Hi,
I have been cleaning/removing old thermal compound with Acetone every time i would reapply thermal paste. And that has been like 4 times. 2 on the CPU and 2 on the GPU.
I've been using a chemically pure Acetone, that does not contain oil or something. It's pure acetone. I dip "ear-cotton-tops" with acetone, and in that way, remove the paste. Is that very bad? I do not touch any plastic part tho, only on the metal.
And btw! When I dismounted my heatsink yesterday, the whole friggin CPU came with it! I was rly stunned... How the hell could that happend? And it was like the CPU were litteraly glued to the heatsink, forced me to use a medium amount of force to take it off from the heatsink.
Is this due to a bad thermal paste or..? I think it was Arctic cooling MX-2, or Cooler master thermal compound kit, dont remember.
I have been cleaning/removing old thermal compound with Acetone every time i would reapply thermal paste. And that has been like 4 times. 2 on the CPU and 2 on the GPU.
I've been using a chemically pure Acetone, that does not contain oil or something. It's pure acetone. I dip "ear-cotton-tops" with acetone, and in that way, remove the paste. Is that very bad? I do not touch any plastic part tho, only on the metal.
And btw! When I dismounted my heatsink yesterday, the whole friggin CPU came with it! I was rly stunned... How the hell could that happend? And it was like the CPU were litteraly glued to the heatsink, forced me to use a medium amount of force to take it off from the heatsink.
Is this due to a bad thermal paste or..? I think it was Arctic cooling MX-2, or Cooler master thermal compound kit, dont remember.
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