Sapphire voiding warranty on heatsink removal

TheoneandonlyMrK · Jul 17, 2016

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
It's an Amd card. It runs so hot that it burns the dust off on contact.

Can't even knock that comment with 2 of them ,spot on lol worthy.
I may have replied different in a Monday morning though

.

Devon68 · Jul 17, 2016

I understand why they did it. There are just some of the most stupidest people out there, that they are trying to shield them self's from. A neighbor of mine wanted me to install her GTA V on a pc that is running a 478 socket cpu with a Fx 5200 just because she paid 50$ for the pc a few years ago and it should be fine.

Man I wont offer to help anyone anymore. I reinstalled her the windows XP and that's it.

The same as for the GPu if you can clean it without damaging it you don't have to worry about the warranty.

rtwjunkie · Jul 17, 2016

RejZoR said:
Because you don't see the dust collecting on the fins because they are hidden under plastic shroud. But I can assure you the dust is collecting in there.

Im telling you I stated such for a reason. I always had blowers until late 2014. I've pulled the shrouds countless times. Always clean. The only place dust accumulates is on the rotary fan blades.

So assure me all you want, my eyes have seen different.

newtekie1 · Jul 17, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
Im telling you I stated such for a reason. I always had blowers until late 2014. I've pulled the shrouds countless times. Always clean. The only place dust accumulates is on the rotary fan blades.

So assure me all you want, my eyes have seen different.

It is going to largely depend on the type of dust in the environment.

I've pulled shrouds on my own cards and the heatsink was pretty clean. But I've pulled shrouds on cards from people with pets or smokers and I could peel the dust off the heatsink fins like lint off a dryer lint trap.

Jetster · Jul 17, 2016

I live in a very humid environment. Rains allot. The positive is no static electricity. The negative is dust sticks to everything and is very hard to get off without soap and water. This is the main reason I use filters.

jboydgolfer · Jul 18, 2016

i just spoke with Sapphire support, apparently this JUST happened to a friend who i built a PC for/with, and he has a sapphire 480, His blew off when he was cleaning the PC, and I called sapphire for Him, surprisingly, they suggested that it NOT be removed, and that although he said, unless there are Obvious signs of tampering, they would STILL accept the card for RMA, but if possible try to avoid removing them, since these newer batch of 480's are AMD cards, and not AIB, 480's the RMA process has an extra step, and they are dealt with by AMD, so long story short, avoid taking it off, and if it DOES come off, try and avoid opening the card up, or do a good job, otherwise they mightr reject the RMA.

in all my years that sticker hasnt meant jack here in the US, but i have never dealt with Sapphire tho.
good luck

Ungari · Jul 18, 2016

jboydgolfer said:
i just spoke with Sapphire support, apparently this JUST happened to a friend who i built a PC for/with, and he has a sapphire 480, His blew off when he was cleaning the PC, and I called sapphire for Him, surprisingly, they suggested that it NOT be removed, and that although he said, unless there are Obvious signs of tampering, they would STILL accept the card for RMA, but if possible try to avoid removing them, since these newer batch of 480's are AMD cards, and not AIB, 480's the RMA process has an extra step, and they are dealt with by AMD, so long story short, avoid taking it off, and if it DOES come off, try and avoid opening the card up, or do a good job, otherwise they mightr reject the RMA.

in all my years that sticker hasnt meant jack here in the US, but i have never dealt with Sapphire tho.
good luck

So this was a reference card sold by Sapphire?

jboydgolfer · Jul 18, 2016

All 480's are reference until like a day or two ago.iirc, i think someone released a AIB shrouded 480 on saturday, or sometime recently.

until a month or so goes by retailers pages look like this.....

verycharbroiled · Jul 19, 2016

Positive air pressure with filter on intakes

My ati hd4870 was single slot blower. Folded for over a year. Hold the fan gently.
Blow from the exhaust to the fan. Dust comes right out. Never had problems not of my own making.

So, not an issue for me.

System Name	RyzenGtEvo/ Asus strix scar II
Processor	Amd R5 5900X/ Intel 8750H
Motherboard	Crosshair hero8 impact/Asus
Cooling	360EK extreme rad+ 360$EK slim all push, cpu ek suprim Gpu full cover all EK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance Rgb pro 3600cas14 16Gb in four sticks./16Gb/16GB
Video Card(s)	Powercolour RX7900XT Reference/Rtx 2060
Storage	Silicon power 2TB nvme/8Tb external/1Tb samsung Evo nvme 2Tb sata ssd/1Tb nvme
Display(s)	Samsung UAE28"850R 4k freesync.dell shiter
Case	Lianli 011 dynamic/strix scar2
Audio Device(s)	Xfi creative 7.1 on board ,Yamaha dts av setup, corsair void pro headset
Power Supply	corsair 1200Hxi/Asus stock
Mouse	Roccat Kova/ Logitech G wireless
Keyboard	Roccat Aimo 120
VR HMD	Oculus rift
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	8726 vega 3dmark timespy/ laptop Timespy 6506

System Name	Ryzen 2023
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Motherboard	Asrock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G Skill Flare X5 2x16gb cl32@6000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 6950 XT Nitro + gaming Oc
Storage	WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB 64MB 7k SATA600 Blue WD10EZEX, WD Black SN850X 1Tb nvme
Display(s)	LG 27GP850P-B
Case	Corsair 5000D airflow tempered glass
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-850W
Mouse	A4Tech V7M bloody
Keyboard	Genius KB-G255
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	Bayou Phantom
Processor	Core i7-8700k 4.4Ghz @ 1.18v
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax T40F Black CPU cooler
Memory	2x 16GB Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Xc
Storage	1x 500 MX500 SSD; 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 4TB WD Black; 1x400GB VelRptr; 1x 4TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	HP 27q 27" IPS @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black w/Titanium front -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic X-850
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

Sapphire voiding warranty on heatsink removal

TheoneandonlyMrK

Devon68

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

Jetster

jboydgolfer

Ungari

jboydgolfer

verycharbroiled

System Name	Americas cure is the death of Social Justice & Political Correctness
Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

System Name	Team Crimson
Processor	AMD FX 8320
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
Cooling	Corsair H80i
Memory	DDR3 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 8GB RAM
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 250GB / Crucial MX300 275GB
Display(s)	AOC 2752H 27" 1080p
Case	NZXT Source 220 Windowed
Power Supply	Antec Earthworks 650W
Mouse	Logitech M510/ AGPTEK T-90 Zelotes
Keyboard	Logitech K360/ iBUYPOWER TTC RED Switch Mechanical
Software	Windows 8.1 64 Bit

System Name	Box
Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI Meg Ace Max 570S
Cooling	Corsair h150i Elite Capellix 360 white
Memory	16 GB Teamforce DDR 4 4500 (2x8) CL18
Video Card(s)	Aorus 1080ti
Storage	NVMe: Samsung 980 Pro 2TB, WD_BLACK SN770 2TB, Crucial P5 Plus 2TB, spinners: 3TB, 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 1080p
Case	Lian Li 011 Dynamic white - fans: 2x140mm, 7x120mm
Audio Device(s)	stock
Power Supply	EVGA G2 850
Mouse	Razor DeathAdder 3.5G
Keyboard	Corsair K68 RGB
VR HMD	Valve Index
Software	Win10 pro
Benchmark Scores	later