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shyster
02-19-2008, 04:14 PM
I just RMA'ed my motherboard yesterday and when I was taking it apart I noticed that the thermal paste on my CPU was missing in what appears to be a scratch sort of shape.

I took a picture of it which I will try to upload tonight before I go to sleep.

I was wondering if the top metal part of the processor was scratched, would that make it unusable? Or is it possible that the thermal paste just did not cover it all somehow? All the pins on the bottom seem to be fine so that does not bother me I was just wondering if this is cause for alarm and if I should consider RMA'ing it before time runs out.