Anybody else getting the full “Dad explaining stuff to his kids” vibe from Jay? Excellent ASMR 😊

To avoid the blue residue, don't use the air to blow the contaminated Iso off. Instead tip the board on it's side & just rinse with a little more iso so it is all washed away. _Then_ once all contamination is gone, you can use the air. Source: 20 years of experience repairing avionics boards. Originally, it was a '3 pot system', of X55, ethanol, & freon. But then freon was banned, & then ethanol was deemed too toxic & replaced with isopropyl since it doesn't leave a residue. But with a non conductive paste, I would likely not bother cleaning the socket, since I remember using sub-zero phase change cooling where filling the socket with dielectric grease or non-conductive thermal paste was standard procedure to prevent condensation causing shorts under the chip, or on the back of the board.

You obviously need more thermal paste not less.

Another thing worth remembering is you can replace just the plastic top layer of the socket - the bit that guides the cpu pins into socket - if its somehow damaged (have done this fix for a friend who dropped his heatsink onto the socket when test fitting everything!). The sockets themselves are extremely cheap as oem parts, so you can just buy a complete socket and carefully pry off the top plastic layer to use. Saves having to buy a new motherboard!

Great info for new builders. Good to see you getting back to basics for those just getting into PC building. Not many TechTubers are doing this stuff anymore.

Thank you so much for these kinda videos! As a PC building novice getting into a new build, just having these kinda tutorials available massively boosts my confidence and alleviates my stress levels for doing it myself :)

Thank you so much. I’m the idiot that got thermal paste in the socket and on the pins and when I tried to reapply, but rather than freak out I remembered this video and your voice with the guidance just soothed me right out and I cleaned my board and CPU with you. Good as new. Thank you man.

Had to clean pins off my 5900x earlier this year. Didn't have a fancy spray bottle to apply alcohol so I just filled a small bowl with alcohol and gently moved the CPU around with the pins submerged in the alcohol. Took a little longer than a brush but all the thermal paste dissolved into the alcohol.

This has totally happened to me. Had to access the RAM, needed to take off the cooler and somehow I pulled the CPU out of the socket with the cooler. Relatively fresh thermal paste, it basically acted like glue or a suction cup. Just yanked it out. Thankfully the pins didn't get bent, but now I had the CPU stuck to the cooler and while removing it carefully, a glob of thermal paste got on the pins. Basically did the same thing. Isopropyl alcohol and a soft tooth brush. Worked like a charm.

Thank for being so consistently awesome for all these years Jay!

Jay is literally the "cool tech dad" we've always wanted (':

As one of those people who managed to get thermal paste in the socket of an AM4 board, I appreciate this. In my case I was upgrading my cpu and when I removed the CPU some of the old dried paste from the previous CPU fell in to the socket. In my case I used a small sowing needle and some isopropyl alcohol to and wet down the pin and very very gently “tugged” on the still dry(ish) paste. Big scare and a bit of a headache but thankfully everything works.

In my 20 years of building, i still haven't spilled thermal paste on the socket (knock-on-wood), but this is still very good to know, should i be careless one day. Thanks for the guide!

It would've been cool to see you powering the machine on after this. Agreed, it would have worked, would've been good to see if there's someone at home trying to recreate what you're doing in a moment of panic though.

Thanks for the brilliant course

Wow! Probably one of the best videos you have ever posted. I thought that CPUS and Mobos were so much more fragile than they actually are! I thought if thermal paste got into the mobo socket that it was as good as gone, amazing information.

Thank you for the great advice, Jay. I did this back in July when I had to swap out my Ryzen 5 2600 for a Ryzen 7 5700g. When I went to pull the cpu cooler off, my 2600 came off with it. And when trying to pry it off the cooler to put it safely away, I got the thermal paste in the pins. I thought of trying what you demonstrated, but was very hesitant. Now you proved it's easy as can be. 😁

I would never make that kind of a mess, but still watch Jay's videos like this one for pure entertainment. 😄

First 3 minutes is just Jay angling for an AVN award...

Having encountered this scenario I'm super grateful for this very thorough guide. Much better than plunging those PGA socket holes with a staple!

You can get it out of lga. Instead of scrubbing use a nozzled alcohol bottle to blast most of it away. I have done the same with mold in an lga motherboard that sat out improperly stored.

Your timing on this video is crazy. Good stuff!

Have been binging your stuff since I found the channel about 2 months ago. Have already been inspired to rebuild my PC and exploring watercooling for the first time. Thank you for all of the great content!!

