I got Thermal Paste on my motherboard (not on cpu socket)

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Most thermal pastes shouldn't be. I agree that it might be worth cleaning it off with isopropyl alcohol before powering the system up just to be safe though. Preferably with a high percentage of alcohol (90%+) to reduce the amount of moisture left behind.
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You should not worry about it. You can clean it using isopropyl alcohol, or alcohol swabs, which you can get from the pharmacy or drugstore.
 
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Most thermal pastes shouldn't be. I agree that it might be worth cleaning it off with isopropyl alcohol before powering the system up just to be safe though. Preferably with a high percentage of alcohol (90%+) to reduce the amount of moisture left behind.
 
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cryoburner

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OP downvotes my post, expecting others to know without a doubt exactly what mystery-thermal compound they put on a particular heat sink. >_>

If you want to know for sure, contact Cooler Master. Or, you know, just clean it off as best as you can. Most likely, it's not something that's electrically conductive or capacitive. Whether it is, or not, it would probably be best to clean it off either way.
 
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OP downvotes my post, expecting others to know without a doubt exactly what mystery-thermal compound they put on a particular heat sink. >_>

If you want to know for sure, contact Cooler Master. Or, you know, just clean it off as best as you can. Most likely, it's not something that's electrically conductive or capacitive. Whether it is, or not, it would probably be best to clean it off either way.
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Yea I'm sorry I disliked it by mistake trying to like it and I tried to like it again but it didn't let me, you helped alot though :) Btw THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has helped me with this issue, I ended up contacting Cooler Master to make sure that it is non conductive and they said it isn't. Again THANK YOU for helping me I really mean it
 
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