How does this stop Joe Noob from installing it improperly?
It doesn't. And if you called up AMD and said, I goofed, I did this wrong, then no problem! Or if you called up AMD and told them upfront you used a Zalman cooler, then no problem.
The issue, as you note, is the legal one. If you buy any product, you agree to the terms of the warranty if you decide to use the product. If you decide to use the product in a manner that violates
stated terms of the warranty, then the maker has NO obligation or liability to you, and should not be expected to replace the product under warranty.
Withholding pertinent information is no better than flat out lying, and when done to deceive for financial or personal gains, it's fraud. So MY POINT is, as providers of information, as individuals, and as a site, it is our job to keep readers legal, as it is to keep them and their computers safe and sound. It is counter to our jobs to help people become badguys, knowingly or not.
Car companies tried to pad their bottom line by requiring that all maintenance (including things such as a simple oil change) be performed at the dealer.
Yes that is true. But this is different. Your example is more in line with those stupid Void if Damaged stickers unscrupulous makers put on cases. You have the Right to upgrade your RAM, or add a hard drive, and you have a responsibility to keep the interior clean of heat trapping dust. Therefore, you have the Right to open the case and gain access - those stickers mean nothing in that case. However, there are "No User Serviceable Parts Inside" a PSU, for example. So a void sticker on a PSU is valid. The only time those stickers would be legal on a PC is if the builder provided 100% of the maintenance - to include adding parts from elsewhere, and periodic cleaning - free of charge, AND in a timely basis.
On a car, the user is REQUIRED to perform routine maintenance on the car, including oil and filter changes. And rightfully so, you should be able to do that in your back yard. But in those cases, filters and oil
MUST meet or exceed approved SAE etc. "industry" standards. There are no such standards for HSF assemblies. Plus, the car maintenance must be done right. If you strip the threads, that's on your. If you fail to tighten the drain plug, that's on you.
But if you decide to change a major component, the cam shaft for example, don't expect the engine warranty to still be valid.
Bottom line is this: Regardless how we feel about the policy, and regardless how AMD and Intel have behaved in the past, the terms of the warranties are clear, and legal. And the makers have every Right to exercise them. And most importantly, those coming here seeking advice have a Right to hear the ALL the facts, good and bad - especially those that may involve legal issues. I note
Ignorantia juris non excusat.
If your point is merely that any heatsink other than the one which comes with the CPU is in technical violation of the warranty agreement then I will accept that for the sake of not belaboring a point. I think you have made the point that that is your position quite emphatically several times now - we get it.
That was my point indeed. Sadly, not everyone accepted it, even when faced with irrefutable evidence from
two separate, reliable sources. Hopefully all do "get it" now, so we can finally move on to poor s0uLFir3's original problem.
@s0uLFir3 - I notice you live in India, so this is Summer there too. Note extreme ambient (your room) temperatures can have an adverse affect on the internal temperatures of your case. If your case is not providing adequate air flow through the case, you may need to add more case fans or open the side panel and blast a desk fan in there. Or, use the computer at night or early morning when room temperatures drop.
i don't know then. i'd personally say cpu gone bad, fan censors gone bad. 100c should shut down your system without any warning to protect itself. how is the system preforming? as for the load in your one pic i have a heavier load idle without itunes or firefox running, so no those temps should be no higher than say 38 idle. as for the 3rd party heatsink yes i would get it. i always use a 3rd party heatdsink.
