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Used AMD processor gets its new owner banned from games
Original: "Psst. Kid. I've got a used AMD processor right here. See this? I'll sell it to you cheap!" https:// hardware.slashdot.o
A gamer bought a secondhand AMD processor cheaply, only to find themselves banned from a game upon installing it. The chip's prior owner had apparently been banned for cheating, and the ban was tied to the hardware itself, so the punishment followed the CPU to its new, innocent owner. Commenters are calling it a cautionary tale about buying used PC parts, noting that hardware bans can penalize resellers and secondhand buyers with no connection to the original cheating.
Why now: Secondhand PC hardware is popular among gamers, and the story highlights the unfair risk that hardware bans tied to cheating can punish innocent buyers of used components.
Evidence
- "Psst. Kid. I've got a used AMD processor right here. See this? I'll sell it to you cheap!" https:// hardware.slashdot.org/story/26 /10/02/1750242/used-processor-leads-to-game-ban # PC # gaming # AMD · steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co · 1
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