Hmm, I don’t think they would die without hugs or communication. Nothing in the link exactly says they would die too, aside from some questionable sources from hundreds of years ago.

A human body would be able to biologically survive without hugs and communication (or even higher brain function honestly if you manage it properly).

I am not using any top fans, no, only front and back (and bottom if we include PSU fan). Thought the vent on top could also help with airflow though, not sure.

How often is kinda like it depends. But I mean, it can happen, my hands aren’t always perfectly dry, I might even forget to dry them properly. I try to be careful now, but it can happen.

So, like 10-20% of the case is not under, I can’t push it entirely back, but I could push it back some more (and even then, drops of water don’t always fall perfectly vertically, so movement of hand can throw them under the desk anyway).

No cloth mousepad, I don’t even use a mousepad.

So I might be missing something, but it’s not these. I built this PC from parts, so I know all these steps.

I would post a picture, but honestly, the PC is built and in the case right now. I might want to swap the motherboard soon though (and last time I tried removing the CPU from this motherboard, I faced this issue and gave up), which is why I am asking.

MSI B650 Gaming Plus WIFI is the motherboard, it sounds weird yes, it sounds like there shouldn’t be something surrounding the CPU, but the CPU literally goes in the “hole” and is surrounded by it.

Yes, my last attempt was before putting the PC together, now I might want to swap the motherboard soon, which is why I want to know how to take the CPU out (cause last time I tried, I faced the issue I described).

Also some people guessed that this might be in the audio area, so only audio might be affected.

So far, I don’t see any issue (audio plays too, though I can’t like tell if some frequency is missing or something, I mean, it sounds fine).

What are the chances if I keep using the PC like, this could damage the other (way more expensive) parts or cause a fire?

So I guess, what this means is having one scrapped off or failing isn’t a big issue (because of built-in redundancy accounting exactly for that)?

It’s like well, here I guess:

https://i.postimg.cc/XJNcnppT/modelblock-gaming-pd.png

You might be able to find a better resolution image of the board if you look, on them, it is written K72 then vertically smaller K2 (the 2 has an underline).

There are so many as you say, so makes me think, there’s enough redundancy to leave it be.