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    Question Thermal Paste on CPU Pins and motherboard socket

    After taking my time to think about this and taking all things into consideration (including information online and the comments in here), and asking tech stores about it, I have come to the following conclusion. Regarding bent/broken CPU-pins: As we can see from the pictures, none of the pins...
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    Question Thermal Paste on CPU Pins and motherboard socket

    Thanks for the reply. The news is, I do have the Isopropyl alcohol and soft toothbrushes now, but I have not decided to clean anything yet, for now only if any problems occurs, which I guess there won't be then. I had Cinebench running to stress test the CPU at 100% for 12 hours straight last...
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    Question Thermal Paste on CPU Pins and motherboard socket

    Thanks for the reply. So you would just not bother trying to remove it now, and only do it if any problem occurs? I'm on that computer right nowing doing all kinds of tests, reboots, stress tests etc, no problems as of now. I also appreciate comments from more people on what to do here. It...
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    Question Thermal Paste on CPU Pins and motherboard socket

    Yes, my thought process and plan right now is to go with it and keep it at it is, and remind myself to not even bother removing the CPU from the motherboard socket. Only if I end up getting any issues this time, I will get a new clean soft tooth brush and the Isopropyl alcohol and remove it...
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    Question Thermal Paste on CPU Pins and motherboard socket

    Yeah the amount of Arctic MX-4 2019 Edition thermal paste on the old cpu and socket was without exaggeration basically covering a big part of the motherboard socket and the cpu pins. Basically 20 times worse than now, if not worse. That computer has never had any issues for 3 years. I realised...
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    Question Thermal Paste on CPU Pins and motherboard socket

    Hi. Don't ask me how it's possible, and yes, in the future I won't be doing this myself. The Thermal Paste that is used is the Arctic MX-4 2019 Edition, It's metal-free and not electrically conductive. As you can see on attached images, there is thermal paste on about 14 CPU pins in the edge...
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    Question Can see the inside of the monitor from the backside - Is this normal? It's not visible on other pictures online from the same monitor

    View: https://i.imgur.com/vgjGseM.png (This is what it looks like on AOC's own website, without showing the metal parts from the backside).
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    Question Can see the inside of the monitor from the backside - Is this normal? It's not visible on other pictures online from the same monitor

    So, this is what my monitor AOC 27" QHD 155Hz Monitor (Q27G2E/BK) looks like from the backside: View: https://i.imgur.com/1qdmCsw.jpeg View: https://i.imgur.com/tuqVL6o.png View: https://i.imgur.com/5NslAbj.jpeg If you look just under the AOC logo, you can clearly see in the ventilation...
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    Question Is this power connection broken or overly used? - New monitor

    Hi! After having some bad luck with my last monitor from a different brand and another store, that monitor came with a dead pixel, I tried my luck with a new monitor from another brand and another store. After thoroughly going through the package on my new monitor, everything seemed brand new...