PBO - If I only use for a minute does it void the warranty?

[Guy Marshall]

Hi all,

 

I am wanting to try out PBO and AutoOC on my 3970x using the Aorus Master TRX40 to see how much faster it is, but if I don't see any noticeable improvements I will disable it. Will enabling it for 5 minutes void my warranty forever, or is it only void if I damage my processor WHILE having PBO enabled?

 

I would hate to use it for 5 minutes and disable it, only to find out my warranty is gone even though I don't use it at all afterwards!

[Lurick]

They have no way of knowing and basically you have to go out of your way to say you overclocked it and with a stupid amount of voltage at the same time. Really the only way they'll know for sure is if you dump like 1.7v into the CPU and disable all current protections and whatnot to stop it from shutting down.

[nick name]

There isn't anything you could do with the CPU in BIOS or software that could be used against your warranty claim unless you volunteer that information to AMD.

 

And is that AutoOC you mention in BIOS?  If it's what I think it is then it isn't utilizing PBO.  It will see what static all core overclock the CPU can achieve.  And it won't do the best job of it either.  

[Guy Marshall]

7 minutes ago, Lurick said:

They have no way of knowing and basically you have to go out of your way to say you overclocked it and with a stupid amount of voltage at the same time. Really the only way they'll know for sure is if you dump like 1.7v into the CPU and disable all current protections and whatnot to stop it from shutting down.

Okay thank you very much for the quick answer! I will try it and disable afterwards without worry!!

[Guy Marshall]

2 minutes ago, nick name said:

There isn't anything you could do with the CPU in BIOS or software that could be used against your warranty claim unless you volunteer that information to AMD.

 

And is that AutoOC you mention in BIOS?  If it's what I think it is then it isn't utilizing PBO.  It will see what static all core overclock the CPU can achieve.  And it won't do the best job of it either.  

Yeah you make a great point, I will not disable any safety measures. And yeah it is linked to PBO I think, it just pushes 200mhz above I seem to remember!

[AngryBeaver]

39 minutes ago, Guy Marshall said:

Hi all,

 

I am wanting to try out PBO and AutoOC on my 3970x using the Aorus Master TRX40 to see how much faster it is, but if I don't see any noticeable improvements I will disable it. Will enabling it for 5 minutes void my warranty forever, or is it only void if I damage my processor WHILE having PBO enabled?

 

I would hate to use it for 5 minutes and disable it, only to find out my warranty is gone even though I don't use it at all afterwards!

Your warranty is void just for asking! They know where you sleep and what forums you frequent. They now have all the proof they need to deny every RMA you ever submit for the rest of your life!