I have thermal paste on my mobo

[razvan.tandea]

https://imgur.com/a/KjNk8x4
My cpu had too much thermal paste and after i got it out of the socket i saw that there is thermal paste in the socket and next to the socket.Please help me. How can i clean it without damagimg the motherboard?

 

[razvan.tandea]

https://imgur.com/a/VPmU2xN please help

 

[vMax]

It depends which thermal paste as some are not conductive...Other than that hopefully some else can suggest a way to get it out..

 

[CountMike]

Q tip and some clean alcohol.

 

[razvan.tandea]

I bought an atctic freezer 33 esports edition red and it had its thermal paste. It says arctic mx 4 on the thermal paste plastic

 

[vMax]

Hi razvan, Arctic MX4 is no conductive...but do try and get it out if you can:

The ARCTIC MX-4 is a premium-grade thermal paste with exceptional performance and ease of application. It is an electrically non-conductive paste that is applied between CPU/GPU and designated coolers to transfer the dissipated heat from the components to the heat sink.

someone else had this issue but on motherboard and was told no issues with electrical conductivity:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3400473/spilt-thermal-paste-mobo.html

 

[razvan.tandea]

If i try to.clean it, is it absolutely necessary to have isoprophilic alcohol?

 

[CountMike]

Any alcohol is good enough for that job, just don't waste Scotch on it.