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I've seen this a couple of times aswell. On brand new ones. Don't think it's an issue.

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I just bought a used i7 4770, and I noticed a dark smudge on the connectors.
Should I be worried?
I cant test it yet cause my board hasnt arrived yet

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Might be thermal paste try to gently wipe it with some toilet paper

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Probably a little thermal paste residue. I would clean it off and should be fine. CPU's are pretty tough.

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At least it wasn't on the pins. Those things are nightmares.

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Might be thermal paste try to gently wipe it with some toilet paper

I tried rubbing it with TP, to no avail :(

it looks like a slightly burnt part of the shiny gold things

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If the CPU still works then don't worry about it.

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I'm a bit anxious. I cant test it until tomorrow :(

what are the chances of haswell processors failing? 

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Looks like it could be a burn.

Ask the previous owner if it had an OC.

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I'm a bit anxious. I cant test it until tomorrow :(

what are the chances of haswell processors failing?

About 80:85

(80 out of 85 are good.)

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I always thought that was when someone touches the pin contacts with a bare hand and the grease had tainted it?

"If it doesn't move, you didn't hit it hard enough with a hammer"

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I always thought that was when someone touches the pin contacts with a bare hand and the grease had tainted it?

is that really grease?

can someone confirm this?

this would be really really really good news! 

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I've seen this a couple of times aswell. On brand new ones. Don't think it's an issue.

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I've seen this a couple of times aswell. On brand new ones. Don't think it's an issue.

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Thank you so much for that, it's really reassuring!

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is that really grease?

can someone confirm this?

this would be really really really good news! 

 

That's what I always thought it was, I've opened up brand new CPU's with it and never had an issue (my current 2500k had it brand new and has been one of the best chips I've owned).

What I mean by grease is fingerprint grease/ oil, not thermal grease/ paste.

"If it doesn't move, you didn't hit it hard enough with a hammer"

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Thank you all. I am now less worried about it. 

You guys are awesome! :D

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Looks like it could be a burn.

Ask the previous owner if it had an OC.

OC on a non k i7 that burns it wow

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OC on a non k i7 that burns it wow

Well, we can't eliminate everything.

The orig. owner could have OCed it to the point where the MoBo said "haha nod"

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