Removing thermal paste...

The_Other_One

The_Other_One

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Hey everyone... Well, I managed to get this computer I really liked from work, but not after one of our techies TIRED to fix it. "It's got a bad power supply" he explains has he ripps it apart, destroying the case and apparently the mobo. "Um, no, I removed the RAM so we could use it in another system" I explain :mad: Needless to say, it doesn't work anymore...

ANYWAY... I parted the system, and ran into a sligh problem with the processor. Whoever originally built it put like a whole tube of thermal grease on it! Though I got most of it off, some managed to get on a few pins. This is a 478, so it's kinda hard to clean them off... Any suggestions on how to get to them? I plan to go around the sides with a cuetip and some alchol. Drying time isn't a factor because I currently have no mobo for the chip, I just want to get it ready for if/when I have one handy...
 
canned air, just blow the crud out.... and if that doesnt work, then a peice of papper and scrape the pins
 
wood toothpicks + isopropyl alcohol (90% or higher) + Q-tips = Clean CPU

At least that's what I use. The wood toothpicks are good for scraping away stubborn/dry thermal paste. Try not to use Kleenex or tissues, as they break apart easy and leave "dust" crap/particles all over it when it's dry.
 
Dilly man 2 said:
magnetic screwdriver
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you do realize magnetic fields to absolutly nothing to CPUs....especially ones without power running to them.

Magnets affect MAGNETIC storage media, aka hard drives. A CPU is a solid state device.
 
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