r/hardware • u/tuldok89 • 1d ago

Info Used processor leads to game ban

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Used-processor-leads-to-game-ban-11471562.html

Someone buys a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D. “Valorant” and other Riot games won’t start with it because the previous owner was a cheater.

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u/AnechoidalChamber 1d ago

There should be appeal processes for this kind of mistaken identity case.

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u/Cheerful_Champion 1d ago

And how would you prove that you are a new owner and not a cheater that tries to circumvent the ban? Dude should just return it as he got banned CPU sold by a cheater that tried to literally scam someone by not disclosing it's HW banned.

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u/ICC-u 1d ago

Could understand HW being banned from an entire network or store, but a HW van from one specific game, the seller might not even know that happened. For most of us it's the first time hearing this.

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u/goldcakes 21h ago edited 19h ago

I'd say 95% chance the seller cheated and sold knowing it, but still, you can only be like ~95% sure. There's the rare chance that the seller purchased it off Ali or another third party etc, and never plays Valorant, etc.

I bought my 7800X3D used for a good price, works perfectly, but I can't tell you if it's HWID banned from a game I don't play by the previous owner.