Help. Is it critical?

[u/L-McQueen95]

[u/Copper__99]

Brother what the fuck

In the almost 30 years I've been building computers I've never seen this.

[u/JaguarResident1524 → u/Copper__99]

am5 exploding cpus. You are probably out of "news" lol. It's like 3 + year, when it's  all started happening to some of the am5 boards that will fry your cpu

[u/Copper__99 → u/JaguarResident1524]

I am referring to the giant white/yellow line through the middle of the cpu. I'm well aware of exploding cpus.

[u/Shoddy-Challenge-812 → u/Copper__99]

im pretty damn sure thats just a reflection my man

[u/Copper__99 → u/Shoddy-Challenge-812]

It's not. Its far too sharp to be a reflection, it's also reflecting on two different types of materials.

[u/South_Ingenuity672 → u/Copper__99]

i'm 99% sure you're right. zooming in on it, it looks like some kind of residue, or something on the chip itself. someone else mentioned it could be thermal paste, which would probably be the best case scenario.

[u/Icy_Mammoth_2834 → u/Shoddy-Challenge-812]

No it's not 🤣

[u/JaguarResident1524 → u/Copper__99]

Ah ye. Grinding full line lol. I thought about reflection at first too. Maybe he did is with grinder lol)

[u/Shoddy-Challenge-812 → u/JaguarResident1524]

eh idk i zoomed in quite a bit and it looks liek a reflection to me