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From: Help! PC Booting And Restarting Issues + Removing Thermal Paste

G33k 4 L1F3

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1. What are the dangers of having thermal paste in the socket or on the pins? I don't believe it is conductive thermal paste but if anyone knows, it's the one that came with the cooler master hyper 212 evo.

2. Is there any way I can get the rest of the thermal paste out there without spending much money?

3. Any other recommendations are appreciated...

Thanks guys.

Thermal paste, if not conductive, and is on your pins, can cause interruptions between the board and the chip. if it is conductive, it can cause bridging with multiple pins... talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place...

Honestly, you done goofed on this part. If you are the most careful person in the world, and have the patience of a hawk, then see about using a toothpick and some 90% isopropyl alcohol, if not, your just going to have to see if you can return(doubt it.)

I recommend you read up on what thermal paste actually does. the only purpose is to help transfer heat from the CPU to the heatsink. with too much, you can cause the heat to take much longer to get through the paste, and causing a backup of heat, which can cause overheating. excessive paste that oozes out from the pancake heatsink to CPU winds up where you found it... which is bad news bears.

AMD chips need a edge to edge X of thermal paste on the CPU, intel only needs a dime sized dot in the middle. thats it. what you did, well, your just going to have to face that fact that you done goofed.

People can learn from this post.... MORE DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN BETTER!

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