How To Fix a Thermal Paste Disaster!
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Thermal paste mishaps are actually quite common - either too much or too little paste is used or it gets into places it shouldn't! This instance is no exception! We'll simulate a thermal paste disaster and walk you through how I, personally, deep-clean and restore them back to working states. Come along for the ride!
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@jeremycoleman6726 Ай бұрын
I've always applied thermal paste this way.
@GregSalazar Ай бұрын
I'd expect nothing less from the owner of a PC that looked like it was hit by a bus.
@jeremycoleman6726 Ай бұрын
@@GregSalazar That was staged.. Yeah.. That's the story im going with.
@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep Ай бұрын
You are wise beyond all the other PC weeboids.
@EDV8ZR1 Ай бұрын
Will tomorrow's video what to do when you spill your Beer on your PC? @@GregSalazar
@personaldronerepair6141 Ай бұрын
@@EDV8ZR1 You shed a tear and go get more beer.
@gomd3rd Ай бұрын
So couple tips. Remove the latching mechanism Use a children’s toothbrush, bristles are soft and they won’t pull out like the cheap brushes. Place paper towels around the socket so the diluted paste won’t be hard to wipe off the rest of the board.
@ratherbedealingarms Ай бұрын
100% use a baby toothbrush. Super effective.
@RichWhiteUM Ай бұрын
Blue shop towels are the best to use. They tend to not leave fibers behind unlike standard paper towels.
@bubbamoran2964 Ай бұрын
I kept saying the same thing. Roll paper towels around instead of letting it r7n everywhere
@kkfdes Ай бұрын
Came here for this, thank you!
@bevyofbabes Ай бұрын
I can't believe he tried to use that useless blower. It just spread it all over the board. I know he's a clean freak but when is he gonna learn, Q-tips and small sharp objects don't play well together.What's next, a sponge and the brush was a soldering paste brush. He's got a long way to go, learn before you teach!
@JeremyWertheimerScience Ай бұрын
"The cap is still on it." Wish i could say i haven't made that same mistake.
@yissnakklives8866 Ай бұрын
There's two kinds of people in this world: those who left the cap on and those who lie about it.
@Lurch-Bot Ай бұрын
Gets really messy when the cap is just press fit.
@viciousweather Ай бұрын
Instructions unclear. I'm now drunk on IPA and there is thermal paste EVERYWHERE
@FNLNFNLN Ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure IPA makes you go blind or just kills you instead of getting you drunk. The blindness might be methanol, can't remember.
@willjenkins4195 Ай бұрын
Getting drunk on IPA… oh god
@tanmaypanadi1414 Ай бұрын
I think drinking IPA makes you Unalive.
@phgu Ай бұрын
You'd be dead if that was true.
@WilliamHollinger2019 Ай бұрын
The bitter taste of alcohol is the main reason why I don't drink.
@MarcsSpark Ай бұрын
An easier way to clean a socket is to spray it with a can of electrical contact cleaner. It will even take care of the residu at the bottom of the socket.
@Iram_Deum Ай бұрын
He should try this next. It'll be like power washing the socket.
@samiraperi467 Ай бұрын
The contact cleaner I have is more or less pure IPA anyway.
@realonepx9885 Ай бұрын
I clean every CPU GPU and MB when there is thermal paste on it with WD specialist contact cleaner and never had a single issue.
@gunnarsandstrom8031 Ай бұрын
Correct or using break cleaner holding it upside-down 👍
@capnpugwash5403 Ай бұрын
@@gunnarsandstrom8031err brake cleaner destroys electronics. From experience.
@MarcoGPUtuber Ай бұрын
What's never a disaster is Greg Salazar
@GregSalazar Ай бұрын
:-D
@techwandoUS Ай бұрын
I agree with @MarcoGPUtuber
@jttech44 Ай бұрын
Agreed. Greg's a swell guy.
@murdergang420 Ай бұрын
first time non tech yes video i seen u
@techwandoUS Ай бұрын
@@murdergang420 Greg and Bryan are friends
@Foxslayer Ай бұрын
Cartman: "Shat on your Socket, what you wanna do about it?" 🤣
@levelup7894 Ай бұрын
Watching a Jigsaw movie was less painful than this video, but nice job !!!
@leorelic Ай бұрын
SAW is the goat.
@Louie_M Ай бұрын
CRC Electronics/Contact cleaner pretty much dissolves thermal paste so easily that I wouldn't ever worry about making a mess with paste.
@marinipersonal Ай бұрын
Paper towel around the socket helps containing the IPA and avoiding it to spread all over the motherboard.
@MrFalcen Ай бұрын
Your new studio and quality are awesome! Gratz and love from Sweden!
@GregSalazar Ай бұрын
Greatly appreciate this! Cheers!
@lurick Ай бұрын
5:25 Instructions unclear, used a local IPA and socket is sticky now :(
@GregSalazar Ай бұрын
Hahah I knew this comment was coming!
@nerdgarage Ай бұрын
Fortunately using the correct IPA (on the socket) can correct this problem as well. =) (Afterwards use any remaining of the local IPA in the more standard manner.)
@helenHTID Ай бұрын
True American draftsmanship
@EDV8ZR1 Ай бұрын
🍻👌 @@helenHTID
@OlettaLiano Ай бұрын
I know what you mean. I used a local on my girlfriend, and now her socket is sticky. 😂
@jimbodabimbo1483 Ай бұрын
@2:04 the amount of times ive done that...tried to apply, but left the cap on... be glad you noticed, and didnt continually add pressure to the plunger...thus shooting the cap off...and contents of tube out... at a point thermal paste really does become much like automotive anti-seize
@CStove Ай бұрын
Thanks for this! I've never ran into this problem, but I'll know how to handle it if a do.
@UnknownUser_0000 Ай бұрын
"Soaked in IPA"...not to be confused with the beer.. 😂
@NonLegitNation2 Ай бұрын
5:25 Instructions unclear used a nice Tree House Julius IPA but it didn't clean it at all, now my motherboard smells like a hobo.
@willjenkins4195 Ай бұрын
He did say good ipa…
@sparky19lb93 Ай бұрын
I've been servicing computers for more than a decade but never had the chance to encounter just like this one (bent pins the worst case for me, and revived it). Thankful as I cannot bear witnessing this kind of issue especially to those high-end components. whew!
@citanulthelunatic Ай бұрын
Glad to see you got it working again, but there were a few things you could have done better. As you noticed yourself, throw away those brushes, they were arguably making the situation worse by shedding bristles. It would be best to use an ultra soft/super soft toothbrush or baby toothbrush, they usually also have nylon bristles and won't shed. Also better to use the brush on the CPU too instead on qtips, they tend to leave fibers on small sharp bits like the SMDs. Secondly I would not go poking into unbent pins with a needle. To get the bristles out I would have let the socket dry first and then used a small squeezable blower to blow them out. The electric duster could work too I suppose, it's just less targeted. Maybe canned air, though that seems a bit overkill on pressure. A squeeze blower is really handy when working on small delicate stuff. I also think using the duster to "dry" the IPA was a mistake, as it ended up spreading thermal paste residue all over the board. I would have at least put down paper towels around the socket first to contain it, but I think you could have just gently dipped the corner of a paper towel into the socket to get most of it and then wait for the rest to dry, and dry around it with paper towels. IPA is good to get most of the thermal paste off. For the residue at the bottom you should try contact cleaner. But all in all, glad to see it worked out okay!
@zadekeys2194 Ай бұрын
IMHO this vid is stupid. 98% of paste is non conductive ... I expect it to boot if the TGrizzley paste they used is non conductive. As you point out, he introduced more risk by poking around the socket... I am not a fan of Greg's technical abilities/knowledge.
@RichWhiteUM Ай бұрын
Greg, don't say to use IPA! If they're going to put thermal paste under the CPU, they may just use an India Pale Ale to clean it! 🤣
@antoniom.andersen6704 Ай бұрын
Could also take it to someone with an ultrasonic cleaner, take out the bios battery and take off what can be removed from the board and give it a dunk in the cleaner, that'd get it off too. Just an alternative if someone doesn't have the stomach to do this themselves.
@MistiqueTV Ай бұрын
Good video, it shows that the world doesn’t end when some (or a lot) thermal paste ends up between the pins. I have used another way in the past - soak the socket a little bit with WD40 , let it resolve the paste and then blow air with compressor or air duster. Works like a charm, and leaves no trace behind.
@shreyasdharashivkar8027 Ай бұрын
2:57 I mean yes. Thumb is the most important finger of our hand. Without it you won't be able to hold your precious coffee cup
@averagetomas5755 Ай бұрын
Thank you Greg, the other day I spilled some extra over my cpu pins and I didnt know how to clean it. This is super helpful.
@thrydwulf Ай бұрын
Great idea for a video, Greg!
@christopherkelly5483 Ай бұрын
love this vid! good job. im bout to build my first PC. I love ur Channel and i cant believe ya dont have 5 million subs.,,,Keep the vids good like this and im positive u will get there...thank you for doing what u do...
@MarinosMysteries Ай бұрын
You do such a great job with all this
@WrightCM Ай бұрын
12:12 Remember to DAB on them chips fellas
@nbrowser Ай бұрын
Thank you Greg for taking one for the team and having some fun.
@MasterJediSean Ай бұрын
I forgot to mention, you can use a dental water pick with IPA instead of water and tilt the board on its side and use the high pressure stream to rinse out the thermal paste from the holes in the socket. thermal paste these days is non-conductive and is safe. You could also use a high pressure steam gun to rinse it out using hot water vapour or IPA. If you use water, be sure to place it by a heater for a couple days. Usually only Arctic Silver is highly conductive and is not used because of this reason. Also using a tooth brush for the SMD components on the underside of the CPU is a great way to clean it.
@mikey_atl Ай бұрын
I also believe that if you put the mobo on its side you can spray a non-residue forming electronics component cleaner into the socket so there is nothing abrasive at all touching the pins. I've had luck with that in the past. Also works tremendously on other slots if you have a motherboard covered in cigarette smoke tar shmoo.
@silver2739 Ай бұрын
Greg I was wondering…since I’ve seemed to make a huge mistake is it possible to take out a graphics card if the latch piece used to keep it held was broken. (I had to move due to the military and in my haste of getting all items around I noticed the graphics card still in but the latch was gone completely I ask since I’ve been wanting to upgrade my PC and have only just now seen the issue.) if you have a guide or video that’ll help it’s be greatly appreciated thank you.
@Seventeen76 Ай бұрын
Raymond looked like he was having a hard time breaking one off on the throne, with that thermal paste application. 🙂
@GregSalazar Ай бұрын
LOOOOOOOOL
@lsik231l 24 күн бұрын
Yeah, I can't say I've ever done that or needed to watch this video. But, we need to always be prepared for all situations.
@maxtrue9744 Ай бұрын
I used a ultrasonic cleaner to clean pcbs. Works like a charm. Be sure to take the MB out so you can stand the board on end and wash the residue off
@TheGameBench Ай бұрын
Yep, fixed this multiple times like this. I've only ever dealt with something this bad once. Usually I've just had to deal with instances where people applied so much TIM in ended up in the socket. Another option for people that are too scared to touch the pins is some Deoxit55 or CRC electronics cleaner. That stuff can eat it up and blast it out of the socket. But you might want to hit the whole board with with an IPA bath afterwards and blow it out with compressed air.
@swaffdog6521 Ай бұрын
I have to swap CPUs on a daily basis (I work at a large tech company) for validation testing. I had a CPU socket that had a small amount of thermal paste in it and tried to clean it with IPA and the same kind of brushes and had some of the bristles come loose from the brush in the socket, however I couldn't see them and wasn't aware there were bristles in the socket. I had to get one of the rework techs to use their magnifier (100X) to see the bristles and remove them. Once everything was cleaned up the board booted up without issue. Instead of using the Q-tips on the underside of the CPU, use the brush. Also, you can spray the underside of the CPU with the IPA.
@MasterJediSean Ай бұрын
It looks like bird poop. If the bird was a very small human with constipation. I was thinking wtf why is he squirting it in the centre on those caps? I'm thinking this guy works with technology and this happens. Some people are just so confused you just have to bow to the absurd. the look on his face is priceless.
@TechCheckUK Ай бұрын
Great job Greg 👏 just goes to shoe most things are fixable with patience and time
@Drenixx Ай бұрын
That's more than an oopsie hahaha
@gn2 Ай бұрын
I once got a free, used motherboard that "didn't work" was the only info I was given. Upon removing the heat sink, I discovered a cpu installed UPSIDE DOWN. After removing it, and straightening all of the pins, it actually ended up working just fine.
@Miniputt_999 Ай бұрын
Its reprable... repairable :D its like what i tell my friends, Dont listen to what i say, understand what i say xD Good to see a demonstration on how to fix such a uncommon issue. Looking forward to the next video :D
@zellar1 Ай бұрын
Fun video and I have seen this before! I wasn't lucky enough to have to try and fix!!! Though I figured it was possible with kindness and tenderness and the right amount of "It's okay, you're alright, I will take care of you!" hahahah
@BlackoutKnight91 Ай бұрын
I've actually had a lot of luck using Electrical Contact Cleaner, found in the automotive department in a lot of stores, to remove thermal paste. It cuts right through the paste and dries quicker, too. I've had to do multiple passes when using Isopropyl. Might be worth a look.
@Dogsparkster Ай бұрын
oh i saw this reddit post. it was actually a client that brought their pc to a person to fix their pc, turns out he had put the thermal pasted BETWEEN the cpu and motherboard and called the cpu cooler the cpu fan. the client was supposedly a computer science major in college if i remember correctly.
@Bomb_Ace_Supra Ай бұрын
Hey, I can say from experience I bent a few pins on my MB and didn't realize until years later when I went to add two additional sticks of RAM and a M.2 HD. I could only get the B side of the RAM to work but not the A side. I pulled the CPU off and found 4 pins bent slightly, everything else worked fine. Just saying this to ensure that all RAM slots work and all M.2 slots as well. Great Videos honestly.
@Mr.Genesis Ай бұрын
This made me laugh way more than I thought it would 😅
@bahcormee Ай бұрын
I've cleaned my AM4 before with soft bristles toothbrush... Almost gave me a heart attack when I saw I've put too much paste and smeared onto the MB socket... :P
@JeandreKoen-wi9hs Ай бұрын
A goos tip is to do it up side down. Paste will drip off because of gravity. Used this method and saved 3 boards.
@MateusMeddeiros Ай бұрын
I have a doubt, wouldn't the residue thermal paste in the socket be under a lot of heat? If yes this would cause it to stay "pasty" right? And due to the normal orientation that these parts (mobo and cpu) stay in a case (vertical), that "pasty" thermal paste could slide into the contact points between the pins and the pads on the cpu causing problems like not posting, etc?
@bantcliff Ай бұрын
if you have bent pins and want to check, I found having a good top light shining down, and using a phone to take a picture from 2 different angles, the reflection from the light shows discrepancies with alignment pretty good. (played around with some old Work E-waste PC's they let me have once and dropped the CPU in) An untested thought for cleaning, an electric dental floss using Isopropyl Alcohol instead of water may help get it out from under the pins?
@anthonymiller2288 Ай бұрын
My first mb was used and came with paste in the socket. (Am4) quick dry contact cleaner made quick work of that
@evergreatest7644 Ай бұрын
Your Nylon brush 🤝My head Losing tonnes of hair every bath.
@gunnarsandstrom8031 Ай бұрын
Best method using break cleaner holding motherboards upside-down and spraying it.
@RVail623 Ай бұрын
Another option would be an ultrasonic cleaner. Of course, a CPU-sized ultrasonic cleaner would be less expensive than a full ATX motherboard-sized cleaner.
@djtribo8925 Ай бұрын
Effit, put a power-washer to it, LOL! No, but seriously, great work, Greg, as always. A little time and patience go a long way!
@johnt.848 Ай бұрын
I know of a few people that actually place the Motherboard in a Dishwasher and then thoroughly dry them after, they work fine.
@djtribo8925 Ай бұрын
@@johnt.848Same here!
@Joedad000 Ай бұрын
I love that greg couldn't bring himself to do it lmao
@MarkGriffiths-rq9so Ай бұрын
loads of electrical contact cleaner then was away with IPA i did that years ago on a mates pc
@thibao Ай бұрын
Greg, you just need to apply Power Switch Contact Cleaner, it will evaporate in seconds and will remove all of the thermal paste from the socket and from the processor contact.
@cardsfanbj Ай бұрын
I'd be curious whether the system would boot with the thermal paste in it. If it's not electrically conductive, would it be enough of a barrier between pin and pad to prevent contact? Or would it boot but potentially be less stable than if it were not gooped up? As for cleaning the SMDs on the bottom of the CPU, an alternative might be automotive electronics contact cleaner, since it's lightly pressurized it might make cleaning small components a little easier/safer.
@stretchable4647 Ай бұрын
I've never taken it to those kind of extremes but only thing that works for me is to soak the socket in IPA, Spray with canned air and then gingerly finish with a toothbrush going in the direction of the pins. A microscope always helps too.
@gpredd1 Ай бұрын
Yikes, this one hurt. LOL God bless you and the family. ❤
@NowThatsPCGaming Ай бұрын
I have learned so much from the likes of you and other pc tech tubers. Can you please do more informative videos like this? We love you greg and Co.