Awesome tutorial

Now try cleaning thermal paste out from between LGA pins

I use a q-tip soaked in isopropyl alcohol to clean the edges on the cpu and also the top part of the socket

I'm glad you made a video about this, as last month I bought a second-hand x470 board with a big ol' thermal-paste thumbprint on the socket. After wiping it off and assembling the system it would only detect the RAM in channel B, and I was very disappointed about running my system in single-channel; however I opted to do a deep clean of the socket just like this before giving up, and it worked like a charm. I suspect the paste had insulated the terminals inside the socket from contacting the pga pins.

Extremely helpful and useful video!

Great video. I had to clean up an 5600x a few months ago - tried to do a processor swap with the board still mounted vertically. Unfortunately, I dropped the CPU, bent some pins, and got paste into the socket as well. One suggestion when cleaning up the CPU, put it back in the plastic clamshell it came in. It protects the pins while you clean the goop off the sides and top. Unfortunately, I ended up trashing the motherboard, as when I was mounting the cooler, the brackets slipped and not only knocked an SMD cap off the board, it tore up a trace as well.

This is why I prefer PGA CPUs. Easy to clean sockets and CPUs; pins are more robust than you might think; pins can be straightened; (touch wood) never personally broken a pin on a CPU. LGA CPUs are even easier to clean, but God forbid that you bend any of the leaf spring/pins in the socket! If you bend one or two, you can generally fix them; bend a few, and chances are that as quick as you straighten one pin, you'll be bending another, particularly if the patch of bent pins straddle the middle, where the pins change direction. 😖

Very helpful! I had this happen to me recently and wish I had this guide. I will say though, this is the best add for kryosheets I’ve seen yet lol.

I needed this last week

sound effects are the best^^

Useful tips! Thank you.

Super helpful!

Hey jay been watching you for a little while now just want to say you have been a massive help went to comes computer stuff. Really hope that continue and keep up the good work peace.

Thanks Jay!

Thank you Jay.... GREAT topic.

Thank you!!!

Thanks!

The sound effects are next-level 👍

excellent video Jay, first time builders need to know these things!

Brilliant video. 👍

Went all the way from winnipeg to Southern California and made it a point to go to microcenter and check it out because of how much jay has talked about it. Pretty cool store imo.

Great tutorial This so freaked me out! I am constantly afarid and have palpitations that I'm gonna bend a pin and frack something up. I learned it's not as fragil as I thought and as long as you are careful you can clean up the mess.

that happened to my dad on his 2nd build ever. great video as always and thank you!

Thank you for making this video. It was definitely helpful.

It's amazing how much Jays' sound effects improved the adding of the thermal paste as the beginning of the video!

Finally a youtuber shows the correct way to apply thermal paste, thanks Jay.

This is exactly what happened to me with my TG Kryonaut when I had to replace the gasket in my Arctic Liquid Freezer II whenever they made the defect aware. It was stringy and got on the board, in the socket and in between the pins. It was a far less amount than this of course, but it was surprisingly super easy.

This is why I watched quite a few of your vids as a guide for building my first PC - good stuff to know - thank you 👍🏼

Used to really not enjooy the content here, but lately the videos have been incredibly informative and I can't stop watching. Thanks for the good stuff.

I've used electrical contact cleaner on an LGA 1155 socket as some paste got underneath and it did a great job of removing it without me touching anything. As the pins are really delicate don't spray it too close, and it didn't take much at all for it to break down the paste.

One I got thermal paste in the AM4 socket and I was so worried I took of the entire plastic of the socket to clean it. This video reaaaaaally helped me to fill my knowledge holes. Thanks Jay!

beautiful work...thanks for the info! I always freak out when the stringy paste falls off something and gets into the "bowels" of the MOBO (gives me more confidence to see someone else do what I was thinking would work with the alcohol trick) Cheers!

Actually an awesome video. Wish I knew this years ago

Jay. It has been a long time since I have simultaneously loved and hated one of your videos. Purposely getting thermal paste on the socket and board was like a train wreck. I couldn't look away even though I wanted to. Thank you for the video.

Thanks Jay this is informative

Nice one Jay! I can't always trust myself with toothpaste, let alone thermal paste. This was why I invested in one of those pads by Thermal Grizzly that you mentioned in a previous video, I was so glad I could save myself all the mess you made in this video. Thanks again!

