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The corners of the CPU are turning green..... and I can read the stepping on the heatsink... I can see the heatsink thing, but a green CPU?!! Any explinations?
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glock19owner said:I have seen that before...but that was from a HS that wasnt fully seated on the CPU...(from the heatsink being slightly unlevel, the person did not lap the used heatsink before installing it on a new CPU)...half the CPU thermal pasted turned a light shade of green from the CPU overheating on that portion of the CPU...and you could read the exactly what was on the CPU core...on the SLK800...
This was from that CPU...not sure of yours...since yours looks kind of like algae green...not a teal green color...
dippy_skoodlez said:Its a really DARK green, and starting to turn brownish, looking like its burnt
glock19owner said:
if it still works...then it's possible is from the heatsink not sitting correctly, causing the one protion of the core to run a lot hotter then the side that was seated correctly...if not, then its already fried...
If it still works...be glad you caught it now...
Also, how old is the CPU and the thermal paste?
Tebore said:That CPU is perfectly fine. If you can read the writing on the heatsink that means it has made good contact with the heatsink. In fact this was quite normal with many palo cores. The reason why the corners are turning green is because you have some algae trying to grow in TIM. Some cheap TIM also change color and consistancy when super heated like in a situation like that like vasoline.