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This seems to pop up quite often...are people buying and returning them right away? lol...
I wonder if the 14700F cpu is an issue...I remember an older post saying they had issues right away and I told them to update bios to see if it fixed and they didn't answer so I didn't buy.
For those who need to know, 13th gen & 14th gen had overvoltage issue or something that were degrading the cpu lifespan and needed a bios update...if I recall...
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This seems to pop up quite often...are people buying and returning them right away? lol...
I wonder if the 14700F cpu is an issue...I remember an older post saying they had issues right away and I told them to update bios to see if it fixed and they didn't answer so I didn't buy.
For those who need to know, 13th gen & 14th gen had overvoltage issue or something that were degrading the cpu lifespan and needed a bios update...if I recall...
Yes they are getting returns due to fatal errors. Even updating the BIOS and a fresh install of windows didn't work for me.
Hopefully you get lucky. I am in the process of returning a similar Acer refurb. After opening Roblox within about 10-20 seconds the computer shuts off and all of the fans kick on. Have to hard reboot the machine and then it gets stuck in the BIOS loading screen but eventually loads after several reboots. Luckily they have a 30 day return policy.
I got 2 of the 5070 version with the 14700F & only one of the MOBOs had a BIOS update on the Acer site.
The one that didnt have an update had a BIOS as recent as June 2025 but it still had issues despite downloading the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility.
The entire PC would freeze & the fans start blowing at 100% with no sign of stopping unless you manually stop it. Then sometimes it wont post afterwards....basically at first the pc would only do it when playing Delta Force's Black Hawk Down but now it's doing it even when it's browsing the web.
The other one is fine though so I guess it really depends...
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I wonder if the 14700F cpu is an issue...I remember an older post saying they had issues right away and I told them to update bios to see if it fixed and they didn't answer so I didn't buy.
For those who need to know, 13th gen & 14th gen had overvoltage issue or something that were degrading the cpu lifespan and needed a bios update...if I recall...
I wonder if the 14700F cpu is an issue...I remember an older post saying they had issues right away and I told them to update bios to see if it fixed and they didn't answer so I didn't buy.
For those who need to know, 13th gen & 14th gen had overvoltage issue or something that were degrading the cpu lifespan and needed a bios update...if I recall...
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The one that didnt have an update had a BIOS as recent as June 2025 but it still had issues despite downloading the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility.
The entire PC would freeze & the fans start blowing at 100% with no sign of stopping unless you manually stop it. Then sometimes it wont post afterwards....basically at first the pc would only do it when playing Delta Force's Black Hawk Down but now it's doing it even when it's browsing the web.
The other one is fine though so I guess it really depends...
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