Price tag thingy on my chip! - Tech Support Forums

surreal · December 12th, 2001, 08:23 PM

I have 2 OEM chips, and they came with orange tags on them like when you're takin' somethin' back at Wall Mart..

Do I leave it on or

pick it off???

Atomic Rooster · December 12th, 2001, 08:36 PM

If it's on the core, take them off. Otherwise you should leave them on incase you need to return them.

DutchMaster · December 12th, 2001, 08:41 PM

That depend on what chips they are.
Some chips (EPROM/Microcontrollers) contain a sort of program which can be erased by using UV light. They normally have a transparent hole on top of the chip to erase the info. When the chip is programmed the glass hole is covered to avoid long term erasing by the natural UV in daylight.
So in that case: DON'T REMOVE THE STICKERS. Or else the chip won't do his job anymore after 2/3 days

surreal · December 12th, 2001, 09:20 PM

Nah, its on my cpu I've seen lots before,, they never had stickers on them... Ok it's not on the processor I'll leave it..

Thanks

Hellmund · December 13th, 2001, 05:22 AM

You could just pick it off and keep it aside for a few days...one stuffs up just put it back on

FreakyOCR · December 13th, 2001, 05:27 AM

I had one that they stuck the sticker on the bottom of the CPU opposite the core. Needless to say the sticker burned up..... it's a dark brown and blends into the CPU...

Thud · December 13th, 2001, 06:11 AM

My OEM XP 1600+ has one on it...looks like an oldl TG&Y price sticker.

It's coming off before I apply power to it.

DutchMaster · December 13th, 2001, 02:59 PM

As for CP, yeah remove it or it will burn away. Many suppliers put tags on the component for warranty reasons, so they wont give you a hard time when you want to swap the clearly unused CPU.