Post #3606852
2026-07-05 15:03 UTC
I upgraded a MacPro 2013 from 6 cores to a 12 core Xeon today. The old CPU had this strange defect (the reddish spot) on its heatspreader which had a similar looking counterpart on the copper heatsink. I never saw something like this before, does anyone know what this is? The CPU worked without problems.
#intel #xeon #macpro #apple #defect
Replies (2)
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@bhtooefr@snack.social 2026-07-05 15:11
@me_@sueden.social is the spot raised, depressed, or neutral?
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@josh@social.joshanders.com 2026-07-05 15:07
@me_@sueden.social Looks like oxidized thermal paste to me