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[–] colourlesspony@pawb.social 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

You can see an angle grinder cut into the chip left to the cpu socket. Looks like the board snapped while they where cutting it for some reason.

[–] ArfArfWoof@feddit.org 6 points 16 hours ago

Nice thinking! I was cutting it with a hacksaw and I snapped it by hand when I was sure I wouldn't damage the socket.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

Ohh how right you are. Moderately ok eyes you got there!