Reapply thermal paste on new CPU attached a day before?

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I bought a new CPU (i7 4770) and attached its fan. This CPU comes with its original thermal paste. A day after that and the 2nd day after that I had to remove the fan since I was checking if CPU is properly inserted.

Do you think that I need to apply a new thermal paste now? I am contemplating since this one is pretty new and the CPU did not work more than 1 min since it was auto-applied by attaching its fan on the cpu.
 
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if cpu is tripping due to thermal issue then reapply thermal paste.
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if cpu is tripping due to thermal issue then reapply thermal paste.
 
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Check my first question here. The conf would not boot due to bad PSU so I had to recheck the CPU as well based on the checklist I got here.
 
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What does it mean "if cpu is tripping"? I don't understand this phrase, sorry. :(
 
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means if system is suddenly shutting down due to thermal issue u need to reapply thermal paste.
 
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OK thanks. And how should I know the cause of a sudden shutdown is thermal paste? Should I (in case of an odd shutdown) run the BIOS and check the CPU temperature or there is a better solution to figure out if thermal paste should be reapplied?
 
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when there is a problem of heatsink contact with processor you will see processors temperature very high hanging and when you touch heatsink that will be very cool which means heatsink is loose or u will have to reapply the paste.
 
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