Help! I spilled thermal paste next to my cpu

exkungen · Apr 4, 2017

So basically I tried to squeeze the thermal paste out, then a big load came out and it got spilled a bit next to my cpu, I tried to swab it out with alchohol but then some paper of the swab came in between my cpu !

what should I do now?
please any suggestions are welcome!

https://gyazo.com/c6a1a16330fb1e1d616273fb624779c0

Dark Lord of Tech · Apr 4, 2017

What thermal paste?

exkungen · Apr 4, 2017

cooler master

Tom_15_ · Apr 4, 2017

I believe spilling that stuff on your mobo can short it if you turn it on, so I advise getting some information from the guys over here before doing that.

atljsf · Apr 4, 2017

the best place you could spill and put dirt into!

those pins are beyond delicate, perhaps, if you haven't killed it already, try with a brush, extremely softly, untill you take out that paper, but, beware, this is the worst situation

i don't know if you cleaned the thermal paste properly, you could get a nice surprise when you turn it on, that is assuming you don't bend those pins with the softest brush you can find first

exkungen · Apr 4, 2017

I tried to remove with 70% alchohol, but the swab doesnt seem to fit in it

the brush doesnt seem to get it away I just tried it, so is it a rip?

atljsf · Apr 4, 2017

it is too dangerous, the thermal paste is part metal, so you are in the area of a shorth circuit, the bent pins if you do lots of force, it is a dead mainboard

next mainboard, put the cpu, apply a rice size amount of thermal paste and see how it goes

it is too big the risk, and any recomendations we give you will be as dangerous as the situation you are now, we can't see in the picture if there is themral paste on the pins, only the paper, too dangerous

keep it and see if you can play with it later, perhaps on a laboratory the lga socket could be replaced, but the cost, well i wouldn't pay it

can you return it after cleaning it and not bending the pins?

sorry, can't suggest anything else than buy another to avoid killing the cpu too

ahnilated · Apr 4, 2017

Use a tooth brush and alcohol and be done with the problem.

atljsf · Apr 4, 2017

well, yes, it can't go worse, right?

no, it can go worse, pull pins, kill cpu, well, it is your decision in the end

Dark Lord of Tech · Apr 4, 2017

ahnilated :

This is the best way ^ and Cooler Master stock paste is non conductive.

exkungen · Apr 4, 2017

okay so i managed to get the paper out with a toothbrush, so do i just put alchohol on the toothbrush and swipe the thermal paste away?

TJ Hooker · Apr 4, 2017

atljsf :

Most thermal paste is non conductive, and many are non-capacitive as well.

mjslakeridge · Apr 4, 2017

exkungen :

From your picture, it doesn't look like any thermal paste is on any of the pins, just on the edge of the socket. So a toothbrush with alcohol or a small piece of cloth with alcohol will work. Just make sure you let it dry completely before installing the cpu, as anything less than 100% alcohol will contain water. Maybe direct a small fan towards the socket for an hour or so to let it completely dry out.

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