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So I did something kinda stupid. I now know not to use gloves, but since I get sweaty hands I used some to install my cpu. The only gloves I had on hand for some reason were lightly dusted and I didn't notice until it was too late.. My question is can the dust (I'm guessing it was cornstarch)...

I'm assuming they wouldn't use them if this were the case, but can reusing or reseating a cpu repeatedly cause damage to the cpu pins (Ryzen btw) from the locking mechanism? Also what is the best way to clean dirty pins without bending them (also on Ryzen)?

Hi guys i know they are afew posts regarding this however none state my exact situaion, I have a Corsair h200i case which has a internal fan hub required 2.0 . I currently have a horrible adaptor to convert my 3.0 header into a 2.0 and for the mean time its working out okay. However im...