[coreboot] [off topic] Opteron CPU missing chips on the bottom

[Taiidan at gmx.com]

On 01/31/2018 02:16 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote:

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> Since you've mentioned the remaining lands are also misaligned, I'd
> throw that CPU away.  You currently risk burning out the multiphase
> regulator and/or attached peripherals (RAM, PCIe), depending on if the
> lands are now misaligned enough to put voltages where they don't belong.
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> Those lands are very robust; the only way I can think of to chip off one
> or two would be putting the CPU land-side up and dropping something on
> it.  For more extensive damage, it's possible the CPU was repeatedly
> overheated at some point in the past as well.
The expert has spoken!
Thanks for the advice all.

I will add a section to the wiki about insisting on a bottom photo for 
used G34 CPU's.