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[Solved] Whiteboard cleaner safe to remove thermal paste?

Forum CPU & Components : CPUs [Solved] Whiteboard cleaner safe to remove thermal paste?

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Hey guys, I'm installing an aftermarket CPU cooler and I need to clean off all of the old thermal paste. All I've got at hand right now is some Expo whiteboard cleaner. The ingredients are: 2-Butoxy Ethanol and Isopropyl Alcohol. Is it safe to use this stuff on my CPU?

------------------------------ ~ Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz ~ Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler ~ Asus P6T ~ Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X ~ 1TB WD Caviar Black 64MB Cache @ 7200RPM ~ Corsair HX 1000W Modular PSU ~ 6GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 RAM ~ Coolermaster HAF 932 ~ Windows 7
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I would say so.

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------------------------------ ~ Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.20GHz ~ Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler ~ Asus P6T ~ Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X ~ 1TB WD Caviar Black 64MB Cache @ 7200RPM ~ Corsair HX 1000W Modular PSU ~ 6GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 RAM ~ Coolermaster HAF 932 ~ Windows 7
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