Thermal paste on cpu pin?

Welshstig

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Yeh, I got a little thermal paste on a one cpu pin which I've mostly cleaned off, will this damage anything as there is still a a bit left on cpu. I've put it back in the socket but I don't know if it will work since this a test boot and I don't have a speaker or gpu. So I'm asking fo you think the cpu will be damaged?

I was using:
Arctic mx-4 thermal compound
FX 8320 cpu
 
Solution
It's fine, as long as you cleaned it off and there isn't a lot on it connecting two pins, shorting it. In the future, clean it with a microfiber cloth and rubbing alcohol.