Quote Originally Posted by bt_medic04 View Post
i mis-understood your post the first time around, and was asking for some explanation on it. admittedly i should have asked in a different way and i apologize for that. staying awake for 26 hours doesnt help clarity of mind either in this situation. again, thank you for the clarification.
Absolutely no problemo. I know what you are talking about. I used to lack enough sleep for years, some time ago. Strange things happen if you need sleep, but then you just force your body to stay awake.
And BTW, my answer wasn't very polite, too. Sorry about that! I'm also a bit stressed out ATM, due to exams every few days.

IMHO bottom line to the topic is:
- CPU should be absolutely fine
- thermal transfer shouldn't be hindered by the small discoloration
- for the good feeling and the certainty it still can't hurt to just relap it
- as it is already flat, lapping will only take a minute anyway
- and last but not least, let's all thank the guy who came up with the idea of the shutdown temp for CPUs