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On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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>> The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, |
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>> with both its telephone number and its website having been down for a |
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>> sustained period. So I'm unlikely to be able to get the processor |
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>> exchanged for an unbuggy one. Shelling out for a new processor out of my |
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>> own pocket seems too much of a long shot to justify the money (~400 |
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>> Euros) and the time. |
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>> So it's looking like I'm not going to be getting the problem fixed any |
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>> time soon. :-( |
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> All may not be lost, yet. |
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> Since this is arguably a manufacturing fault of the CPU, you should have some |
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> consumer rights over it. Try contacting AMD directly for RMA, as long as it |
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> is still under the *manufacturer's* warranty and you have your receipt. |
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If at all possible avoid doing the RMA. It seems to take over a month, |
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time which you are not compensated for. |
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Federal law implies a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose* |
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from the seller, not the manufacturer. You can take it up with them. |
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The statute of limitations is 4 years. Make them deal with AMD. |
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Cheers, |
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R0b0t1 |
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* You generally can't waive this during a transaction, so those |
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disclaimers in open source licenses are not valid. What is more |
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important is there was no transfer of money. |
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