QUOTE(Akayaka @ Mar 23 2018, 03:10 PM)
I've got some problem with store who fixed my Mac.
To cut it short;
My iMac is a vintage unit.
Middle year 2016: Give to this store to fix my GPU (busted due to overheat).
End of year 2017: GPU got broke again. Give to another store to fix, and that store told me that GPU is not clean may the cause of the broke (refer to attachment, the yellowish thing). Masking tape bersepah.
Condition of GPU might be came from the previous repair one.
Is it standard thing to repair GPU ended with this condition as a final product?
This is the problem we faced nowadays. People just want "cheap" repair or not knowingly what the repair personnel is doing to their Mac. Malaysian should start appreciating proper professional works. Surely many could claim they can do it. Claim their parts are "original". But are you really sure?
To your question, no, those tapes are not supposed to be there. What you have are an unprofessional "repair" work. Even those thermal compound shouldn't smear around as such.
Masking tape on a chip, this made my Friday.
Oh, BTW, whatever repair you trying on the same card, it won't last. It will fail again, matter of time.