Amazing content👍

This video save my PC. thanks JayZ gosh this helped me so much

You should use Kimwipes Delicate Task Wipers (or equivalent), which are specifically made for cleaning computer components. They are actually less expensive than the blue shop towels. The blue shop towels are not designed nor intended to be used on sensitive electronic equipment. Don't use a toothbrush on LGA sockets, but a very soft bristle brush, similar to the one Jay used to clean the thermal paste residue from the board, dipped in IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to gently clean the socket. On the underside of the LGA CPU, you can just wipe it with one of the task wipes that that has IPA on it. When using a brush (whether it is a toothbrush or some other brush) to clean CPUs or sockets, be sure it does not shed the bristles. The bristles can prevent contact between the CPU and motherboard, and they can be extremely small and hard to see without magnification. You can use cotton swabs to clean the IHS and around the outside of the socket. Just don't use them to clean the pins or socket. I swap out CPUs almost daily at my job and need to clean off CPUs after removing them and before storing them when they are not in use. One thing to remember, is to use a static-free workstation, if at all possible. If you don't have a static-free workstation, be sure the workstation is not on carpet to prevent static electricity. Furthermore, be sure you touch some metal (such as the computer case) before handling electronic components.

JayzTwoCents should make separate video series for beginners.(like me). this is so insightful. need more.

Thanks 👍

An absolute entertainment with just perfect amount of education! LOVE IT!

Thank you😁😁

love these kind of videos on how to fix it lol

Dude this video is amazing!! I can’t believe I’m not the only fool this happens too. I got thermal paste in the pins in the CPU socket and I had no idea it happened.

cryo paste from thermal grizzly is very good man, you should test it, it´s brutal.

OMG ,that was breath taking to see ...

good stuff

I am happy that you are doing it the way I clean my machinery. Just that I use a steel brush and citrus cleaner.

I really hope microcentre comes to Australia!!!

I loved the add thermal paste video 😂

Damn lol needed this like two weeks ago. Great content, now ik haha ❤

thx for showing me something new and useful i hope never have to do :-D

THANKYOU this is good stuff

Truly amazing video from Uncle Jay

it would help to add around socket some blue towel to stop paste going away to the other components, but great job perfect

This is a super useful video. Never had this happen but it is a fear of mine. I'm just happy this video exists.

Hey i've found that if you buy a wall outlet powered air mattress pump and use the smallest attachment that it works just as good or better than the computer air cleaner that you have there on the smallest attachment theres a small nuk on the tip that you have to cut off in order to get a straight flow of air blowing out... but it works great been doing it for well over 20 years

Good video, guys. I have immensely enjoyed this one.

Content aside, anytime I get to hear Phil lose it behind the camera, I instantly laugh with him. Thanks Phil!! OK, thanks Jay too.

I have added somw thermal paste on top of my case and I think it works. Like a thermal paste.

thank you!

Yay TechtoberFest! 🎃🕷🕸

nice video for complicated situations yet i prefer using a contact cleaner spray , that way the paste just drop alongside the product and the spraying pressure cleans and penetrates almost everything . most of the time no scrubing needed. cheers

Thanks Jay - I've always been pretty careful when applying goop, but now it's "Game On" :) jk I use conductive stuff, but this is great advice & it works great for cleanup. Now I just need to get me one of those air guns. never figured they would work that good.

Damn it Jay, I've got thermal paste anxiety now. Thanks for that! :D

Good stuff

I've found a can of carb cleaner from my Napa store works as well. Especially for the inside of the lga socket. Basically just spray it off.

I'm glad Jay went deep into this tip/trick to clean an accident, the only criticism I have is once everything was cleaned off, plug in the essentials and see if it boots. Thanks for your tips @JayzTwoCents!

good stuff bro

i've started using denatured alcohol to clean thermal paste. folks can buy it in the painting section of walmart. it's a stronger solvent alcohol that still won't hurt anything besides the thermal paste. it also has no water so it evaporates quicker. be careful not to have a flame(don't smoke) around it though because it is flamable. rubbing alsohol is also flamable but less so.

Thank you for this great instructional video! May i ask a few questions? Are you using anhydrous isopropyl alcohol to clean the thermal paste? Can i use 70% isopropyl alcohol or anhydrous ethanol or 70% ethanol instead?

thats some nice looking thermial paste

3:12 "This is a realistic situation of what might happen to some people." Yeah, I mean... maybe if their thermal paste did the whole 'loose salt shaker lid' thing... lol

Yay Techtoberfest!!

Micro center is the best computer store, I drive an hour to get here for my pc parts, accessories, etc. it’s worth the drive!

Cotton swabs and soft bristle tooth brushes are some of my most used cleaning implements.