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[–] alrighthosanna@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] rmtworks@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is a processor with some very dried-out looking thermal compound on it. I had to deal with a similar situation today on a machine I was working on.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you lick the old paste off the CPU like it was filling on an Oreo?

[–] halvar@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago