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I was picking up my cpu and saw some dust on the underside of it. I blew it of with my mouth and realising the mistake I made found a magnifying glass and saw that thear was a little bit of moist on the gold pads under the cpu. So i got a hairdryer and held it about 10cm above the cpu. Stood ther for 4min untill I felt that the pins were warm and than saw that the moist was gone. Am i screawed or am i going to be fine? My cpu is an 8700k btw.

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you will be fine. if the CPU was out of the socket there was no current flowing through, so nothing will be damaged.

 

just make sure it is dry before reinstalling it again.

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4 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

you will be fine. if the CPU was out of the socket there was no current flowing through, so nothing will be damaged.

 

just make sure it is dry before reinstalling it again.

Thanks. I have made so many mistakes with this new cpu. Get my new mobo in about a week so i just hope that the cpu still works when i get it.

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Agreed with @RollinLower ; however, it's always a great idea never to use sure from your mouth to clean parts. Use compressed air.

 

The contacts under the CPU won't corrode easily, so you'll be fine.

 

Also, didn't know the 8700K had pins.

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6 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

Agreed with @RollinLower ; however, it's always a great idea never to use sure from your mouth to clean parts. Use compressed air.

 

The contacts under the CPU won't corrode easily, so you'll be fine.

 

Also, didn't know the 8700K had pins.

He probably just means the contacts not actual pins

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it's fine as long as there is no current running through it, woulda leave it for a while tho, so it can dry on it's own.

 

24 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

Agreed with @RollinLower ; however, it's always a great idea never to use sure from your mouth to clean parts. Use compressed air.

 

The contacts under the CPU won't corrode easily, so you'll be fine.

 

Also, didn't know the 8700K had pins.

Gold doesn't react with air like most metal so it wont really corrode.

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6 minutes ago, Samten said:

it's fine as long as there is no current running through it, woulda leave it for a while tho, so it can dry on it's own.

It's dry, used a hairdryer

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I could have simply used a paper towel.

 

Like the others say, the pads are gold plated so they won't corrode or oxidize, so as long as you remove the conductive liquid (the spit) you'll be fine.

 

Heat is not an issue, the processor may be up to around 80-100 degrees Celsius under the heatsink while you use the computer, so a bit of warm air from the hair dryer won't affect it in any way.

Just be careful when you install the cpu not to push it down or drop it on the socket, because you'll bend or break those contacts and then you can kiss you motherboard good-bye.  Place it gently in the socket and then install the heatsink and go on with your life.

 

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Got some dust under my cpu. Can i clean it without compressed air?

 

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I assume you mean dust in the motherboard socket. I wouldn't try to dust it off with any kind of cloth, compressed air is your best bet and it's pretty easy to get.

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10 minutes ago, Gamessys said:

I assume you mean dust in the motherboard socket. I wouldn't try to dust it off with any kind of cloth, compressed air is your best bet and it's pretty easy to get.

No i mean under my cpu. Is it okay to use a cloth on that?

 

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5 minutes ago, TBFK said:

No i mean under my cpu. Is it okay to use a cloth on that?

 

Do you mean your CPU cooler, can you take a picture for us?

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No i mean under my cpu. Is it okay to use a cloth on that?

 

Is it an LGA or PGA socket? I'd personally use compressed air in any case.

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5 minutes ago, Ben Quigley said:

Do you mean your CPU cooler, can you take a picture for us?

No i mean my cpu. On the pads. Its an intel 8700k. Do you think i can use my hairdryer on the cool setting so that it just blows cold air?

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6 minutes ago, pelark said:

Is it an LGA or PGA socket? I'd personally use compressed air in any case.

Can i use my hairdryer at the cool setting so that it just blows cold air?

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5 minutes ago, TBFK said:

No i mean my cpu. On the pads. Its an intel 8700k. Do you think i can use my hairdryer on the cool setting so that it just blows cold air?

So it's in the socket! Use only compressed air! 

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Just now, Ben Quigley said:

So it's in the socket! Use only compressed air! 

No. I have not innstalled my cpu. Thear are a bit of dust under my cpu. How can i get it off without compressed air.

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Can I use a hairdryer on the setting that blows cold air to remove dust from the underside of my cpu? I know that using compressed air is the best way, but im installing the cpu soon and don't have any.

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I doubt if it has enough pressure to push away the dust.

If it is an Intel CPU, you can just wipe it off. AMD ones have pins on the bottom, so that makes it more complicated.

 

How did your underside of the CPU get dusty anyway? :D

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I would be careful with potential static electricity building up. Use compressed air to be on the save side or at least use a ground of some sort.

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um sure, but i wouldnt because it probably wont do much

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11 minutes ago, TBFK said:

Can I use a hairdryer on the setting that blows cold air to remove dust from the underside of my cpu? I know that using compressed air is the best way, but im installing the cpu soon and don't have any.

It is worth a try but as most have stated it wont do a great job.  It may remove a lot of the loose dust that has not compacted yet.

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ive bought one of these,

https://www.itdusters.com/product/compucleaner-xpert/

 

its a monster.

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