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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 23:56:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com>
To: Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com>
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Subject: Re: AMD K6
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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
>