One of my new\used SM chassis has thermal paste in random places
I only noticed because I removed the riser to install an AOC and saw paste INSIDE the riser.
I then looked closer and found a chunk the size of a pea sitting on the motherboard, two other flakes sitting on the motherboard... at this point I'm 30m+ into cleaning\checking and still haven't fully cleaned the riser out
I assume this is the stock\oem SM paste -- is it conductive ? In most enterprise\data center installs is the paste conductive?
Shipping a chassis is such a hassle but burning up ssd and GPUs I already own\know working with 0 warranty would be a huge loss so at this point I'm unsure if I should return it or ask for a new motherboard or ???
What would you do.
I only noticed because I removed the riser to install an AOC and saw paste INSIDE the riser.
I then looked closer and found a chunk the size of a pea sitting on the motherboard, two other flakes sitting on the motherboard... at this point I'm 30m+ into cleaning\checking and still haven't fully cleaned the riser out
I assume this is the stock\oem SM paste -- is it conductive ? In most enterprise\data center installs is the paste conductive?
Shipping a chassis is such a hassle but burning up ssd and GPUs I already own\know working with 0 warranty would be a huge loss so at this point I'm unsure if I should return it or ask for a new motherboard or ???
What would you do.