Thermal paste on pins

_MrLilNik_ · Nov 5, 2016

so in my system i have a 6600k, and prior to building it 2 months ago i had accidentally got thermal paste on the bottom of the pins i cleaned it off with alcohol and put it back in the motherboard everything seems to be fine for the past couple of months the thermal paste was the one that comes with the cooler master evo 212 just wanted to be sure let me know what you think!

Supernova1138 · Nov 5, 2016

If you haven't run into problems by now, you're probably fine. The paste Coolermaster provides is non-conductive, so getting some on the pins isn't the end of the world. Conductive pastes like Arctic Silver are the ones you have to be very careful with as they can cause shorts on the board if they get anywhere besides the CPU heatspreader.

James Mason · Nov 5, 2016

Problem would have showed up immediately, like by frying the CPU.
Should be fine.

_MrLilNik_ · Nov 5, 2016

Supernova1138 :

i also have another question i believe thermal paste is also stuck under the cpu lid or ihs there are little gaps on the side should i also be fine, and how do i clean that?

Supernova1138 · Nov 5, 2016

It's highly unlikely paste got in under the heatspreader unless you tried to delid your CPU. Your system has been running fine for two months, so you don't have any issues with the thermal paste, if you did, you'd know it immediately.

_MrLilNik_ · Nov 5, 2016

Supernova1138 :

okay thank you so much for the information i really appreciate it, if i have further problems do you mind if i contact you?

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