Wait, you actually pulled the cooler and saw bare die in the middle? I always figured pump-out was mostly a laptop thing and that desktops were fine with stock mounting. Now I'm side eyeing my own 3080 that's been running hot for a year lol.

Your crumb probably opened up because of better gluten development from the rest, not just following the recipe, since time does the work either way. Ten years is a long streak to break though, glad the bake finally got through to you.

Watch Whole Foods cry into their $9 kale.