Accidently touched my i7-4790k with AS5

[SparcASM]

I accidently touched my i7-4790k PCB with AS5 and I have cleaned it to the best of my knowledge with 71% Isopropyl alcohol and it's nearly all off, I am only able to see it while looking for it and it's very faint.

 

 

Will this pose a issue?

[Aytex]

its fine.

i was having a yolo day and touched my cpu then put the thermal paste on it and its fine

[SPAS-ID]

nah

[Godlygamer23]

As long as it's not conductive, getting thermal paste on the PCB won't do anything(usually)....Fun fact: My folding card had thermal paste on the GPU's PCB(the actual GPU. Not the card) until I reapplied it - it was fine.

[Enderman]

nope its fine

its non conductive so it will still work like new, and since the intel CPUs dont use pins its a lot easier and safer to clean the paste off

[SparcASM]

Alright, thanks accidently overapplied it a tad (Was pushing the side and was a little off on the other side) so I took off my h100i and reapplied it.

 

 

 

Thanks for the help!

[Iqfish]

I once bended a CPU pin on an old Athlon almost 50° sideways and corrected it in panic with a SCREWDRIVER and it still worked.

 

CPUs are not THAT fragile.

[SparcASM]

Also, is 70% Isopropyl and 29% water fine? I left it out to dry for roughly 5-7mins before closing the socket and reattaching the heat sink, and wiped it with a lint free cloth.

[JerkyMcDilerino]

Also, is 70% Isopropyl and 29% water fine? I left it out to dry for roughly 5-7mins before closing the socket and reattaching the heat sink, and wiped it with a lint free cloth.

What the heck are you thinking? No water man. 70% robbing alcohol is fine however, i recommend you use that 70% robbing alcohol along Arctic Cleaner kit that will do its job of removing thermal materials. 

[thekeemo]

I once bended a CPU pin on an old Athlon almost 50° sideways and corrected it in panic with a SCREWDRIVER and it still worked.

 

CPUs are not THAT fragile.

intel motherboards on the other hand 

 

(intense flashbacking)

[Godlygamer23]

I once bended a CPU pin on an old Athlon almost 50° sideways and corrected it in panic with a SCREWDRIVER and it still worked.

 

CPUs are not THAT fragile.

If you're careful enough, you could probably use a screwdriver successfully, but it is a known fact that pins are fragile and can break if you pull/push them back too hard.

[Godlygamer23]

Also, is 70% Isopropyl and 29% water fine? I left it out to dry for roughly 5-7mins before closing the socket and reattaching the heat sink, and wiped it with a lint free cloth.

If you're adding water, don't do that. Just use the 70% isopropyl alcohol.

[Nexxus]

If you're careful enough, you could probably use a screwdriver successfully, but it is a known fact that pins are fragile and can break if you pull/push them back too hard.

I used a drivers license I think it was on an AMD CPU that came out in late 08/09 it was the PERFECT size to fit between the pins.

[SparcASM]

What the heck are you thinking? No water man. 70% robbing alcohol is fine however, i recommend you use that 70% robbing alcohol along Arctic Cleaner kit that will do its job of removing thermal materials. 

It comes pre added into the bottle of Isopropyl.

[Iqfish]

It comes pre added into the bottle of Isopropyl.

 

Yup, the other 30% of the 70% have to come from somewhere

[incarnate]

I accidently touched my i7-4790k PCB with AS5 and I have cleaned it to the best of my knowledge with 71% Isopropyl alcohol and it's nearly all off, I am only able to see it while looking for it and it's very faint.

Will this pose a issue?

I'm pretty sure AS5 is conductive, so try and get as much off as you can. But you should be fine, the pcb at the edge of a cpu shouldn't have any traces on it.

[SparcASM]

I'm pretty sure AS5 is conductive, so try and get as much off as you can. But you should be fine, the pcb at the edge of a cpu shouldn't have any traces on it.

That's exactly where it's located on the top left hand side.

 

 

I don't think I can get much more off.

[incarnate]

That's exactly where it's located on the top left hand side.

I don't think I can get much more off.

So long as none got on the mobo or into the socket then it should be fine.

[SparcASM]

So long as none got on the mobo or into the socket then it should be fine.

Alright, thanks.

[UrdnotGrunt]

Also, is 70% Isopropyl and 29% water fine? I left it out to dry for roughly 5-7mins before closing the socket and reattaching the heat sink, and wiped it with a lint free cloth.

its better to use a higher percentage content than 70%. I have 91% myself.

[EvilWiffles]

My 4790k touched my ass a few times too, never harmed it at all.