Got thermal paste on CPU pin and CPU socket on motherboard. Any long term damage?

[shayne.h.tran]

Hello,

First time building a PC and it wouldn't post. I then saw that some thermal paste spilled over 1 side of the CPU. I took it out and about 6-8 pins had thermal paste on it and there were some paste in the CPU sockets. I cleaned it using 99% Isopropyl Alcohol and a toothbrush the best I could. I could still see some very small specs of thermal base at the base of the CPU pins and small traces on the CPU socket which I can't get out.

However I tested it and now it posts successfully. Is there any possibility that I did any long term damage to my board and CPU?

It was a Ryzen 2400G CPU on a B450 board. Thermal paste I used came with the Hyper 212 LED cooler...from research it is not electrically conductive. I'm planning to run Prime95 for 12+ hours to test for system stability, if it works I guess I should be fine?


Man I feel like such a dumb ass. Watched so many videos before building and I still made a mistake that literally every video/guide warn about and wasted 9 hours diagnosing the issue...

Thanks in advance

 

[anotherdrew]

Cooler Master claims their paste is not electrically conductive, so it is unlikely you shorted anything out. It is more likely that the pins were not making contact and thus the system would not POST. The CPU should be fine.

PS ... you threw away that toothbrush, right?

 

[shayne.h.tran]

Cooler Master claims their paste is not electrically conductive, so it is unlikely you shorted anything out. It is more likely that the pins were not making contact and thus the system would not POST. The CPU should be fine.

PS ... you threw away that toothbrush, right?

Great thanks. I'm just worried if anything could happen down the road...hopefully not.

Also is it wrong if I had planned to keep the toothbrush? Gotta be economical these days you know?