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On the motherboard itself there appears to be little tiny blotches. I looked this up and found a thread on Tom's Hardware of a similar issue with an Asus board that was sold on Amazon. Someone on that thread stated that the residue is a result of a typical repair process by manufacturers, which shouldn't be of any concern if the board works correctly. But I actually noticed something else as well. There happened to also be scuffs on the plastic sticker that cover's the LED screen over the VRM. I peeled back the sticker far enough to see if it scratched the LED and it turned out it was fine for the most part. The last thing I noticed was that there were several noticeable scratches and scuffs on the brushed aluminum heatsink for the Hyper M.2 drive. All of these things point to this board being used and/or repaired and returned back to Newegg, which they sold as "new".
Sorry for the wall of text but I was just wondering, would you guys think this would be a problem in the long run? I was planning a future build but I am buying the parts slowly and I cannot test the motherboard unfortunately so I planned on having it sit until I can collect the other parts. I know that ASUS should have fantastic warranty for their items but I just wanted to be sure I won't be in a situation where I will be blamed for damage if I attempt to exchange it if it ends up having issues. Anyways, I appreciate any and all replies/advice! Thanks!