RESOLVED:After throwing up my arms in despair and thinking that I had degraded my CPU I contacted Intel to initiate a warranty claim (I bought the overclocking warranty they offer). However sorhol's post stating that him switching the clockgen filter...

Do they cross ship? I have read people mention in passing that they will send you a CPU to replace your current one if you give them a credit card as deposit. Can anyone explicitly verify this with their own personal experience or otherwise?

I seemed to have misplaced my OC Key cable (the one that runs from the internal header to the OC Key); where could I get a replacement?