# Rather odd ball question ??? (Hardware related) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 1, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/rather-odd-ball-question-hardware-related/101626 "2016-06-01T08:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2-Point-O](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/2/3d9bf3/32.png) [@2-Point-O](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/2-Point-O)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/rather-odd-ball-question-hardware-related/101626/1 "2016-06-01T08:40:00Z")
This just happened last week, received an RMA from a major hardware manufacturer for GPU (graphics Card) was my old P.O.S. that cow-pied out on me so I RMA’d (Return Merchandise Authorization, Got it repaired? ya right!), twice well actually 3 times now but whatever. anyway my proc has appeared to have lost 2 of its 8 cores is now down to 6 cores, makes gaming rather is uh well uh not even worth the effort. Have run some Microshaft Winblows (Don’t understand the Unix/Linux command line interface) diagnostics on the board and nothing has really come up, haven’t run [Hiren’s](http://www.hirensbootcd.org/screenshots/) (DOS diagnostics) yet. might do that tonight. just curious to know if anyone else has ran across something similar when re-installing an RMA’d GPU. might it be a manufacturer defect? being that they sent me back the same GPU twice after stating on the invoice the first time (Garbage) and the second RMA stated (No display on any ports). I basically lost it when it was returned to me, plugged/re-installed it in my Rig and it artifact almost immediately. Its bin almost 2 months now with a cow-pied GTX750 GPU that is also starting to artifact (low and behold its made by the same manufacturer) oh goodie !!! Back in the day AMD was ‘THE’ best for Gaming purposes, as for applications, it blew goats and still does. ---
**Author:** ![Sir-xer21](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sir-xer21/32/103487_2.png) [@Sir-xer21](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Sir-xer21)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/rather-odd-ball-question-hardware-related/101626/2 "2016-06-02T20:13:00Z")
the GPU should not have any bearing on your processor and your processor losing two cores shouldnt really make gaming that awful since nothing out there really utilizes 8 cores anyways. something else is afoot. ---
**Author:** ![Lordmang4](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@Lordmang4](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Lordmang4)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/rather-odd-ball-question-hardware-related/101626/3 "2016-06-02T20:25:00Z")
No OP, can’t say that I’ve ever experienced what you have. Sorry to hear that you’re going through these PC troubles. After reading posts like yours, I’m definitely glad that I transitioned from PC to console gaming. For me, the pros far outweigh the cons (e.g. troubleshooting PC hardware problems). ---
**Author:** ![Sir-xer21](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sir-xer21/32/103487_2.png) [@Sir-xer21](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Sir-xer21)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/rather-odd-ball-question-hardware-related/101626/4 "2016-06-02T20:45:00Z")
> [@2-Point-O](#): > > prior to sending the GPU in for RMA, the plastic cover was put on to the PCIe slot or teeth/pins to protect them from damage, when returned from said manufacturer there was no plastic cover. was like the manufacturer either could care less about the product in which the returned or just failed to replace the cover … that also shouldnt be an issue. your GPU should not be causing damage to your CPU. ---
**Author:** ![ThePoolshark](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/thepoolshark/32/103801_2.png) [@ThePoolshark](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ThePoolshark)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/rather-odd-ball-question-hardware-related/101626/5 "2016-06-02T22:00:00Z")
CPU’s are usually pretty solid, maybe something wrong with your motherboard that fried it. I am just guessing, I would take it in to get looked at by someone with more knowledge than us here on the forums ---
**Author:** ![Carbonic](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/carbonic/32/101470_2.png) [@Carbonic](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Carbonic)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/rather-odd-ball-question-hardware-related/101626/6 "2016-06-02T22:48:00Z")
Considering they keep sending the card back that would suggest they’ve tested the GFX and found it to be working. Could it be that it’s your motherboard causing the issues and not your GFX? And as the others say, GPU has no effect on the number of CPU cores you have available. Perhaps testing the GFX in another computer might be the way to go.