A problem with Thermal paste

Angel_13

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So i was replacing an old stock cooler and i applied too much paste, some spillled to the sides and a little bit got onto the Green part of the CPU and looks like this:

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Nothing got onto the pins or motherboard fortunately but i don't know ho much damage can the paste to if i try to turn it on while it's there, thanks in advance