random? what happens if u get thermal paste in your lga or am4 /3 socket

[Punk91903]

random? what happens if u get thermal paste in your lga or am2/3/4 socket I have never done this but I want to know how would you get it out 100% without hurting the socket

[For Science!]

Repeated flushing with isopropanol perhaps?

[Punk91903]

Just now, For Science! said:

Repeated flushing with isopropanol perhaps?

that's what I would think but if it's a thicker paste how will u do it then?

[Atebites]

2 minutes ago, Punk91903 said:

that's what I would think but if it's a thicker paste how will u do it then?

It should still work.

[knightslugger]

flushing it is probably the best option. absolutely NO TOUCHING of the pins as they are VERY delicate.

[Ryujin2003]

You state that your question is random; however, I feel like you (or possibly a "friend") has done this exact thing recently.

 

But agreed, you'd have to rinse it all out with alcohol.

 

What kind of thermal paste did you use? Hopefully something not electronically conductive?

[For Science!]

[Murasaki]

Just now, For Science! said:

God I knew someone would do it.

[knightslugger]

i just realized that syringe says hellmann's mayonase.

[Jihakuz]

"asking for a friend"

 

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

22 minutes ago, For Science! said:

I actually wanted to post that and say that's the correct way to install cpus.

 

[For Science!]

19 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

i just realized that syringe says hellmann's mayonase.

It's doubly funny since thats what Intel uses between the die and IHS

[LogicalDrm]

If its conductive and you boot, dead mobo/cpu. If its non-conductive and you boot, nothing as it wouldn't boot.

[Ertman]

8 hours ago, Punk91903 said:

that's what I would think but if it's a thicker paste how will u do it then?

I would think you would need to use something that could provide a gentle but effective spray of alcohol to flush out the paste.

[knightslugger]

If you can't solubilize the thermal paste, throw the board away and buy a new one. The paste itself might not be thermally conductive, but it could carry capacitance, which can be just as bad.

[Damascus]

19 hours ago, ModuleLFS said:

God I knew someone would do it.

Someone did, they then proceeded to try selling it to me.

[Murasaki]

19 hours ago, knightslugger said:

i just realized that syringe says hellmann's mayonase.

crap i have a jar of that in the fridge

[Punk91903]

20 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

You state that your question is random; however, I feel like you (or possibly a "friend") has done this exact thing recently.

 

But agreed, you'd have to rinse it all out with alcohol.

 

What kind of thermal paste did you use? Hopefully something not electronically conductive?

no i have no friends and i haven't took out my CPU in a month or so

[Apepa]

20 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

 

But agreed, you'd have to rinse it all out with alcohol.

 

My solution to 99% of life's problems.

[Ryujin2003]

1 hour ago, ModuleLFS said:

crap i have a jar of that in the fridge

A jar of Mayo or a jar of syringes?

 

20 hours ago, For Science! said:

This is so unrealistic. There isn't a clamp for the ZIF arm. /s

[Apepa]

21 hours ago, Punk91903 said:

random? what happens if u get thermal paste in your lga or am2/3/4 socket I have never done this but I want to know how would you get it out 100% without hurting the socket

I can't imagine how you could get it into the socket unless you somehow got it all over the pins/contacts on the CPU first. In which case, clean the CPU off first. 

[Apepa]

2 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

A jar of Mayo or a jar of syringes?

 

This is so unrealistic. There isn't a clamp for the ZIF arm. /s

None of my old AMD boards had them 

[Murasaki]

19 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

A jar of Mayo or a jar of syringes?

A jar of syringes filled with mayo.