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February 9th, 2006, 05:37 PM
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I recently was cleaning off my friends processor and replacing the stock heatsink and putting on new thermal paste when I discovered a little perfectly cut hole in the processor.... is this supposed to be there or somethin? I dont think i caused it b/c all I did was rub off the compound and it was there all perfectly cut and whatnot....
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 ghz
CPUID: Prescott
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February 9th, 2006, 05:40 PM
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February 9th, 2006, 08:35 PM
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It's for the little men to escape when the processor gets too hot.
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February 9th, 2006, 08:48 PM
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Yeah thats normal......I wonder what it is for thou. | |
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February 9th, 2006, 09:00 PM
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Its the Blue Genie Escape hole
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February 9th, 2006, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by nunyadam Its the Blue Genie Escape hole | Im being serius. | |
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February 9th, 2006, 09:19 PM
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yeaaa thats what it looks like, thanks  anyone know what its for? | |
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February 9th, 2006, 09:26 PM
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I think Intel used to stamp their test CPU's with a hole like that, but dunno if that model all came with a hole bored in them or not.
Ray's suggestion is the best one so far, though! 
Cheers
Mick
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February 9th, 2006, 09:31 PM
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February 9th, 2006, 09:35 PM
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See, Ray was correct!!
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