Hi all
I've been building my rig and only once I finished my build did I notice that I did something stupid, and that is that I applied my Memory into the wrong DIMM slots... Meaning that the system won't POST when configured to run at 3600MHz (Because my stupid self put it into the Single Channel slots)
I have a large cooler, and to put it simply, in order to fix my mistake I will now have to remove my Soundcard, GPU and then my CPU cooler, however, I've already applied the Thermal Paste, and it has seen some use by this point (In the form of me benchmarking my RIG to check temps on the CPU)
The question I have:
How do I safely remove the Cooler from the CPU - Presumably now that the two are "meshed" together, it's going to be difficult to remove. Logic tells me that running the rig for a period of time to heat up the paste would be a good way to do this, but I'm not certain, so I wanted to ask people who knew better than I...
The other question also is.... Will I need to then re-apply Thermal Paste from scratch and buy isopropanol alcohol in order to clean up the paste before re-application?
I'm hoping I don't need to do this, but I want to be certain.
Thanks very much!
I've been building my rig and only once I finished my build did I notice that I did something stupid, and that is that I applied my Memory into the wrong DIMM slots... Meaning that the system won't POST when configured to run at 3600MHz (Because my stupid self put it into the Single Channel slots)
I have a large cooler, and to put it simply, in order to fix my mistake I will now have to remove my Soundcard, GPU and then my CPU cooler, however, I've already applied the Thermal Paste, and it has seen some use by this point (In the form of me benchmarking my RIG to check temps on the CPU)
The question I have:
How do I safely remove the Cooler from the CPU - Presumably now that the two are "meshed" together, it's going to be difficult to remove. Logic tells me that running the rig for a period of time to heat up the paste would be a good way to do this, but I'm not certain, so I wanted to ask people who knew better than I...
The other question also is.... Will I need to then re-apply Thermal Paste from scratch and buy isopropanol alcohol in order to clean up the paste before re-application?
I'm hoping I don't need to do this, but I want to be certain.
Thanks very much!