Strange Goop stuff on my AN7

[Erukian]

http://planetquake.com/cod/temp/gluey.jpg

does anyone else have it? Im kinda worried..

[Jrocket]

Your board probably got returned, and the last owner was probably putting thermal pasting on his video card on sloppily.

[Erukian]

its not thermal paste, its like dried stuff

[Erukian]

its more like dried glue

[sky]

can you get a better shot of it.. either i'm getting old or that pic is blurred ;)

[tc_overclocker]

It looks to me like the left over flux from the soldering at the factory.... msot boards have it on there somewhere.... the area u pointed out is just above the AGP slot.. no?

The NF7 series has exactly the same thing.... nothing to worry about at all :D

[Orak]

i got the same.. and i got a new board, not a returned one..

[Soulburner]

Originally posted by Erukian
its not thermal paste, its like dried stuff
Maybe you don't want to know what it is....

:stick:

[Ragnarok]

that's definately flux.. every board has it...

now stop nit picking...

[Erukian]

what's flux?

[Ragnarok]

flux is used in soldering to help the molten solder 'flow' more easily and attach to surfaces...

[Erukian]

so it's non-conductive and doesnt hurt a fly.

[Ragnarok]

yes it's not detrimental to the board at all