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  1. Cardboard box243

    Question PC dies after 2-3 minutes of uptime with CPU indicator light on, is my CPU broken?

    My PC dies after about 2-3 minutes of uptime with CPU light indicator on when it happens. Some Context The CPU in question is a Ryzen 7 2700x and is currently about 5 years old, it was running overclocked for most of its lifetime and a voltage of just below 1.4 volts. The system had a change of...
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    Question What is this purple substance on AMD Ryzen die?

    My theories: Some glue-like viscous substance to eliminate cross talk. Something thermal/temp related? Other, something for optimization Something that was used during creation of the CPU and was left behind during manufacturing Other's theories: Obfuscation/censoring for the Chinese press...