But at least Intel cut their returns for bent pins to zero! As far as I can tell, that's the only justification for it, as technically it is more challenging and certainly more fragile.
Incredibly stupid. -----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:38 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New mobo woes & no Newegg love never did like the transition to pins on the MB fp At 04:44 AM 9/18/2014, Joshua MacCraw Poked the stick with: >Hello strangers, Man I wish to be even 1/2 as active here as my 20's... > >That said I have a aggravating experience to share: > >So I order an Asus z97-a for my eldest's new box only to discover 2 RAM >slots are dead. End result is I have like 8 bent pins on the CPU >socket. Not mashed, squashed or otherwise an effect of "down" but more >like bent 180deg backwards like spon face down & then bent backwards. >Now I, like the rest of us, have bent my share of CPU pins but sure as >shit this was a genuine factory defect given the pattern & method. >Newegg takes it back on RMA only to return it back to me days later >unrepaired.as "customer damage" > >Good news is it seems Google Trusted Stores was a worthwhile freebie >checkbox. I tick it all the time after Newegg orders submit because GTS >is sending full refund on a MC gift card! Oh and I got to keep the >damaged mobo which otherwise works fine... > >Moral of the story is Newegg doesn't check box contents on the way out >but they sure do at return! Date: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** ******************************************* If at first you don't succeed, you've failed failed again *******************************************
