Hey guys.
I just a mobo from a friend, but the cpu socket is pretty dirty from thermal paste. The mobo is a gigabyte ga-970a-ds3, and as I see the socket only looks dirty by itself like at:
http://i.testfreaks.co.uk/images/products/600x400/1/gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3.33779201.jpg
But I still smell the thermal paste. No pin holes are filled or something.
I have something like this:
http://imgur.com/ZAkYjcB
Could i use that with some alcohol to clean off the thermal paste?
I just a mobo from a friend, but the cpu socket is pretty dirty from thermal paste. The mobo is a gigabyte ga-970a-ds3, and as I see the socket only looks dirty by itself like at:
http://i.testfreaks.co.uk/images/products/600x400/1/gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3.33779201.jpg
But I still smell the thermal paste. No pin holes are filled or something.
I have something like this:
http://imgur.com/ZAkYjcB
Could i use that with some alcohol to clean off the thermal paste?