Im cleaning my aunt's laptop (Dell Inspiron D531) because it was overheating, i clean and put oil on the fan because it didnt spin.
i think about skipping the thermal paste change because the problem was the fan but i have the pc open so i did it anyway but the problem is that the paste is dry and hard as rock,
i unscrew the heatsink and the paste keep it stuck i had to use the screwdriver to pop the heatsink out.
i had the thermal paste on the heatsink soaked in Isopropyl alcohol 3 time but is still hard and i cant get it out of the heatsink.
and im afraid of damaging the cpu.
how can i disolve the thermal paste?
