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Hello,

 

I am planning to sell my cpu and motherboard and both are from Intel gen 9. So can you please give me an insight on whether there are stored personal information in the cpu and motherboard. Thanks. 

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3 minutes ago, LOD_ismynightmare said:

Hello,

 

I am planning to sell my cpu and motherboard and both are from Intel gen 9. So can you please give me an insight on whether there are stored personal information in the cpu and motherboard. Thanks. 

FYI I am using Windows 10 lite version with no key activation. 

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Just now, Curious Pineapple said:

Nothing will be stored on there :)

Great, thanks for your reply. 

 

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No I Don't Think Information Is Stored In Your Mobo And CPU,It's Stored In The SSD Or HDD,Correct Me If I'm Wrong

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you can factory reset the bios......... but there would be nothing really "personal" there

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1 minute ago, Elements6007 said:

you can factory reset the bios......... but there would be nothing really "personal" there

And by this you mean reset motherboard's settings to default? 

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4 minutes ago, LOD_ismynightmare said:

And by this you mean reset motherboard's settings to default? 

yea....... but it probably wont matter that much if you dont......

unless you made changes in the bios before.......

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1 minute ago, Elements6007 said:

yea....... but it probably wont matter that much if you dont......

unless you made changes in the bios before.......

Yes, I overclocked the CPU and ram, also I changed the case fans speed

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6 minutes ago, LOD_ismynightmare said:

And by this you mean reset motherboard's settings to default? 

I would suggest doing so, that way the one who buys it won't have your settings, which may not work right with the rest of their hardware... And in turn makes them believe the hardware is faulty.

 

If you do not have the socket cover for the motherboard, I hope you're selling the CPU and motherboard as a whole and not removing the CPU from the motherboard.

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1 minute ago, LOD_ismynightmare said:

Yes, I overclocked the CPU and ram, also I changed the case fans speed

you probably want to reset it then.............

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@LOD_ismynightmare it is always the best idea to sell parts at their default settings.

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2 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

I would suggest doing so, that way the one who buys it won't have your settings, which may not work right with the rest of their hardware... And in turn makes them believe the hardware is faulty.

 

If you do not have the socket cover for the motherboard, I hope you're selling the CPU and motherboard as a whole and not removing the CPU from the motherboard.

I am kinda struggling on selling the CPU because I think I need it for another build. I do have the CPU socket cover, putting it back on the motherboard is a bitch though. 

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Only storage devices.
Hard drives, SSD.
I doubt you installed an NVME nor bought one pre-installed, so you should be safe.

 

To reset the Motherboard, I think you can just take out the little battery that looks like a coin & unplug it for like 5 minutes. Might not even take that long.

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4 hours ago, LOD_ismynightmare said:

I am kinda struggling on selling the CPU because I think I need it for another build. I do have the CPU socket cover, putting it back on the motherboard is a bitch though. 

LOL what? Putting the socket cover back on is a piece of cake. It's a piece of plastic that fits over the socket. 

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18 hours ago, fpo said:

Only storage devices.
Hard drives, SSD.
I doubt you installed an NVME nor bought one pre-installed, so you should be safe.

 

To reset the Motherboard, I think you can just take out the little battery that looks like a coin & unplug it for like 5 minutes. Might not even take that long.

I’m using an M2 drive 

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16 hours ago, dizmo said:

LOL what? Putting the socket cover back on is a piece of cake. It's a piece of plastic that fits over the socket. 

Yeah I’ll give it a try later thanks

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1 hour ago, LOD_ismynightmare said:

I’m using an M2 drive 

Take it off. 

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If you're selling a mobo make sure you remove the I/O shield from the case and sell it along with the mobo.

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