@GregSalazar Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! And of course!
@sitordan Ай бұрын
The paste application and "smooshing" had me cringe hard. I really enjoyed the video!
@WolvenSpectre Ай бұрын
This would be one for the dishwasher/sink and soft toothbrush to be followed up buy an alcohol bath for me. Heat and water action would get more of that paste out because of the thermal properties of the paste. And of course I would remove the battery first. If you want to be real fancy you could do a heated ultrasonic bath to get rid of the paste. For those who are saying "NO NOT WATER", it is how some brands get their boards ready after testing, and they are baked at hundreds of degrees so they should be good. The alcohol bath helps evaporated the water. It is what is often used in repair with an ultrasonic washer.
@lexluthermiester Ай бұрын
@GregSalazar I would have used a soft-bristle toothbrush to do what you did, otherwise, nicely done, even if those brushes you used were falling apart! Believe it or not, I've actually seen this in person. It was a kid that thought thermal paste was supposed to go in the socket as well as on the IHS. I showed him how to clean it up and apply paste properly. All was well, his system posted and ran properly.
@linuxMaggott Ай бұрын
My home repair would be filled two plastic basins with IPA then stripped the mobo of all sinks/retention brackets and dunked the whole mobo socket side down and let is sit then rinse in the second basin with clean IPA and repeat until clean if needed use a soft brush. But if you really want it cleaned maybe send it out to a repair tech and have them ultra sonic clean it in a parts washer.
@SidDTheSimschannel Ай бұрын
Thank you I got so frustrated at one of my builds that I just threw it all in the discard pile after I removed the heatsink and fan and went to remove the CPU but I didn't realize I got some thermal paste on my hands and I got a little bit on the pads and I am great I just ruined it. Now I know it can be cleaned so I won't loose any more money. Also don't buy the cheap recycled PCB boards they are not as strong as the new ones and will not support the big cooling towers.
@ElysaraCh Ай бұрын
"Don't dump Corona or Bud Light in there... IsoPropyl Alcohol... IPA..." Oh, so I have to have an IPA? Makin' me dump my good beer to clean my CPU socket...
@MyNameIsTimIThink Ай бұрын
Yea this is actually the preferred way. Ive built 3 systems with this method and never had an issue
@chrismcgraw3399 Ай бұрын
with a very soft (fine tip preferably )brush and some alcohol like 99% because it disintegrates thermal paste and it leaves almost no residue behind . clean gently and rince and repeat until it is cleaned completely . let dry completely before powering on the board and be very gentle and careful not to bend pins . so it is fixable ( remedied or repairable or whatever word that can apply lol ).
@nickvirgili2969 Ай бұрын
Im crying inside, laughing outside. I still cant believe this happens
@brent8255 Ай бұрын
I definitely tried blowing away the stray brush hairs off my screen while watching...😅
@Juincy Ай бұрын
Can we appreciate the Yugioh cards in the back at 3:40
@XellithUS Ай бұрын
I saw a thing recently where someone used the end of a mechanical pencil to bend pins back into position. Youd basically cover the specific pin with the end of the pencil and bend it back carefully. Seems like it would be a bit easier than using a needle. (But then again it might only work with some motherboards or CPUs. I dont know!)
@arc00ta Ай бұрын
If its non-conductive, it should run. I've taken apart LGA775 systems that were 20 years old and had paste in the pins, worked fine for long enough that it could vote.
@YouDontKnow... Ай бұрын
A pressurised ipa bottle will help even more 😂
@EDV8ZR1 Ай бұрын
Indeed a great idea. 🍺🍻🍺
@crregazzamerone Ай бұрын
Educational. Informative. Fun.
@Marti77e Ай бұрын
Another way to clean the socket is to tun the board around and use wd 40 electric contact cleaner spray. I haven,t tried it but should get thermalpaste loose and doest need so much brushing.
@macking104 Ай бұрын
Yea, but that has weird stuff: Hydrofluorocarbon 152a, Isopropanol, Hydrotreated Light Naphtha, Heptane
@anthonymiller2288 Ай бұрын
Works awesome!
@rgracon Ай бұрын
I had always wondered what happened to Arctic silver paste between my first build and a 10 year or so lapsed to my second build… And then I wondered if this was a factor. Conductivity.
@poproxxx8287 Ай бұрын
Don't forget to add it inside the pcie slots. Helps pulling the gpu easy.
