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To: semiconeng who wrote (5730)	8/19/2000 3:48:32 PM
From: minnow68	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

SemiconEng, It was in a news article about six months ago. I don't remember the link. BTW, the link that you provided clearly demonstrates that if you buy a boxed Pentium or Pentium Pro, they come with a three year guarantee. That says nothing about a CPU in a machine you bought from an OEM. It also says nothing about the Pentium II, Pentium III, or any of the Xeon chips. Hey, I read about this six months ago. It is quite possible my memory is wrong and I'm mistaken. But your link does not seem to me to contradict a single thing I said. I just spent 20 minutes looking through Intel's site trying to find warranty information. The one thing that is pretty easy to conclude is that Intel certainly is not bragging about their processor warranties! Trying to find up to date information on this on the Intel site seems difficult. Mike

To: semiconeng who wrote (5730)	8/20/2000 11:04:57 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: Can you please point me to the link that verifies your statement that intel has reduced their warranty from 3 years to 30 days? That's a typical warranty for OEM processors from both vendors when the processors are sold bare. OEM processors are often sold with short warranties, from both Intel and AMD. I know that my VAR offers 1 year warranty on OEM Athlons and 3 year on boxed Athlons, I think the same is available for P3: CPU-PIII800EBSA Slot 1 133Mhz FSB PIII 800Mhz, Retail Box, 3 Year Warranty, Secc $339.95 CPU-PIII850ES Slot 1 100Mhz FSB PIII 850Mhz, OEM, 30 Day Warranty, Secc $479.95 CPU-ATH-850 Slot A AMD AMD Athlon 850Mh, OEM, 30 Day Warranty $284.95 CPU-ATH-850A Slot A AMD AMD Athlon 850Mhz, Retail Box, 3 Yr. Warranty $299.95 http://www.vikingcomputers.net/pentium.html vikingcomputers.net