Thermal paste on gpu

[AyaaN]

I was trying to re apply thermal paste on gpu and when I opened think and tried to clean already applied thermal paste it went bad. Is it bad if thermal paste spread like this? I will attach a picture also it was applied badly. Urgent help needed

[Dissitesuxba11s]

Did you use isopropyl alcohol to clean it off?

[AyaaN]

Yes I used isopropyl

[Oshino Shinobu]

Most GPUs will have something like this from my experience. Both my GPUs had it when I installed waterblocks. It's not conductive, so it doesn't really pose any danger to the card. Best to clean off as much as you can really, but the main concern is getting the surface of the IHS clean from paste. 

[AyaaN]

On 10/27/2017 at 11:25 PM, Dissitesuxba11s said:

Did you use isopropyl alcohol to clean it off?

Yes

[AyaaN]

@Oshino Shinobu

Chip is cleaned thoroughly my only concern is thermal paste on the green part and the pointy thingy whatever they are called. Is it fine if I leave it like that? Also is master gel pro good for gpu?

[Brett_Bst]

2 minutes ago, AyaaN said:

Chip is cleaned thoroughly my only concern is thermal paste on the green part and the pointy thingy whatever they are called. Is it fine if I leave it like that? Also is master gel pro good for gpu?

it makes no difference, I cleaned and replaced mine last night and it was like that, try cleaning it off with a cuetip but be careful you don't want to take any off them off lol 

[Techguy1993]

3 minutes ago, AyaaN said:

Chip is cleaned thoroughly my only concern is thermal paste on the green part and the pointy thingy whatever they are called. Is it fine if I leave it like that? Also is master gel pro good for gpu?

Clean it all up, there is no problem with it on the resistors. The manufacture uses non conductive paste. 

[AyaaN]

[Brett_Bst]

3 minutes ago, AyaaN said:

Chip is cleaned thoroughly my only concern is thermal paste on the green part and the pointy thingy whatever they are called. Is it fine if I leave it like that? Also is master gel pro good for gpu?

never used it, I used thermal grizzly on mine

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, AyaaN said:

@Oshino Shinobu

Chip is cleaned thoroughly my only concern is thermal paste on the green part and the pointy thingy whatever they are called. Is it fine if I leave it like that? Also is master gel pro good for gpu?

It's not dangerous for the GPU. It's been like that since you got it, mine had been like that for a year before I changed the cooler and they were fine. 

 

Pretty much any TIM is fine, there's not much between them. As long as it's not one of the liquid metal ones that can damage things if you're not careful. 

[AyaaN]

So I should forget about that spread? Reapply new thermal paste and close it and forget about it?

[Brett_Bst]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

It's not dangerous for the GPU. It's been like that since you got it, mine had been like that for a year before I changed the cooler and they were fine. 

 

Pretty much any TIM is fine, there's not much between them. As long as it's not one of the liquid metal ones that can damage things if you're not careful. 

"there's not much between them" is a bit false if you look at the reviews, depends how concerned you are with a difference of around 5c either way, liquid metel is a no no a lot of risk with that stuff

[Techguy1993]

1 minute ago, AyaaN said:

Shiny! Now clean up the resistors gently with alcohol. Then re-apply thermal paste around the size of a pea. 

[Brett_Bst]

Just now, AyaaN said:

So I should forget about that spread? Reapply new thermal paste and close it and forget about it?

if you cant get it off itsa fine as it is, re apply and move on

[AyaaN]

On 10/27/2017 at 11:35 PM, DustonFoster said:

Shiny! Now clean up the resistors gently with alcohol. Then re-apply thermal paste around the size of a pea. 

I can’t get it off the resistor since the gap is too small for anything to clean in b/w them ;-; can I just leave it like this?

[Merp83]

4 minutes ago, DustonFoster said:

Shiny! Now clean up the resistors gently with alcohol. Then re-apply thermal paste around the size of a pea. 

1/2 a pea...

[goodtofufriday]

21 minutes ago, AyaaN said:

I can’t get it off the resistor since the gap is too small for anything to clean in b/w them ;-; can I just leave it like this?

not ideal but its fine