I bought a used Athlon II (AM3), and I noticed that there is a bead of hard black plastic glue like substance that goes between/around the die and the green portion. I noticed that some of this black material is not uniform so its thicker and is sticking out more in one of the areas of the cpu. Is this normal or should it be uniform all around? The CPU does work, but I don't know if this "black glue" will cause problems later on or if it will melt.
/edit: I also noticed that the area where the glue is thicker, there is a small gap where there is no visible glue. After the gap, the glue has a little bump then its uniform all the way around.
Added example picture:
http://i.imgur.com/hFV0Lan.jpg
/edit: I also noticed that the area where the glue is thicker, there is a small gap where there is no visible glue. After the gap, the glue has a little bump then its uniform all the way around.
Added example picture:
http://i.imgur.com/hFV0Lan.jpg
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