor", (me) "Overclock? What do you mean?" Playing dumb and not making it obvious can solve much...
Sounds like a little artificial ignorance does the trick. First plead ignorance about "Overclocking? Whats that?". If they're still not convinced, I'm sure I can find a technician at the local computer shop to vouch for me.
tlarkin: "Of course they can't prove it, but they can say most likely this is what happened."
From your experience, is this usually enough for them to void it?...Or does it have to be proved? Also can you vouch for yourself if it happens to you (Being a certified technician)??
While I'm here, I wanted to ask, What is the maximum I'd be looking at if I were to overclock a Q6600?
tlarkin: "Of course they can't prove it, but they can say most likely this is what happened."
From your experience, is this usually enough for them to void it?...Or does it have to be proved? Also can you vouch for yourself if it happens to you (Being a certified technician)??
While I'm here, I wanted to ask, What is the maximum I'd be looking at if I were to overclock a Q6600?