Two part story:
First part, single point anecdote and therefore not too meaningful, a friend of mine bought a K-6 200 in Nov. at a computer show, has been working fine, and it failed yesterday. No apparent reason, stone cold dead. Put in an Intel P-100 which he had set aside and everything is fine (but much slower, granted).
2nd part: AMD won't replace the chip. Warranty is 30 days, period. End of story, he's exhausted dealer, distributor and AMD itself to resolve this. AMD said that if it had been a "boxed" chip, the warranty would have been longer, but 30 days is it on OEM chips.
Thought: When 70% or so of the chips made are bad (implied by the reported 30%-40% yield), doesn't it make you wonder HOW good the remaining ones that ship are ???? |
