new processor... rough patch?

[Korporativ]

Just got my 2500 barton in the mail and on the top of the cpu there seems to be a 'rough' patch, a break in the purple-ish finish. It looks to be almost perfectly square, upon further inspection(with a jewler's glass) it looks almost corroded. Is this standard? Should i try applying thermal paste and hoping for the best? Or should I just RMA it back to newegg?

 

[screw3d]

That's perfectly normal. I don't know what it is, but I've handled enough CPUs to tell you that it's fine!

 

[clicknext]

Looks to me like some kind of label...

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: Korporativ
Just got my 2500 barton in the mail and on the top of the cpu there seems to be a 'rough' patch, a break in the purple-ish finish. It looks to be almost perfectly square, upon further inspection(with a jewler's glass) it looks almost corroded. Is this standard? Should i try applying thermal paste and hoping for the best? Or should I just RMA it back to newegg?

it's perfectly normal...

it's supposed to be the on-die thermal diode right?

or osmething like that.. i'm not sure.. but it's normal argh...

 

[Jeff7]

Isn't that some kind of bar-code type thing?