- Cleanse your GPU chip surface with alcohol swipes (or Q-tips reasonably impregnated with alcohol), cleanse the small soldering lines at the periphery without leaving fiber or lint sticking to them (making lacohol impregnated Q-tips compact enough, or better using small alcohol pads), cleanse edges of the chip. Multiple cleansing passes until there are no remainders of the thermalpaste on the chip itself and mostly none on the soldering peripheral soldering lines and edges.
Cleanse thoroughly using alcohol pads the graphic heat sink surface that will come in contact and cover later the chip.
- Wipe off clean all surfaces with lint/fiber free cloth (I use Q-tips carefully) Let the whole thing sit until dry (usually 15-30minutes)...