Thermal Paste on Processor

[Lord Gornak]

So..., I have a Pentium D 805 processor that I plan re-using in my wife's computer which currently has a celeron D. There is a small bit of thermal paste on about 9 pins (not really pins as they are flat), can I use isopropyl alcohol to clean the pins?

 

[FrozenGpu]

be careful, I would put some of that isopropyl on a soft cloth, and gently do it, be very carefult hough, I can't remember if its one of those solvents u can use on the pin side or not...

I've doen it b4 on a socket 775 celeron, but again I can't remeber if it is a good diea, it worked for me, but I don't reccommend it until somebody with more understanding on this can speak up...

 

[joefriday]

It should be fine.

 

[endyen]

70% isopropyl would do fine. As frozengpu said, just put a little on a cloth. Make sure you dont leave any lint. A grounded wrist strap is recommended.

 

[aziraphale]

Use the search function; there are about one million threads about that...

 

[badge]

Use isopropyl alcohol to clean the thermal paste from the pins, especially if it is a silver based compound. Otherwise, the CPU will most definately cause the system to short out and fail to run.

 

[evongugg]

Use a toothbrush to scrub. Use isopropyl alcohol or acetone (stronger) and finish with alcohol.

 

[basketcase]

Use a toothbrush to scrub. Use isopropyl alcohol or acetone (stronger) and finish with alcohol.

The toothbrush is a great idea, I had never thought of that.

 

[FrozenGpu]

The toothbrush is a great idea, I had never thought of that.

oh hell yeah it is, I also hear it is rumored that the toothbrush can also get the plaque out from your teeth at the end of the day..but don't take my word for it.

 

[Lord Gornak]

Awesome, thanks! Can't wait to ditch the Celeron.

 

[basketcase]

oh hell yeah it is, I also hear it is rumored that the toothbrush can also get the plaque out from your teeth at the end of the day..but don't take my word for it.

:lol:

Is that what those things are for... I thought they were for scrubin' toilets!

 

[FrozenGpu]

:lol:

Is that what those things are for... I thought they were for scrubin' toilets!

lol, now i can use my toothbrush for cleaning the toilet as well, man i keep learning new things everyday, i hear all the germs u pick up with ur toothbrush helps in immunizing ur body b/c i hear it works like a crazy flu shot

:lol: [:kentuckyranger:1] :lol: [:kentuckyranger:1] :lol: [:kentuckyranger:1]

 

[starchbrother1]

remeber if u clean the toilet dont use it to get the plaque in ur mouth

 

[teh_boxzor]

lol, now i can use my toothbrush for cleaning the toilet as well, man i keep learning new things everyday, i hear all the germs u pick up with ur toothbrush helps in immunizing ur body b/c i hear it works like a crazy flu shot

:lol: [:kentuckyranger:1] :lol: [:kentuckyranger:1] :lol: [:kentuckyranger:1]

is that where the term potty mouth comes from?

 

[johnnyq1233]

And all this time people thought the yellow stains on teeth came from smoking cigaretts! HA HA HA!

Now you know!..Remember you heard it on THF first!

 

[basketcase]

remeber if u clean the toilet dont use it to get the plaque in ur mouth

Uh-oh...

 

[Craxbax]

Don't worry....every time you pissed off your wife/GF she used it to clean the toilet so you are probably immune by now! :lol:

 

[basketcase]

Now I know why she goes in the bathroom everytime we fight. I thought it was to cry.

 

[Grimmy]

Well.. put it to the test. Hide your tooth brush, and have a fight with her tonight, and see if she storms right back out the bathroom?

 

[gwolfman]

Just make sure it's dry before you put it back in.

 

[FrozenGpu]

lol, what have basketcase and I started...

:lol:

 

[basketcase]

I think we may have unwittingly given all the female forum members a bad idea...

That is assuming they didn't already know this trick

 

[FrozenGpu]

I think we may have unwittingly given all the female forum members a bad idea...

That is assuming they didn't already know this trick

oh that's ok, its been proven that those don't exist, and that's a fact!

Knowledge is power, and knowing is half the battle!

[:kentuckyranger:1] :lol: [:kentuckyranger:1] :lol: [:kentuckyranger:1]