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Strange sticker on the processor. Pentium 166 MMX

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First post, by junak

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Hello, I got a Pentium 166 MMX and I noticed some weird sticker on it. Did these processors have it from new? Or do I need to pull/rip it off?
There is a lot of dirt visible under the sticker.

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Reply 1 of 4, by junak

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That it is glued very tightly.

RETRO Soyo SY-5XA + Pentium 166MMX + 32 MB RAM + S3 Trio 3D 4 MB VRAM + ESS AudioDrive ES 1869F

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Reply 2 of 4, by vstrakh

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Looks like safety measure, to avoid shorting anything against a heatsink or getting anything conductive on the pin's through-holes.
The heat spreader is not covered by this film, so I don't think it needs to be removed.

Reply 3 of 4, by Tiido

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I have not seen this before, but it definitely appears what vstrakh described, protection to avoid shorting things with heatsink. I would leave it be, there's more than can go wrong than right when trying to remove it.

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Reply 4 of 4, by junak

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OK Thank you very much for your answer, so the sticker stays.

RETRO Soyo SY-5XA + Pentium 166MMX + 32 MB RAM + S3 Trio 3D 4 MB VRAM + ESS AudioDrive ES 1869F

MODERN MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 + I7 12700K (stock UV) + 48 GB RAM 3600 MHz DDR4 + RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB VRAM

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