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What can i use to remove 5 year old thermal paste besides alcohol?

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2 minutes ago, chiwas said:

Run CPU stress test for 10 min before trying to remove it :)

And remove it with water or what?

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1 minute ago, Leo_Dahlin said:

And remove it with water or what?

Use isopropyl alcohol.

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Alcohol swabs from your first aid kit.  70% isopropyl alcohol and works wonders if you can't find a bottle of iso for use.

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2 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

Alcohol swabs from your first aid kit.  70% isopropyl alcohol and works wonders if you can't find a bottle of iso for use.

I think you're missing something(Marking the area in bold).

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6 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Use isopropyl alcohol.

 

2 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

Alcohol swabs from your first aid kit.  70% isopropyl alcohol and works wonders if you can't find a bottle of iso for use.

I don't have isopropyl alcohol :/ Can i just run Heaven benchmark and then use moist microfiber towel?

The cpu im joing to clean idles around 90C so....

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1 minute ago, Leo_Dahlin said:

 

I don't have isopropyl alcohol :/ Can i just run Heaven benchmark and then use moist microfiber towel?

The cpu im joing to clean idles around 90C so....

The alcohol swabs are already isopropyl alcohol :P  I'm sure you can get them at the pharmacy, they cost a few cents for packs of 10.

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Just now, Leo_Dahlin said:

I don't have isopropyl alcohol :/ Can i just run Heaven benchmark and then use moist microfiber towel?

The cpu im joing to clean idles around 90C so....

I have removed thermal paste with a dry paper towel and it worked fine. I think ultimately, you'll be fine with doing that. Just be careful of getting water on the PCB or inside the socket. Normal water contains minerals and may cause shorting within the socket, along with the normal corrosive and erosive properties of water.

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3 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I have removed thermal paste with a dry paper towel and it worked fine. I think ultimately, you'll be fine with doing that. Just be careful of getting water on the PCB or inside the socket. Normal water contains minerals and may cause shorting within the socket, along with the normal corrosive and erosive properties of water.

Okay i will try first with dry paper towel. This thermal paste is on an i7 2700k so it's pretty old.

Main: Gigabyte G1 980Ti, i5 6600k, MSI Z170A M5, 16GB DDR4 2666, NZXT H440, NZXT x61, EVGA 750W G2, Windows 10 

 

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