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nomoney
03-25-2003, 11:37 PM
Right now there is a refurbished P4 on the deals page. I was just wondering what a refurbished processor is. Like what could go wrong that they could fix so that the chip is in a sellable condition again.
Speedfreak
03-26-2003, 12:06 AM
Maybe a couple pins fell out and it was running half speed. :shrug:


:P
Jeffbx
03-26-2003, 04:37 AM
Usually refurbished is just a fancy word for 'used'. It doesn't necessarily mean that anyone ever worked on it, it just means it's not 'new in box' anymore.

Most refurbished items are just reboxed customer returns.
Dave_7
03-26-2003, 07:50 AM
A year warranty should be enough on something like this, no? I mean... usually with chips... they either work, or they don't. Almost always right away.



Dave.
ray
03-26-2003, 08:13 AM
/me runs away real fast.
nomoney
03-26-2003, 09:18 AM
Originally posted by Dave_7
A year warranty should be enough on something like this, no? I mean... usually with chips... they either work, or they don't. Almost always right away.


I totally agree. Actually 90 days would probably be fine. I would just run a few burn in progs after I got it. I was just curious...
Joshua
03-26-2003, 10:04 AM
What the H3ll is a refurbished processor?? I always looked at processors a lot like memory. It either works or it doesn't..

Does intel have a refurbished 3.06ghz HT processor I can by cheap?? :)