@eddiea3782 Ай бұрын
I used to remove the battery and all the sinks. Put it in the dishwasher and let it go thru a cycle. If you wish you could give it a soak in alcohol afterwards. Then let it air dry for a week. Put it all back together and off you go. Been doing that for about twenty years without issues. Just don't power it up while it's wet. All of my motherboards look like brand new. Used to be an overclocker. Lots of Vaseline and sealers were used on my boards when getting boards super cold. You couldn't tell the boards were ever sealed afterwards.
@BelowAmbient Ай бұрын
whats funny is when I do below ambient overclocking i stuff the cpu socket full of dielectric grease... like smothered... when you put liquid metal in your socket yorue screwed, paste will do nothing to the socket, but trying to repair it will
@pen6uin69 Ай бұрын
Free tip, you can also use the tip of an empty mechanical pencil to straighten the bent pins 😊
@aaronschlottman4055 Ай бұрын
Thought - could you use something like a waterpik loaded with IPA to more aggressively (yet less impactfuly) clear the thermal grease?
@CornFlakesPC Ай бұрын
Instead of using Q-Tips, I always use some dirt cheap really soft toothbrushes to clean CPUs or GPU Dies as they don't leave any residue
@exciting-burp6613 Ай бұрын
Inb4 TIM and IPA are non-conductive, and IPA is cheap enough to positively bath the socket in it. I had to do this after AM4 did one of its famous somersaults back into the socket. I didn't need brushes, and would recommend against them for LGA. You can just flood it with TIM remover followed by an IPA bath, it's cheap, don't hold back.
@misterthegeoff9767 Ай бұрын
I don't know where you got those brushes but I use make up brushes for my PC cleaning and they do not shed like that.
@outlet6989 Ай бұрын
Hi Greg, I know some people will only watch the beginning of your video. They will believe you are showing them the PROPER way to apply thermal paste.
@yissnakklives8866 Ай бұрын
This really looked like a job for a tub of ISA and a vibratory cleaner....wonder if that woyld work? Would the ISA disolve the thermal compound enough that agitation would clear the issue?
@davidplaster4576 Ай бұрын
Grab a bucket or tub the size of the motherboard, or if you have a garage and concrete floor......Take your spray bottle and blast the IPA into the socket to use force of the IPA to blast the thermal paste out of the socket, go ham on rinsing off the motherboard. The spray force of the spray nozzle will NOT damage the pins or motherboard, but also will help clean off the thermal paste.
@timberw1lly Ай бұрын
Question: would it have been easier to apply the paste to the bottom of the CPU instead? At least for the purposes of the video? Or am I totally missing something?
@GregSalazar Ай бұрын
Wouldn't change much. I think we made our point either way hahah :-)
@QantonisQ Ай бұрын
Just use contact cleaner spray. Cheap, way easier and way faster!
@topmandog1 Ай бұрын
seems thermial grizzly has somehow made thermal paste that is resistent to being put on a socket
@PC4USE1 Ай бұрын
"Excuse me ,does your socket have some Grey Poop on?"
@Carnage_Mayham5276 Ай бұрын
a soft toothbrush works perfectly tho. accidently applied to much thermal paste once and it got in the cpu socket during a cpu upgrade. just used a toothbrush. no problems after
@patrickscreativeshack Ай бұрын
I have never hated one of your videos. Not ever. I truly enjoy them. And I understand what you are doing. But I'm also finding it next to impossible to watch this. It's like torture almost.
@TheRealKaner Ай бұрын
Using the blower, now you have dispersed the remnants of the thermal paste all over the motherboard, so potential issues with the paste elsewhere. Should have used absorbent towels at the sides of the socket to soak up the paste/IPA solution to prevent this.
@damagepy Ай бұрын
10:18 "...so long as the paste is not Thermally conductive..." - well it should be, thats the point of the Thermal paste! :) You wanted to say electrically :)
@tokidamjanoski Ай бұрын
i have a question ... Does this CPU and MOBO will better now ? Because the heat will not be that high on the CPU temperature will be lower than normal . It still have little cooling from the thermal paste . Correct me if i am wrong. So the question is , will be better if it stay a little bit of thermal paste on the pins or not at all as normal. Thank you. It make sense a little bit when you think about it. That's why i asked .
@kendoty2463 Ай бұрын
. . . It might be fun to put clear silicone coating compound in the cavity underneath the bottom of the item's CPU and see if it improves cooling; lots of computer stuff and electrical stuff fill out cavity in the assembly to provide protection and cooling path for the item's components . . .
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