HELP! Thermal Paste on CPU pins

[pabzOr]

Hi all. I am trying to find an answer here to help my friend. He was installing his cpu and somehow he got thermal paste on the cpu pins. He said his system is toast now and he is going to scrap the motherboard.

I suggested an ultra fine real hair paint brush conservatively dipped in iso so there is no dripping and a light brush over as many times as it takes. Is this possible/feasable? A bad idea to try or is the motherboard a gonner??

Thanks.

 

[inzone]

So the thermal paste is on the motherboard pins ? I would try a small spray bottle with a fine spray , no brushes no matter how fine and tip the board on its side to let the liquid run off and just keep spraying untill it's off. Those pins are so fragile that almost anything will bend them even the spray could bend them so go gently , it may take some time but if you want to save the board then you have to.

 

[nikorr]

U need rubber gloves + dry Q-tip + some rubbing alcohol+ air spray.

DO NOT bend anything!

They are OK to touch as u probably know now, don't push it though!

Don't touch it with anything that u can short it with static electricity!

 

[chesteracorgi]

+ 1 nikorr

But if you bend a pin you can straighten it out. But be very VERY careful to realign the pins and take anti-static precautions.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

the q tip may catch on the pins and bend them. try a microfibre cloth with some isopropyl alcohol on it. depends how much is on the pins really. you can also get electronic cleaning solvent that you can spray it with and is safe to use on electronics.