Dougal: Thank you very much for contacting the Intel® Processors communities. We will do our best in order to provide the information you are looking for.
In regard to your inquiry, the plan only covers processors that got defective because overclocking. On the link below you will see additional details about the Intel® Performance Tuning Protection Plan:
https://click.intel.com/tuningplan/faq https://click.intel.com/tuningplan/faq
Any further questions, please let me know.
Regards,
Alberto R
