Thermal paste in CPU socket + new built system problems

Its Me Greg

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Hello everyone!
As the title says, I've got various problems, I hope the community could help me out.

1.) A small amount of thermal paste got into my 1155 CPU socket (3-4 pins). Should I use a simple attenuative liquid for it or do I need some kind of special one?

2.) My PC got a new motherboard and CPU (ASRock Z77 Pro3 + Intel Core i5 3570), but the system usually kick me out (right after logging in my profile) with a blur screen of death, usually with SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXEPTION and MACHINE_CHECK_EXEPTION. Strangely it only does in normal mode, there is no problem in reduced mode. (I will try a fresh start to repair this by reinstalling my whole system.)

Thanks for the helping ideas forewardly!
 

Its Me Greg

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*UPDATE!*

well, it seems like I managed to make it work. I removed all the paste from the socket that I could, reinstalled the whole PC and it looks like it's working now. well, expect one thing... whenever I try to install a software, my PC restarts. no idea why, but maybe I have a suspect for this. the last time it restared, I looked into the error message and it mentioned something with the memory. I'll post the full content if it does again.