- Jun 5, 2013
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Hello TomsHardware community,
Story:
I recently went to my local Microcenter and bought myself a H97M Pro4 by ASRock and Intel i7-4790k for $295! I went home and decided to go assemble the motherboard already, I put in the CPU and noticed it was much harder to clamp then any AMD socket I've put together. I still went on with the process and got it down, then put on my cooler with the paste. Like a idiot, I put the backplate on the wrong way so I took of the cooler and removed the CPU from the socket, so I could remove the thermal compound and clean it again so another dip of it could be added when I redo the cooler, and then I noticed the 2 tiny dings on the edges (I did not take a picture, but will have one at the bottom that shows similar issue). The only way I found this could happen is from the socket being very tightly on there, I have no idea until the next 2 days when my power supply comes in to tell if its dead or not. I read this happens with many ASRock boards that use Foxconn parts, then I read this is made so Intel can tell if its been used in a board before. They weren't deep from what I recall, but I was pissed as the new $250 chip I bought had 2 tiny dents in it now.
Question:
Is my processor, the i7-4790k, still covered under its 3 year warranty? Or if the processor works for 2.5 years and dies, will Intel tell me to hit the road because of the 2 dents.
Here is a picture from an used eBay listing on a Xeon that has almost the exact similar marks on the sides of the metal:
Story:
I recently went to my local Microcenter and bought myself a H97M Pro4 by ASRock and Intel i7-4790k for $295! I went home and decided to go assemble the motherboard already, I put in the CPU and noticed it was much harder to clamp then any AMD socket I've put together. I still went on with the process and got it down, then put on my cooler with the paste. Like a idiot, I put the backplate on the wrong way so I took of the cooler and removed the CPU from the socket, so I could remove the thermal compound and clean it again so another dip of it could be added when I redo the cooler, and then I noticed the 2 tiny dings on the edges (I did not take a picture, but will have one at the bottom that shows similar issue). The only way I found this could happen is from the socket being very tightly on there, I have no idea until the next 2 days when my power supply comes in to tell if its dead or not. I read this happens with many ASRock boards that use Foxconn parts, then I read this is made so Intel can tell if its been used in a board before. They weren't deep from what I recall, but I was pissed as the new $250 chip I bought had 2 tiny dents in it now.
Question:
Is my processor, the i7-4790k, still covered under its 3 year warranty? Or if the processor works for 2.5 years and dies, will Intel tell me to hit the road because of the 2 dents.
Here is a picture from an used eBay listing on a Xeon that has almost the exact similar marks on the sides of the metal:
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