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Cleaning thermal paste off CPU after a while

Nocte
By Nocte
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Hello,

 

On Monday I am going back to the UK and have ordered a new motherboard that will be shipped to there. 

I was planning to leave my old mobo in Italy, but that means that I will have to carry RAM and CPU outside of the computer (planning to keep them in their original packaging - for the CPU, just the small plastic part, not the whole box).  

 

As I cannot find any rubbing/isopropyl alcohol here, I have ordered a cleaning product from Arctic which will be shipped with the new mobo. Do you think it is a problem if I leave the thermal paste on the CPU for about a day before cleaning it off?

 

Sorry for the newbish question but I have never cleaned thermal paste before. Also, do you think I risk to bind the CPU pins by keeping it in its plastic box and packed between clothes, should I keep it with me in my jacket pocket?

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no, not a problem exept that its going to end up everywhere the top of the CPU touches. id whipe it of with just some paper first, should get most of it and then you can use the artic stuff once you pick it up

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2 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Personally, I just rub the old paste off with a paper towel.

And no solvent?

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7 minutes ago, Eibe said:

As I cannot find any rubbing/isopropyl alcohol here, I have ordered a cleaning product from Arctic which will be shipped with the new mobo. Do you think it is a problem if I leave the thermal paste on the CPU for about a day before cleaning it off?

I highly doubt it. I took the cooler off my Core i5 750 and just left everything exposed without cleaning off the paste...it was just sitting there for weeks, and I just wiped it off with isopropyl alcohol. I don't think it'll dry out.

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