Intel reportedly denies RMA for crashing Core i9-14900K CPU due to liquid metal thermal paste usage — liquid metal erased the markings and serial number on the CPU - eviltoast
Liquid metal permanently obfuscates key CPU information that is otherwise visible after cleaning off conventional thermal paste.

Liquid metal permanently obfuscates key CPU information that is otherwise visible after cleaning off conventional thermal paste.

  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Well, it removes the etching, which is an extremely thin layer. That’s a far cry from corroding through the integrated heat spreader that is 10,000x thicker.