Issue after cleaning cpu thermal paste

[Irekski]

Hi. I was cleaning my r5 3600 with b450 motherboard to change thermal paste. i did not remove the cpu out of thw mobo to avoid damaging it or bending the pins and what not so i wiped alchohol immediately on top of my cpu. And did not notice that alchohol went in the sockets. Place thermal paste and installed heatsink then i did the same on my gpu. Assembled my right back up and it wont turn on. Removed everything including cpu and i saw dark spots on my cpu and my cpu socket was wet. Did i break both cpu and motherboard??

 

When i removw cpu still wont boot fans wont turn.

[blu4]

"And did not notice that cpu went in the sockets"

 

do you mean alcohol went into the socket?

 

you don't need alcohol to clean paste off a CPU most of the time. a paper towel on its own should work fine. Or just put a little on the paper towel and wipe it, Don;t pour it on the cpu from the bottle.

 

If you let it all dry and there is no thermal paste in the socket then it should work after all the alcohol has evaporated if it was ISO

[DarthSmartt]

some thermal paste is electronically conductive. It could have killed it from some thermal paste getting in the socket. Rubbing alcohol is completely non conductive and evaporates quickly anyway. I dont believe that would have killed it. Is it possible that you accidentally bent some pins into each other?

[Irekski]

I used 70% ethyl. I did not notice any thermal paste or probably it was liquidized thermal goop... Hmmm mobo alone is not turning on is it possible the only mobo got damaged? Some black spots on my cpu pins probably caused by arcing

[jtmoseley]

8 minutes ago, Irekski said:

I used 70% ethyl. I did not notice any thermal paste or probably it was liquidized thermal goop... Hmmm mobo alone is not turning on is it possible the only mobo got damaged? Some black spots on my cpu pins probably caused by arcing

Use contact cleaner instead of ethyl next time.

Some thermal paste is conductive. You might have killed your cpu or motherboard. Also, 70% ethyl might not have been high enough concentration. Some water could've been left behind.

 

Troubleshooting steps:

Try your cpu in another motherboard 

Try your motherboard with another cpu

 

[Irekski]

You know how some electronics turn on before it dies out. Mine never did there was no fan spin or whatever before it died out... So is it possible its just the mobo?

[ZephCloud]

Spray 100% alcohol and blow them dry...might work...xD...I did clean my cpu with 99.99%alchol and blast them with air before putting back...it might just be the compressed air that cleaned the parts...

[Irekski]

With the current lockdown on my area i dont think id be able to find any 100% alcohol right now

[ZephCloud]

1 minute ago, Irekski said:

With the current lockdown on my area i dont think id be able to find any 100% alcohol right now

Where are you from? Over here we can order online...but it's overpriced..because some people get the 100% and dilute to 70-80% for sanitizing...

[Irekski]

Philippines.. but yeah im fairly certain my mobo is dead. Not sure about cpu though

[Irekski]

Update... Cpu died mobo is alive apparently