Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 23:56:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> Cc: dg@root.com, Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD K6 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970714235542.16409F-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199707150112.PAA18861@pegasus.com>
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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Richard Foulk wrote: > } >First, I found that AMD apparantly has a one-year warranty on the K6, not a > } >30 day warranty. So Jordan... you should be able to replace the CPU. > } > } This contradicts what several suppliers have told me. Basically, AMD has > } a 25 day warranty on the parts to suppliers and all warranty claims must be > } made to the supplier, not to AMD. It would be great if this turns out to be > } wrong. > } > > If it's turning out to be a widespread problem then implied warranties > and such should override a short stated warranty. > > And if AMD wants to remain in the processor business they'll ignore > their warranty while the chips are still green. They are one of the > under-dogs after all. > > No sense sitting back and expecting the worst. Okay. I can say this much: If you purchased the K6 from an authorized reseller who got it from FAI (we sometimes do), it is covered for 1 year. > > > Richard >
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