Advice: Thermal paste disaster (leak)

[DarkRiot43]

So I may have put a little bit too much thermal paste and after about 2 months it has finally done some damage.
Yesterday I realized the paste leaked down and fell onto my GPU card and slot.

It isn't very much, but being that it is in the GPU slot on the motherboard I imagine its done for.
Is there anything I can do to remedy this?

If not I guess its time to shop for parts.
Motherboard i've got atm is P5ql-pro

Any recommendations? I realize it is a few years old.

Thanks for the help
-Pierre

 

[RealBeast]

Hopefully, you used an electrically non-conductive paste. Clearly, you need to use less next time -- much less, a small drop is sufficient. To clean it, disconnect everything and use Q-tips and soft cotton cloth with either acetone or alcohol (the full strength stuff for either, without water added), then let it dry completely before using it again.

If it was electrically non-conductive paste just clean it the best you can and don't worry about it.