AMD has recently changed its official warranty policy concerning its products, namely, Athlon, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, and Duron processors, both in tray bulk and box packages, in South Korea.
AMD WILL NOT replace, WILL NOT refund for any of its product for processors that were burnt or broken for any reason from anyone. Personally, I have bought SEVEN AMD processors: one Athlon XP 1600+ (3-Year Warranty Box), four Athlon Thunderbird (one AYHJA 1333MHz, one AYHJA 1000MHz, two ARGA 1000MHz), and two Duron 750MHz for the last one year and I have recommended numerous people to buy AMD Athlons and Durons because they presented simply the best performance for price ratio in everyday applications and killer apps such as MPEG-4 encoding and three-dimensional gaming.
Now, I feel AMD has betrayed me and hundreds of people around me feel exactly like I do in Korea. We paid about 50% more for those processors than Americans, Europeans, and Japanese. I know exactly what Athlon XP costs in Tokyo, PriceWatch, and the UK.
A few months ago, I tried to change the cooler on my Athlons in order to increase, not decrease, their lifespan. They ran so hot, so I wanted to make them cooler with larger (preferably, 80mm or 92mm instead of 60mm or 50mm) fans running faster (4600 rpm or 6800 rpm). In doing so, one processor died for no apparent reason and another died with its core part broken as if it were cookies! I have two Intel Pentium 4 processors and a few Celerons but nothing so exotic and dramatic happened to them.
I'd like to get a direct answer from AMD in Sunnyvale for this. Please give your opinions on what to do for us in Korea.
Searching for the true, the beautiful, and the eternal
AMD WILL NOT replace, WILL NOT refund for any of its product for processors that were burnt or broken for any reason from anyone. Personally, I have bought SEVEN AMD processors: one Athlon XP 1600+ (3-Year Warranty Box), four Athlon Thunderbird (one AYHJA 1333MHz, one AYHJA 1000MHz, two ARGA 1000MHz), and two Duron 750MHz for the last one year and I have recommended numerous people to buy AMD Athlons and Durons because they presented simply the best performance for price ratio in everyday applications and killer apps such as MPEG-4 encoding and three-dimensional gaming.
Now, I feel AMD has betrayed me and hundreds of people around me feel exactly like I do in Korea. We paid about 50% more for those processors than Americans, Europeans, and Japanese. I know exactly what Athlon XP costs in Tokyo, PriceWatch, and the UK.
A few months ago, I tried to change the cooler on my Athlons in order to increase, not decrease, their lifespan. They ran so hot, so I wanted to make them cooler with larger (preferably, 80mm or 92mm instead of 60mm or 50mm) fans running faster (4600 rpm or 6800 rpm). In doing so, one processor died for no apparent reason and another died with its core part broken as if it were cookies! I have two Intel Pentium 4 processors and a few Celerons but nothing so exotic and dramatic happened to them.
I'd like to get a direct answer from AMD in Sunnyvale for this. Please give your opinions on what to do for us in Korea.
Searching for the true, the beautiful, and the eternal
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