On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
>> The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business,
>> with both its telephone number and its website having been down for a
>> sustained period. So I'm unlikely to be able to get the processor
>> exchanged for an unbuggy one. Shelling out for a new processor out of my
>> own pocket seems too much of a long shot to justify the money (~400
>> Euros) and the time.
>>
>> So it's looking like I'm not going to be getting the problem fixed any
>> time soon. :-(
>
> All may not be lost, yet.
>
> Since this is arguably a manufacturing fault of the CPU, you should have some
> consumer rights over it. Try contacting AMD directly for RMA, as long as it
> is still under the *manufacturer's* warranty and you have your receipt.
>
If at all possible avoid doing the RMA. It seems to take over a month,
time which you are not compensated for.
Federal law implies a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose*
from the seller, not the manufacturer. You can take it up with them.
The statute of limitations is 4 years. Make them deal with AMD.
Cheers,
R0b0t1
* You generally can't waive this during a transaction, so those
disclaimers in open source licenses are not valid. What is more
important is there was no transfer of money.
